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SIM free iPhone seen just as we’re about to board the plane back to Blightly.
Although not really in the remit of NokiaWorldWatch, we thought we’d bring you this shot seeing as it’s still almost part of the press event.
Also not actually having seen an unlocked Apple handset before it piqued our interest, just as it [...]

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I’m standing on the Vomit Comet from London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria. This train leaves at 2315 and is usually one of the first to attract the drunken dregs of Essex. And the odd sane and sober individual hiding from cold, hard reality with a pair of headphones and an ability to avoid projectile [...]

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Michael is back, after a bit of a break, to bring us a head-to-head on Twitter iPhone applications.
Over to you Michael…
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Since time immemorial, man has been searching for the perfect Twitter client for the iPhone. OK, maybe it hasn’t been that long, but at least since the app store launched last [...]

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Heading in to next week’s Nokia World in Barcelona, the former Wellington boot manufacture has just made public they’ll soon be shipping the 5800 XpressMusic to parts of the world.
They’re making head way to Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Finland first of all with the rest to follow suit. Although not shipping to [...]

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A third party company has created an unauthorised clamshell version of the iPhone for sale in China, whoever said clams and apples wouldn’t mix.

One of the most interesting leaks of late came to us from the mobile phone news website site shanzhaij, with images that are truly amazing and we hope are for real.
They’ve compared [...]

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The MIR iPhone application is almost ready. Our developer, Pashik, has been working away.
It quite simply gives you an RSS news feed of our site in an easy to consume form. Nothing too shocking for our first app version.
The big challenge we’ve got though is designing a decent icon for it. Any ideas?
Pashik [...]

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The latest fix for the iPhone has just arrived, version 2.2 hits the Google streets from today.
The new firmware update includes the likes of Google Street View, with public transport guides and walking directions. These allow virtual walking tours at street level for one, with the ability to check transport timetables too.
Although not everyone will [...]

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Apple accessory company Incase has just announced a new extended battery for the 3G Apple iPhone, doubling its longevity whilst providing a USB port too.
Arriving at the end of the month, the Power Slider will also be available from the Apple store online at just $99.95.
Only a few weeks back we brought you news of [...]

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The London Telegraph has another mobile related story this morning:
Over 39.9 million smartphones were shipped around the world in the July - September period, representing a 28 per cent increase, according to Canalys, the market data company.
Apple sold 6.9 million of the smartphones, giving it a 17 per cent share of the global smartphone market, [...]

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Coming along to fix one of the iPhones problems is the latest FastMac iV, an extended battery pack and portable charger.
They believe it can triple the battery life of the phone, with the stats being “capable of up to 24 hours of talk time, 31 days of standby, 20+ hours of video & almost 72 [...]

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Just recently, during the Q4 Conference Call, Apple announced that it had sold 6.9 million iPhones in Q4 of 2008. Today, Canada’s leading telecommunications operator Rogers has declared an 84% jump in the 3rd quarter profits.
Rogers has reported a net income of USD 386 million, compared to USD 210 a year ago and the operator [...]

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Google has finally announced Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
All this while, folks who wanted to go round the earth on their mobile screens had to be content with Earthscape, an app similar to Google Earth, but using it’s own imaging. In fact, the developers had dropped its price from $10 to FREE.
This [...]

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Apple’s Q4 Conference Call announcement brought us some astonishing iPhone news today. While the company posted a profit of $1.14 billion on revenues of $7.9 billion for the quarter, their sales figures for their devices were off the roofs. In the Q4 of 2008, Apple managed to sell 6,892,000 iPhone 3Gs compared to the 1,119,000 [...]

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Ahhhh fantastic. This is what mobile innovation is all about. It’s why I’ve been so delighted with the launch of the iPhone platform.
Frederic Descamps has a day job working for for neutron science/technology specialist ILL. And he’s got a big interest in stars.
So when the iPhone development kit was released, he set about [...]

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The design gurus over at Cupertino might just get a huge task on their heads, if the EU goes ahead with a ruling. The European Union is currently considering a requirement according to which, all cell phones sold should have batteries that can be easily replaced. No points for guessing which phone lacks this ability.
If [...]

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Continuing with its game of Cat and Mouse, Apple has seeded a beta build of the firmware version 2.2 for the iPhone to its developers recently. However, unlike the previously seeded builds, this one was seeded with only “compatibility testing” in the release notes.
Even though Apple cleverly avoided any mention of bug fixes or new [...]

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Michael Selvidge is back giving us some more iPhone App reviews, two that are great, and one…not so much.

So everyone, including Barack Obama, knows that the slickest way to market your product (or candidate) is with a native app for the slickest phone ever, the iPhone.
As traditional forms of advertising like TV, radio, and newspaper [...]

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If you’re from either China or India, we know hard it has been for you to lay your hands on the iPhone. While the former doesn’t even sell the iPhone on sale, the mobile consumers in India have been let down owing to the high prices of the iPhone.
If it’s any consolation to you, the [...]

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I was rather surprised to see that Orange here in the UK has actually got an option on it’s menu structure called ‘iPhone Alternatives‘.
iPhone must be hurting them. Here’s a snapshot — see the bottom menu:

Click on the menu item and you’re presented with four options — Blackberry Bold, Samsung Omni, Samsung Tocco and [...]

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Cellular News is reporting that the iPhone is shortly due to launch ‘officially’ with China Mobile:
China Mobile is expected to officially launch the Apple iPhone on its network shortly - but with some of the functionality removed to comply with Chinese regulations. The South China Morning Post, citing a report from the Daiwa Institute of [...]

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So comments reader, Jon Bradford:
What I find most odd about the reported details of the G1 to date is its price of $199.
At this price point Android goes directly up against the iPhone which has been around for around 15 months and has sold millions of units. In addition, it is agreed that the [...]

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Hey you! Yes, yes you. That iPhone that you’re carrying and flaunting around, is that legit? You’d rather tell us, because the following might just interest you.
According to BGR, one of their loyal readers received a friendly email from AT&T, which goes like this.
Subject: Important information regarding your iPhone 3G
The new AT&T - Your world. [...]

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I love my iPhone. Yes, it does lack many of the features found in phones much cheaper phones in the market. But the UI and the design makes up for what is lacking in the phone. Whether you agree with me or not is a different discussion altogether.
The iPhone lacks a physical keypad and there [...]

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I’m sure you’ll agree with me over the fact that Google Earth is a remarkable software. The ability to virtually find and browse to any point on the earth has been implemented exceptionally well. However, being an iPhone user, I particularly miss Google Earth on the phone, more so for the sheer simplicity that the [...]

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I just got a text from my mother. She’s got my brothers together and is taking them — and potentially, me (hence the text) — to a restaurant in Billericay tonight.
Why is this relevant to you, dear reader?
Well, because I received notification of this by text.
By *text message*. From my [...]

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