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FlightView, a free Internet service that provides air travelers with up-to-minute important information, has announced a special version for the Apple iPhone. It’s especially designed and formatted for the iPhone’s screen size. Also available soon is FlightTrack, a native iPhone application that accesses the same FAA data. The FlightView site, connected directly to the FAA,…

This is the fifth time I’ve rewritten this article. I didn’t like the first four efforts because they made me sound like either a puling Apple hater or an Apple apologist. I like to think that I’m neither. When Apple does something good then I should write about it as quickly as I might if…

The iPhone Dev team said on Friday that, for now, the iPhone 2.2 software, still in beta, remains susceptible to jailbreaking on all but the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G. Do demonstrate what’s been achieved, the team showed the terminal app open on an iPhone 2G running the 2.2 beta. Their blog noted, “Hardware…

Apple’s Mail application on the iPhone and iPod touch is fine for viewing messages on the go, but it doesn’t show as much information about the emails you receive as your desktop email app does. The mobile Mail app does, however, include a handy option that lets you see a bit more about who sent…

Following complaints that Apple’s iPhone 3G offers inferior 3G voice and data support compared to other cell phones, The Gothenburg Post decided to put the combination iPod and smartphone to the test and found that it’s in line with other devices. The new paper took an iPhone 3G to Bluetest, a company that manufactures wireless…

The iPhone’s Airplane mode shuts off your handheld’s built-in radios including cell service, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with a quick finger tap so you can watch movies and listen to music when you fly. If you are in a situation in the air or on the ground where you need just a Wi-Fi connection, Airplane mode…

Let me begin with this: I think the iPhone is the coolest and most useful piece of tech gear I’ve used in this decade. Nothing has stirred my geeky juices the way the iPhone has since… well, since my first Mac in 1985. And, just as it was with that first Mac, I’m doing everything…

There I am, driving through a torrential downpour while crossing a bridge a few miles east of Mobile Alabama, on my way to a wedding (my niece on my wife’s side of the family) when my ancient RAZR vibrates. I always check the numbers nowadays because telemarketers (who aren’t supposed to use computerized calling to…

There have been several conflicting reports on the suitability of the iPhone for the enterprise, even with Apple’s enterprise portfolio of features in the iPhone 2.0 software. Gartner looked at OS X iPhone 2.0 and sized up its readiness according to a set of minimum requirements and found the iPhone to be “ready for the…

Apple replaced the metal back on the original iPhone model with a colored plastic back on the iPhone 3G, and after little more than two weeks on the market some owners are reporting that the back on their new iPhone is cracking. Apparently the issue is more prominent on the 16GB white-backed iPhone 3G, but…

Apple has added a wealth of features in iPhone 2.0 software to make it enterprise ready. While arguments linger on the suitability of the iPhone for enterprise and comparisons to the BlackBerry continue, for those IT managers who want to properly deploy the iPhone, Ryan Fass at Computerworld has launched a detailed series on Wednesday…

Listen Now: Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For July 14, 2008 MobileMe’s out, so Dave and John will discuss what’s different (and what’s the same). Plus it’s summer season in the USA, and that means thunderstorms for a lot of folks, so protecting yourself…

Sometimes words alone aren’t enough to describe something, and that holds true with the iPhone and iPod touch, too. The iPhone 3G, and iPhone or iPod touch with Software version 2.0, make it easier to speak with images thanks to the new screenshot feature, no extra applications needed. A screenshot is a digital snapshot of…

Direct Link: MP3 Version Listen Now: Apple had a busy week with the launch of the iPhone 3G, the App Store, MobileMe and iPhone Software 2.0. Not everything went as planned with the iPhone or MobileMe launch, but the App Store hit the streets running with over 500 native iPhone and iPod touch applications. Also,…

Recently, at the World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, Apple took what turned out to be very leaky wraps off the second iteration of the iPhone: The iPhone 3G. The new version of the game-changing iPod/Internet tablet/cellphone now offers a built in GPS receiver, better reception, business-friendly upgrades, and the promise of more applications…

ComScore released a report last week that showed a dramatic jump, 47 percent, in internet search for the term iPhone in April, 2008, as word of the iPhone 3G circulated on the Internet. About 1.3 million people conducted 6.9 million searches for iPhone-related terms, a significant increase from previous months. “Speculation had been rampant in…

Yesterday, I wrote a column saying that a key component to Apple’s price drop and change in business model for the iPhone 3G centers around the App Store, where Apple will earn 30% of the revenue generated from selling third party apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. I still haven’t seen anyone else cottoning…

Watching the discussion and analysis of the iPhone 3G, what’s getting the most attention — particularly from the stock market world — is not so much the new features, but rather the price drop and change in business model. Many people seem to think that Apple lowered the price merely to move more units, and…

This is a fun time of year. The Summer sun is just starting to get its groove on, beaches swarm with scantily suited bathers, theme parks hum with throngs of thrill seekers, even the forests and national parks around the country strain to capacity as vacationers seek places to unwind and commune with Nature. True…

Delicious Monster rolled out Delicious Library 2 on Tuesday. The new version of the personal cataloging application added the ability to sync information with your iPhone, and added one-click Web publishing to .Mac accounts. Delicious Library 2 The new version of the CD, DVD, book, video and game cataloger also Bonjour sharing for libraries, Smart…

Connecting your iPhone to your Mac or PC automatically backs up the information on your handheld, which can be a real life saver if you have to replace it. Restoring that info to a different iPhone is just as easy, but only if you really do have all of the data safe and sound on…

At the end of this column, you’ll find my opinions on two relatively new iPhone-compatible headsets from Etymotic Research. But I intend to take the scenic route to get there, a route that takes us by some relevant and more general background information. Background: The California “hands free” law and Bluetooth headsets Beginning July 1,…