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How to: Remove duplicate iPhone Address Book entries

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:58:58 +0000

I’m not a real iPhone doctor, but I play one on the Internet even though I don’t actually own one. Troubleshooting them for my friends and relatives isn’t particularly glamorous but it’s another way to vicariously enjoy the iPhone, furtive trips to the shops aside, in this AT&T provincial 3G backwater.

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Top 10 best iPhone apps for the N1H1 virus

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:59:52 +0000

Swine Flue worries gotcha feeling blue? Then you shouldn’t leave the house again until you’ve armed yourself with at least one of these powerful and/or funny (think gallows humor) apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, some free and some not so much.

When it comes to the N1H1 virus, or Swine [...]

Apple to start writing mobile games?

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:09 +0000

There are some clues lurking about that Apple may be thinking about getting into the computer game business, following up on the newfound popularity of the iPhone and Touch as gaming platforms.

During the summer at a major event billed primarily as [...]

Top 40, best games for the iPhone 3GS, 3G iPod touch

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:12:27 +0000

Apple’s serious about mobile gaming — the company’s newest iPhone and iPod touch models include best of class ARM processors, a good bit o’ RAM and richly detailed OpenGL graphics. Moreover, Cupertino’s been kitting out its in-house iPhone game development team with Graeme Devine of Halo Wars fame already on board.

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FaceBook iPhone app developer quits over ‘Apple’s policies’

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:28 +0000

Fresh news from the alternate universe inhabited by the mothership’s App Store grannies and developers: the guy behind the most popular app on the platform is quitting in disgust. It seems that the app review process and the people behind it are tools of the devil, or maybe just tools, a [...]

Updated iPod touch in December? Probably not…

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:53 +0000

When Apple announced the third generation iPod touch in September, many were disappointed that the device didn’t include a camera. A little of that sentiment is perhaps evident in a fresh rumor that the mothership plans (despite the fact that Phil Schiller has publicly announced that the company’s holiday line up [...]

Top 10 best free iPhone and touch racing games

Sean P. Aune — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:44:48 +0000

The iPhone and iPod Touch have turned in to major gaming platforms, and thanks to its tilt sensor and touchscreen, it can be used as a fun way to control racing games.

There [...]

Apps: Insults, profanity at the ready on your iPhone

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:22:11 +0000

Given that the English language is a mishmash of German, Gaelic, Old Norse, French and what not, it’s perhaps the richest repository of insults and profanity known to man. IPhone Blorge has a pair of apps for your iPhone and iPod touch to invigorate your vituperation, or there’s another app who’s [...]

iPod touch still best of class, wins Editors’ Choice

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:21:29 +0000

Although the journalists handing out the award withheld judgment until they could get a look at offerings from Archos and Microsoft, consumers had already made up their minds, buying twice as many of Apple’s “funnest iPod ever” in the company’s fourth fiscal quarter as the same period as 2008. However, if [...]

iPhone App Store passes 100K apps, issues linger

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:14:52 +0000

Although the mothership gets endless grief for their byzantine app vetting process and for barring some apps, there’s no question the iPhone’s the smartphone to buy for the biggest selection, both in terms of quantity and quality, of mobile software. Still, those issues linger, though the FCC and Verizon seem to [...]