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Today marks the second launch of the iPhone 4 around the world, where 17 new countries join the original five of the USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan.  If you live in one of the following countries, you should be able to pop out and pick up an iPhone 4 from your friendly, local network [...]

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are fourteen new or updated apps for the iPhone and iPad worth taking a closer look at if you are: Risk: The Official Game. The official board game comes to [...]

When I was at school one of my best friends was a bit of a chess whizz.  He lived and breathed the game, referencing the Grand Masters and their intricate strategic moves, eventually becoming something of a friend/nemesis to the Headmaster, who ran the school’s Chess Club.  I was never good enough to beat him [...]

With all the attention focused on the iPhone 4’s antenna and its related issues, iPhone 3G owners who were struggling with iOS 4 on their phones seemed to have been overlooked and often had their complaints met by a cry of ‘upgrade to an iPhone 4/jailbreak it!’ But the fact is, the iPhone 3G, and occasionally [...]

In the absence of an official Apple firmware fix, there is a limited amount of things a frustrated iPhone 3G user can do if their phone is having performance problems since upgrading to iOS 4.  If you’re lucky enough to have an old 3.1.x firmware backup on your computer, then downgrading is a possibility, as [...]

The iPhone 4 will reach its fifth UK network this Friday, as 3 adds its name to the list.  The phone will be available on four different tariffs or as a SIM-only option.  This is an interesting idea, as many may have already got their iPhone 4s from Apple running on an existing contract with [...]

*This competition has now closed, winners will be notified by Saturday 31st July.  Thanks for entering everybody!* Due the success of our previous competition and to celebrate the forthcoming update to v3.0, we have FIVE copies of the excellent ABBYY Business Card Reader iPhone app to give away! We reviewed ABBYY a short while ago and found [...]

Like most utilities, they’re either helpful to you personally, or of no interest whatsoever and unlike a game where extended play may change your opinion, it’s not really possible to create a need or adapt your life around a utility.  iZones (iTunes link) is a perfect example of this, as you either really need international [...]

As seems to be the current fashion, a lawsuit has been filed against Apple for a defective product.  But instead of it concerning the iPhone 4 and its antenna, this is all about the iPad.  According to Bloomberg, a complaint has been entered in an Oakland, California court that the ‘iPad doesn’t live up to [...]

Jailbreaking your iPhone has always been a legal grey area, with Apple saying you’re breaking the law and everyone else either keeping well out of it, or defiantly waving Cydia-equipped iPhones in Apple’s face.  The US government have now stepped in to put the issue to rest and perhaps surprisingly, have concluded that jailbreaking falls [...]

There can’t be many users who haven’t given their iPad a whirl as an eBook reader, even if it’s only to enjoy Winnie-the-Pooh for free via iBooks; and we would imagine that the majority have found it to be a pleasant reading companion.  However, books on the iPad don’t begin and end with iBooks, as [...]

Well-known accessory manufacturer Marware have released a Bumper-style case for your iPhone 4, named the SportGrip Edge.  It works is the same way in that it’s a band of soft plastic which surrounds the edge of your phone, offering improved grip and a degree of shock protection. The package also contains a screen and rear cover [...]

Apple confirmed last week that a further nine countries would be officially seeing the iPad today, so if you live in the following places, did you get yourself an iPad? Austria. Belgium. Hong Kong. Ireland. Luxembourg. Mexico. Netherlands. New Zealand. Singapore. We would be interested to know if it caused the same stir as it did at previous launches; did you have to queue?  Had [...]

The plans laid out during Apple’s press conference held this time last week have begun to fall into place today, with the launch of an app to help iPhone 4 users claim their free case.  The application, called iPhone 4 Case Program, presents a selection of third party cases and a black Bumper. There are six [...]

One of the best ever horizontal scrolling shoot ‘em ups, R-Type, has now been confirmed as heading to the iPhone later on this summer, by none other than EA Mobile and developers DotEmu. The team at Joystiq have managed to get some screenshots of how the game is progressing, and it is certainly looking very close [...]

As we are now well into the second half of July, the white iPhone 4 is notable due to its absence, despite this being the period that Apple indicated it would be on sale, following delays at launch.  Anyone waiting patiently for the most virginal of mobile phones is in for further disappointment today though, [...]

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are fourteen new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: Ecco the Dolphin. The classic Sega Mega Drive game [...]

Capcom are a well-established and well-respected gaming name, with a considerable presence on the iPhone and the iPad.  If you’ve looked at their games a few times in the past but never taken the plunge, now is the time to look again as they have reduced the price of various titles by up to 66%! Here [...]

Skype, the popular VoIP application, has been updated to version 2.0.1, bringing with it a very helpful new function; the ability to run in the background when using iOS 4.  This means that regardless of whether your iPhone is active or locked, if Skype is running you’ll be able to receive calls and messages through [...]

We reviewed the iPhone version of CrossRoads at the beginning of last month and proclaimed it to be a great game, rewarding it with an impressive score of 4/5.  Fabulapps, the game’s developer, have now released an iPad specific HD version of the game, but will it be as good as its small-screen cousin, or [...]