iPhone 3.1: Non-Destructive Video Editing, Bluetooth Voice Control, Vibrating Icon Moves, and More!

June 30, 2009

Early word from TiPb commenters and the Twitter show some new iPhone 3.1 features found already:

Non-destructive video editing means trimming a clip no longer saves by the original video but gives you the option to “Save as copy…”
Voice Control now works by Bluetooth
iPhone vib…

iPhone Dev-Team: ultrasn0w Users Avoid iPhone 3.1 Beta!

June 30, 2009

Right in instance for iPhone 3.1, the iPhone Dev-Team has begun issuing their usual warnings about jailbreak/unlock users and new firmware updates:

ultrasn0w users must stay away from official 3.1 (incl. betas) until we release the tools for it, or you’ll lose unlock!

Tempting as a tas…

Apple tops hardware sites in May traffic

June 30, 2009

iPhone fever was hot in May, at least based on the number of people who frequented Apple’s Web site.

The Mac maker’s Apple.com last month hosted 55.7 million unique visitors, more than the site of any other computer hardware manufacturer, according to a report released on Monday by Nielsen Online…

Quick App: Cellar Wine Tracker for iPhone

June 30, 2009

From the team team that brought us Barista, Cellar aims to give wine the same app love coffee has enjoyed for a while now:

Cellar is a portable, swipeable showcase of what’s currently in your cellar or wine rack, plus the carport feature lets you store wine that you’ve decided you …

iPhone 3.0 Bugs: .Me Spontaneously Changing to .Mac?

June 30, 2009

Your iPhone MobileMe detail randomly and spontaneously changing from [username]@me.com to [username]@mac.com? You’re not alone.

Like the missing/mismatched app icon bug, that is another issue that was a problem to some during the betas, and continues to be a problem now that iPhone 3.0 has…

Apple Releases iPhone 3.1 and SDK Beta to Developers

June 30, 2009

Apple has just released iPhone 3.1 SDK Beta to developers:

iPhone SDK 3.1 beta and iPhone OS 3.1 beta are now posted to the iPhone Dev Center. These versions are for development and evaluating only and should be installed on devices committed to iPhone OS 3.1 beta software development. Please …

We Get It — iPhone 3GS is Faster than Fast Fast!

June 30, 2009

We’ve been talking about the zippiness of the iPhone 3GS — S as in Speed — since it launched, and report after report has confirmed that not only is it fast, it’s faster than we initially thought.

Here’s more of the same. Running OpenGL 1.x like the iPhone 3G (never …

iPhone App Store Just Says No to Nudity — For Now?

June 30, 2009

Last week the first iPhone (and iPod touch) app to feature nudity was live in the iTunes App Store. Technically, however, it was simply a change in the server behind the app — the developer added nude images.

Subsequently, however, the app became unavailable. The developer first reported th…

Quick App: Birdfeed Twitter Client for iPhone

June 30, 2009

Birdfeed [$4.99 - iTunes link] bills itself as “A very nice Twitter client for your iPhone”. That’s pretty much spot on. It doesn’t try to razzle-dazzle, or focus exclusively on one element or another, but what it does do is supply a quick, clean, interface to manage your Twitter history…

Quick App: DOOM Resurrection for iPhone

June 30, 2009

DOOOOOOOOOM! [$9.99 - iTunes link] That’s right, the mother of all Martian first person shooters (FPS) is in the App Store now:

-Advanced graphics engine designed from the ground up to take full advantage of the capability found in Apple’s mobile devices
-Wield an arsenal of heavy-hitting…

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