Speck unveiled the never before seen case design for the iPhone 3G, the Fitted. Fitted, provides the opportunity for iPhone owners to show off their own signature style and personality. “Fitted was designed with one thought in mind: How can we make the case as appealing as the phone?” said Bryan Hynecek, Lead Designer at Speck. “In the design of Fitted, our team asked how we could really make a fashion statement with a case and make it as elegant as any other personal style choice. Why wouldn’t people shop for cases like they would for a watch, shoes or some other fashion accessory? With Fitted, we’re giving iPhone users that opportunity.” Available in a stylish assortment of original fabrics, patterns and colors, the Fitted case series brings an authentic, custom apparel look to the iPhone 3G. The case’s form-fitting, two-piece snap together design creates a personalized and tailored appearance that, combined with its interior soft-touch polycarbonate hard-shell lining, offers real protection from the bumps and scrapes of everyday activities. The Fitted feels soft to the touch, while also offering custom-fit contours and openings that allow complete access to all controls and ports. Fitted is the perfect way to ...

When Foothills Regional Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Mike Anderson recently arrived at the scene of a car accident and found a person unconscious, he assessed the patient's condition and realizing he had little patient information, activated an iPhone to obtain necessary health data on the person's allergies and current medications. Since April, the Calgary Rural Primary Care Network (PCN) has conducted a pilot project using iPhones and unique software to provide secure access to patient data to physicians and other health providers outside of health facilities. At the Foothills Family Medical Centre, Dr. Tim Dowdall and the nine other family physicians volunteered to pilot and manage the iPhone initiative funded by the Primary Care Network. The iPhones have been modified to increase security of patient data with protocols that exceed those of banking machines and other secure networks. Also, even if an iPhone is lost or misplaced somewhere, no patient information resides in the phone. As well, a Patient Impact Assessment, a standard security review done by the Primary Care Network when new health technology was introduced, validates the company's security safeguards. The iPhones are linked with a state of the art software program that allows physicians and other designated health providers to pull information ...

Pacific Timesheet announced it is first to market with iPhone support in its project timesheet software. The company's customers can use now this feature to better track project and job time while on the road or working in the field. The features also allow for detailed project reporting directly from the iPhone. Pacific Timesheet CEO Pat Conrad stated, "A major challenge for our customers has been tracking and reporting projects on the go. Project time-sheets for iPhone will now be a management tool ensuring project teams are not stretched too thin and project forecasts are on schedule." A major challenge for our customers has been tracking and reporting projects on the go. Project time-sheets for iPhone will now be a management tool ensuring project teams are not stretched too thin and project forecasts are on schedule. Pacific Timesheet iPhone edition allows employees to track project time, comments and other attributes at any project level. A rules engine validates project time-sheet hours upon submission, ensuring that project overtime rules are followed and data entry is accurate. For any time period, management can identify project, phase or task overtime by employee or group. Bulk time entry allows field managers and construction foremen to enter ...

The famous baseball information application from MLB.com is updated and gained a priced reduction to be more appealing to baseball fans worldwide. MLB.com At Bat lets you follow every Major League Baseball game from your iPhone. At Bat now features exclusive pitch type, location and speed data from MLB.com Gameday™, plus real-time box scores, play-by-play and video highlights. It's the fastest and most detailed way to follow games on a mobile device. It's a whole new ballgame! MLB.com At Bat™ works with iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch. The application will work for the remainder of the 2008 season -- including playoffs and World Series -- now only $2.99.

Audi of America today announced the release of version 2.0 of the popular "Audi A4 Driving Challenge" iPhone and iPod Touch application. The first version has been downloaded over 370,000 times since it was released in August. Audi responded to consumer reviews and feedback for development of the second release. Upgrades include optimized graphics and enhanced game play. Further, skilled players will now be rewarded with the opportunity to unlock new models, including the A4 3.2L V6 and even the Audi R8 sports car. The application is now available free on Apple's iTunes Application store. The 2009 Audi A4 is available in dealerships nationwide. - Audi took consumer feedback to improve version 2.0 of game - Unlockable cars, optimized graphics and enhanced game play in new release - Over 370,000 units of version 1.0 were downloaded in the first two weeks of release The precision performance driving game utilizes the iPhone's accelerometer (motion sensor) to control the car through a series of progressively challenging courses. Players maneuver the course, honing reflexes, control and anticipation. The A4 Driving Challenge is the first ever iPhone application from an auto manufacturer. "Consumer response to the first version of 'Audi A4 Driving Challenge' was phenomenal," said Scott Keogh, chief ...

