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I bet you all been waiting for the official Apple App Store to make a debut and today it is finally available in both iPhone 2.0 and iTunes, running smooth, offering many applications to download, some are free some are priced. Among the assortment you can find applications like:

• eBay - cool application that lets you use the service from your iPhone device, search items, watch favorite stuff, place a bid and follow auctions, all for free.
• Loopt - a nice location-based application that lets you discover who’s hanging within your location range (don’t try to hide with this service ON).
• TypePad - one of the most popular blogging services, now available from your iPhone, allowing users to upload real time photos, straight from their handset, directly to their blogs.
• Associated Press - another free application, allowing users to upload their media stuff to AP service and contribute to the content.
• Band - a cool feature, developed by an independent insurance developer, allowing users to create their own music and play it from their own iPhone device, with the ability to choose from a various of instruments.
• MLB.com - a nice application, designated for baseball fans, allowing them to receive real time results and watch highlighted moments.
• MySpace - iPhone app that allows you to manage their MySpace social network account, including add friends, exchange messages, upload photos,and more, all for free.
• Kyte Mobile Producer - a great application that lets you upload images you take with your iphone, directly to your Kyte account or the available channels, including blogs, social networks (Facebook, MySpace) etc. You can make slides, conduct polls and add captions.
• AIM - Finally an instant-messaging application on your iphone, lets you interact with your friends and chat online via Wi-Fi. In additio, you can mark contacts as your favorites and can even send away messages.
• Twitterrific - The official twitter client to send your messages via twitter.
• Facebook - Manage your Facebook account from your iphone device. The application lets you view messages, search friends and even chat with them whenever you want.
• Pandora - The cool online radio service comes to your iphone, allowing you to play your favorite music while recommending similar bands and artists.
• Remote Control - Lets you control your iTunes or your Apple TV with your iphone device. You can play, pause, skip, and even search in libraries.

Some additional Apple App lists:

Engadget - preliminary list.

Gizmodo - variety of applications list.

TechCrunch -  Great applications list (with video).

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If you’re a proud owner of a jailbroken iphone device and want to take your favorite radio stations everywhere you go, uSirius will make it possible, free of charge for three days before registration. To start streaming, just find yourself a Wifi hotspot, log into the Installer.app, download the application, install it and get your tunes on the go.

 [via gizmodo]

iDial recalls long forgotten events, as this new application lets you dial from your touchscreen iphone device like old time telephone, swiveling the dial rotor and hearing the same tunes. I can’t be sure how useful it is, but there’s no doubt the guys have shown great originality with this one. Check out the blurry video after the break.

[via gizmodo]

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Lextech has developed a cool surveillance application for the iphone, allowing users to control their camera positioning via the intuitive multi-touch interface, by dragging the fingers on the screen and moving the camera around. In addition, users can zoom in and out by simply pinching the picture, exactly the way they zoom other images with the finger gestures. This means, no more endless hours, spent sitting in front of monitors, following the action. Instead, you can carry your handset and track things down threw the Lextech app, wherever you go. Checkout the video demos after the break.

[via gizmodo]

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Snapture is a cool freebie application (for jailbroken devices) that makes your iphone camera much better, adding tons of features and adjustments, once the software is installed. To do so, just go to the utilities section in the InstallerApp and add the Snapture with a simple click. This independent development solution provides digital functions that were absent from the original firmware, including the following:

• Digital Zoom: up to x3.
• Burst Mode: capture up to three frames in a row.
• Easy Self Photo: take pictures by tapping anywhere on the screen, instead of the little button provided on the application standard.
• Multiple Image Sizes: take photos in three different sizes: Large (1600×1200), Medium (1280×960) and Small (960×720).
• Silence Mode: take photos without disturbing anyone by turning off audible feedback.
• Color Modes: take pictures in greyscale or full colors modes.
• Toggle Auto Rotation: when taking pictures.

[snapture via gizmodo]

This pictures may seem to look like the announced AppStore feature for the iphone and iPod Touch. From what we are able to spot, it has Top 50 and Genres sections, aside searching function and Updates area. The rest looks pretty much the same as the Installer.app, so hold your breath until June.

