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This isn't the first time an iPhone has helped to catch the thief who stole it, but it is one of the more entertaining ones. A shoe designer by the name of Sayaka Fukuda was recently mugged by two men who stole her purse and iPhone, but they didn't get away with it for long. Just days later, the thief would give away his identity with his lack of iPhone knowledge.

Apple's policies regarding App Store admission are becoming more and more difficult to figure out. Just recently they gave the O.K. to developers of BdEmailer [App Store, $0.99], and email app for the iPhone. What's weird about that? Well, it's claim to fame is that it's "the first wide email iPhone app that supports client SMTP." In other words, it completely duplicates the exact function of Apple's own Mail.app.

Some users have been reporting issues with accessing their Gmail accounts through the iPhone's Mail app. Several claims describe the app crashing constantly whenever they try to access the account. Similarly, other applications like Contacts crash as well.

Earlier today, security researcher Aviv Raff publicly revealed two crucial security flaws he had found in the iPhone's software that affect the iPhone's Mail app, both of which pose potential security problems. The first is the obvious fact that the Mail app automatically downloads any images within an email. Doing so refers back to the server it came from when it's downloaded, notifying the sender that it has been opened, proving that the email address is a person that they can send spam to.