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The iPhone has some wonderful strengths as a gaming machine, along with some very serious flaws. The lack of a physical controller means that developers are forced to use tilt and touch controls for their games, which has lead to some interesting control solutions. That means it can be tough to create a straightforward port of existing titles. Konami is forgoing the usual clone titles and tower defense games for its first jump onto Apple's "gaming platform," bringing both Dance Dance Revolution and Silent Hill titles to the iPhone. This is a much riskier strategy than creating more casual-friendly puzzle or word games;

When The Police wrote the stalker-classic song "Every Move you Make" they probably weren't thinking that a Google application for your cellphone would make their promise "I'll be watching you" so easy.

The next version of Apple's operating system will allow developers to determine the location of a Mac and use multi-touch features in the latest notebook trackpads in their own applications.

Just imagine… all the fun of Flash adverts right there on your iPhone, but with none of the benefits of having a working implementation of Flash! Thanks to mobile ad specialist Greystripe, what was once the stuff of dreams (just, you know, not our dreams) can become a reality.

My buddy Joel Evans from Geek.com and I both waited in line for the original iPhone in 2007, but this year Joel jumped on the new iPhone 3G at launch while I waited 3 weeks. Actually, it was his positive experiences with the iPhone 3G that tipped me over the edge to go get one at my local Apple store.

AT&T's iPhone subscribers have been fuming over the carrier's spotty service quality, but some wireless industry voices are suggesting the problem lies not with AT&T's network but with the faulty design of the iPhone.

I LOVE my iPhone. I just wish it were matched with Verizon Wireless, the carrier with the most envied reputation as fast, ubiquitous, reliable, nigh perfect.

I just got my new iPhone 3GS the other day and the first thing I did with it was get it jailbroken, just how I handled my iPhone 3G.