Apple is addressing an iPhone vulnerability that could allow attackers to access to the device's GPS coordinates, control the phone's microphone for eavesdropping, or turn the device into a denial-of-service attack bot.
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The first day the Apple iPhone 3GS went on sale was the biggest sales day ever for AT&T, according to an internal memo sent to company employees that has since been published in various blogs.

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Apple recently made a new software development kit available to those writing applications for the iPhone. iPhone SDK 3.1 has lots of new tools for developers to take advantage of. Some of the changes include better control over the ...
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Apple has released its iPhone OS 3.1 beta and iPhone SDK version 3.1 to the developer community. At least one new feature includes the ability to save a copy of edited movie files on the iPhone 3GS.
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I bought an iPhone 3G from Italy where they come factory unlocked. At first I was very impressed. I ...

Bug fixes or more features are coming soon with the new iPhone OS 3.1? Apple has released a new iPhone SDK 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.1 for developers. The beta version can be downloaded and used for application development. There is no detail change log released by Apple but at least one user has noticed few changes for example, mms enabled on AT&T network, able to save video as different copy when trimming video and bug fixes.

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The iPhone 3GS: What will it get you?

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Q: What are the main differences between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS? With the iPhone 3G being just $99, I'd rather not spend the extra $100 for the 3GS if I don't have to.
- James

A: The extra $100 for the iPhone 3GS gets you a few things. They aren't mind-blowing, but they are worth an extra $100, depending on your point of view.

• Voice control: This is a welcome and nifty feature that performs well. Not only can you make calls using only your voice, but also you can use the iPod player. It's particularly useful if you'll be using the iPhone while driving.
• Video recording: Another feature that was long overdue. The video quality is quite good and the editing tool is unique and very easy to use.
• Accessibility options: The 3GS is the first iPhone to offer a broad range of accessibility feature, like Voice Over, which will read a description of the onscreen controls. Other options will further assist visually impaired users.
• Compass: The compass and its integration with the Google Maps feature are neat, but I don't see myself using them that ...
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According to BGR, it looks like Apple has released the iPhone SDK 3.1 as well as iPhone OS 3.1 for developers. Stay tuned for more details.

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Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs has returned to Apple and is splitting his time between his home and the office. A financial analyst told the publication that his return should give investors renewed confidence in the company.
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Our favourite Apple joke is that the Mac has one game -- Marathon -- and Apple users are still playing it 250 years after it was first released. Horrifically, it seems we won't be able to use this time-honoured material much longer, as Apple is on its way to becoming one of the leaders in mobile gaming -- all because of the iPhone. It's not the only smart phone platform, of course, and Google's Android OS is building up a fine library of its own.

We've put together a list of the best value (free) games you can lay your hands on at the moment for Android. If you've got one of the rapidly expanding number of Android phones, this should help you get more out of it.

After taking a medical leave of absence in January, Steve Jobs on Monday officially resumed his work as chief executive of Apple.

"Steve is back to work," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling, told Bloomberg News. Jobs will be working at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, for "a few days a week", and working from home on the rest, according to the report.

Jobs was initially said to be taking a break from work to focus on recuperating from a hormone imbalance. But, in April, he received a liver transplant from a hospital in Tennessee.

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Apple and other big phone makers have struck a deal with the European Commission to start selling phones with universal cell phone chargers starting next year.

Side by side view of a micro-USB connector and a regular USB connector.

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Under the agreement, manufacturers would start using micro-USB connections for phone chargers used for smartphones. Apple joins other big cell phone makers including LG, Motorola, Nokia, Research In Motion, Samsung and Sony Ericsson in agreeing to the new standard. Chipset makers, such as NEC, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have also agreed to the deal.

In February the GSMA, a trade association for mobile carriers using GSM technology, said it had brokered a deal with handset makers to get the micro-USB technology into cell phone chargers by 2012. And the CTIA, the U.S. wireless trade association, backed the standard in April of this year.

The initiative has many advantages. For one it makes it much easier for consumers who no longer have to worry about losing their one and only cell phone charger. It also cuts down on waste since people can reuse their cell phone chargers when they get a new phone. Even though ...

Most of the world's top cell phone manufacturers have agreed to adopt the micro-USB port as their standard cell phone charger connector. Similar plans are being pushed in the United States.
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According to a retail availability guide provided by Apple, the company is seeing shortages of its new iPhone 3GS smartphone. On Sunday, stores in only six U.S. states were completely stocked.
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A number of companies have signed a new document that will make microUSB ports the standard port for charging cell phones. Some of the companies agreeing to the standard include Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, ...
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Consumer electronics giant Sony plans to develop a mobile phone-game player hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple's highly popular iPhone.

