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That annoying issue where iPhone sync would fail for Windows 7 users with Intel P55 Express chipsets? Gigabyte has issued a beta BIOS update for their motherboards that should fix things right up. Asus and MSI, which also use the P55 express on their motherboards, haven’t issued any updates yet, but hopefully will soon. If you’re rocking [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.Busted Windows 7 + Intel P55 Express iPhone Sync Fixed

Apple VP of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive discusses the philosophy behind everything from the iPhone to the iMac for the documentary Objectified and, quite frankly, shows why he’s the best there is at what he does, and why what he does is oh, so nice. Watch the video. Especially if you’re designing for Apple’s competition. Please. [via [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.iPhone Designer Jony Ive “Objectified̶

MacRumors is reporting that Apple has sent out an email alerting customers to an urgent Apple TV 3.0.1 update to address an issue involving disappearing content. I haven’t received the email myself yet, nor am I home to check (and I stream all my content anyway), but in case any of you on Apple TV [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.Apple Issues Apple TV 3.0.1 Update to Fix Disappearing Content Bug

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We have some good news for all of you Nintendo fans out there as ZodTDD, the developer the Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator GpSPhone, has announced that they are currently working on an N64 emulator for the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch. Zodttd feels that the iPhone 3GS and the current iPod Touch contain the graphical [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.N64 Emulator Coming to Jailbroken iPhone 3GS/iPod touch Devices

Today’s TiPb Top 5 will be directed towards our iPhone and iPod Touch wielding readers who love photography. Just like our other TiPb’s top 5 must-have posts, all of these applications are available in the App Store. For the full overview, follow us after the break! Photogene Today’s first application is Omer Shoor’s photo editing app Photogene. [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.TiPb’s Top 5 iPhone Phot

Storm8, the developer of popular gaming apps like iMobsters and Vampires Live is in the news for all the wrong reasons. A case has been filed against the company by Washington resident, Michael Turner for allegedly harvesting cellphone numbers of iPhone users downloading their iPhone apps. This is not the...

In a claim that defines the word incredulous, Spanish company Biloop have developed an app called Cry Translator, which they say can identify the reason behind a baby’s scream an astonishing 96% of the time. Of course, this requires the baby to wail for 10 seconds or more, and the app claims to be able [...]

Take this with a healthy dose of salt, but 9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple may be working on embedding RFID readers into the iPhone. So this won’t be constantly and insecurely transmitting data, which is one of the worries in the current generation of RFID transmitter equipped cards and passports. Rather, this would allow [...]

Apple has posted a new job listing on its website seeking an ?iPhone OS Platform Security Manager,? suggesting the company is looking to further secure its mobile operating system. The job description says the company is ? looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on the platform security of iPhone OS. The team is responsible for secure booting and installation of the OS, partitioning and hardening of security?

We’ll save you the preamble this time; suffice it to say iPhone+Twitter = peanutbutter cuppy goodness. And now Twitter is rolling out new features to either make it dark chocolatey super good, or just to give us a sugar headache, we’re not sure which (though we’re fairly sure we’ve strained the confectionary metaphor well beyond [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.Follow Friday: iPhone Twitter Lists and “New St

A new, phantom menace emerges today in the iPhone world. Verizon’s massive network has opened their drop-bays, and the DROID invasion has begun. Android Central is providing Generally Grievous-level coverage, while SPE’s own Darth Tyranus, editor-in-chief Dieter Bohn deployed at 5 am to find… no line ups, but hopefully a lot of new gadgets [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.The DROID Invasion Has Begun…!

While this week has been filled with news and reviews of fast paced games, I've always had a weakness for word games on the iPhone, even though I'm fairly terrible at them. Here are three recently released or recently updated word games that are all worth checking out– Guess the News [99? / Free] – [...]

iPhone developer ZodTTD is working on an N64 emulator for the iPhone 3GS and third-gen iPod Touch. Excited? You bet we are.

A new Apple patent application published this week suggests the company is working on a system of simplified data transfer between devices such as the iPhone, iPod touch, Mac computers, and Apple TV. The application covers a variety of transfer methods, including local Wi-Fi, cellular, and near-field networks, and also mentions the use of online data storage services that could serve as an intermediary between devices. In addition, the system would?

Verizon proudly flaunts Droid's 5 megapixel camera in the "Droid Does" ad campaign where it mocked iPhone's camera with the line "iDon't take 5-megapixel pictures". But is the Droid camera indeed better than iPhone 3GS's camera? Andy Ihnatko, a tech columnist at Chicago Sun has countered the argument with actual...

