Record profits, iPhone unit sales, and Mac unit sales this quarter show Apple continuing to defy the reality of consumer and business spending in uncertain times.
At long last, Apple has made it possible for iPhone developers to distribute a free version of an app and use the new In App Purchase feature to buy content and unlock features.
Danger, danger, Sidekick users! Your data may already be lost. Microsoft reveals that T-Mobile Sidekick owners may have suffered two indignities: a major disruption a week ago, and then no real hope of restoring lost data.
While the pundit spin may be that the FCC forced AT&T's hand in allowing iPhone voice calling apps to use 3G networks to carry calls, it's also a smart move for AT&T to keep customers from switching. In the end, it may make more money for the telecom giant.
Professional photographer Chase Jarvis has released an iPhone photo app called The Best Camera that can take pictures, add effects, and upload photos to sharing sites, all in one fell swoop.
In his "Ask Tog" column, human interface designer Bruce Tognazzini offers suggestions for how the iPhone home screen could be redesigned to scale fluidly to the large number of apps that many people have. His ideas are good, but also interesting are proposals that the iPhone should have an optional home screen that displays scrolling information from apps.
Amazon has released the international Kindle, bringing its signature ebook reader to the world outside the United States. But do the company's pricing plans blunt an otherwise exciting announcement? Kirk McElhearn, writing from his home office in the French Alps, takes a look.
Vonage has released calling apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, which are restricted to cheap, fee-per-minute outgoing VoIP calls placed to countries other than the United States. Surprisingly, the iPhone version can use a cellular voice connection when Wi-Fi isn't available.
The popular Gorillapod, a Gumby-legged camera tripod designed to grip poles, handles, and other oddly shaped objects, now comes in a model designed for the iPhone. The $39.95 Gorillamobile for 3G/3GS enables you to affix your iPhone to a solid object for better still photography and video, or just for tying your iPhone onto something like a baby stroller handle.
With the right software, a matrix of rectangles and dots turns into a URL, a piece of text, or an action. Welcome to 2D barcodes, courtesy of TidBITS.
TLA Systems has introduced an innovative new profanity filter in the latest version of PCalc for iPhone. No, really.
Although Apple prevents users from accessing the MobileMe Web site from Safari on an iPhone, Adam figured out a way around Apple's limitation, making it possible to use services like Find My iPhone from an iPhone.
Actually, it's worse than that. According to the developer, the iSinglePayer iPhone app was rejected from the App Store not just because it was "politically charged," but because it comes from a lone developer rather than a large organization. Apple shouldn't be taking sides in political debates, and certainly shouldn't be biasing rejection decisions based on the size of the group behind an app.
The online storage service Dropbox extends file viewing, storage, and sharing to the iPhone with a new app.
TomTom has finally revealed the price and shipping date for a dock and GPS enhancer that works with the TomTom iPhone app.