Dec

11

Sim City iPhone is On Its Way

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December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Any self-respecting video game player, hobbyist, or computer user over 25 knows about the Sim City Series.  You know, those are the games where control freaks like myself can build and destroy empires.  With Sim City, ordinary folks can be as capricious and whimsical as the gods. Now, EA is putting that power at your [...]

Dec

10

What Do You Do on Your iPhone?

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December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The iPhone is arguably the best smart phone on the market.  It has added to my productivity in many ways, and it has definitely served as a distraction on more than one occasion. GOSHone, a tech-friendly, plain white wrapper rapper has taken iPhone productivity to an all new level.  He filmed a music video on [...]

Dec

9

One of the Most Useful iPhone Apps Ever

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December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Have you tried your free iPhone WiFi through Starbucks?  The good news is that it works.  The real good news is that it is free.  The bad news is that it is a major pain in the neck to connect to it.  The process goes like this:
1.    Turn on WiFi
2.    Try to Connect through Safari
3.    [...]

Dec

7

Could this Be the New Mac Mini Someday?

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December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ars Technica has released information on a hidden framework tucked inside of the latest iPhone 2.2 SDK.  Apparently, using the right application hooks, you can push iPhone application output to a television instead of the iPhone screen.  Here is a video documenting their successes with Moto Chaser:


Now, follow me here.  [...]

Dec

5

Apple iPhone Market Share Grows and Grows

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December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Pick a big number between 1 and 328.  If your number was 327, then you guessed the size of increase of the iPhone’s market share in the smartphone market.  That is not a typo, the i
Phone’s worldwide iPhone market share tripled.  On a worldwide scale, Apple is still lagging behind Nokia and Research in Motion.  [...]

Dec

4

Apple Releases Top App Store Applications

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December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We all love top 10 lists.  Heck, some people have made a career of them.  Well, not to be left out Apple has posted a slew of top 10 App Store Downloads of 2008.  Some of the applications listed are living happily on my iPhone 3G, while others seem a bit silly to me.
The top [...]

Dec

3

How The App Store has Changed the iTunes Store

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December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

So,  If you track the 99 cent movie rentals at the iTunes store, then you know that this week’s feature is The Fifth Element [iTunes link] .  It is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all time.  In fact, I have seen The Fifth Element more than times then any other movie.  Here [...]

Dec

2

10000 iPhone Apps and Counting

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December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy 10000 day to the Apple Application store.  It is official, this week marks a major milestone for the iPhone Application Market that many doubted.  The fine folks at TapTapTap put this mosaic of all the application icons together to mark this momentous occasion.  10,000 is a big number to be proud of, but I [...]

Dec

2

The iPhone Weblog is Back!

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December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the iPhone Blog.  As you can tell with the post dates, I have taken a slight hiatus.  Fortunately, I had my iPhone with me the whole time to keep me company (unfortunately, I was way out of AT&T’s service area), but I did get a ton of exposure to the app store [...]

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