Apple ‘s iPhone may not have the largest share of the smartphone market, but it certainly grabbed a hefty piece of the profits.

According to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple managed to take 32 percent of the overall profits for the smartphone market. Sacconaghi also said in a research note to clients that Apple achieved that percentage of profit while only accounting for 8 percent of the industry’s (more…)

What can I say? I'm a sucker for racing sims.

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I’m not what you’d call a fan of chintzy, plastic, snap-on video game peripherals. I’ve got enough plastic guitars and controllers cluttering up my living room already without taking up more space with snap-on shells that make my Wii Remote look like the world’s shortest golf club. However, I take my racing sims seriously, even on (more…)

Ars Technica reports that the latest version of the iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3 seeded to developers recently holds a configuration file that references two mysterious products known as iProd0,1 and iProd1,1. iProd0,1 was previously referenced and initially spotted back in March in a version of the same configuration file in iPhone OS 3.0 beta. References to iProd1,1, however, are completely new.

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The Get Running app lives up to its name, gradually guiding you from couch to 5K.

I used to run without music. Then I started bringing along an MP3 player. And finally I caved in to strapping my iPhone to my arm.

Sure, it’s a little unwieldy, but it’s comforting to have a phone with you just in case you need a sag wagon.

And don’t forget the apps. Your iPhone can double not only as an iPod , (more…)

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So Apple on Friday released an update to the iPhone OS (3.0.1) that takes care of an SMS vulnerability. It’s a fairly important patch, and usually when Apple updates the iPhone OS, jailbreakers have to wait until the Dev Team comes out with a new version of jailbreaking software before they can update.

But according to the iPhone Dev Team’s Twitter, this is not the case with the 3.0.1 firmware. (more…)

To get started, you need to point your iPhone 's Safari browser to
and follow the instructions provided to turn your contacts into bookmarklets so that you can just tap to call the contact.
You need to enter some credentials, which are specific to your Google Voice account (which needs you to login to your Google Voice account on your computer), your iPhone number, and the number of the person you'd like to call.
Tapping on the “Generate” (more…)

With that statement, AT&T seems to have shifted the blame on Apple for the rejections, but as
of Daring Fireball points out, they haven't flatly denied it.
In another probably related development, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple 's Board of Directors. Apple and Google have clarified that the main reason for Eric Schmidt's exit was to avoid “conflict
of interest” due to Google’s entry into mobile operating (more…)

This is what the Dev Team have to say about jailbreaking and unlocking iPhone OS 3.0.1:
“You can re-use redsn0w v0.8 we released a few weeks ago to jailbreak today’s 3.0.1 update. Just let iTunes update or restore you to official 3.0.1 then run redsn0w. The only “trick” is that when redsn0w asks you to identify the IPSW used, point it at the 3.0 IPSW instead of the 3.0.1 one. After the jailbreak, reinstall ultrasn0w 0.9 if you need the unlock.”
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Every since Apple launched the new iPhone 3GS, the older iPhone 3G has been going for $99 with a new two-year contract. Well, according to Boy Genius Report, there seem to be some indications that Apple may be about to bring out a new 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS that will take the place of the iPhone 3G and also cost $99.

Interestingly, BGR’s source isn’t AT&T but Rogers, a Canadian (more…)

Here’s an interesting solution for anyone who has a killer idea for an iPhone app but doesn’t know the first thing about software development: Moobila turns your idea into an app and markets it on the App Store.

Actually, the company specializes in turning existing corporate software into iPhone apps, thereby eliminating the need to train or hire programmers.

But Moobila also provides an opportunity (more…)