Grant Paul (chpwn) has posted a new tool for Jailbroken iPhones that allows Siri to run on pre-iPhone 4S devices. The tool (called Spire) gets around any copyright issues by downloading Siri from device images housed directly on Apple’s servers and i…

In another last minute Christmas Eve offer, BestBuy is offering the 32GB iPhone 4 in a Buy One, Get One Free Offer.

Apple doesn’t officially offer the 32GB iPhone 4 anymore. After the introduction of the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 is being officia…

JJ Abrams has been involved in the creation of some of the most successful movies and TV shows of recent years, including directing the reboot of Star Trek, co-creating the television show Lost, and producing the just-released Mission: Impossible – Gho…

When image editing and sharing app Skitch was acquired by Evernote earlier this year, we were told iPhone and iPad versions were on the way — and now Skitch for iPad has arrived.

Skitch is the amazingly fun and surprisingly powerful way to move your …

Rockstar is offering their three iOS apps for up to 40 percent off as a holiday sale, including the just-released Grand Theft Auto III.

Today, we are pleased to announce a special holiday sale for Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition, G…

When the original iPhone was released, it had no third-party apps, no voice control, no games, and no to-do list — among many other things. But it was still revolutionary, completely different than what came before, and over time many of its shortcomi…

Google has updated its iOS Google Voice app with a number of new features, including full support for Sprint integration. Google has a partnership with Sprint that allows customers to use Google Voice natively on their Sprint phone and have access to t…

Amazon today updated its Kindle app for iOS, taking on Apple’s Newsstand feature by adding compatibility with hundreds of magazines on the iPad. In addition, Kindle for iPad can now handle “print replica” textbooks, preserving the original formattin…

Last week, the BBC introduced its iPlayer for iPhone app for UK television license payers. The app allows domestic viewers to view live BBC TV and radio and watch catch-up TV over Wi-Fi and 3G.

It’s a major app in the UK and was downloaded 1.1 milli…

iTether is an iPhone app that allows users to share their iPhone’s internet connection with their Mac or PC computer over USB. However, the application was available for only a few hours on the App Store before Apple removed it over “carrier concerns…

A firefighter in the Pennsylvanian town of East Brandywine experienced a close call with his iPhone 4 earlier this month, according to a post on the East Brandywine Fire Company’s website.

While charging the phone using the Apple provided computer c…

Yamaha used some technological trickery to enable Siri to play a concerto on a Yamaha Disklavier Grand Piano.

By converting a MIDI songfile into an audio file that the iPhone can play and connecting the audio output of an Airport Express to the anal…

Reuters reports that Apple’s manufacturing partner Pegatron has acknowledged that a “small explosion” has occurred at one of its factories in Shanghai, China. The report notes that there have been some injuries as a result of the incident, but there a…

Specialized search engine Wolfram Alpha, one of Apple’s launch partners for Siri, has partnered with Best Buy to deliver shopping results. As a result, iPhone 4S users can now search a number of products and categories from Best Buy’s catalog, and ge…

Sonic CD and Marathon 2: Durandal have made their way to the iPhone and the iPad, more than 15 years after their original release.

Sonic CD was originally released in 1993 as a game for the Sega CD, Sega’s CD-ROM add-on for the Genesis console. U…

It appears that a bug in iMessage allows texts to be sent to a stolen iPhone, even after a remote wipe and disabling the SIM card, reports Ars Technica.

iMessage, introduced in iOS 5, is similar to RIM’s BlackBerry messaging service. It sends text, …

TeleNav has launched a browser-based turn-by-turn navigation service for mobile phones written in HTML5. The service will be free for consumers and developers of mobile websites and apps will be able to integrate turn-by-turn directions into their prod…

SiriusXM radio has updated its iOS app to include DVR-like pause and rewind capabilities, the ability to restart a show in-progress from the beginning, and the ability to go back in time up to 5 hours on a particular channel to catch-up on missed conte…

Danish company Scanomat has introduced the TopBrewer, an iPhone-controlled coffee faucet. The tap is part of an advanced brewing system that can be built into any tabletop.

The company has patented the world’s smallest milk foamer which heats milk o…

The FAA has granted approval to American Airlines to use the iPad during all phases of flight, according to ZDNet. The first iPad-enabled flights are set to begin Friday on American’s Boeing 777 aircraft.

On Friday, American Airlines is the first ai…

Microsoft has released an iPhone client app for its SkyDrive cloud-storage service. The app allows uploads of videos and photos to SkyDrive, as well as opening and managing files.

SkyDrive is your personal cloud for your documents, notes, photos and v…

As noted by The Next Web, Apple has launched its Apple TV set-top box in Brazil, offering users the ability to stream content from iCloud, iTunes, computers, and iOS devices. The addition comes alongside the roll-out of iTunes Store music and movie co…

Microsoft’s Office team introduced an iPhone version of OneNote to-do/notes application earlier this year, and has now followed it up with an iPad edition.

