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Recently, a new application came in light which was for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The application fulfills the awareness of public about NASA’s mission and knowledge about space.

Recently, the application was launched by U.S. space agency for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. The application is free on iTunes and App stores. This was released last week that ranked was No. 10 on iTunes and soon it became the “Most Popular” list by Wednesday.

More than 920 users have given a positive response for it. Users can keep up real-time update with current missions along with future ones. There is an orbit-tracker that will cover the position of International Space Station and other spacecraft orbiting Earth.

A user can access the agency’s vast image library and NASA’s ingredients also by this application.

Gale Allen who is the director of NASA’s Strategic Integration and Management for Exploration Systems Mission said to CNN, “Making NASA more accessible to the public is a high priority for the agency. Tools like this allow us to provide users easy access to NASA information and progress at a fast pace.”

The NASA application collects, customize and delivers updated information, images and videos from various sources of NASA. You can use countdown clocks, Image of the day, Astronomy image of the day, online videos, Twitter feeds and other information from NASA.

The NASA Application for iPhone and iPod Touch has been developed by the New Media Team at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.

The NASA application will let users know the positions of International Space Station and other spacecraft currently orbiting Earth. These positions can be seen in three views – a map, visible satellite and satellite overlaid.

There is no chance to generate money but surely, it will create an interest towards the biggest goal. It has been developed for common people to share information about time and space.

Recently, AppsFire, a web service to share iPhone applications with anyone, has announced a contest that called Application Star Awards. They are doing the contest in a partnership.

The idea comes in light as sharing of iPhone application on web. Now, anyone who has iPhone application doesn’t require to jailbreak. The person can submit a 30 second video to the contest. A person can submit his application even that is not finished totally.

This contest gives you 30 clips pre-selected which will be submitted 10 in each category. Games, entertainment, utility and others are the main category for App Star Awards contest.

All the clips will be reviewed by a jury. There will total three winners, one from each category. Each winner will get a check of $1,500 and a free ad campaign with participating partners.

On 9th December, 2009, the result will be announced at LeWeb in Paris. You can pre-registration on AppsFire. Now, pre-registration is open on the site but submission will open from 23rd November, 2009 only.

Michael Arrington, Loic Le Meur, Marshall Kirkpatrick and Robert Scoble are participating as jury members in App Star Awards.

We are talking about to find a Next great iPhone Applications by App Star Awards which is organized by AppsFire. Do you think the activity will gather more people towards Apple iPhone Applications? Is it the new concept of advertisement of Apple Applications? Do you think it will create a joint ad platform also?

Apple iPhone applications already have gotten good popularity in various categories such as student’s applications, dictionary application and iCover application. Now, the contest for iPhone application will make iPhone more popular in mobile phones market also.

App Star Awards is the idea of marketing and ad by big chunks of web. They want to gather those people on web that are accessing web from mobile most of the time. It will connect basic people also on web who have been using iPhone.

No doubt, Apple iPhone is the most valuable device in the world. People always get some new application, software and technology to the device. The device is the most famous due to its applications. Recently, Apple iCover application, dictionary application and Kids painting application by Ding Wen were the most popular.

Here is the some most famous Apple iPhone application for students:

iStudiez Pro: The application is able to tell you about your classes schedule, location at a glance, home work, assignment etc.

Algebra Prep Series: This application is the most famous for calculation and mathematics practices. This iPhone application is able to solve algebra calculation.

Convert – The Unit Calculator: This application is able to measure mathematics unit. It is valuable for science and computer classes.

Dictionary.com: Apple iPhone dictionary application has already gotten good popularity among students. It offers many types of dictionary which is able to search appropriate meaning of a word.

MyHomework: The application is able to explain about assignments, quizzes, tests etc. of your home work.

The Chemical Touch Lite: This is able to create mathematical periodic table. So, it is the most popular iPhone application among static’s students.

Simplenote: The application is used to connect your PC or laptop. Here, you can note your class’s notes and you can download on your PC.

Amazon Kindle App: The application is also the most famous among students. It is able to create synchronized pages across your device.

Free Language Tutors: You can learn many languages by this application just like – Spanish, French, Italian and German.

So, most of the above iPhone applications are free. Some applications are paid but they need minimum payment about $2-$3. These are the perfect and complete iPhone application for students. Students can download all these application on their iPhone device via iTune or Apple App Store.

Don’t be confused. It is not iPod or new version of iPhone. You should know that it is another type of new devices which is introduced by Apple. Recently, it has been seen in Apple firmware. arstechnica.com writes about the device,

“An updated USBConfiguration.plist in the most recent version of iPhone OS 3.1 beta offers compelling evidence that Apple has continued development on an unknown device, referred to as “iProd,” that was first discovered in March. A developer alerted us to the appearance of the new device description for iProd 1, 1 inside the configuration file. As most Apple devices are assigned the “1,1″ designation in the first revision, this leads us to believe that there is indeed an unknown product inside of Apple under active development running the iPhone OS.”

