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Monday
Mar 3,2008
Native P2P makes it to the iPhone It’s early days, but a preliminary version of a Transmission peer-to-peer client for the iPhone has appeared online. The code has been ported over to work on the iPhone’s ARM processor. The Unofficial Apple Weblog
posted a link to the Core OS app which it wisely warns against using on
an EDGE connection.
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  • Monday
    Mar 3,2008
    The Cloud hails iPhone; looks to WiMAX Hotspot vendor The Cloud
    says the iPhone is making a “huge difference” to its data
    traffic, while it’s also looking to the future and thinking about
    possibilities with WiMAX. We spoke to Owen Geddes, Development Director
    at The Cloud, about the Wi-Fi hotspot market going forward.
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  • Monday
    Mar 3,2008
    Apple to have final say on new iPhone apps With the possibility of iPhone apps coming to the iTunes Store as early as this week, speculation abounds over how software will be offered and if there will be a vetting process that will ensure users are getting high-quality programs. According to one report, Apple has already set the specifics of that plan in motion and is ready to move forward on Thursday.
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  • Friday
    Feb 29,2008
    Apple to launch 3G iPhone in June? Stop! Hold out for that shiny new iPhone just a little longer - the 3G version could arrive as soon as June, say analysts
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  • Thursday
    Feb 28,2008
    Apple iPhone SDK coming next week Apple has confirmed that the SDK kit for the iPhone will be released next week. The firm said that it hopes to sell 10 million handsets by the end of the year. In a bid to lure corporate users away from BlackBerry handsets, Apple said it will also add new business features to the iPhone, Reuters reports
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  • Thursday
    Feb 28,2008
    Apple to reveal major iPhone plans next week Since its release, the iPhone has had one major strike against it that has stopped some from buying it and forced others to hack it — the lack of third-party applications. Realising this, Steve Jobs announced an upcoming Software Development Kit back in October that promised a glimmer of hope for those looking for more out of their mobile phone.

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  • Wednesday
    Feb 27,2008
    Single operator iPhone tie-in illegal in Oz Offering the Apple iPhone as an exclusive deal tied to a single network operator, as is the case with O2 in the UK, could prove illegal in Australia. The country’s strict competition laws prevent exclusive operator set-ups, and could force Apple
    to release unlocked iPhones when the device goes on sale Down Under
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  • Wednesday
    Feb 27,2008
    Apple releases 1.1.4 firmware for iPhone Apple has released the latest firmware update for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Released
    yesterday, the 1.1.4 firmware update of the Apple iPhone software
    doesn’t introduce any major new features. But it is believed to include
    support for the forthcoming software development kit (SDK), MacLife.

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  • Monday
    Feb 25,2008
    iPhone development kit pushed back to March? Ever since Apple announced the iPhone software development kit (SDK) last October, developers and iPhone owners alike have been waiting anxiously for the company to release it.
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  • Friday
    Feb 22,2008
    iPhone SDK to arrive on Tuesday? Could the iPhone software development kit (SDK) arrive on Tuesday? Deputy editor of our sister publication MacFormat Chris Phin has reason for making the bold prediction:
    “Jobs told us that it would be launched in February, and Apple
    has a habit of interpreting ‘month X’ as ‘the last Tuesday of month
    X’”.
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    1. Beyond iPhone: Top 10 Concept Phones - Yes! there is life beyond iPhone. Companies in wireless phone business are hiring, some of the brightest minds on the planet, to create an ideal phone for ever growing wireless market. Internet is full of concept phone designs, some of which may never see the daylight and will die in labs.
    2. Blackberry Storm debuted, has iTunes support, touchscreen - Tuesday night, Research In Motion and Verizon Wireless officially introduced the first touch-screen BlackBerry to the world called BlackBerry Storm. Time will tell if it is truly the corporate answer to the iPhone.
    3. Fake iPhone passed off as real watch out! - Recently a lot of fake iPhones came to life in Russia. They are often being sold in the manner of a big rush, something like “Look, bro, I don’t have enough money for my train/plane tickets or whatever, but I’ve got a real iPhone, look the battery is dead but when you turn it on pushing the power you can see an apple logo for a while....
    4. Find cool people near you, using your iPhone - Let the meeting begin!
    5. First hands-on with RIM's iPhone killing BlackBerry Storm! - RIM's a little late to the touchscreen party, but comes bearing goodies. The BlackBerry Storm is a beast of a phone in more ways than one. Fronted by a meaty, high-resolution touchscreen with an innovative clicking mechanism, the phone is easily the prettiest by RIM to date.
    6. TouchType Makes iPhone Email Better With Landscape Mode - For whatever reason, Apple decided not to allow “landscape mode” on iPhone email. If you want to turn the phone when the web browser is open and get the larger keyboard that makes two thumb typing realistic, no problem. But the email app is portrait only.
    7. Wide Email Gives You Landscape For iPhone - landscape for your email on ipod and iphone