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IQ Boost: separate a memory game from a claim about intelligence
A careful look at the early dual n-back app and why progress inside a puzzle is not a clinical assessment.
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iCalc Auto Loan Calculator: an early iPhone tool for comparing inputs
Powapps’ iCalc began with an auto-loan calculator. Revisit its original purpose and distinguish a calculated payment from an actual financing offer.
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Save Benjis: comparing online prices from a store aisle
Sol Robots’ Save Benjis used the iPhone to connect in-store shopping with online prices and reviews. Here is the context behind the…
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Bubbles on iPhone: a simple touchscreen toy with a long history
Jesse Grosjean’s Bubbles turns drawing and popping into a small, direct interaction; here is how to read its history and current listing.
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BigTipper by PureBlend: splitting a restaurant bill on iPhone
Revisit the original BigTipper calculator and the small interface choices that make a shared bill easier to check.
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Remember The Milk on the early iPhone: a task list away from the desk
The June 2008 page covered Remember The Milk’s iPhone web interface. Its lists, tags and notes showed how an existing task service…
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Payless Car Rental’s iPhone portal: booking from early mobile Safari
A historical guide to Payless’s mobile rental portal and the details that make a small-screen booking easier to verify.
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iActu: when an iPhone news app lived in the browser
The early iActu web-app idea and the qualities that still make a small-screen news reader useful.
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BellHop.com on iPhone: an early mobile lodging search
Identify BellHop.com LLC’s original lodging search and the difference between finding a room and confirming a reservation.
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Omer Counter: a compact calendar tool from Neohasid
Neohasid’s mobile Omer Counter showed days, weeks and the associated sefirah during the count between Passover and Shavuot.
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iGATORfan: a mobile hub for Florida Gators supporters in 2008
The original iGATORfan gathered team news, a 2008 schedule, scores and game information for mobile browsers.
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The Beatles: an early iPhone web reference to the band
The 2008 listing linked a compact Beatles reference covering discography, biography and band members.
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Wikipedia on iPhone: the early web reader and today’s offline reading
The 2008 listing described a small-screen Wikipedia reader. Today’s official iOS app adds documented reading lists and offline access.
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London travel guide on iPhone: plan the journey as well as the visit
A practical mobile London planning guide built around verified transport information, compact itineraries, and clear meeting points.
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Free Stuff Times on iPhone: finding offers without losing the details
How Free Stuff Times organizes freebies and deals, why offer dates matter, and where the later iPhone app fits into the site’s…
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PC2ME: reaching a desktop from the early iPhone
Revisit 1stworks’ PC2ME remote-desktop service and the practical questions behind doing a computer task from a phone.
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StockWatch: Toughturtle’s early iPhone portfolio web app
The original StockWatch paired a watchlist with portfolio figures. This history distinguishes the 2008 web app from later apps with similar names.
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Natuba: the early iPhone photo-sharing idea and the archive problem
A retrospective on sharing pictures from a phone, with a practical distinction between posting an image and preserving it.
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Encrypt & Store: a bookmarklet-based vault on the early iPhone
The 2008 web tool encoded password-protected text into a bookmarklet, an unusual approach to saving sensitive notes.
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Moviefone’s iPhone site: finding a film and a nearby showing
The original Moviefone mobile website used ZIP-code search to connect movie information with local showtimes.
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Infiltrator for iPhone: DS Effects’ 2008 web game
Identify the original DS Effects browser game behind this 2008 link, with clear separation from later games that use the same title.
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Books on iPhone: build a reading setup you will actually use
Make a small phone comfortable for reading, organize a manageable library, and check how books remain accessible.
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FlyTunes: an early attempt to bring internet radio to the iPhone
The original FlyTunes offered personalized music channels through an iPhone web service. Revisit its place in the early mobile-radio landscape.
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Pocket Express Travel Edition: Handmark’s early mobile information service
Revisit Handmark’s Pocket Express Travel Edition and separate its early mobile-service history from later App Store versions.