Android Central has posted up their iPhone 3GS vs. (Motorola) Droid vs. (HTC) Droid Eris, and — spoiler alert!!! — the iPhone 3GS is still king of the browser hill: Bad news for Droid lovers: the iPhone 3GS beat the heck out of the Droid in the above test. Other tests taken after the [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.iPhone 3GS vs. Droid vs. Droid Eris — Browser Battles!

Speaking of tiny, incremental improvements, Erica Sadun over at TUAW highlight a new addition some developers are seeing when entering iTunes Connect — a submission history: Appearing near recently reviewed items, this option opens a detail table showing how your application has worked its way through the App Store review process, and on to [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.iTunes Connect Adds “Submission History” fo

I love the '90s. And I love these classic games from the '90s. But do I love them on my iPhone? To be honest, not as much as one might think.

Here are a few recent releases that may be of interest to some of our readers. Fore by Cobra Mobile A top-down iPhone golfing game that comes with 54 holes across 3 different courses. The game was designed for touch/swipe controls. Driving the ball simply requires you to slide back and flick forward in [...]

As one of the early tower defense games on the iPhone, Zombie Attack quickly became a cult favorite. The story of one man?s survival against a zombie invasion is something we could all get behind. But despite a fresh approach to the genre and all of that undead-hacking fun, the original game ultimately [...]

Google Dashboard gives you one handy, dandy place to keep track of all your Google stuff. Let’s face it, more than any other device, the iPhone is the mobile internet. Google — well it is the internet. If you’re a big Google user, they know what you search for, the contents of your Gmail, the [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.Google Dashboard — How Much Do They Know About You?

Verizon’s Motorola DROID, launched November 6, 2009, wasted no time taking it to Apple’s iPhone 3GS, starting with a pre-emptive iDon’t TV commercial that mixed unflattering fact and fiction to appeal to geeks and general consumers alike. Many have now hailed it as the best competition to the iPhone to date, and the first flagship [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.iPhone vs. DROID: Which One Should You Buy?

In all honesty, I could care less about celebrities and their lives. However, for the sake of the faithful iPhonefreak.com readers I’m willing to do almost anything. So I thought I would shift my review focus for a day onto an app I would originally never buy, the Access2Go gossip app. Access2Go is an app [...]

Gameloft's iPhone adaptation of The Settlers has already appeared in the App Store. The $4.99 real time strategy simulation game started out as an Amiga game back in 1993 and has since evolved through multiple iterations. You?ve arrived in a wondrous place populated by Romans, Vikings and Mayans competing or cooperating to reach a variety [...]

The latest round of iPhone rumors reads like a roundup of everything we've heard before. Now the mythical iPhone nano is back, and supposedly said device will be coming to Verizon in 2010 featuring a new hybrid cellular radio. Keep in mind this is all coming from an industry analyst report supplied to Apple Insider, and as with all analyst reports, take it with a huge chunk of rock salt. Rumor has it that the new iPhone will have a hybrid UMTS/CDMA radio inside, so it'll work on nearly all majo

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App ReviewSeveral readers have urged me to try the Gokivo Navigator for the iPhone [iTunes link], so today is the day. The app is U.S. $4.99, but that only provides you with GPS navigation for 30 days. After that, the app costs $4.99 monthly or you can purchase a year of service for $39.99. That's quite a bit less that the AT&T nav solution [iTunes link], and makes the Gokivo app quite competitive. The app includes a Traffic Tracking Center, text to s

Apple is looking to bolster the security of the iPhone, by hiring a new iPhone OS Platform Security Manager. As much as we hope this job would involve fixing the problems that keep popping up, like background streaming racking up huge bills, or security vulnerabilities inherent in Safari, chances are the position will most likely [...]

Vers has introduced its new open-front Shellcase wooden cases for the iPod touch and iPhone. Made from Walnut, Cherry, or Bamboo, each case features a soft, scratch-resistant lining, steel pin reinforced corners for added strength, a durable UV and moisture-resistant clear coat, and offers access to the screen and home button, iPhone sensors, camera, headphone jack, and sleep/wake button. Vers? new open-front Shellcase wooden cases for the?

According to AppleInsider, Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). For those unfamiliar, RFID is either super-convenient, terrifyingly insecure, or both. In a nutshell, it broadcasts a signal that can be read from a short distance to process financial transactions (an easy-pay card), determine identity (some nations’ passports), [...]This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iP