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Episode 20 – News, News and More News!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 09-06-2010

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WWDC 2010 Steve Jobs keynote liveblog

The keynote is set to start at 10am PDT on June 7 (see it in your local timezone) sharp and we’ll be keeping you informed with live transcription and photos from the event. You can also sign up below for an email reminder that will inform you shortly before we begin.

AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch

DataPlus / DataPro

• The existing $30 fair-use “unlimited” smartphone data plan is being replaced by two new options: $15 per month for 200MB and $25 for 2GB (called “DataPlus” and “DataPro,” respectively). Customers currently on the $30 plan are welcome to stay on it, but they can switch at any time without extending their contract.

• AT&T’s new overage system is arguably the game changer: on the $15 plan, you’ll pay $15 for each additional 200MB, but on the $25 plan, you’ll pay $10 for each additional GB. It’s simple and straightforward — but most importantly, it won’t bankrupt you if you go over by a gig or three in a month. This compares to $50 per gigabyte of overage on AT&T’s 5GB DataConnect plan for laptops.

• The carrier’s going to be very flexible about changing between the DataPlus and DataPro plans — if you’re on DataPlus, for example, and you discover that you’re blowing past your allotment, you can choose either to start DataPro the following billing cycle, pro-rate it, or apply the higher plan retroactively to the beginning of your current billing cycle. That’s pretty wild.

Tethering

• Tethering will be offered as an add-on to the DataPro plan for an additional $20 per month, which means you’ll pay a total of $45 a month for 2GB of data shared between your phone and your tethered devices. If you’re light on the usage, it’s a sweet deal — but if you scale it up and you’re using the data almost exclusively on your laptop, it compares unfavorably to the traditional DataConnect plan: $60 versus $75 for 5GB (and in the unlikely even you’ve got a webOS device on Verizon, it compares even less favorably). If you’re striking a balance of data use between a smartphone and tethered gear, AT&T’s new setup is still pretty solid considering that you would’ve been paying $60 for the USB stick plus $30 for smartphone data before.

• Yes, it’s finally happening: AT&T’s iPhones will get access to the tethering option, too.

iPad

• iPad users are also affected by the change. The $30 iPad data plan — lauded for being labeled by AT&T as truly unlimited — goes away to be replaced by the same $25 / 2GB plan that smartphone users will see, though current subscribers to the $30 plan can continue unaffected.

Everything launches on June 7, except for iPhone tethering — it’ll launch when OS 4 does. In the meantime, we’re told users can sign up for the $30 plans both on their phones and iPads if they’d like to be grandfathered in. Follow the break for more details along with AT&T’s full press release.

iPhone Gains Free 3G Skype Calling Until 2011

Skype has introduced Skype for iPhone 2.0. The biggest new feature being offered by the application is VoIP-based calling over AT&T’s 3G network. There’s one big catch, however. Skype-to-Skype calls, which have historically been free, will incur fees beginning in 2011.

Alberta school to use iPhone, iPod Touch

A junior high school in St. Albert, Canada, plans to allow its students to stay plugged in when they start school in September.

Richard S. Fowler Catholic Junior High School will allow students to use their iPhones or iPod Touches in the classroom. It’s a dramatic change from the school’s current no cellphone policy. Sean Brown, vice-principal of the school, said the school has changed its policy because the school believes the Apple products can be used to teach students.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense all the time to have them keep powering down,” he told CBC News. “We can use them for technological reasons in the education area.”

Students will not be allowed to use the phone or texting parts of their devices, Brown said. Instead they can use applications on the products, surf the internet through the school’s Wi-Fi network and interactively communicate with their teachers. The school’s network will restrict access to some internet sites, such as Facebook.

The school plans to buy about 30 iPod Touches for students who can’t afford the devices or whose parents choose not to buy one, Brown said.

Firefox Home ‘coming soon’ to iPhone, will sync with desktop browser

Continuous client functionality, you say? Sounds like Mozilla might be just what the doctor ordered. The company has announced that its upcoming Firefox Home app is coming soon to the iPhone. The program will sync up with your desktop client so that you can go mobile with all your browsing history, bookmarks and “the set of tabs from [your] most recent browser session” going along for the ride. Not only that, but there’s an “Awesome Bar” — Mozilla’s words, not ours — that’ll let you search through everything and predict options based on the available data. While not a “full” Firefox browser, according to the blog post (with the addendum, “either technically or due to policy”), the pages still load from within the app itself. No solidified release date yet — it’s still being polished for app store submission, but Opera’s luck give us hope for a smooth approval. In the meantime, you can get a quick preview in the video after the break.

