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iPhone 3GS: Everything you need to know

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iPhone 3GS was originally billed as twice as fast as its predecessor. When iPhone 4 was released, Apple reduced the price of iPhone 3GS to $99 and the storage to 8GB but kept the same fast chipset, digital compass, voice control, and 3mp camera. When the iPhone 4S was released, Apple lowered the price again to $0 on contract.

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GameFly looking to assist devs with new game development fund

By , Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 3:14 am
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GameFly is looking to branch out into mobile gaming but instead of its usual rental model, it is looking to get developers on-board from a much earlier stage. The new initiative would see GameFly becoming the publisher and promoter of a developer’s game.

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Photo Stream helping user track down her stolen iPhone

By , Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:59 am
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A stolen iPhone is helping its owner close the net on the thief thanks to Apple's iCloud Photo Stream. We assume that Find My iPhone was either not enabled, or was disabled by the thief, but it seems the thief was unaware that Photo Stream was running and cataloging every photograph

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IBM bans the use of Siri on its networks over privacy concerns

By , Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 3:16 am
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If you work for IBM, you are welcome to bring your iPhone 4S to work with you but forget about using Apple’s voice driven digital assistant, Siri. IBM has banned the use of Siri on all of its networks due to concerns over privacy. Siri works by sending anything you ask it to a data center in North Carolina; after that, no one really knows exactly what happens with that data once it has been dealt with.

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Best free educational apps for iPhone

By , Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 1:42 am
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Looking for great educational app for your iPhone or iPod touch? The App Store is home to over half a million apps and games, and a surprising number of them are available for free. Some of the most beneficial free apps are free educational apps.

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Printy for iPhone review

By , Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8:04 pm
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Printy is a cute little app that will turn anything you take a photo of into a coloring page that can be printed on real paper and colored with real crayons. It's is incredibly easy to use and does an equally incredible job at producing colorable PDFs.

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If Apple goes to a 4-inch iPhone, which way would you prefer they get there?

By , Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm
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If Apple goes to a 4-inch iPhone, how should they do it?While it seems increasingly likely Apple will be going with a bigger, close to 4-inch iPhone 5 screen,

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iPhone 5 re-rumored to have a widescreen display, this time 3.9-inch 1136 x 640

By , Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:15 am
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Yet more widescreen iPhone 5 rumors have hit the web this morning, with a whisper that at least one of Apple's multiple iPhone 5 prototypes boasts a 3.9 inch touchscreen with a 1136 x 640 resolution.

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Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone hits the U.S. App Store, Facebook app gets more cosmetic changes

By , Monday, May 21, 2012 at 6:39 pm
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Last week, I reviewed the new Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone app, but the secret is that I actually downloaded it from the Canadian App Store because it wasn't yet available in the U.S. Well, I'm happy to report that Facebook Pages Manager is now available in the U.S. App Store. It popped up earlier today, but almost immediately disappeared, but it seems to be here for good this time.

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Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak will reportedly arrive in a matter of days, support the new iPad [Updated]

By , Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 4:44 pm
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The untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak should be released in just a matter of days according to a tweet by pod2g. Many people have been eagerly awaiting an untethered jailbreak for the latest version of iOS 5.1.1. It has taken a while for it to even look possible never mind become available.

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Apple announces its iTunes Festival line up, watch live performances on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

By , Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 4:45 am
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Apple has just announced its line up for the annual iTunes Festival. The event which first started in 2007 has been hugely popular as all of the tickets are given away free of charge. The live concerts all take place at London’s The Roundhouse and it all kicks off on September 1st and goes on until September 30th.

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Cuboid for iPhone review

By , Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 2:57 am
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Cuboid is a fun 3D puzzle game for the iPhone and iPad of flipping and rolling a cuboid through a maze-like puzzle placed in the setting of mystic, ancient ruins.

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The Weather Channel for iPhone review

By , Friday, May 18, 2012 at 3:38 pm
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The Weather Channel for iPhone is the most popular alternative to Apple's built-in Weather app and it recently received a complete makeover. It still has all the great features of the previous design, but the new UI is much more beautiful and user friendly.

