Looks like the iPhone 3GS is a prime candidate for getting all blinged out, as we have yet another effort by Computer Choppers that offers the Midas combination of gold and diamonds. Dubbed the Limited Edition 24kt Gold & Diamonds iPhone 3GS, you get 24k gold alongside a diamond-studded Apple logo. No notion on pricing, but chances are that would be able to buy a few family cars with some change left by whether you decide to put your money on other frivolous purchases.

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We learned last January that Skype was working on its own iPhone app, little did we know at the moment how expanded it would be before we saw the app in person. Apple plus allowed third party browsers into the App store for the first duration early that year.

We first heard that Apple might let iPhone apps run in the background early in 2009. that was one of the iPhones biggest lost features according to many. February brought early grumblings that we might see a new iPhone in the summer. Early expectations were for several models, which turned out to be false.

Adobe announced early in 2009 that it was working on Flash for the iPhone. We all got excited at that, unfortunately flash is still not here. O2 announced in February that it has sold 1 million iPhones in the UK. Its success proved the iPhone was a global phenomenon.

Australian Jeweler Peter Aloisson went nuts in March and designed an iPhone selling for $2.5 million. The thing was covered in gold and diamonds. We heard in March that the new iPhone 3.0 OS would add MMS and cut and paste to the iPhone. Those things were sorely lost on the iPhone to start with.

Later in March the cut and paste features along with other nice additions in OS 3.0 went official. The first word of the iPhone 3G selling without a contract came in March with a whopping price of $499-$599 depending on the model.

Apple announced in April that almost a billion apps had been downloaded from the App Store. That was just the start for the app store in 2009. Apple placed an order in April for 32GB chips foreshadowing the new iPhone 3GS models.

We started to prepare out grumblings in April that Verizon might get its own LTE version of the iPhone in 2010. We still don’t know whether that will happen or not. TomTom unveiled the first full PND software and hardware system for the iPhone in June. The system turned the iPhone into a serious PND device with all the features you expect.

We learned in June that Steve Jobs was coming back to Apple after being away for health reasons since January. Jobs survived pancreatic cancer. The iPhone 3GS was fond to vastly outperform the iPhone 3G in 3D performance in June when benchmarked. We love us some iPhone 3GS around here.

In July Apple announced that 1.5 billion downloads had been made from the App store. That was another half a billion downloads compared to the numbers early in 2009. iPhone sales boomed in 2009 with the release of figures in July showing that sales had grown 626% year by year. Apple and AT&T landed in hot water with the FCC by the rejection of the Google Voice app from the App Store. The case brought to light the practices of those at Apple who wield the ban hammer for apps.

In August we learned that Apple owned 13.7% of the global smartphone market. That percentage continues to grow today with the iPhone rapidly moving up in popularity. AT&T was sued that year for lack of MMS on the iPhone. The feature was added in the 3.0 update but AT&T didn’t activate the feature considering of the drain it would place on its often shoddy network.

There you have a sampling of the most critical iPhone news items of 2009. Happy New Year and we look forward to reporting more iPhone news in 2010!

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A new iPhone app has been launched for gamers that like to note on Xbox Live. The app lets the gamers keep in touch with gaming pals while on the go. The app is called 360 Live.

A special and gaudy iPhone has become what is apparently the most expensive smartphone in the world. The device is dubbed the iPhone 3GS Supreme with a price of £1.92 million. The handset is covered in gold and diamonds.

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The iPhone 3GS is generally something that draws the attention of citizens, despite it being owned by many society. So what do you do to build it stand out even more? Well, you invest £1.92m (about $3.2m) and get the iPhone 3GS “Supreme. that insanely priced phone was created by Goldstriker’s Stuart Hughes, and took 10 months to create. It was commissioned by an anonymous Australian gold mining magnate, so you can understand his love for gold. The phone boasts a whole bunch of gold and diamonds, most noticeably the one cut rare 7.1 carat diamond in the home button.

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