Several users are experiencing an issue where the iPhone synchronization (sync) process freezes partway through, never completing and sometimes causing a crash in iTunes. There are a few promising new fixes for this issue, as follows:

Kill CrashReport process (Mac only)

Leave your iPhone connected (or plug it in if it is not already connected).
Launch the […]

One of the most commonly requested features not available by default on the iPhone is the ability to send text messages (SMS) to multiple recipients. Thanks to a new third-party native application created by Shawn Chain, you can now do just that. Dubbed iSMS, the new application also allows you to view messages by category […]

iPhone Atlas will be published on a slightly reduced schedule from Dec. 27th-Jan 1st. Happy holidays!

While other forays into the procedure for sending files from one iPhone to another have been made, none have make things quite as easy and elegant as the new release of an application called DropCopy, which uses Apple’s Bonjour technology to automatically locate other devices on the local network that can receive files. Here’s how […]

By default, the iPhone allows you to trigger the following actions when the home button is clicked: go the Home screen (Springboard); go to phone favorites; go to the iPod function. Wouldn’t it be great, however, if you could double-click the home button and trigger an automatic launch of Safari, the dialing of a specific […]

Several users have reported an issue where iPhone ringtones assigned to specific contacts do not work. In other words, the ringtone can be selected and assigned to the contact properly, but when the contact calls, the default ringtone is played.

In some cases, this issue may be due to a number mismatch — the number is […]

It appears that the Weather application on the iPhone (powered by Yahoo! Weather) can’t display temperatures below zero degrees fahrenheit. As reported by one user on the Apple Discussions board:

“I live in Alaska. The temps here have all been below zero F or more than -18C but the weather reported on the iphone never goes […]

Though Apple’s GarageBand now lets you easily create custom ringtones from audio tracks in various formats (see a video demonstration), third-party ringtone creation utility developers aren’t twiddling their thumbs. GarageBand’s Mac OS X exclusivity and $80 (as part of iLife) price tag mean continued viability for the two most popular drag-and-drop tools, which recently received […]

Although we’re hearing that Apple isn’t anywhere close to nailing down specifics for its official iPhone software development kit, due in February 2008, the company has begun recruiting some to-notch talent from the unofficial iPhone application development realm: Lucas Newman of Delicious Monster has been hired by Apple as an “iPhone engineer” according to a […]

iPhones that are sold as “unlocked” through Orange of France (the iPhone’s official provider there) are crippled on various wireless carriers outside of France, failing to make phone calls, send SMS messages and perform other critical functions.

We previously reported that the phones appear to be “country locked,” meaning they will only allow use of SIM […]