I didn't run across a huge number of iPhone-related news stories this week that I considered worth sharing here, but these struck me as interesting:
- One of the limitations of FaceTime is that it currently only works with Wi-Fi. However, the Fring app recently added two-way video calling, and it works over 3G. Click here for Fring (free):
- Miguel Helft of the New York Times reports that Apple banished a developer from the App Store after he somehow accessed the accounts of users and then used those accounts to purchase book apps that the developer was selling on the App Store, resulting in those books shooting to the top of the top seller list in the book category. Tsk tsk.
- iSmashPhone lists some top iPhone productivity apps. There are some good ones on that list.
- Minneapolis attorney Randall Ryder opines on the Lawyerist site that lawyers do not need the iPhone 4 because there are problems with reception and because the extra features do not justify the price. I am waiting to use my iPhone 4 a little longer before I write my review, but let me give you a preview: Ryder is wrong.
- Ryan Davis of Gizmodo writes an amusing story about leaving his new iPhone 4 on the roof of his car.
- MacYourself describes four good but not-so-obvious features of iOS4: (1) the screen orientation lock, (2) the ability to display a character count in text messages, (3) using letters in addition to numbers in the password to unlock your iPhone and (4) the ability to detect tracking numbers.
- Tony Bradley of PC World writes about the increasing use of iPads at large companies.
- Earlier this week I wrote about the new Fastcase app. Unfortunately, the app is still not available in the App Store. However, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog has some screenshots of the app on an iPad.
- Josh Barrett of Tablet Legal reviews the different word processors available for the iPad and analyzes which ones have the best MS Word compatibility. Like Barrett, I wish we had a way to handle track changes in an iPhone/iPad app.
- And finally, here is a cute cartoon on what might be a typical reaction to a new iPhone 4 (via Gizmodo):
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