The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple

Posted By: wraggster

Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store, "it's so sterile," gasps Lisa upon entering. Perhaps the best exchange comes from Bart's dubbing of a Steve Mobs' product announcement in front of a crowd of gaping nerds, "You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!" A Mapple store employee then angrily responds, "Who dares question the boss we fired 10 years ago and then brought back!" Yuk yuk. Videos after the break for as long as it takes for the copyrighters to wake up.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/t...mocks-m-apple/

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Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart

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You might think you're some kind of l337 h4x0r because you used software to unlock your iPhone. Big deal! You've got nothing on the Vietnamese hackers that'll unlock your iPhone for you the hard way.

http://gizmodo.com/5100498/vietnames...faint-of-heart

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SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email

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From the maker of handy iPhone landscape typing program TouchType, SMS Touch is an iPhone app that allows users to send unlimited text messages without paying for an SMS plan.

http://gizmodo.com/5100592/sms-touch...-through-email

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Rumors of a 32GB iPhone

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The Macworld Expo is scheduled to take place in San Francisco from January 5th to 9th, 2009 and is the most likely venue for Apple's next product announcements. While there are several rumors circulating about what new products will be announced and which existing products will be updated, one rumor indicates that Apple may unveil a 32GB iPhone at the MacWorld Expo.

Although this rumor is largely unsubstantiated, certain events coupled with the right timing have caused some to think this rumor could be true. The largest iPhone (16GB) currently only has half the memory of the largest iPod Touch (32GB) because the iPhone can only contain a single NAND Flash chip while the iPod Touch can house two. The extra space in the iPhone is consumed by necessary communications hardware. However, back in August Toshiba announced that they would mass produce the 32GB chips in the 4th quarter of 2008. These 32GB chips could possibly be used in a future iPhone model. Also, Intel interestingly...

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...gb-iphone.html

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DVD Catalyst 3.7

Posted By: wraggster

DVD Catalyst 3 converts movies quickly and easily into a format that can be played on a portable device (Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Sony PSP, Creative Zen, Smartphone, PocketPC and more) It offers a multitude of different video types it can create, allowing it to even create video files for non-listed or brand-new devices. DVD Catalyst 3 incorporates an extensive feature list, with many unique, handy and industry-first options to make your conversions as easy as possible, while providing you with the best possible quality. DVD Catalyst 3 uses the award-winning open source mplayer/mencoder projects for detection and conversion, which allows DVD Catalyst to convert just about anything to any format without the need of having codec's installed on your computer.

http://software.smartphonethoughts.c...for-any-device

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iPhone Mosaic Celebrates 10,000 Apps and Counting

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Apparently, developers have submitted over 10,000 apps to the App Store—which has motivated someone to create this wicked looking mosaic out of all the app icons (even the 9,900 or so crappy ones).

http://gizmodo.com/5100893/iphone-mo...s-and-counting

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Night Camera iPhone App Picks the Decisive Moment via Accelerometer, Eliminates Shaky

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Even if you have the still hands of Solid Snake on Diazepam, night shots with a cellphone camera will often turn out a blur. Night Camera detects motion and pulls the trigger when your shakies are at their steadiest.

http://gizmodo.com/5100805/night-cam...es-shaky-hands

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Important Update Made To Doom For Iphone & Itouch!

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It came to my attention that some changes and bug fixes were needed in Doom for iPhone and iPod Touch. I have implemented these changes in the new Doom v1.1.0 available on Cydia in the Games section.

New in v1.1.0:


Added a rudimentary change weapon button to replace the unneeded top left turn button. The button simply rotates through each weapon (1 through up to 9). It currently is not a "next weapon" button as it attempts to switch to that weapon slot, and not the next slot with a loaded weapon.
Fixed the movement speed to match Doom for the PC. The game can now be played much easier as it was moving too fast before.
Fixed the saving & loading of games. Games are currently saved to /Applications/Doom.app/saves/
Fixed the lack of a backwards motion. Now if you tilt the device down, it moves backwards, as intended.
Fixed the lack of speed settings. Now based on how far you tilt the device, the speed key gets enabled.

That's all for now. Whew! Keep the feedback coming!

We're DOOMed!
ZodTTD

http://www.zodttd.com/boards/blog/zo...p?showentry=14

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Bad Apple: You’re a Fool if You Believe the iPhone Ads

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There has been a recent storm of lawsuits against Apple by dissatisfied iPhone 3G owners who say that the advertisements that claim the iPhone is "twice as fast for half the price" are misleading. Apple has responded to one such lawsuit with a 9 page legal statement that claims their ads are truthful, but one paragraph basically says in legal speak that anyone who fully believes their ads is a fool.

The response is to the lawsuit filed by William Gillis, a 70 year old San Diego resident, who says he was mislead by untruthful advertisements when he decided to purchase an iPhone. The legal speak in question that Apple responded with is as follows:

"Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as claims of fact."

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...phone-ads.html

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iPhone App Makes Logging On to Free AT&T Wi-Fi Not Suck

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All iPhone users get free AT&T Wi-Fi, hurray. But the text-message-based access system makes it a pain in the ass to log onto. Enter Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T, an app that makes it, well, easy.

http://gizmodo.com/5101159/iphone-ap...wi+fi-not-suck

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iPhone Conquers 16.6 Percent of World Smartphone Market

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After besting BlackBerry and the Razr, the iPhone has seized its largest parcel of the global smartphone market yet: 16.6 percent. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's actually a pretty big deal.

http://gizmodo.com/5101114/iphone-co...rtphone-market

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Batmobile Makes iPhone Drive-By

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Glu Mobile brings the caped crusader to the iPhone for the first time with The Dark Knight: Batmobile, a mini-game featuring the movie version of Batman's ride.

