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One side effect of having a glut of applications is that the iPhone is beginning to infringe on the territory of other devices. Such is the case with iPhone eBook application Stanza, which, a recent Forbes article suggests, may be more popular for occasional eBook reading than single-purpose devices like the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader.

A new application, called Scoop, has been released in the iPhone App store for the rock-bottom price of $0.99. Scoop is virtually a clone of the web-based DIGG application (read after the fold for quick review). In fact, it uses DIGG’s API for all of its data. And therein lies the problem. Based on Digg’s API License Agreement, access to their API

The latest iPhone 2.2 firmware has one hidden feature that should please Japanese iPhone customers: the inclusion of 461 emoji characters. Emoji are picture characters that are very popular in the Japanese mobile market. One analyst even specifically cited the lack Emoji support as one of the…

Apple co-founder, CEO and man-who-can-do-no-wrong-for-the-moment Steve Jobs (left) introduced new versions of every product in the company’s iPod music and video line, including a new iPhone-like touchscreen music and video player that has a full Internet browser and the capacity to download music.

They say you get what you pay for. Unfortunately, even with the second release of the Audi A4 Driving Challenge for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the price tag is still fairly representative of the quality of the game.

Make VOIP calls from your iPhone and iPod Touch using Fring. Fring is available from the app store

(un)Official Apple IPhone Developer Forum emerges in response to Apple’s recent SDK NDA dissolution. Developers converge to share and collaborate in the fastest growing IPhone SDK Forum on the web.

A new tool called iPhone Backgrounder is now available for jailbroken phones which allows you to run official App Store apps in the background. The timely release comes just as Apple’s missed the September deadline for background push notifications.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been dieing for some VoIP Skype on my iPhone. Surprisingly, the company has yet to launch an iPhone app. Fortunately, an app called Fring emerged today, which includes all the popular IM applications including Twitter, and you guessed it, Skype and it allows VoIP calls!

A US federal judge has shut down some attempts by Apple and AT&T to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the two of violating antitrust law with their iPhone exclusivity agreement, pushing the complaint closer to a possible trial.

One unpublicized feature introduced by Apple’s latest iPhone software updates is the ability save Web apps to the home screen and have them launch in full-screen mode without the Safari wrapper, essentially mimicking the experience of a native app.

with a couple of caveats.

About half of National Public Radio’s mobile visitors (about 700,000 to 800,000 per month) use iPhones, writes American Journalism Review. NPR Mobile, on the iPhone, provides new user-friendly options for listeners.

This normally peaceful suburban town is still reeling following the news Monday that a local resident, whose name is being withheld by police pending a full investigation, left an iPhone unattended for more than three hours in a car parked in the hot sun.

This normally peaceful suburban town is still reeling following the news Monday that a local resident, whose name is being withheld by police pending a full investigation, left an iPhone unattended for more than three hours in a car parked in the hot sun.

Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work.

This easy-to-follow video tutorial from CNET explains how to create iPhone ringtones using just the iTunes software – the steps stay the same for both Mac and Windows computers.

Apple has missed a self-imposed deadline for bringing background-processing capabilities–of sorts–to the iPhone.

The Ultimate battle of the touchscreens

Google unveiled the first Android-powered cell phone last week, a T-Mobile-branded device dubbed the G1. Comparisons to Apple’s iPhone were immediate — and that is a good thing for Android, when you consider what a raucous and contentious week it was for iPhone developers.

Thanks Google for putting up your 2001 search index because otherwise we wouldn’t have found the true iPhone, a forgotten gem from the last century. Back then it wasn’t made by Apple, but with its 56K Built-In Modem, high resolution display, qwerty keyboard and 800-entry address book, it got a Best of CES award and provoked exactly the same reactio

Do you still think iPhone is a savvy and cool uber gizmo. But that’s not tur its lack several sought after feature which are fulfilled by the main competitor Instinct. Read out the full story for details.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd will launch a DS machine that can take pictures and play music, hoping to cement its lead over Sony’s PlayStation and encroach into the territory of Apple Inc’s iPod and iPhone.