26th May 2010 - CouponMeUp.com today announced a new coupon search app which is available in the iTunes store from today, for FREE

We are extremely excited to be able to bring the next phase of our mobile platform online, said the CouponMeUp.com Product Manager. Following on the smashing success of our webapp released a few weeks ago, we have created an iPhone app specifically to allow you to search our coupons on your iPhone where ever you are. Searching a mobile device can be tedious at the best of times, involving a great deal of zooming and panning around on any traditional website that is not designed specifically for mobile use, even on our webapp, your not getting access to all the features we have been able to create in our app. It is easy to use and view on the device and is super lean to reduce downloaded data charges, he explained.

To try the service, go to the App Store on your iPhone or iPod Touch and search for couponmeup. Now with coupons from over 6,000 stores, you'll be able to find discounts on almost anything you could want.

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For sometimes past, multitasking with iPhones has continued to be the main concern of customers all over the world. Addressing the problem of its customers, Apple has now launched its 4.0 reference. This new iPhone operating system will provide extra support for running several third party applications concurrently. At the same time the users will have the option of switching between the applications. That has been made possible with the introduction of a window management system much on the same line as the Mac OS X operating system management offered by Apple.

Unique Technology

New technology introduced by Apple is unique in the sense that not only it will enable the user have multiple applications in the background but will also allow them to quickly switch between such applications. Without doubt, this will be a great improvement on the existing system of quitting one application in order to access another returning to home screen first and switching over to the desired application next.

Shying Away from Multitasking

Reasons for which Apple did not opt for multitasking in its iPhone was that they wanted the user experience to be simple and at the same time wanted to preserve battery life. Of course there were others like the Android and Windows Mobile that allows launching multiple applications simultaneously require that the user manipulate the iPhone applications manually and also stop energy sapping programs thereby. Moreover the iPhone 3 x firmware that could be used for multitasking is preemptive but the restrictions imposed on applications other than the system that comes along the iPhone are rather artificial in nature.

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iPhone has been attracting the market since the commencement of its launching in June 2009. Individual customers overwhelmingly express their charmed interest in this gadget while being unaware of the shortages of iPhone 3GS. In comparison with other brands in the market especially Zune HD, iPhone reveals a few missing features that make the so-called icon of Apple Inc show off feebly in the near future. However, those ‘blind eyes’ of users cannot neglect the fact of these shortages even if they show off the so-called Apple’s icon product.

HD Video Support

As iTune could store a large content in its Hard Disk, Apple’s new product, iPhone 3GS, would have to provide the same feature assumedly. Recording lots of special moments like out door activities, vacation videos, friend’s wedding, festival in HD is really convenient since it saves valuable story we have got. iPhone is expected to play such recorded files and video once the cable data is plugged into the HDTV. Unlike Zune HD that provides compatible support for HD videos, iPhone cannot do the same hope as much as expected. However, certain software can help upgrade the content of HD video in iPhone. The HD video itself will be possibly displayed on TV where the signal will be produced via the dock connector. In this regards, individual users tend to wait for the coming Zune HD which conveniently supports HD video. People said that the coming Zune HD would the new generation of iPod touch model.

Wireless Utility

It is really exciting to have mobile networking where we can access internet wherever we are. MobileMe has provided email access, calendars, and list of contacts. This allows individual users to do their cyber activities without syncing their device. Accessing internet will be much easier by using internal wireless connection over Bluetooth. The remaining question is why iPhone cannot do the same to access internet through its stuff.

802.11n

Having the slower device is assumed to be causing the bogging down of expected speed of the network that we access. Using iPhone which is supported by 802.11n can help maintain an n-only network. Surprisingly, there has been many who knew about this.

Flash Support

Flash support is the critical problem for iPhone to deal with. It is really troublesome when individual users of iPhone are expecting to have their Flash displayed on this costly gadget. For games manias who normally have to download video contents like Hulu or Silverlight, into their mobile phone, the fact of iPhone shortage will be firmly a nightmare for them.

