September 24, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News

“Apple has approved the first two iPhone apps dedicated to the careers of popular (or, ahem, so we’re told) porn stars”, reports Cnet earlier today. Developed by GrindHouse Mobile and the stars, these apps set a precedent as the first time that Apple has the allowed the porn industry into the store in such an obvious way. While more “in-your-face” then some of the already available apps, the content of these new apps is still rather tame (meaning no nudity), although GrindHouse did admit that the original version was “a little too ‘hot’ for Apple’s compliance department.” and had to be redone to the current ones. Read more…

September 24, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

DSLReports claims to have received word from a source noting that AT&T is extremely nervous about the impending launch of MMS for the iPhone scheduled for this Friday. Early testing of the service has apparently already placed a strain on the company’s MMS servers, resulting in a test outage yesterday and a last-minute rush to beef up capacity beyond the measures already taken.

AT&T and its MMS partners are already seeing “record traffic during peak hours of the night” with just the users selected for testing.

That early testing has been a little rocky, with AT&T seeing a fairly significant test outage yesterday Read more…

September 24, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Teehan from Teehan+Lax has posted his vision for the iPhone Home Screen. Unfortunately, Apple has prevented any changes to the home screen via the SDK; however, its possible that someone could create an implementation of this for users with jailbroken devices.

You can see from the screens it’s essentially just a scrollable list of applications and notifications. We envision it behaving in much the same way that the list view does in the Calendar application. By default it may track things like missed calls, unread emails and calendar events. But what if users could allow other apps to feed into this screen as well? If I’m a Facebook junkie I’d be able to tell the Facebook app to include certain feeds on my home screen. If I was a frequent traveler I may include the Tripit app to show me my upcoming trips. The options would only be limited by what apps you have installed.

Basically the design allows you to create a scrollable home screen of the stuff that matters to you.

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Via iclarified.com

September 24, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

If Apple and Eight Mile Style LLC, publisher of artist Eminem, are unable to resolve a dispute by Thursday, the two parties will end up in trial over the sale of songs on iTunes.

The lawsuit stems from 2007, when the rapper sued Apple over the sale of his songs in iTunes, alleging the tracks were sold without his blessing. Also included in the lawsuit is Aftermath Records, the company that controls Eminem’s songs.

According to Reuters, the matter will head to trial this week if the parties involved are not able to reach a last-minute deal. Eminem and Eight Mile Style allege that Apple is providing downloads of the artist’s song through iTunes without proper permission. Apple, along with Aftermath Records, contends that not only is their arrangement legal, but the publisher has received royalties for the sale of songs on the iTunes Music Store.

A conference with Judge Virginia Morgan is scheduled for Wednesday with the Read more…

September 23, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The bizarre tale of Etsy for the iPhone Addicted today, offers us a set of buttons with icons from the iPhone.

Below is what you get:

• Clock
• Calculator
• Safari
• iTunes
• Messages
• Music
• iPod
• Phone
• Mail
• Photos

If you belong to that category of “fanatics” why resist, you can purchase these from here for $ 7.50.

September 23, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

usbfever.com has released a dual SIM card for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3Gs.

Highlights:
This is a very innovative design, it gives your a DUAL SIM for your iPhone 3G / iPhone 3Gs / iPhone 2G.

With this Dual SIM, you are no longer to hassle with your network problems when you are travelling from one country to another country.

Features:
- One iPhone with 2 SIM Cards (see note below)
- No need to cut your SIM CARD
- STK Menu (see installations below)

This accessory is compatible with:
- iPhone 3G
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 2G (1st Generation)

Set-up inside your iPhone:
- Home ==> settings ==> Phone ==> SIM Applications: select your desire SIM card
(If you don’t want it to select SIM card for you when the signal is low, please don’t select “auto/SW)

Note once you’ve chosen to another sim card, it will have a message “No SIM Card installed”, please wait 1 or 2 minutes, it needs aound 1 ~ 2 minutes to search, during this time, “No SIM” will appear in the top right of your iphone’s screen.

Package Contents:
- Dual SIM Card for iPhone / iPhone 3G / iPhone 3Gs x 1

Packaging:
- BULK

Note:
- This Card does NOT support DUAL STANDBY Mode but you can switch between them.

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Via iclarified.com

September 23, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Google Sync, released earlier this year, keeps your calendar and contacts synced between your mobile phone and Google account. Now they’ve added that great, final bit of ultimate sync support by pushing Gmail to your phone.

If you’re sporting an iPhone/iPod Touch, Windows Mobile phone, or Nokia S60 phone, you can now set up Google Sync to actively push your email to your device, ensuring you’re never stuck waiting around for an update to see what’s new or wondering if various work-around alternatives will follow through. From the Official Google Mobile Blog:

Sync works with your phone’s native email application, so there’s no additional software needed. Only interested in syncing your Gmail, but not your Calendar? Google Sync allows you to sync just your Contacts, Calendar, or Gmail, or any combination of the three.

Check out the full post at the link below to see how to get Google Sync if you’re not already a user and how to enable Gmail syncing if you’ve already got a Google Sync account.

Go HERE to set up your gmail and start recieving push email for free

Via lifehacker.com

September 23, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

As you guys may know mms will be activated officially by at&t on september 25th. This has been a long wait for us frustrated faithful att customers. A fellow iphone user received the message below:

That picture above means that att has officially began letting people send mms as of today. Most of you guys don’t even know that all you have to do is go to help.benm.at using your iphone install the correct mms/tethering settings and you will be able to send mms just like that. If you haven’t tried it yet then go ahead because att has activated mms in most areas.

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Porn and iPhone, it is out there and every once in a while you may even find porn in there. In an Apple Retail Store on one of the iPhone and iPod Touch demos, that is.

That’s exactly what happened just the other day as a mother found her 10 year old girl mesmerized by some X-rated content on one of the Apple Store demo devices:

“I called to complain and was told matter of factly by staff this happens a lot as people come in and download it for a laugh, I don’t find it funny and all my friends think it’s disgusting, but Apple say there is nothing they can do to stop it.”

Apple does a fantastic job of keeping smut out of iTunes and their App Store, surely they can figure something out for their real-world stores.

Via Cult of Mac

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Probably will not sound like a totally unexpected news but according to the opinion of the big companies to Purchase In-App is a real failure.

Was to be expected because usually users who purchase an application are not very responsive to spend more money to get them to function in more than a level pack add-on. The AppStore has accustomed us well, at best, with regular updates and free (read Pocket God) by which the Purchase In-App can not reach that level of satisfaction necessary to motivate developers.

Pangea Software, with one million copies sold in riddles, said that only 20-25 people a day using the in-app purchase and expectations were much larger.

Have you been using the in-app purchase feature.

Via ispazio.net