iPhone App written by Nine-Year-Old

Lim Ding Wen, a nine-year-old, has written an iPhone App called Doodle Kids, an application which allows children to paint on the iPhone.

"I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw," Lim told Reuters.

Lim started using a computer at age 2. He is fluent in six programming languages, and he's completed 20 programming projects. Lim is wise to get an early start on the App Store, where some developers are striking it rich with their iPhone apps. For example, independent developer Steve Demeter, said he made $250,000 in just two months with his iPhone game Trism.

Lim's father Lim Thye Chean is a chief technology officer who also writes iPhone applications.

With Doodle Kids complete, Lim is already working on his next iPhone app: a science fiction game called Invader Wars.

Mint.com and personal finance on the iPhone

Mint.com released a new and free iPhone application early Monday. Similar to PageOnce's mobile efforts, Mint's lets you monitor your credit card and bank accounts from your phone. It also throws in things like your monthly budget, incoming cash flow and expenses, along with any investment accounts you have synced up to Mint.com.

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I've just started using Mint and love that I can now see my info on my iPhone. My iPhone is rapidly becoming my primary entry point for everything in my life from Calendar & Email, to Omnifocus and now Mint. I agree that it would be better to have to enter a Mint password to access the info but the default iPhone access code is ok.