Report: 3.0 iPhone firmware will not make you re-purchase apps again

In an article by AppAdvice (here: appadvice.com), their staff has unraveled the controversy surrounding the dialog that many of those who were running the Beta 3.0 firmware had seen that indicated that they would have to re-purchase applications that they had already purchased if they attempted to update (or reinstall) them on their iPhone. As [...]

Hands on with Freeverse’s summer iPhone game lineup

Freeverse has a strong lineup of games planned for the iPhone this summer, and Chris Holt has the lowdown.

iPhone 3.0 On-Device App Re-Downloading Redux

Just over a week ago, TiPb reported that Apple had made a change to their re-download policy for iPhone 3.0 Beta 5. Previously, if you’d already bought a paid app, going to the App Store and hitting the Buy button again popped up a text alert saying you could download it for free.

With iPhone 3.0 Beta 5, which allowed for multiple iTunes account login, that message changed to “You can redownload it for free on your computer, or tap Buy to buy it again.”

We guessed this was to prevent app-sharing. If you logged in to 2 or more accounts, Apple didn’t want you to be able to download your buddies apps free of charge as well. Not the best trade-off, but understandable.

Now AppAdvice has figured out more of what’s going on:

In the final release of iTunes 8.2 last week, Apple included some logic that tells a device what iTunes accounts are authorized on the computer. Many users that were using the beta releases of iTunes were not prompted with an available update and found no reason to upgrade. Those users’ devices were never getting the authorization information to pass on to the App Store when they tried re-downloading apps.

So bottom line: if you have more than one legit iTunes account, authorize them all on iTunes 8.2 on your computer, then sync with your iPhone (running 3.0) and you should be good to go.

SInce we here at TiPb expect our buddies to buy their own apps anyway (and support developers so we get even more great apps!), that’s just dandy with us.

(Thanks to Jay and Trevor for the tips!)

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iPhone 3.0 On-Device App Re-Downloading Redux

Digital Trends Podcast: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre!

I joined Leif Iverson on yesterday’s Digital Trends Podcast, and since Dieter wasn’t available, I was put in the untenable position of having to champion both the iPhone 3G S for TiPb and the Palm Pre for our sibling site, PreCentral.net. Somehow, I survived. (And had a lot of fun — thanks Leif!)

Check it out, and let us know what you think about the upcoming rumble in the smartphone jungle!

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Digital Trends Podcast: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre!

Steve Jobs coming back!

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is set to return to Apple on schedule within a few weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The survivor of pancreatic cancer went on medical leave in January. "We look forward to Steve returning to Apple at the end of June," an Apple spokesman told ...

New matte iPhone Video photo leak?

We’re just days away from Apple’s 2009 WWDC, which is expected to announce the new iPhone, but commenting the rumors about what Phil Schiller might be bringing on stage was unavoidable. This time from Nowhere Else's site, that already posted some interesting pictures. SlashGear wrote: The device pictured certainly seems to tick ...

PC World’s dashed WWDC expectations

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WWDC, iPhone

While some people came away from WWDC feeling like it's Christmas in June, it doesn't look like PC World was among them. But after reading their laundry list of unrequited hopes and dreams for WWDC (WWDC No Shows: 10 Things We Wanted From Apple and Didn't Get), it seems like PC World really doesn't seem to get it.

Let's walk through these points one by one, shall we?

1. The Apple Tablet

We've been hearing rumors about this one since the Newton disappeared. I don't think anyone realistically expected the tablet to come out this year, much less at WWDC. It's getting to the point where every single event has people leaving and saying, "B-b-but where's the tablet?"

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Review: Dial 9 for iPhone

This visual dialer lets you group your contacts among multiple pages, using contacts photos for easy reference. It's everything the iPhone's Favorites screen should be.

Safari 4 Tops 11 Million Downloads in First Three Days

Apple today announced that the final version of its Safari 4 browser, officially launched Monday after the company's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address, has been downloaded over 11 million times in the first three days of release. Notab...

TUAW at E3: Real Tennis 2009

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

The last preview we've got for you from E3 last week isn't really a preview -- Real Tennis 2009 was the first game due out from Gameloft that we played in their party bus outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, and sure enough, it's out right now in the App Store for $4.99 (all of the games we played with them last week, including the impressive Castle of Magic, are due out before the end of June). As a tennis game -- Gameloft claimed it was the first on the platform, though that doesn't seem true -- it plays pretty well, though the players are controlled with onscreen buttons rather than touchscreen gestures. Serving is the only activity that tries to take full advantage of the iPhone's controls: you can target your serve with the accelerometer, and then tap the screen anywhere when the serve meter is full. The action is pretty fast, and sometimes too fast: if you don't get moving in the right direction right off the ball, your player will get to where they need to be way too late.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the game lies in multiplayer: though we didn't see it in action, we were told that the game offers up to four-player WiFi multiplayer (even before 3.0 is set to make it easier for developers to do). So that's pretty impressive in and of itself -- if you can find three other people with iPhones and the game to play.

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Gang Buys own Music on iTunes with Stolen Credit Cards

Gizmodo made our Friday just a little more bizarrely amusing with a story about a British gang whose DJ made some music, got it up on iTunes (and Amazon) with a 40% commission, and then used stolen credit cards to buy it — making them look popular, and $300,000 “richer” at the same time. Strangest part?

the British police won’t know why they did it until they ask them?

Us neither then.

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Gang Buys own Music on iTunes with Stolen Credit Cards

QuickApp: PhoneView Updated with iPhone 3.0 Support

PhoneView by Ecamm [$19.95 - Web link] is a Mac app that lets you get to iTunes media, photos, notes, contacts, SMS and call history data stored on your iPhone (or iPod touch), and also send files and folders back for storage on your device. What’s in the latest update?

Along with iPhone OS 3.0 compatibility, version 2.2 also adds faster note editing and fast access to the iPhone’s open browser windows, bookmarks and browser history.

Since Apple doesn’t provide any way to get some of that data off the iPhone, Mac users who want to keep call logs, SMS histories, etc. documented for posterity might find this of particular interest.

If you try it out, let us know how it works for you!

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QuickApp: PhoneView Updated with iPhone 3.0 Support

How do 40 Million iPhones/iPod touches Look as a Gaming Platform?

During the WWDC 2009 Keynote, Apple announced that over 40,000,000 iPhones and iPods touches had been sold to date. We know what that looks like in the smartphone market space, but now Gizmodo has done some research and shown us what that might just look like in the gaming platform space as well. (See graph above).

Might explain why we see so many games already, and as Gizmodo points out:

Combine this with the fact that the faster graphics support in the iPhone 3GS is going to make it a pretty damn good gaming device, you’ve got a juicy target for game developers to hit.

Game on…

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