Do not under any circumstances attempt to leave an Apple store with unactivated iPhones.I was just at the KOP Apple store (outside Philadelphia) and witnessed a guy get mauled by 2 Apple employees because he "didn't complete the transaction". He had paid with a credit card,

Wireless and Mobile News reports that Aviv Raff has found ways to URL-spoof, phish and spam Apple's iiPhones. He does not reveal the details but warns not to click on email asking for your PayPal, financiall, or personal information.

Today a colleague forwarded me a link to http://www.medialets.com/. Medialets is a new company focusing on iPhone Apps. They have already put together some great resources including dynamic ranking pages by category, top free, top paid, and movement within those rankings.

10 most useless iphone apps from battlemouth.com

If you're looking to run 3rd party applications on your new 3G iphone, then you'll be interested in this.

GearLive reports that Apple has seeded a beta version of iPhone 2.1 Firmware (Beta 1, Build 5F90) to developers. According to the site, Apple has included new Core Location features that might suggest that turn-by-turn GPS could become a reality. Core Location can reportedly track your directi...

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Saul Hansell, over at the New York Times Bits blog, takes Microsoft's recent announcement about Xbox LIVE Community Games as a jumping off point to some speculation about Apple TV (and who doesn't like speculation?). Hansell wonders what would happen if Apple were to open up an App Store for the Apple TV, and I have to admit that I think that's a brilliant idea.

I've always thought that the Apple TV would greatly benefit from third party plugins (official ones, I mean, not hacks), if not full blown apps. Take, for example, the YouTube functionality. Wouldn't it be cool if you could watch videos from Viddler, Vimeo, or any of the other countless video sharing sites, in addition to those on YouTube? And let's not forget Netflix. Microsoft and Netflix have teamed up to offer the 'Watch it now' library of videos to XBox Live Gold members. Being able to watch those videos from Netflix on my Apple TV would make me one happy panda.

Hansell notes that to make apps on the Apple TV viable something has to be done about that horrible onscreen keyboard. He thinks that Apple might tie the iPhone into the Apple TV as a way to control it. Luckily, Apple has already done this. As John Gruber points out, when you have Apple's Remote app on your iPhone you are able to use the iPhone to enter text into your Apple TV.

Let's hope Apple stops thinking about Apple TV as a hobby and starts making an aggressive push for the living room. I like my Apple TV, but my XBox 360 offers up more functionality (and more heat!).

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These screens were released today by the developers of Installer.app showing Installer 4, the next version that will work with jailbroken iPhones running firmware 2.0. By the slick looks of it, it looks like they're getting close. When it's done, it will be multi-threaded (meaning everything doesn't come to a halt while your sources are being updated) and support package dependencies as well. As you know, we can't wait.

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NewsFactor - Apple has been boosting sales of Macs with its Mac OS X operating system -- seemingly at Microsoft's expense, as more PC users turn up their noses at Microsoft's Windows Vista. Apple also has had great success with its iPhone, but now that Apple is taking flak because of problems with its MobileMe service, an admiring Microsoft appears ready to go after some of Apple's revenue.

Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret (allthingsd.com) consider the new App Store “the single best feature in Apple’s second generation iPhone 3G.” The “easy availability of so many programs,” they say, “makes the iPhone a true computing platform, like a pocket-sized Windows or Macintosh PC,” one that allows iPhone owners to “have a device with fresh, different capabilities every day.”

The iPhone has some great offerings for musicians, and it’s a platform with huge potential for musicians and composers, especially on the move.

Gear Live has word that Apple is beta testing iPhone's 2.1 firmware and will add more GPS functionality to the phone. Specifically, the core location functions will be able to track what direction you're moving, and how fast (for turn-by-turn navigation, maybe?).

We all know Pandora is awesome on the Iphone. But imagine being able to take cache the music on your Iphone for taking your music on the go without having to depend on 3G or edge keeping the stream up. There are many choices of well programmed stations on slacker. Digg this and show your support for this becoming a reality!

Twitterific, Get instant messaging on the iPhone from Twitter.

i dont understand - why the hell Aplle doesnt sell iphone in israel.i guess apple dont know that there are more then 12,000 iphone's in israel working.

Earlier today Apple seeded iPhone 2.1 firmware to devs, along with a new SDK. Some of the changes include new GPS features. Turn-by-turn app coming soon?

New update to last night's release....

These screens were released today by the developers of Installer.app showing Installer 4, the next version that will work with jailbroken iPhones running firmware 2.0. By the slick looks of it, it looks like they're getting close.

Seems as though someone has found a way to crack the appstore apps, links to instructions.

An unpatched vulnerability in the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications helps conceal phishing attacks, according to a high profile security researcher who specialises in finding flaws in widely used software.