Whether you need to track and share shopping lists, gift-giving plans, recipe clippings and col…

Research firm NPD today announced the results of its latest survey of tablet and notebook usage trends, finding that the share of tablet users taking advantage of cellular connectivity for their devices has declined compared to earlier this year. Acco…

Case-Mate has partnered with Marvel Comics to offer iPhone cases emblazoned with comic book heroes. Each Marvel star — Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, and the X-Men — appears on three different cases for the iPhone 4/4S and 3G/3GS.

The BBC’s iPlayer for iPhone has arrived in the United Kingdom with 3G streaming of live BBC TV and radio. In a blog post announcing the app, the BBC noted that 1.5 million users have installed the iPlayer for iPad app, and 16.5 million programs were w…

RadioShack today informed MacRumors that it will be launching a $30 discount program for AT&T iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models on Sunday, bringing pricing down to $69.99/$169.99/$269.99/$369.99 after the instant savings. The sale wi…

Firemint has dropped the price of their critically acclaimed Flight Control game to Free for the first time ever. The game is part of a daily promo from EA, and will only be free for one day. Flight Control was one of the first “classic” iPhone ga…

On Nom, the candy-munching critter from ZeptoLab’s best-selling Cut The Rope games, has become something of a cultural icon. Now, he’s made the transition from video games to the real world in this animated video. Jumping out of the iPad to look for mo…

Apple today dropped prices on its refurbished iPad 2 models, cutting $30 off of 16 GB models and $50 off of 32 GB and 64 GB models. Pricing is now as follows:

- 16 GB Wi-Fi: $419, down from $449. Pricing for brand-new is $499…

Jawbone’s $99 UP wristband is designed to track users activity, sleep, and food intake to “encourage healthier living”. However, it appears the wristband — released in early November — has not been well-received.

The situation is so bad, with …

Twitter has announced a complete redesign of its website and apps, starting with new mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Today we introduce a new version of Twitter. We’ve simplified the design to make it easier than ever to follow what you care about,…

The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris has denied a request by Samsung for a preliminary injunction banning the iPhone 4S in France. The court said the main reason for the rejection was the disproportionate effect that banning sales of the iPhone i…

Microsoft has released an official Xbox Live iOS app. The free app, for iPhone and iPad, allows users to:

- Read and send messages to Xbox 360 friends

- Manage your friends list, invite new friends,

- Read and Edit your full LIVE profile (name, bi…

Behringer, a maker of professional audio and music equipment, is launching the world’s loudest — and largest — iPhone dock. The iNuke Boom is 4 feet tall, 8 feet wide, weighs 700 pounds, and costs $29,999.

The product is real, though the only …

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has for the first time publicly confirmed that it is conducting an antitrust investigation of the e-book industry, joining yesterday’s announcement of a similar probe by the European C…

As previously announced, Rockstar Games’ classic Grand Theft Auto III is coming to the iPhone and iPad on December 15th.

10 years ago … the revolutionary open-world epic Grand Theft Auto III was released to the world – a game that set players lo…

The BBC’s worldwide edition of its iPlayer app is coming to iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPlayer worldwide edition — which is distinct from the UK version — is currently available in 16 territories, mostly western Europe, Australia and Canada.

iPla…

Financial Post reports that Apple has lost a lawsuit it had filed against Chinese company Proview Technology alleging infringement of the “iPad” trademark. At stake in the dispute is ownership of the Chinese “iPad” trademark itself, which Proview regi…

Consumer Reports today announced the results of its consumer satisfaction survey of mobile phone companies in the United States for 2011, with Verizon topping the list and AT&T once again ranking at the bottom.Of the four major U.S. national cell-pho…

Macerkopf.de reports [Google translation] that it has learned from an Apple software engineer that the company is currently testing fourteen different GPU drivers for iPhone hardware, including several drivers for running displays at higher resolutions…

Two external battery cases for iOS devices are being recalled in partnership with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, one by case maker Mophie, and the other by Best Buy’s house brand Rocketfish.

6,118 units of Mophie’s Juice Pack Air for t…

Siri0us, a package for jailbroken iPhones that brings Siri-like dictation to previous generation iPhones, has been removed from the Cydia store. The developer was forced to remove the package after Nuance, the company that makes the voice recognition…

iFixit has introduced a transparent glass replacement back for the iPhone 4S. The glass, which retails for $29.95, completely replaces the rear glass on the iPhone — making it useful for replacing a broken rear back or simply for a unique look.
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Research in Motion (RIM), seeking to stabilize its enterprise business amid continued challenges from iOS and Android, today announced a new package of enterprise tools known as Mobile Fusion designed to support a broad range of devices at the corporat…

9to5Mac identifies the next generation Apple TV as codename “J33″ based on newly found references from the iOS 5.1 beta. Previous references had pinpointed the “AppleTV3,1″ in earlier versions of iOS 5, which appears to be the corresponding product …

A new website gives users an easy way to create fake Siri screenshots, allowing the comically inclined to create all manner of humorous — but fake — Siri messages.

iFakeSiri is made by the same folks as iFakeText, an iPhone text message generato…

iDownloadBlog reports on a new package available for jailbroken iPhones that enables Siri-like dictation on previous generation iPhones. The package is called Siri0us and is being distributed via Cydia to jailbroken devices only. Dictation works gre…

Penn-Olson reports that China Telecom has begin posting large iPhone 4S promotional banners in its retail stores, teasing a debut for the device without revealing a launch date.Telecom sources told Sina Tech that the photos circulating online — lik…

A day before the start of the holiday shopping season, Apple has posted a new iPod Touch TV ad to its YouTube page titled “Share The Fun”.

