Safety Note+ is a new note-taking app by Eightythree Technology that is password protected to guard your notes from prying eyes. It also has the ability to share notes to another iPhone over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Safety Note+ not only does fantastic job of protecting your notes, but it does so with style. The UI is stunning and simple to use. I’m not a fan of the combination lock nor dark themes, but a few quick setting changes converts will convert the combination lock to a keypad and the black background to a beautiful wood one.

You can now keep your most private notes away form unauthorized access. Introducing the Safety Note+. Used the most advanced security system to protect your notes. You can then create notes, to do lists, reminders, share, and manage your notes right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

• Passcode locking style (combination lock, keypad lock)
• Selectable stylish theme, yet easy to use interface
• Create and sort your notes by folder
• Supports move, copy & paste
• Full orientation support
• Backup notes from iPhone to PC via iTunes file sharing
• Share notes within 2 iOS devices with Safety Note+ installed vie Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
• Full Retina display support
• Auto save notes
• Search your notes
• Email notes

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Safety Note+ is available on the iPhone for an introductory price of $0.99.

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In a company blog post earlier today, Cole Brodman, Chief Marketing Officer for T-Mobile USA, told customers that they were interested in offering a “no-compromise iPhone experience” on their network, but offered little details on the negotiations between the carrier and Apple.

We've heard from many customers who love their T-Mobile service, but are disappointed that we don't carry the iPhone. To these customers, first, thank you for your business. Please know that we think the iPhone is a great device and Apple knows that we'd like to add it to our line-up. Today, there are over a million T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones on our network. We are interested in offering all of our customers a no-compromise iPhone experience on our network.

One interesting takeaway is the current amount T-Mobile customers using an unlocked iPhone on the service. Although T-Mobile has never offered the iPhone to its customers, over a million users have been able to unlock the iPhone to run on the network.

Funny, though, that Brodman went into how T-Mobile offers a plethora of Android devices to cull would-be iPhone users until they’re officially under the Apple umbrella. Given recent surveys suggesting roughly 31 percent of current Android device owners are planning on jumping ship to the iPhone as their next purchase, this doesn’t bode well for T-Mobile who currently has the lowest number of US customers (around 32 million).

It will be interesting to see how the AT&T/T-Mobile merger plays out and if that will have any impact on T-Mobile finally offering the iPhone to its customers.

Source: T-Mobile via AndroidCentral

Chris Chang from M.I.C. Gadgets claims that Apple manufacturer Foxconn may have “lost” an iPhone 5 prototype, which was subsequently sold to case manufacturers who then promptly began producing cases that leaked onto the internet, flooding us with rumors of the larger, wider, tear-drop shaped form factor.

With its past experience, one might think Apple would have been able to track that prototype down in a heartbeat. However, Apple was outsmarted. The person who had access to the prototype wiped the phone's software, thus disabling the GPS hardware needed to track it down. It was then allegedly sold to one of the iPhone case manufacturers for RMB ¥20,000 (about $3,100). We were told that Foxconn was aware of the loss and had penalized internal management for the incident. We also heard from another source that the person who "lost" it was paid to do so. This case is similar to the iPad 2 leak reported back in June, where three men were jailed for stealing unreleased information about the Apple tablet.

Apple has been known to produce more than one iPhone prototype before — an ambitious model and a more conservative model if the ambitious one doesn’t come together in time. Whether or not this story is accurate, whether or not Apple had this type of prototype in the pipe for iPhone 5, and whether or not they’re going to bring it to market are all unknowns at this point.

What’s not an unknown is that Apple will finally settle this once and for all on October 4.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has formally denied Apple’s application for a trademark on multi-touch. The USPTO denied Apple’s original request but Apple decided to appeal the decision. The decision was upheld and Apple was denied again. They originally applied for the trademark in January of 2007.

The decision to deny the patent was on the basis that the term “multi-touch” has become somewhat generic. It’s now used to describe touchscreen technology in not only Apple products but pretty much every touchscreen smartphone and tablet on the market. Apple did not pass tests that determine “acquired distinctiveness”, according to the Board of Appeals.

Thus, from the foregoing, we find that "multi-touch" not only identifies the technology, but also describes how a user of the goods operates the device. Based on the evidence discussed above, as well as other evidence in the record, we agree with the examining attorney that MULTI-TOUCH indeed is highly descriptive of a feature of the identified goods. We now consider whether applicant has submitted sufficient evidence to establish acquired distinctiveness of this highly descriptive term.

Even though the first iPhone somewhat started the whole multi-touch market, the term has been used extensively since then and has taken on a much broader base than just Apple products. Do you think Apple should have been given the trademark or do you think the decision was fair?

MacRumors

Jim Dalrymple of the The Loop got one of the shiny invites Apple is sending out for their “Let’s talk iPhone” event to be held, as rumored, on October 4.

Apple on Tuesday officially announced its iPhone 5 launch event. According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held on October 4 at Apple's Cupertino, Calif. campus. The event will begin at 10:00 am PT.

Will we see the iOS 5 gold master (GM) on or before the event? Will we see an iPhone 4GS or iPhone 5, a white iPod touch? All we know for certain is this — one more week and the rumors will finally be replaced with real announcements.

Can’t wait.

Source: The Loop

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Nosy Crow has released their newest animated storybook, Cinderella. It’s the same story that we’ve all grown to love, only this version allows you to add your child’s picture to the magic mirror!