The game serves as the debut of the Glu Snax line of iPhone titles, which featured bite-sized snippets of game play for a low prince - in this case, only $.99. In this case you get what you pay for. Pilot the Batmobile from Batman's underground base across the rooftops using the touch screen to angle jumps, activate afterburners, and fire weapons. All in all it's pretty much a minute worth of gameplay. It's quite nicely done and well thought out, but only a minute long. Interesting though, in a very quick diversion sort of way. Check it out on an iPod Touch or iPhone near you to see for yourself.

http://kotaku.com/5101544/batmobile-...phone-drive+by

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Gameloft Launches Brothers In Arms: Hour of Heroes For iPhone

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Gameloft have released Brothers In Arms: Hour Of Heroes for the iPhone, bringing 14 missions over 3 theater campaigns to your pocket.

Control is via a 'fire' icon and a touchable movement circle, that at least looks like it might be a bit more analogue than a fake D-Pad and which changes according to whether you are on foot or in a vehicle. The accelerometer comes into play too as a natural way of lobbing grenades at your foes. (Be sure to hold on tight, lest you lose your precious phone)

During the 3 campaigns in Normandy, Ardennes & Tunisia you will use bazookas, machine guns sniper rifles and grenades, drive a Sherman Tank and a Jeep and die in a hail of bullets. A lot.

http://kotaku.com/5101053/gameloft-l...oes-for-iphone

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Pystar vs. Apple. Conspiracy?

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The latest turn of events in the Apple vs. Pystar case Pystar has accepted Apple's amendum to the original complaint against Pystar which adds some wording that implies that other companies have been supporting Pystar in the background.

"18. On information and belief, persons other than Psystar are involved in Psystar’s unlawful and improper activities described in this Amended Complaint. The true names or capacities, whether individual, corporate, or otherwise, of these persons are unknown to Apple. Consequently they are referred to herein as John Does 1 through 10 (collectively the “John Doe Defendants”). On information and belief, the John Doe Defendants are various individuals and/or corporations who have infringed Apple’s intellectual property rights, breached or induced the breach of Apple’s license agreements and violated state and common...

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-new...onspiracy.html

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Rumor: Wal-Mart to Sell 4GB iPhone for $99

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A new rumor has surfaced that Wal-Mart will begin selling 4GB iPhones for only $99 later this month as part of their agreement to begin selling touchscreen handsets.

Apple's existing iPhone 3G offers of course include the 8GB and 16GB models, which sell for $199 and $299, respectively, and come with two-year contracts. Last year there was a 4GB first-generation iPhone briefly available that sold for $399 but it was discontinued only a couple of months later and when Apple decided to focus on boosting the 8GB sales.

The BoyGeniusReport has reported rumors that Apple may introduce a 4GB iPhone 3G and would allow Wal-Mart to sell it for $99 with a two-year contract. The BoyGeniusReport cites an internal memo, "that Wal-Mart has reached agreement with Apple to offer iPhone 3G in Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart-managed Sam’s Club Connection Centers nationwide beginning December 28, 2008."

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...hone-99-a.html

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Smartphone numbers are in: iPhone sales exceed Windows Mobile sales for first time

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Gartner's latest and greatest analysis of the global smartphone industry is in, and there are quite a few interesting nuggets tucked within all those percentages. For starters, the sector still managed to grow 11.5% in Q3 2008 compared to a year prior, but that increase is the smallest since it began tracking. Of course, given the current economic climate, we'd say it's a win to see any number not in the negative. Moving on, we see Nokia maintaining its numero uno status with 42.4% market share, though it did recognize a rare decline in sales of 3% year-on-year; as for RIM, its BlackBerry phone sales increased an amazing 81.7% in Q3. We're also clued in to why Apple was rumored to be hacking its iPhone production some 40% in Q4, as the company has some two million units of inventory built up in the supply channel. Finally, we're told that "for the first time (meaning in this quarter), iPhone sales exceeded sales of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices worldwide and in North America," and beyond that, "open-source initiatives like Android and Symbian Foundation [are set to] challenge Windows Mobile's licensing model in the short-term." Need we really reiterate how badly WinMo 7 is needed?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/04/s...ows-mobile-sa/

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iPhone Music Game Tap Tap Revenge Hits the Floor In Sequel Tap Tap Dance

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The most popular free iPhone game of the year has gotten a full overhaul with more Open GL goodness, more frantic Guitar-Hero-inspired music tapping, and most importantly, more Daft Punk.

http://gizmodo.com/5101846/iphone-mu...-tap-tap-dance

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iPhone 3G-iPhone 2200mAh Portable Power battery

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New from Divineo USA



This External Battery for your iPhone and iPhone 3G is the energy solution for your phone to maximize usage. Have you been noticing that the alloted battery life of the iPhone isn't enough for you? Here comes the solution. It's essentially an external battery pack that looks like a stylish case. Despite adding a little extra bulk to your iPhone, it looks great, and will offer extra hours of standby time and hours of talk time, it also provide more hours of Internet use and hours of video, audio playback.

