How Much Does Apple Make From iPhone App Store? Bernstein Research Claims $440 Million

Quick Jailbreak App: SmartScreen Widgets for Lock Screen

SmartScreen provides widgets for your iPhone lock screen — provided your jailbroken, that it. The demo above shows calendar, stocks, and weather, but the developer will be making an SDK available so other apps can get in on the widgety goodness. Conceivably Twitter updates, IMs, to-dos — any information snippet really — could be added.

On behalf of non-Jailbreakers, Gizmodo asks Apple to bake this type of functionality into the official fimrware, and let’s face it — they need something for iPhone 4.0 next year. Does it complicate Apple’s current, zen-like lock screen? Sure, but that lock screen is currently so informationally sparse, maybe it could use some complication?

If you try out SmartScreen, let us know what you think.

[Thanks angelrat101 for the tip!]

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Quick Jailbreak App: SmartScreen Widgets for Lock Screen

Save a little on your existing AT&T iPhone plan

Filed under: iPhone

Looking to save a little on your monthly iPhone rates? AT&T just announced a price break but you do have to opt-in. It's not automatic. You can save from $6/month on the Nation 450 with rollover up to $12/month on the Nation 1350. The Unlimited plan remains unaffected.

So what's the downside of all this? You may lose some or all of your rollover minutes by converting to the new plan price. So check the fine print before you click Submit. Any existing corporate or student discounts remain unaffected. If you're already receiving a 15% discount, for example, you'll continue to do so after the change. The iPhone data plan for $30 is not altered in any way.

The rate change takes effect immediately. Your current month will be pro-rated up to the date of change, the old charges affecting everything up to your change date, the new charges thereafter. AT&T warns that you may not be able to view your yet-unbilled usage for the remainder of the billing cycle, but you can call and talk to an AT&T representative if you need that information.

[Thanks, Dale Gattis]

Save a little on your existing AT&T iPhone plan originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit Shows Up Briefly on Apple’s Online Store, Removed Due to Customer Complaints

Review: Arcade SpinBall for iPhone

There are certainly more sophisticated games available at the App Store, but not many can match the fun of Arcade SpinBall, a first-person version of Pong that anyone can enjoy.

Saurik live chat: Learn about Apple’s new signature server

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Bad Apple, iPhone

Something new, unexpected, and possibly worrying has popped up in iTunes. iTunes now "calls home" to the Apple mothership whenever you restore an iPhone or iPod touch. It tells you that it's "Verifying restore with Apple...", checking your device identifier and the firmware with Apple's new signature server.

Today, TUAW has the pleasure of talking with Jay Freeman, otherwise known as "Saurik", the developer of Cydia. Saurik has constructed a server that duplicates Apple's functionality, ensuring that you'll be able to downgrade your iPhone or iPod in the future, even if you have not jailbroken your device. This topic is for all iPhone users, regardless of whether they use jailbreaking. Please join us with your questions and comments as we hear from Freeman about why this move matters to you. Read on to see the full live chat transcript.

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Saurik live chat: Learn about Apple's new signature server originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Saurik live chat: Learn about Apple's new signature server originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FASB Approves Accounting Rule Change - Apple To Adopt Changes Soon

TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #68 – You’ve Got Push Gmail!

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Join Rene, Chad, and Chris for push gmail, iTunes 9.0.1, bugs and fixes, iPhone 3.2 predictions, more Google Voice fallout, and all the weeks news and view, plus your live chat! Listen in!

And congratulations to Alli, this week’s live chat winner! Enjoy the iSkin solo!

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Game Notes: Asphalt 5, Sniper trailers pave the way for new iPhone games

New trailers from Gameloft and Com2uS give iPhone gamers a flavor of what to expect from the upcoming Asphalt 5 and Sniper vs. Sniper releases, respectively.

Palm Pre Syncing With iTunes Violation of Policies - USB Implementors Forum

Next-Generation iMacs Already in Production?

AppleInsider claims that Apple has begun production of the next-generation iMac and may be set to introduce the revamped product line sometime between now and mid-October.

The new all-in-one, dual-core desktops were finalized earlier ...

Found footage: Dashboard for iPhone on your lock screen

Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, Jailbreak/pwnage

Why didn't Apple think of this? SmartScreen lets you add widgets to your iPhone lock screen, providing an interactive dashboard experience whenever you wake up your device. The software is jailbreak-only (as you'd probaby expect, given its standard system-defying functionality) and will be launched in November 2009. Widget developers are currently being accepted to an invitation-only beta program. Details for the beta program and the SmartScreen product are available at the media-phone web site.