What a great way to add more excitement to this classic story! Growing up, I had a book that was personalized with my name and loved it, but that’s nowhere near as cool as having your face included the story! I can’t wait to read this to my niece – I know she’ll love it.

You know the fairytale. Now experience the magic! Created in HD especially for iPad. Nosy Crow's Cinderella app lets you play inside the story. Beautiful illustrations, exciting animation, and original music make this a picture book app at its best.

• Help Cinderella clean the kitchen.
• Stack the King's invitations to the ball.
• Dress up the Stepsisters for the party.
• Build the magical carriage with the Fairy Godmother.
• Select the music for the Prince and Cinderella and watch them hit the dance floor! Do you want a waltz, disco or Bollywood?
• You can even choose Cinderella's dress!
• With the front-facing camera on iPad2 you can even see yourself in the "magic mirrors" in many scenes in the story!
• Pick a reading mode: either Read to Me, Read by Myself or Read and Play.
• Choose how long text stays on the screen so beginning readers have enough time to read by themselves.
• Choose between American or British spelling styles.
• Help is embedded into the story. Characters offer hints about what to do on each page so even very young readers can participate fully.
• Tap the characters to trigger additional dialogue.

Cinderella is available on the iPad for $5.99 .

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• RPG – Symphony of Eternity: A young man and a golem traveling around the world seeking a legendary weapon, one day rescue a girl from an attack by monsters.The girl tells them she is a royal princess, and that her family has been destroyed in a coup. She says she wants to travel together with them. [$8.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• Staunch Defense: A tower defense game with plenty of depth and strategy. Featuring 20 different towers, 6 buildings such as cottages and walls and a large number of technologies there are many ways you can approach each map. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

• LaBomba Summer – a very challenging tilt game: Enjoying his rapid speed, LaBomba must be very careful not to miss the gates or to hit a rock, because there are playfull sharks swimming around. Please help LaBomba navigate through the course by utilizing the iPhone/iPad accelerometer functionality and give LaBomba the chance to travel safely from start to finish. [$0.99 for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• Archivist: Listen to live concert recordings from the Live Music Archive. [$3.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• Roll!: Create awesome and fun animated gifs right on your iPhone and iPod touch. [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

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According to Mashable, Facebook will finally launch the official Facebook for iPad app next to an update to its iPhone counterpart at Apple’s iPhone 5 event next week. Former Facebook developer Jeff Verkoeyen recently spoke out against Facebook yesterday for dragging their feet on releasing the long rumored iPad app. Apparently “a combination of timing and a strained relationship with Apple” was at the heart of the issue, but the two have finally come to an agreement. Why?

thanks to the shared goal of beating Google — and the simple fact that Facebook and Apple may need each other. The former doesn't have a mobile platform while Apple doesn't have a social platform. The culmination of this renewed friendship: the launch of Facebook for iPad at Apple's iPhone 5 media event.

To be honest, at this point I’m not holding my breath and will believe it when I see it in the App Store. In the meantime, check out our Top 5 Facebook for iPad apps to help you with the wait.

Source: Mashable

Rumor has it word that Amazon’s rumored 7-inch tablet will be known as the “Kindle Fire”, and in addition to a forked version of Android software, it might also be using a reduced cost version of the BlackBerry PlayBook hardware.

TechCrunch scored the name Kindle Fire, and says Amazon won’t be ready to release it until the second week of November. Ryan Block from GDGT further broke down the reasons TechCrunch felt inclined to compare the form-factor of the Kindle Fire to that of the Blackberry Playbook:

My sources tell me that RIM originally outsourced much of the hardware design and production of the PlayBook to mega-ODM Quanta — a company that builds, and sometimes helps design, hardware for name brands. The time eventually came that Amazon’s executives decided to do an Android tablet — far likelier to respond to the dark-horse success of the Nook Color than to the adjacent success of the iPad — Amazon’s own Kindle group (called Lab 126) apparently opted not to take on the project, in favor of continuing to work solely on next-gen E-Ink-based devices. From there, Amazon’s team determined they could build a tablet without the help and experience of Lab 126, so they turned to Quanta, which helped them “shortcut” the development process by using the PlayBook as their hardware template.

Block seems worried about this “shortcut” move by Amazon on the hardware, but TechCrunch asserts that the user-experience is top notch thanks to custom Android software running the tablet. Regardless, it’s an interesting pedigree to say the least.

Amazon has also apparently been working on last minute content deals with Fox for streaming movies and TV shows, and the tablet is expected to include their MP3 service and Kindle bookstore next to a proprietary Android Marketplace. Additionally, AllThingsD says a few big-name magazine publishers have signed on to provide content for the device.

When Amazon unveils its new iPad-like device on Wednesday, it will have the backing of at least three of the big magazine publishers: Hearst, Conde Nast and Meredith all have deals to sell digital versions of their titles on the new device, according to industry sources.

And then there’s the pricing issue. It was previously speculated that Amazon would price the tablet at around $250 with the inclusion of a free Amazon Prime membership, which comes with their popular streaming video service and free shipping on all products across the site. It’s now believed that Amazon may sell the Kindle Fire at $300 with Amazon Prime included, with another option available at $250 without the service.

We’ll have to wait and see after the announcement on Wednesday, but so far the rumor buildup has my curiosity piqued. Could this actually be the first real iPad competitor everyone has been waiting for, or will it only grow the still maturing tablet market even more?

Source: TechCrunch, GDGT, AllThingsD