It has been confirmed by Opera via their official twitter account that they have sent their most renowned mobile browser Opera Mini today to Apple for approval. So where’s the Safari headed after this? Another browser war on the rise? or just a step by Opera to gain publicity.
Formula 1 in association with Vodafone has released official F1 timing app for iPhone and some Windows Phones like HTC HD2 which lets you track the progress of each and every driver and their respective teams - from their current position and best lap time to their latest sector times and lap count, all LIVE. You can watch the top drivers in the World, including 7 times champion Michael Schumacher as they compete for the ultimate drivers crown of the year.
Another batch of iPhone apps are, apparently, about to get the axe. Reports are popping up around the net, that "cookie cutter" type apps are starting to be pulled from the App Store. This would include RSS apps, and photo gallery type apps. Any app that just packages an online service, and doesn't offer any other functionality.
A new tweak has been released in Cydia, called "Fake About Screen". It allows you to set whatever firmware, capacity, serial number, etc, that you want, making your jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch look like a future version of the Apple device.
Most of you I am sure by now would have read about the lawsuit which Apple has filed against HTC for its alleged involvement in infringing 20 iPhone patents in US. Talking about the lawsuit, Steve Jobs said.
iPhone is one of those expensive gadgets that a user is compelled to carry all the time. Hence there is always going to be a risk of it being stolen. So there must be some sort of antitheft protection for iPhone and iPod touch users to save their precious devices for tempted thieves. Thanks to FLAG Solutions Thief Buster Antitheft Alarm app which comes to the rescue by providing first real anti-theft software for iPhone, complete with biometric finger-coding, motion detection, proximity sensor and volume blocking.
Apple has just released two new iPhone ads promoting different features of iPhone 3GS. With over 150,000 apps in its sleeve, Apple, beyond any doubt, has the largest number of Apps in its App Store. There is an App for almost anything that you can think off, regardless of gender and age group.
AppSync patches MobileInstallation file on iPhone OS 3.x which is needed in order to install .ipa files manually without using iTunes. I have been asked repeatedly, both by email and in comments about the latest version of AppSync which is compatible to work with the newly released iPhone 3.1.3 firmware.
It wont be long before some newer apps from the iTunes App Store will require you to have the latest iPhone 3.1.3 firmware in order to install a particular app. Earlier this month, Apple released the new iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPhone and iPod touch which upgraded the baseband to 05.12.01 for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, hence making it impossible to unlock them on the latest firmware with the newer baseband.
Folks over at Slide-to-Play have published 7 different videos, showing hands-on experience with existing iPhone games running on the newly announced iPad. According to the source of the videos, most of the games they tried were not optimized for higher resolution screen of iPad, but they still looked pretty good. Videos after the jump.
