First a car fire because of an iPhone, then a exploding iPod Touch in the garden of an 11 year old girl, and now another exploding device. This time it’s the iPhone that exploded. A boy wanted to take a closer look at the iPhone of his girlfriend, but it ended up being a nasty experience. The iPhone exploded in his hands and pieces of glass flew in his eyes. The worried mother didn’t wait, and immediately called the Consumer Service of Apple.

» iPhone Explodes In Face

On Wired.com, an article appeared talking about a new way to answer the phone. Scratching seems to be the new way to navigate your iPhone. “The sound of a fingernail raking across a table or a board may be enough to drive most people crazy. But get past that annoyance and it could become a way to answer your phone, silence a call or turn up the volume.” Wired.com says.

» New Way To Navigate Your iPhone: Scratching?

It seems the iPhonw 3GS will soon be available in  another flavour: the 8GB version. Right now only one 8GB version of the iPhone is available: the iPhone 3G. But according to Roger’s Wireless Web Page, the 8GB model of the iPhone 3GS will be in stores soon. The “iPhone Comparison” tab on Rogers’ iPhone 3GS page contains a chart (picture above) listing the features of the iPhone 3G and 3GS, noting near the bottom that the 3GS is available in 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB capacities.

» 8GB iPhone 3GS Appears On Roger Canada

There are many, many, many apps. Most of them run on all the different iPod Touch and iPhone versions. But slowly a new branch is being formed: games specifically designed for the iPhone 3GS. The company Mad Monkey Studios promises to build games only for the iPhone 3GS. They want to take advantage of the better graphics processor and other features only the 3GS has. And they present a video in which they show the processor speed of the 3GS versus the 3G. It’s pretty clear (and to no surprise), that the framerate of the iPhone 3GS is much higher compared with the 3G.

» Mad Monkey Studios, Building Games Only For iPhone 3GS

MobileMe users can use the beautiful and handy feature called ‘Find My iPhone’. Don’t know where you left your iPhone? ‘Find My iPhone’ show the location of the iPhone on a Google Maps map. But the feature also comes in handy when your iPhone is stolen. This happened to Sanjay. Together with his wife, he did some detective stuff and quickly found the thief and his iPhone.

» Become A Detective With ‘Find My iPhone’

Many developers complain about the huge amount of time it takes Apple to approve an application. After submitting the application it usually takes a lot of time before it appears in the App Store. This can be very annoying because the developer can give no releasedate to it’s users. Apple seems to have found something to give the developers a better estimation when an app will be released.

» App Store Review Status

Are you a developer? Or do you want to become one, but you don’t know what it takes to become a developer? A very important aspect of making applications for the iPhone, is to know how much it will cost. In the 12 pages long report from infobeans, you’ll get a nice overview of how much you need to invest in making an app for the iPhone. » How Much Will It Cost To Build My iPhone App?