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CNCNews reports a trademark dispute over the iPhone name may further delay Apple's iPhone in Canada. Comwave, which markets a collection of voice-over-internet services and products under the name iPhone, has filed its opposition with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, or CIPO, to Apple's trademark application for the proposed use of a handheld and mobile device called the iPhone in Canada....

Techcrunch points to a Youtube Video from Greenpeace which claims that Apple's iPhone has a high level of "toxic brominated compounds" and "hazardous PVCs". In the video, Greenpeace calls for Apple to produce a more environmentally friendly iPhone. An online document details their findings. It should be noted that the iPhone does appear to be "compliant with the requirements of the EU's...

Forum member AriX posted the first automated Jailbreak solution for the iPod touch. This allows a simple interface to Jailbreak your iPod Touch. The solution presently only works on Intel/Mac OS X Tiger and there have been reports of success by forum members. Once Jailbroken, this allows the iPod Touch to run many of the 3rd party iPhone applications. The process for Jailbreaking the...

HardMac claims that there is a water sensor in both the iPod Touch and iPhone which allows Apple to determine if your iPhone was damaged due to being submerged in water. At the bottom of the jack plug you can see a white disc that will irreversibly change color when entering in contact with water. So one would not need to open an iPhone or an iPod Touch to ensure it stopped working due to an...

CultofMac's Leander Kahney claims that Apple is going to allow developers to install Mac OS X Widgets onto the iPhone. You will soon be able to drag any Dashboard Widget into iTunes, and theyll sync with the iPhone, the source said. As Dashboard Widgets are already Javascript/HTML elements, support on the iPhone already exists. But providing an easy installation and the ability to run outside...

A ModMyiPhone thread compiles a list of currently working and not-working 3rd party apps under the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware update. The iPhone 1.1.1 Firmware update initially broke installation of 3rd party applications, but recent methods have reopened the iPhone (and iPod touch). As listed, many existing 3rd party apps work without...

Two lawsuits against Apple and AT&T were filed on October 5th in San Jose, California accusing Apple and AT&T of engaging in illegal monopolistic behavior. Both lawsuits accuse Apple of unfair business practices: By not allowing other carriers to serve the iPhone, the two companies conspired from the beginning of their partnership to maintain a monopoly, the federal lawsuit alleges....

iPhoneSimFree claims to have a working version of their software SIM unlocking application for iPhone 1.1.1. They credit the iPhone Dev Team for finding a method for "jailbreaking" the 1.1.1 filesystem. The side effect is that they are now able to load their SIMFREE software onto the iPhone. Our sincere congratulations, to the iPhone/ iTouch Dev Team for their brilliant work in finding an...

iPhone Atlas reports on another Jailbreak method that has been published today -- this time from the iPhone Dev Team. Unlike the previously described method, this Jailbreak does not involve the use of the TIFF exploit, which is likely to be patched in a future update. The process is described as "somewhat involved" but well documented. All files are available at: http://conceitedsoftware.com...

Stuff.tv reports that O2 has confirmed that existing contract customers who switch over to an iPhone contract will get a free iPhone contract upgrade, but only if you've had your current contract before the September 19th iPhone announcement. Customers who signed up after September 19th are not eligible for the...

During Steve Jobs' european tour last month, Apple announced partnerships with T-Mobile and O2 to provide the iPhone in both Germany and the UK. Notably absent, however, was the iPhone announcement for France. Orange had been long rumored to be the likely carrier for iPhone in France, and Orange even announced that they would indeed be the exclusive iPhone carrier. Apple, however, has remained ...

Our readers have noted, and now several sites are reporting that it appears that Apple is gearing to launch an official iPhone Web Application directory. AppleInsider believes such a directory may launch as early as today. Our readers, as well as 9to5mac, have submitted observations that Apple's recent download's RSS feed contains iPhone web applications and a link to a currently inactive...

Various readers and sites have been noticing that one of the findings of the preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak was that Apple was referencing com.apple.mobile.radio and com.apple.mobile.nike. The most obvious implication of this is that Apple appears to be preparing for Nike+ support for the iPhone and/or iPod Touch. Apple's reference of mobile.radio may also indicate that the iPod Radio...

Switchersblog details a new feature in the latest beta of 1Passwd -- a Mac password manager application. The new version adds a "Sync to iPhone" feature which exports all your stored passwords into an encrypted Safari Bookmarklet. The Bookmarklet is accessible from the iPhone's Safari bookmark list and protected by a password. The beta version of the software is available on their beta ...

Apple's U.S. exclusive provider AT&T is continuing to expand its network with the acquisition of Aloha Partners' wireless spectrum. The buy enhances AT&T's network by adding 12 MHz of spectrum covering 196 million people in 281 markets. The spectrum covers many major metropolitan areas, including 72 of the top 100 and all of the top 10 markets in the United States. The deal should be...

The effort to develop native applications on iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 has made the most progress over the past 24 hours than it has since the release of the firmware, thanks to the efforts of the iPhone Dev Team. Erica Sadun has been blogging her effort to recreate a solution which gives access to the iPhone 1.1.1 file system. Such access is a big step to allow developers to recreate the third...

iLounge posts a first look (with photos) at the Apple Component AV cable ($49) which allows the iPhone to output audio and video to their TV. The TV Out functionality of the iPhone was enabled with the 1.1.1...

O2 UK and Apple are planning on launching a multi-million pound joint advertising campaign later this month according to a Reuters report. O2 UK Chief Executive Matthew Key told a journalists on Tuesday it would be the company's "most significant campaign" in the run-up to the key Christmas trading period -- but that it would cost well short of 20 million pounds ($40.8 million). Key believes that ...