If you are one of those who was disappointed not to see Bluetooth's A2DP profile in the iPhone feature list then here is some good news for you as there is a workaround.

Thanks to a tip from one of TUAW's reader, you should be able to stream audio from your iPhone to a Bluetooth headset.

What is A2DP?

In order to use Bluetooth, a device must be compatible with certain Bluetooth profiles. A Bluetooth profile is a standardized interface between Bluetooth devices. Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) is a profile that defines how high quality audio (stereo or mono) can be streamed from one device to another over a Bluetooth connection - for example in this context, music streamed from an iPhone to a wireless headset.

Now that we all know what A2DP stands for lets find out how you can stream audio from your iPhone to a Bluetooth headset. Audio here means audio from audio tracks as well as videos

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The hottest techno-gadget ever made has its own ultimate guidebook – The iPhone® Book written by #1 top-rated technology book author Scott Kelby and renowned gadget guru Terry White. This new book will be released on August 13th, the first iPhone book in print, is a lot like the iPhone itself — simple to use and fun to learn. The book’s layout is brilliant with each page covering just one single topic so finding the information you need is quick and easy, including full-color photos so you can see exactly how it works from setting-up wireless Internet to watching videos. The iPhone Book is truly the ultimate “how-to” guide for Apple’s new groundbreaking phone.

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USBFever.com today rolled out its iPhone KickStand Crystal Case , a protective case that supports the cellular handset like a photo frame either horizontally or vertically. The iPhone KickStand Crystal Case includes a removable belt clip that, when absent, provides an opening for a neck strap. The case offers cut-outs for access to all of the iPhone's key buttons and ports, conforming to the iPhone while guarding the screen from dust and scratches. The iPhone KickStand Crystal Case is priced at $17.

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On the authoritative 4G Mobile website, 15-year mobile phone architect Willie Lu posts what he says are 10 documented problems with the iPhone:

1. The current wireless system architecture is very closed. Basically, it is still the old coupling technology to put together multiple radio standards into one handphone which is a big question in terms of transmission performance and system performance. For the next generation iPhone, the wireless architecture must be open, and the key system modules should be extensible and upgradeable based on the open wireless architecture (OWA) platform.

2. The wireless transmission efficiency is very low. While it is limited somehow to the closed system architecture, it is also stucked in the radio resource management (RRM) layer. The swicth with GSM, EDGE and Bluetooth is based on an inefficient algorithm to make RRM even worse if the user wants to have high-speed data while the voice is in short-time inactive mode. Because of the current billing model, the service provider is reluctant to turn off the voice when the data service is being charged.

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Sharp-eyed hackers have found references to games inside Apple’s uber-phone, whatever could that mean? Homebrew games are the only way to play on iPhone... so far... We’ve lamented the iPhone’s lack of games in the past, but now it seems Apple’s more on the ball than we previously thought.

Ingenious hackers have found references to games (or rather, references to removing games) inside the iPhone’s software, and since there’re no games currently present, it can mean only one thing – they’re coming.

Whether Apple will design its own titles or allow developers free reign to make games for the touchscreen wonder remains to be seen.

One thing’s almost certain though, we’ll buy them through the iTunes Store in the same way we load up our iPods.

Props to the Download Squad for unearthing Apple’s game-shaped trail of breadcrumbs, now all we need is for the big A to seal the deal with a few tasty titles!


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Are you the list-making type? Grab this application for the iPhone, which helps you manage your tasks and to-do lists. You can use it as a standalone application on your iPhone, or with the Mac OS X client, so you can sync tasks from your Mac to your iPhone. You'll need to register to get started.


iPhone Link:
http://www.easytaskmanager.net/iphone/index.html

Web site link:
http://www.easytaskmanager.net

I found this at reviews.cnet.com
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Over at InfoWorld, Tom Yager found out that even amidst the newest iTunes update (7.3.2)/iPhone Firmware 1.0.1, his suggested method of ‘activate and cancel’ still works! What ‘activate and cancel’ means, is that you activate the iPhone, and then cancel the agreement with AT&T within 14 days, and the iPhone will still work and you won’t be penalized for the cancellation (if cancelled within 14 days).

