AT&T Navigator app offers turn-by-turn directions with monthly fee

AT&T has released an iPhone version of its Navigator turn-by-turn directions application. While the app itself is a free download, the service costs $10 per month.

Spaced: How Apple gives blog writers apoplexy

Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone

Just when you think you're in the groove for the new iPhone 3G S, Apple goes and starts changing the game. The 3G S is, figuratively speaking, no more. Apple has quietly been changing all references on it site from 3G S to 3GS. The space between the G and the S has been removed.

TidBITS broke the story in a piece aptly titled "Ding, Dong, the iPhone 3GS Space Is Dead". (We too did note the change in a story yesterday.) TUAW reader and personal tech review colleague Joachim Bean found the pair of images you see here. To the right is a cached image from June 15th. To the left is a shot from yesterday, June 22nd. Notice anything? Yes, it's been spacicided.

So will we miss the space? It was, as Engst points out, an awkward construction. But after forcing ourselves into the space habit, it may be a hard one to break.

So let's have a moment of silence for the 3G S space. It is dead, not stunned, and not pining for the fjords. Despite its brief moment in the pop culture sun, the 3G S space has expired and gone to meet its maker. Bereft of life, the space rests in peace. And if we at TUAW may occasionally nail it back into place by accident, be assured that it will be reinterred and pushing up daisies ASAP.

Spaced: How Apple gives blog writers apoplexy originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What’s in your iPhone’s Dock?

We're surveying our followers on Twitter about their iPhone use. Today's installment covers their responses about the iPhone's Dock.

Ultrasn0w for 3G, OS 3.0 is out — 3GS not yet

Filed under: iPhone

If you know what Ultrasn0w is, then you maybe just did a little happy dance. If you don't: it unlocks your iPhone to work on other carriers. If you don't care for AT&T, for example, you can use Ultrasn0w on T-Mobile. One tip: you'll have to disable 3G for T-Mobilers in the US of A. Lucky us, eh? Ultrasn0w doesn't magically add CDMA powers to your iPhone, so give up your dreams, Sprint, Verizon and just-about-everyone-else-customers.

[via Engadget]

Ultrasn0w for 3G, OS 3.0 is out -- 3GS not yet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dear Apple — Where’s the iDisk App?

Hey, it’s started to work with Push Notification apps, so who can blame us for taking a second bite at the Dear Apple. So…

Where’s that free iDisk App at? You remember, the one on your What’s New in MobileMe website:

The free iDisk app, available from the App Store in iTunes, lets you view your iDisk files right on your iPhone. Popular file types, such as Microsoft Office and iWork ’09 documents and presentations, PDFs, and more, are viewable in landscape or portrait. Just tap the file to access it and use pinch gestures to zoom in and out. And any file you’ve viewed recently doesn’t need to be reloaded. So if you start reading a document in the cab to the airport, you can quickly resume reading it on the plane.

One of the great features of iDisk is file sharing. Files that are too big to email can be shared easily by accessing your iDisk online at me.com. Now you can enjoy that same convenience using your iPhone and the iDisk app. Just tap the Share button, choose your recipients, and iDisk sends them an email with a link to download your file. You can limit the number of days a shared file is available and set a password to protect it. And you don’t even need to download a file first to share it.

Apple, you tease! It’s labeled “Coming Soon”, fair enough, but any hints on how soon “soon” is?

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

Dear Apple — Where’s the iDisk App?

Raw Performance: iPhone 3GS 4x Faster than iPhone 3G at 3D!

TapTapTap, developers of the upcoming Plasma app decided to slap a big, honkin’ frame rate indicator on a raw version just to see what differences, if any, the iPhone 3GS hardware provided compared to the previous generation iPhone 3G. The results?

As the video shows, in our OpenGL ES testing, the 3GS is generally close to four times faster than the 3G. Results will vary depending on the application but this is remarkable to say the least.

Check out the link above to watch the full QuickTime video. Impressive stuff.

TUAW, meanwhile, had this to say:

On a related note, we hear that Apple has done “even more” than we can publicly disclose around speed improvements on the device.

Hmmm, do tell?

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

Raw Performance: iPhone 3GS 4x Faster than iPhone 3G at 3D!

Coming soon: Adobe Flash on Android, WinMo and WebOS

Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, except, of course, for the iPhone.

