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Opera Software have succeeded in making Opera Mini Browser that can run on the iPhone, yet the iPhone's manufacturer Apple have blocked them

Summer is long over and lots hackers and geeks have spent a lot of time again behind their computers. The results are very interesting at times, like the just released first Linux OS port for the Apple iPhone.

While more financially accessible than its front-running iPhone stable mate, the cheaper iPod Touch alternative differs markedly insofar as it does not have telephonic functionality. However, that's all about to change after the release of a third-party application capable of turning the handset into a virtual mobile phone.

The iPhone 3G unlock is now available. The unlocking software is called yellowsn0w, runs as an invisible application, and it's very easy to install. Here's how. Updated: Bad news. It doesn't work right.

We love the iPhone, you love the iPhone (most of you do anyway) and so do millions of other users around the world. It's a great device that empowers users to do almost anything from making calls to checking email, from updating your status on Facebook and Twitter to sending text messages and running a host of cool applications.

Developers at Citrix have been doing some guerilla marketing at Macworld Expo, holding impromptu demonstrations of forthcoming app allowing iPhone users to run Windows. The app is actually an iphone version of the company's XenDesktop thin client software. The virtualization software supports most Windows XP and Vista applications.

It seems a shame to run down the battery of an iPhone by making phone calls. There are so many more interesting things to do with it since July, when Apple Inc. opened up the popular smartphone to outside software developers.

Late last month, T-Mobile USA began taking pre-orders for the G1, which will be the first device running Google's new Android operating system. This carrier has just announced it has sold all the devices allocated for pre-sale and delivery on October 22.

WHEN Apple's iPhone first hit the market, there was a lot of talk about what a cute device it was for consumers - but utterly unthinkable for serious business use.

We have discussed on a number of occasions that Apple are set to unveil its new Tablet device, the iSlate handheld computer at the end of this month. The latest rumors say that the device will run on the new iPhone OS 4.0, which will then be implemented on its 2010 smartphone.

For years, runners have been able to take advantage of Nike+, a nifty accessory that lets your iPod communicate with your shoes to turn it into a personal running coach of sorts. Soon, cyclists will have access to a tool that's in the same vein as Nike+, but far more powerful.

If you own a small business and want to run an ad in an iPhone app, hold onto your wallet-or at least wait until the initial excitement dies down.

Looking for an identical experience when using a "Wi-Fi-only" iPad versus Apple's just-released iPad 3G? Guess again. Electronista is reporting that a number of common applications, including the iPad's YouTube viewer, Netflix, and ABC's TV viewer, are running at downsampled resolutions over the 3G connection-or simply not at all. Previews of video content on the iTunes Store remain unaffected.

Motorola DROID It's the first device to run using the greatly improved Android 2.0 operating system and Motorola has gone a long way to address most of the shortfalls that were inevitably leveled against previous Android phones in comparisons to the competition.

The iPhone's lack of a virtual keyboard can make it hard to fire off a simple, quick e-mail or text message, such as "I'm running late" or "call me." But the free "Pastie Lite" iPhone app makes it easy to send quick messages.

Wow! Its only been a few days since the launch of Zune HD and we already have an iPhone-based app running on it!

Whether the idea of push notification for the iPhone Facebook app makes you want to do a happy dance, or just run screaming for the delete button, according to a recently published note, you won't be getting it in the 98% completed Facebook 3.0

Apple's notification system for the iPhone won't work on devices that have been unlocked to run on different networks, much to the annoyance of developers who are being left to explain the situation to customers.

What can you get for US$149.7 million? How about a nice Jackson Pollock masterpiece? Too rich for you? OK, how about Art, from ADS Software?If nothing else, the $1 app will run you hundreds of millions less than that Pollock painting, and you might learn a thing or two as part of the bargain.

Ever wondered what it would look like if you could use your home computer like an iPhone, touch screen and all? Well look no further.