With iMessage, Game Center, FaceTime and more, you can share the fun on iPod Touch.By showing teenagers using …

Samsung has released a new commercial for its Galaxy S II smartphone, stepping up its direct assault on the iPhone by mocking dedicated iPhone fans who wait for hours in long lines for the launch of the latest model despite it looking identical to the …

Apple has posted a new iPad 2 TV ad on their YouTube page. The new ad is titled “Love”:For some it’s a lifelong passion, for others, it’s something discovered yesterday. We all have things that speak to us. They drive us to get up early and stay up…

Macerkopf.de follows up their original iOS 5.0.2 report and now says the 5.0.2 update won’t be coming this week, as originally reported.

According to the German site, ongoing issues with memory leaks are going to require further testing. The site…

Apple has frequently promoted how much money has been paid out to developers selling apps via the App Store. The latest pronouncement was during the iPhone 4S introduction when Scott Forstall announced that Apple had paid out three billion dollars fo…

The Financial Times’ web app has drawn more than 1 million readers since June, growing by 300,000 readers since late September. However, the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.

In its press release about breaking the 1 million mark, the FT staff…

Apple today pushed out a new 4.4.3 software update for the Apple TV, although the company has yet to specify what improvements are included in the update.

The new release, which arrives as Build 9A4051, comes on the heels of a series of releases l…

RazorianFly points to a Tweet from developer John Heaton revealing strings within the iOS code making reference to iChat-related services such as Jabber and AIM that are not currently supported directly by Apple on iOS.

Speculation has naturally t…

VolumeSnap has returned to the excellent iOS photography app Camera+.

Last year, developer TapTapTap released an update to its Camera+ application with a small hack — users could press the volume-up button to take a picture, instead of needing to p…

Stanford University is offering the iOS 5 edition of its well-regarded iPhone and iPad application development course free on iTunes U.

Instructor Paul Hegarty attributes the course popularity to the appeal of Apple products and the instant gratifica…

When friends ask famed photographer Annie Leibovitz what camera they should buy, she suggests the iPhone. Appearing on NBC’s new Rock Center news program, Leibovitz suggested the iPhone because it is “the snapshot camera of today”, saying it is “access…

As noted by Google, the company’s native Gmail app for iOS has returned to the App Store. The app debuted two weeks ago, but was quickly pulled after a bug breaking notifications was discovered as soon as users began installing the app.Two weeks ago…

Minecraft, the block-building phenomenon, arrives on the iPhone and iPad for all iOS users tonight.

TouchArcade reports that initial impressions on its forums “seem positive, although some have noted disappointment with how limited the game feels co…

Netflix today released an updated app for Android tablets, namely the just launched Kindle Fire and the new Barnes and Noble Nook, and says the update will be coming to the iPad in the next few weeks.

The new design is much more immersive and provid…

As noted by MacStories, Apple has sent out an email informing developers that it will be shutting down the iTunes Connect portal for the App Store over the Christmas holiday as it has the past several years. This year’s shutdown will extend from Dec…

As noticed by 9to5Mac, both Amazon and Best Buy have dropped their prices on the Apple TV by $10 to $89.99. Interestingly, Amazon has also added a “2010″ designation to its Apple TV title, leading to speculation that the retailers may be makin…

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple and NTT DoCoMo are still in discussions over a potential agreement to bring the iPhone to Japan’s largest carrier. The carrier is concerned, however, over Apple’s unwillingness to allow DoCoMo to install it…

Amazon’s first color tablet, the Kindle Fire, began shipping today following its September introduction. The Fire, the top-of-the-line Kindle tablet, has reportedly given some potential iPad purchasers second thoughts as the Fire is some $300 cheap…

As noted by The Next Web, the iPhone 4S appears set to launch in India on November 25th, marking yet another milestone in Apple’s fast-moving rollout of the new device. Both Aircel and Airtel appear to be participating in the November 25th launch, w…

Earlier this week, it was reported that Apple had been ordered to share with Samsung terms of the contracts it held with Australian carriers. As part of its lawsuit attempting to have sales of the iPhone 4S halted in the country, Samsung sought inform…

Several years ago, Jon Briggs took a voiceover job for a company called Scansoft. Scansoft later merged with Nuance, which makes the voices that Apple used for Siri.

Briggs tells the UK Telegraph:

“I did a set of recordings with Scansoft five o…

As highlighted by AllThingsD, T-Mobile USA acknowledged yesterday in discussion of its third quarter earnings that the lack of an iPhone 4S offering for the carrier may have an impact on customer retention, labeling churn rates as an “area of concern…

Beyond the Panorama view, it seems Apple left out another small feature in the final version of iOS 5. The bar appears while typing into the field as shown above, giving you a number of autocorrection options. Per 9to5mac, the feature can reportedl…

The Swivl is an iPhone dock that uses motion tracking to swivel the phone — and thus the front-facing camera — to follow your every move, both horizontally and vertically. It also comes with a wireless remote to control the camera and start-and-stop …

Walmart is updating its iPhone app with a number of new tools to make shopping easier at the world’s largest retailer, reports GigaOm. Walmart released its first iPad app at the beginning of this month.

