Almerica reports that Apple has rejected the hotly anticipated Podcaster iPhone application from the App Store: Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster. Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. That’s right folks, it duplicates […]

Apple today released iPhone 2.1 software. Here’s what’s in the update: Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls Significantly better battery life for most users Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts Faster installation of 3rd party applications Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of […]

Apple’s Let’s Rock event today offered anticipated updates to the iTunes and Apple’s iPod lines, but failed to do two things that many were hoping for: eliminate concerns over Steve Jobs’ health and offer “one more thing” – an unexpected introduction with some “wow”.  Jobs noted wryly that “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” […]

Several sources are reporting, unofficially, that Apple will be introducing a new version of iTunes next Tuesday. While this is an unofficial rumor, it seems likely, since it’s been close to 2 years since iTunes 7 was released. Here’s a rundown of expected features for iTunes 8: Genius iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists […]

Frommer’s has announced a collection of Travel Guides for iPhone and iPod Touch. The app features local travel tips, restaurant and hotel reviews, and bonus features such as location-based services, interactive maps, and web and phone links. A demo video is embedded above. Frommer’s New York City, San Francisco, London and Paris are available for […]

Best Buy announced today that it would be selling the Apple iPhone, starting on September 7th. It will be the first US chain, outside of Apple & AT&T, to carry the iPhone. The deal is significant for several reasons: The iPhone will be available in 1,000 new locations; It helps prepare Apple for carrier independence; […]

Flixwagon has announced that it has an alpha version of a new iPhone live streaming applications available for testing on “jailbroken” iPhones. Features: Express Sign-up on the fly: simply enter your phone number and you’ll be instantly logged-in. You’ll also receive a text message with your new user name and password (which you can change […]

CellSpin Soft has announced it has added support for Apple’s iPhone to its mobile blogging software platform. CellSpin is designed to let you capture audio, photos and text on the iPhone and publish it to your blog or favorite social media sites. Supported sites include MySpace Facebook Twitter Pownce, Blogger Picasa Flickr Live Journal Live […]

This is off-topic and pretty stupidtacular – but ntr23 has posted a really fun set of iPhone unpacking photos. Watch out for the almost-tragic iPhone unpacking industrial accident.

Auttomatic has announced that WordPress for iPhone is now available.

It lets you blog from your iPhone and offers support for tags & categories, photo support for both camera phone pics and library photos and support for multiple blogs.