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iPhone gray market swells to 800k phones

Wednesday
Dec 31,1969

Comprising an estimated 1 million total units, the iPhone gray market has become a major force in the worldwide mobile phone sales community, stretching from China to Prague to South America. Claiming…

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  • iLuv unveils i80 iPhone/iPod accessories

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    iLuv today unveiled its i80 series of its shiny earphones, ear clips, and cases for Apple’s iPhone and iPods. The i80 series is designed for women trend setters looking for accessories to enhance thei…

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  • O2: iPhone pushing ‘unheard of’ data use

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    The iPhone is generating “unheard-of levels of mobile Internet usage,” according to Vivek Dev, COO of Telefónica O2 Europe, the sole carrier of the device in the United Kingdom. Web browsing and e-ma…

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  • Meizu’s iPhone clone already on sale?

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Meizu’s long-delayed M8 (or MiniOne) smartphone may be reaching store shelves in its native China, according to international trading firm AliBaba. The close shadow of the iPhone is already listed as…

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  • Siphon offers free calls on iPhones

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Software has surfaced for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch (with an accessory microphone) that allows users to make free phone calls to other users. The application, titled ‘Siphon,’ requires an unlocked…

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  • Fake iPhones, ‘new models’ pour from China

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Numerous illegal businessmen in Shenzhen, China are said to be producing counterfeit iPhones and other hot mobile devices alongside alleged ‘new model’ iPhones at ever increasing rates. Apple’s iPhone…

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  • Current State adds power monitoring to iPhone

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    As part of Kaleidoscope’s private eco-friendly venture, The Greener Grass, the Ohio-based organization has unveiled Current State, a system designed to help iPhone users monitor power usage in their h…

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  • Gameloft slips about first iPhone game?

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Gameloft may have unintentionally let slip about the first downloadable iPhone game during CEO Michel Guillemot’s keynote at the GDC Mobile conference. According to UK-based Pocket Gamer, the device w…

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  • The Missing Sync for iPhone 1.0.1 released

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Mark/Space today released The Missing Sync for iPhone 1.0.1 alongside an updated version of SyncTogether. The Missing Sync for iPhone allows users to quickly load and archive data on an iPhone. The so…

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  • MegaPhone 1.5 adds notes to iPhoneDrive

    Wednesday
    Dec 31,1969

    Ecamm Network has released MegaPhone 1.5, the latest version of its iPhone utility. The program was formally known as iPhoneDrive, and lets users view and export iPhone content via their Mac. Some f…

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    1. Ars Investigates: Does Google Mobile use Private APIs? - Tonight, our peeps pointed us to this Daring Fireball post that suggests that Google Mobile got an application by Apple that uses private iPhone APIs. Said peeps asked me whether Google is getting a better deal than most devs, or whether Google just pulled something over on Apple. The answer is, to say the least, complicated.
    2. BlackBerry Storm Is Not Quite a Perfect Storm - It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing.
    3. BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and Disappointing - Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm looks handsome enough, but it will disappoint prospective buyers hoping for a credible touch-based iPhone alternative.
    4. Engadget reviews the BlackBerry Storm! - The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost deafening blast to the competition at first glance.
    5. The Worlds First iPhone LoJack Theft Recovery App - Looking for the ultimate theft recovery tool? Look no further.
    6. Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs - In the interests of all those readers who need to unlock their iPhone 3G’s for use on different carriers andtested an iPhone 3G unlock that really seems to work. While the iPhone Dev Team plunder the secrets of the mysterious baseband in search of the ever elusive software unlock, some of us regular users just can’t wait.
    7. Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for holiday season - Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&T Inc.