AT&T: 40 percent of iPhone sales are enterprise

Basically, Spears says that he’s seeing extraordinary uptake on the business side with the iPhone since 2008 and the introduction of the platform’s first enterprise-focused features; in fact, he claims that “four out of every 10 sales” are to enterprise users these days and that it has all but caught up to BlackBerry for the kind of modern, tight, full-featured security that your average IT department needs. On a related note, Spears says that he hasn’t “seen the Android platform yet in the enterprise space,” but that he figures it’ll evolve over time to become “hard to ignore” to the enterprise segment. Of course, considering that AT&T has virtually no presence in the Android market at the moment, we’re not surprised that he’d take a lukewarm tack — so here’s hoping that changes fast. Follow the break for more highlights of Spears’ comments.

Netflix running on iPhone

We just received a tip from one of our readers going by the name Knisitruck who has successfully gotten Netflix to run on his iPhone 3G. Basically he copied the iPad Netflix app and iPad mediaplayer frameworks to his iPhone, made a few plist edits and changes and got it running!

Smokescreen makes Flash content visible on iPhone and iPad (video)

Mind you, it’s just a preview release, but Chris Smoak’s Smokescreen does exactly what it promises: enable Flash content to play on Apple’s iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. Kind of. Here’s how Smokescreen gets around using a Flash plugin as described by Simon Willison:

“It runs entirely in the browser, reads in SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS), extracts images and embedded audio and turns them in to base64 encoded data:uris, then stitches the vector graphics back together as animated SVG.”

While it works fine with simple animated banner ads (uh, huzzah!?), we found that Smokescreened Flash content like video and games was impossibly slow when tested on our iPhone 3G. Still, it’s a start for this soon to be open sourced Flash player written in JavaScript. Check the video after the break for a demonstration or give it a go for yourselves by browsing over to the appropriate source link below.

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Episode 19 – “I am Leonidas!”

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 26-05-2010

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Analyst: 40% of AT&T customers may head to Verizon if there’s a vPhone

Analyst Drake Johnstone says that if Verizon does carry Apple’s smartphone, 40% of its customers are likely ready to jump ship for another carrier. That’s 6 million of AT&T’s estimated 15 million customers, all yearning to break free of their bonds to AT&T.

Walmart officially cuts iPhone 3GS to $97, potentially clearing out inventory for the iPhone 4?

Walmart just officially announced that it’ll be selling the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97 starting Tuesday, a full $100 off the regular price. Given the high probability that Steve Jobs will introduce the thoroughly-leaked next-gen iPhone when he gives the WWDC 2010 keynote on June 7th, the price cut seems like either an attempt to clear out remaining inventory or a way to slide the 3GS down the line to replace the $99 8GB iPhone 3G — a move which would corroborate some whispers we’ve heard today that the 3G is no longer being shipped to stores. Either way, the 3GS just got a lot cheaper, which is never a bad thing, but we’d still say potential iPhone owners should wait a couple weeks and see what’s coming next.

Apple discontinuing Apple iPhone 3G 8GB?

A move that is sure to surprise few, we suppose. We’ve heard that Apple has stopped shipping iPhone 3G 8GB units to AT&T stores and orders are not being placed for the device. Could this mean we might see the iPhone 3GS drop to $99 and make way for a new model? Or maybe the 3GS would disappear altogether? We’re not sure, but we’re about to find out…

Retrevo: 30% of potential U.S. netbook purchasers bought an iPad

 Retrevo has a new study out that suggests 1 in 3 potential U.S. netbook buyers opted for the iPad as opposed to the keyboarded alternative. The study — whose “sample size was over 1,000 [and] distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United States” — asked: “Did you hold off on buying a netbook after the iPad was announced in January?” Thirty percent of those 1,000 respondents answered: “Yes. And I bought an iPad.”

Department of Justice sets its sights on iTunes in new anti-trust investigation

The New York Times published an interesting article this evening which alleges that the U.S. Department of Justice has kicked off another anti-trust investigation that focuses in on Apple. Unlike the other two ongoing investigations which deal with Apple’s lockout of Flash in the iPhone OS and its upcoming iAd service, this time around its Apple’s strangle-hold grip on the digital music marketplace that’s getting all of the attention. Here specifically is what the NYT said triggered the investigation.