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Attention, iPhone users: We've found a way (via Pre Thinking and Sprint's Facebook page) that you can save up to $1,200 over two years on your service plans! All you have to do is buy a Palm Pre and sign up for service with Sprint. ...

TravelTracker Pro keeps tabs on your entire trip, including real-time flight status.

I'm winging my way to San Francisco in a couple weeks, so I've been rounding up apps that'll make my trip easier and more enjoyable.

Obviously I'll stock up on e-books and movies for the flight (Wondershare's DVD Ripper Platinum is proving a great choice for copying my DVDs to my iPhone), and I've already got old standbys like Urbanspoon and Yelp for finding local grub and businesses.

But there's more to a trip than just food and in-flight movies. Here's a list of the iPhone apps I've decided to pack:

• HazelMail Postcards Sure, you can always e-mail photos of your trip, but doesn't grandma deserve a good old-fashioned postcard? HazelMail turns any iPhone snapshot into the real deal, then mails it (along with your custom wish-you-were-here message) to any address. First one's free; after that, each card costs $1.50 (or get 12 for $12).
• TravelTracker Pro A bit more robust than competitors SplashTravel and Travel Assistant, TravelTracker Pro helps you keep tabs on every aspect of your trip: flights, car/hotel reservations, weather, and even currency exchange rates. Plus, it integrates with the ...
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On Wednesday, Apple allowed a developer to add images of topless women to the Hottest Girls app, potentially ushering in a new era of nudity on the App Store

If you've been desperately resisting the temptation to smash open your new iPhone 3GS to see what's inside, fear not -- our intrepid colleagues at TechRepublic have revealed the phone's guts

ColorWare currently offers several custom color options for those who hate the default colouring of the iPhone 3G S. Be prepared to pay $150 for the back of the handset, $20 for the bezel frame and button, and $15 the SIM holder. For an additional $15 they'll also do up your earbuds. The choice...

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Apple has approved explicit content containing nudity in an iPhone application submitted to App Store, marking the first approved mature content since parental controls were made available in iPhone OS 3.0.
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Though everyone knows the iPhone OS 3.0 brought welcome and long-awaited changes like multimedia messaging; a landscape keyboard; and cut, copy, and paste, there are a host of other tweaks from the software update that Apple has not publicized. According to Apple, the update offers 100 additions to the iPhone, but we covered just a handful in our iPhone 3GS review.

What other features are new? Well, a week after Apple released the update to the world we have a better idea. We've done our own exploring, but last week we also asked for your help in finding the update's hidden treasures. Thankfully, you responded in force, so we're glad to offer you this list. It's still not complete, so we'll be adding more as we (and you) find them. (Note: I've only included features not listed in the review.) Also, Apple has posted a handy chart detailing which OS 3.0 features are available on the iPhone Classic and ...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis" according to the hospital that performed a liver transplant for the executive.
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Available at $9.99 in US, AT&T has start offering its navigation service for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users. The AT&T Navigator provides features including map updates, speech recognition, ETA updates, more than 10 million business listings, real-time traffic alerts, one-touch rerouting, daily gas prices and more. The latest map and navigating details are automatically available to subscribers

“AT&T Navigator has been one of our most popular and best-performing apps since we launched it last year,” said Mark Collins, vice president of voice and data products for AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “With the new iPhone OS 3.0 software, we’re expanding the advantages of true turn-by-turn navigation – both voice and on-screen directions – to millions more customers. We’re bringing greater convenience to drivers and travelers nationwide, including providing regular, automatic updates to map information at no charge so customers have the latest at their fingertips.”

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Though we thought that TomTom would bring us the first turn-by-turn GPS app for the iPhone, AT&T has beat it to the punch. On Tuesday, the carrier released a version of its AT&T Navigator specifically for the the iPhone 3G S and earlier iPhone models with ...

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Apple has approved the first push notification-powered iPhone app. BeeJiveIM 3.0 includes push messaging notifications and is now available in App Store.
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LiveJournal blogger HappyWaffle (real name Kevin) recently posted a great story about how he purportedly used Apple's MobileMe service to track down his iPhone, which was stolen while he was at a bar. By using a laptop with a wireless data card, he and his friends used the 'Find My iPhone' service to figure out where it was and managed to get it back from the person who had taken it. They even used Google Translate to alert the thief (in multiple languages) that they would call the police if the device was not returned.

As good as the story is, much of it relies on iPhone owners having certain settings flipped on, as well as the person who has the phone not knowing the right ones to turn off. For one, they can disable all of the MobileMe features by simply yanking the SIM card out or deleting the MobileMe account from the phone.

Apple's Find My iPhone feature is helpful, but can be thwarted by tech-savvy thieves.

