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iPhone and iPod touch: About backups

Original article found at Apple.com

A good read on syncing VS backing up on the iPhone / iPod touch.

Summary

iTunes can create backups of settings and certain other information on iPhone and iPod touch. You can use a backup to restore this information to your iPhone or iPod touch after a software restore or update, or to transfer the information to a different device. Backups can be deleted from iTunes using the steps below.

Products Affected

iPhone, iTunes 7 for Windows, iTunes 7 for Mac, iPod touch

Early shots of the iPhone Appstore

According to iPodNN
Apple may have inadvertently revealed ongoing testing of the App Store for the iPhone and the iPod touch, a popular hacking site claims. One contributor notes that while experimenting recently with the v2.0 firmware, he inadvertently managed to enter the App Store, instead of receiving the normal “cannot connect” message. Found inside were two web applications, including the well-known iPhone version of Facebook; it is speculated that Apple is doing live testing of the Store, and using placeholders in advance of the first truly native applications. Also observed in the Store were a five-star ratings system, and a series of navigation buttons which mimic those of the current Wi-Fi Music Store.

Epocrates for the iPhone and iPod touch

One of the developers who were invited to the Apple town hall meeting to show off their wares have launched a iPhone friendly web site. Epocrates, they are best known for creating software for doctors to use as a resource on their jobs, but I like to have information available about any prescriptions I am given as well.

You can currently look up:

• Dosing
• Interactions and Adverse Reactions
• Safety/Monitoring
• Pharmacology
• Retail Pricing

The site looks great on the iPhone and will hopefully stay around after their native application is released in June.

Check out the site on your iPhone at
http://online.epocrates.com/public/mobile/iphone/