Apple’s next iPhone will have video chat, feature to be shown in ads directed by Sam Mendes

Apparently American Beauty director Sam Mendes is in the process of putting together a series of commercials for Apple’s next iPhone, which according to a tipster is being referred to internally as the Mammoth / N90. Besides that tip (with a handful of juicy details), a trusted source has confirmed to us that the ads will feature at least one spot where a mother and daughter are having a video chat conversation using the new front-facing camera that’s been spied on the face of that iPhone floating around Vietnam and Northern California.

To Settle Lawsuit, AT&T Lets You Unlock Anything That’s Not An iPhone

AT&T has settled a class action suit by providing codes that unlock any phones that were bound to AT&T. That includes any phones but that pesky iPhone, which is bound by an exclusivity agreement that lasts til 2012 but may or may not have already been renegotiated.

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Hardware and Accessories

The four best phone stands money can’t buy

  1. The gift-card stand
  2. The paper-clip stand
  3. The coffee-sleeve stand
  4. The business-card stand

Ringtone of the Week

This week’s ringtone is of Tommy singing the intro to the show.

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Episode 18 – Now, 100% Gluten Free!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 26-05-2010

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Here’s What’s New In iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4

Oh yes! iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 is out and we’re tearing it apart to find out what’s new so that you don’t have to risk your iPhones. Here’s what we’ve discovered so far.

Apple iPhone video conferencing info

 Like we need any more proof, right? Even so, the more confirmation the better we say, and one of our Apple guys has sent us in some shots of the field test firmware for the new iPhone HD (or whatever it is), and we’ve got them right here for you. They are pretty self explanatory, and there is one more after the break!

Wi-Fi Sync for iPhone video hands-on: it works!

We just got our hands on Wi-FI Sync and guess what? It actually works — fancy that! For those of you out of the loop, Apple recently rejected this gem of an app (go figure), but thanks to the magic of jailbreaking, that was hardly the end of the road. Days later, Wi-Fi Sync ended up on Cydia (Mac-only, for now) with a completely-affordable price tag of $9.99, promising iPhone and iPod touch users the ability to sync their device with iTunes sans any cabling whatsoever. Since we’re notoriously lazy when it comes to actually plugging in our phones and syncing, we fired up the program on our jailbroken 3GS in order to see exactly what the law-abiders in attendance were missing out on.

iPhone 3G’s Android port is ready to download

Had enough Android excitement yet? Of course not. Following up on the Froyo release yesterday, we’ve got the no less vital news that the iPhone 3G port of Android is now ready to download and install. Having shown off Google’s OS running on a 3G two weeks ago, author David Wang has clearly had to iron out a few kinks before serving up the necessary binaries, but here they are now, replete with a handy install guide he’s penned over at PC World. Time to get yourself on the dual-booting bandwagon, no?

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Ringtone of the Week

Tim creates a ringtone from the song “Heavenly Star

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Episode 17 – Let’s Fold Some Paper!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 14-05-2010

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Wait, What? Verizon to Get iPhone Soon, say Reports

Depending on your sources, Apple’s iPhone is either coming to Verizon this summer or is locked up with AT&T until 2012.
This week, Engadget confirmed that AT&T inked a deal to carry the iPhone exclusively for five years, starting in 2007. But now CrunchGear reports that marketing company Landor Associaties is creating an iPhone advertising campaign for Verizon Wireless. CrunchGear’s John Biggs, who quotes an unnamed tipster, says the rumor “very nearly confirms” a late summer Verizon iPhone launch.
Who’s right? On one hand, contracts are subject to change, so the fact that Apple and AT&T signed a deal through 2012 doesn’t necessarily seal the iPhone’s fate as a Ma Bell exclusive. And CrunchGear’s tipster specifically called out Landor’s Brad Scott, who handles Verizon’s account, as the man in charge of this iPhone campaign.

