Apple’s iPhone Tech Talks — an event for Web developers that features Apple employees speaking on ensuring Safari on iPhone compatibility, creating Web 2.0 applications for iPhone, and managing content and synched data on iPhone — have already hit LA, San Francisco and Chicago, wrapping up tomorrow and Friday in New York.

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We previously reported on iPhoneSIMFree, the puported result of a team’s effort claiming “the worlds (sp) first (and only) software driven sim unlocking service for the iPhone(tm). No need to open your phone. No need to solder.” Engadget posted what looks like a positive indicator for the veracity of iPhoneSIMFree’s claims, but no other publication [...]

Though it’s far from a solid actuality and may well be restricted to a small portion of users, a surprisingly high number of iPhone owners are reporting shorter-than-previous battery life after applying the iPhone 1.0.2 firmware/software update. More than a dozen users have corroborated the issue on this Apple Discussions thread; a few notable remarks:

“I [...]

Earlier this month, we reported that a small company named iGiki planned to unveil the “TapRight” — an iPhone-specifc stylus that uses something called ‘TouchField’ technology to produce “quick, accurate, and targeted taps.”

Some iPhone Atlas readers were skeptical, while others tentatively welcomed the idea. One reader wrote:

“I know many women who shy away from getting [...]

The iPhone lacks a built-in voice dialing mechanism. However, it does offer easy access to AT&T’s $5-per-month VoiceDial (”VoiceConnect”) function, which is accessible by tapping “Settings,” then “Phone,” then “AT&T Services,” and finally “Voice Connect,” or by simply dialing *08 on the keypad.

The service, unfortunately, requires that you set up a remotely stored address book [...]

Echoing some of the guidance in our special report on troubleshooting iPhone sync problems, Apple recommends that isolating problematic contacts can resolve an issue where:

“When attempting to sync, you may notice that not all of the data synchronizes to or from the iPhone. You may receive an alert message that indicates the iPhone disconnected during [...]

Beginning to fulfill one of the most glaring voids left by Apple, user “Arminius2″ has debuted a native application AOL instant messaging client for the iPhone dubbed ApolloIM. The application is listed and can be installed through Installer.app (see our Applications page for information in installing an using Installer.app), or can be manually downloaded and [...]

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Mac OS X:

iTunes does not recognize iPhone
iPhone calendar does not show all iCal events
Contacts do not synchronize from Address Book
Controlling whether or not iPhoto launches
Make sure you are using Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later and iTunes 7.3 or later

Windows (various editions):

iTunes does not recognize iPhone
Problems syncing Outlook
Blue screen error when syncing

Mac OS [...]

Marketcircle has released a new version of its Mac OS X application that simulates the size of the iPhone’s screen, offering a built-in WebKit-based browser. Dubbed “iPhoney,” (the new release is version 1.2) the application can simulate the iPhone user agent, rotate to display pages vertically or horizontally, and show or hide the location bar. [...]

A Glen Rock teen has unlocked an iPhone for use on other carriers (he currently, allegedly, has it up and running on T-Mobile), posted instructions for doing so, and is selling the unlocked phone on eBay.

The instructions are almost too frightening to fathom unless you have excellent technical dexterity and superfluous iPhones you can potentially [...]