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Some new headphones/earphones have been created for the iPhone that allows you to monitor your heartrate. The normal way apps measure your heartrate is by using data collected from a device wrapped around your chest.

The new headphones are capable of sitting in your ears and use a device that measures information in the tissues of your ear. This data is collected and displayed on the screen of the iPhone. All the user needs to do is wear the earphones and listen to music as normal and the data is collected. [Read more…]

Mobile Safari on the iPhone 4 and latest gen iPod touch has access to the gyroscope it has been revealed. This ability comes from the latest version of iOS which is currently iOS 4.2.1.

What this does is lets the browser be controlled by the Gyroscope built in to the latest iOS devices. An example can be found at the URL… . [Read more…]

NavFree for the iPhone has launched in the US. The NavFree app is free, as the name suggests, and brings navigation to the iPhone and iPad.

Features include…

* Free, high quality, easy to use, voiced navigation with OpenStreetMap data
* Maps stored on the phone – navigate without relying on mobile network coverage
* New Social Location features allow users to instantly navigate to each other

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TomTom has released version 1.6 for the iPhone. The new 1.6 version of TomTom brings map sharing to the iPhone.

What the Map Sharing feature does is allow you to make modifications to your own maps. For example, a new restriction might be put in place that isn’t on the TomTom maps. What you do at this point is add the restriction in and next time you plan a route, that restriction is taken in to consideration. [Read more…]

Over the weekend, a new version of Fring for iPhone was added to the app store. The new version brings FringOut to the iPhone allowing users to make calls worldwide for a fraction of the cost of regular international calls.

As well as bringing FringOut to the iPhone, the company is also offering a free $5 credit for iPhone users stuck in airports. There’s a procedure to follow where you send a picture of your ticket to Fring via Twitter and when validated, you get free $5 credit to make calls to those you might be missing. [Read more…]

Sony has announced a new official app for iPhone and Android based smartphones. The app is the official PlayStation App and has been designed to bring a number of PlayStation Network features to the smartphone.

When the app launches, you’ll be able to download it for free and once installed, check your PlayStation Network trophies as well as being able to keep up with friends games and online achievements. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] has approved the Bing 2.0 app for iPhone.

New features of the app include quicker ways to find restaurants based on price range, cuisine, atmosphere and location. Also, movies can be found by name, location or theater. As well as creating new ways to search for things to do in your local area, Bing 2.0 also has Facebook integration as well as access to the Streetside service. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] has released a new update for iBooks. The new update is version 1.2 and it brings several new features to the iPhone and iPad (and iPod touch).

New features include better and fully illustrated books allowing childrens books to look better as well as for other books such as artbooks to get a makeover.

The update also brings more organisation to your library and now allows you to organise the library in to collections. The Books/PDF buttons have now been replaced with a single button that takes you to a list of folders. Here, you can create new collections such as study books etc… and then put books in to the folder to keep things more organised. [Read more…]

Firemint has launched a free Flight Control game for those with an iPhone or iPod touch.

The free version is a fully working game with just 1 level to play through. As it’s free, the game is ad supported.

Firemint mention in their blog post that the game has all the options as well as Game Center integration. The only downside is that you do see ads and you only get that original level. [Read more…]

BGR had some interesting thoughts in an article published today. They are hinting at the AT&T [T] iPhone exclusivity ending within the next few weeks, ie 31st December this year. They then go on to suggest that Verizon [VZ], who is taking the stage at CES 2011 in early January could invite Steve Jobs on to stage to announce the Verizon iPhone 4.

Verizon will actually be announcing its 4G network (well, LTE as it’s not really 4G), at CES which makes the likely hood of Steve Jobs joining them on stage a little less of a possibility as we assume the iPhone 4 will not be compatible with Verizon’s new network unless it has some fancy chipset inside. [Read more…]

AppleInsider has posted an interesting report created by Piper Jaffray…

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects Apple to sell just 2.5 million additional iPhones in the US by adding Verizon as a carrier early next year, bringing 2011’s US iPhone sales to 20 million, with Verizon’s sales largely coming at the expense of AT&T.

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