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It's been one hell of a February so far, chatter is huge, and for the most part, development is quite on the unlocking front for 3.1.3. None the less, here are your updates for this week.

What's New

iBlueNova - Here's a new app that I'm sure you folks using bluetooth will really enjoy. This app will allow your iPhone to send files over bluetooth! I remember when I had an old Nokia that did this, I'm surprised it took this long for someone to develop the same ...

Twenty-four wireless carriers from around the world have united to create their own store for mobile phone apps, taking aim at Apple's wildly successful iTunes App Store as well as the Android market. The Wholesale Applications Community, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, is an alliance of major carriers – including AT&T, Verizon, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, ...

A test done by the UK mobile games house Distinctive Developments shows that the iPhone has much better 3D rendering capability than the Google/HTC Nexus One. As described by Engadget, the test showed that the iPhone was able to sustain a frame rate almost one and a half times faster despite the Google phone having a more powerful 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU. The main difference appears to be the lack of optimized code that takes advantage ...

It's a simple concept, but one that's left an indelible impression on people coming out of this year's Macworld. Catering to the vast audience of mobile savvy consumers who always have some gadget or gizmo to charge or power up, Fastmac has unveiled its U-Socket with hopes of it becoming just as ubiquitous as the devices that could use it.



Capable of being installed on any existing wall outlet, the U-Socket ...

We hear an awful lot about Apple introducing game changing devices, but now Samsung is aiming at their rival iPhone with a new mobile phone that some (but mostly those at Samsung) are calling a "life changer." Yes, it's a mighty bold claim, but one that Samsung thinks the "Wave" can live up to.

The Samsung Wave was introduced with much fanfare in Barcelona just before the start ...

Consumer Reports published an analysis of the wireless bills of 100,000 customers and found that that the average iPhone owner uses almost twice as much data as users of most other smartphones, and five times the average amount used by Blackberry owners. And a small proportion of iPhone users upload and download three or more times what the average iPhone owner uses, with one in twenty-five ...

There's lot of things we can do for our pets these days. We can pamper them endlessly, spoil them rotten, and even get them better health insurance than we have for ourselves. And thanks to a new product from Pet Acoustics, our pooches can now enjoy music from our iPods courtesy of My Pet Speaker.

Why is this news? Because a lot of animal lovers (and there are a lot of them) will buy this. I've ...

There is rampant speculation today that a Snow Leopard upgrade is on the way. Some say, in fact, that Monday could begin with the upgrade's arrival. Others expect it sooner - sort of like a Valentine's Day surprise. But are we getting our hopes up too soon?

The rumor mill began spinning with a report from Softpedia, which purports to have reason to believe that an Apple upgrade for Snow Leopard ...

An iPhone can be an expensive investment, and given that its users generally carry their phones everywhere, damage from dropping, stepping on, running over and flushing iPhones are more common than warranty-related problems. And no warranty can protect you from theft. As a result many users have looked for third party insurance to try and protect themselves from loss.

Worth Avenue Group ...

Ever since a man buried under rubble after the Haitian earthquake used an iPhone to treat his injuries, interest has spread in how people can use mobile phones to save lives during emergencies. A number of apps are already available that provide first aid instructions, including one that allows emergency responders to get important information about your health conditions in case you are unable ...

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Square - formerly known as Squirrel - the iPhone-based credit card payment system that's being developed Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey, has just entered public beta. Square lets anyone with an iPhone take payments from a credit card, using their app and card-reader dongle. They released ...