DaVita Inc. , a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease , today announced the DaVita Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculator for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch has been downloaded by patients across five continents and 24 countries.

WASHINGTON — An organization rooted in 20th century car culture is joining 21st century smartphone culture. AAA has introduced a free iPhone application called AAA Discounts, which uses GPS technology to instantly identify nearby businesses offering deals for AAA members.

Chinese blog UMPCFever (translated link) has photographically confirmed two previously rumored features of the iPhone OS 3.0—an autofocus feature for the still picture camera, and a digital compass—along with new details on their user interfaces. Believed to rely upon new camera hardware found in the upcoming 2009 iPhone, the autofocus feature places a blue box on the existing camera screen to ...

There are two sides to this coin, the way we see it. On the one hand, the handful of pictures that have just popped over on UMPC Fever demo many of the features we're expecting to see in new iPhone hardware this summer -- magnetic compass , autofocus camera , video recording capability, and a battery percentage meter in the status bar. On the other hand, having a good feel for those rumored ...

If Apple likes a developer?s application, the company will play it up big. This is publicity that money cannot buy.

Mark Ghuneim, ( @mediaeater ) is the Founder/CEO of digital marketing agency and technology incubator Wiredset and social media tracking service Trendrr . It’s no secret that the iPhone has taken the mobile marketplace by storm in the last 18 months. With good reason, it is indeed a quantum leap forward for consumers, developers and the entire industry. Here is a quick look at awareness and ...

The Center for Internet Security has posted an online analysis tool that assesses an iPhone's security based on its settings and apps.

Satio is a 'game changer' says Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson yesterday launched a new smartphone that it says is an iPhone killer. The touchscreen multimedia mobile, which features many of the iPhone's innovative features, is being touted as a "game changer".

When Apple introduced the iPhone, the company also opened up the hardware, inviting software developers to provide applications for it. The flood gates were open. In no time at all there was a bewildering array of things that one could get the new phone to do, from the silly to the sublime.[...]

Battery packs for iPhones often dramatically extend the useful lifetime of Apple's devices, but they also add considerable bulk and rarely feel like natural extensions of the iPhone itself. Mophie wants to change this with the Juice Pack Air; we'll see in our full Juice Pack Air review not only whether it accomplishes its intended goals but whether it or the original Juice Pack is the better ...