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AOL Money and Finance has long been well established as one of the planet’s leaders in the free provision of real-time stock market information. We all know that AOL has a lot of resources to expend, rather we are AOL users or not. They are still a major force of Internet power (not everyone can be Google, you know). So, when you have research that you need to perform concerning investment potentials, it’s always a good idea to check out AOL Money and Finance. Now, you can tap that awesome AOL power straight from your iPhone’s WIFI Internet connection!
It had to happen. Every major manufacturer, information source, gaming entity and anything else that you can imagine is hooking up with iPhone. We all know why. The iPhone is the new leader in worldwide mobile communications. Let be honest here, folks!
The AOL Money and Finance app for the iPhone gives you lightening fast comprehensive stock info as well as real-time stock value streams. Your favorite companies will be right there at your fingertips 24/7 with the quick push of a button! There are over 3000 sources represented as well as a slew of in-depth charting tools (and we do mean in-depth). AOL knows that the competition is stiff and wants more than anything to continue to be a leader. For that reason alone, you can be assured that this app rocks!
If you are an active stock investor or just investor-curious, you need to download the AOL Money and Finance app for your iPhone immediately. One thing is definitely sure: The Wall Street Journal is not liking this app one little damn bit.
This morning, TUAW reader Matt dropped a note in our inbox saying that Fring has delivered VoIP on the iPhone. Sure enough, their blog claims integration with Skype and more. So does Fring deliver the WiFi VoIP solution for iPhone we’ve all been hoping for? This morning, I give it a try — live! Here’s our TUAW Labs liveblog. Put on your white coats and get ready to give the software a spin.
What do Matzoh, Gefilte Fish, and ad hoc iPhone development camps have in common? They’re all scheduled for tomorrow. As the sun sets and Jews around the world begin to celebrate Passover, the festival of freedom from slavery, pale iPhone developers will be crawling back to their rocks after joining together at Polytechnic University for a free iPhone development event.
The event runs from 10AM to 6PM at the Brooklyn Campus at 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn 11201. Bagels and/or pizza will be served. Note that you cannot just show up at the event without notifying organizers via the website — security has a list of attendees.
The iPhone SDK Beta 3 has barely been out for a few hours and Zibri, maker of the ZiPhone iPhone tool, has found references to a future 3G chip inside the new firmware. The chipset is the SGOLD3, which follows up the current S-GOLD2 in today’s iPhone. Here’s what the S-GOLD3 has support for, not all of which will make it into the next-gen iPhone: HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbps), cameras of up to 5-megapixels, MPEG4/H.263 hardware acceleration and “video telephony, streaming, recording and playback.” Again, Apple might not enable all these features in the actual 3G iPhone, but at least we know that they’re theoretically possible. [ZiPhone]
Compendium Live Search in more than ten Wikipedias and dictionaries with iPhone and iPod Touch optimized interface. Features: -Live Search -access to the ten most complexed Wikipedias and more -optimized Wikipedia view -dictionaries http://iphone.coium.com
Holy butt-clencher, Batman! Quake 3 Arena has somehow found itself ported to the iPhone. Details are thinner than my scalp is on hair, but the video clearly shows a networked game going on in full swing. You may be thinking this sounds semi-neat, but let me tell you this; the game uses the freaking accelerometer for direction control, while shooting is done simply by tapping on the touchscreen. Now, I’m off to collapse in a euphoric pile, you check out the video and then do the same. There’s no word on the release yet, but hopefully it will show up somewhere once I am out of my aforementioned, euphoric pile state. We’ll keep you posted. [Crunchgear]
The one feature that most of us iPhone owners want is native instant messaging. With the upcoming SDK release, instant messaging apps will most likely not be able to run in the background (in other words, they may not receive messages when the phone is sleeping or doing other things). However, AppleInsider is reporting on an Apple patent for instant messaging on the iPhone that was filed in August of last year, but just granted in March of this year.
The drawing included with the patent filing looks identical to the SMS application on the iPhone, with some key differences, one of which is word suggestions that appear as bubbles above the keyboard. AppleInsider also reports that this service could be used as a substitute for MMS (multi media messaging) which the current iPhone is lacking.
WildEyes! WildEyes is a native iPhone app which lets you view many types of files (HTML, PDF, DOC, XLS, TXT) on your iPhone using Safari. You browse the iPhone via WildEyes!, and press any icon/file to launch it in Safari. Available via the MMi Installer/Cydia Source | Developer’s Site
Golf Driving Range FORE! MyNuMo brings the classic golf driving range to the iPhone. Play for accuracy and move onto more difficult levels. No need to wait for t-times, just fire up the iPhone and swing away. Golf Driving Range features MyNuMos new “press to play” sports game system that makes iPhone gaming fast and fun. http://mynumo.com/iphone/golf/main.htm
Gartner Declares iPhone Ready for Business, Promises More Obvious Predictions Analysts are like Tarot card readers with MBAs, making speculative predictions based on little more than the direction of the wind and bird migration patterns. They follow a similar marketing practice too - the first reading is free, but the second will cost you, and cost you. The brain trust at Gartner Research, a firm […]
Many of have been waiting for a native iPhone twitter client for a long time. And while we wait for Craig Hockenberry’s efforts to bear fruit, presumably in June, it’s good to see MobileTwitter from Nicholas Pike which just recently showed up in the STE repository for Installer.app.
While there are definitely some rough edges, it basically works as advertised and seems superior to the Mobile Safari based options. Having the button bar at the bottom, however, seems less than ideal as it’s rather too easy to hit while typing an update. Nonetheless, MobileTwitter is worth checking out for the Twitter-obsessed, especially considering the improvements Nicholas has promised are coming.
MobileTwitter is a free download (though much more easily done from Installer) and naturally requires a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch.
Pianist Pianist 2.0 builds on the initial Pianist app, a great piano app with a bunch of cool features, including: A complete four octave keyboard. Multi-touch. Up to 5 keys can be pressed at once allowing complex chords. Sounds like a real piano with realistic piano multi-samples. Animated piano keys react to your touch. Record your song and play it back. […]
VoIP on iPhone not home yet (leave a message) Support for Voice over IP on the iPhone is one of those features people have been discussing since the iPhone’s announcement at Macworld 2007. Heck, I said as much in an interview at the time. While an official client will likely still have to wait until the App Store goes…
Now hear this: voice memos on the iPhone? Doug, a fellow resident of the greater Boston metropolitan area, wrote in to ask about the state of voice memos on the iPhone. You’ve long been able to buy an add-on for your iPod that attaches to the dock-connector port and lets you record messages that are then transferred to…
PayPal may block Safari users As part of a multi-tiered approach to guarding against online fraud on its site, PayPal says it will block the use of any web browser that doesn’t provided added validation measures, potentially restricting the current version of Safari from the e-co…
What do Matzoh, Gefilte Fish, and ad hoc iPhone development camps have in common? They’re all scheduled for 
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The one feature that most of us iPhone owners want is native instant messaging. With the upcoming SDK release, instant messaging apps will most likely not be able to run in the background (in other words, they may not receive messages when the phone is sleeping or doing other things). However, 
Many of have been waiting for a native iPhone twitter client for a long time. And while we wait for Craig Hockenberry’s 