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Viper SmartStart

Car security company Directed Electronics is unveiling a new iPhone application Tuesday that lets customers control parts of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch. 
The app, called Viper SmartStart, is quite similar toZipcar’s recently released iPhone app, except it can work with your car, and not one you’re renting for the weekend. [...]

Breakdown of Apple’s ‘It’s Only Rock & Roll’ Event

Apple today held their It’s Only Rock & Roll event & announced some new features & products as expected.
-iTunes 9 <-download link
-iPod classic 160GB model returns
-iPod touch 64GB model debuts
-iPod shuffle new colours & special edition & camera
-iPod nano with camera 
-iPhone OS 3.1
A pleasant return as Steve Jobs, Apple CEO delivers [...]

Qik Hits App Store

Qik, a popular iPhone application to stream live video, has arrived in the App Store without streaming capabilities. 
Unfortunately, the company has had to seriously restrict the app’s capabilities in order to get approved by Apple. Currently, the application only works over Wi-Fi, though a 3G version has been submitted for approval. 
Here’s what it can do… 
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Q: Cost Of Buying Every App From App Store?

A: $144,326.06 USD
Just in case you felt compelled to assemble a collection of every push-to-fart program out there, BustedLoop calculates the price of purchasing all 55,732 available iPhone apps to be $144,326.06.

(via Gizmodo.com)

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iPhone OS 3.0 Will Allow Redownloading Of Apps

The iPhone 3.0 firmware will allow the redownload of purchased applications for free, according to a AppAdvice report.
A couple weeks ago it was discovered that users running the iPhone OS 3.0 beta were unable to redownload purchased iPhone applications.
The mobile App Store presented a message stating, “You’ve already purchased this. You can redownload it for [...]

Apple Begins Charging For iPhone/iPod touch Redownloads

Apple may begin charging full price if you try to redownload an app you have already bought over the iPhone, according to a report by The iPhone Blog.
The warning message pictured below has been appearing to some users on the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware. Previously if you had purchased an iPhone app you could remove [...]

Verizon, Apple In Talks For 2010 iPhone?

Once believed to have blown its first chance at the iPhone, Verizon is now claimed to be in discussions with Apple for its own version of the iPhone in 2010.
Pointing only to anonymous people familiar with the negotiations as its sources, USA Today explains that Verizon reportedly entered serious talks before Steve Jobs’ hiatus and has been [...]

One Billionth App Store App Downloaded

The App Store has reached an amazing one billion downloads with both iTunes and Apple.com featuring celebration pages as predicted earlier. 
According to TUAW the billionth download took place around 4:52 EST. 
You can take a look at a few of the screenshots below… 

(via iClarified.com)

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