Apple is no stranger to lawsuits involving its uber-popular iPhone and iPhone 3G smartphones. Generally speaking, iPhone lawsuits have little merit and are usually brushed off as frivolous. But, there’s a specific type of lawsuit that has stung Apple in the past – the kind of lawsuit that claims patent infringement by the iPhone. Picsel…
Apple looking to keep iPhone jailbreaking protected by DMCA
Apple may have so far given the iPhone jailbreak community a good bit of leash to play with, but that doesn’t mean the iPhone maker is all for people opening up the iPhone’s filesystem to third-party code. Jailbreaking the iPhone serves to remove the any software protections put in place to keep users from modifying…
Google Docs now Editable on Mobile
Google Docs went mobile a little over a year ago, but only let you view the documents you had made on your desktop computer. Well, Google Docs Mobile has recieved a little bit of a feature upgrade,now allowing you to edit, sort and filter existing spreadsheets on S60, Android and the iPhone. This is a…
Apple’s iPhone Dominating Mobile Web Traffic
You can come up with numbers to show anything you want, really… 62% of people know that. But one metric has just come out that is very interesting. According to the folks over at AdMob (a very large, one of the largest mobile web ad networks), they have reported that Apple’s iPhone are clearly dominating…
Mafia Game Makes an Offer your iPhone can’t Refuse
SGN has recently launched an iPhone game, Mafia: Respect and Retaliation. Apparently it works by buying in-game money with real money, effectively giving those who are willing to empty their bank accounts the upper hand. Regardless, Mafia: Respect and Retaliation focuses a lot on geo-awareness with local player versus player fights, as well as Dons…
Mophie announces Juice Pack air, world’s thinnest external battery for the iPhone 3G
After successfully launching its external batteries for the original and iPhone 3G, Mophie is going one step further. Again, they’re focusing on the iPhone 3G, but this time their twist is in the battery size. The company’s new product is touted as the world’s thinnest Apple certified “Works With iPhone” external battery in the world,…
FaceDouble iPhone app shows your celebrity twin
FaceDouble is far from a useful application. Rather, it’s designed to help you fool around with your friends. The main idea behind the project is to show which celebrity looks like you. Actually, that doesn’t have to be you. Simply take a photo of a friend, touch the button, and wait for the FaceDouble to…
Kaplan’s GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards now available as an iPhone app
Kaplan Publishing recently released its GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards iPhone application to help would-be grad students strengthen their vocabulary for the verbal portion of the Graduate Record Exam. Developed in partnership with gWhiz, the GRE app works in two modes — flashcards and reference — which allows it to be used as both a learning…
Spb Wallet 2.0 released for multiple platforms
Spb Software, which we usually know for its Windows Mobile apps, is attempting something different, better I might add. Their latest application Spb Wallet 2.0, which is designed to securely store sensitive information, is released for multiple platforms – Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 and iPhone, included. In addition, there’s a desktop component that helps users…
iPhone USB flash drive looks cute; Real fans will want it
Here’s something only real iPhone fans will care about, and we know there are a bunch of such folks out there. You don’t have to raise your hand, please. I’m talking about the iPhone USB Flash Drive, which as you can see from the image above looks kinda cute. And while we’re not sure the…