It’s the high tech way to do the same thing people have been doing for years with CB radios and flashing headlights at other drivers to warn them of a speed trap ahead. Social networking meets radar detectors.

Using community generated content along with the GPS and WiFi location capabilities of your iPhone, Trapster shows you local traps and police hiding locations on a map called a Trap Map.

Version 3.5 just hit the App Store and brings with it some impressive new features:

• Improved interface Five features now accessible by tapping blue icons that span the right side of the screen.
• Bluetooth audio Pair Trapster to your stereo to get audio alerts over your speakers.
• Built-in iPod controls if your car supports A2DP (i.e. stereo Bluetooth),the little musical-note icon to slide open Trapster’s iPod audio controls.
• Rotating maps Trapster tacks your position in real-time on a moving map that can rotate depending on your direction of travel rather than staying in “always-North” mode.
• Real-time traffic The bottom blue icon slides out a Google Traffic map, which shows you trouble spots in your area.

Trapster is a well-designed app with an impressive range of features, including some nifty trip-planning stuff and optional push notifications of new traps. Most amazing of all, it’s still free.

Download the Trapster app for FREE from the AppStore. Compatible with iPhone. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

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Finally, the official iPhone application from Starbucks. Use myStarbucks to customize your favorite drink, remember friends’ or coworkers’ preferred drinks and locate nearby Starbucks stores to order them.

The app also allows you to share your concoction with interns, I mean others by email, SMS, or directly to their iPhone or iPod® touch.

For the uninitiated, a flavor selector helps you choose a coffee based on flavors like earthy, balanced or nutty.

Also included, a food menu with nutritional information, as well as stories and facts about the whole bean coffees so you can discover what makes Starbucks coffee, well, Starbucks coffee.

Check out the feature walk-through video:

This is version 1.0 for Starbucks and they plan on adding new and exciting features in future releases.  Want to contribute your opinion on what Starbucks should do next? Go to www.mystarbucksidea.com

Download the myStarbucks app for FREE from the AppStore. Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

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I stumbled onto the feature when I went to forward a voice memo to my work email address, and bam … What’s this? … an MMS Button on the Share Voice Memo Using page?

Hidden in the carrier settings update this past Friday was an update to the sharing options of Voice Memos.

So how do you send a MMS voice message?

• Open the Voice Memos app and record your note.
• Select the recording you want to send, tap the share button and select MMS.
• Choose a recipient, add an optional text message if you want and click send.

Your voice note is automatically added to an outgoing MMS and sent.

If you receive a voice note, tap on the audio file icon and the note will play immediately in Quicktime player.

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Stay current on the hot sports news and topics of the day with Sports Illustrated’s free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. SI’s world famous writing and photography get delivered directly to your device along with the latest scores of your favorite pro and college teams.

Features include:

• Easy and fast access to everything by Sports Illustrated’s writers on SI.com, including Peter King’s MMQB, Tom Verducci’s Inside Baseball, Jon Heyman’s Daily Scoop, Stewart Mandel’s Inside College Football and Jon Wertheim’s Inside Tennis.
• Truth & Rumors brings you the biggest news and buzz from every sport.
• Enjoy the stunning photography that made SI famous with our SI Photos section, updated many times a day with fresh new galleries.
• Get Breaking News before your friends and co-workers. When a big story breaks, you will be the first to know.
• Latest news, scores and standings for your favorite leagues NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, college hoops and college football as well as news and commentary on soccer, NASCAR, tennis, boxing, cycling, horse racing, olympics and cycling.
• Share articles via e-mail or Twitter.

Download the Sports Illustrated SI.com app for FREE from the AppStore. Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later.

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Apple only allows you to sync your iPhone with one iTunes library at a time. When you attempt to sync your iPhone with another computer, you get the familiar, “The iPhone is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?” message.

But what if you want to use your home computer to sync pictures, music, videos and podcasts and your office computer to sync calendar and contact information?

It’s basically a 7 step process which takes some very simple hacking skills.

Step 1 – On your main computer, browse to your iTunes music folder and double click the file named iTunes Music Library.xml to open it in Notepad.

Step 2 – Write down the value of the Library Persistent ID key. (It should look something like 20F830293962CBA4) Take care not to modify the file before closing.

Step 3 - On your secondary computer, browse to your iTunes music folder and create a backup of iTunes Music Library.xml and iTunes Library.itl. Select both files and press Control+c then Control+v on your keyboard. This will make a backup copy of the files.

Step 4 – Double click to open iTunes Music Library.xml in notepad.  Make note of the current Library Persistent ID then change the Library Persistent ID key to the one we wrote down from Step Two and save the file.

Step 5 – Now we will need to open iTunes Library.itl using a HexEditor. You can download HexEdit from here.

Step 6 – Once you have opened iTunes Library.itl using HexEdit, search for the old Library Persistent ID we replaced in Step Four. Do this by clicking Find from the Menubar. Make sure to select Hex as your search type.

Step 7 – Once found, replace the old Library Persistent ID with the one from Part Two and save the file.

You can now launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to the new computer for syncing. Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Notice if now select Manually manage music and videos from the Summary Tab you will no longer be prompted to erase your data, nor will the files on your iPhone be grayed out.

