Apple has just released Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7, and incremental update to their current desktop and laptop operating system (widely expected to be supplanted later this year by Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard).

Why does this matter for iPhone users? When iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 arrived, note syncing — which worked fine under Betas 1-3 and OS X Leopard 10.5.6 — was suddenly gone, replaced with a statement saying simply that OS X Leopard 10.5.7 would be required for note syncing from then on. Beta 5 arrived with nothing but the same warning. Hopefully with 10.5.7 now available, note sync — still something of a sore spot having taken 2 years to deliver — will be restored.

Apple has also been known to sneak other iPhone friendly features, like Google syncing, into previous updates — and not so friendly bugs into others that made Jailbreaking more difficult — so we always keep our fingers just a tiny bit crossed.

Mac users, let us know if you find anything!

(Thanks daveizzle and sil3ntrid3r11 )

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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 Now Live! Let the Note Syncing Resume!

Zombie fans take note, today Capcom has released an iPhone and iPod touch version of their most popular video game series into the App Store. Resident Evil DEGENERATION [iTunes Link] is a 3rd-person survival horror shooter that is based on the CG-animated movie of the same name, recently released on Blu Ray and DVD. Some features of this shooter are as follows:

• Use your in-game PDA to collect intel, manage inventory and access maps.
• “Laser targeting” allows the players to make aimed accurate shots.
• Backgrounds, character models and objects are all rendered in full 3D.
• Intuitive context sensitive control scheme.
• Action icons pop up as needed.
• Accelerometer features: >- Shake iPhone/iPod Touch to “Shake of Zombie” melee attacks. >- Tilt back device to reload.

Resident Evil DEGENERATION is now available in the App Store for $5.99. If you pick this one up be sure to let us know what you think!

More screen shots after the break!

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Quick App: Resident Evil DEGENERATION for iPhone

MacRumors may just — finally — have the scoop on the long anticipated, almost as long delayed SlingPlayer for iPhone:

In addition to full support of current Slingboxes (PRO-HD and SOLO), legacy Slingboxes, which include the Classic, AV, and TUNER, will work with the application but will not be officially supported. However, the application will supposedly be limited to streaming only over Wi-Fi connections. Previous demonstrations of the application by Sling Media had promised EDGE and 3G support, however it appears as though this will not be the case.

Maybe those rumors about AT&T not being keen on all that streaming video traffic hitting their network were true? Price is rumored to be $29.99.

So, SlingBox owners, is this the SlingPlayer for iPhone you wanted? Good, great, wait?

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SlingPlayer for iPhone Coming Tonight, Wi-Fi Only, $29.99?

Jobs help me, I’ve never played Peggle, but the internet seems to be fair close to exploding with the news that it’s now available for the iPhone. From PopCap, the company behind mobile stalwart Bejeweled, Peggle comes in at $4.99 and can be yours via iTunes.

For those of you who do know Peggle — tell me, what have I been missing?

(Thanks Chuck for the tip!)

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Quick App: Peggle for iPhone

UPDATED: Shoulda stuck with our instincts. Fake. (via Engadget)

ORIGINAL: When we first heard that a Twitter account associated with Microsoft Office 10: The Movie (?!) was telling people “New product launch, that’s all I’m allowed to say. Hold off from buying an iPhone/Pre”, we figured it had to be fake. It was posted from iPhone/Mac client Tweetie, after all!

When we found out it was real, however, well… we didn’t know what to think. Lucky for us George Ponder from sibling site WMExperts has us covered:

The iPhone and the Pre are obviously smartphones, so it’s tempting to put the Zune Phone back into the rumor mix. Us, though, we’re remembering how strenuously Microsoft has denied rumors of being in the hardware business and of the Zune Phone specifically. So whatever it is, we’re not expecting a 180 on this one (but a 360, or more specifically something to do with Xbox 360, doesn’t seem crazy).

Xbox 360 is inarguably the only hardware and consumer electronics brand from Microsoft enjoying anything resembling brand success at the moment, so even we’ve been up on the idea of an XboxPhone. However, if past behavior is any indicator of future behavior, Microsoft will be releasing Premium Zune Services for Windows Phone Mobile Experiences Live! 7 sometime this summer, and iPhone owners likely won’t notice…

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UPDATED: Attack of the iClones: Microsoft Office Movie + Twitter x ZunePhone = Huhbuwhat?!

Macworld is reporting that Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 will finally get IBM off of their current WebMail solution (see video above) and onto real support for real push email to the iPhone:

Early last year, Apple licensed ActiveSync so that businesses could push their corporate Exchange e-mail messages to iPhones. Since the ActiveSync client is already embedded in the iPhone, adding ActiveSync to the Traveler product was a good way to enable push Notes e-mail to the iPhone, [Ed Brill, director of end-user messaging and collaboration for IBM Lotus software] said.

Good on IBM.

We only have one question — hey, Google, if they above is true and ActiveSync client is just sitting there waiting, where’s our push Gmail?

(Apologies to IBM for the tangent).

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IBM Lotus Notes and Domino to Push Email to iPhone

Last August, a month after the iPhone 3G’s release, we asked you how much iPhone 3G data you were using. Now, some 10 months post-release, with cries that iPhone users consumer “too much” of their “unlimited data” and should be charged more, and perhaps on the eve of the next generation iPhone announcement, we’re asking again:

How much iPhone 3G data are you using now?

Because here’s the thing: the iPhone is the first real, successful consumer smartphone. Lots of people have them. And even though Wi-Fi is an option (one not available to many Verizon smartphone users) and serious video-streaming apps are still missing in action, get a convention full of iPhone users together and AT&T’s network still goes down.

So is it that iPhone users use too much data, or simply that too many people have become iPhone (and thus, data) users for AT&T’s current infrastructure to handle?

After all, single lane highways are fine — until everyone starts buying cars.

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How Much iPhone 3G Data Are You Using Now?

MacRumors has been keeping tabs on Chinese forum Weiphone, and says — in addition to the screen shot above — the following specs have been leaked about the next generation iPhone, widely believed to be announced in just under a month at Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC):

• Model number MB717LL
• 600MHz CPU Speed (up from 400MHz)
• 256MB RAM (up from 128MB)
• Digital Compass and FM
• 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus
• 32GB size
• No major changes in battery, screen and external casing.

Do we believe it? Some parts seem in line with other rumors we’ve been hearing, but who knows? (Other than Steve Jobs and his closest minions, of course). No doubt, we’ll be seeing more and more of these as WWDC approaches. So, for our purposes, we’ll just ask if this resembles the next gen iPhone you want?

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Next Gen iPhone Leaks Begin: Chinese Forum “We Got Specs!” Edition!