New iPhone to come out on July 17

The new iPhone is rumored to come out on July 17 with a new OLED screen that is expected to lengthen the battery life by 50%.

Another iPhone Competitor

Palm is planning to release the Palm Pre on the Sprint network. The Pre will cost $199 with a 2 year contract which compares very closely with the iPhone. The advantage that the Pre has over the iPhone is in plan costs. Sprint data and calling plans are much cheaper than AT&T's.

New iPhone 3.0 OS may support multitasking

Apple has announced that push notification would be available in the new upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS. This only allows applications to send messages; However, there are rumors that Apple is trying to develop real multitasking for applications where applications can run in the background, like on a PC. Having background apps will take up alot more memory and cause instability, but I guess thats the price you have to pay.

Vanguard Storm comes out for iPhone

Square Enix just realeased Vanguard Storm for the iPhone. This strategy game features both turn based and real time gameplay. Ihe game follows the theme of Final Fantasy type games and will cost $4.99.

Apple cripples slingbox app for iPhone

Apple recently decided that it would no longer allow slingbox users to use 3g to stream videos to their iPhones. Slingbox on the iPhone will be limited to WiFi only.