It's difficult to keep up the App Store these days as there are just so many cool apps to talk about. However, this one demanded some attention. It's a heart rate monitor and it uses the iPhone's built-in microphone to detect your heart beat.
This is one of those cases where something so simple is really pretty smart. All you have to do is hold your iPhone to your chest or ... continued »
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Heart Rate Monitor app hits App Store
It's difficult to keep up the App Store these days as there are just so many cool apps to talk about. However, this one demanded some attention. It's a heart rate monitor and it uses the iPhone's built-in microphone to detect your heart beat.
This is one of those cases where something so simple is really pretty smart. All you have to do is hold your iPhone to your chest or ... continued »
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Big chunk of iPhone users switched carriers to use it
We all know the iPhone 3G is a popular device. But we just learned yesterday that one third of its users actually switched carriers to use it.
According to a report put out by the NPD Group, Apple lured over many customers from different carriers, and encouraged many to join AT&T just to use their smartphone. Apple also made up 17% of the smartphone market for August. This is an ... continued »
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 sports extra features
Just when I got writing about the the relatively unknown fullscreen web app feature, this comes across my screen! The iPhone 2.2 firmware update apparently had a few secrets of its own that are worth mentioning.
Developers have located these secret features, which are like little nuggets of iPhone treasure. Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating, but it's still pretty cool. One thing uncovered are Emoji, a form of Japanese icon. With ... continued »
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iPhone 2.1 makes for web-app use without MobileSafari
Web apps is a well known part of the iPhone's system and paves the way for the ability to run applications within the MobileSafari browser. Up until recently, we all thought this meant web-oriented apps required Safari to run. However, with the release of iPhone 2.1, a sneaky new feature rolled out that allows for fullscreen web-app use without launching Safari at all.
Let me make a word of note, however. ... continued »
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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 40 2008
iPhone Buzz is always abuzz with the latest in iPhone-related news, so let's not waste any time and jump right into what was hot here over the past week.
For starters, the iPhone developer NDA was thrown out this week for any released software. However, unreleased software still falls under the NDA. We also learned that Adobe Flash will be coming to the iPhone sometime in the near future, though ... continued »
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iTunes 8.0.1 released
Whether you like Apple or not, you've got to give them credit: they have really been on the bug fixes lately. And while some may argue they should take more time when developing products before releasing them, there are just some bugs you can't catch in the beta phase.
Big fixes galore in the latest iTunes 8.0.1 update. In fact, it features quite a few changes that are specific this ... continued »
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Apple iPhone push notification didn’t come in September; what now?
Apple has made deadlines for themselves and missed them in the past. But this time, we've heard so much about the push notification system that we really thought it would be coming as promised. However, the September deadline has come and gone and we still have no push.
We did have hope there for awhile because push notification was included--or at least the framework for it--in a beta but was ... continued »
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