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30 Mar 2009 22:20

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Tech: Got an iPhone? Lacking morals & money? Try out app piracy

  • A quarter of the App Store’s 25,000 programs have been cracked to run for free. source
  • A single 5.4-gigabyte torrent file includes 808 cracked apps for you to use. source
  • The maker of one popular pay app, BeeJive, says 60% of its users have a pirated version. source
  • Users of cracked apps say they do it because you can’t try the apps first. source
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21 Mar 2009 21:40

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Tech: Palm better hope the Pre is a hit, or they’re screwed

  • $98 million Palm’s losses last quarter, driven down by people waiting for the Pre, a worthy could-be iPhone-killer source
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19 Mar 2009 21:15

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Tech: Having a free-agent, no-contract iPhone: Verrrrrrry expensive.

  • $199 cost of an iPhone with a &*!%ing two-year contract with AT&T, available right now source
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18 Mar 2009 10:21

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Tech, U.S.: Five reasons we think the new iPhone software rules

  • Oh my God, you mean we can copy and paste now? Awesome! ‘Bout time! source
  • Push functionality for apps rocks the hizzy. Took ’em long enough to add it. source
  • You can use accessories now, which should allow for even cooler apps. source
  • The Spotlight search function is just like Spotlight on the Mac. Hooray! source
  • You can (finally!) send MMS photo messages via your iPhone. source
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11 Mar 2009 10:25

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Biz, Music, Tech: U2 = Corporate whores for phone-makers

  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds. source
  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds.
  • Tie to Palm Bono has a state in a company, Elevation Partners, which owns a huge chunk of Palm, which has an awesome phone, the Pre, coming out soon. source
  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds.
  • Tie to Palm Bono has a state in a company, Elevation Partners, which owns a huge chunk of Palm, which has an awesome phone, the Pre, coming out soon.
  • Tie to RIM On top of that, the band has Blackberry makers Research in Motion sponsoring their next tour! You guys wrote “One,” not “Three.” What the heck?! source
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11 Mar 2009 01:55

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Tech: For those looking to hop on the Apple tablet PC rumor mill …

  • … here’s your evidence. The Taiwanese supplier of Apple’s multitouch screens for its iPhone recently received an order for 10″ screens, according to a source. In case you heard a absurdly excited sound off in the distance, that was a bunch of Apple fanbois freaking-da-eff-out on the prospect of a Netbook from Apple. source
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06 Mar 2009 15:15

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Tech: Guess what’s coming? An alternative iPhone app store

  • Meet the Cydia Store. The Cydia Store, which only works on jailbroken iPhones, allows people to sell whatever iPhone apps they want, including one that allows you to use your phone like a modem and another that allows you to use your phone like a camcorder. These apps are currently not allowed in the App Store proper. Apple probably looks like this: >_< source
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06 Mar 2009 15:09

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Tech: Why wouldn’t Apple like an alternative iPhone app store?

  • 30% The amount Apple gets on app store commissions source
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04 Mar 2009 21:29

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Tech: Amazon lights a Kindle fire under the iPhone

  • $399 cost of a new Amazon Kindle e-Book reader; it ain’t cheap source
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01 Mar 2009 11:49

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Tech: That iPhone-not-popular-in-Japan article? Not so true.

  • I have never said ‘And carrying around an iPhone in Japan could make you look pretty lame.’ I think most Japanese think iPhone is the coolest item. At least I have and love iPhone.
  • Daiji Hirata • Who was quoted in a recent Wired article claiming that the Japanese don’t like the iPhone. We posted it, too. Apparently, his quote was taken out of context. And his wasn’t the only one, either. Oof. • source
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