From GigaOm:

The new iPhone app, which shou…

Last week, we noted that as part of its case seeking to have sales of the iPhone 4S banned in Australia, Samsung had requested access to both the iPhone 4S source code and Apple’s agreements with the country’s wireless carriers. Samsung’s interest in …

Apple yesterday announced the release of version 2.0 of its iAd Producer software that help developers create ads for use in the company’s iAd program for mobile devices. The new release brings a number of enhancements to the software first deployed…

AT&T has launched a new app to allow its customers to make inexpensive international calls over Wi-Fi. With the AT&T Call International app, customers can get the “lowest international calling rates” that AT&T offers.

Calls to the UK, for example, c…

The Associated Press reports that Apple has donated five iPads to the state of Oregon in support of a pilot program to help disabled voters more easily fill out their election ballots. Combined with a $75,000 investment by the state for software…

As noted by CapitalVue, China Unicom is planning for an introduction of the iPhone 4S before the end of 2011, hoping that official certification of the device from regulatory authorities comes through in time to meet the timeframe.China Unicom (600050,…

Digitimes reports that Apple is currently evaluating a pair of options for addressing issues with LED backlighting on the iPad 3, noting that the current backlight bar design used in the iPad 2 is insufficient for the higher-resolution display report…

Case-Mate is taking on Otterbox for the claim of best super-protective case. The Otterbox Defender series has long-been the go-to case for those looking to keep their iPhone free from harm — but Case-Mate says the Tank provides military-grade protecti…

Bluetooth headset manufacturer Jawbone has released the UP wristband to track users activity, sleep, and food intake to “encourage healthier living”. The water-resistant wristband, which is designed to be worn constantly, has a built-in motion sensor t…

While Apple revealed as part of its notes on the new iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 released earlier today that iTunes Match is now available for testing on Apple TV, the option is appearing not just for developers but also for regular users. The general publ…

Yahoo has launched an iPad app they call a “living magazine”. The app, called Livestand, is vaguely like Flipboard, but pulls content from Yahoo websites and more than 100 publications.

One of the stars of the show was Livestand from Yahoo!, a persona…

The native Gmail client for iPhone and iPad has been released:

Waiting. Walking. Watching TV. Working out. Winding down. Waking up. We check email pretty much everywhere these days. And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we c…

Apple’s new Cards app makes it very easy to send real, physical greeting cards through the mail. For just $2.99 (within the U.S.), Apple will print and mail a custom card. But the implementation has some faults.

For one, when sending cards to mu…

TwelveSouth’s PlugBug fixes one of those problems you didn’t know you had, in a very clever way. It’s a $34.99 attachment that adds a USB charging port to the standard MagSafe power adapter for an Apple notebook. This way, users can charge an iPh…

Over the weekend, there was a report that Apple did indeed acquire 3D mapping company C3 Technologies. In our original profile of the company, we mentioned that it was purchased in part from Saab AB, a Swedish aerospace and defense company.

The t…

MG Siegler shares word that Google is preparing to launch a native iOS application for Gmail, offering some expanded capabilities beyond the current mobile-optimized version for Safari. According to Siegler’s sources, the app may even have already b…

Switching off automatic time-zone sensing in iOS 5 can improve iPhone battery life significantly, according to iDownloadBlog. The site claims that a bug in iOS 5′s GM release causes the GPS-enabled location tracking connected to the automated time-zone…

A major update to the Plex Media Server was released over the weekend, with significant updates to both the server and client software.

Plex is a media player, similar in some ways to Apple’s Front Row, but much more powerful. The software automatic…

As noted by Gizmodo, one NASA engineer has used the iPad 2′s FaceTime video conferencing feature to his advantage when creating a Halloween costume:A very smart dude by the name of Mark Rober figured out that if you strap two iPad 2′s to yourself, yo…

Apple is giving away free redemption codes for the excellent Jetpack Joyride game via its App Store Facebook page. Simply head to Facebook.com/AppStore and follow the appropriate directions to receive a redemption code.

Apple rolled out revamped App…

Personal finance site Mint has released an iPad-native client, along with an upgrade to version 2.0 for iPhone users.

Mint, which Intuit bought for $170 million in 2009, is designed to help users keep track of spending and budgeting. It automat…

Sprint today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011, and while the carrier did not begin offering the iPhone until after the quarter ended, it was still able to beat analyst estimates and report a smaller-than-expected loss. Perhaps…

Jeff Robbin and Tony Fadell were the co-leads behind the development of the original iPod. Now, 10 years past the iPod’s introduction, Jeff Robbin is reportedly in charge of Apple’s effort to remake the television. But what of Tony Fadell? He promised …

Lisa Bettany, one of the developers behind Camera+, has posted two interesting series of photos comparing the camera quality across all generations of the iPhone, as well as to Canon point-and-shoot and professional-level cameras.The iPhone 4S is dra…

Earlier this month, Apple released Apple TV software version 4.4, adding a number of new features to the set-top box including Photo Stream support, AirPlay mirroring, and NHL and Wall Street Journal content. The update was not without its issues, how…

A reader who purchased Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography in multiple forms sent in this image of three different ways to read what could be Amazon’s bestselling book of the year.

