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How to set up Find My iPhone in iOS 4.2

As we mentioned yesterday with the release of iOS 4.2, Find My iPhone—the service Apple provides to MobileMe members to find their phone were it lost or stolen—is now available to anyone with an iPhone running iOS 4.2. This service is great in that it allows you to remotely swipe and lock your phone, as well as send messages to it via the web. So, how do you get it? Instructions past the break.

NAVIGON MobileNavigator price reduction through September 30th

NAVIGON is offering a price reduction on all versions of MobileNavigator. Widely regarded as one of the best GPS apps available for the iPhone, NAVIGON features map material from NAVTEQ and offers numerous add-on features, such as live traffic information, 3D maps, Facebook and Twitter integration, and more. And through the end of September, you can get it all for $10.00 less than normal.

Hands On: iPhone 3.0 beta

We all know that Betas are buggy. We all know that Betas crash. This one is no different. If you put that aside, then I have to say that 3.0 is pretty sweet. A lot of new features, and most of them are nicely designed and very functional.

Sygic bringing turn by turn GPS to the iPhone

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona usually means a quiet time for Apple. But even with no presence at the event, the iPhone still manages to creep its way in. Sygic, a company that develops GPS applications for smartphones and PDAs promised a demonstration of their software on the iPhone at MWC. They didn’t let us down, and so, on the TeleAtlas stand, they demonstrated the application on an iPhone 3G for the first time.

3G iPhone announced

Steve, calling it the phone that changed phones, praised the iPhone’s 90% customer satisfaction and 98% mobile browsing and overall greatness. What could come next? Steve talks about them running out of iPhones, and their next mountain to climb. It’s a big mystery…and it is 3G. The iPhone in more countries. Steve acknowledges that they are in use in many more countries than the six they sell them in. Lastly, the iPhone needs to be more affordable. I’m just giddy.

Today, they introduce iPhone 3G, thinner, tapered, with a black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same gorgeous 3.5″ display, a flush headphone jack, dramatically improved audio, and 3G. It looks like the mockups we’ve been seeing.

Steve says the 3G increased browser speeds. 21 seconds on 3G, and after a long long wait and some whistling, 59 seconds on EDGE. 3G is 2.8 times faster. iPhone 3G is 36% faster than the Nokia 3G phone.

Rumor: Tablet Mac coming this fall

According to Jason D. O’Grady of ZDNet, Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch Mac tablet this fall – most likely in September or October. It will run the full Mac OS X that current Macs use and have a slot-loading SuperDrive that the MacBooks and MacBook Pros have. Apparently, it will use an “iPhone-type” more »

Geotagging added to latest iPhone 2.0 beta

The iPhone 2.0 firmware is looking even more promising, with the inclusion of photo geotagging. For those not familiar with Geotagging, it’s the process of giving a photo an accurate location on a global map — for some, it may sound like a pointless process — but it is in fact a very useful one. more »

The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly thicker

Engadget has the latest scoop on the next-gen iPhone. They’ve got a list of what to expect in the next iPhone, most of which sounds legit. Being from a big blog like Engadget, this information is usually right. Ryan Block says that it could ship as soon as this July – although you never know more »

What market will Apple enter next?

Computers. Displays. Cell phones. Music players. Online music. Storage. Networking. Apple is already in a ton of markets, many of which, unfortunately, are tightly tied together. However, Apple is still a relatively young company and can branch out so much more. The questions is, if at all, where? Will they enter the digital camera market? The gaming market? The GPS and auto market? Or maybe even video cameras? It could be any of the above, especially given the fact that Apple has applied for so many patents lately. It will be interesting to find out, but heres my thoughts:

4 Reasons why Apple is entering the GPS Navigation game

I have gotten the feeling lately, that Apple is going to get into the GPS business in a very real way. I’ve not gotten confirmation from Apple on this, but the circumstantial proof is there. There are four main reasons I believe this to be the case.