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ScreenDIY for iPhone review

By , Friday, May 18, 2012 at 6:00 am
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ScreenDIY is an iPhone app that lets you create unique Lock screens and Home screens with designer wallpapers, shelves, frames, icon skins and more.

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Weekly Photo Contest: Water!

By , Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 3:29 am
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It's Wednesday, which means it's time to announce this week's photo contest -- and the winner of last week's black and white photography contest. Before I do, I want to congratulate everyone on their awesome entries. We've got some talented iPhoneographer readers here at iMore and it wasn't an easy decision!

And the winning entry is... And the winning entry is...

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Verizon killing off unlimited plans with new LTE device purchases

By , Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 11:08 pm
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Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo mentioned at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference recently that anyone migrating from 3G to 4G devices won't be able to grandfather in their old unlimited plan and will have to instead take a data share plan scheduled to launch this summer.

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Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone review

By , Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:00 pm
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Facebook for iPhone and iPad has a slew of problems, but now poor Pages management can be crossed off that list with the introduction of Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone. It's very similar to the normal Facebook app with the addition of being able to view insights about your page and manage admins.

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Sprint CEO says they'll make money on the iPhone... in 2015

By , Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 4:43 pm
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During their annual shareholders meeting, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said they're very happy with the iPhone, but admitted that it won't be profitable for the company until 2015. Sounds crazy, but Hesse says they're taking the long view, since offering the iPhone will stem the exodus of users going to other carriers just to get their hands on Apple's smartphone.

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Apple rumored to increase iPhone screen size to 4-inches

By , Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 9:35 am
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Apple looks set to increase the next generation iPhone’s screen size to at least 4-inches according to information coming from people familiar with the situation. According to the sources, Apple has already placed orders for the larger screens from its Asian suppliers and they are bigger than the screens used on the current iPhone.

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China Mobile confirms talks with Apple aimed at bringing the iPhone to its network

By , Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 3:09 am
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China Mobile has confirmed that it is in talks with Apple over bringing the iPhone officially to its network. China Mobile’s chairman Xi Guohua told its shareholders about the talks although there is still no news if a deal has been agreed.

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Stunt Pear for iPhone and iPad review: a fun physics puzzle game

By , Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 9:27 pm
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Stunt Pear is a physics-based puzzle game where you catapult a cute little pear to smash, bounce, and spin your way through 144 levels. The objective is easy, get the pear in the barrel -- but that's easier said than done with gears, cannons, bubbles, tires, pinball bumpers, skateboards, and shopping carts as obstacles.

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iPhone tops yet another customer satisfaction survey

By , Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 2:15 pm
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Just in case we needed any more convincing that people love their iPhones, the American Customer Satisfaction Index has found through recent surveys that Apple's smartphones are leaving customers the happiest. The iPhone scored 83 on their system, compared to to Nokia, LG and HTC who are all tied at 75.

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Cutest Paw for iPhone and iPad review: thousands of adorable animal photos at your fingertips

By , Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 12:04 pm
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Animal lovers, Cutest Paw for iPhone and iPad is for you! It's a fun app that's filled with thousands of photos of cute animals ranging from the common household pet to exotic animals like tigers, orangutans, pandas, and foxes.

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SnipSnap Coupon App for iPhone review: say goodbye to stacks of coupons

By , Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 2:22 am
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Clipping and saving coupons is the most classic way of saving money, but in today's digital world, it feels rather archaic. SnipSnap for iPhone lets you say goodbye to physical coupons by taking photos of them to carry with you at all times and store clerks can scan the processed bar code right on your iPhone.

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Sparrow for iPhone updated: push coming soon as yearly subscription

By , Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:37 pm
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Sparrow for iPhone is an email client for iPhone that offers many more features than Apple's built in Mail app such as the ability to add attachments when composing a message, a multi-pane navigation layout, and custom signatures. The main new feature in today's update is landscape composing. Unfortunately, the biggest feature that users have been waiting for, push notifications, is still absent from Sparrow.

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Hack BlackBerry 10-style word prediction onto your jailbroken iPhone with Octopus Keyboard

By , Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 7:10 pm
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RIM has only just begun previewing BlackBerry 10 and already features like the on-key, gesture-based word prediction are being quickly copied for the iPhone -- at least for jailbreak.

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