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Over the weekend, Livejournal blogger HappyWaffle (real name Kevin), posted a great story about how he purportedly used Apple's MobileMe service to track down his iPhone, which was stolen while he was at a bar. By using a laptop with a Sprint EVDO wireless data card, he and his friends figured out where it was and managed to get it back from the person who had taken it. They even used Google Translate to alert the thief (in multiple languages) that they would call the police if the device was not returned.

As good as the story is, a lot of it relies on iPhone owners having certain settings flipped on, as well as the person who has the phone not knowing the right ones to turn off. For one, they can disable all of the MobileMe features by simply yanking the SIM card out or deleting the MobileMe account from the phone. They can also perform a software restore, which means your data is safely erased, but that you can no longer track where it is ...

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The hottest phone this summer? The iPhone 3G S isn't really a new phone, it's an update, but probably the hottest update of the year.

Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

The new iPhone 3GS packed with new features including improved speed and performance – up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G with longer battery life, 3 megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and hands free voice control.

The iPhone 3G S was made available on Friday and Apple is reporting that it sold 1 million new devices in the first 3 days. Only a few slight issues were reported during the hectic sales weekend.
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Apple has sent an email to new iPhone 3GS owners who were unable to activate their new phones immediately. In the email, Apple apologized and blamed the delays on high traffic volumes on its activation servers. Apple has decided ...
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant roughly two months ago, and that he is recovering well and due back at Apple by the end of the month.
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With the iPhone 3G S, Apple has taken a good thing and made it better.

Over forty security holes have been patched according to Apple in this weeks iPhone 3.0 software download patches. In its update security advisory, its described by Apple as containing six flaws which have all successfully been fixed. A number of flaws included a flaw in the mail, and also a bug known as a Safari bug, others included in the fix are in Exchange, ImageIO, Unicode, IPSec, MPEG-4 Video Codec, Profiles, Telephony, and a further 20 flaws in WebKit. Apart from the awaited s

Adam Hirsch, COO of Mashable, joins the show today to talk about something that we thought would never happen: social networking for doing actual good in the world.

Adam before he descends into madness.

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Yeah, instead of flash mobs or sending NSFW pictures to your buddy, Adam has started the Summer of Social Good, which harnesses the power of social media to actually do some charity work in the world. You can donate a minimum of $10 to the organization, and it will split the donation evenly between The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America, and WWF--not the World Wrestling Federation. We also chat a bit about the future of social networks, especially given the election of Barack Obama and the on-going Iranian election controversy. There is even a city in America that now asks for your Facebook log-in when you apply for a job in its government!

Also today, the iPhone 3G S launched this morning. It wasn't nearly as mad crazy as it was last year or for the original iPhone launch. Mostly, we think it's because there aren't that many new great features aside ...

As people queue up for in the rain for a new iPhone 3G S, others have taken their iPhone 3G S apart to discover a under-clocked processor capable of 720p video recording. Apple's iPhone 3G S officially goes on sale today and all pre-orders from Apple are supposed to be delivered sometime today (I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my 16 GB White iPhone 3G S; are you awaiting yours? Let us know when you get it in the comments below), and there's lots of live-blogging and video of the lines

Today Apple's new iPhone 3G S will is available to consumers starting today. The new touchscreen smartphone is twice as fast as its predecessor, features HSDPA data connectivity, a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and editing, and more.
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With longer battery life, increased memory, speedier performance and a souped-up camera, Apple's latest iPhone is a worthwhile update. The 3G S isn't hugely different to the 3G, so not all 3G owners will want to upgrade, but it offers a great user experience and, for now, is the king of smart phones

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100 new features? We're still counting.

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When Apple first announced the iPhone OS 3.0 in March, it promised that the update would bring 100 new features. We heard the same thing last week at the WWDC 2009 keynote, but Scott Forstall, Apple's ...

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Apple has threatened to disable the ability for non-Apple devices to sync with iTunes, a subtle gesture towards Palm's third-party plug-in that lets Pre users sync their device with iTunes.
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The Apple iPhone 3G S id due tomorrow and as we know it doesn’t differ from the Apple iPhone G3 outwardly; it’s faster, has a better camera and more memory, but it really worth the extra outlay? Well to help you make the decision if the iPhone 3G S is worth the cash asked, the guys over at engadget mobile have gained an iPhone 3G S and given it the full review treatment. And they have made a collection off videos of said iPhone 3G S review as well which we have for you below, there are 7

Apple issued a warning earlier this week that it doesn't support iTunes synchronisation with "non-Apple digital media players" and that future versions of the software may put an end to any such capability. The announcement was dripping with so much passive aggression it was obvious it was directed at the Palm Pre, which shows up as an iPod when connected to iTunes and allows you to sync non-DRM media to the smart phone.

Palm isn't taking it lying down and has responded to Apple's threats.