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Another Feather In Apple’s Cap: App Store Heads Past 250,000 Apps

Posted August 28, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb142 Another Feather In Apple’s Cap: App Store Heads Past 250,000 Apps

It doesn’t surprise me to tell that the App Store has surpassed 250,000 apps in a little over 25 months since its launch. Those apps come from over 50,300 publishers/developers and are available for your iPod Touch, iPhone and the iPad. So I guess this one is going to be an essential part of the next week music event from Apple which might also include the announcement of the fourth generation of the iPod Touch.

Coming back to the topic. Those apps include both free and paid ones ranging across a wide variety of categories. The lions’ share of this goes to Books that have 17% share, followed by games [14%] and entertainment [11%]. That’s quite high given that the over 70 % of the apps are paid compared to over 60% apps on Google’s Android Market being free.

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Transform Your iPhone Into A Professional Camera With These 2 Lenses

Posted August 27, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb138 Transform Your iPhone Into A Professional Camera With These 2 Lenses

We all love taking photos and the advent of powerful smartphones, with equally powerful and high quality cameras has made each one of us a photographer. But there is a lot left desired. I mean it isn’t a dedicated high quality camera and that is because the camera phone lens doesn’t give you all that functionality; the fish eye, wide angle or the macro function for an extreme closeup. Worry not, there is something to lift this up as Photojojo shares with us detachable Camera phone Lens.

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Google Mobile Gets An Update: Adds Push Notifications To Gmail And Calendar On iPhone

Posted August 23, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb118 Google Mobile Gets An Update: Adds Push Notifications To Gmail And Calendar On iPhone

Google has just tweaked its Google Mobile App for the iOS with the addition of Push notifications for both the Google Calendar and the Gmail. With this, users will be able to set configurations on their iPhone to turn notifications on.

Upon receiving updates or notifications for the email and a popup alerts for your Calendar, users will be prompted on the Google Apps. The push notifications, especially for the Gmail aren’t new and have been available for almost a year now. But that required a lot of work; setting your Google account with one on Exchange ActiveSync. Even that was kept limited as users could only integrate one Google account per ActiveSync, but with the coming of the iOS, this has changed considerably and push notifications might just make a life bit easier for Gmail lovers.

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Jailbroken iPhones Get a Fix For Login Issues With Facebook App v3.2.2

Posted August 23, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb116 Jailbroken iPhones Get a Fix For Login Issues With Facebook App v3.2.2

Facebook only recently introduced Facebook Places, partnering with all major players in the location based social networking arena like Gowalla, Foursquare, etc. They also released the new Facebook App [version 3.1.1] for the iPhone loaded with Places, but I guess it has been buggy. Yesterday Robert Scoble talked about the new feature from Facebook; Tag anywhere. Which actually had him tagged on places where he had never been, added with login issues.

Today, however the social network released version 3.2.2 for the application with fixes for the login issues. The new version is available on the App Store with the Update button on your iPhone. Other than, owing to the huge number of complains and requests from users, Facebook has also specifically mentioned that the app is only available for the users in the US. Though if you are outside the US you will still see the tab, but hitting it would only display a message stating it’s not available in your region [Non-US].

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Update: Facebook App For iPhone Gets v3.2.1, Facebook Places Comes To Those in US

Posted August 19, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb98 Update: Facebook App For iPhone Gets v3.2.1, Facebook Places Comes To Those in US

Facebook users with the iPhone have got themselves an update for the Facebook App. The new version 3.2.1 of the app is more about bug fixes and nothing really notable. So if you happen to use Facebook on your iPhone click the update button and let us know if you spot something.

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Is Apple Really Going To Have Lady Gaga In New iPhone Commercials? Meh!

Posted August 17, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb75 Is Apple Really Going To Have Lady Gaga In New iPhone Commercials? Meh!

You got be lost if everyone is trying to throw a joke at Apple by making ads and Apple will stay away. We reported today that Sony made PSP ad to make fun of the iPhone 4 and rumors are already circling that Apple might be preparing for its own commercial. Lady Gaga has been seen roaming the Cupertino 1-Infinite Loop Campus in CA along with many of Apple’s employees.

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Enable FaceTime Over 3G On iPhone 4 With FaceBreak App [Only For Jailbreak iPhone 4]

Posted August 16, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb62 Enable FaceTime Over 3G On iPhone 4 With FaceBreak App [Only For Jailbreak iPhone 4]

FaceTime has been quite an attention grabber, especially with people looking forward to make it work on 3G as well. We talked about one method on how to Run FaceTime on 3G with My3G and here comes another. You can also use FaceBreak to enable FaceTime over your 3G network to make FaceTime calls.

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How To Have More Sex Partners? Get iPhone! [Study]

Posted August 10, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb46 How To Have More Sex Partners? Get iPhone! [Study]

Now many of you would feel their pockets and check why they don’t own an iPhone! Dating Site OkCupid just released a study which highlights association between their smartphones and the sexual history. Put it anyway you like, but I am already figuring out why I am the one left out, I don’t have an iPhone!

Jokes apart, the study put forth is based on OKCupid analyzing data in images that users upload, their activity thanks to the apps and personality tests like The Dating Persona Test, etc and compiling them as one report. The age group was confined to 30 years for both male and females and had interesting results, of course Fascinating for the iPhone users and those aspiring to have one. The reports, might not necessarily reflect hard facts but a gist of it is given in the graphs below.

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FaceTime No More WiFi Only – Comes To 3G Via My3G For iPhones

Posted August 2, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb10 FaceTime No More WiFi Only – Comes To 3G Via My3G For iPhones

I guess the best feature on the iPhone 4 that was boasted about at the WWDC was the FaceTime, the ability to have a voice conversation via the WiFi connection. This wasn’t available over your 3G primarily for the fact that AT&T’s data plan couldn’t allow that. Of course without seriously burdening your wallet. Many iPhone users would have cursed the unavailability owing to the fact that WiFi isn’t readily available and the numerous apps that do enable voice chat don’t really give in a great experience.

Welcome My3G, the app that lets you make FaceTime calls across your 3G network. However, you must remember that this app is only for Jailbreak iPhones. Of course there are risks involved with jailbreaking your device, but if the offer includes making voice calls and getting access to the countless many apps which are not available on the App Store, the reason is appealing enough to give it a shot.

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Lighted Mirror Transform Your iPhone 4 Into A Pocket Mirror

Posted July 30, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb56 Lighted Mirror Transform Your iPhone 4 Into A Pocket Mirror

I guess the Snow White and the seven dwarfs were to be written in modern times and the old mean witch happened to use the iPhone, she would have gone about saying this:

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