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New iPhone SDK Terms for Application Developers

Apple introduced new terms and conditions for the iPhone Application Developers so that dual sale of applications can be prevented. It is an attempt by Apple to prevent the sale of applications by unauthorized stores like Cydia. These rouge applications cannot be sold at Apple’s online store and generally require jailbreaking. But the new version 3 of iPhone can block this jailbreaking so that authenticity of the applications can be maintained with this high-end gadget.
It is way forward by Apple to improved the application distribution through its own stores or by their authorized vendors.

Make Free Calls on iPhone with Skype Client

Skype, the much loved and hugely popular VoiP service for making free calls online, has finally come to the iPhone. Just to set the record straight, the Skype service could be accessed earlier using third party iPhone applications, but this application is the official release from Skype itself.

While there were some speculations on the long delay in introducing such an app, like AT&T fearing fall in its revenue, these are unfounded, as calls can only be placed via Wi-Fi and not otherwise. Hence AT&T has nothing to fear from this launch.

Skype has also included an IM chat feature in its iPhone avatar, just like the one available in its PC version. This is bound to get roaring approval from the legions of Skype and iPhone fans throughout the world. Skype is available for free download from the iPhone Store.

New Version Iron Fist Boxing 2.0 for your iPhone

After one month of public beta testing Realtech launched Iron Fist Boxing 2.0. This new generation game with new additional features can be downloaded from the iTunes application Store. Iron Fist Boxing 2.0 is the Version 2.0 of Realtech VR iPhone and iPod touch 3D Mixed Martial Art and Boxing Game. The newly added features include training mode, featuring 10 different opponents with 2 new characters with two variations of each 20 characters.

The updated version also incorporates improved AI and animation, new moves, vibration
support, faster game resume and improved controls and user interface. All these new features of Iron Fist Boxing 2.0 provide new level of realism while fighting.

Video Editing Features on New iPhone

A little birdie on the wall tells us that the new Apple iPhone to be released in 2009 June will have video editing options as well. While these are early days and the final product could differ, what is interesting to note and no one actually took note till the iPhone 3.0 release, the MobileMe section contains an “upload my video” option. How wonderful!

So at least one thing is clear, video editing isn’t a bolt from the sky, rather a pre-planned decision of Apple after analysing the reactions to the current model over these two years. Also video editing makes imminent sense if you take into account Apple’s decision to increase the new iPhone’s memory to 32 GB.

Another reason to believe this story is the faster processor that will be seen on the new iPhone. All this is expected to make the iPhone simply irresistible to anyone.

iPhone Production Doubled

There is some good news for iPhone buffs as Apple has reportedly doubled the iPhone production in anticipation of the high demand for the new iPhone model, expected to be launched in June 2009.

Sources reveal that the new iPhone will have better video and camera capabilities than the current model, which lacks on both fronts. Not only will users be able to shoot great quality videos, they will be able to capture both moving and static pics with their new iPhone.

The present model has a measly 2MP camera and no video recording options, although you can play downloaded or received videos. This was seen as one of the last remaining deficiencies in this otherwise revolutionary smartphone.

Also the source reveals that the new iPhone will be available in multiple models, with the upper-end model offering great quality videos comparable or better than those offered by the Flip camcorders of pure Digital. Apart from this Apple is also expected to launch a lower end model for the masses, priced at $100-$150.

New Gmail for Apple iPhone

Google launched the new version of its popular email service Gmail for the iPhone with a host of specially designed features. One of the cool new features is the floating bar that appears whenever you select a message in the inbox.

The bar has some handy features like archive, delete so you need not press browse through multiple screen presses. What’s more, the bar stays right throughout as long as you browse the inbox.

Also the labels are easier to read than before and more closely resemble the labels in the desktop version of Gmail. If you need to search your mail you can just key in the search terms in the search box at the top instead of the earlier instance when the search box appeared at the page bottom.

Finally Apple Unlocks the Bluetooth Features on iPhone

Experienced Apple users while praising their Apple products will cringe at typical Apple idiosyncrasies such as the lack of extendable memory on their iPhone or the missing measly floppy drive on the iMac. While the iPhone is simply a great gadget it lacked certain basic features that routinely found on other similar smartphones, like the MMS functionality, SMS forwarding, cut, copy and paste and most annoyingly, the lack of advanced Bluetooth features.

But why enable and not add? Because my dear friend, the Bluetooth features were present all along on your iPhone but were cloaked or hidden by some wise brain at Apple. But with competition going beyond such features, Apple finally thought the Bluetooth features ought to be unlocked. But as usual, Apple is in no mood to dole out any freebies and has kept a $10 price to unlock the features via their iPhone store. None better and more adept than Apple at ensuring steady revenue streams, eh?

And the story doesn’t just end here; the iPod too had these advanced Bluetooth features all along. So many of the ‘new’ features that you see in the iPhone 3.0 were actually not new after all, but just new revelations on part of Apple. Just the same, it would be most happily welcomed by millions of iPhone users who were hampered by lack of these advanced Bluetooth features.

TV Programs on iPhone through DirecTv

The DirecTv application has been launched to download television programs for the iPhone users. The application is free and can be downloaded through the Apple stores. This newly launched application facilitates iPhone users to have access to their favorite TV programs with capabilities of remote scheduling and program browsing. For availing DirecTv facilities iPhone users must have software version 2.2.1 or higher and DirecTV subscription for the service. Before subscribing users can review their requirements for DirecTV Plus DVR (models R15, R16, R22) and DirecTV Plus HD DVR (models HR20, HR21, HR23). TiVo Series 2 receivers with 6.4a.  The iPhone users can register their requirement to DirecTV.com and can take advantage of the remote scheduling over WiFi, EDGE or 3G.

New Version of Fring for iphone

Apple has developed new version of Fring that gives extra functionality for ‘fringsters’. This newly developed application can be used on the original iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch. Fring facilitates users to interact with friends on all your favorite social networks including Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo and AIM.
The users can move Fring settings to the general iPhone settings, so there’s no need to open Fring each time you want to make a small change. iPhone users can choose whether to show or hide their offline contacts and regular GSM buddies. Users can use the small flag symbol in the top left hand corner of the dialer screen to get lists of countries.

iPhone Users Can Use All Yahoo Features

Yahoo has developed an application for iPhone users, whereby iphone users can enjoy all of Yahoo’s features on their iphones. Through this application iPhone users can check Yahoo mail, check saved accounts, scroll through their bookmarks, surf news and allow users to take advantage of Yahoo messenger. This iPhone application combines all crucial web services of Yahoo.

Other features are of Yahoo for iPhone users are: 

• Yahoo search uses iPhone user location to find what they want and where they are
• Hottest news topics and sources
• Web-based Emails accounts from Yahoo Mail, Gmail, AOLMail and Hotmail
• Status and photo updates facilities from social networks including Facebook, Twitter,  MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, and others
• RSS feeds for iPhone Users that including My Yahoo content that are easily arranged and managed
• Web Sites, Sports, Stocks, Movie Theaters, Horoscopes
• Yahoo News with breaking headlines that covers popular topics
• My Interests option for iPhone Users so to organize their favorite and personal contents.