Its that time of the week again to checkout the weekly (25th May - 31st May 2008) news, posts and rumors roundup on the iPhone from here at iPhone Hacks and also from around the web that did not make it here after the jump.
Temper4iphone brings TurboGrafx 16 emulator to iPhone
ZodTTD who had released the first public version of the Playstation (PS1 or PSX) emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch has recently ported TurboGrafx-16 emulator, Temper, to iPhone.
iPong - Multi-Player iPhone Game demoed
If you were not excited about the iPhone as a gaming platform then the video of iPong (after the jump), a multi-player iPhone game developed by a couple of Japanese researchers will definitely do the trick.
iPhone users can now use Address Book app in Mac OS X 10.5.3 to sync Google Contacts
The Address Book application in Mac OS X 10.5.3 now allows iPhone users to sync their Address Book with Google Contacts. More details on how to set this up is available after the jump.
iPhone SDK beta 6 build 9M2192 released; confirms 3G iPhone is coming soon
Apple has released the latest beta version of the iPhone SDK, build 9M2192 Beta 6 and the iPhone experts have again found something interesting to report to confirm the news reported couple of weeks back here at iPhone Hacks that the 3G iPhone is coming soon.
Earthscape to release Google Earth-like iPhone App
When you watch the demo of this native iPhone application (after the jump) you would probably say to yourself, why didn't someone think of this before? It just seems such a natural choice of application to take advantage of iPhone's accelerometer and touchscreen capabilities. The native iPhone application is a 3D Earth application called Earthscape mobile.
Checkout Kingdom Lores - 3D Fantasy Game for the iPhone
Checkout the video clip (after the jump) of the pre-alpha preview version of latest native iPhone game Kingdom Lores, a 3D fantasy game for the iPhone based on a custom OpenGL rendering engine.
iControlPad will add physical buttons and joypad to the iPhone for some serious gaming action
Some enterprising folks seem to agree that the the physical controls that are available in portable gaming consoles like Sony's PSP is better than using iPhone's touchscreen and the accelerometer and are currently developing an iPhone accessory called iControlpad which is expected to be released soon will add physical buttons and joypad to the iPhone.
iPhone News & Rumors from around the web
The iPhone patent: Steven P. Jobs, inventor
The US Patent and Trademark Office has revealed a mammoth document that can only be described as The iPhone Patent, a 371-page spectacular that covers Apple's handheld multi-touch UI paradigm in excruciating detail.
iPhone SDK contains a 3G iPhone icon?
Take this one with a huge grain of salt, but some enterprising members of the MacRumors forums went poking around the iPhone SDK files and unearthed what might be an icon representation of the 3G iPhone.
As iPhone Second Coming Approaches, Pelago Adds To Its War Chest
When Kleiner Perkins launched its so-called “iFund” for the financing of iPhone apps in March, the venture capital firm reclassified its previous $5.6 million investment in Pelago as the first iFund investment.
Apple signs iPhone deals for Hong Kong, Macau
Hutchison Telecommunications Limited said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Hong Kong and Macau later this year.
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TeliaSonera bringing iPhone to Nordic and Baltic markets
To our friends living in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: welcome to the growing pack of iPhone-serviced countries! Telecom provider TeliaSonera just signed an agreement to bring the iPhone to these countries just in time for the (rumored) announcement of the 3G iPhone.
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