While Apple, Adobe argue, Flash at last comes to iPhone

Here’s how it works:
“Cloud Browse goes beyond the limitations of a mobile device because it doesn’t use a scaled down web browser,” the developers explain.
“Instead, a full desktop browser is running remotely and being streamed to the iPhone/iPod Touch. The remote browser have access to higher bandwidth, more memory and faster processor than that of any mobile device.”
The other advantage (potentially) is that because Cloud Browse runs the browsers on a remote machine and not on your iPhone, you “don’t need to worry about websites grabbing your private information or leaving a trail of your browsing history,” the developers say.
HTC Calls iPad, iPhone, iPod ‘Unlawful’

The five patents at issue “relate generally to hardware and software used to implement telephone directories within mobile telephone systems” and “to power management methods implemented in portable electronic devices,” according to documents filed with the ITC.
In other words, HTC wants the iPad, iPod, and iPhone banned for sale in the U.S.

How Much are iPhone 3GS Owners Going to Pay For the Next iPhone?

Some AT&T customers are seeing their upgrade eligibility dates moved forward to June 21st. It looks as though AT&T will once again be allowing their current iPhone customers upgrade to the new iPhone this summer. While this might not be breaking news, it is a little easier to breath knowing this now rather than the week the new phone launches!

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Tips and Tricks

Increase to 19 the number of pages in the iPhone’s SpringBoard

With the release of iPhone OS 3.0, Apple increased to 11 the number of pages that we have at most on the iPhone.
With the release of iPhone OS 3.0, Apple increased to 11 the number of pages that we have at most on the iPhone.

However, many people complained about this limitation. Since the firmware 3.1, Apple removed, allowing users to have all the applications you want even if they do not appear on the SpringBoard in case exceed 11 pages. ISpazio comes from an interesting trick with which we can increase the number of pages to 19, allowing for better organization and cleanliness in the device. The steps we must follow are:

  1. We created 11 pages of icons.
  2. The first and last must be complete (with 16 icons).
  3. The application “Voice Memo” the place on the last page in the post 16.
  4. Move an application from the dock looking up the application “Voice Memo” disappears.
  5. Reboot the iPhone.

In this simple way we can reach a total of 19 pages. To add a new page just have to repeat the steps until the desired number.

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Episode 16 – iPhones, iPads, OS 4.0, Oh My!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 05-05-2010

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Apple iPad Reaches ‘1 Million Sold’ Twice as Fast as iPhone

Apple announced on Monday that it has sold more than a million iPad devices over the internet and in its retail outlets, following the Friday release of the 3G version of the device, which can connect to the internet via cellular data networks in addition to Wi-Fi.

“One million iPads in 28 days — that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “Demand continues to exceed supply,” he claimed, “and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.”

So far, Apple says, iPad users have downloaded more than 12 million apps from its App Store and more than 1.5 million e-books from the iBookstore, via Wi-Fi or wireless data connection. After demand for the iPad apparently outstripped supply, Apple delayed the device’s European rollout until the end of May.

Hot new features uncovered in iPhone OS 4.0 Betas

  • File Sharing
  • Media Player Widgets
  • Multitasking: Closing Applications
  • Orientation Lock
  • Camera zoom & focus
  • Change Home screen wallpaper
  • Game Center Social Portal
  • Folders
  • Spotlight now searches Google and Wiki

iPhone tethering on AT&T still waiting on better network performance

Despite including internet tethering as a feature in iPhone 3.0, U.S. AT&T customers have yet to have the feature enabled. Engadget got a comment from AT&T about the absent feature. The response cites high traffic usage that could hamper network performance:

iPhone tethering has the potential to exponentially increase traffic, and we need to ensure that we’re able to deliver excellent performance for the feature – over and above the increases in data traffic we’re already seeing – before we will offer the feature.

Tethering is the process of using your iPhone as a wireless internet modem for your other devices such as your laptop.

Apple Hires Nintendo Specialist From IGN to Manage App Store Gaming Content

Longtime IGN columnist Matt Casamassina last week noted on his blog that he is leaving behind his role as noted Nintendo reviewer to take a position as “global editorial games manager” at Apple.

Beginning early May, I will join Apple as global editorial games manager, App Store. In a nutshell, I will be leading the charge for games on the App Store, so whether you browse through iTunes, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, the games content you see will be handpicked and organized by me and my team. I couldn’t be happier.

Casamassina was a founding member of the IGN, a popular news and reviews site for the gaming community. His early work on Nintendo 64 content was folded into IGN, where it became a mainstay for the site as Nintendo evolved with its GameCube and Wii consoles, as well as numerous portable devices, over the years.

Is This Apple’s Next iPhone?

