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Phonesaber Removed From App Store, Might Make Triumphant Official Return

One of the more useless but fun apps on the iTunes app store was Phonesaber, and we say “was” because it’s been pulled. This time, though, it wasn’t Apple but the makers of the app, The Mac Box, themselves. They were contacted by THQ Wireless, a company with the license to make all things Star…

Tech News Matt Hickey

$13 iPhone App Faces Off Against, Embarrasses $150 Dedicated Dynometer

We recently reported on Dynolicious, the $13 app that uses the iPhone’s accelerometer to meter your car’s performance, and mentioned a few positive impressions that surfaced in the app’s early days. Sure, the idea is appealing and makes theoretical sense, but I at least need vaguely scientific confirmation that this thing actually works well. It…

Tech News John Herrman

Lightning Review: Brando’s Power Station iPhone Charger

The Gadget: Brando’s Power Station, a portable battery pack for your iPhone that slides easily into your dock connection for charging away from a socket or a USB connection. The Power Station, in turn, is charged from ITS dock connection, so you can use the same charger for both devices. Comes in white and black.…

Reviews Jason Chen

The iPhone nano Will Always Be With Us

Apple might never announce it, but fanboys will always dream, analysts will always schmooze and rumor sites will always report: The iPhone nano will always be with us, even if it never is. [Joy of Tech]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Guy Buys $999 I’m Rich App, Discovers He’s Just Dumb

While this image may be doctored, I want to believe it’s real. What really wins this for me is the desperate tone in the review from the guy who actually bought the $999 I’m Rich iPhone application, saying the application is a scam: https://gizmodo.com/999-99-iphone-app-i-am-rich-probably-only-applies-to-5033621 THIS IS NO JOKE…DO NOT BUY THIS APP AND APPLE PLEASE…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The iPhone 3G Now In Stock At All Apple Retail Stores

If you’ve been wanting an iPhone 3G but haven’t had any lucking finding one in stock, your waiting might be over. According to Apple’s iPhone 3G inventory tracking tool every Apple store in the US has the new iPhone in stock as of today. As expected, the stock levels normalized once the initial rush ebbed.…

Tech News Matt Hickey

Apple Can Remotely Disable Apps Installed on Your iPhone

By now, we’re well aware that Apple can make apps vanish without a trace (or explanation) from the App Store. But Jonathan Zdziarsi, the author of iPhone Forensics, says that Apple can actually remotely disable apps installed on your iPhone. Apparently, there’s a blacklist URL in the iPhone’s OS that he says “suggests that the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

When Good Firmware Goes Bad… And Why You Should Wait To Update

“Firmware update” sounds like something you’d want. Something solid, yet fresh and new. But lately deciding to update is getting more complicated. The newest firmware is no longer just a nice downloadable present from a benevolent electronics overlord; on many devices, it has been buggy or downright dangerous to install. Manufacturers like Apple, Nintendo and…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

$999.99 iPhone App “I Am Rich” Probably Only Applies to Developer

You must’ve seen at least one book titled something like “This book will teach you how to earn $1 million.” Now, picture an iPhone application that has just two functions: a red jewel icon that “always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this,” and, after…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Apple Receives Six New Patents: New MacBook, Dock Designs Coming?

Apple today received not one but six patents for a variety of items, including an iPhone/iPod touch stand, an amplification system, a form of speech synthesis, and something it calls a “computing device” that looks a lot like a MacBook to us. Also, a new earbud/lanyard design, and a new backlighting scheme. Keep in mind,…

Tech News Matt Hickey

The Last U.S. State to Get the iPhone

Until now, AT&T has had no service in Vermont. But thanks to some regulatory hullabaloo, AT&T will be getting coverage in the Green Mountain state anywhere Verizon’s coverage overlaps with rural provider Unicel, who it’s gobbling up (to preserve competition and all that jazz). We’re not really sure how the technical details will work (like…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Quake on iPhone Comes to Cydia Installer

That Quake game for the iPhone we wrote about a few months back has made it onto Cydia, the jailbreak application repository. Just Another iPhone Blog says it’s not too slow and it doesn’t make use of the accelerometer (so it’s probably not the version we wrote about before), but it does play fairly well.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Why Rap Stars Are Hating on the iPhone