These features might be typical of particular interest of individuals to have. Different users might think differently. It is fine. However, if you are interested in getting to know more about the next iPhone generation, let me know. Thereby I will discuss further with you about the topic.

iPhone 3.0 would be having push background warning, proclaimed by the apple later this week. This would be happened the way before in last year, but the some of the modifications in the background warning system made this delay. The push data technology updates your iPhone application when it is inactive. It notifies the user of any new information or data. The customer doesn’t have to open a application in the iPhone to get the new messages. Is this a replacement for multi tasking?

However Apple makes it as a factual multitasking model, that all application running for forever, using the processing life cycles while it is not in use. It puts an intolerable draw off from the battery. Smart phones uses the multi tasking support specifically the future Palm Pre Boast, but still the life time of a battery is a major concern. However Apple says that this model best supports the push background and collects the data without running the application in the background and saves the battery life by not pulling large power.

Now the problem arises. Factual multitasking is the most ideal one for any phones. Though by comparing ideal to the push background warnings, push background notifications starts to stink of negotiation. The thing here is whether this compromise is better than the problems in multitasking.


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The firm's native voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application — Skype for iPhone — will be available for download from Apple's iTunes store on Tuesday. With the Skype iPhone app, users will be able to make free calls using Wi-Fi to other Skype users as well as use their Skype accounts to make reduced price calls to traditional landline phones. Skype announced its iPhone application will be available on Tuesday for free, with a version for the BlackBerry available in May. Mobile versions of Skype are already available for Nokia, Windows Mobile, and Google Android phones.

From what we can tell, the Skype for iPhone looks great; but it has some drawbacks. Iphone users will not be able to make Skype calls, either to Skype contacts or to landlines, over the mobile network, something users of Skype on the UK mobile network 3 can do. Still, for international callers especially, Skype's iPhone app will save callers money by allowing them to avoid AT&T's traditional wireless phone network and adds the convenience of allowing Skype users to use their iPhone handset for Skype calls.

Looking more like a traditional iPhone app rather than the desktop Windows counterpart most of its 400 million users are used to, Skype for iPhone features five tabs at the bottom of the screen, displaying contacts, chats, a calling panel, call history, and your profile (with Facebook-style status).


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Whoa, now here’s a patent that’s actually worth discussing. (The majority of patents are boring, that’s the implication.). Published for the first time this week, a patent filing for the process reveals that Apple wants to provide a more secure method for preventing unauthorized access to a whole device — or private information on that device — than current techniques like passcodes; That is, the device would have a built-in scanner, biometric or otherwise, that would determine if you’re really you, if that makes any sense at all. You touch the iPhone’s screen and it recognizes your fingerprint; hello, world! You place your palm on your MacBook’s palm rest and trackpad and the computer recognizes you; no password needed anymore!

The solution, the company suggests, would be to automatically use a sensor either hidden within the device or else repurposed from its usual role. Devices could recognize a fingerprint or finger vein pattern simply by waiting for the user to touch the display, which would hide the sensors on or behind the screen. A forward-facing camera could alternately look for retinal patterns or even recognize the facial features of owners when they're in the right position for use.

Notebooks could use the trackpad, palmrest and a webcam for a similar purpose. Biometrics could also be context-sensitive and detect the shape of a user's ear before allowing a call to go through, for example.




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A gaggle of tech journalists, analysts, and developers crowded into an auditorium at Apple's headquarters on Tuesday to hear the details of iPhone 3.0. As Scott Forstall, Apple's head of iPhone software development, promised, the update is a major one with a host of sorely needed features for application developers and consumers.

