This week’s Apple highlights « The BEST Apple Hardware and Software Reviews

Written By Ben Gribbin August 9th, 2009

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Much of the same news is floating around the Apple airways, as the launch of the newest gear – including the much-anticipated iPhone 3GS – hit the market. Along with the iPhone news, here are the latest updates from this week:

Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica tells us about two new iPhone web apps: Glyphboard 2.0 and Flickr’s smartphone-optimized mobile site. Glyphboard allows you to use Unicode glyphs (♥, ★, or  ✈, for example) and paste into your favourite applications. Flickr’s m.flickr.com adds a new “Photos taken nearby” to keep your location in check. Read the full review here.

Jason Clarke at The Unofficial Apple Weblog gives us the details about Canadian-based Rogers, who is allowing iPhone tethering for free for the rest of the year. Check it out here.

Jacqui Cheng at Arstechnica.com gives us the details about iPhone’s shrinking box, keeping the environment in mind with less packaging in each new update. Read the full report.

Eric Slivka over at MacRumors.com tells us about the delays in for those activating new iPhones. New AT&T activations may take up to 48 hours due to the current volume of set-up taking place. See if this concerns you here.

Michael Rose and the team at The Unofficial Apple Weblog interview Ian Lynch Smith and Bruce Morrison from Freeverse at the Apple Store about upcoming iPhone hardware for gamers. Read the interview in full.

He also tells us about the details to take the steps to jailbreak and unlock iPhones running the new operating system. Check out his full report.

Mel Martin at The Unofficial Apple Weblog reviews the new map display available for iPhone, a long-overdue application that’ll help get you where you want to be. Read the full article.

The Apple Store delivers new Mobile Learning. With easy access to download directly to iPhones and iPod Touches, faculty can easily use iTunes U to give digital lessons to students, accessible via cellular and WiFi networks through the iTunes store. Check out Apple’s news.

Arnold Kim at MacRumors.com reports that the early sales numbers of the iPhone 3GS indicates that the numbers might exceed the iPhone 3G launch. Read the news here.

Chris Foresman over at Arstechnica.com gives updates about the newest refinements in Snow Leopard, briefly detouring our minds from the iPhone excitement. Check out the details.

He also fills us in on the newest in Safari and Bluetooth firmware; Apple released bug fixes for both. Read the full article here.