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iPhone barf bag mod is air sick

Posted By: wraggster

Sure, it's foolish and low-tech as hell. But in the 8-hours you were cooped up on that transatlantic flight, did you ever once think about using the barf bag as an adjustable mount for your media player? No, you just held your iPod touch in your hand, occasionally dozing off until awakened by a jerk of the earbuds from your fallen iPod. Who's the fool now?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/b...r-is-air-sick/

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Homebrew iPhone App Lets You Reward Sparky From Afar

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Wonder what your pets are doing when you're not home? Here's a simple homebrew iPhone app that'll allow you to spy on your dog, and shower him with treats, no matter where you are!

With a CD-R spindle, some cardboard and wood scraps, a giant syringe, a webcam, and some glue, Stephen Myer created the body of a doggy-treat dispenser. He then used ioBridge's beta hardware—which included a pre-made servo smart board and a fill-in-the-blank type web interface—that created a widget and javascript for him.

After pasting the javascript into his iPhone, Myer also embedded streaming feed from a webcam on his dog's kennel, so that he would be able to see what his dog is up to when it thinks no one is watching. If Sparky is being a good boy, Myer could press a button that will give Sparky a treat! However, if Sparky is misbehaving, I have to wonder if this application can get the dispenser to smack Sparky with a broom. Although this application is not for purchase, Myer's blog has step-by-step instructions on how to turn your iPhone into your very own dogwatcher.

http://gizmodo.com/5102240/homebrew-...arky-from-afar

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Iphone FM Transmitter

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New from SuccessHK



The Iphone FM Transmitter can transmit the digital FM ,let you enjoy the high quality music in your car through the speaker.It adoptigital PLL technoligy,transmission is stable in different environment.otherwise, you can communicate with others without take the phone ,which make you to call sb safely and easily when driving.

Power by iPhone/iPod
High fidelity, stero
Digital PLL technology,transmission is stable in different environment
Full frequency range, avoid disturd effectively
Mutes the music during calls

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iPhone ipower 3G

Posted By: wraggster

New from SuccessHK



This iPhone ipower 3G has 2400mAh super capacity,let your phone to use for a long time. It can charg,discharg and date transmit at the same time . Has a in-sert super Mini speaker,can enlarge the voice of iPhone,the special obligate bore for camera,the simple design matches with your iPhone well too.

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iPhone Backup Power

Posted By: wraggster

New from SuccessHK



The iPhone Backup Power has a built-in USB cable, can direct USB Chargeing from computer or USB charger/Date transmission from computer. It has high quality Li-ion Cell and automatic tests iPhone/iPod function, also can compatible with all iPhone/iPods.It can recharge up to 1000 times too.

Built-in USB cable
Direct USB Charging from Computer or USB charger/Date Transmission from from computer
Automatic tests iPhone/iPod function
4 LED shows charging status
Can recharge up to 1000 times

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Voice Dialing, Search, and More with Vlingo

Posted By: wraggster

Alright alright Joost failed. Here's a little app that certainly does not fail -- in fact it really is good. I have used it for a few days now and it hasn't had any changes in how well it works. Remember back a monthish ago when Google came out with their voice searching app that was all the rage? Now add in some voice dialing, voice map search, and voice social networking updates all in one. Yup that's vlingo.

Voice Dial

Come on Apple why isn't voice dial enabled by default? It needs to be. Oh well at least the AppStore opens up the possibility to take up the slack where Apple fails. Vlingo does some voice dialing and it does it well.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...re-vlingo.html

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Secret iPhone video-out features hacked, used for video games

Posted By: wraggster

Hey, just because using secret undocumented iPhone SDK calls might get you booted from the App Store doesn't mean it's not a good time -- Ars Technica commissioned Freeverse to mod its Moto Chaser game to use the hidden video-out features in iPhone 2.2, and we have to say the results turned out pretty decent. It's not perfect -- it looks like it only works in landscape mode, and rendering to TV resolutions strains the processor and slows framerates down on all but the faster 2G iPod touch -- but it works, and it's a taste of where iPhone app development could go if Apple ever opens up the gates. Or you could just be Google and do whatever you want, we suppose.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/s...r-video-games/

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$99 Apple Cellphone Inevitable, Analyst Says

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The Kaufman Bros.—technology market analysts, plumber aficionados, and part-time acrobatic artists—are arguing that the $99 Apple-branded cellphone is going to happen, echoing what Charlie Wolf already said. Really.

http://gizmodo.com/5102869/99-apple-...e-analyst-says

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Dr. Awesome, Microsurgeon M.D. Brings Qix to the iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

Dr. Awesome, Microsurgeon M.D has quite a spectacular name. And the premise, ridding patients of disease with the help of your iPhone or Touch, magnificent.

It even has the over-the-top, finger-pointing, absurdly kitchy graphics and dialog of some of Japan's greatest imports. (I'm looking at you Trauma Center and Phoenix Wright).