In all, Apple promises 100 new features with iPhone 3.0, including multimedia messaging and a landscape keyboard. Although Apple did not reveal all 100 additions on Tuesday--which leads me to wonder just what they'll count as a new feature (perhaps cut, copy, and paste will count as three)--the highlights were worth the trip to Cupertino, Calif.
Yes, a few hoped-for features are still missing, but iPhone 3.0 is more about what we got than what we didn't. Apple will release the update this summer. It will be free for iPhone 3G and iPhone Classic users, but iPod Touch users will pay $9.95.

What we got

Multimedia messaging
At long last, we have it. We figured that it was coming so it was at the top of our iPhone 3.0 Wish List. Yet I feel a little weird getting so excited about such a basic feature that almost every other cell phone has.
Also, it's very disappointing that iPhone Classic owners will not get MMS, even if they upgrade. Apparently, the original iPhone lacks the necessary radio to make MMS work. That, of course, leads me to the very pertinent question: why?

Landscape keyboard
Another feature that's long overdue. In addition to the Safari browser, it now can be used in any application, including e-mail. Hallelujah.

Cut, copy, and paste

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You know, BusinessWeek asked me about Apple potentially open sourcing the iPhone over a year ago. Since then: nothing out of Apple, despite mounting pressure from projects like Android that are vying for Apple’s throne. With Christmas only days away, I’ve only got one thing I want to ask Santa Jobs for, and it ain’t a Red Rider BB Gun.

All I want from Apple is a more open platform. Sure, the odds are slim as long as they remain dominant. That’s why I’m not asking them to completely open source the iPhone. I’m just asking them to crack the door and let the breeze in.

It’s Good for Devvies, Non-devvies, and Apps Alike

Open source is becoming the default way to develop software in many industries. Why? Because a properly-managed, open environment leads to targeted, robust features and helps developers share code in a healthy coop-tition that helps everybody in the iPhone ecosystem.

Developers love working faster, cheaper, and more effectively. More importantly, many folks that aren’t traditional developers are starting to develop apps for platforms like the iPhone. He who satiates that audience wins the war.


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Apple have announced a special event on March 17th, where the company will launch the iPhone OS 3.0 Software. As usual, it has triggered a lot of speculation about what might be coming in the new release.

Mac Rumors cited Boy Genius Report that claims to have heard two most-awaited features: MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) and tethering:

MMS would finally offer iPhone users the ability to send photos by way of SMS, and tethering would allow you to share your iPhone’s internet connection with your laptop computer. An alleged Steve Jobs email even confirmed that Apple had been working on a thethering solution, so it certainly seems feasible. BoyGeniusReport’s record, however, has been spotty, so we can’t be entirely confident of the report.

Mac Rumors also mentioned:

…a better app-managing SpringBoard (with categories?), a solution to “push” notifications (background tasks?), and, yes… even copy and paste…

Will 3.0 OS be available for the iPhone 3G? I hope so.

Swedish company Mobispine has launched iSendMMS, an application that lets iPhone users send MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages, it said on Friday on the company blog.

The application is available via AppStore and costs 49 Swedish kronor (US$5.70). Users will also have to pay the operator MMS tariff for each sent message.

Currently, the application only works in Sweden for users with a SIM card from TeliaSonera, the operator that sells the iPhone. But Mobispine is looking to make it available in other countries, according to Joakim Hilj, corporate vice president of sales at Mobispine.

The company has been in discussions with other operators since November, when the application was ready. Since then it has been working on the long process of getting the application approved by Apple, Hilj said. Receiving Apple's approval will open the door for a launch in other countries, according to Hilj, who isn't ready to say when that will happen.

ISendMMS only supports the sending of MMS messages, but the plan is to also add support for receiving messages, according to Hilj. For that to be possible the Mobispine platform has to be connected with the operator's existing MMS equipment, and it would also makes sense to use the Apple notification API (application programming interface) when released, he said in the company blog.

Mobispine isn't a newcomer in the messaging market. It currently sells software to operators that let users send SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS messages from a PC. Mobispine says it has 25 operators using the platform, including O2 and Vodafone.