I like the idea of this personally because I think it’s completely stupid for the iPhone to be completely locked out unless you agree to a 2-year AT&T agreement. I mean, can you imagine how many would buy the iPhone, just for the widescreen iPod part of it? For PDA funtions? This provides a pretty safe way of doing it without having to deal with hacks. Cool!



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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and other online giants have all said they hope to take advantage of what they see as great potential in mobile advertising. But some startups say that those companies are looking at delivering the ads the wrong way.

While the most popular mobile advertising mechanisms so far are banner or text ads in mobile Web pages, some startups are pushing technology that essentially delivers a pop-up advertisement to mobile phones. The ads appear not when customers are using a browser, but they can pop up on the phone’s idle screen any time.

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Apple's media event yesterday, August 7th, was supposed to be exclusively for the announcement of the new iMacs. So it was, as Steve Jobs demonstrated a sleeker, more feature packed, sexier version of the iMac ever seen.

He also announced a slew of software updates such as iLife, iWork and .Mac online service. However, one of the updates that would interest iPhone users is that Apple has fully integrated .Mac Web Gallery with iPhone, so you can view all your photos and movies from wherever you are, and even post photos right from your iPhone.

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Are you still looking for this iPhone voice recorder promised by Steve Jobs last January? Well, Steve Jobs may have not delivered on this one but Eric Sadun did . The newest iPhone hack, the iPhone voice recorder, has been developed by Eric and can now be downloaded here.
Even though the iPhone voice recorder may not have all the features it could have, it's already perfectly usable in its actual form.

The voice recorder saves files in "adaptive multi-rate", a format that can be played in Quicktime.

Have fun listening to your wonderful voice! Don't you hate listening to your own voice? I just can't get used to that!


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Some so-called iPhone themes for rival devices have been little more than a new icon set and a couple of wallpapers; alternatively, you get the product of many hours of work and real consideration as to how Apple might have developed an interface for a different device. AppleCor, a theme for the Sony PSP, definitely falls into the latter category: coders from the QJ.NET forums have put together an awesome, comprehensive package that, in their words, “approximate[s] how Apple may have designed the PSP if given the chance.”

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I just read about this very cool Google feature over at Web Worker Daily. The feature is called Google 411 and all you have to do is call 1-800-466-4411 (800-GOOG-411) from your phone and say what you want to search for. You'll get the number and an option to be connected to the number free of charge or you can say "text message" if you want the information sent to your mobile phone. This feature is only valid for business listings and will work from any phone - not just the iPhone.


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I saw the other day that a programmer under the nickname “stepwhite” had managed to get a usable - but not particularly elegant - port of the InfoNES emulator, complete with games, to the iPhone. At the time it seemed to be more a proof-of-concept than anything else: it ran slowly, relied on you jabbing at an on-screen image of the keypad, and you couldn’t save your progress making it faintly impractical as an ongoing commute-time distraction.

Now, however, some enterprising iPhone hackers - NerveGas and NightWatch (who also goes by the more mainstream name of Patrick Walton) have taken that starting point and turned it into what might be the first must-have for retro gamers with iPhones.

Both speed and functionality have been addressed in a complete re-write; it’s now as fast as you’d want it to be, with far better control that makes better use of the MultiTouch screen. Installing it will require access to the iPhone’s file system, but once you’ve done that your only problem is keeping an eye on the time so that you don’t spend all day playing.

You can download the updated NES app for iPhone here.

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Because Apple aimed the iPhone first at consumers, the company made it extraordinarily easy to use. It appears to have all the key core functions that most enterprise business customers are looking for: personal information management tools. However, Gartner, in a pair of research reports on the matter, flat-out says the iPhone "is not yet an enterprise mobile device."