 The Internet is abuzz with Gizmodo’s hands on preview of what appears to be Apple’s next-gen iPhone. Here are just a few of the updates/changes but you can head over to Gizmodo for the complete story.

What’s new

  • Front-facing video chat camera
  • Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
  • Camera flash
  • Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
  • Improved display.
  • What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
  • Split buttons for volume
  • Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic

What’s changed

  • The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through.
  • Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
  • Everything is more squared off
  • 3 grams heavier
  • 16% Larger battery
  • Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery

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Tips and Tricks

Every day of the week FreeAppaDay.com will introduce a free app for 24H. A good breakfast and FreeAppADay will always be here to jumpstart your day!

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Quick Promo!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 23-04-2010

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Hey everyone! Quick promo here to let you know we are coming back in the next couple of weeks. Big thanks to all our listeners who have continued to send in the emails and encouraging words! We have TONS to cover over the next couple of months with the NEW iPhone 4G (HD), iPhone 4.0 OS, the iPad and so much more. Stay tuned for the return of your favorite iPhone podcast!

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Episode 14 – The Toddler Show

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 28-10-2009

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A computer revolution through a child’s eyesLevi_iPhone-1

I have proof from an expert that the iPhone interface really is better. Who’s the expert? My 3-year-old son. Over the years, I’ve seen countless newbies struggle to use the latest gadget, computer, or software. I like new technology, but it’s been work hauling myself up learning curves. But I’m convinced that after years stuck with only modest tweaks to the WIMP interface–windows, icons, menus, pointing device–real change is upon us. That’s chiefly because the pointing devices now can be your own fingers

12 kid-friendly iPhone apps for toddlers and young kids

Saliva Warning: I took my iPhone in for a repair this week and was told my warranty was void because a small paper tab Apple implants in each iPhone showed the phone had been exposed to liquid. Since this phone has never gotten wet, we suspect that the moisture detector (which is just inside the dock port) was triggered by excess saliva from the kids playing Ocarina and Balloonimals, both of which involve blowing into the phone. If your kids are still at the drooly stage, you may want to avoid iPhone games that involve mouth-to-iPhone contact.

Toddler’s iPhone Obsession

“But now he wants to grab my iPhone from my holster all the time, having become entranced by apps–lots and lots and lots of apps–that now litter the digital pages of my Apple device. DizzyBeeFree and Super Monkey Ball. Touch Hockey and Paper Football. Finger Sprint and MoodPhone. Bounce On and Crazy Penguin Catapult. Lie Detector and Crazy Snowboard. Tic Tac Toe and Hangman. And iChess, iCheckers, iBowl. Of course, there are also the bubble poppers and light sabers and more cowbells. And, good lord, how did a “Race to Witch Mountain” app get on there?”

10 iPhone apps toddlers love

Keeping a two-year old occupied and quiet is something man has struggled with since the dawn of time. While our ancestors may have had Laudanum, we have far friendlier (though perhaps just as addictive) electronic means of stimulation and entertainment: the iPhone. Toddlers love the iPhone for the same reasons grown-ups do: The interface is intuitive, the screen is bright and colorful, and myriad applications are available to suit almost any taste. The problem with kids is that they’re fickle, so rather than blowing lunch money on paid apps that might be a flop, try these free ones that are already toddler approved.

 

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Hardware and Accessories

Wireless Powermat charger for iPhone and other mobile devicespmr-aip1-hero2_2

With the Powermat system, you choose a mat and then choose the receivers to match the devices you want to charge. Every mat comes with a Universal Powercube receiver with 8 tips to allow you to charge hundreds of devices, but we also offer slim Powermat receivers that are custom designed to fit on your devices and you don’t need to remove them to use your device.products-homeMat

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Episode 13 – Apple Fan Boy

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 23-10-2009

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EyeTV App Error Allows Streaming TV over 3G?

Unlike the recently redeemed VoIP, streaming TV over 3G to an iPhone is still a no-no according to AT&T’s terms of service, but has an error (or “error”) on the part of EyeTV developer Elgato allowed them to go where SlingPlayer is still forbidden to tread?

In-house Radio.app in the works for iPhone and iPod touch

We’ve just received a tip that an iPhone radio.app is being developed in-house by Apple for use on the iPhone and iPod touch. From what we know, the app will be allowed to operate in the background like iPod.app and will offer the same functionality as the FM radio in the new iPod Nanos. The source mentioned that this application could also be incorporated into the iPod.app before release.

