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Amazon.com released Kindle for iPhone late Tuesday night, providing iPhone users with the ability to read more than 240,000 Kindle-formatted books from Amazon's e-book library. It's a free download from the App Store.

One of the most anticipated games for the iPhone/iPod Touch has to be Konami's Metal Gear Solid Touch. Konami released a handful of screenshots and some scarce information on the game last week. Today the company announced in Japan that Metal Gear Solid Touch will be available in the App Store on March 19 (both in the US and Japan).

Juicy Development has released Police Scanner for iPhone, a useful tool for locating and listening in on police dispatch frequencies throughout the country. Over 500 EMS operations stream their dispatch communications on the Internet. Police Scanner for iPhone connects to these streams and allows listeners to stay informed.

The dev team has released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for iPhones and first generation iPod touch devices, for those who want to upgrade to firmware 2.2.

Apple has taken a bit of a break following the last round of iPhone 3G releases in late September, but the iPhone 3G may appear in a few more countries before the end of the year. Late last week and over the weekend, two carriers announced that they have signed deals with Apple to distribute the iPhone 3G. Specifically, carriers in Thailand and Taiwan said that they have signed deals with Apple, although the details differ somewhat.

I've got a pretty shocking post over at the internet saying that the iPhone Dev Team have successfully jailbroke the new OS before it is released

Smule has released an update for Zephyr, an application where you write messages with snow on your screen and then anonymously release them to the virtual world. These messages ultimately appear on the screens of iPhone users across the globe. The app retails for 99 cents.

When Google announced that it was getting into the phone business, many expected that it was going to release the long rumored "GPhone", a high-tech smart phone akin to the iPhone. The company surprised everyone when it instead released a smart phone operating system, Android.

When Google (GOOG) released its Nexus One concept phone last weekend to some of its employees, the blogosphere and industry pundits went on a feeding frenzy: Would Google try and release its own wireless phone and compete directly with its existing carrier customers?

Yesterday, MLB Advanced Media, through MLB.com, released "World Series 2009″, a game designed for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. In what is believed to be a first for a sports league, the game was developed in-house. The application is available on iTunes for a one-time cost of $7.99.

It is official. OS 3.1 for the iPhone will be released today.

Apple apparently likes to release updates at the speed of light, which is great for iPhone owners and developers.

The news about applications never rests. At least this one is awesome. In September, with the release of iPhone OS 3.1, Augmented Reality applications are headed to the App Store.

dPompa this week released Matalot 1.0, a task management application for the iPhone.

Developers, start your engines. Apple has rolled out iPhone 3.1 OS Beta in preparation for an eventual fall release.

Readdle has released Penetrator 1.0, a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs US$0.99 and is available at the Apple App Store.

Supposed to be released today, it could be a week or it could be a month but eventually Google Voice is going to be released and it might hop right into the crosshairs of mobile carriers.

Recently AT&T has become synonymous with bad news for iPhone users however with the release of OS 3.0 they may have finally given them something to cheer about.

Apple is scheduled to release its iPhone OS 3.0 software update today-according to industry rumors, the update will be available for download at 1:00 pm EST.