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iPhone 4.0 to bring multi-tasking

Apple will introduce multi-tasking to its iPhone range in the latest OS update due in the summer according to reports online.

Appleinsider is claiming it has the inside track, on what most believe is a given; that the Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad will get multi-tasking...

iPhone 4G snapped in ultimate spy shot homage

We are still wondering how hard we should laugh since "supposed" spy shots of the yet unannounced iPhone 4G have turned up on umpcfever.com.

Taken, by the looks of things, in some shady, dirty, dark factory (real faux Hollywood studio that was used for the SAW...

iPhone app fridge magnets - there's a need for that

There seems to be an app for everything these days, including sticking things to your fridge.

The aptly named App Magnets are fridge magnets in the shape of iPhone icons designed by the Jailbreak Collective.

Investing in a box for $12.99 will give you...

EA Sports Active 2.0 gets you working out whilst playing games

EA is taking exercising in front of your games console to the next level with the announcement of a new version of EA Sports Active dubbed, wait for it, EA Sports Active 2.0.

Rather than just being an update of the previous version that first came out on the Wii,...

Street Fighter IV for iPhone fights its way into App store

Street Fighter IV, spawned from the classic Street Fighter II Turbo that you no doubt spent many an hour playing, perhaps even bunking school to do so, has hit the iPhone App store for those looking to go retro.

Available to buy from today in both the US and the...

O2 updates iPhone tariff to include video calls

Apple websites are reporting that O2 has made a small tweak to its iPhone tariffs over the weekend, updating them to include a cost for "video calls" - which happens to be the same as for voice calls. The update lends weight to rumours that the next iPhone will come with...

Teletext offers iPhone apps

Teletext has announced a quintet of mobile applications to try and replace the gap left in our hearts by the demise of its television service. There's one for jobs, one for holidays, one for property, one for communities and one for cars.

We'll go through them...

Apple sues HTC over 20 iPhone patents

Apple has announced that it's suing HTC on 20 counts of patent infringement, all of which relate to the iPhone, its user interface, its underlying architecture and its hardware. Android isn't mentioned in the press release, indicating that the interface reference in the...

Conservative Party launches election iPhone app

The Conservative party has launched its very own iPhone app in an attempt to connect to the user of the popular smartphone in the run up to the general election in the UK.

The new app, which became available over the weekend, will inform you of the Conservative...

IWOOT offers MiLi iPhone projector

IWOOT has just dropped us word that it's now selling a portable pico-projector that's specifically designed for the iPhone and iPod. The MiLi iPhone projector allows you to throw a 70-inch image on a clear, flat vertical surface, and can be used with both videos and photos.

When...

O2 SIM only iPhone tariff offered

O2 has announced that it will be offering a SIM-only tariff for the iPhone on Friday for those who presumably have found either Vodafone or Orange to be no good.

Following in the footsteps of Vodafone's SIM-only announcement earlier in the month, the new SIM-only...

73% of Android owners are male

Mobile advertising company AdMob, which was bought by Google back in November, has published its monthly metrics report, containing a host of statistics about the phone industry right now. Surveying 963 respondents, the survey found that a whopping 73% of Android device...

VIDEO: Street Fighter 4 on iPhone

Capcom has confirmed that Street Fighter 4, due to hit the iPhone in March, will cost under $10 and feature 8 of your favourite characters to fight with.

Making the cut for the iPhone iteration of the arcade hit are Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, M....

Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola continue to lose ground to Apple

New research has found mobile phone firms are continuing to lose ground to Apple in the mobile phone space.

According to Gartner, while Nokia is still the biggest handset maker in the world, it, like others, has lost further market share in 2009.

But Nokia...

Video chat hints found in iPhone 3.2 SDK

In the latest iPhone SDK - a collection of resources used by developers to build applications for the platform - hints have been uncovered that strongly suggest that a future version of the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch may arrive with video calling functionality.

The...

ASBOrometer app launches for the iPhone and Android

A new iPhone and Android app has launched that takes government data on ASB statistics and presents it to consumers in an easy-to-consume map-based format.

In other words, the ASBOrometer will tell you just how many Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have been handed...

TomTom iPhone car kit gets ProClip option

TomTom is offering a new option with its iPhone car kit with the availability of a ProClip mount just announced.

The original TomTom car kit for iPhone has a windscreen mount, the new car kit for iPhone, however, screws onto a vehicle-specific ProClip mount that...

iPhone's 3G download limit upped

If reports coming in are correct, Apple has raised the maximum file size that can be downloaded over a 3G connection before it demands that you hook your handset up to a Wi-Fi network instead. The limit appears to have been raised from 10MB to 20MB.

The idea behind...

LG predicts death of Symbian, BlackBerry, webOS

Scott Ahn, head of LG's mobile business, has told a press conference that he thinks the smartphone market will increasingly consolidate - with the number of operating systems reducing to just three - iPhone, Android and Windows Phone - within a couple of years.

That...

Opera Mini on iPhone demoed, and unlikely to see the light of day

Opera has been busy showing off its Opera Mini browser offering on the iPhone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; completely set in the belief that Apple will be unable to decline entry of its browser into the App Store when it submits it in the next couple of weeks.

Although...

Notepod+ is a non-digital iPad

From the Aussie team that brought us the Notepod, angled as ideal for sketching out iPhone app ideas, comes the iPad version.

Dubbed the Notepod+, perhaps to avoid any unwanted attention from Apple's legal department, the product is angled as "a perfect mouse-mat...

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone goes 3G

The SlingPlayer Mobile App for the iPhone has been updated to include streaming over 3G bringing with it a massive headache for mobile phone operators around the world.

The new update means that owners of a slingbox in their home can now stream their TV to their...

Vodafone angles SIM-only plans to iPhone users

Vodafone has introduced new SIM-only price plans that is says are "great for iPhone customers".

Available from £25 a month they offer Vodafone's "unlimited" texts (subject to a fair usage policy), 1GB data and BT Openzone Wi-Fi access.

"That means...

Griffin PowerBlock Reserve comes to UK

Griffin, maker of various Apple accessories, has confirmed that its PowerBlock Reserve product is finally coming to Britain, more than a year after it appeared in the USA.

The device acts as both a USB wall charger and a reserve battery for the iPhone and iPod....

BT hits a million Wi-Fi hotspots

Boosted massively by BT FON home hub hotspots, BT has announced it's reached the million milestone for Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK and Ireland.

The million-strong Wi-Fi estate also comprises hotspots from BT Openzone (3800) and BT Openzone hotspots via the BT...