The list of iPhone-friendly websites continues to increase, with online sales heavyweight Amazon developing a sliced-up portal for Apple's rinky-dink cellphone.  Visit the traditional www.amazon.com page on your iPhone and you'll be prompted to jump to their new site. continued »

Recently added to Apple's site are two new iPhone adverts, titled All These Years and All the Parts.  The former, shown below, is directly aimed at potential business owners of the handset, asking them how they've gone through their busy, suit-wearing, briefcase-toting lives without carrying instant stock updates and email in their pockets. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q-MPZ_44VY[/youtube] continued »

Unlike many I'm yet to jump on the Facebook wagon, but for those of you desperate for round the clock contact with your Wall then the social networking site has just released the iPhone app for you.  It's a very slick implementation of Facebook formatted for the iPhone's mobileSafari browser, complete with animated tab switching, sensible accommodation of the handset's ... continued »

Eagle-eyed iPhone lover pixelperfect over at the MacTalk forums has been poring over the official Apple "Welcome/Guided Tour" video (probably trying to kill some time until the handset makes it outside of the US) and has spotted what looks like a Flash-based mp3 player interface shown on the mobileSafari browser.   continued »

Newly in beta, booksoniphone (http://booksoniphone.com/) is aiming to sate some of the hunger for using an iPhone as a personal ebook reader.  With over 20,000 titles to choose from, all of them free, and a made-for-iPhone interface, this could be the ideal way to spend your commute (assuming you don't drive to work).  We took a look to see if ... continued »

Vincent and I have had the odd argument over the past few months, and it's all the fault of the iPhone.  I say that the absence of 3G high-speed data connectivity is a deal-breaker; he tells me that making do with EDGE and WiFi really hasn't proved to be a major issue for him.  It all boils down to the ... continued »

Bejeweled is possibly one of the most popular “match three” style games on mobile devices. Earlier today, PopCap Games announced that a custom version of Bejeweled is now available for the iPhone. This version of Bejeweled has been optimized for the iPhone’s display and touch input controls. The game is simple and easy to play. All you need ... continued »

Canny developers are discovering that there's more to making an iPhone-friendly web-app than shrinking the column width; a good example is InfoSpace, who are taking on the mighty Google in a war of search with their Find It! site.   continued »

While the standard Google search page can't exactly be called crowded, the results it produces still aren't set out in the best way for an iPhone's screen. That's why they've quietly launched a specific search page for the Apple cellphone, which you can find at http://www.google.com/uds/samples/iphone/isearch.html continued »

Despite the hype around Google's Reader RSS client, I've been sticking with my original choice of NewsGator.  Now, when we finally get the iPhone in the UK, I know that I'll be able to monitor my feeds on the move, since they've introduced an iPhone-friendly interface.  MY iTablet took a look to see how well the desktop experience translates to ... continued »

If you're an auction hound addicted to eBay then we may just have the application for you.  iPhoneMyeBay is an iPhone-formatted auction client from iPhoneAppLab; at the moment you can't search for items (although the wap.ebay.com portal for general cellphone use will allow that) but it can track and monitor those lovely porcelain kitten figurines on your watch list and ... continued »

iPhone owners looking to avoid congested freeways after a long day at the office may want to check out TrafficGauge’s new service for the iPhone. Its real-time traffic will help you pinpoint slow areas along major freeways and help you to determine a better route. As you can see from the screen shot, traffic is free and clear here in ... continued »