Apple’s iPhone television ad that says “all the parts of the internet are on the phone” was banned by UK’s Advertising watchdog as they got complaints from some customers claiming that it gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone.

It appears that Apple has changed the wordings of their iPhone 3G ads in UK to say “really fast” instead of “twice as fast” to avoid running into trouble again with U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority.

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Jay Freeman (aka Saurik), the developer of Cydia, the installer app for native iPhone applications has released a free native video recording application for the iPhone called Cycorder.
The free native iPhone app appears to be much better video recording app than iPhone Video Recorder which costs $19.95.

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Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has become a very dangerous storm with winds increasing to 195 kilometers an hour making it a Category 3 storm and could grow even more powerful before striking western Cuba on Saturday.

They say the storm may strike the southern U.S. anywhere from western Florida to Texas.

If you are wondering what has that got to do with an iPhone than it is because Weather Underground has just released an iPhone-specific version of their mobile site that includes a tropical storm tracker so that you can track Hurricane Gustav on your iPhone.

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The iPhone Dev Team have officially released the Mac version of the popular QuickPwn Tool which makes it quicker and easier to jailbreak iPhone.

The QuickPwn Tool for Mac can be used to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.0.2.

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The much awaited WinPwn tool 2.5 to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.x including firmware 2.0.2 has been released.

The latest version of WinPwn tool comes with an all new user interface and also includes QuickPwn support, which is a quicker and easier jailbreaking method.

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Ironically, it was just our last post where we griped that the great music sharing site, grooveshark, could not be used on iPhone because it does not have flash capability. And today we hear that Apple have had their wrists slapped for claiming in a UK ad that:
“all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone”

Check the “offending ad” out in this video: click here !

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Gizmodo is reporting that one of their readers sent them a pretty legitimate-looking email thread of Steve Jobs responding to a complaint regarding iPhone not have tethering capabilities.

If the email thread that has been published is true then there are chances we could use iPhone for tethering purposes without the need to jailbreak the iPhone to achieve it.

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We have seen quite a few iPhone apps removed from the App Store. We recently had the free version of Tetris, Tris removed from the App Store due to copyright claims by “The Tetris© Company”.

Infurious, the developers of comic book app Murderdrome have claimed that Apple has banned their iPhone App as well.

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In contributing my share to our ongoing series of favorites for Mac and iPhone apps, I think I’m the first of our crew to focus on the iPhone’s sleeker sibling. The iPod touch may not have the communications and GPS capabilities of the motherphone, but what it lacks in circuitry it makes up for in panache. I’ve found apps that are kid-pleasers, apps that leverage the touch’s native WiFi location capability, and apps that challenge the brain. (All links are directly to the App Store.)

Comic Touch from Plasq. Although the iPhone’s camera is absent, the ability to edit, annotate and humorize synchronized photos on the touch is a delight. Comic Touch may not be the only app in this space but it’s proven its worth to me during evenings out or when traveling, as my daughters derive endless fun from captioning family snapshots with thought balloons.

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Earlier this week, Russian communications company VimpelCom announced their intention to bring the iPhone to Russia, the first company to do so. The particulars aren’t available yet, but VimpelCom representatives said they hope to be selling the iPhone “…later this year.”

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For my shot at iPhone favorites I’m going with three apps I find myself returning to over and over.

Zenbe Lists (iTunes link) – this is the third-party app I find myself using most often. It’s basically a TO DO list manager, but with a big difference: online syncing. The Zenbe iPhone application interfaces with the online lists that you can manage from your desktop at lists.zenbe.com (free account required). But unlike some other iPhone apps that are front-ends for online services, Zenbe on the iPhone caches all your data locally. That means that you can access and edit your lists even when you can’t get online (e.g. on a plane) and then sync when you get back online. With the absence of notes syncing on the iPhone I end up putting all kinds of things into Zenbe: shopping lists, travel info (flight schedules, etc.), various ideas that come to me on the go, and much more (free).

Moonlight Mahjong (iTunes link) – games are naturally a matter of personal taste, but this 3D implementation of mahjong on the iPhone is first class. It utilizes the standard iPhone gestures for zooming and panning, as well as automatically recognizes device orientation. The full version includes 19 different tile layouts for a very reasonable $4.99; there’s also a free lite version (iTunes link), which will give you a good taste the gameplay but is limited to 3 tile layouts. Moonlight Mahjong does not include sound, but that makes it perfect for listening to your own tunes, which I much prefer.

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Picking my favorite iPhone apps was pretty straightforward. I went with three apps that save me time. The first one wows me because using it sort of feels like magic, and the other two are great mobile companion applications to wonderful Mac-based programs.

Shazam [iTunes link] Free

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Apple had issued a brief statement couple of days back to confirm that iPhone firmware 2.0.2 update included changes to fix some issues related to 3G reception.

According to a new report we have some more details about the fix. It appears that iPhone firmware 2.0.2 addressed a problem with the iPhone’s power control which was resulting in dropped calls.

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