Reuters reports that China Mobile has announced a new milestone of ten million iPhone users on its network, despite the fact that it is not an official iPhone carrier.China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has 10 million iPhon…

AllThingsD reports that Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus has left his position at Apple, moving on following the rebirth of the voice-powered personal assistant as a key feature of the iPhone 4S.There were several reasons for the departure, which was amica…

Updated: It turns out that Seamus McGarvey was misquoted. From The Hollywood Reporter:

“I was talking about how up and coming film makers have access to a whole range of new technologies which expand our options as filmmakers. I mentioned that the i…

In a statement released yesterday, Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile USA’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, blamed Apple for T-Mobile’s lack of an official iPhone offering. He said the main issue remains Apple’s unwillingness to build hardware compatible wi…

There have been a few slight changes in the iPhone 4S’s external design, as compared to the original iPhone 4. The most noticeable is that the antennas have moved around the edge of the stainless steel band. But more importantly, at least for iPhone ow…

TomTom today announced that it has released new universal versions of its turn-by-turn GPS applications, bringing native iPad compatibility for the first time. TomTom offers over two dozen localized GPS apps, which now include an enhanced user inter…

Verizon today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011, and as noted by AllThingsD in a live blog of the conference call following the release, the carrier revealed iPhone sales of two million units for the quarter. The number is a …

Apple today announced plans for its iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011, offering members of the iOS developer program the chance to learn from Apple experts on the platform. The tour will reach nine cities on four continents and is free for registered …

With the addition of white models and a new entry-level price point earlier this month, Apple considered the iPod touch line to have been updated despite the lack of any substantial hardware improvements. The company continues to refer the device as…

Alongside AT&T’s announcement of one million iPhone 4S activations today, the carrier also released its financial results for the third quarter of 2011. As Apple saw with customers holding off on iPhone purchases in anticipation of a new model, AT&T r…

CNET UK put together this terrific look at the history of the iPhone and the people and technology that contributed to making the iPhone what it is today.

The video compares, among other things, famous designer Dieter Rams to Jony Ive and traces S…

Algoriddim’s surprisingly powerful DJ software has been updated with extensive iCloud support for iOS 5. Djay, which is available for iPad or iPhone, “transforms your iPad into a full–fledged DJ system and seamlessly integrates with your iPod libra…

Less than a week after releasing a significant 4.4 software update for the second-generation Apple TV, Apple has now released a 4.4.1 bug fix update for the device.

According to Apple’s release notes, the update addresses an issue affecting a “small…

Adobe has released a PDF reader for iOS that is compatible with password locked PDF’s and supports files secured by the company’s Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management, a DRM scheme that is Adobe offers to enterprise clients. Our sister site AppShopper has…

Well, it had to be done. Two Siris talking to each other. But even at this early stage of Siri’s development, all it takes is for someone to leave 2 Siris lying around and accidentally activate them and press their buttons at the right time in order…

Marco Arment has released a major update to his popular reading app Instapaper, bumping it to version 4.0. Instapaper allows users to save articles for later offline reading and strips away the advertising and formatting to present article text in a cl…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Tales of activation problems on all three U.S. carriers were widespread yesterday. An InformationWeek article claimed that the problem was not with the carriers, but instead was on Apple’s end — specifically with iTunes activation:

It was suggested t…

Game studios EA and Gameloft are discounting many of their games in honor of the iPhone 4S launch. EA runs sales every month or two, and this is October’s sale. EA is offering up a number of its more technically impressive titles aimed at iPhone 4S buy…

This young man, in line for the iPhone 4S at Apple’s Fifth Avenue flagship store, has a unique tribute haircut to Steve Jobs. On one side, Jonathan Mak’s Steve Jobs tribute logo, and Albert Watson’s famous photo of Steve Jobs from Fortune in 2006. On…

Siri stays tactful when responding to questions about Android. But when pressed for which is the best phone, she’s not modest:

thanks @JonShanny and octatonic.

UnitediPhoneRepair posted a clip of a iPhone 4S “drop test”. Of course, the iPhone 4S shares the same external design as the iPhone 4, and yes, it still breaks when dropped on its glass screen.

Developments continue in the wide-ranging patent dispute between Apple and Samsung, with judges in both the United States and the Netherlands making statements in favor of Apple although questions still remain.

Reuters reports that U.S. District C…

Weng Chin points out something he describes as a security flaw in the iPhone 4S with Siri. In this video, Chin demonstrates that a user can make phone calls from the iPhone 4S even while it is protected by the iPhone:

At 1 minute and 5 seconds in…

Apple added a number of new features to the camera in iOS 5, as more and more users drop their point-and-shoot digital cameras in favor of the increasingly powerful cameras built-in to smartphones.

