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iPhone 5 Battery, Camera Lens, Audio Flex Cable Allegedly Leaked

As we get closer to the iPhone 5's release in September/October, expect part leaks to start flying off supply chains overseas. This report is no exception, with an overseas iPhone parts supplier called TVC Mall leaking several alleged components of the iPhone 5.

A total of 5 parts have been leaked, including the iPhone 5's battery, rear camera lens and headphone/earphone audio flex cable...

POPA Adds Retro Camera Feel to Your iPhone

We love taking photos with our iPhones here at iDB. Like just about everyone else, we're already addicted to photo-sharing apps like Instagram and Photovine.

Even though iOS 5 will bring the ability to take photos using the iPhone's volume up button, we're still of the age where we remember the good old polaroids with their huge shutter button, and we have to admit, we do miss it.

There's just something about a big mechanical button for setting free the magic that is a photograph, and that's where the makers of POPA agree with us...

360 Panorama App Now Free For a Limited Time

If you've been looking for a good panaroma app for your iDevice, you've probably seen 360 Panorama. There are a lot of panorama apps on the App Store (free and paid), but 360 Panorama is by far the best.

Today, we have some good news. The 360 Panorama app has gone free. Previously $0.99, the app going free makes the it now available to everyone. 

FlashCam is Two Jailbreak Tweaks in One: Flashlight and Camera Access From the Lockscreen

The empty lockscreen in iOS makes for an interesting place to deploy jailbreak tweaks. In fact, it seems like we've seen an excess of them since Apple unveiled the lockscreen-based camera shortcut in their upcoming iOS 5.

The feature has inspired tweaks like CameraLock and FlashLock, which allow you to access the camera and its flash respectively, without having to unlock the device. Now there's a utility available that combines both tweaks into one package...

InstantCam Helps Take iPhone Photos Quickly

The iPhone 4 has a great camera, which makes it even more frustrating that the Camera app is just so damn slow.

It's a common complaint. You spot the perfect photograph, but by the time you've tapped the icon, waited for the app to load, focussed, and finally hit the button to take the picture, the moment is gone.

IntantCam aims to stop that from happening, and it seems to work...

CellScope Accessory Turns iPhone into Microscope

The iPhone accessory arena has to be one of the largest in all of electronics. iDevice add-ons enable your gadgets to do anything from receive TV broadcasts to detecting cataracts, and everything in between.

Now we can add the CellScope to the iPhone's list of interesting attachments. TUAW highlights the accessory, which turns your iPhone 4's camera into a microscope...

iPhone to Join the Fight Against Crime, Thanks To MORIS

Apple's iPhone isn't just the most advanced smartphone on the market, it's also a crime fighting super machine, thanks to a new app and accessory.

MORIS, which stands for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, promises to combine state of the art iris recognition with good old fashioned facial recognition, with the aim of making the identification of individuals a quick and easy process...

Apple Patent Describes the Future of iPhone Journalism

A recent Apple patent has been uncovered that outlines possible features in iOS that are made specifically for the aspiring journalist. If you're at all familiar with CNN's "iReport" idea for civilian journalism, then you'll get the main gist of this patent.

What if the iPhone could automatically switch between the front and rear facing camera during an interview over FaceTime? "Report" and "Interview" are two proposed iOS features that detail this experience...

Check Out This Awesome Guitar Video Taken With the iPhone 4

We're all quite aware of how amazing our iPhones are, but they still continue to surprise us every now and again. One guitarist has posted a mesmerising video on YouTube in which he demonstrates how the iPhone 4 captures guitar strings as they are strummed.

The video isn't a true representation of the way in which guitar strings actually oscillate; instead, it's a fascinating example of how the effects that can sometimes be achieved with the iPhone 4's rolling shutter...

Money Reader App Counts Your Money for You

Some of the things the iPhone can do never cease to amaze me. Thanks to Apple's strong developer community, it seems like folks are always coming up with new ways to use the device.

One of the more recent innovations we've seen involving Apple's popular smartphone is a new application that actually counts your money for you. While we've seen object recognition software in the past, we've never seen it used like this...

Mount Pro Lenses to Your iPhone with this SLR Adapter

MacRumors came across an interesting accessory for all of you iPhone-toting photographers. Have you ever wanted your iPhone to be capable of shooting long-distance photos? Well, now it can with this new SLR adapter.

An SLR adapter is a custom case with a lens-mounting ring. It allows you to attach your SLR (Single Lens Reflex) lenses to your iPhone, which is an absolute must-have for any budding photographer. Or is it?