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Soon to find its way to your iPhone homescreen, the AppStore logo is the subject of Apple's latest venture through the US Patent and Trademark Office, highlighting once again the Cupertino company's strong-handed control of each element that makes up the iPhone ecosystem.  The icon itself resembles OS X Leopard's Application folder, with the 'A' made up of a paintbrush, pencil and ruler, and will be included as part of the ... continued »

It used to be that a mobile device couldn't be taken seriously unless you could run Doom on it; the relentless urge for an upgrade means that now it's a working version of Quake or nothing.  Thankfully the iPhone (and iPod Touch) can pass that test, with Quake 3 Arena ported to the handset.  Seemingly the work of Canadian game studio HermitWorks (who are behind the Space Trader game), directional control is via the ... continued »

If you've ever wanted a good excuse to take your iPhone into class, how about using it to record your lectures?  That's what iPhone Recorder offers, together with the ability to directly record audio to ringtones without any computer necessary or any conversion processes in-between.  Dynamic volume adjustment, channel and bitrate control, and a choice of mp3, mp4 and aac file formats round out a decent range of options; you ... continued »

When you're searching on a cellphone, even if it is via the mighty Mobile Safari browser on the iPhone, you want decent results fast; users might be willing to scan through a couple of pages of Google's findings on their PC, but that's less appealing when you're peering at far smaller screen.  Wayfinder believes it has the answer; its Power Search web app simultaneously queries multiple databases with a single search term, ... continued »

Back in 2007 there was a lot of talk about VoIP company Jajah and their attempts to bring a client to the iPhone; in the end, AT&T's definition of "conference call services" scuppered those plans and Jajah instead launched an iPhone-formated web interface for their ring-back service.  With the arrival of the official Apple SDK, however, Jajah are now apparently working on a native VoIP client for the iPhone, thanks to ... continued »

Unity Technologies, who produce development tools for 3D web and desktop games, have announced they intend to create an iPhone version of their Unity engine, opening up possibilities of 3D console-quality titles on the Apple handset.  "The Unity engine is the core technology that facilitates visually rich, engaging 3D game play, whether it’s on a traditional desktop, or on the Web at major gaming sites like shockwave.com, or now on the ... continued »