But what about the actual game play? Can an iPhone game live up to all of that hype? Well, yes and no.

http://kotaku.com/5102483/dr-awesome...-to-the-iphone

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iFone 3G is more than phonetically inaccurate

Posted By: wraggster

Not even 24 hours after discovering the completely befuddling iFone x1 comes this, something entirely more recognizable, yet just as wrong. The iFone 3G is -- so far as we can tell -- the first mass produced KIRF of the iPhone 3G, and if history has anything to prove, it'll be just the first in a long, long linage. The best part? The whole "3G" thing in the model name is not representative of actual data band support, so the best you'll do on this heap of festering rubbish is EDGE. At the $5 to $10 range, we could definitely see picking one up for kicks and giggles, but at $178? Psssh... no thanks, poser.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/06/k...than-phonetic/

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Santa Live iPhone App Pulled Due to Even More Controversy

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Developer Adam Majewski's Santa Live app has had its share of bad press already: we reported a few weeks ago that Majewski was paying commenters to leave positive feedback about his project. But after the horror of a novelty Christmas song included in the app, Santa Live has been officially pulled from the App Store.

http://gizmodo.com/5103465/santa-liv...re-controversy

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Monopoly in the AppStore

Posted By: wraggster

MMi member thetoothfairy noticed Monopoly is now live in the AppStore (link opens iTunes) - this is fresh! So fresh, it seems, AppStore won't even let me download it yet from the iPhone - although I was able to get it from iTunes and sync.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-appstore.html

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Rumor: iTunes will be DRM Free by Tuesday

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There are rumors circulating that Apple is about to start and end of the year sales push that will finally allow unprotected iTunes music from all major labels.

A French technology site ElectronLibre says that it's now "clear" Apple will bring new life to its music store by removing DRM from tracks published by Sony, Universal and Warner on December 9th. ElectronLibre does not have a long track record but did accurately leak the launch of French iTunes TV shows.

This rumor comes after several others that said Apple was negotiating DRM free terms with the major labels.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-new...e-tuesday.html

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Walmart iPhone Coming but at Normal Price

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There is nearly no doubt that the iPhone is coming our for sale at Walmart before the end of the month. Bloomberg has all but confirmed the rumor with a couple Walmart store representatives and five cell-hone department employees in Walmart stores across California.

On the other hand it is appearing more obvious that the $99 4 gb iPhone is no more than a rumor. First of all bloomberg confirmed that Walmart will be offering two models of iPhone. Those two models will most likely be the 8 gb and 16 gb versions that are currently out on the market at normal prices.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...mal-price.html

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Winnydows Commander 1.003 released!

Posted By: wraggster

Winnydows has released a new version of his Media manager for the PSP and Iphone, heres whats new:

Many fixes and tweaks.
Now you can work with files on the iPhone in your own language (UTF8 pharse).
Explorer support one or two windows view.
Explorer can read PSP saves now.
Rewritten loading engine - loading files and folders faster and more stable now.
Improved Cut, Copy, Paste.
Improved DragDrop.
Fixed memory leak in photo folders.
Explorer now remembers the last location (can be turned off in options).
Added option confirm files delete.
Added Quick Action bar - allows easy and quick to perform operations with files (you can disable in the options).
Fixed activation errors.

Winnydows Commander 1.003

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DIY iPhone Retro Rotary Docking Station

Posted By: wraggster

Interestingly enough, a retro rotary phone lends itself well to iPhone docking. Plus, building one yourself looks to be a fairly simple procedure (so long as you are willing to cannibalize a speaker dock).

According to the project page, a version with a microphone on the handset is also in the works along with a compatible iPhone app. That would make it possible to use it for actual phone calls—kind of like the commercial retro handsets that have become so ubiquitous these days.

http://gizmodo.com/5105689/diy-iphon...ocking-station

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SimCity May Be the First Must-Have iPhone Game

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While there are plenty of apps to help you kill time on your iPhone/iPod touch, there hasn't been a killer app to launch the system as a powerful gaming platform. SimCity may change that.

So far, developer EA has, no pun intended, phoned it in a bit with their iPhone apps. Neither Spore nor Tetris have been anything all that noteworthy, not quite living up to the iPhone's Dreamcast-level hardware. But after Kotaku spent some time with EA's latest big project, SimCity, they had nothing but great things to say about it.


Whatever you do, though, don't go thinking this is SimCity Lite. This mobile version is fully featured, with pre-built cities, accountant recommendations, water pipes, natural disasters, etc. The works.

[Pinching] in as close as you can on the 2D sprites reveals intricate details, such a smoke emitting from towers, or shading alongside the buildings. Overall, a really nice graphical presentation that compares similarly to SimCity 3000.

http://gizmodo.com/5105591/simcity-m...ve-iphone-game

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Cheap Apps Stifling Innovation?

Posted By: wraggster

Although Apple has seen 10,000 applications and 300 million downloads in less than four months in its App Store, some are complaining that the lower priced apps are stifling innovation and inhibiting developers.

Craig Hockenberry, a seasoned developer who created the Frenzic and Twitterrific apps describes this problem well in his open letter to Steve Jobs.

The main problem is the enormous amount of 99-cent apps or less (see graph), what Hockenberry calls “ringtone apps,” where developers reduce their prices as low as possible so they’ll get favorable placement in iTunes. Hockenberry describes this, “We have a lot of great ideas for iPhone applications. Unfortunately, we’re not working on the cooler (and more complex) ideas. Instead, we’re working on 99¢ titles that have a limited lifespan and broad appeal. Market conditions make ringtone apps most appealing.”