Stanza is a eBook reading application that has been out for more than 3 more and its popularity is growing in a daily basis, is reshaping the mobile ebook market the same way the iPhone itself revolutionate the mobile phone business. Stanza is giving a fight to those well known mobile eBook reader like Amazon's Kindle and Sony's E-Book Reader. Stanza offers an extensive collection of books downloadable directly on the iPhone through its online catalog. Stanza Desktop has already made major waves as an application for the Apple Macintosh by addressing the details that are often overlooked by other software readers such as hyphenation, text columnation, automatic text scrolling, and user-friendly page and chapter navigation. A Windows version of Stanza Desktop will be available later in the Summer of 2008 bringing the same benefits of Stanza Desktop to the popular Windows platform. Stanza supports a wide variety of formats including HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Formatting as well as the major eBook standards including Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, Palm doc, and the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new Open eBook standard and converts seamlessly between formats. In an industry that has struggled to standardize on a format, Stanza’s conversion capabilities ensures ...

Fring is a community based service that let your iphone communicate with all the major internet services available, from Google Talk to Skype. You will have one searchable contact list with all your instant messaging buddies from Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo!™ and AIM® so you can easily see whose available and where they can be reached before dialing or starting a live chat session. Bringing PC-benefits to the mobile, fring will empower you with mobility and availability as never before, integrating all contacts in to one, searchable buddy list, allowing you to see who’s online before dialing with contact availability indicators, engage in multiple conversations simultaneously, send & receive files and more. You can even make affordable local and international calls to landline and regular cellular numbers using your SkypeOut/SkypeIn account or almost any internet voice service (SIP) such as SIPNET, EuteliaVoIP, VoIPVoIP and VoIPTalk, even from non-SIP enabled handsets. What’s more, fring will automatically log you in to WiFi hotspots that you’ve previously logged into, so you can save time and hassle without having to configure your WiFi access points each time you enter a WiFi hotspot whether it be your home, office, or favourite coffee shop, and save ...

Vodacom is the lucky carrier which sells the iPhone 3G in South Africa. The device will be available with special contracts and with prepaid plans. The contract-free 8GB version will cost R6,389 or $761 while the 16GB will cost R7,569 or $888. Depending on what plan you get you might end up paying only from R1,799 or $211 to R2,189 or $257 for the 8GB version while the 16GB version will cost from R2,899 or $340 to R3,299 or $387 with a plan. Read more at mobilewhack.com

There's a new boy in town, the Apptism, a new iphone applications directory that promises a new home for all, rejected and not rejected every application is listed, documented and catalogued in its section. Apptism.com has a big chance of survive, the AppStore, while represents the most important place to look up for any new iPhone or iPod Touch related applications doesn't guarantee the inclusion of any given one and here is where Apptism.com can really shines, providing a simple space for any developer to show his/her iphone solution and letting the evaluation or any other political strategy to the end user, who is the person with the right to make the final judgement. Welcome Apptism, we all needed it.

Apple today announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock. Apple has received reports of detached prongs involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported. Customer safety is always Apple’s top priority so it has voluntarily decided to exchange every ultracompact power adapter for a new redesigned adapter, free of charge. For more details on the exchange program please visit www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram.

Memeo.com the popular internet sharing photos is now launching a new iPhone version of its service that will lets you send pictures or videos direct from your iPhone or iPod Touch. MemeoPhoto is a native iPhone application that comes with good extras to make your mobile life even easier, check for yourself: Create Sharing Circles™ with friends and family where everyone can easily share special moments with each other. Share full-quality photos and videos directly to the computer desktop. It’s Automatic. No resizing. No babysitting uploads. Make your Sharing Circles™ private so that only invited friends can view them. Sharing more photos and videos is as simple as dragging and dropping. Free your photos from sharing websites and use them as you want.