Yes, this isn't the only lock-screen information system out there. Intelliscreen and LockInfo provide calendar and email updates. At the same time, SmartScreen offers a fresh new approach that's a worthy alternative. I really like the visual flair and paged presentation, and the ability to move widgets around via direct interaction.

[Thanks, pytey and Steve Streza]

Found footage: Dashboard for iPhone on your lock screen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TomTom clears up iPhone car kit slip: £99.99 for the hardware alone, app sold separately

Oh, brother. TomTom just hit us up with the real details on its iPhone car kit slip this morning, and we've got a feeling you won't like what it has to say. It confessed that the posting was indeed a mistake, and thus, the pricing was also incorrect. If you'll recall (c'mon, it wasn't that long ago), the Apple store listing explained that the £99.99 car kit included the iPhone app, when in reality, that price definitely does not include the app. Jump on past the break for TomTom's official statement, which now curiously states that the "iPhone 2G" will be compatible with the car kit, yet doesn't mention the iPod touch at all.

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Eminem and Apple Head to Court Over iTunes Distribution

The Detroit News reports that lawyers for Apple and Eight Mile Style, rapper Eminem's music publisher, headed to court this morning over a complaint filed by Eight Mile Style in 2007 regarding improper distribution of digital downloads. The complain...

Quick App Update: Sygic Mobile Maps

Are you still on the hunt for the right GPS navigation application? Sygic Mobile Maps [$59.00 - US iTunes Link] has just gotten a much needed update and we are happy to report is has polished this GPS app nicely. Gone is the lag we experienced along with the addition of some other much anticipated features.

• Now with text-to-speech – voice guidance announcing the name of the next street or road
• Choose addresses straight from your iPhone contacts and navigate to.
• Music playback fades out smoothly so you can better hear the voice instructions.
• Improved GPS lock, now faster than ever.
• Smoother position display as you follow your route.
• Increased font size of street names and information bars for improved readability.
• No disclaimer warning message after completion of phone call.

So if you currently have this application, update now! If not and you are still on the lookout for a good GPS app, Sygic Mobile Maps is definitely worth a look.

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Quick App Update: Sygic Mobile Maps

Announcement: Saurik live chat at 4:15 (ET) today

Filed under: Bad Apple, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, Jailbreak/pwnage

Please join us this afternoon at 4:15 Eastern for a live chat with Jay "Saurik" Freeman. Jay is going to talk to us about Apple's new signature server and what that means to you as an iPod or iPhone owner.

Have you noticed a new message in iTunes when you restore an iPhone or iPod touch? "Verifying restore with Apple..."? iTunes is now checking your unit against a registered database and deciding whether to allow you to install your firmware or not. Potentially, Apple could disallow downgrades to previous firmware versions. According to Freeman, this move allows Apple to "recall existing firmwares by keeping people from restoring to them in the future. To do this they simply would refuse to ever sign, for example, iPhoneOS 3.0 again."

Freeman will explain why this is a real problem to both the standard App Store community and to the jailbreak community. Join us with your questions.

Announcement: Saurik live chat at 4:15 (ET) today originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Announcement: Saurik live chat at 4:15 (ET) today originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Review: Hitchcock for iPhone

This unique app allows you to do storyboarding -- plotting out what happens in each shot of a video or film shoot. It's a remarkably powerful mobile app -- and very valuable to creative pros -- though Hitchcock has its limitations.

Share your coffee addiction with your device: Starbucks releases an iPhone app

Starbucks has introduced a new app for the iPhone (and iPod touch as well) where you can apparently customize and order drinks right from your iPhone, which will save time and avoid lines at your favorite Starbucks location, and enable you to sip that life-giving brew that much more quickly. The myStarbucks app allows you to [...]

Ad stats: iPhone 3.1 adoption rate not quite what was expected

Admob, a respected company in the world of mobile ad stats gathering, has published an interesting report about the iPhone OS used by the majority of users, compiled using their ad serving algorhythm. For the week of September 15-22 (barely after the release of iPhone OS 3.1), 23% of users had already updated to iPhone OS [...]

Intel Introduces Core i7 Quad-Core Mobile Processors

Intel yesterday introduced at its Intel Developer Forum its new line of quad-core Core i7 processors, previously code-named "Clarksfield", for mobile computers. The two processors, manufactured using quad-core dies based on Intel's 45 nm Nehalem mic...