If the applications were the customisation that made the iPhone useful, and let’s be honest until Apple opened up the SDK to developers it really was very limited, then the MiLi Power Skin (£59.99) is the Unleaded Super 98 that keeps it running long enough for the iPhone to be of real use.

Well the must have gadget for 2010 has been announced and will be available in the US and UK from March (WiFi Version) and April (3G and WiFi Version) if HRH Steve Jobs is to be believed, and let’s be fair they have a pretty adequate record recently for hitting launch dates. In the ‘good old days’ they used to launch a product at a Keynote, and then announce it was rready to buy straight away.

As a Mac user I only ever use IE when testing something out via VMware Fusion, or when I get talked into helping out a neighbour or client with their PC, and each time I come away asking myself why??? – with Firefox, Safari and now Chrome all available across both platforms it just doesn’t make sense to me!

Anayway according to a recent report on Engadget it seems that more people are seeing the error of their ways

Couldn’t resit giving the 99¢ Security Cam application for the iPhone from Crowded Road even though I couldn’t see the point of it!

Apparantly the application was first submitted to Apple in December 2008 but hasonly just been launched as the concept of using the iPhone as a spying device proved a stumbling block.

Apple’s iPhone now accounts for 50 per cent of worldwide smartphone usage, according to a new report. But off in the distance, there’s an Android approaching.

The latest traffic figures (PDF) from AdMob – the mobile ad-servicing shop recently acquired by Google – are less kind to Symbian and Palm. According to the report, Symbian’s market share is nose-diving, and after a recent flirtation with growth, Palm’s share is down as well.

As inevitable as the sun rising in the East and setting in the West, an innocuous iPhone worm has been transformed into a malicious bank details-stealing virus.

The second recorded iPhone infection operates on exactly the same principles as the first, as it targets jailbroken handsets with SSH installed, but this time adds the ability for the hacker to remotely control and access the phone. By throwing up a purported ING Direct login page, he (or she, or they) can collect your online banking credentials and, presumably, all the cash they are supposed to protect.

Apple’s original UK iPhone partner O2 will start to unlock customers’ phones. Rival provider Orange started selling the iPhone Tuesday, while Vodafone is expected to offer the iPhone from the second week in January next year.

Office 2004 gets a security boost with the Mac 11.5.6 update, which corrects a vulnerability that could allow a remote baddie to overwrite your computer’s memory.

Vodafone will this morning announce it has become the latest British mobile phone operator to secure the rights to sell Apple’s hugely popular iPhone.

Microsoft today announced that it has begun shipping Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition, replacing the previous Standard Edition and Special Media Edition with a single package offering the complete Office suite with support for Microsoft Exchange included.

Silicon Alley Insider reports on data from research firm NPD showing that U.S. Mac sales were up 7% year-over-year during the months of July and August, ahead of most analysts’ projections. The data, reported by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, also shows a 16% decline in year-over-year iPod sales, a performance slightly below analysts’ expectations.

Starting this autumn Tesco stores in the UK will be offering “virtual DVDs” to customers who purchase certain home video titles.