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iPhone 4 dual-SIM case, Hardcore Games section for App Store, and Apple patent for headphone/mic port

If you have wanted to get your iPhone onto a different network and the lack of an additional SIM spot on your iPhone 4 prevented you from doing that a solution has surfaced. A new case debuted last week that has dual-SIM card slots allowing the iPhone 4 to work on two networks. The App [...]

App Store at slightly more than break even, Tesco iPhone 4 prices, iPhone 4 teardown

Apple likes to talk about the huge amounts of apps that it has sold via the App Store. Analysts from Piper Jaffray looked at some comments made by Steve Jobs and worked out the numbers for the App Store. If correct, the App Store makes about $189 million gross.

UK iPhone carrier Tesco has announced its [...]

Hackers laugh at app store ban, Opera 6x faster than Safari, MeeBo multi IM chat app debuts

ChannelWeb reports that hackers who were banned from the App Store for violating AT&T rules are scoffing at Apple. Most of these hackers are more known for work on Jail Break software that malicious code.

Opera is claiming that its Mini browser for the iPhone is six times faster than Safari. I remain confused to why [...]

Rhapsody for iPhone on the way to App Store

RealNetworks has submitted its on-demand streaming music application called Rhapsody for the iPhone and iPod Touch to the App Store for approval. It will allow user to browse and search the Rhapsody library (more than 8 million tracks!) over WiFi and 3G connections.
To enjoy this app, you need to subscribe to Rhapsody To Go –currently [...]

Appsto.re, iPhone app URL shortener

Despite many other URL shortening services out there, here is another new service on this field: appsto.re. It focuses specifically on iTunes links.
Why use appsto.re URL’s? According to them:

They contain the name of your app, making people more likely to click.
They take people straight to iTunes, increasing the chance people will buy your app.
They are [...]

Apple lifts App Store promo-code restrictions on 17+ titles

Apple’s decision regarding App Store promo-code restrictions on apps rated 17+ has been fixed, according to SlashGear, enabling developers who are responsible for such software will be able to pass out free-trials to their audience and community.
[via SlashGear]

iPhone’s App Store hits 1.5 billion downloads in first year

It took Apple only nine months to reach 1 billion application downloads mark, now the Cupertino-based company has announced that iPhone users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from the App Store. Supported by more than 100,000 developers, the revolutionary App Store now has more than 65,000 apps.

Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 1.5 Billion [...]

iPhone overtaking Nokia in mobile ads

Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple in mobile ads share, BNET Technology reports. According to statistics from AdMob, Apple’s iPhone received 49 percent of ad traffic in May, compared with 32 percent for Nokia.

Why is mobile ad share important? Because in the smartphone segment, the tail [...]

AT&T U-verse remote DVR app released for iPhone

AT&T have released a free iPhone and iPod touch application that allows U-verse subscribers control their DVR systems remotely.  The app, U-verse TV Mobile Remote Access, can display program listings and full descriptions of individual shows, as well as allow users to schedule program or series recordings.

It’s also possible to edit existing schedules, whether they have [...]