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...nnovation.html

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iPhone Copy and Paste Now Working Between Safari and Mail

Posted By: wraggster

Finally, someone has conceived a way to copy and paste text from Safari to Mail, and between web pages. And this time, it doesn't require any software installation and it's legal:

http://gizmodo.com/5107138/iphone-co...afari-and-mail

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Apple and AT&T bring back iPhone home activation

Posted By: wraggster

Online shoppers looking to spend the holiday season firmly planted on the couch can add the iPhone 3G back to their lists -- we've just confirmed that Apple and AT&T have quietly brought back in-home activation. Sure, it's been available in limited circumstances before, but now it's here and for real, just like with the first-gen unit. Would-be unlockers looking to score a phone for $199 flat can't start celebrating just yet, though -- you'll still have to provide your billing details and face an ETF if you don't activate within a set period of time. Oh well -- at least it's convenient, right?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/a...me-activation/

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iPhone and iPod Touch Revolutionary Gaming Devices?

Posted By: wraggster

A few days ago the folks at Advertising Age noticed a new iPhone add on yahoo (the video above or you can see it in person here if it is still up) that showcases the iPod Touch as a gaming device. While the ad is interesting in itself as it takes the top half of Yahoo's page and makes it dance around with the advertisement a more interesting question can be brought up. Are the iPhone and iPod Touch really revolutionary gaming devices?

If you are Apple the answer is a definitive yes. In addition to the expensive gaming advertising mentioned above Engadget reported today some quotes made by Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple John Geleynse during an Apple event held earlier today in San Jose.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...g-devices.html

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NSFW Apps Added to AppStore

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If you need to get your fix on AppStore apps that aren't appropriate in places like work Apple has heard you and is now allowing these types of apps into the AppStore. Don't get too excited though because these aren't going to be pornographic in nature; just crude and lewd.

Need an example? Farting. The app Pull My Finger was originally rejected from the AppStore some months back and how now been let in to the AppStore. IF fart jokes are your thing then lucky you -- you can also grab iFart which does the same thing as Pull My Finger.

Gizmodo is reporting that apps like Pull My Finger and iFart Mobile are going to be in a new AppStore category specifically for NSFW apps. The AppStore doesn't have this new category yet and the apps are currently being categorized sort of randomly with Pull My Finger considered "Entertainment" and iFart Mobile as a "Game" even though they do the same basic thing.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-appstore.html

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AppStore Layout Updated - Slightly Better

Posted By: wraggster

Apple made some overnight change to the AppStore in iTunes which appears to be an attempt to better organize and showcase the 10,000 applications.

Top free and top paid applications are now separated. They are both positioned in the right column of the AppStore with paid apps above the free apps. This change was probably made to help feature paid apps more -- the previous top apps section of proliferated by free apps. Follow the source links at the bottom. Looks like they actually moved Free and Paid to the right and left in category views instead of both in the right column. Sadly not in my iTunes but ohwell. Update: Now the new layout is showing up -- pic updated.
The other change made was now the top 100 apps are shown instead of the top 50. Good apps that are out of the top 50 (yes there are some) will now more noticeable possibly promoting more downloads/sales.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...ly-better.html

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Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"

Posted By: wraggster

According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regarding the iPhone platform that should seriously raise a few eyebrows. During an ADC "iPhone Tech Talk" in San Jose, Geleynse apparently waxed excited about the potential for the handheld as a viable threat to the DS (and the PSP by proxy), calling the iPhone a "gaming console" and claiming that "it's not a phone, it's a console experience." Pretty bold talk about a device that has yet to really prove its gaming mettle, but nothing new from the Apple camp as far as we're concerned. Considering these comments alongside those from a recent interview in which Greg Joswiak compared the touch to the DS, it seems clear that the company is making a noticeable effort to push this angle. Adding some fuel to that fire is PR that just went out announcing a series of EA "sneak peek" events at Apple Stores around the US. In their words:

Throughout the month of December Apple Stores in New York, LA, San Francisco and Chicago will host special "EA Games Sneak Peek" events where Electronic Arts will discuss why the iPod touch and iPhone are amazing platforms for mobile gaming...

While there's no question the iPhone and touch have made inroads when it comes to gaming, it still isn't clear that there's going to be anything beyond a casual interest for these devices. Then again, if the Wii's success has proven anything, it's that there's plenty of cash in casual if you can make it appealing enough. And you know how Apple feels about appealing products and money.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/a...aming-console/

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Microsoft releases first iPhone application, Seadragon

Posted By: wraggster

After some rumblings this past March, Microsoft has now officially joined the iPhone development community with Seadragon Mobile, a free app that lets you "infinite zoom" gigapixel-sized images. Although Seadragon is a Silverlight application on the desktop, Microsoft isn't bringing Silverlight to the iPhone, so don't get your hopes up -- this is probably just some AJAX magic. We're itching to see if the company has any more apps in the pipeline -- we'll wish for an Office editor, but expect a Minesweeper variant.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/14/m...ion-seadragon/

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Katamari rolls out on iPhone

Posted By: Shrygue

via Computer and Video Games


Namco Bandai has quietly released a version of Katamari Damacy for iPhone - and it's fully tilt-sensitive.

I Love Katamari is up on iTunes now for £4.99, and comes with four gameplay modes; Story, Time Attack, Eternal and Exact Size.

At 82MB it'll take up an ample chunk of your memory space - and early reviews complain of frame rate problems and under-sensitive tilt controls - but hey, it's Katamari. On your phone.

