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The home of Windows is now, ironically, the home of the world’s first course for iPhone development certification. The University of Washington is offering a professional certification program consisting of three classes to help students obtain a good base in becoming solid developers. Despite Stanford University’s decision to make their… Continue Reading »

Apple, as you may or may not have heard, has not been overly lenient with itsiTunes App Store approvals, even with items has high end as Google Voice.  Slingmedia is hoping it isn’t next on Apple’s chopping block, and that, as Engadget reports, its recently submitted Slingplayer 1.1 will make… Continue Reading »

Ever since Apple added GPS as a feature of the iPhone 3G, consumers have (wrongfully) assumed that this meant turn by turn navigation. Finally, Apple is now allowing turn-by-turn GPS navigation apps on the app store with iPhone OS 3.0 and above. And it didn’t take long to find a… Continue Reading »

According to research done by Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research, Apple—while only the 5th largest mobile phone vendor#151;contributed to 32% of the industry operating profits in the first half of 2009. Though its overall revenue is only a scant 8% of what the entire cell phone industry produces, Apple is… Continue Reading »

In June, Apple did not fully phase out the 2008 model of the iPhone, the 3G. Instead, they chose to sell the 8GB model of the iPhone 3G in stores—that is, until a time when supply of the device is exhausted. This may be closer than we previously thought, as… Continue Reading »

The long-awaited iPhone OS 3.0 is finally here. While it is certainly less momentous than the launch of the original iPhone, it is still a solid OS upgrade in terms of performance and additional features. Assuming you’ve upgraded succesfully, you will soon notice a few minor enhancements that, while not… Continue Reading »

Once you’ve updated to 3.0, you’ll likely spend some time looking around for the obvious new features. You’ll cut and paste some text, write a note in landscape, download an app with push notifications…you get the idea. But did you remember that with iPhone OS 3.0, you can now download… Continue Reading »

We’re days away from the launch of the iPhone 3G S, and AT&T apparently is eager to dump off their stock refurbished iPhone 3Gs (the 3GS moniker vs. plural 3Gs is going to prove confusing for quite a while, huh). On the refurbished cell phone page at AT&T’s website, you… Continue Reading »

Okay, okay, we get it. The world—at least those that like the iPhone—is in turmoil. AT&T is saying that current iPhone 3G users won’t get any special discounts to upgrade their current phones to the new iPhone 3GS. Let the chaos and destruction begin, right? Well, not exactly. The furor… Continue Reading »

At this year’s WWDC, Apple announced the new iPhone 3GS. While this was a pretty interesting refresh to the iPhone line, I believe that the lowering of the iPhone 3G 8GB to $99 is much bigger news. For a while now, people have been preaching that Apple needs to hit… Continue Reading »