But that doesn’t mean that blog was quiet that week.

Lastly, we took a look at PhoneTag Voicemail.

The mini-USB plugs were recalled recently, and now customers are getting their replacements. With that in mind, it’s understandable why iPhone info would be a bit slow.

A heart rate monitor app went live on the App Store that week as well, which makes it easier to keep track of your heart rate anywhere at anytime. Funnily abundant, they have arrived for many in huge boxes with just an instruction sheet warning customers to return the defective plugs or else. I mean, Apple is having their MacBook event that Tuesday and we’ll be live blogging at 10 a.m.

We plus learned that a big group of current iPhone users actually switched from a different carrier in order to use the device. The service that allows users to view transcriptions of their voicemails by means of a text notice or an e mail, was very useful and for the most part intuitive. Many will find it to be a suitable alternative to the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail capability.

It was a relatively slow week here on iPhone Buzz, but there’s always a calm before the storm, right? In fact, we found out that the iPhone firmware 2.2 has a few additional features no one noticed right away, including Emoji and StreetView support in Google Maps. PST by on SlashGear. Plus, the iPhone Developer Tech Talks launched that week, bringing iPhone app creation abilities to a wider audience.

Orginal post by Brenda Stokes