Comcast has now released an updated version of their application that brings remote DVR functionality to the iPhone . With Comcast Mobile App 2.0, users will also be able to remotely search and schedule new recordings, cancel recordings as well update their DVR settings. Announcing the release on the company blog, Cathy Avgiris, Senior Vice President of Communications and Data Services at Comcast writes:
“With Comcast Mobile 2.0, now available on (more…)

“Imagine that Netflix offers its subscribers the ability to instantly watch movies & TV episodes on their iPhone . The selection availability to instantly watch includes some new releases, lots of classics and TV episodes. There are no advertisements or trailers, and movies start in as little as 30 seconds. You can fast-forward, rewind, and pause or watch again. The movies & TV episodes you instantly watch are included in your Netflix membership (more…)

that can come pretty handy under these circumstances. The iPhone app lets you set a time period for which the message will exist. Post this time limit, the contents of the text message will ”
” making it virtually impossible to track the contents of the message.
To use the iPhone app, both the sender and the receiver need to download and activate the application. The application is designed to retain the look and feel of iPhone 's native Messages (more…)

However, is A4 really the
that it is made out to be? In a recent article, Jon Stokes from
questions the acclaimed superiority of the A4 chip and makes an argument against it.
According to his sources, the A4 chip is a 1GHz SoC made of a single Cortex A8 core and PowerVR SGX GPU and not a dual-core Cortex A9 chip as originally thought. This would make it comparable to the chips present on many of the modern day smartphones and hence is nothing (more…)

Push Doctor has been developed by anethema. It gives you genuine activation certificatesunlike other workarounds, and they are always unique.
The fix is available on the Cydia Store for free. Here are the installation instructions:
Please remember hacking your iPhone could void its warranty. So please proceed with caution and at your own risk and don’t forget to take a
for more details).
Simply add the NERV repository: http://cmdshft.ipwn.me/apt/ (more…)

Grooveshark is a free web based music streaming service that allows users to upload, share and stream tracks from a massive catalog of songs. The new iPhone app will allow their Premium/VIP members of the service use their
to search for music from the huge database. Additionally, users may also organize tracks into playlists, mark tracks as favorite and listen to songs offline. The web based alternative available on the company's website runs (more…)

Heat can degrade performance of your iPhone ’s battery. So it is important to keep the iPhone out of the sun or a hot car (including the glove box).
Set auto-Lock interval (Settings > General > Auto-Lock) so that your iPhone will turn off more quickly after a period of inactivity.
Use location services only when needed (Settings > General > Location Services).
Fetch email or other data less frequently (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > (more…)

However, there have been persisting doubts over the ability of apps such as iBooks to succeed especially since rival applications like the
are already available on the App Store. In fact, Kindle on iPhone is a pretty popular application reaching out to nearly 63 markets worldwide. So how will Apple change users' habits and make them use the native iBooks app to purchase and read ebooks?
makes some interesting observations on how this is possible. (more…)

Huberty believes that by lowering these costs, Apple will be able to establish a wider customer base in both the developed and developing markets. In her note, Huberty writes:
“We expect Apple to launch new iPhones in June that offer both a lower total cost of ownership and new functionality, potentially including gesture-based technology.”
could help them sell close to 6 million iPads in 2010, which is nearly double the number estimated by Wall (more…)

comes another iPhone app rejection that has stirred up a controversy. Nick Bonatsakis from Atlantia Software has revealed that his iPhone app named QuackPhone has been rejected by Apple because it apparently contained ”
“.
“. While the application indeed does not do much in terms of functionality, Apple 's decision to reject an app that is evidently harmless has not gone down well with a lot of app developers. Expressing his disappointment (more…)