Check it out on iTunes and let us know if it's any good. We've got to delete some stuff first...


One screenshot

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iPhone nano revealed by (another) silicone case mockup?

Posted By: wraggster

There's something just a little skeezy about basing predictions for Important New Apple Products upon nasty renders of protective case mockups from China. Still, they've panned out astonishingly nicely before, so we'll just have to suck it up. iDealsChina is reporting that XSKN is not-so-secretly working on a silicone skin for the upcoming "Nano iPhone" (or, more likely, iPhone nano) a shorter, chubbier version of the iPhone 3G. According to iDealsChina sources, the phone will apparently sport EDGE data, but otherwise seems unsurprisingly identical in specs to its forebears, other than the obviously smaller screen. They're also saying Apple plans to sell these at high volumes for low prices at hip spots like Walmart, that the company will (naturally) be unveiling the new handset in January at Macworld, and even go so far as to say that leaked photos of the device should be surfacing in the next couple of days -- we'll be keeping our eyes peeled.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/15/i...e-case-mockup/

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Travel Charger Dual USB

Posted By: wraggster

New from SuccessHk



Can use for iPod / iPhone, NDS/NDSL, PSP, Digital Cameras and so on
Input: AC100-240V

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3G unlock - New years eve!

Posted By: wraggster

From: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter.

* The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008.
* This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you.
* The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone

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Refurb 3G $149 from AT&T

Posted By: wraggster

AT&T has refurbished 3G iPhones up for sale on their site. The 8GB black sells for only $149 with a new 2 year contract, and both the white and black 16GB versions are $249 with contract.

A "refurb" is defined by AT&T as:


Quote:
previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned during the 30-day trial period. Each refurbished phone is independently quality tested and loaded with the latest software to meet current factory standards. Some refurbished iPhone 3G devices will have minor scratches.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-3g-149-t.html

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iPhone Used as Controller to Play Doom on External Display

Posted By: wraggster

iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith has created a very special port of Doom, one that uses the iPhone as touch controller but an external monitor for display. And not any display, but an Apple II's.

Following Erica Sadun's article on how to enable the iPhone's undocumented TV-out features, Troughton-Smith came up with the idea of avoiding the iPhone screen except to draw the controls necessary to navigate through Doom's corridors.

http://gizmodo.com/5111140/iphone-us...ternal-display

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The next 'Metal Gear' is for the iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

The scans are for this month's Famitsu (japanese mag if the picture didn't made it obvious) show Metal Gear on the iPhone. The story seems to be based around MGS4 but aside from this scan there's no more info.

What's really curious about this is that it's coming on the iPhone rather than a PSP of all places.

Good news for all Iphone owners

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...etal-gear.html

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Orange's iPhone exclusive ruled illegal in France

Posted By: wraggster

After 13 months into a five-year exclusivity deal in France, the French competition agency has ruled the Apple and Orange (the mobile subsidiary of France Telecom) cartel illegal. Something that could have a knock-on effect throughout Europe. The agency criticized the Orange/Apple pact for having "grave and immediate" effect on the overall French mobile marketplace and thus, the French consumer, by introducing "a new flavor of rigidity in a sector that already lacks competition." The injunction, while temporary, is enough to allow other French carriers to distribute the iPhone 3G in time for the holidays. Shrug.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/o...gal-in-france/

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Walmart iPhone on sale the 28th for a lot more than $99

Posted By: wraggster

At this point, it's clear that the $99 iPhone 3G rumor was just that: rumor. We have a letter that we believe to be authentic from a source within Walmart that says the iPhone will launch in the house that Sam built at 9am December 28th. At launch, only the 8GB ($197) and 16GB ($297) iPhone 3Gs will be available with a required signature on a 2-year AT&T contract. An internal pilot program kicks off today at 488 stores across the nation. The iPhone 3G and a sack of garden manure all under the same roof... heaven.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/w...-more-than-99/

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Television App For iPhone is Not Quite Hulu, But Getting Warmer

Posted By: wraggster

The creatively name "Television" aggregates web TV sources like CNN, CBS, NBC and BBC, making Bob Schieffer, Brian Williams and the gang from Top Gear just a single tap away.

Television is only an aggregator—meaning all of the content available already exists out on the web for free. And, it only works on wi-fi, which is unfortunate. But the list of available shows is pretty decent:

USA

CNN - Now in the News, In Case You Missed
CBS - Eye to Eye, Face the Nation
NBC - Nightly News, Meet the Press
CNBC - Fast Money
Comedy Central - Standup Highlights
VH1 - Celebrity Rehab, The Pickup Artists
Onion Networkk - All videos
College Humor TV - All videos
Digg.TV - Diggnation
CNET - First Look, Buzz Report
Discovery Channel - Highlights
National Geographic - Highlights
MTV - MTV News, music videos
NBA - News and match highlights

UNITED KINGDOM

BBC - Highlights from Top Gear, Torchwood, Goodness Gracious, QI
SKY - Sky News
ITN - News and Showbizz
Megawhat.Tv - Tech News

FRANCE

TF1 - Le Journal, Météo
M6 - Six Minutes
BFM - Première Edition
iTele - iTele News

GERMANY

RTL - News, Aktuell, Wetter, Exclusiv
ARD - Tagesschau, Das Wetter
NDR - Ratgeber Technik
WDR - Die Sendung mit der Maus, Käptn Blaubär
ZDF - Heute, Wetten Dass Backstage, Aktuelle Sportstud

http://gizmodo.com/5112235/televisio...getting-warmer

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Tilt-Shift Photography On the iPhone, Sorry Starving Artists

Posted By: wraggster

Tilt-shift photography, the popular but fashionable method of making big objects look like tiny models, is now on the iPhone. That's good for pretty much everyone who isn't planning their innovative tilt-shift art show.

