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There is no denying the fact that the battery life on an Apple iPhone is very poor, this along with the lack of a built-in flash is one drawback to the ultimate handset. Well FastMac iV could offer you the perfect answer, not only does it give you an extra boost for your battery, but also offers you a flash for your iPhone’s camera.

The unique design of the FastMac iV allows you to insert it into your Apple dock, it will then charge your iPhone as well as your iV. The device also has another great feature, a full size USB port; this allows you to charge another device, like a Bluetooth headset.

Rocketship Apple’s flight thus far has been largely without incident (see here and here if you are wondering what on earth I am on about…) - and now phase 2 has been deployed! The iPhone 3G has landed at my “moon base”, and having been set up, is now performing VERY nicely!

iPhone 2.2 OS asks you to rate iPhone application on deletion

This is definitely one way to get the iPhone user community more involved in the AppStore’s iPhone application rating system. Rather than rely on the good-intentions of the vocal minority, Apple will apparently be pushing its iPhone users to rate iPhone apps upon deletion.

In a move that follows Best Buy in the US, Best Buy Mobile in Canada has announced that they too will be carrying the iPhone 3G.

All the doom and gloom surrounding the US economy’s downward spiral into recession apparently isn’t enough to stifle the US smartphone market. While the rest of the US suffers from weak consumer spending, the smartphone market is a veritable “shining star” of hope.

For the January to July 2008 period, NPD Group reports that overall handset sales were down. Consumers bought fewer mobile phones overall, and spent less per cellphone than in the same period the year before. But, that didn’t stop the smartphone segment from making some serious headway in the US.

Well that sure was quick. It seems like just an eye-blink ago that Apple released their iPhone 2.0.1 OS for iPhone and iPhone 3G owners looking to get enhanced performance out of their sometimes laggy iPhones. And, following on the iPhone Dev Team’s release of the iPhone 2.0.1 OS-jailbreaking solution, Pwnage Tool 2.0.2, Cupertino has released their latest iPhone OS.

Why wait in those long lines to get your hands on the iPhone 3G when you could just put in an online order for one of the year’s hottest handsets? AT&T has kicked off online sales of the iPhone 3G through its online storefront, but only to their business suit wearing customers.

Gsmarena have posted their review of the iPhone 3G. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final conclusion.

Key features:
3.5" 16M-color TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels
Quad-band GSM support
Tri-band UMTS support with HSDPA
Built-in GPS receiver
Wi-Fi
8 to 16GB of onboard storage

In case you’re missing voice dialing on your iPhone, you’ll be glad to know a third party application which enables the mentioned feature is now available on AppStore. I haven’t tried it myself, but I guess there’s no much fuss when it comes to voice dialing. Record your voice, assign it to a contact and take it from there. It should be that simple and considering we’re talking about an iPhone app here, it probably is.

It seems that the threat of the iPhone's camera being used to take surreptitious "upskirt" and "downblouse" pictures of unsuspecting Japanese women was significant enough that Apple decided to force the Japanese iPhone 3G's camera emit a loud shutter "click" whenever a photo is taken, even when the iPhone 3G is set to "silent" mode.

So, we all know by now the gist of Telstra’s price plans for the Apple iPhone 3G. Now it’s Optus’s turn to reveal its own iPhone 3G price plans, and unlike Telstra’s announcement, this one lays it all out for everyone to see.

Conversations with numerous Apple store employees and AT&T store staff, in addition to reports of considerable iPhone 3G interest from other carriers, basically confirm what we've known all along. The iPhone 3G will be selling like hotcakes, especially in the US. And, it seems that Apple has been hearing the positive feedback.

Yesterday we got word that O2 would be offering their UK iPhone 3G customers the option to go pre-paid with the next-generation iPhone 3G. The UK O2 website indicated that the 8GB iPhone 3G would be available for £299.99 (about $600) without contract, while the 16GB iPhone 3G would command a £359.99 (about $700) price-tag for the privilege of using the handset on O2's pay-as-you-go calling plans.

A second-generation Apple iPhone is expected to be announced on Monday so I thought it was a great time for a drop-in from me, iGirl.

After the long, painful, and grueling wait, the 3G Apple iPhone has allegedly arrived in Australian shores. The proof? A nice piece of, errr, box. But it’s not just ANY box—if you haven’t noticed, the Apple logo indicates that this is a very, very important good.