At the Rock the Bells festival on Sunday I asked some of the most important hip-hop artists in the game—and my heroes since childhood—what they hated most about the iPhone. Whether they owned it or not, most of the stars had a good reason to dis the overhyped phone, and their answers ranged from the…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Brando Joins iPhone 3G Chip-Unlocker Game, Still Needs You to Cut Up SIMs

In similar style to the SIMable product Wilson showed you back in May, Brando now has its own SIM-hacking device available, and says it works to unlock, unchain, free, liberate—whatever—Apple iPhone 3Gs from being tied to one operator. The slim chip-and-circuit gizmo hugs the rear of your SIM and messes with the signals that go…

Tech News Kit Eaton

iPhone 3G Hardware Unlock Uses Your Existing SIM Card…Kinda

Yeah, USB Fever just started taking pre-orders for this super thin iPhone hardware unlock tool that attaches to your SIM card, but be forewarned — it requires that you cut the corner off your SIM in order to work. And if something goes wrong, I doubt it’s covered by any warranty. If you’re up for…

Tech News Adrian Covert

iPhone 2.0.1 Update Now Available (Also Available For iPod Touch)

Click to viewA reader just tipped us off to the iPhone 2.0.1 update being out RIGHT NOW. Just fire up your iTunes and click the old update button and you’ll be able to grab it. We’re updating now and will let you know what’s different. Right now all we see is “Bug Fixes” listed under…

Tech News Jason Chen

Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones a Week (But Quality Control Might Not Be Great)

Citing a source “close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers,” TechCrunch is reporting that the company who makes the iPhone 3G for Apple, Foxconn, is pumping them out a rate of 800,000 phones a week. At that rate, that’s 40 million iPhones a year. Dandy, except that TechCrunch says “there may be some…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

John Carmack Says iPhone As Powerful as Dreamcast, More Powerful Than DS and PSP Combined

We’re all for making hyperbolic statements about how powerful the iPhone is as a gaming system, but John Carmack’s taking things to the next level. As you remember, Sega has previously said that the iPhone is as powerful as their Dreamcast system, and EA has previously said that it’s more powerful than the DS, but…

Tech News Jason Chen

USBFever Reinvents iPhone 3G SIM-Eject Tool, Sells it for $3

When Apple reinvented the paperclip for the famous SIM-eject tool, it was at least a free gizmo, included in the package. USBFever clearly thought there was a gap in this market though, and have reinvented the reinvention. The new SIM-eject tool has a rubber-bung top that allows it to be stored in your iPhone 3G’s…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Phonesaber Removed From App Store, Might Make Triumphant Official Return

$13 iPhone App Faces Off Against, Embarrasses $150 Dedicated Dynometer

Lightning Review: Brando’s Power Station iPhone Charger

The iPhone nano Will Always Be With Us

Guy Buys $999 I’m Rich App, Discovers He’s Just Dumb

The iPhone 3G Now In Stock At All Apple Retail Stores

Apple Can Remotely Disable Apps Installed on Your iPhone

When Good Firmware Goes Bad… And Why You Should Wait To Update

$999.99 iPhone App “I Am Rich” Probably Only Applies to Developer

Apple Receives Six New Patents: New MacBook, Dock Designs Coming?

The Last U.S. State to Get the iPhone

Quake on iPhone Comes to Cydia Installer

Why Rap Stars Are Hating on the iPhone

Brando Joins iPhone 3G Chip-Unlocker Game, Still Needs You to Cut Up SIMs

iPhone 3G Hardware Unlock Uses Your Existing SIM Card…Kinda

iPhone 2.0.1 Update Now Available (Also Available For iPod Touch)

Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones a Week (But Quality Control Might Not Be Great)

John Carmack Says iPhone As Powerful as Dreamcast, More Powerful Than DS and PSP Combined

USBFever Reinvents iPhone 3G SIM-Eject Tool, Sells it for $3

‘Payday’ Dev Starbreeze Kills Co-Op ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Game

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Almost Had an Echo/Punisher Teamup

‘The Batman II’ Should Be Out This Weekend. Why Do We Care?

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Here’s Why We Haven’t Seen ‘Fast and Furious 11’ Yet

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