Vendor rages after iPhone hacker given job

A security firm has expressed incredulity at the news that the Australian prank hacker who wrote a program targeting Apple iPhone users has been given a job by an app developer.

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Tweetie 2.1 for iPhone ships with lists, retweet and geolocation support

Filed under: iPhone, App Store, App Review

One of the top Twitter clients for iPhone has been refreshed: Tweetie 2.1 is now available in the App Store [iTunes link]. Our friend Christina previewed the new features in 2.1 for Mashable last week, and the updated version delivers with support for Twitter lists, the Retweet capability, spam reporting, and geotagging of tweets (opt-in and optional, so don't worry that Tweetie is going to supercharge your stalkers without telling you). The full list of changes and features is on the app's iTunes page, and it's impressive.

Among the many improvements and tweaks is a crucial bug fix for an issue that had caused many 2.0 users (myself included) to gnash our teeth in frustration: the older version had a lot of problems saving state, causing old updates to appear again and, in the worst-case situation, old tweets to be sent repeatedly. It was aggravating, and it kept me from using Tweetie 2 as my full-time iPhone Twitter client -- but now it's gone.

Tweetie 2 is US$2.99, whether or not you own a copy of Tweetie 1 (it's considered a whole new app). If you're a busy Twitter user on your iPhone or iPod touch, you really ought to give it a try.

[via MacNN]

Tweetie 2.1 for iPhone ships with lists, retweet and geolocation support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Tweetie 2.1 for iPhone ships with lists, retweet and geolocation support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 29 Nov 2009

Welcome to the Best of Smartphone Experts, catch-up edition. We’ve recovered from our tryptophan stupor (yeah, we know it’s a myth) and are back with our favorite stories from the network.

Be sure you pay attention tomorrow morning – it’s Cyber Monday and there’s a 10% off coupon in the offing. Stay Tuned.

Motorola Droid Accessories The Google Phone is Real? Motorola Motus Photos	First Look: BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Images! and video walk through Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 Review In-depth Review of Urbanspoon for BlackBerry Application
Hands-On with the Nokia E72 and Nokia Booklet 3G Nokia N900 Now Shipping in the US, see our Nokia N900 Starter Guide Facebook App for Nokia E71 and E72 Now Available	webOS Flash Beta Coming Later This Year webOS Homebrew Installer Showdown, plus Video Recording App for the Pre! Palm Profile Backup/Restore Failures
4th Generation iPhone (3,1) Now Being Tested in San Francisco Need Help Picking the Perfect iPhone Gift? Check out TiPb’s Holiday Guide! How to: Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3G/3GS 3.1.2 Using blackra1n and blacksn0w	What, exactly, is Windows Mobile 6.5.x? HP and AT&T announce the iPAQ Glisten Opera Mobile 10 beta review

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 29 Nov 2009

Tweetie 2.1 Twitter Client for iPhone Brings Geotag, Lists, New-Style Re-Tweets

Tweetie 2.1 [$2.99 - iTunes link] — a FREE upgrade for Tweetie 2.0 users — brings support for Twitter’s new Geotag feature (so everyone will know where exactly you’re tweeting from), Twitter lists (what lists you have, what lists you subscribe to, though not the likely less-wieldly lists you’re on), and the controversial new-style re-tweets (where you see the original tweeter in your timeline, not the person you’re following who re-tweeted it).

There are other additions as well: report spam (via API), tweet-stream “gap” detection (looks like a torn gap in your timeline), and a tone of other stuff (including disable pin-stripes for the pixel-haters).

So how does Tweetie 2.1 handle all this new stuff? With Atebit’s trademark buttery-smooth UI. Geotag is a new icon under the tweet-count drop-down menu. Twitter lists can be accessed via the More (…) icon on the bottom navigation bar, and you can view, manage, and even add new lists right on-device. New-style re-tweets get a small pink corner icon on the top right, and tapping on it brings up the original tweet with text on the bottom telling you which person you follow re-tweeted it.

If you decide to give it a try, let us know how you like it. (Or help me try it out via @reneritchie)

Screenshots galore after the break!

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Tweetie 2.1 Twitter Client for iPhone Brings Geotag, Lists, New-Style Re-Tweets

Next generation iPhone now in testing phase

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, iPhone

Mac Rumors has received word from Pandav, creator of iPhone application iBart [iTunes Link], that they've spotted usage records for the next-generation iPhone.

PinchMedia, the firm that provides analytics for the iBart app, allows Pandav to see what devices its apps are running on. Pandav noticed an identifier for "iPhone3,1" in their logs. The iPhone 3GS hardware identifier is "iPhone2,1", which means the next-generation iPhone is already being tested.

iBart is a guide for San Francisco's train system, which lends further credence to the rumor. The iPhone 3GS was spotted in October of 2008, again by PinchMedia statistics, and was also being used in the San Francisco area.

Based on the past three years of releases and comments by Apple's senior VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, the most likely launch date for the next-generation iPhone (iPhone 3GSS? iPhone 3GX? iPhone 4G?) is either June or July of 2010.

Next generation iPhone now in testing phase originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Next generation iPhone now in testing phase originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mysterious iPhone model found in app usage records?

O iPhone3,1, where art thou? Last time we spotted that signature, it was buried in lines of code as part of a beta OS 3.0 firmware build. Now according to data from analytics software inside iBART, the San Francisco-centric transportation app has been host to a new visitor with the aforementioned device identification number. As MacRumors points out, iPhone2,1 was originally spotted in October 2008 and later became the iPhone 3GS about eight months later. Not that it's necessarily the case Apple will keep to the same schedule -- nor should it come as a surprise that the company's maybe-kinda-sorta looking into a successor to its prized moneymaker -- but if you happen to be in the Bay Area and see someone quietly pulling out a sleek touchscreen, it might be in your best interest to make friends.

Filed under: Cellphones

Mysterious iPhone model found in app usage records? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Job Listing Shows Apple Wants to iPhone Maps App “to the Next Level”

A new job listing shows Apple is looking for an iPhone Software Engineer to work on the Map and MapKit framework team, which is also responsible for the Compass app and other location-based services on the iPhone and iPod touch:

The iPhone has revolutionized the mobile industry and has changed people’s lives and we want to continue to do so. We want to take Maps to the next level, rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things. We want to do this in a seamless, highly interactive and enjoyable way. We’ve only just started.

While Google’s massive data hose currently powers the iPhone and iPod touch Maps.app, it was Apple who wrote the interface, and in classic Apple fashion, to end users the interface is the app. This means Apple is also free to modify not only that interface, but add, remove, and swap around data hoses in the background.

Add this job listing to previous news that Apple quietly acquired Placebase, a would-be Google Maps competitor, back in July, and it certainly looks like Apple is planning something interesting (and less dependent on Google?) for future Maps.app updates.

iPhone 4.0 speculation anyone?

[Apple via MacRumors]

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Job Listing Shows Apple Wants to iPhone Maps App “to the Next Level”

Apple to Take iPhone’s Maps App to ‘the Next Level’

MacRumors has found a new Apple job listing seeking an iPhone Software Engineer to join the iPhone and iPod Touch Maps team with the goal of taking the iPhone's built-in Maps App to "the next level":

We want to take Maps to the next ...

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