For users looking to take pictures quickly, when t…

The Coding Massacre has discovered a trick to force the iOS 5 Newsstand into a folder. The only reason to do this is to tuck Newsstand away and hide it — users who have performed this trick discovered that opening Newsstand when its in a folder cras…

Foxconn’s Brazilian expansion plans have been on-again off-again ever since the $12 billion proposal was announced earlier this year. Today, Reuters is reporting that Foxconn will start producing iPads in Brazil this December, but the company is st…

For iPhone and iPod Touch owners with young children, “can I play with your iPhone?” is a frequent refrain. Accessory maker Griffin has released the Woogie 2, a five-legged fuzzy friend to protect vulnerable devices from damage when children play wit…

One of the new features of iOS 5 is the ability to purchase alert tones from the iTunes Store. Users have long been able to purchase and create custom ringtones, but the ability to customize text tones is new.

The process for creating custom alert t…

RockStarGames announced today that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of Grand Theft Auto III with a new version to be released for both Android and iOS devices.To commemorate the game’s 10th anniversary, we’re proud to announ…

While shipping estimates for some iPhone 4S orders placed through Apple’s U.S. carriers partners did begin to slip quite soon after pre-orders launched late last week, Bloomberg now reports that pre-orders through all three carriers have officially s…

In September, there had been some hope that Apple was working on a solution to allow users to merge multiple Apple IDs into one. The news came from an encouraging phone call from Apple’s executive relations team saying that they were aware of the iss…

Late yesterday, CNET reported that Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower, the two men involved in finding a lost iPhone 4 prototype in a Redwood City, California bar last year and selling it to Gizmodo, have pleaded no contest to the theft charges that had b…

Top: New Photo Stream, Bottom: Old Photo Stream

An icon that looked vaguely like a redesigned iPhone, thought to be the iPhone 5, appeared this summer in a Photo Stream image. The final version of Photo Stream reverts to a logo of the iPhone as we kno…

A growing thread in our forums reveals many users seeing “Error 3200″ while attempting to upgrade to iOS 5. Speculation points to this just being related to Apple’s servers being overloaded, and some users are seeing success after multiple attempts…

Apple’s newest app, Cards, was announced last week during the iPhone 4S keynote, and finally went live today.

Cards is an iOS version of the greeting card-maker built-in to iPhoto, but with a twist — instead of printing and shipping cards to the …

Amidst the flurry of other software releases today, Apple has also pushed out a new iTunes Movie Trailers app [App Store] for iOS. The new universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch offers easy access to Apple’s library of movie trailers.iTunes …

In concert with the release of iOS 5 today, Apple also released updates for the iOS version of iMovie, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Remote, and Find My iPhone.

Find My iPhone was updated with “Find My Mac” functionality and the “option to request an e…

Apple has launched a new store within iTunes specifically for Ringtones and Alert or text message tones. Many of the new alert tones are dialogue clips and sound effects from famous movies including Star Wars and Jaws. The most popular tone at the mo…

In what may be a sign of optimism on the part of Apple regarding iPhone 4S uptake, Digitimes reports on an article from the Commercial Times claiming that manufacturing partner Pegatron has now received orders for 15 million units of the iPhone 4S, w…

iOS developers are beginning to release apps that take advantage of iCloud’s storage features. The excellent SketchBook Pro, a painting and drawing program from Autodesk, was updated today boasting an “option to set iCloud as default location to save c…

These photos aren’t surprising, but for those interested, AppVV has also posted photos of the new iPhone 4S alongside both CDMA and GSM iPhone 4 devices. It’s also further proof that AppVV has gotten hold of an iPhone 4S before the official launch.
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Police at Covent Garden store following the robbery (Source: Rob Shoesmith)

The Indepdent reports that Apple’s Covent Garden store in London was the target of an organized smash-and-grab robbery conducted by a group of moped and motorcycle riders …

Pre-orders for the new iPhone 4S were supposed to kick off at 12:01 a.m. pacific. Both VerizonWireless.com and Sprint.com websites became available just at that time for preorders, while Apple’s and AT&Ts have not yet updated.

Apple’s website …

Apple is offering up to $200 (for a 32GB iPhone 4) for used iPhones, depending on condition, via its recycling and trade-in program. The company also takes in iPads, old Mac and PC notebook and desktop machines for recycling.

Apple has partnered…

Firemint has always been one to quickly jump on any new Apple technology announcements. With the iPhone 4S announcement, the company has announced support for the A5 chip found in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 to provide enhanced visuals to their games.Rea…

With Apple’s Siri personal assistant being integrated into the forthcoming iPhone 4S, the company is moving to shut down the existing standalone Siri Assistant application, with the app already having been removed from the App Store. Existing users …

In early September, we saw a photo of sushi that was believed to have been taken with a next-generation iPhone. The photo appeared in the Flickr stream of a known Apple employee and was found to have some unusual characteristics:This (very attracti…

As part of their new iPhone 4S promotional web pages, Apple has included several full-resolution sample shots for download.

