iPhone and iPhone 3G owners with the warranty-voiding fortitude to open up their handset to unofficial third-party applications - the process known as the "jailbreak" - have enjoyed the option to use their iPhone 3G as a wireless modem. By "tethering" an iPhone 3G to a laptop, users with jailbroken iPhone 3G's could take full advantage of their high-speed wireless data network on a full-fledged computer - all it required was a simple terminal command and a couple web browser tweaks.
Slifter announced today that iPhone users can now grab the Slifter application for free, the first local product search tool available in the App Store that allows consumers to search and share products and promotions at local retailers and stores.
Independent media organisation the Creamer Media group has launched what it believed to be the first South African-developed iPhone 3G application, with its Mining Weekly Online publication set to be one of the myriad of applications available for the gadget.
Kerry Ritz is in Soho, London. His colleague Ross is in Newcastle. So there's not much reason to consider ringing Ross, to ask if he fancies a quick drink after work… but then Kerry knew that anyway from the display on his phone.
In the exciting new category of modern hand-held computers - devices that fit in your pocket but are used more like a laptop than a traditional phone - there has so far been only one serious option. But that will all change on Oct. 22, when T-Mobile and Google bring out the G1, the first hand-held computer that's in the same class as Apple's iPhone.
The T-Mobile G1 is showing up in the hands of those who pre-ordered one this week (mine is schedule for Tuesday arrival) and I have been seeing new applications appearing in the Android Market almost daily on my review unit. There are still a very limited number of games and I think only one or two were added since I started my review.
The iPhone Dev Team has announced "significant 3G progress" towards a 3G unlock, modifying iPhone 3G baseband and even running modified baseband code, but the unlock itself remains elusive.
While reading the Bible is certainly a good thing, carrying a rather bulky book around with you can be inconvenient. That's why some readers might be pleased to know that now they can read the Bible on their iPhones.
Have you got some DVDs or just video files that you'd like to watch on your iPhone? In this case you might want to give a try to Cucusoft's DVD to iPhone Converter Suite.
Plug your iPhone into a variety of computers, yours or other people's, and you'll find that your phone and iTunes want to wipe everything clean and start over, every single time.
Line Rider-one of the more popular Flash-based game diversions-has come to the iPhone. InXile Entertainment offers it for $3, and it's worth the price of admission.
As a self-confessed Apple fan boy, I own an original 2G model - such as was my impatience in waiting forever for it to arrive in Australia (like every other bit of technology of course).
Real competition to Apple's iPhone is coming in the form of the G1 from T-Mobile and Google, which will be released next week, and the BlackBerry Storm, on tap for November.
Coors brewery has been served with a $12.5million lawsuit over its famous iPint application - with the makers of iBeer believing that a YouTube clip of their development ended up costing them money.