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Crazy Big iPhone Numbers: Almost 1,400 Apps Approved in One Day

September 23, 2009

I’m frequently amazed by some of the sheer numbers associated with the iPhone. Today’s example comes from App Shopper and their report on app approvals last week including the ‘avalanche’ of approvals last Friday.
At the end of last week we saw a massive number of App approvals on the iTunes App Store. This [...]

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Google Sync Now Does Gmail Push for iPhone, for Free

September 22, 2009

Earlier this year, we launched Google Sync which allows you to synchronize your Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar with your iPhone, Windows Mobile, and S60 devices. Today, we’re adding Gmail support to Google Sync for iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows Mobile devices.

That’s straight from the Google Mobile Blog, and it’s very good news [...]

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Google Says Apple Did Reject the Google Voice App

September 18, 2009

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From a post at Apple Insider today:
Google’s letter directly contradicts Apple’s own claim that the Google Voice application was not outright rejected from the App Store. Apple, in its own note to the FCC, said it simply had not accepted the software, essentially leaving it in a state of limbo. Google, however, [...]

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Percentage of Jailbroken iPhone Users Nudges Up In The Week of OS 3.1 Release

September 10, 2009

I always check out the interesting sets of statistics provided by Pinch Media in their weekly newsletter. Today the one stat that jumped out at me is that the percentage of jailbroken users rose and hit 9% for the first time that I can recall.
Wonder how much of the recent increase is driven by [...]

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AT&T Tackles MMS Frustrations ‘Head On’ – via YouTube Video

September 7, 2009

Apparently AT&T has heard all the ‘discussion’ on the web about MMS for the iPhone – and wanted to respond, wanted to ‘take what’s being said head-on’. So they’ve done so by way of a YouTube video, with ‘Seth the blogger guy’.
It would be awfully hard not to hear the discussion on MMS [...]

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AT&T Announces MMS for iPhone Launch Date: September 25

September 3, 2009

Update on iPhone MMS for our Mobility Customers We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). We’ve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with [...]

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Oh! – AT&T Says MMS for iPhone Coming September 25?

September 3, 2009

Just in case you can’t see that screencap clearly, it says:
AT&T says iPhone 3G and 3GS customers will be able to use Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) from September 25

Wow. Finally. Or finally if this is accurate that is. Since the end of summer really is coming round soon now, I don’t see why this [...]

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iTweetReply for iPhone Gets Updated – Minor Bug Fixes, Speed Improvements

August 24, 2009

iTweetReply, the push notifications-enabled Twitter app from Syncode, received a minor update today, bringing it to version 1.1.1. This update fixes some minor bugs including the TwitterFon opening issue, modifies the new tweet screen slightly, and includes speed improvements.
Though not incredibly pressing, if you’re an iTweetReply user, you’ll want to make sure you update the [...]

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Want To Stop All Data Tracking in Your iPhone Apps? There’s a (jailbreak) App for That

August 23, 2009

The recent controversy over iPhone apps that ‘phone home’ with data about users – which had Pinch Media and its analytics tracking code right at its center – has led to some solid efforts from Pinch and others, and to some good solutions for users who want more obvious and easy opt-out of having [...]

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An Update & Offer of Support for 3.0 Mixed Up Icons Bug – Not from Apple, From Truphone

August 20, 2009

Suffering with buggered up icons under iPhone OS 3.0? Looking for some sort of news or support on the issue? Well hey – there’s a little of that available via an email sent out to users yesterday.
Not from Apple of course, who still haven’t acknowledged this widely-known bug – but from the developers of an [...]

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NME Radio – The Most Downloaded UK Radio App for the iPhone

August 18, 2009

As reported over at Macworld, NME Radio has just succeeded in becoming the most downloaded UK radio app, securing number 2 place in the overall music category. This is no easy feat, given the quality of music apps around, such as Pandora, Last.fm, and hopefully soon, Spotify (provided Apple doesn’t flex its rejection muscle on [...]

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