Fly with Qantas? Got an iPhone? Then your next logical step is grab the Red Roo’s new iPhone app, which is now live on Apple’s iTunes Store.

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Most airlines allow travelers to check in electronically, either online or via the special kiosks in the aiport. However, for those that have trouble checking in electronically, there’s always a friendly face at the counter that is willing to help. EasyJet is hoping to reduce the number of people checking in at the airport with the launch of a new smartphone application.

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Meet Lumu: a digital light meter for photographers that plugs into the iPhone’s headphone jack as a smaller and smarter replacement for traditional analogue light meters. It’s used in conjunction with Lumu’s app — being demoed in prototype here at hardware alley at Disrupt NY – to help photographers figure out the best camera settings for their current location.

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Apple today released a minor iOS 6.1.4 update, bringing an updated audio profile for speakerphone. The new version, which arrives as Build 10B350, appears to only be for the iPhone 5.

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For years, gadget-makers have been hailing wireless charging. But there’s a dirty little secret: it’s not really wireless. Since we can’t yet efficiently transmit power through thin air, there are still wires involved in all those “wireless” charging devices. To its credit, BuQu Tech’s Magnetyze doesn’t actually claim to be a wireless charging system, and the case/charger combo has its own attractive qualities.

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The original (1st generation) iPhone was launched on June 27, 2007. Since then we’ve seen five successive versions of the smartphone released (3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, and iPhone 5), but only now is Apple set to classify the original handset as a vintage product, and therefore obsolete.

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By now this should be celebrity endorser rule No. 1: Make sure that when you tweet your love for a phone, you do it from that phone.

But, once again the rule has been broken, this time by Spanish tennis player David Ferrer, tweeting his affection for Samsung’s Galaxy S4, and doing so from an iPhone.

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The addition of Google Now to the iOS App Store has granted iPhone owners access to one of Google’s most useful products. But it did something else, too. It made the iPhone a better Android phone than the vast majority of Android phones you can buy.

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Today, i am talking about how to backup and transfer contacts in iPhone. It is good idea to backup your Android’s contacts before updating your Android’s software, but if you are not doing this, unluckly you should loose all contacts. It is not easy or direct method to backup your iPhone’s contacts.

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While Apple maintains that the iPhone 5’s 4-inch display is the best around, the company hasn’t totally ruled out making a device with a larger screen. When questioned Tuesday about Apple’s stance on a 5-inch screen, CEO Tim Cook didn’t exactly expound on the virtues of a larger screen—in fact, he did just the opposite—but he never wholly rejected the idea of going bigger either.

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Apple has just released its Q2 2013 earnings report, announcing sales of 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter ending March. Apple also reported 19.5 million iPad units sold, which shows incredibly strong growth for Apple’s tablet business.

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Atom, the eagerly awaited lock screen launcher is now available on Cydia. Developed by Tyler Nettleton and Surenix (developer of ayecon, the gold standard when it comes to iPhone themes), Atom allows users to slide to launch up to 6 different apps from the lock screen.

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Need to delete a contact from the iPhone? Maybe you want to delete all contacts from everywhere, including the iPhone, iCloud, OS X, iPad, and everywhere else, so that you can start anew with a blank address book? You can do both easily and quickly, though as of now the only way to delete every single contact in an expedient manner requires the usage of a Mac.

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The Infinity Cell is a kinetic charger for the iPhone that uses your body’s movement to generate electricity. The current prototype for the Infinity Cell is a crude 3D printed rectangle, roughly the size of a pack of cigarettes, linked up to the iPhone with a cable.

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So I’ve been thinking about how my old Victrola works by passively amplifying the vibrations from the diaphragm through a simple box and how I can control the volume (somewhat) by opening and closing the doors.  I said to myself, “Self, I bet that would work as a passive iPhone amp too.”

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Chinese hackers have launched a pirated app store that allows people to download pirated iOS apps with no jailbreaks needed. The online web store uses geolocation to determine a user’s location and if that user is outside of China the user is not granted access to the store and is redirected to another page run by the hackers.

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Advertisers spend three times as much targeting Apple devices as Android ones, according to a new study—a stat even the most devoted iPhone users wouldn’t brag about. The iPhone monthly ad share grew 12% in the first quarter of this year and now accounts for more than 50% of mobile ad spending, according to the report released Thursday by MoPub, a mobile ad exchange that allows app publishers and advertisers to engage in bidding for advertisements.

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There was once a time in which the iPhone was a device to be coveted.  When it first hit the market, we’d never seen its equal.  It was a combination of sleek beauty and high-tech sophistication, all melded into one amazingly cool item that rocketed to the top of everyone’s must-have lists.  But, as with everything else, time took its toll on the iPhone and soon after the market was flooded with Androids and other smartphones, all claiming to be the “iPhone killer.”

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Back in 2008, Jason Koger had the misfortune of running over a downed power line on his four-wheeler, being shocked with 7,200 volts of electricity, and ultimately having both his hands amputated. Now, he’s had the good luck to get a pair of new ones that can be controlled by an iPhone app.

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Earlier this week, case manufacturer Tactus was one of several sources to share photos of cases reportedly designed for the fifth-generation iPad, once again showing that the device is expected to be smaller than the existing iPad and take design cues from the iPad mini.

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