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REVIEWS: TomTom Car Kit for iPhone

20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST

Written by Chris Hall
We looked at the TomTom iPhone app a while ago and that application has just received an update to bring along a few more functions. But the elephant in the room is how you attach your iPhone to your car to use the application. Of course, the TomTom Car Kit for iPhone.

Original story at lint.com .

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Opinion: TomTom Brings Navigation App To iPod touch

19 Nov 2009 15:02:59 PST

Written by News
Up until now, TomTom's iPhone GPS application was, well, only for the iPhone. It required iPhone OS 3.0, and for obvious reasons surrounding a physical GPS module, it wouldn't work with the iPod touch. Today, all that changes. TomTom to update its application for iPhone with major improveme...

Original story at Hot Hardware .

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Altec Lansing inMotion Classic iMT620 iPhone stereo review

19 Nov 2009 12:20:00 PST

Written by Richard Lai
We've been playing with the Altec Lansing inMotion Classic iMT620 for a few days now, and before you think "man, not another iPhone stereo dock," look again. It was (mostly) love at first sight when we spotted this mini boombox -- sharp corners and minimalism are what Altec Lansing does bes...

Original story at Engadget .

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Asphalt 5 Micro-Review: Pedal to the iPhone

18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST

Written by matt cabral
Gameloft races back onto the iPhone with a follow-up to last year's arcadey Asphalt 4: Elite Racing. Asphalt 5 was developed and published by Gameloft for iPhone on November 2nd. Retails for $6.99. A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Completed the game's ca...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

17 Nov 2009 21:20:00 PST

Written by Dan Nosowitz
AT&T's 3G Network Sees 2,000% Increase Since iPhone 3G Release In the wake of a big $65 million upgrade to its network here in the San Francisco Bay Area, AT&T revealed that the improvement was due to 3G usage being up 2,000% after the release of the iPhone 3G last year. That sounds li...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: Online Petition Demands Apple Approve iPhone Apps

17 Nov 2009 07:37:12 PST

Written by Sarah Perez
Three iPhone application developers are cited in an online petition which asks Apple to approve their apps, all of which have been sitting in limbo for months on end. The developers are awaiting word about their new DJ applications which let users mix loops of their own iTunes tracks store...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Apple iPhone news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Apple iPhone news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: This Week's Best iPhone Apps -- by John Herrman from Gizmodo: iPhone
• Opinion: Google Is Keeping Chrome OS Simple. Maybe Too Simple. -- by Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch
• Opinion: The iPhone: Tricorder Version 1.0? -- by James Turner from O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies.
• How Apple’s App Store review process hurt Occipital’s RedLaser SDK and my very own ‘avit iPhone app -- from aralbalkan.com
• Opinion: Facebook for PS3 happening this Thursday -- from Ubergizmo
• Yamaha PDX-60 Portable Player Dock for iPhone/iPod Review -- from The Gadgeteer
• Opinion: Apple is losing its iPhone Value Adders -- from aralbalkan.com
• Opinion: Why I Dumped My iPhone for a Droid -- by karmamule from gadgets « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Music Devs Want Change at Apple App Store, as DJ Apps Remain Unapproved -- by Peter Kirn from Create Digital Music
• Motorola Droid Review -- by nywriter21 from gadgets « WordPress.com Tag Feed

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REVIEWS: Griffin iTrip FM transmitter with iPhone app

13 Nov 2009 08:08:11 PST

Written by Stuart Miles
The size of disposable lighter, the iTrip plugs into your Apple device via the 30-pin dock connector and gets to work transmitting your music to a nearby radio that is tuned in on the same frequency. Griffin - iTrip Tags: Audio iPod accessories Car And GPS Griffin iPod iPhone FM transmitter...

Original story at lint.com .

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Opinion: After 3 Months, 3 Rejections, Airfoil Speakers Touch Ships, Developers Leave iPhone

13 Nov 2009 05:22:54 PST

Written by Rene Ritchie
The chorus of disenchanted developers is growing and we’re adding our voices as well. Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, and updates to our existing iPhone applications will likely be rare. The iPhone platform had great promise, but that promise is n...

Original story at The iPhone .

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Opinion: 10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality

12 Nov 2009 17:00:00 PST

Written by John Herrman
True to their title, augmented reality apps add something to what you see, using a combination of camera, GPS, and sometimes, in the case of the iPhone 3GS, a compass. The result is something like a real-life heads-up display on your phone, and it's spectacular.

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: iPhone vs. DROID: Which One Should You Buy?

06 Nov 2009 19:17:02 PST

Written by Rene Ritchie
Lastly, the DROID has a physical keyboard and a virtual keyboard. The iPhone only has a virtual keyboard. Early reviews suggest the DROID physical keyboard is a little flat, a little hard to differentiate one key from another, and a little off-center to accommodate the 5-way control. In oth...

Original story at The iPhone .