UltraSn0w Unlock for iPhone 3G released by the iPhone Dev-Team

If you’re running a 2G or 3G iPhone with the 3.0 firmware, your (unofficial) carrier options just opened up a bit, as the Dev Team has delivered Ultrasn0w 3.0 for full unlocking. Downloading and installing the unlocking tool requires that you have jailbroken your iPhone and it’s only available for users with 2G or 3G iPhones, [...]

Review: CardStar for iPhone

CardStar promises to take those membership and rewards cards cluttering up your wallet or purse and put them on your iPhone. It's an intriguing idea that produced mixed results when we put it to the test in the real world.

WWDC Video: AOL’s Christina Wick on developing for Macs, iPhones

Filed under: Software, WWDC, Interviews, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

I had a moment to talk to Technical Director Christina Wick at WWDC. She told us about the Mapquest app, plus a cool lifestreaming feature coming soon to AIM. Christina was featured in a video by Apple about developing on the iPhone, and it's clear AOL has embraced the platform, with several apps performing exceptionally well on the store. We've covered AIM, DailyFinance and MapQuest in the past, but there are others as well (and we think a certain blog will get one someday...). Christina's team has been working hard not just on the iPhone, but polishing up the old AOL client for Mac too in a push called "Back to the Mac" -- it has been completely re-written and is much more Mac friendly than... well, it just wasn't Mac friendly at all 3 years ago. We can't wait to see what apps and desktop software her team releases in the future.

Note: AOL is also the corporate parent of TUAW & Weblogs Inc.

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Report: 12% of iPhone buyers report replacing a Blackberry

Approximately 12% of consumers who visited a retail store this past weekend to make their iPhone 3G S purchase said they were replacing a BlackBerry handset, the latest sign that Apple continues to make headway against rival Research in Motion in the high-stakes smartphone market. That data point is one of several interesting statistics to come [...]

Gaming accessories headed to iPhone!

With the release of iPhone 3.0 firmware, there is a possibility of iPhone and iPod Touch gaming accessories like virtual control pads, steering wheels and more, coming to our hand. Yes, because the iPod Touch software update page clearly mentions about "Third-party Game Accessories"! There are lots of games out there, ...

iPhone 3GS blows away iPhone 3G in 3D

How fast the iPhone 3GS's 3D graphics capabilities? Based on Daniel Pasco's some OpenGL ES speed test results for plasma on iPhone 3GS and an iPod touch, then John Casasanta, posted a few comparisons in 3D capabilities on iPhone 3G and 3GS. The result is: The 3GS is close to ...

What?! Dunkin’ Donuts’ iPhone app?

Yeah. Dunkin’ Donuts have released Dunkin’ Run [iTunes link], a free app for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing their customers to make group orders. "Do you and your friends need to fuel up with Dunkin' Donuts coffee? Be the hero," their companion website says. Here's how it works [taken from ...

iPhone OS 3.0 tethering, MMS hack released

As we know, iPhone OS 3.0 allows you to tether your iPhone's 3G connection to your laptop, or other mobile gadgets online while on the move. AT&T don't officially support it so far, while others like O2 in the UK will offer it but of course with an extra data ...

Again, Apple hit with iPhone activation issues

Following the iPhone 3GS day of June 19, Apple servers are struggling to cope with the demand for activation of the newly released iPhone. The issue recalls similar problems Apple had with the release of the iPhone 3G last year. "Your activation requires additional time to complete," reads a message from ...

Microsoft subsidizes iPhone 3GS

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that "there's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share," no one would have imagined that Redmond-based compay would lend a hand one day --like now. File this one under “irony”‘ Microsoft’s is providing an incentive to purchase Apple’s iPhone ...

iPhone 3.0 receives ‘get out of jail, free’ hack

The teams of hackers working to unlock the iPhone 3.0 software have released their jailbreak solution, Ultrasn0w.

AT&T Navigator now available on your iPhone

Named “Consumer Navigation Application of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan AT&T Navigator transforms your iPhone 3G and 3GS into a voice-guided GPS navigation system for traveling across the country and just across town. For iPhone 3G with 3.0 OS and iPhone 3G S Features: - Voice-guided and 3D onscreen GPS navigation keeps your hands on the wheel and [...]

Find My iPhone has its first real world success story

Apple’s newly introduced Find My iPhone feature helped a MobileMe subscriber, Kevin Miller, recover his stolen iPhone from the hands of the thief.