We’ve included three of the shots here. Clicking on the image will download the full-size 2-3MB 3264×2448 pixel photos to …

If for some reason, you don’t want to get the new iPhone 4S, Apple retail stores are selling the remainder of their iPhone 4 16GB and 32GB models while supplies last. The clearance prices for the units are $149 and $199, with the usual 2 yea…

As predicted, Apple also kept the iPhone 3GS around to be a low end “free with contract” device on AT&T.

That means Apple is presently selling 3 generations of devices: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S. Having a free option will help Apple…

In 2010, the European Union introduced a new policy to require new phones sold in Europe to support charging via MicroUSB, in an effort to standardize charging systems across all mobile phone makers.

Apple has begun offering Micro USB Adapters for t…

Earlier this year, Apple introduced new Bluetooth 4.0 chips in the MacBook Air and Mac Mini lines. The chips include support for Bluetooth Low Energy, a specification which opens the door to a number of new kinds of Bluetooth-powered devices. In the sp…

AT&T is launching a new app later today to help existing iPhone owners preorder the iPhone 4S. Preorders start this Friday, October 7.

The app, called AT&T Upgrader, informs customers if they are upgrade eligible, what the new iPhone will cost, and …

Alongside all of today’s other announcements, Apple also quietly debuted AppleCare+ for the iPhone, a new extended warranty program that also includes coverage for up to two incidents of accidental damage with a $49 service fee. The new AppleCar…

Apple’s rumored “Find My Friends” feature has arrived as an App to locate (with permission) users’ friends and family with iOS devices on a map, much like Google Latitude.

Users can easily set privacy controls including only sharing location duri…

At today’s press event, Scott Forstall, Apple’s VP of iOS Software, announced that iOS 5 will be available starting October 12.

iOS 5 was first previewed in June at WWDC and the release timeframe specified then was the “fall.”

iOS 5 will be a fr…

The Guardian reports that Apple has secured agreements with major music labels to offer its iTunes in the Cloud service in a number of European markets, with the United Kingdom set to see the first expansion beyond the United States.The expansion of …

Last week, Samsung proposed a deal to Apple behind closed doors in an attempt to find a way to launch its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Samsung has delayed the device’s introduction there for two months while a court has heard Apple’s case for a preli…

CultofMac profiles one case manufacturer who remains confident in the tapered iPhone 5 design that has been circulating for months.

Hard Candy is in the process of manufacturing 50,000 of these cases and sending them to stores. The company based …

With Apple reportedly not providing a video stream of tomorrow’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” media event, some users are undoubtedly interested in avoiding all of tomorrow’s announcements and waiting until Apple posts the recorded video of the event so as to e…

With Apple’s iPhone media event set for tomorrow, many have been wondering whether Steve Jobs will be in attendance given concerns over his health and this being the first public event for the company since Tim Cook officially became CEO. Beyond mere …

Apple has hung a “Let’s Talk iPhone” sign on their Apple Town Hall Auditorium where Tuesday’s media event will take place. Apple is expected to introduce their next generation iPhone at the event.

The signage mirrors the invitations sent to medi…

After following some of the comment threads on the latest stories about the new iPhones, it seems clear there’s a lot of confusion about what is coming on Tuesday.

Here’s a breakdown of all the current rumors about what could possibly be coming…

The following photo has appeared on JailBreakiPhone4u and is beginning to circulate across the internet. The claim in the original article is that this somehow represents an iPad 3 Prototype.

The image appears to show an iPad-like case with Appl…

Developer 2D Boy, the maker of very popular puzzle game World of Goo, has slashed the prices on both the Mac and iOS versions in honor of 2D Boy’s fifth anniversary.

World of Goo, which was named by our sister site TouchArcade as the iPad Game of t…

Earlier this month, case manufacturer Case-Mate drew some attention for promotional images that briefly appeared on its site showing cases for the rumored redesigned “iPhone 5″ form factor. Case-Mate quickly pulled the page, however, replacing it with…

Reuters reports that Foxconn’s previously-announced $12 billion plan to begin producing iPads in Brazil appears to be faltering as Foxconn and the Brazilian government have been unable to reach an agreement.A much-hyped $12 billion plan for T…

Music identification service Shazam was one of the early hits on the App Store, with the company’s free iPhone application seeing 1.5 million downloads over the first few months of availability.

Shazam shifted gears slightly in November 2009, introd…

Reuters reports on an article from Chinese newspaper Shanghai Daily noting that Chinese authorities have arrested five people in conjunction with the manufacturing and sale of counterfeit iPhones.Police said those arrested were part of an organised gan…

Apple has notified staff members at its massive Covent Garden retail store in London that the store will be closing early next Tuesday in order to accommodate a press gathering to view a simulcast of Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” media event. The stor…

The Oregon Trail is a classic educational travel game following a family heading west from Independence, Missouri to Oregon, during the gold rush in 1848.

The official iPhone port of Oregon Trail is being offered free for a limited time by developer…

Glider is a classic Mac game that John Calhoun originally released in 1988. Several versions of the game were released, culminating with Glider Pro, distributed by Casady & Greene, the now-defunct Mac software firm.