The application is aptly called TiltShift. It costs $2, and while it doesn't use traditional tilt-shift lenses, the software adds some blur filters to create the illusion. The user selects the part of the image to be in focus/tiny, and the software feathers the surrounding area appropriately.

We're not sure that TiltShift's simple, even if effective filters are worth $2 to us, but the free clone app that's surely just days away will be a fantastic way to kill 10 minutes.

http://gizmodo.com/5112091/tilt+shif...arving-artists

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Four Konami games coming to iPhone, including Metal Gear, Silent Hill

Posted By: wraggster

And Dance Dance Revolution, if you can believe it. Konami has announced the impending arrival of four downloadable iPhone games, with all but one scheduled to arrive "from late December." The genres covered are "Music," "Action," "3D Shooting" and the slightly provocative "Touch Shooting." As for the corresponding titles:

Dance Dance Revolution S Lite, "a music game where you tap the arrow icons that appear at the bottom of the screen in time with music."
Silent Hill: The Escape, "a first-person 3D shooting game that lets players utilize the control features only found on the iPhone and iPod touch ..."
Frogger, "a simple game" which probably doesn't require any further explanation.
Metal Gear Solid Touch, "an original game that brings to life the world and characters" of MGS4. Eight "touch shooting" levels will be available in the initial release, with more to follow.

MGST is currently slated for a Spring 2009 release. All the games are coming to North America, Japan and Europe, with the exception of Dance Dance Revolution, which is apparently too hip for the electronic rectangles in Europe

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/17/fo...l-gear-silent/

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SimCity now available on iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

EA just sent word out by news ticker that SimCity is now available for iPhone (and iPod touch). The game appears to be in the vein of SimCity 3000 and is listed for $10 on the App Store.

We're curious to hear how it plays, so let us know in the comments. If it's a solid SimCity experience (and fat fingers friendly), $10 doesn't seem like a bad price.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/18/si...available-now/

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Metal Gear Solid Touch: Brace For Duck Hunt Disappointment

Posted By: wraggster

You’re excited by the prospect of Metal Gear Solid on the iPhone, are you?. You may be less excited about the reality of Metal Gear Solid on the iPhone.

Take a close look at those screens. One shows Snake standing behind a wall of sandbags, shooting at bad guys. The other shows a zoomed-in view of Snake shooting at bad guys. They don't show him sneaking, they don't show him blending into a wall, they don't show him punching some unlucky sap in the cock.

You know why? Because it sounds like shooting is all you'll be doing. The same Famitsu article that broke the news yesterday also has a few details on the game that the press release neglected to mention.

They boil down to this: you don't control Snake's movement. All you do is swipe your fingers around to aim, then tap the screen to shoot.

It's Duck Hunt. Or, if you will, Snake's Crossbow Training.

Not that this is a bad thing! Kojima says in the article that the team originally considered a stealthy game, but decided (WISELY) that the iPhone isn't up to the task controls-wise, and went with something simpler.

Should make for a less frustrating experience, but still, that won't ease the crushing disappointment iPhone owners hoping for a "proper" MGS game will be feeling.

http://kotaku.com/5112841/metal-gear...disappointment

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Enhanced Version Numbers for Google Mobile

Posted By: wraggster

Google mobile app upgrade adds an oh so needed version number enhancement along with bug fixes…

Is this really what they mean by this? Because if it is wow Google wow…

http://cultofmac.com/google-mobile-a...hancement/6145

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Real File Syncing for iPhone with Evernote

Posted By: wraggster

Today, the team over at Evernote, who refer to themselves as the brain-replacement people, have finally made a solid solution for iPhone note taking.

Evernote offers full documents synchronization, in other words you can sync not just your notes but anything you drag into them. Previously you could only add pictures and text, but thanks to Evernote you can drag in an Excel sheet, a Word document, a PDF or just about anything else and it will sync with all your devices.

While this is all good, the real kicker is that you can open and edit the files and those modifications are reflected immediately upon syncing, and can be viewed on the iPhone. However, the files cannot yet be edited on the iPhone.

Furthermore, you can then mail your edited documents right from your iPhone…and this feature is hard to come by even in the FileMagnet or AirSharing apps that are committed to viewing and storing files. This feature is also free, but the dock syncing...

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-evernote.html

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Magic Cupule Stand for PSP Slim/NDS Lite/iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo China



Compatible with PSP Slim/Iphone or NDS Lite console, this special soft rubber cupule allows you to appreciate programs conveniently. All you need to do is to adjust the stand to appropriate angle then put the console on, you can now watch movies freely.