AT&T: Tethering is probably going to be a 2010 thing

AT&T, while encouraging tethering usage on Blackberries and other smartphones has delayed enabling it on the iPhone. We believed it was coming later this year, until we got a note from an AT&T spokeman. He told us to correct a post that said AT&T will be delivering tethering in 2009.

Apple Introduces In-App Purchase for Free App

So in one email, Apple ends the clutter of Lite apps, provides a real possibility for demoware (a developer can provide 1 level of a game, for example, for free, and 10 more via in-app purchase), and offers developers the carrot of anti-piracy measures at the same time. Previously, Apple was resolute about “free apps stay free” so as to avoid user confusion. What changed their mind, all of the above? And will in-app purchases in free apps be extra-carefully marked to avoid just such confusion?

Top 10 iPhone Apps as Judged by Mashable Readers

10. Tweetdeck
9. Twitterrific
8. Pandora
7. Jaadu VNC
6. Kindle for iPhone
5. Echofon
4. Evernote
3. Tweetie
2. Shazam
1. Facebook

 

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Hardware and Accessories

Aaron talks about his iFrogz case.

iFrogz is committed to bringing you the best Apple iPod™, MP3 player, and digital media accessories. Our original 3-component customizable case system revolutionized the way people thought about their iPod™ case, — and today we continue to develop new and innovative accessories that offer unrivaled protection and style for all digital media players.

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Episode 12 – Where’s my Flu App?

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 14-10-2009

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AT&T changes tune, allows VoIP over cell network for iPhone

All engines, full reverse! That’s the order AT&T seemed to be giving on Tuesday when it announced that it would be altering its existing policy to allow Internet phone applications such as Skype to place calls over the iPhone’s cellular data connection.

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.2 & Carrier Update 5.6 Update

Apple on Thursday released version 3.1.2 of its iPhone OS for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS handsets. The minor update reportedly fixes a handful of issues with the software.

AT&T Says Network Isn’t Ready For iPhone Tethering

“Whenever we offer new features, we want to offer the best possible customer experience. For tethering, we need to do some additional fine tuning to our systems and networks so that we do deliver a great experience.”

App Name Squatters Causing Trouble In App Store For Real Developers

A UK-based iPhone app developer has pointed out a largely unheard phenomenon in the App Store that is causing legitimate developers a lot of trouble: app name squatting. Like domain name squatting, a developer can register an app under a name to make sure nobody else can have it, without even releasing an actual app.

Adobe Makes it Possible to Create iPhone Apps using Flash Technology

As reported earlier, Adobe has announced the new Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which will support almost all the available smartphone platforms – Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, WebOS except for Apple’s iPhone. But they have also surprised us by announcing that forthcoming beta release of Flash Professional CS5 will enable developers to port their flash applications to the iPhone and iPod Touch using ActionScript 3.

 

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Tips and Tricks

iPhone 3GS: Enable Detailed Battery Life Indicator

Here’s a nifty, new feature for those folks who are always concerned about their battery life. New for the iPhone 3GS, you can now display a percentage meter right next to the traditional battery life indicator. To enable it, head to Settings>General>Usage and flip the “Battery Percentage” switch on. Now you’ll see the percentage of available battery right next to the battery icon!

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Episode 11 – Packing Heat!

Posted by Michael | Posted in Show Notes | Posted on 14-10-2009

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Man Arrested at Apple Store After Threatening to Shoot His iPhone with a 9mm Handgun

500x_iGunI know it’s frustrating when your phone is borked, but telling an Apple Store staffer that you’re “so mad I could pop a 9mm at it”—before revealing you actually have a real 9mm concealed—probably won’t help matters. But that’s what a man allegedly did yesterday at the Apple Store in Cincinnati’s Kenwood mall. According to reports, the man continued, “I’ll do it right now. Look!”, and opened the right side of his shirt to show a black 9mm handgun.

 

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True Story Behind Hungry Jack’sHungry_Jack's

Hungry Jack’s, often colloquially abbreviated to HJ’s or Hungry’s, is the exclusive Australian master fast food franchisee of Burger King Corporation. Its parent company is Hungry Jack’s Pty Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Competitive Foods Australia, a privately held company owned by Jack Cowin. Hungry Jack’s currently owns and operates or sub-licenses all of the Hungry Jack’s and Burger King restaurants in Australia.

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