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iFuntastic 2.5 is out, and along with ringtone, carrier logo, and icon swapping, you can now browser the file system. This means you can swap out any images and sound file on the phone. Intel-mac only, for now. [iFuntastic at iPhone Alley]
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Symbaloo has customized a hot new homepage complete with Ajaxy Web 2.0 blocks and widgets. It's surprisingly responsive and good things will come to those who poke around.


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By Morgan:

It is rumored that Google’s new phone reportedly called the gPhone will be a phone with a large screen designed for easy internet browsing. The details are very sketchy as to what it will look like and it seems like right now Google is still in the development stages meaning that there are likely many different versions that they are considering. The killer idea that Google has is to offer FREE phone service in exchange for ads being displayed or heard through the phone. Now certainly the phone itself will be nice, but will it be iPhone nice? I think not. Although Google is working with hardware partners which are well versed in making cellular phones, Google is not a handset specialist and their partners haven’t really made a smart phone worth to much press coverage. If I had to choose free service with ads or a perfect phone which has nearly limitless uses especially when fully hacked. I pick the truly cool iPhone.

Free service Vs. Flawless design ::: Can’t we just all get along? Why can’t Google offer its free internet/phone service to people willing to pay for the iPhone? Then users could get the best of all worlds. Certainly Apple might sell more iPhones (ok well they aren’t having any problems selling them) and Google would get more eyeballs for their ads. I would speculate that this would be fantastic for both companies.

But will it ever happen? Probably not. Google seems resolute to make their own phone with their own brand and with their own software. Oh well sigh…

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A team at hackint0sh.org and a 28 year old hacker from Macedonia have finally accomplished what we have all been waiting for. They claim that they have successfully hacked the iPhone to function with European SIM Cards.

Senad, who was previously heavily involved in the Digital Satellite scene and worked on several projects for Digiturk Cryptworks. Now, she tells us that this hack can be accomplished with nothing more than a simple SIM card reader/writer and some software.

The "SIM-Clone" hack enables functionality of the iPhone in Europe, with both incoming and outgoing calls, as well as SMS and EDGE access. "It was only a matter of time," said Senad.


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Cameron Johnson, a 42-year old Torontonian, drove down to Buffalo last month to do what he thought would be a simple matter of purchasing two iPhones in the US and bringing them back to Canada. However, as The Globe and Mail reports, his carelessness would make it much less simple.

Mr. Johnson was not the first Canadian man to try what he did. Several have done it before him, and I'm sure a few have since at least. It's completely reasonable, being that it is one of the most hyped products in the history of hype. He went with the intent of gaining one of these magnificent little devices for himself, and one to put for sale on Craigslist so he could make a buck.

Unfortunately, he forgot to declare the expensive goods he had on board to the border patrol.

"The one officer said to the other, 'Hey Ted, look! An iPhone!'" said Mr. Johnson, who manages a portfolio of online domain names. "And of course, they had to get rid of the grin and be serious with me. They said to me they had to seize [the iPhones] and I started blubbering."
He ended up paying a $400 fine and spend one hour in a holding cell. Obviously not a situation one wants to find oneself in.

"I remember thinking to myself while I was in the holding tank, 'What am I doing here and why does my technolust get the best of me?'"

Despite all of the troubles he endured, he still believes that more will follow in his footsteps (though perhaps they will remember to alert the border patrol of their cargo instead of the other way around).

"My feeling is that I'll be on my Fido account by September, using [the iPhone] unlocked. The Skype solution isn't there yet, but the minute it's there, people will get it," he said.


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Friday, we had iPhone hackers making progress in their goal of creating high quality tools for the iPhone by developing a full-fledged iPhone application with a graphic user interface and its own icon in the iPhone home screen.

Today we have Erica Sudan from Tuaw.com announcing that she has created her own screenshot utility tool for the iPhone.

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