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The Official Homepage of the United States Army now on the iPhone!

All of the news from Army.mil can now be carried with you. Read the latest articles, view the newest pictures, and watch the latest videos direct from your iPhone. Save your favorite stories to the phone for offline viewing. Share news with your friends via email, Twitter and Facebook.

Features:
- Test your skills with a challenging tile strategy game.
- Keep up to date with the latest Army Tweets and the US Army Facebook page.
- Download Army Podcasts direct to your device.
- Learn about Army Ranks, Equipment, Uniforms, and the Army song.
- Browse Stand-To! and the Army Live blog.
- Download and read Soldiers Magazine.
- Find a recruiter.

Customize the App so your favorite sections are always quickly available.

The US Army App works on both the iPhone and iPod touch and requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: AKO, App Store, Army, ATID, DOD, iPhone

Yesterday AT&T released and iPhone app (iTunes link) that lets customers tell them where they drop calls and experience other general network failures.  The app, named ‘Mark the Spot’, allows you to choose what kind of failures the iPhone is having and lets you plot against frequency of the outage.  ’Mark the Spot’ is location aware or you can choose a location manual since obviously if you have no signal you can’t send out an issue report.

Thank god they are finally listening at this point.  I have a friend that has been dropping calls for the last 3 or 4 months and he has his own Agent assigned to him from AT&T.  I told him about ‘Mark the Spot’, he downloaded it right way and started submitting.

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: 3g, AT&T, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, iPhone

Voice Control is fairly limited in its abilities, itcan read more than just a contact’s name. Specifically it can read from the nickname field as well. This means that you can tell your iPhone to “call Mom Mobile,” instead of having to refer to your Mother by her proper name.

But wait, it gets even more entertaining! Voice Control will understand just about any nickname you assign to a contact. For example, instead of saying “call Jeff Lauterette Mobile,” I say “call MacJeff Mobile” because we all know him as MacJeff unless you’re his wife then he is MacBobo..LOL… The possibilities are endless, and frankly the comical uses will likely outweigh the practical ones.

Of course the most important part of this tip is actually putting the info in the “Nickname” field. To do this from your iPhone, tap “Edit” on a contact, tap “add field” at the bottom, choose “Nickname,” and enter the nickname. Simple!

Enjoy! (thanks to iPhone Alley for this tip)

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: iPhone, iPhone 3.0, iPhone 3GS, Voice Dialing