This tutorial is based on the discovery by Andrew Grant. You can check out his blog posting on the subject here:

http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/03/30/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-two-or-more-computers.html

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Browsing from a wide variety of greetings and card theme categories (from Birthdays to Thanks Yous to I’m Sorry), users can create, customize and personalize e-cards and send to anyone with an e-mail address.

Some cards even let you insert your own photos. There are multiple backgrounds to choose from as well. Be sure to swipe left or right to view them all. Type out your own custom messages or choose suggested ones.

For a limited time the American Greetings eCard application is TOTALLY FREE… so grab a copy now.

Download the AmericanGreetings.com eCards app for FREE for a limited time only from the AppStore. Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later.

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The electronic boarding pass pilot enables passengers to download their boarding pass on their cell phones or personal digital assistants (PDAs). This innovative approach streamlines the customer experience while heightening the ability to detect fraudulent boarding passes.

Each paperless boarding pass will display a two-dimensional bar code along with passenger and flight information that will identify the traveler. TSA travel document checkers will use scanners to validate the authenticity of the paperless boarding pass sent to Continental passengers. The new technology heightens the ability to detect fraudulent boarding passes while improving customer service and reducing paper use.

TSA created the concept of how to scan the paperless boarding passes and Continental Airlines developed an implementation plan that involved encrypting the paperless boarding pass to ensure authenticity. Continental is the first U.S. carrier to test paperless boarding passes.

There are several benefits to enabling electronic boarding passes, the TSA said. First, it eliminates the need for a paper boarding pass, which can easily be misplaced. Second, the technology will help detect fraudulent documents. Third, it will help improve customer service and speed up the boarding process.

“The deployment of the paperless technology signifies TSA’s ongoing commitment to develop and implement new technologies while enhancing security,” said Mike Aguilar, TSA Federal Security Director for San Diego. “We are pleased to be able to partner with Continental Airlines to expand this program that will help our officers validate authentic boarding documents.”

There are now 30 airports and 5 airlines piloting this technology.

Airports:

• George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
• Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA)
• Newark International (EWR)
• Boston Logan International (BOS)
• Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS)
• San Antonio International (SAT)
• Cleveland Hopkins (CLE)
• New York LaGuardia (LGA)
• Indianapolis International (IND)
• Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP)
• Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA)
• Chicago O’Hare International (ORD)
• John Wayne, Orange County, CA (SNA)
• Los Angeles International (LAX)
• Las Vegas McCarren (LAS)
• Memphis (MEM)
• Atlanta Hartsfield International (ATL)
• Salt Lake City International (SLC)
• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG)
• San Francisco International (SFO)
• San Diego International (SAN)
• Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL)
• Tampa International (TPA)
• Portland International (PDX)
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX)
• Charlotte Douglas International (CLT)
• New Orleans International (MSY)
• Raleigh-Durham International (RDU)
• Orlando International (MCO)

Airlines:

• Continental: IAH, DCA, EWR, BOS, AUS, SAT, CLE, LGA, LAS, SFO, ORD, LAX, SAN, FLL, TPA, PDX, PHX, CLT, MSY, RDU, MCO
• Delta/Northwest: ATL, LAS, MEM, MSP, DET, SLC, CVG
• Delta only: LGA
• Northwest only: IND
• Alaska: SEA
• American: ORD, SNA, LAX

For more information regarding TSA Paperless Boarding Pass, see the Web site at http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2009/0813.shtm.

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You knew text-to-speech was probably coming at some point, but not this soon.  This concept allows you to act as you would with most stand-alone GPS devices by listening to directions without having to focus 100% on the iPhone itself.  Other small but much appreciated features that are included in the update are integrated iPod controls, auto day and night display adjustment, and the ability to share your location via email.

The battle of the navigation apps are in a pretty tight race with Navigon and TomTom at the top.  Even though Navigon didn’t come out with all features available in their initial release, they have not disappointed in keeping up with their rivals.  I’ve in no means gave up on TomTom, they have also been quite impressive.  Once they do release their GPS -boosted kit, they will have a chance to sit at the top.  Since most consumers aren’t going to fork out the cash to give both apps a test run, quality and consumer assurance gains more importance when making the on-the-fence decision.

Earlier, Navigon claimed that thier price would rise to $99 after the August discount.  So far we have only seen the price rise to $89.  One could probably assume the reasoning after TomTom’s initial release price hit the market at $99.

Any thoughts for next releases?…..Weaher? Traffic updates?

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As always, Jailbreakers and unlockers stay away for now.  Although it is safe to download iTunes9 but not OS 3.1.

Without further ado, iPhone OS 3.1:

• Improved syncing for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos
• iTunes U content organization
• Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store
• Display available iTunes account credits in the App Store and iTunes Store
• Save video from Mail and MMS into Camera Roll
• Option to Save as new clip when trimming a video on iPhone 3GS
• Better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on
• Remotely lock iPhone with passcode via MobileMe
• Use Voice COntrol on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets
• Paste phone numbers into the keypad
• Option to use Home button to turn on accessibility features on iPhone 3GS
• Warn when visiting fraudulent websites in Safari (anti-phishing)
• Improved Exchange calendar syncing and invitation handling
• Fixes issue that cause some app icons to display incorrectly

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