Still trying to figure out a way to copy and paste on your iPhone? Well you’re in luck! CopierciN for the iPhone is now available and works with SMS, emails and notes. It imports texts, emails or notes into a text editor allowing you to copy and paste the text into a new message. Take that Apple!
-Ray
[Source: gizmodo]
Apple has been pulling apps off the App Store recently that they feel don’t serve a purpose, but many of these apps are really cool and many iPhone owners still want them. A developer found a slick way of still getting these banned iPhone apps. The article below discusses exactly how to get these banned iPhone apps:
What prompted the debate in the first place was Apple’s decision to reject an app known as the Podcaster, which would have permitted you to listen to podcasts without first downloading them in iTunes. Because the app “duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes,” says Apple, they decided to reject it from inclusion in the App store.
To get around what many people consider to be an unfair ban, Alex Sokirynsky, the developer of the Podcaster app, decided to utilize a little-known feature of the iPhone/iPod Touch: “Ad Hoc App Distribution.” This largely unknown feature allows any developer to distribute apps themselves, without using the App Store to do so.
Unfairly Rejected?
On almerica.blogspot.com, Sokirynsky wrote how he doesn’t understand why Apple can reject his app for duplicating iTunes functionality when similar apps do the same. Specifically he mentions how any calculator app duplicates the functionality of the Apple calculator. Yet what’s even more strange, he notes, is the fact that there are already several apps that allow you to listen to a podcast outside of iTunes. For example, popular apps like Diggnation and Mobility Today are designed just for streaming podcasts. Those apps are not banned from the App Store, so why is his?
TweakerSoft recently introduced their new app AroundMe for the iPhone. Available on the App Store for $1.99 AroundMe finds local services around you using your iPhone 3G’s GPS. Using the GPS system built into the iPhone 3G to find your location you can then locate your closest bar, gas station, hospital, hotel, restaurant, supermarket or movie theater and other services. The app also plots the route for you and allows you to e-mail it to your contacts if you need it to. This seems like a pretty useful app, especially for those who easily get lost. Check it out in the App Store.
-Ray
[Source: macworld]
The popular task management game Diner Dash from PlayFirst was recently released for the iPhone. It’s available from the App Store for $9.99. The game puts you in the role of restaurant owner Flo and your mission is to build a chain of successful restaurants. In the game you have to serve your customers quickly, manage tables, clean up, collect tips and get new customers before the clock runs out. The more money you make the more you can invest in your restaurant in hopes to make more money and open new food joints. Diner Dash for the iPhone has 50 levels, six kinds of customers and two modes of play and is really fun. Who needs to work at Denny’s when you can just play a little bit of Diner Dash and do all the hard work without having to actually change your name to Flo? Diner Dash is available for the iPhone and iPod touch with iPhone software 2.0.
-Ray
[Source: macworld]
A video of the Last.fm 2.0 app was leaked showing off its new features. The video shows that you can listen to music based on tags entered such as the type of music, artist or genre. The app also lets you create playlists and send them to friends. You can also look up info on artist you’re listening too such as touring schedules and concert dates then you can add the concert date to your iPhones calendar. This is a must have app for any music fan with an iPhone.
-Ray
[Source: macrumors]
The number one paid iPhone app from the App Store so far is Koi Pond. It has been at the top of the list for several weeks now and is still going strong. Who would have thought this app would do so well, but users say it’s the coolest app they have. Check out the video and head on over to the App Store and pick it up for a mere $0.99.
-Ray
[Source: topiphonenews]
Nike+ for the Apple iPhone is said be released very soon. The new app from Nike is geared toward athletes and workout junkies. Especially runners as Nike+ will feature Google Map support and a timer which will come in really handy for runners. This allows you to plan out your exercise route ahead of time and keep track of your times. Nike+ will also include graphs which will show your performance and amount of calories burnt. Now you can listen to music, keep track of your workout, and answer your phone all on one device!
-Ray
[Source: topiphonenews]
Amido is set to release a sound synthesizer for the iPhone which will use the iPhones multi-touch controls and feature real-time sound altering. It will have 81 present sounds and an editor to modify your own synthesizer sounds. At $6.99 Amidio says their app was made for musicians, DJs and gadget lovers who want to be able to make sounds and beats on the go. These seems like a good way to put down beats you come up with while on the toilet or in the middle of a dream.
-Ray
[Source: macworld ]
Sending picture messages via MMS is just as popular as sending a text, yet it’s funny that the innovative iPhone isn’t able to do this. That’s where the new app Palringo comes in to help. Palringo links with many popular IM services, such as AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and others, and allows you to send text and picture messages from your iPhone. It does this fee without depleting your SMS limit. Palringo is working on getting voice messages up and running for the iPhone very soon too. This isn’t a replacement for SMS messaging however, as it goes though your instant messaging network and you must be logged in to use it. It does come in handy and is a useful little app that makes it a lot easier to send images on your iPhone.
-Ray
[Source: macworld ]
If you’re already familiar with the “.com” function included with Safari in the iPhone 2.0 software then maybe the following feature may be of interest as well. Not only can you change the top-level domain to any of the common ones used here in the U.S. such as .org, .edu and .net, but you can change them to international ones as well.
Go into Settings: Keyboards: International and enable whichever other languages you’d like. Then pop into Safari and tap in the URL field. You can switch keyboards by hitting the globe button to the left of the spacebar, which itself will be replaced for a moment by a label for the keyboard you’ve selected.
Now tap and hold down the .com button and you’ll usually get the country TLD as an option, along with potentially some others (note that in some keyboard layouts, the .com key doesn’t appear in the same place; you may have to tap the 123 key first). Here’s a full list of what shortcuts are available with the various keyboards, in addition to .com:
Danish: .org, .nu, .dk
Chinese Simplified (Pinyin): .org, .sg, .cn
Chinese Traditional (Pinyin): .org, .hk, .tw
Dutch: .edu, .org, .nl
English (U.K.): .edu, .org, .co.uk
Finnish: .edu, .org, .fi
French: .edu, .org, .fr
French (Canada): .edu, .org, .ca
German: .edu, .org, .de
Italian: .edu, .org, .it
Japanese (QWERTY/Kana): none
Korean: .ac.kr, .or.kr, .kr
Norwegian: .edu, .org, .no
Polish: .edu, .org, .pl
Portuguese (Brazil): .edu, .org, .br
Portuguese (Portugal): .edu, .org, .pt
Russian: .edu, .org, .ru
Spanish: .edu, .org, .es
Sweden: .org, .nu, .se
-Ray
[Source: macworld ]
Ray.Ibanez | 
09 16th, 2008| 
