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Since the opening of the App Store, we have seen numerous apps to turn the iPhone into quite possibly the most expensive flashlight you own and carry around in your pocket.

But there’s one fatal flaw in all of this for me; the lack of simplicity. Generally, when I need my iPhone to function as a flashlight, I need it now. I don’t want to unlock my phone, get out of the app I’m already in, swipe through my pages, and then finally launch that torch program that’s hiding inside. It takes too long.

I’ve got a solution. It is not the most elegant solution, and you might lose a little of the customization we iPhone users have become used to, but, it works, and it works fast. You don’t even have to unlock your phone.

Find out how after the jump.

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Not only is the iPhone beautiful, it appears that everything that touches the iPhone must be beautiful as well. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a wee bit, but Gizmodo has posted some interesting pics found on a recently purchased iPhone.

It happens from time to time; pictures appearing on brand new iPhones, that is. It seems workers in some iPhone production factories just can’t help but share their cute faces with a select lucky few future iPhone owners.

Did you get bonus photos with your iPhone? Let us know after the break.

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There are probably too many racing games already made for the iPhone, but that isn’t stopping Firemint from developing a game named “Real Racing.”

Real Racing is exactly what it sounds like. It’s an accelerometer controlled car racing game that looks fantastic.

Check out the details and video footage after the break.

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In anticipation of the August 22nd iPhone release, the sole service provider for the iPhone in Singapore, SingTel, has officially announced the five available plans for the device. There are seven plans in all, with prices ranging from $26 to $205 per month. The iFlexi plans—unlike the iOne, iTwo and iThree plans, despite having bundled voice and data plans—are more expensive then their counterparts, and are only available until the 5th of September. For $20, one can add 500MB of local data to one of the non-iFlexi plans, and overages come in at a steep $2 per megabyte. As for the price of the actual iPhone, the 8GB version ranges from $700 to $0, depending on the value of the plan purchased, and the 16GB version ranges from $850 to free. The cheapest plan, the iOne Plus, costs $26 per month, and the actual device will set you back $700 and $850 for 8GB and 16GB, respectively.

Check out the pricing charts after the break.

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According to the latest NetApplications figures, the iPhone’s browsing marketshare has increased significantly since the release of the iPhone 3G. “The release of the iPhone 3G has brought large gains in web browsing share. Prior to the launch, iPhone usage share had leveled off, but has since resumed its upward trend,” NetApplications explains.

Details after the break.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has promised a fix for a common bug in the iPhone’s latest software. Many people are experiencing iPhone applications not launching properly; Apple is aware of this and are hoping to fix it in an update that will be released in September. “This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September,” says the short note from Steve.

More after the break.

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We’ve all asked for it. Time and time again. We’re sick of writing things that can just be copied. The iPhone is about ease of use, why shouldn’t copy and paste be part of the big picture too?

Remember the app by Proximi called MagicPad? It was the first app on the App Store to allow copy and paste functionality. But realistically, it wasn’t that useful when you consider that the ability can only be used inside of MagicPad.

Zac White, a student developer, has taken that idea and expanded upon it. Up until now, copy and paste between programs has not been allowed to work because of the agreement of the iPhone SDK. It restricts apps from working with each other via plug-ins, and restricts background processes; so, it seemed copy and paste wouldn’t be able to work between apps. But it appears that thought was wrong.

Find out why (and the check the video) after the break.

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For many users, firmware update 2.0.2 was supposed to be the fix for 3G reception issues. I say supposed to be, because apparently, instead of fixing the iPhone’s hefty signal strength requirements for 3G, it makes that already bad reception worse for some users.

According to iPhoneAtlas, some 3G users are unable to get wireless access of any sort without disabling the option for 3G. Here’s what an Apple Discussions poster had to say:

I use to get 1-3 bars of 3g service in my house and now I cant make a call… I have to switch off the 3G to get any bars Things are going the wrong way!

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I’ve been jealous of the iPod nano’s ability to use the Nike + kit for some time now. Currently, the iPhone can’t use the peripheral that tracks your runs. But according to iphone.fr, an app is being developed to make use of the Nike + on the iPhone (and presumably the iPod touch), and will possibly cure my jealousy.

iphone.fr has some great leaked photos of the rumored application that look pretty tempting. Many more features are available straight from the app than are offered on the iPod nano. For instance, you can track your goals and progress with the app. It offers some great looking graphs, and keeps track of a lot of details.

Details and pics after the jump.

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The latest update from Apple for the iPhone is available on iTunes. Now the iPhone has made it up to version 2.0.2.

So what does it do? Apple lists bug fixes as the only change. I have a feeling this is the fabled 3G reception software fix that was rumored about earlier. And since Apple isn’t showing their cards on this one, we’ll have to wait to hear some reports from those of you who’ve updated.

Syncing your iPhone to iTunes won’t update your software quite yet. If you want the new firmware now (and really unless you’re device is jailbroken, why wouldn’t you?) all you have to do is click the “Check for Updates” button inside of the iPhone section of iTunes.

So go download the new firmware and tell us about your experiences. Is the 3G issue gone? Do programs load faster? Is it all around faster?