You can’t ever get enough of all the cool applications that you can find in iTunes. Almost any type of application that you can think of has been made for this platform. So it’s no wonder many are using their phones to become more organized and keep track of their daily tasks. As it turns out, there are plenty of female-specific apps available in iTunes as well. Whether it’s tracking periods or choosing baby names, iTunes has something for everyone.

If you happen to be shopping for iPhone apps for women, here are 10 cool apps you should try:

iPeriod Ultimate: iPeriod is a period calendar that lets you stay on the top of your healthy. It can predict ovulation and fertility as well.

Womans Calendar: it’s a fertility app for iPhone that helps you either get pregnant or avoid it. Lets you keep track of your health information as well.

Contraction Master: Contraction Master makes it easy to share your contraction information with your doctor. Just tap on your app to start tracking and storing your contraction data. Read the rest of this entry »

Your iPhone is one powerful device capable of doing a lot of things whether you are at home or traveling around the globe. Apple has managed to pack many features in the device, but it hasn’t been able to do so far is offer long life with the device. It’s true that the iPhone has improved in the energy management department. However, you can’t expect to disappear with your iPhone for a month without running out of battery at some point. One can always carry iPhone adapters to have a way to charge the device on the go, but what if an outlet can’t be found. A good way to get around this issue is by carrying a solar charger for iPhone. Even that may not help you if you are in an area that doesn’t get too much sunshine. Kinesis Computer Ergonomics has a solution that gives you multiple charging options on the go.

K3 Solar and Wind Charger is an innovative charging solution for iPhone and Blackberry that enables you to take advantage of the power of the sun and the wind to power up your iPhone or other small gadgets. The device is pretty easy to use and doesn’t really bite. In order to take advantage of it, you are going to need to expose the device to sunshine or wind to charge its internal battery. Once there, you can take it with you and power up your iPhone or Blackberry 5 times.

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Apple is not exactly the most open company in the world. There are a lot of things that Apple doesn’t let out. One of those long-held secrets used to be Apple’s agreement for its iPhone app developers. If you have developed an app for iPhone platform, you have seen and agreed to that agreement. Developers don’t want to risk Apple’s wrath, which is why we haven’t had so many leaks in this area. But NASA’s application for iPhone has brought some unexpected surprised upon Apple. Apple probably didn’t expect anyone to invoke the Freedom of Information Act to dig out the license agreement between Apple and NASA. The EFF has not only done that, but it has also published iPhone development license agreement for everyone to see (read it here).

It’s not hard to imagine what Apple has included in its license agreement. If you think about it, there is a reason why developers don’t talk or complain much about how Apple treats them. There is a ban on any public discussion of the agreement. Apple also forbids its developers from taking their app to underground marketplaces such as Cydia. That has happened a few times, so it’s not clear how Apple has enforced this ban. And what happens if a developer messes up and gets sued? Apple will pitch in $50 and the rest will be on the developers’ shoulders.

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We are only days away from the official pre-order date for Apple iPad. It has taken Apple a while to put up the device for sale. But it’s finally happening. The success of the iPad can determine the direction that the Apple will take in the near future, but the company has so many things going on that iPad won’t be the only story of this year for Apple. For starters, 2010 seems to be the year that Apple finally starts responding to some of those lawsuits that have been going against it. Apple may have gone after HTC over its partnership with Google, but the result of that lawsuit can have many ramifications for Apple and its competitors. There is no argument that Apple competitors will think twice before implementing multi-touch capability on their devices. So one could argue that Apple’s lawsuits have the potential to disrupt its competitors’ plans dramatically.

Apple has huge plans for its iPad. It has adopted a very aggressive pricing strategy to make sure the device sells big. The company plans to build 5 million iPad units for the first half of 2010. There were many talks a few weeks ago about Apple postponing the release of iPad. Those stories turned out to be false as the company gears up for a huge year with iPad and iPhone 4.

…various news articles and competitor notes calling for a build delay were just false alarms and note Apple has already announced that Wi-Fi iPad models will be available in the U.S. on April 3 and models with Wi-Fi and 3G will be available in late April…

Those of you who have become addicted to your iPhone are going to have much to cheer about with all the features that Apple is planning for next generation iPhones. In the future, you may be able to open doors with your iPhone among other things. Pretty handy when you think about it.

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When Apple announced its new creation the iPad, consumers were promised access to thousands of apps on the new device. After all, it’s not smart to develop a whole new product and not take advantage of the work that’s already been done by iPhone developers. What Apple did not promise was all iPhone apps making it to the iPad. That’s now seems to be the case as not every app is going to fit on the iPad properly. You certainly don’t want those ported iPhone apps to look lousy on the iPad. But as Wired put it, some of those apps are going to be sorely missed:

But if you recall, the iPhone ships with some apps that appear to be left out from the iPad: Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather and Voice Memos. What gives?

Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment, but I’m willing to guess Apple will just stick those apps in the App Store for a free download, and they’ll be the same apps as they were on the iPhone. After all, it’s unlikely there’s much to do with those particular apps to make them visually special for the iPad.

Steve Jobs seems to have struck down a few of these apps as they didn’t fit the “iPad experience” he has envisioned. I do believe that Apple will eventually introduce these apps for iPad as the new device matures. The iPad development challenges for developers have not gone away however. Read the rest of this entry »