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by Davey Winder
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What's on your iPhone? The Apple iPhone App Store has released the top 10 applications, paid for and free, that iPhone users have downloaded during 2008. The results could come as something of a surprise.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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LG’s 8 megapixel “Renoir” touch screen smartphone has finally arrived
in Australia, with an advertising campaign showing just how many
features have been squeezed in to challenge the iPhone, Omnia and even
the N97, although where’s the 3.5mm headphone socket?!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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If you thought the 5800 was Nokia’s iPhone clone, the long awaited
N-Series version of the 5800 has been outed today at Nokia World in
Barcelona, and it’s the N97! Coming with some serious specs including a
slide out QWERTY keyboard, the only downside is the 4-6 month wait in mid
2009 before consumers can buy them.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Joost, the video player that delivers video over peer-to-peer (P2P)
technology has moved from a separate desktop player, to a browser
plug-in, and has now landed on the iPhone – but in Australia, not a
single video will play!
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by Stephen Withers
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It's taken less than five months for 10,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch to appear in Apple's App Store.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Linux fans who have been waiting for Linux to come the iPhone and iPod
Touch need wait no longer – the breakthrough has finally been made,
years after Linux found its way onto earlier iPod models. There’s
a way to go before the project is mature, with plenty of things, including touchscreen support, yet to come. Still - Linux on the iPhone is here, at last!
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by Stephen Withers
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Apple has blocked some iPhone applications from the App Store for seemingly arbitrary reasons, but it seems that if you're big enough they'll turn a blind eye. Google has admitted that its voice search is in breach of Apple's rules
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by Davey Winder
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Apple is rightly proud of how quick and easy the iPhone 3G is to use, but when does pride turn into deceit? The Advertising Standards Agency in the UK thinks it knows the answer and Apple could face a third iPhone advert ban this year as a result.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Phone Atlas is reporting “rampant” iPhone OS 2.2 issues for some
users, from Wi-Fi problems, to missing apps (including Safari, Camera
and third party apps), to problems connecting with iTunes, while others
report smooth sailing. Yep, it’s the "iPhone OS update gamble", but
whether you’re really experiencing problems or not probably depends on
the RDF.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Wow, that didn’t take long. The iPhone Dev Team strikes again, giving
jailbreak freedom to iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1st-gen users, while
iPhone 2G owners get the double whammy of jailbreak and unlock as
usual. There’s still no 3G unlock, but if you haven’t updated your
original baseband, the iPhone Dev Team could well be delivering an
early Christmas present sometime soon!
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by Tony Austin
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HP Asia Pacific has announced breakthrough networking, storage and
server products that reduce costs, increase bandwidth flexibility and improve
overall performance of virtual server environments. HP's Raymond Maisano,
BladeSystem spokesperson for ANZ, explains their significance in this iTWire podcast.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Apple’s long awaited iPhone OS 2.2 update has arrived, and brings the
rumoured Google Street View features to life, amongst others.
Meanwhile, the iPhone Dev Team cautions those who want to officially
unlock their 3G iPhones to stay away from this update.
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by Stan Beer
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Mobile advertising solutions provider, AdMob, claims the iPhone is now the number one device worldwide on which mobile ads are served, displacing the Motorola RAZR. However, the RAZR still holds the edge in the US, according to AdMob figures.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Due to arrive last Friday, Google’s much “talked” about mobile search
app with voice recognition finally launched on Monday, so far enjoying
pretty good reviews and working quite nicely for me!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Google’s “Mobile App” for iPhone was meant to get an upgrade allowing
iPhone users to search Google by voice, with the New York Times
reporting it would come “as soon as” last Friday – but so far, Google’s
mobile app remains speechless.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Ripoff merchants iUnlock-iPhone have put out a press release
celebrating “groundbreaking 3G capabilities” and raising hopes of a
true iPhone 3G unlock, but a quick perusal of its press release and
website shows it’s all just a scam to pilfer US $24.95 out of your
pocket and steer you away from the iPhone Dev Team’s free software.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Sometime today a new Google app is expected to launch a new app at the
iPhone App Store that everyone's talking about and soon will be talking
to: an app which lets you search Google using your voice!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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iPhone OS 2.2 has been rumoured to be arriving on November 21, ensuring
plenty of iPhone stories in the lead up to the most feverish sales time
of the year, with Google Street View being one of the biggest new
features.
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