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Opinion: Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition

31 Oct 2009 13:00:00 PDT

Written by John Herrman
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? • Backgrounder, a jailbreak app, for giving everyone a taste of what a multitasking iPhone is like. (Hint: pre...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: Change the Text Message Alert Sounds On Your Jailbroken iPhone

28 Oct 2009 15:13:22 PDT

Written by Roberto Baldwin
gt;Jailbroken iPhone gt;GarageBand, Audacity or other audio-editing application gt;iPhone Explorer We'll use GarageBand '09 1. Open GarageBand and open the iPhone Ringtone area. Choose Example Ringtone. Getting it on your iPhone

Original story at Mac .

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Opinion: BookReader for iPhone: You can't judge a book by its cover

23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Written by David Winograd
originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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Opinion: With N900, Nokia Still Not Close to The iPhone

19 Oct 2009 18:07:02 PDT

Written by Om Malik
Hardware: Why I wasn’t surprised The device has all the modern hardware trappings: WiFi, 3G, GPS and lots of storage. These are table stakes for any modern smart phone, so these features aren’t really much of a surprise. Software: Why I was surprised

Original story at GigaOM .

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Opinion: Everything You Wanted to Know About iPhone 3.1 But Were Afraid To Ask

11 Sep 2009 14:15:06 PDT

Written by Brian X. Chen
Amid the flurry of announcements Apple made Wednesday, the company quietly released the latest version of its iPhone operating system. And as is often the case with iPhone updates, Steve Jobs giveth some new features and Steve Jobs taketh away others. Easy iPhone App Sorting With iTunes 9

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Eleven iPhone games I won't delete

08 Sep 2009 13:30:00 PDT

Written by Victor Agreda, Jr.
MotionX Dice [iTunes link] -- You never know when you're doing to need some dice. Plus, MotionX gives this app away, and it's a beautiful example of what can be done on the iPhone. When someone wants to "see something" on my iPhone, often I'll show them how the shadows cast by the dice change as I...

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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Opinion: Five (really useful) Apps for everyone

04 Aug 2009 22:30:00 PDT

Written by Victor Agreda, Jr.
Remember our chat about driving and using your iPhone? Flicktunes makes controlling the iPod in your iPhone (or touch) much easier when you have to focus on other things -- like driving. Flick your finger left or right to navigate your playlist, up or down to start or stop the music. The album...

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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Opinion: Navigon scores with MobileNavigator

24 Jul 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Written by Mel Martin
While many have been waiting for the TomTom hardware/software combo for the iPhone, Navigon has delivered a very appealing app for the iPhone running version 3.0 of the OS. So how is it on the road? Pretty nice. I got a quick GPS lock. If for any reason you lose GPS, in a tunnel for example, you get a...

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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Opinion: Hands On with iPhone 3.0's Best New Features [Screenshot Tour]

17 Jun 2009 17:10:00 PDT

Written by Adam Pash
Camera/Photos tweaks: Your Camera and Photo apps both saw some minor but cool feature updates. Pictured, you'll see that the Camera app now sports a tiny thumbnail of the last picture you took that, when tapped, takes you to your Camera Roll. When you're sending, copying, or deleting photo...

Original story at Lifehacker .

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Opinion: 5 things you need to know about the iPhone 3G S

17 Jun 2009 13:00:00 PDT

Written by Michael Jones
Not quite. Installing the 3.0 update will get you several of the new features, such as copy and paste, voice notes, MMS, and tethering (if your carrier supports it, anyways), but some of the features will only be available on the 3G S. Things like voice control, video editing and sharing, comp...

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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Opinion: 20 Must Have Free Apps

26 Dec 2008 05:30:29 PST

Written by Brian Fischer
Let’s face it. Sometimes, you’d rather leave a voicemail. This app will connect you directly to the caller’s voicemail- no ringing involved. (This is, of course, assuming that they have a voicemail account, and not an old fashioned land-line.) You can even pretend that you’re upset they did...

Original story at Apple iPhone Apps .

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Review: Cycorder

24 Aug 2008 08:58:51 PDT

Written by Jeff Noble
An upside-down triangle in the lower left corner is a little confusing as to what it does, but a quick touch shows that it toggles between the video screen and the video list screen. There are no other features at present. Pressing the edit button simply allows you to delete the video. You can SS...

Original story at Apple iPhone Apps .

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Review: iPhone 3G Hardware

14 Jul 2008 06:55:47 PDT

Written by Dieter Bohn
Part two will focus on iPhone 2.0 software, where a lot of the real magic this week is happening and it’s available on both versions of the iPhone. That review is coming soon, for now, let’s take a look at the iPhone 3G hardware with (much) more depth than we gave you in our iPhone 3G unboxing vid...

Original story at The iPhone .

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Opinion: Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone [Feature]

15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PDT

Written by Adam Pash
Now that you've got that, start up your FTP client of choice, enter the IP address as you server, and use root for your username and alpine as your password. Once connected, navigate to the Applications folder (just above the root folder). That's where your iPhone and iPod touch keep all of th...

Original story at Lifehacker .

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iPhone accessory mini-review and gallery: Incase Protective Cover

01 Jul 2007 09:00:00 PDT

Written by David Chartier
When I purchase just about any electronic gadget these days, I usually factor in the cost of at least a $20-$30 case to buy right along with it. When I went to purchase my 8GB iPhone Friday night, I considered its price to be $630, not $599; there was no way I was walking out of the Apple Store with...

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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