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Weightbot helps you keep your New Year’s Resolution

by Shawn Brown on January 2, 2009

The iPhone gets yet another weight management applications and just in time for all those who made a new years resolution to get fit. This very simple, sleek looking application is designed to track your weight over an extended period of time and give users a real grasp of what is going on with their weight. One of the first things that you notice about Weightbot is the beautiful interface.  Input ... continued »

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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 52 2008

by Shawn Brown on December 28, 2008

The iPhone Dev Team recently streamed a live video demonstrating an unlock of the iPhone 3G. They chose to stream the video so that no questions to the authenticity would arise. Before demonstrating yellowsn0w, a member of the iPhone Dev Team by the name of MuscleNerd streamed a video explaining that the notch cut out of his SIM card was not a part of the unlock, but was used for ... continued »

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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 51 2008

by Shawn Brown on December 21, 2008

Those of you in Taiwan who went out and got the iPhone 3G the other day, you may have just picked up an unlocked iPhone 3G. Initial reports stated that these iPhone 3Gs would be SIM locked to Chunghwa Telecom, but it appears that a firmware issue left users able to use whichever SIM they choose. Walmart has jumped on the iPhone bandwagon tenfold, first by carrying the iPhone 3G and ... continued »

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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 50 2008

by Shawn Brown on December 14, 2008

This week we were not surprised to learn that the rumors of a 4GB version of the iPhone coming to Walmart for $99 were untrue. Walmart is indeed getting the iPhone in the 8GB and 16GB versions. They will discount the iPhone a whole $2 for those willing to pick up one while shopping. These prices of course are subject to a two-year agreement. Google has introduced new AdWord options for ... continued »

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Truphone has newly added inbound calling

by Shawn Brown on December 10, 2008

Today Truphone added the Truphone Anywhere functionality to their iPhone application, enabling users to make international calls for as little as £0.03/$0.06 per minute even when not connected to the internet. Truphone also added inbound calling on the iPhone for the first time. Truphone currently works in 33 countries around the world to save iPhone users money on international calling when not on Wi-Fi. Unlike calling cards, there is very little ... continued »

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Apple’s App Store getting over 2 million downloads a day

by Shawn Brown on December 9, 2008

Apple’s App store is seeing more than 2 million applications downloads everyday. Even though people thought that the initial swell in applications downloads would eventually top off and slow down, the App Store is actually seeing more traffic flow than before. It was not long ago that Apple advertised claims of 300 million downloads since the App Store opened. Just back on October 22nd Apple announced the 200 million download mark. ... continued »

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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 49 2008

by Shawn Brown on December 7, 2008

This week we were happy to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported the Apple’s iPhone. So far the development team has managed to get a serial driver, frame buffer driver, serial over USB driver and Interrupts and MMU Clock. Eventually we will be seeing support for sound, accelerometer, baseband support, touchscreen, write support for the NAND and wireless networking. It looks like Taiwan will be the next to ... continued »

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