The iPhone and Android smartphones are constantly battling on the smartphone market. Motorola has been pushing its own Voice Actions feature on some of its new smartphones against Siri on the iPhone in a comparison video , which you think is better? Apple could possibly ban the Evi app from the App Store for being so similar to Siri. Apple has been known to do that in the past, it remains to be seen what happens in this case. AT&T has revealed plans to launch a new service that will allow mobile app developers the option of paying for the data used by the app subscribers. The plan is a way for the developers to position an app along the lines of an 800 phone number where they will pay for data rather than it coming off the users plan.

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Voice Actions vs Siri, Apple could ban Evi, AT&T may charge devs for data

Retro Racing was featured in our recent rundown of forthcoming interesting retro games , and comes from the same developer as Qwak , the excellent iOS platform game that still impresses today. While Qwak was an Amiga conversion,…

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iPhone/iPad App Review – Retro Racing

Panasonic has debuted a new AirPlay speaker for the iPhone and other devices in Japan today. The speakers called the SC-AP01 and it has a very thin 59 mm profile. The profile makes the speaker easy to place anywhere you want in a room. It also has technology to provide a 3-D soundscape for better audio quality anywhere in the room. It has 10 w of power and different equalizer settings. The speakers use bamboo fibers for crisp sound. Panasonic also offers a remote control app that provides full control of the speaker via the iPhone. T-Mobile has been seeing subscribers jump ship as people move to the iPhone 4S on other carriers. The company has admitted to not having iPhone led to contract deactivations in Q4 2011. The carrier plans to fight some those deactivations by adding LTE service in 2013 and I would bet it would be looking to get the next version of the iPhone on the network as well. I feel sure the next iPhone will be available on almost all carriers in the United States.

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Panasonic outs new AirPlay speaker and T-Mobile wants to fight iPhone 4S with LTE in 2013

Last night ABC’s news program Nightline aired its tour of the Foxconn facilities for the iPad and iPhone are built. Apparently, the competition for positions at the factory is fierce and iPhone takes 141 construction steps. One Safari user has filed suit against Google over alleged privacy violations. The suit stems from recent report that Google was bypassing Safari privacy settings and tracking users. Facebook has announced improvements to make it easier for iOS app integration. The change allows native iPhone and iPad applications to get traffic from Facebook.

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Nightline tours Apple facility, Safari user sues Google, Facebook makes iOS integration easier

If you’re a fan of the videogame Skyrim, open up your App Store account because you want this app. The official Skyrim interactive world map has launched at no cost with a bunch of in-app purchase options for more details. The iPhone 4S is set to hit China Telecom on March 9. The device will be free will select contracts and this is the second carrier in China to start taking reservations. The new rumor is making the rounds the iPhone 5 announcement will be made in September . The source of this rumor is said to be “Asian reliable sources.”

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Skyrim map app, iPhone 4S in China next month, iPhone 5 announcement tipped for September

If you’re the sort of guy or gal that does a lot of outdoor sports where the iPhone could get wet, a new Kickstarter project has turned up that is just for you. The project is for case called the Aqua Tek S that has a solar panel and is waterproof to keep your iPhone powered up and safe. UK bank Barclays has unveiled a new mobile payment system for the iPhone and other devices called Pingit . To start with UK users will need a Barclays account, but before long that will be usable for anyone on using other banks. Apple has made changes to privacy that could force developers to update thousands of apps. The update comes after a lot of coverage concerning apps that are taking contact book contents without user permission.

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Aqua Tek S case, Barclay Pingit, Apple changes app privacy policy

If you#8217;ve not already sampled the retro delights of Battle Squadron, and want to give it a try without buying the full version, Cope-Com has been thinking about you, and has come up with a great universal iPhone/iPad Lite version of the game. Unless it#8217;s a freemium game, Lite versions can be handled like the poor pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fG-uft-5nxHSGi9tlFRPWD0fy5E/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fG-uft-5nxHSGi9tlFRPWD0fy5E/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fG-uft-5nxHSGi9tlFRPWD0fy5E/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fG-uft-5nxHSGi9tlFRPWD0fy5E/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=-Z23HgM_zrI:-_gzXG8O36w:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/-Z23HgM_zrI” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Siri is been telling some users when asked, “what language you speak” that she can speak Japanese . Japanese isn’t actually an option in the menu yet apparently, but support for Japanese, Russian, and Chinese has been rumored. Apple has slashed pricing on new iAd campaigns to lure in more advertisers. The charge per click has been eliminated and the minimum campaign is now $100,000 rather than $500,000. Apple had the number one smartphone in 2011 with the iPhone. However, Android did extend the lead for the most popular operating system.

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Siri admits Japanese support, iAd campaigns get cheaper, iPhone top device in 2011

ThinkGeek#8217;s iCade series of gaming peripherals for the iPhone and iPad was extended during CES 2012, but the company hadn#8217;t shown off it#8217;s entire range of new products for the year, as this week at the New York 2012 Toy Fair, it introduced the 8-Bitty. The iCade 8-Bitty is a retro-styled controller for both iOS and pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kdL6w9_oi8tFpCX8mfPShhoQifo/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kdL6w9_oi8tFpCX8mfPShhoQifo/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kdL6w9_oi8tFpCX8mfPShhoQifo/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kdL6w9_oi8tFpCX8mfPShhoQifo/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=Kt86Yk6yu-g:b_ISimTTURk:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/Kt86Yk6yu-g” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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iCade 8-Bitty Retro Controller Coming Soon

Sister SlashGear has posted a review of the cooler back plate that may be of interest to those that have cracked the glass backside of their iPhone 4S. The product is called the SkinIt Etched Metal Plate is designed to replace the glass backside of your iPhone. The plate is etched in a relief that looks really cool. This back plate doesn’t completely replace the rear glass on the iPhone, but it will cover it up if you have a crack or just want a different style. It’s fixed to the rear glass using some sort of strong adhesive meaning it may not come back off so consider a permanent. Read the full review here . The late Steve Job’s was granted a Grammy Award posthumous at the Grammy Awards ceremony last night. The award was a Special Merit Award granted to Jobs for extraordinary achievements in advancing digital music distribution.

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Skinit etched metal plate for iPhone 4S and Jobs gets posthumous Grammy