I deeply apologize for my absence from TouchPodium for these last couple months. I’ve had some personal troubles I had to get through during that time. I had to fight an addiction (no not drugs or Runescape!) and deal with school. I had no time for anything else. Again, I apologize for my actions here.
But [...]

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If you ever wanted any solid confirmation that Apple has a tendancy to A) play favourites, and/or B) is inconsistent in its approval process, here you go.
Ignoring the BdEmailer vs. MailWrangler debacle for the moment, we have Google Mobile.  Sure, it looks all innocent and stuff, but it’s hiding a dirty little secret.  Google was [...]

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Proving that the Dev Team aren’t just on the ball, they’re dribbling it and shooting three-pointers with their feet, QuickPwn and PwnageTool have been released for Firmware 2.2.
These two tools will properly jailbreak your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and first-gen iPod Touch (sorry, no 2nd gen Touch support yet, and no iPhone 3G unlocking yet [...]

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Our host is currently in the process of upgrading their servers and applying a huge bandwidth increase, moving everyone over from servers running regular platter hard drives to ones running server-capable SSDs. This will result in massive performance increases and far fewer CPU bandwidth errors when things start getting really busy across the Podium Network.  [...]

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It’s been a short two months since Apple rejected MailWrangler because it “duplicates functionality” of the built-in E-Mail app, despite the fact that it was intended to work with multiple GMail accounts in a way the built-in app can’t.  Now, either Apple have relaxed restrictions on duplicating functionality, or this one has somehow slipped passed [...]

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Okay, so Firmware 2.2 is out and we’re all pretty familiar with the changes now.  Street View, walking directions, bus schedules (none of which are relevant to anyone outside of the US), more stable browsing, yadda yadda yadda.  I spent some time playing around with it all and I’m duly impressed.  Street View works very [...]

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You read that correctly. Apple has decided to release the iPhone firmware version 2.2 very late on November 20th, which was yesterday. The update adds Google Street View, public transit and walking directions, and more.
What’s new in this update, you ask? Have a look at the list below:

Enhancements to Maps

Google Street View*
Public transit and walking [...]

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Wal-Mart will begin selling the number one selling cellphone shortly after Christmas this year. Not sure why they’ve chosen to start selling after Christmas, in comparison to before Christmas, but that’s not our worry.
This news comes from Jamie Townsend of research firm JRPG.
It is also being rumored by Boy Genius Report, that certain Sam’s Club [...]

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American Airlines is joining Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to your iPhone, BlackBerry, G1, or whatever it is you have. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop
flights departing from O’Hare — LAX and Orange County will start on
the 17th.
This makes things a little quicker, and easier [...]

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There’s no doubt about it.  The App Store has exploded.  In the early days, for the first couple of months, I was able to keep up.  It was a challenge sometimes, keeping up with all the new freebies, but I managed it every few days.  But it has picked up more and more, and I [...]

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Well there you have it. Tethering for the iPhone is finally making its debut, sometime in the near future, according to the AT&T executive.
Harry McCracken of Technologizer reports that AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a tethered wireless modem for notebooks. It [...]

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iTunes sales are doing well, and that’s just to say they are raising at a fair pace. Apple has managed to gain an excess of over US$840 million dollars this year more than they had at this time last year. That’s an increase of an astonishing 34%!
This information was revealed at Apple’s annual SEC 10K [...]

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From the person that made an iPhone with an actual keyboard, comes an iPhone robot that allows the user to control said device via a nearby computer.
Using a jailbroken iPhone 3G running on some Ruby code, an Arduino CPU, a TA7291P motor, and 4 AA batteries, the creator has the ability to pilot the iPhone [...]

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Apple Inc. has very recently released a new television spot for the iPhone named “Dilemmas”.
The advertisement lies solely on the urbanspoon application available via the iPhone App Store, and shows how the app will choose a random restaurant in your home town by simply giving your device a little shake.
If you’re interested, have a look [...]

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