It means it is a device which had been seen in OS .1 beta. At first, the device had been seen in May.

Further the above mentioned site writes about it,

“The iProd1,1 device has been assigned a new productID of 4762 (versus 4757 of iProd0,1) and assigned a different ConfigurationDescriptor of “standardMuxPTPEthernet.” iPhone models also have this designation, and the additional interface identified in the plist for this configuration is “AppleUSBEthernet.” The consensus here seems to be that the new device may have gained high-speed networking capabilities—though the iPhone uses the interface to tether to a laptop to share its 3G connection.”

So, it is clear that the device would be able to use through iPhone interface to the laptop to share 3G connection.

What is the truth about the device, we don’t because rumors are always around the Apple’s products. It is new version of iPod or iPhone, we don’t know. We can say that it is a rumor dance or romance.

Some rumor about iProd declares that it can be something like China-specific iPhone or Apple is trying to craft China Unicom. All the iPhone SDK updates tell that the iProd 0, 1 a device file. 0, 1 is a device file which typically stands for prototypes in Apple’s product.

We can go through this theory also – iPhone OS 3.1 has configuration of iProd 1, 1. Yes, it is really mysterious device which is closer to being released.

We had still needed more facts for iProd device to know about it more. It is still like a mystery in the lists of Apple’s products. iProd still creates more confusion like iTablet.

Recently, Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS users have been warned for overheating in the summer. They have been warned strictly that in the summer iPhone 3G and 3GS devices can be overheated.

On the internet there are big issues of overheating about the 3G and 3GS devices. Most of the users have reported the issues of overheating on the web. Regarding the overheating issues many blogs including “The Telegraph” have dozens of users’ reports. Users have reported that the device becomes so hot sometimes and turns in pink.

In the many discussion over the forums it has been found that users have reported that the device becomes very, very hot for some times. PC World writers claims, “I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too.”

There are many blogs also which have posted some images of 3GS which shows the overheating of the device. I also have seen many images on the blogs where iPhone 3GS has been shown as discoloured to pink due to excessive overheating.

Personally, I wasn’t aware about the topic but soon I got many e-buzzes over the web. I got many images of 3GS which proved that summer has heated up that.

I got some suggestions also from Apple that is supportive. Apple warns users that if they feel overheating their devices then they should avoid charging, they should display dims, wait to cool down device till you get the massage of overheating etc.

This problem has been reported widely by the iPhone 3GS users. Apple claims that it can be on the leaving the device in a car or using it in direct sunlight for a long time. So, to avoid overheating you should keep it in cool place.

From my point of view this problem is unique. It leads that problem which has not been seen ever in mobile devices. Is there any hardware problem in new iPhone 3GS? I am waiting for some more reports which will tell actually the device technical problems.

Recently, Apalon announced about iCover application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Now, it would be available on the Apple App Store. iCover is a new application for iPhone and iPod touch and it turns its users into celebrities when a user put his photos on the cover pages of those magazines which is selected by him.

Specially, it has been developed for those customers who are seeking a funny and new entertainment app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It will give a choice of 27 imaginary industry magazines. It would be for any taste and age. You can share your photos with friends and people by mail. You can put your friends, pets, car etc. photos on by the application.

The application will allow users to customize pre-designed magazine covers. There will be added content in various font sizes and colors which you can match by the look and feel of the magazine.

Anyone can save in iPhone and iPod gallery whatever he or she creates on the magazine covers. He can show his creation to friends and family or to anyone also by email.

Peter Melnikov who is the VP and co-founder of Apalon said about it, “After previous success of several apps that we were taking part in we made the iCover app to deliver new kind of experience to iPhone and iPod Touch customers. There are already more than 40,000 apps available in the Apple App Store and we wanted to leverage unique iPhone features, like big multi-touch screen and ease of manipulating photos in order to add something fun and unique to this community, in hopes that users will enjoy it lightheartedly.” The statement was published in prmac.com.

The iCover application will available now free from Apple’s Store or by iTunes.

Apalon is one of the leading game development and animation studios which is focused on the iPhone and iPod touch platforms and the Web also.

No doubt, Apple iPhone has its own loyal customers who are crazy to use it. The phone offers billions of applications. In the recent updates, Apple iPhone is the best phone and across the world customers are satisfy to use it but except its battery backup. The phone has greatest features like GPS, Google Earth, Touch Screen, Wide Screen and well design which satisfy the need of customer but its battery backup is not well like other. In spite of, its customers are happy to use it.

In the recent update in iPhone some features has been included like dictionary application and Ding Wen added some painting application which has been adopted by Apple app store. It was the 1st time user satisfactory situation when Apple adopted an outside application which was developed by a child for the use of children.

Recently, Apple announced that somewhere its users have downloaded about 1 billionth iPhone software application. According to a survey iPhone users download an average of more than 5 million apps per day.

