The final release of iPhone OS 3.0 is closer than ever and here is iPhone beta 5 – which is build 7A312g – to illustrate it. It comes with a new beta of the SDK and iTunes 8.2.

Mostly bug fixes in this build.

iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 is here

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1. Virtual Zippo Lighter – free virtual lighter.

2. Koi Pond – Lake full of chinese carps.

3. Ocarina – flute simulator.

4. PhotoFrame – as you may guess it turns iphone into a photo frame.

5. iBeer – virtual beer.

6. BubbleWrap – pop virtual baloons for time.

7. Sonic Lighter – another more interactive virtual lighter

8. Nixie TubeClock – old lamp clock.

9. Newton’s Cradle – virtual alternative of knocking balls.

10. Spectrograph Wallpaper – shout on your phone and you get a spectral voice analizer.

Top 10 Most Useless iPhone Programs

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It was discovered that a person can call any number he wants through the feature ‘emergency call’ which is supposed to call only 911 in case of emergency. Everyone can decide for himself if this is a good or bad flaw in iPhone software.

Call anyone with ‘emergency call’ feature

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#1 Fring 0.978 for iPhone

http://fring.com/iphone.xml
Chat with Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM

#2 BossPrefs

http://code.google.com/p/bossprefs/
The app expands on services by adding some more options (turn wifi/bluetooth on/off etc.) and focusing on being a complete preferences replacement.

#3 iBlacklist

http://repo.iphonebrasil.org/

This application purpose is filtering incoming calls and SMS also keeps a history log of those calls in a personal way protecting them by password.

#4 iDial

http://rep.sosiphone.com
Just look at this:

#5 Swirly MMS

http://swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml
Send and receive MMS

#6 Torrentula v1.2 BitTorrent client

http://itouch.rockt.es/repo.xml
Download and manage .torrent files with your iPhone

#7 iAno – Virtual Piano

http://modmyifone.com/installer.xml
Virtual piano for your iPhone

#8 Navizon – Virtual GPS

http://repo.navizon.com
Virtual GPS for your iPhone

#9 iPhysics

http://www.installerapps.com/2007/12/05/iphysics/

Must-have game

#10 iPhone System Information

http://www.robota.nl/products/SysInfo.html

And few bonus apps:

Psx4all – Playstation emulator
iSnake – the Snake for your iPhone
iBlackjack – Blackjack for iPhone and iPod Touch

Top 10 kick-ass iPhone applications

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