In the game, users “fly” a pape…

Taking multitouch to the next level, Disney has released Appmates, small Hot Wheels-sized toys from the Pixar movie Cars, that physically interact with the multitouch screen on the iPad. The cars from Cars “drive” across the screen, with racing and oth…

Reports of a low-cost, low-capacity iPhone relying primarily on iCloud for storage have been circulating for quite some time, with some dubbing the rumored device the “iCloud iPhone”.

MacRumors has discovered that Apple has now gained control of t…

Reports of a low-cost, low-capacity iPhone relying primarily on iCloud for storage have been circulating for quite some time, with some dubbing the rumored device the “iCloud iPhone”.

MacRumors has discovered that Apple has now gained control of t…

Here are some likely mocked up screenshots we received about possible Facebook integration into iOS 5.

Apple has provided Twitter integration in iOS 5 and included a framework to allow the company to extend it to account integrations. So, Facebo…

The San Francisco Police Department’s internal investigation into Apple’s lost iPhone 5 prototype continues — but not to get the phone back. Instead, the SFPD’s internal affairs division is still looking into what role officers played in helping App…

Digitimes reports that Apple and other handheld device vendors are making plans to begin releasing devices featuring curved glass in the first half of next year.Suppliers of the non-Apple camp are working on products with curved cover glass in attempts…

Engadget points out this interesting Rover App-Controlled Spy Tank from Brookstone.

This remote control tank drives around will sending back live audio and video from the device. It has both a built in mic, video camera, and even night vision. …

JP Morgan analysts claim that Apple is cutting orders from iPad component suppliers by 25% for the upcoming quarter.Several supply-chain vendors indicated in the past two weeks that Apple, the world’s biggest company by market value, lowered fourth-qua…

OKITE is a Japanese alarm clock app. It’s designed to help users wake up, but with a twist: it sends embarrassing messages to the user’s Twitter account every time they hit snooze.

Tofugu, a blog covering Japanese culture, points out that this type …

Several MacRumors readers have pointed out that case company Otterbox, which gained some publicity yesterday for the discovery of boxes for a new “iPhone 4S” case, is currently featuring a promotional banner on its website that some have suggested coul…

EA frequently runs sales on its iOS games, slashing the prices on its games down to $0.99. Today, the price drops a little further on two games, the iPhone and iPad versions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012, in a promotion with @FreeAppADay.

The gam…

Ars Technica reports that support for Marvell’s quad-core Armada XP processor has recently been added to the version of Apple’s “Clang” compiler used in its Xcode developer tools. It is unclear, however, why support for the ARM-based processor has b…

Digitimes reports that iPhone touch panel supplier Wintek has apparently experienced some production issues that have caused minor defects in some of the panels being produced for the next-generation “iPhone 5″.The defect, “delayed bubble”, is difficul…

The Financial Times reports its web app, launched this past June, has more readers than the version sold on the App Store, which has since been removed.

The web app has more than 700,000 readers according to Reuters. The FT chose to develop an HTML5…

NASA has released a collection of free sound files from its historical archives for use by space buffs as ringtones. The set includes sound clips from historic Apollo and Mercury missions, Sputnik’s “beep beep beep”, shuttle launch audio and more:

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Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam spoke out strongly in favor of AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile on Wednesday. The merger has been challenged in two separate lawsuits by the Department of Justice and Sprint.

McAdam, at an investor conference, said the …

CNET reports that Apple is piloting a new program at its San Francisco flagship retail store, allowing store employees to check out loaner iPads for up to a week. The program is an additional perk to satisfy its employees and provides them with more h…

Marketwatch reports that KDI Corp will be selling the next generation iPhone come October, likely alongside rival Softbank, who had enjoyed exclusivity up until now.In a blow for the Japanese cell phone carrier’s rival, Apple and KDDI have already en…

Publications participating in Apple’s Newsstand feature, coming this fall in iOS 5, will only be able to update their issues once per day, according to documents obtained by AppAdvice.

The background downloading feature of Newsstand is interestingly…

Calls made using Apple’s video chat program, FaceTime, are encrypted end-to-end and — with the right setup — are HIPAA compliant, according to a statement from the company obtained by ZDNet.

This matters because any products for healthcare purch…

Hit photography app Instagram has released version 2.0, with live effects, new filters and much higher resolution photos.

Instagram now offers live previews of filters:

See the world through Instagram’s stunning effects before you even snap a ph…

iPhone accessory maker Mophie has released the second-generation of its Juice Pack Universal line. The 3 external batteries are designed to recharge iPods and iPhones, and for the largest model, the iPad as well.

The Juice Pack Reserve is very small…

Dow Jones Newswires briefly reported earlier today that Apple would begin selling 3G-capable models of the iPad 2 in China on Wednesday. With it now being Wednesday in China, sales of the device have officially begun for immediate shipping.

We n…

A recent change to the WHOIS registry for the domain name iPodSolar.com has confirmed that Apple is the owner of the domain, which currently redirects to Apple’s iPod site. Apple appears to have registered the domain as long ago as early 2007, but the…

Canon today announced that several of its newest PIXMA printers are now compatible with Apple’s AirPrint technology, also acknowledging that the “majority” of the company’s printers released going forward will support the standard.Canon U.S.A., Inc.,…