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iPhone developers barred from using location based ads

Apple has notified its app developers that they cannot use location data collected from iPhones/iPod touch (and soon to come iPad) to deliver ads. However, App developers can continue to use the location information to ‘provide beneficial information’ via their app. Many developers use inapp advertising as a revenue source, and this enables them to offer their apps for free. If you build your application with features based on a user’s location, make sure these features provide beneficial information. If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on…

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Apple adds app preview to web browsers

Yesterday, Apple extended its browser based iTunes preview by adding to it the iPhone and iTouch app previews!! This is one feature which I always wanted to have. I completely disliked opening the iTunes desktop application every time just to browse quickly, about an app, say to check the screenshots or reviews. This truly is a step forward from…

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New manufacturer for iPhone, 720p video recording coming?

The word on the street sometime back was that Steve Jobs has termed the next iPhone update (due in June) as “A+”, and the new SDK for OS version 3.2 that would debut with the iPad already seems to be revealing some attractive details about future iPhones. While nothing concrete seems to be out yet, it seems that the next gen iPhone would allow 720p video recording and/or playback  (iPhone…

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Symbian adopts Android mantra, goes free – Open Source

The battle against iPhone hasn’t been easy for anyone. Particularly the established players in the market like Nokia have felt the heat to a large extent, while others like Android & Palm WebOS have done reasonably better. However in a bid to speed up things against the growing crowd in the smartphone arena, Symbian has decided to go free and open source. This would let Nokia keep its chin up while sticking to the Symbian platform (they avoided adopting WinMo / Android) and at the same time allow developers…

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How to Jailbreak / unlock firmware version 3.1.3 (iPhone & iPod touch)

Shortly after, Apple outed the new firmware version 3.1.3, the dev team has several updates that make life a little easier for us. While the previous redsn0w v0.9.2 works for iPhone 2G (jailbreak+unlock), iPhone 3G (jailbreak only) & iPod touch 1G (jailbreak); a slightly modified version that is now available for download works for older iPod touch 2G (newer iPod touch 2G/3G come with a updates bootrom refereed as…

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Samsung Star Superb: The Poor-mans iPhone

Seeing the commercial success samsung has with it’s low cost touchscreen phones, I honestly see a need for a cheaper iPhone. Believe me even the iPhone 2G would sell well enough,…

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Straight answers for iPhone owners in India since 2008: the likeliest fix first, and what to skip.