[via crunchgear]

If you enjoy playing games on your iPhone or iPod Touch units, this is your moment, as both devices get 2 new 3D interface games, enabling landscape or portrait playing mode. iPac3D and Yeti3D bring old PC games experience to your jailbroken handset, providing hours of playable adventures with built-in virtual keys or by swiveling accelerometers. The iPac3D is a three-dimensional Pac-Man and the Yeti3D is more or less a Doom game. To add them to your devices, just follow the instructions: goto Installer > Sources > Add http://www.marcogiorgini.com/iPhone/plist.xml

Update: You can find more new games in here.

[via gmp3]

This mysterious teaser snappily appeared on PS3 official site for a very short time, alluding messaging capabilities support for the game console. If this info is real, and we assume it is, PS3 users finally get voice and video chat services, allowing them to connect with their friends whenever they pop up online or during a game. The sneaky image reads “Talk to others during game play, say hello anytime you’re online, or have a video chat with an Eye camera; USB Camera or headset.” Hopefully, Sony is going to embed the messaging services in the next firmware update, so here’s a very good reason to anticipate the next version.

[via slashgear]

I like the idea of a virtual orchestra inside the iPhone, allowing you to demonstrate your musical skills in front of the inebriate guests of the local bar. First, it was the virtual guitar, now it’s the virtual piano and i hope we’ll get the trumpet, next. With iAno, you can start practicing your fingers all the way up to the stages of Carnegie Hall, as a pianist. To do so, you will need a jailbroken iphone/ipod touch and some talent. Looks groovy.

Fresh OTB iPhones are breakable, as the awaited 1.1.3 software unlock is finally here and available for download, thanks to Mr. GEOrge HOTz (Please pay attention to the risks involved in breaking your device). I wonder if this mouse-cat game between Apple and the hackers will continue or the unlocked iphone version will be released as rumored.

[via engadget]

GeoHot’s instructions after the break.

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As mentioned earlier, Sony announced the availability of Skype on PSP and despite a small delay, it is here, included in the latest firmware update 3.90 . For the time being, it is only available threw network update for PSP-2000 models, but the new firmware expands the Playstation Network support to all models - Rock on.

Update: The M33 team has released a custom version of the 3.90 firmware update, available threw the Network Update.

[via gizmodo]

If you’ve already updated your iPhone firmware version to 1.1.3 and encountered with some SMS messages disorder, you are not alone. The problem occurs due to different time and date setting from your cellular operators. To fix the glitch you need to turn on automatic date / time updates in your iPhone and Voila !

[via engadget]

A team of hackers has just revealed a jailbreak for the latest iPhone edition 1.1.3. The jailbreak is available for Mac or PC users with previous 1.1.2 or 1.1.1 jailbroken versions. We’re not sure this one is working with the iPod Touch, but it does work with the iPhone. More instructions here.

Update: please pay attention to the Statement Of Risk, as it says: “As all upgrades are risky, this one is doubly so. You may have to restore your phone using iTunes and start again if it fails. Make sure to back up first”.

[via gmp3]

We’ve expected this one to show up, Makayama, a Netherlands based company, introduced a VOICE DIAL application for the iPhone. This application allows you to record voice samples for any contact in your address book and dial up your numbers, hands free, in all languages. You can even surf to your favorite websites by assigning voice tags to your Safari bookmarks. In order to add this app, you need a Jailbroken iPhone, then go to Installer > Sources > Add http://tinyurl.com/2t8cax. The Voice Dial is available for a free trial or a full release purchase, for $27.95.

[via i4u]

PocketGuitar is a virtual guitar for iPhone and iPod touch devices. This cool new feature allows you to play and strum like Hendrix or Slash, and bring your favorite cords into the touchscreen. In order to install this application you have to go to Installer > Sources > Add http://podmap.net/apps. You will find the PocketGuitar app, under the Toys section. Rock n’ Roll !!

[via gizmodo]