In this year, among smartphone on the basis of highest customer satisfaction iPhone won J.D Power award. In the consumer judging factors – ease of operation, operating system, features, physical design, and battery function iPhone was on the top.

According to the news.cnet.com in the survey of 2008 J.D. Power’s announced, “The iPhone received an overall score of 791 on a 1,000-point scale, ahead of LG’s 772 points and Samsung’s 759 points. The industry average was 751 points, and overall smartphone satisfaction rose.

In the 2009, Apple has broken the record of sales in 3 months. According to the report iPhone has been sold about 3.8 million during the first three months. It is the highest growth in the sales of iPhone – 123%. No smartphone has reported the highest sales like iPhone in this year.

Recently, a new application has been introduced for iPhone and iPod both – Dictionary. So, now iPhone and iPod users are able to carry a dictionary along with digital electronics rather than a pocket dictionary.

It is free dictionary from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. Both dictionary sites are world most famous to find out a meaning. Now, the dictionary for the iPhone and iPods of Apple are as an application.

The dictionary offers about 275,000 definitions and 80,000 synonyms. The dictionary also offers audio pronunciations and spelled words. Now, millions of users are enjoying with the features that have iPhone or iPod of Apple.

About the dictionary application news announced that after the Easter break the PocketInformant 1.01 will be available on App Store. Pocket Informant is able to bring powerful Calendar and To-do functions on the iPhone.

Along with these two features for iPhone and iPod there is one more Project Wizards which has been introduced as project management application. The project wizards will be available on Merlin iPhone and the Merlin iPhone will be available for iPhone and iPod touch to download free application from iTunes App Store.

So, for the iPhone and iPod users are able to download many applications like – dictionary, Pocket Informant and Project Wizards. These all are new and much useful for business users and students. By the application users are able to solve their personal requirement.

Apple always has tried to give some new to its users. So, here we are with some new and useful application in this week. These applications have been introduced recently in comparison of others applications.

Recently, Samsung, mobile manufacturing company announced to launch its 1st 8 megapixel touchscreen camera phone in India. The handset name is Pixen M8800. The phone has high image resolution of 3264×2448. It is auto-focus camera phone with face-recognition, Wide Dynamic Range and Advance Shake Reduction.

Its main key-features are GPS, WVGA video recording at 30fps, 3G with HSDPA support, Quad-band GSM support, microSD card slot, FM radio with RDS, TV out functionality, Bluetooth and USB v2.0, Office document viewer and microSD card slot. It has not the functionality of Wi-Fi connectivity, voice-guided GPS navigation and smart dialing.

Samsung Pixen M8800 has 3.2-inch large touch-screen which supports users to tap, sweep, and drag its widget by touching finger. Most famous widgets on the phone are weather info widget and Google Search widget.

QWERTY keyboard and onscreen handwriting to write SMS, email and other inputs comes with the M8800 touch screen mobile phone.

On the launch of Pixen M8800, Samsung Telecom Division country head, Sunil Dutt said, “Pixon is made for users who want to experience full multimedia entertainment on their mobile phone with the ease of a touch.”

Samsung Pixen M8800 has video player formats also including with DivX, Xvid and MP4. Brain Challenge, Diamond Twister and Millionaire-3 most popular games are pre-loaded with the famous phone. You can download most of the game also by online also on the phone. The phone has great browsing speed of 7.2 download speed and UMTS capability.

In India the phone price is Rs.28,750 which is below than iPhone touch-screen. Samsung has other touchscreen phone Samsung Omnia (i900) and Samsung TouchWiz (F480) which has only 5 megapixel camera.

Samsung Pixen M8800 will attract Indian users by its extra-ordinary key features. Its price is also affordable in competition of iPhone. No users has 8 megapixel cameras still so, the phone will fulfill the gap.

Ding Wen is only 9 years old guy but he has created a history for iPhone. Apple iPhone users always remembered that child when they download a free application for their iPhone. Ding Wen is famous for making an application for Apple iPhone.

Ding Wen achievement is Doodle Kids which is a painting program to create drawing on iPhone in different coloure and shapes. Users of iPhone can touch their finger on touch-screen to make a fantastic design.

Ding Wen is a student of Primary 4 at Lianhua Primary School. The program had been written by him last year but it has been adopted for iPhone this year recently. It is only two weeks when he uploaded the application online for iPhone users and it is absolutely free.

The painting application has been downloaded more than 4,000 times till now. Most of the downloading comes from US. It is the great achievement by a kid whose name is Ding Wen because it is the time of playing for any guy. From my point of view the guy is extraordinary.

Ding Wen announced in news paper that he had written the program for his sister, “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw. But I am happy that people like it.”

Doodle Kids application has been written successfully in Pascal and then it has been adopted for iPhone.

Now, people can assume how iPhone popular is! If a guy writes the application for iPhone and is adopted for that it means Apple product is an interactive stuff with users also.

There is no need to mention about iPhone features because it is clear from my previous post which was in about of App store and iPhone technology review.