The latest version of the Kindle app for the iPhone adds some new and interesting features for fans. The new version has iPad search, a dictionary, and fast switching. The dictionary has 250,000 words in it.

The iPhone 4 landed in New Zealand today and there have been some issues with the launch. Apparently, many folks stood in line all night to be told by workers that the iPhone 4 was not there though the device apparently came in later.

A study by security firm Lookout has found that 14% of free iPhone apps on the App Store are able to access the users contact list. What the apps are doing with the ability to access the iPhone contact list isn’t specified and the reason could be legitimate.

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 [...]