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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...

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Opinion: This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps

06 Nov 2009 15:20:46 PST

Written by John Herrman
The Best Chorus: Hey, Apple, when people start making apps just to help people find new apps, take it as a sign that your App Store interface could use a little help. Chorus crowdsources the effort to cut through the endless jungle of trash:

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]

06 Nov 2009 15:20:46 PST

The Best Chorus: Hey, Apple, when people start making apps just to help people find new apps, take it as a sign that your App Store interface could use a little help. Chorus crowdsources the effort to cut through the endless jungle of trash:

Original story at gizmodo/full(feeds.gawker.com) .

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Opinion: Why I’m Not Getting a Droid Today

06 Nov 2009 12:20:29 PST

Written by Dylan F. Tweney
In terms of interface and features, the Droid is the first phone that’s truly comparable to the iPhone in terms of power and ease of use. There are interface differences, but for the most part they’re not better or worse, just different.

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Apple’s Steve Jobs Declared “CEO of the Decade”

05 Nov 2009 17:14:37 PST

Written by Ben Parr
In 1996 however, NeXT was bought by Apple, returning him to the company he created. He quickly took the reigns as CEO. You probably know the rest of the story: iTunes, Mac, Macbook, iPod, iPhone, the iTunes and iPhone App Stores, and other products vaulted Apple from turmoil into one of the wo...

Original story at Mashable! .

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Review: Marware C.E.O. Premiere for iPhone 3GS & iPhone 3G

04 Nov 2009 10:26:42 PST

Written by Jeremy Sikora
Learn more at TiPb’s iPhone Store >>> This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. Review: Marware C.E.O. Premiere for iPhone 3GS & iPhone 3G Review: Marware C.E.O. Premiere for iPhone 3GS & iPhone 3G

Original story at The iPhone .

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Apple iPhone news and blogs - November 07, 2009

07 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: Apple Has No Sense Of Humor. Luckily, Google Does. -- from iPhone News
• Opinion: Apple adds submission histories to iTunes Connect -- by Erica Sadun from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
• Opinion: SEMA 2009: Rev for iPhone reaches 2.0, includes data-logging [w/ VIDEO] -- by Damon Lavrinc from Autoblog
• Review: Asphalt 5 – Plus Video -- by Trevor Sheridan from App Advice
• Opinion: Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Round 2 -- by Greg Kumparak from MobileCrunch
• Opinion: Droid vs iPhone 3GS — a Camera Shootout -- by Kevin C. Tofel from jkOnTheRun
• Opinion: Andy Ihnatko on Verizon Droid "iDon't" ads: baloney (mostly) -- by Steven Sande from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
• Opinion: Jailbroken iPhones Open To Hack -- from Ubergizmo
• Opinion: Newly discovered Safari bug could mean big fees for some iPhone users -- by Greg Kumparak from MobileCrunch
• Motorola Droid Review -- by matt buchanan from Gizmodo: Top

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Opinion: The Price Is Wrong: 13 Overpriced iPhone Apps

03 Nov 2009 16:06:51 PST

Written by Daniel Dumas and Brian X. Chen
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Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Discovering Great iPhone Apps: 5 Recommendation Services Compared

03 Nov 2009 13:50:34 PST

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Below we've posted a chart comparing the features of 5 new services for iPhone app discovery: Apple's own App Genius, a new social app discovery service called Chorus that linked to great press coverage this morning, a simple mobile sharing service called AppsFire, a remarkably simila...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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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: Motorola’s Droid Is Memorable, But Won’t Make You Forget the iPhone

28 Oct 2009 13:05:30 PDT

Written by John C Abell
The virtual keyboard appears when appropriate, landscape or portrait. And while the software keys appear to be narrower than those on the iPhone, they seem at least as easy to use. Another familiar feature is the “reality check” of a small pop-up displaying the key being pressed. And there i...

Original story at Wired .

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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: Count the beats: Tuning and more with Guitar Toolkit for iPhone / iPod touch

28 Sep 2009 14:00:00 PDT

Written by Matt Tinsley
Some time ago I was doing an unplugged acoustic gig when my regular stomp box tuner broke down mid-rehearsal. I was in desperate need of a reliable tuner, without a music store in sight. Roll on Agile Partners Guitar Toolkit [iTunes link] for the iPhone/iPod Touch at £5.99

Original story at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) .

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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: 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: The Week In iPhone Apps: Navigation, Inebriation, Multiplication

10 Jul 2009 15:00:00 PDT

Written by John Herrman
• The Cost of Buying Every iPhone App: $144,326.06 • SoundAMP App Turns the iPhone Into a Makeshift Hearing Aid • iTwitter: The First iPhone Twitter App With Push, Sorta • Push Gmail for the iPhone, Finally (It's Not What You Think) • Prowl Pushes Growl Notifications to Your iPhone

Original story at Gizmodo .

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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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