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Woman Tries To Commit Suicide Because She Lost Her iPhone

You can file this in the “just wrong” category we have seen appear from time to time here on MacStories. Mrs. Wong, iPhone 4 owner from Hong Kong, was really happy about her purchase; she was so glad she got an iPhone, in fact, that when she accidentally lost it she went asking her husband to immediately get a new one. Her husband is a bus driver, and the couple has two daughters to think about, too. For an average family, getting two iPhones in the same week might be a little too much.

So her husband said no, and Mrs. Wong went crazy about it. She left home at 6 in the morning, only to try to jump from the 14th floor of the building. All of this because she was upset about the lost iPhone. Luckily, her husband noticed her weird behavior, called the police and went up to the 14th floor to stop her.

Now, I’m not here to judge people, but this is just wrong. Wrong. Committing suicide for an iPhone? For as much as I love Apple device, I would never put my life at risk because I lost one. Also: the free Find My iPhone works great. [iPhoneShine via OrientalDaily]

Game Center Achievements…For A Camera App

Achievements are that sort of thing that keeps gamers going even when frustration and disappointment take over the initial excitement for a new game. You beat the game, you can’t have any more quests, but you want all the trophies / achievements. Many friends of mine do this on their PS3 and Xbox 360 – I’ve never been a fan of achievements, personally. Clearly I must be an exception, as even Apple itself implemented the functionality in Game Center. Not to mention other gaming networks for iOS like OpenFeint and Plus+, which have been offering achievements and leaderboards for quite some time now. Read more

AT&T and Verizon Finally Together In Apple’s New Ad

So Apple has a new iPhone 4 coming out on February 10 in the U.S., under Verizon’s network. We guess you know everything about it at this point. Well, Apple wants you to take a look at the big picture: iPhone on two carriers is better than iPhone on one carrier. It’s pure and simple Jobsian mathematical art. The iPhone 4 on Big Red and AT&T is something worth launching a new commercial for.

Or, as a commenter on Youtube says, “AT&T and Verizon both in the same commercial? I’m surprised the universe didn’t explode.”

Indeed, think about 3 months ago when this was all rumors.

View Instagram’s Most Popular Photos on Instagreat!

Instagram has been a massive success but it is largely an experience that has been exclusive to its iPhone app. Not anymore though, web developers Elliott Kember and Hector Simpson have created Insta-great, a site that showcases all the most popular photo’s from Instagram.

The brilliantly designed site allows you to also drill down to photos by a specific person, in a specific place, on a specific date or photos using one of Instagram’s filters. Plus Elliot (who has a game of Snake running on top of his site!) and Hector added keyboard navigation which is another great touch to a really finessed site.

If you’re a fan of Instagram like I am, definitely check the site out, you’ll find yourself just scrolling through the photos for ages.

[Via Cult of Mac]

Angry Birds Valentine’s Edition, Coming February 14

In December we reported Rovio was working on a new update to its incredibly successful series Angry Birds, a new Valentine’s-themed version that was rumored to be scheduled for a February release.

At the end of the video below, you can see the first exclusive footage of Angry Birds Valentine’s Edition (not an official name), which sports lots of hearts, pink-colored birds and clouds. It would be very romantic if the concept of the game wasn’t to kill pigs. I guess from Rovio’s standpoint, that makes sense though.

Still, prepare to see this game become #1 in the App Store. [Electricpig via 9to5mac] Read more

These Are Real-Life Fruit Ninjas

Fruit Ninja is an insanely successful game for iPhone, iPad and Android I think you might have heard of. In the game, you have to slice fruit to get the highest score or simply slice more fruit as possible in a certain amount of time. It’s got several multiplayer options and it’s also quite addictive.

Now, the problem is Fruit Ninja is a game. A game that, if you think about it, doesn’t really make any sense at all: why would you be a ninja to slice fruit with a knife? I don’t know. Still, some shirtless dudes tried to replicate Fruit Ninja in real life, and there is video proof of the hilarious experiments. The videos embedded below might be slightly NSFW – but if your boss is a Fruit Ninja fan you might just go ahead and let him watch them.

Also: please don’t try this at home. Just keep playing the iPhone game. [via Kotaku] Read more

Apple Adds iPhone 5 Suppliers, Launch “During Summer At The Earliest”

We’ve heard rumors about the next-generation iPhone that suggest the device might get NFC capabilities, a dual-core processor and a brand new redesign, but we didn’t know much about the actual release date. Apple usually unveils new iPhone models at the WWDC in June, with US launch to follow after a few weeks; according to a report from Digitimes this morning, launch of the iPhone 5 will happen “during summer at the earliest”.

Apple has also added new suppliers to the iPhone 5 production chain:

Foxconn will become the iPhone 5’s new earphone supplier. Japan’s Foster was the previous supplier, but a strengthening yen has spurred Apple to look for more cost-effective sources, the report said, noting that related orders are estimated at NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million). Foxlink will produce earphone jack sockets for the iPhone 5.

With a shortage of HDI boards, Apple has also newly added GCE as a supplier, but will continue to source from Compeq Manufacturing and Unimicron Technology as well.

In October, rumors suggested the iPhone 5 had hit “EVT” testing stage.

Flight Control Lands Nearly 4 Million Sales

Firemint, which recently acquired Infinite Interactive has posted on it’s blog some sales statistics of it’s popular Flight Control game that is currently featured in Apple’s Top Paid Apps of all time. As of the post it had sold 3,881,634 copies and has raked in $3.8 million dollars and that’s after Apple 30% take.

As demonstrated by the graph it released that is shown above (click for larger size) it’s pretty clear that Christmas and big feature updates really helped increase sales of the game. In particular the addition of Game Center support led to a peak of 120,000 sales, the largest peak since the release of the app. The new maps update and Retina display support were the other notable peaks.

Also notable is the sales by country, as the graph below the break shows, the US has the lion’s share followed by Great Britain, Australia and Germany.

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