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Cre.ations.net posts a step-by-step guide on how to tether your iPhone 3G to your laptop. The process of tethering allows your laptop to use your iPhone's 3G internet connection, avoiding the need to find separate internet connectivity for your laptop. Tethering, of course, is against...

TechCrunch is reporting that Greystripe, an advertising network for mobile games, will be offering their services to iPhone developers. Since 2006, Greystripe has distributed free games and apps to over 1,400 different mobile handset models and currently offers a catalog of 800 games. Greystripe allows developers to add pre-roll (before), interstitial, and post-roll (after) ads for use in...

Macenstein notes that WordPress's native iPhone App is "In Review" by Apple. We have not been provided with an ETA, write Raanan, so it could get approved at any time. Check out the below video to see the iPhone WordPress client in action. The WordPress iPhone App will allow publishers to publish and edit their WordPress-powered...

MacNN reports that a survey of Apple's iPhone availability tool shows that the iPhone 3G is effectively sold out across the country. Only 3 stores appear to have any stock for Monday morning. Apple notes that on Monday none of its 137 locations in the US will have stock of the 8GB iPhone and that the only location to have the 16GB black iPhone will be its retail store in Pleasanton,...

Arstechnica posts an in-depth look at the $9.99 iPhone App, Band [App Store], by Moo Cow Music. The app was amongst the featured applications demoed at this year's WWDC. A Youtube Video provided by the developer shows its capabilities. Ars put the app through its...

Cult of Mac reports on the latest efforts by Satoshi Nakajima, the former lead architect of Microsoft's Windows 95. Two years ago, My Nakajima picked up a Mac and apparently, couldn't be happier. According to the the author, "He was so impressed, he says hell never touch a PC again." Based on this enthusiasm, Nakajima has since started a company in April called Big Canvas with plans to...

The iPhone Dev Team has released version 2.0 of the Pwnage tool. This tool allows you Jailbreak (add unofficial 3rd party applications) the original iPhone, the iPod Touch and now the iPhone 3G. The tool also allows you to SIM unlock the original iPhone, which allows it to be used on any GSM network. Owners of the iPhone 3G will have to wait for a future release before they are able to unlock...

One of the early apps in the iTunes App Store was from UrbanSpoon.com [App Store] which tries to help you answer the question: "Where should I eat?" If you are fortunate enough to live in one of their supported North American cities or in London, then you can try their app. Almost like a slot machine, it lets you randomly choose between locations, cuisines and price ranges to find a...

Computerworld reports on observations made by Piper Jaffary analysts who believe that Apple will continue to have supply problems with the iPhone 3G for the next two to four weeks. eWeek reports that the iPhone 3G was sold out in 114 of Apple's 188 stores this morning, only marginally better than the 117 sold out stores on Tuesday. The author has compiled a list, but the locations that did...

Tapulous has released a new twitter client into the App store today: Twinkle [App Store]. Like Twitterific [App Store] before it, Twinkle provides users with a native application to access Twitter.com, a social networking and micro blogging tool. The primary differentiating features of Twinkle is the addition of Location Services which allows you to find other users near your location. Disco...

The Chosun Ilbo reports that Apple has posted a job listing for a "Korea iPhone Account Manager" based out of Seoul, suggesting that Apple may be getting closer to launching the iPhone 3G in South Korea. According to the listing, the responsibilities of the position are to "manage the day to day issues of our chosen carrier, ensure healthy relationship and help develop the market." The Chosun ...

When the App Store launched, Pandora Radio [App Store] was one of the first applications available that promised streaming internet radio to your iPhone. Unique to Pandora, though, its use of the Music Genome Project to deliver personalized music based on your favorite artists, songs or composers. Installation and registration for Pandora is quite simple and...

A new iPhone and iPod Touch music application called Beatmaker [App Store] is generating some buzz amongst music professionals. Created by Intua, Beatmaker is described as "the first music creation studio for the iPhone and iPod Touch." Inspired by hardware beatboxes, loop samplers and software sequencers, it combines them to turn the iPod into a unique, inspirational software instrument....

MochaSoft has published a VNC client for the iPhone and iPod Touch Mocha VNC provides access to a VNC Server. Using your iPhone, you can connect to a Windows PC or Mac OS X and see the files, programs and resources exactly as you would if you were sitting at your desk, just on a smaller screen.The Lite version has the following limitations - Only one keyboard (QWERTY) - Only left mouse click...

Gizmodo compiled this impressive chart of battery times for the iPhone 3G as reported by various reviewers. Most reviewers found the iPhone 3G did have around 5 hours of talk time which was amongst the best for 3G handsets that were testing. The "mixed" use included web browsing and had far more variable results. In those tests, the iPhone 3G ranged from 2 hours and 52 minutes of use as...

Posters on Howard forums are reporting slower than expected AT&T 3G internet connectivity in several markets across the country. These observations have been made on a variety of 3G-enabled devices. AT&T's 3G network is said to offer download speeds up to 1.4Mbps, but recent customer testing has shown fluctuating speeds as low as 200Kbps, even in areas that previously had solid 3G coverage. ...

BoyGeniusReport noticed in their web logs that a visitor using iPhone 2.0.1 had been spotted. We've spotted similar records in our own logs. Of course, no clues as to what features will be...

PC World has posted a video of iPhone 3G stress tests including: - Simulated Pocket Test - Direct Key scratching - Dropping in Milk - Washing under Faucet - Drop Test The iPhone seemed to hold up well, but after multiple drops, the screen did crack in the end. PC World performed similar (but less intense) tests on the original...