[UPDATE: See new information on jailbreaking and bug fixes for this release]

Apple has released iPhone firmware/software 1.1.4, which is now available via iTunes or as a 165 MB standalone download.

If you use the standalone download, after downloading the update, you can hold the option key on a Mac or Shift key on a Windows system, […]

If you’re willing to void your iPhone’s warranty and risk serious, irreparable damage to the unit, you can undercut Apple’s price of a replacement battery by more than $60. USB Fever is now selling a replacement battery for the iPhone, with an accompanying toolset and installation instructions, for $25. Though the product selling page doesn’t […]

As far back as July, 2007, iPhone Atlas readers reported an issue in which Yahoo! email accounts do not push messages to the iPhone.

Yahoo! Mail accounts are the only type of accounts currently accessible by the iPhone that offer push services. This, in theory, means that you will be instantly notified when a new message […]

Some users are reporting iPhone-related problems after installation of iTunes 7.6.1.

iPhone not recognized in iTunes Apple offers a number of potential fixes for this issue in Knowledge Base article #305716. Particularly successful for Windows users experiencing this problem is the procedure listed under “Verify iPhone Driver/Service Installation.”

“Other” taking up too much space Several users have […]

The iPhone can playback H.264 video at throughput rates up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. This means that videos in other formats — including AVI — […]

We don’t often conduct user surveys here on iPhone Atlas, but with Apple still apparently planning to “have an SDK in developers’ hands in February,” and February rapidly coming to a close, we’ll bluntly ask: what third-party applications would you most like to see materialize after the advent of the software development kit?

A number of […]

Though we first noted a fix for this issue last August, users continue to report it and inquire about a solution. The problem: iPhones may mistakenly act as if headphones are plugged in when none actually are. This results in a situation where the iPhone refuses to deliver audio through the earpiece (you can’t hear […]

This question appears often enough in the iPhone Atlas inboxes that it’s worth addressing: What does a solid blue square in the iPhone’s status bar (instead of the capital “E”) mean?

The “E” means that the iPhone is connected to AT&T’s EDGE network. The solid blue square indicates that the iPhone can’t find a nearby EDGE […]

Apple has released iTunes 7.6.1, a minor update to the music playback, purchase and synchronization tool that “includes several bug fixes and improves compatibility with Apple TV software version 2.0.”

The new release is available through Software Update, or as a standalone download.

We haven’t noticed any iPhone or iPod touch-related enhancements in this release, but if […]

Though there are many methods for using custom iPhone ringtones, few provide the simplicity affored by Ambrosia Software’s iToner, which has now been updated for compatibility with iPhone software/firmware 1.1.3.

With this $15 tool, you drag and drop MP3 or AAC audio files on iToner’s window, click the Sync button, and the items are automatically moved […]