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I finally submitted to the marketing and general buzz surrounding this particular iPhone app. My first impression was that its impossible to control. It felt like there was actually no way to control that little bubbled monkey.
After about 1/2 hour of playing around with it, I started to get the hang of it. I noticed [...]

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I’m very happy that V Card imports now work in iPhone. Contacts can be added directly from the Mail interface.
I’ve not seen this mentioned much on the blogosphere and I know it was one of the complaints in the past. Of course Apple’s push on business apps it would be a huge omission if this [...]

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I love the fact that Solitaire is listed in the Business section of the iTunes App Store.
It kind of reminds me of this:
manual solitaire
Did you find any other amusingly mis-placed apps?

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Nit-pickers unite - new Wifi store icon on Phil Shiller’s demo iPhone at the iPhone Roadmap event today (the purple one at the bottom left).
Screenshot attached. If anyone else noticed it, blab about it in the comments. I’d be intrigued by what this is all about. My take its that its just a new, [...]

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How I solved all my needs for 50 USD - with a solution from Apple

Apple TV 2.0 is around the corner, and is sure to be a bigger hit than the previous iteration. But for those who don’t have $229/£199 lying around, I would propose a solution that’s markedly cheaper, and costs as little [...]

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I’ve been pondering the strange moves by Apple Inc over the last couple of months in its apparent indecision on their iPhone software strategy. From the start, the mantra seemed to revolve around making a piece of hardware which is both minimalist but advanced. 1 button to perform all functions, which allows any change in [...]

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I managed to get my hands on some last-minute Foo Fighter’s tickets for Sunday’s gig at the O2 (formerly the famed Millennium Dome), courtesy of a business contact.
We had seated tickets so there was no need to get there early, half an hour seemed sufficient. We missed most of the support act Serj Tankian (of [...]

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