Yahoo! announced the preview availability of Yahoo! oneConnect, the revolutionary new social address book that brings together a user's circle of friends, their lives, and all the ways they communicate into one seamless, easy-to-use application. Yahoo! oneConnect is now available in the Apple(R) iPhone(TM) App Store and is also expected to support additional devices in the coming months. With Yahoo! oneConnect, users can integrate all their contacts, send instant or SMS messages, post their status, and view the latest activity from their favorite social networks -- making it easy to stay connected and in the loop. "The iPhone has ignited and captured the imagination of what a mobile phone can do," said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Yahoo! Connected Life. "The rich feature set of the iPhone enables the best way to experience oneConnect. The powerful combination of Yahoo! Blueprint, the mobile platform, and the iPhone SDK, was leveraged to create this unique experience of oneConnect for millions of iPhone users." Yahoo! oneConnect for iPhone Yahoo! oneConnect for the iPhone builds on Yahoo!'s market-leading and award-winning mobile products and reinforces the Company's intent to lead and enable the global mobile ecosystem. Key features include: -- Full-featured address book that integrates contacts from the user's Yahoo! ...

AOL announced the launch of the mobile industry's most robust and far-reaching solution for targeting advertising to iPhone users. Offered through Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network, the solution detects and delivers optimized ads on iPhones browsing the Web. Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, is AOL’s digital advertising business. When an iPhone user is browsing sites within the Third Screen Media mobile network, the Advertising.com web network, or any of AOL’s leading media properties, Third Screen Media’s targeting technology will serve an ad specifically optimized for viewing on an iPhone. In addition to optimizing ads for the iPhone, Third Screen Media can redirect iPhone users to special versions of marketers’ sites that are optimized for the iPhone experience. As part of Platform-A, Third Screen Media is the only mobile network that also has access to a Web display network reaching 90% of the Internet audience, making it the only organization that can offer such a complete solution. And by combining the reach of the Third Screen Media mobile network with its industry-leading Web network, Platform-A can deliver up to 75 million ads to iPhones every month. “Today’s launch is a perfect example of how Platform-A’s unmatched reach, solutions and technologies can benefit ...

eZ Systems has joined forces with Apple to provide a unique, complete production and editorial workflow solution for digital media. It covers the video production step all the way to cross-media publishing. This solution, which will be showcased during a European roadshow this autumn, addresses the unique challenges faced by the media industry: delivering rich and fast-changing content; satisfying demanding and engaged users; and facilitating large and distributed editorial teams. The solution is built using Apple's Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server, but also supports Podcast Producer. Final Cut Studio handles video editing and production, while Final Cut Server handles media asset management and workflow automation (such as video approval). Broadcasters, publishers or any existing users of Final Cut technology can now directly publish their videos with eZ Flow, the digital media solution built on top of eZ Publish. This enables editors to immediately reuse video assets on multiple pages and to multiple channels, such as over the Web or the iPhone, through a single interface. Videos can be embedded to existing news or content and integrated into the editorial schedule and pre-planned content flow. The smooth workflow and version control of any asset by different teams gives full control over ...

The iPhone is a good piece of technology and the one that really rocks the mobile business, but as technology goes we are always needing new features more and more, some features require an redesign or adaptation in our devices, but others just need a firmware update and are ready to compete in numerous areas. Here is a short list of things I really need in my iPhone: In SOFTWARE: 1. A Systemwide Dictionary I would lke to have a systemwide dictionary that let you correct, search and compare terms on the fly. This system must be plugin ready in order to add different languages and their respective translations. 2. Networkable Applications A networkable System that let you turn any application into a collaboration hub. Using wifi the iPhone must detects all nearby iPhone, seek for any Network Ready Application and then ask permission to collaborate, this will help people in business meeting that need to share information on the fly. Share budgets, notes, agenda meetings, To do list. It must be from iPhone to iPhone no MobileMe or any internet service. 3. Full feature Business Suite (Office, Iwork, OpenOffice, whatever) If the iPhone will be used for business management or business related activities it must come ...