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Wazabee autostereoscopic overlays bring glasses-free 3D to iPhone, ultraportables

Posted By: wraggster

While the engineers at Cupertino may or may not be toiling away on a 3D operating system, the gurus at Spatial View definitely are... in a manner of speaking, anyway. The company, which prides itself on making products "for creating 3D effects," is bringing a new trio to MacWorld 2009. First up is the Wazabee 3DeeShell, which is detailed as "a special protective skin with an integrated removable lens that can display 3D content on the Apple iPhone." On deck is the 3DeeFlector, an "autostereoscopic overlay for the MacBook Air and other 13.3-inch notebooks," which supposedly brings eye-popping visuals (and headaches, we'd imagine) to your ultraportable without the need for humiliating glasses. Finally, the Wazabee 19-inch Gaming Display will probably go head-to-head with the IZ3D, though a frighteningly light amount of details are currently available. One's things for sure out of all this -- three-dee is the future, y'all.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/w...ne-ultraporta/

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Student's tech promises 12x the battery life in your iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

Feeling the hurt of endlessly dying batteries on your BlackBerry (or iPhone, if that's what you're into)? Atif Shamim, a PhD student at Canada's Carleton University might have the medicine for that pain of yours. He's cleverly hacked such devices, removing all the wires that connect the electrical circuits to the antenna, and developed a module for the connection to operate wirelessly. The result, he estimates, is that his modified devices use almost 12 times less power than they normally do -- which of course means longer battery life. A paper about the device has won an award at the European Wireless Technology Conference, and Shamin has filed for a patent in both the US and Canada. There's no indication of when we might start to see tech like this on actual commercial devices, but we're pretty sure plenty of companies are going to want to get a hold of this technology like, yesterday.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/s...ur-iphone-bla/

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Weirdest Bug Uncovers Rotating Gesture on iPhone?

Posted By: wraggster

The weirdest thing happened to me. I was showing some photos in the iPhone to a friend and, for some reason, we discussed touch gestures in the new MacBooks. What happened next blew my mind.

http://gizmodo.com/5114188/weirdest-...ture-on-iphone

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MobileMe Rescues iPhone from Thief

Posted By: wraggster

Once upon a time, a guy named Rob got his iPhone 3G stolen at the dry cleaners. Thankfully, he was subscribed to MobileMe, which at the end saved the day. Or so he says.

According to Rob, after getting his iPhone stolen he went to the Apple Store to buy a new one. He proceeded to set up it up with MobileMe, the service that allows mails, contacts, and all kinds of data to be synchronized with Apple's servers. The synchronized data is then merged into a database, and then pushed to all the devices set with the same MobileMe account.

This was the key to the case. A day later he noticed something weird in his new iPhone: There were contacts which never were there. He quickly realized what was happening: The dumb thief forgot to wipe out the cellphone, so Rob had the power to identify those contacts—after that, he called them, got the thief's contact information, and told the police, who apprehend the thief and recovered the iPhone.

He is now selling the old iPhone in eBay, along with this story. Is it too cool to be true? Maybe. Tell us your opinion in the comments.

http://gizmodo.com/5113845/mobileme-...one-from-thief

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Solar Arcadia deals solar iPhone cases

Posted By: wraggster

Until Apple pumps out the next-gen iPhone with integrated solar cells, we suppose Solar Arcadia's solar-powered cases are your next best option. Available in both SideFlip and Leather Flip models, the cases not only offer relatively stout protection for your handset, but they also include a solar panel in order to give your mobile a few more minutes of life while you're out and about in the sun. Each one is constructed from ABS sheepskin and is available in either red, white or black (Leather Flip is black only) motifs; not too shabby for $45.95 -- just don't expect this thing to dramatically increase your time of use.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/s...-iphone-cases/

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Flash For iPhone Comes Via Jailbroken iMobileCinema App

Posted By: wraggster

iMobileCinema is a currently buggy app for jailbroken iPhones that works "most of the time" on 2.x iPhone firmware, giving you flash support in sites like YouTube. It kinda works.

Just add this to your sources d.imobilecinema.com in Cydia and install iMobileCinema. Again, this is only for Jailbroken phones, but it will give you Flash in Safari. We haven't tested how unstable it is, so try it only if you don't need your iPhone to be not crashy.

http://gizmodo.com/5114810/flash-for...bilecinema-app

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New Skins for the Apple Iphone Released

Posted By: wraggster

New from SuccessHK is a ton of new skins for the Apple iPhone:



This Iphone 3G Guise Skin Kit is easy to use and remove, will never left gluewater on equipment and fadeless.
It can resist dirty and can protect your screens,Quite wearable, make your phone more beautiful

Easily remove
Never left gluewater on equipment and fadeless
Resist dirty, can protect your screens
Wearable, make your console more beautiful

Priced at a decent $4

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Kenwood trots out iPhone-compatible I-K50 head unit

Posted By: wraggster

We suspect the whole "iPhone-friendly" bit is more marketing hoopla than anything else, as Kenwood's I-K50 head unit definitely lacks a straight-up dock connector, but that doesn't mean it won't play nice with Apple's latest handset. Boasting a USB port right on the front, the single-DIN deck gets down with iPods, iPhones and practically any DAP or PMP with a USB connector. Of course, it also supports those antiquated discs we Earthlings call "CDs," and the front-mounted auxiliary input makes it really easy to connect any source with a headphone output. It's set to drop in around a month in Japan for ¥23,100 ($259).

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/k...k50-head-unit/

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yellowsn0w live demo

Posted By: wraggster

This week’s DevTeam Funday features a live demo of yellowsn0w!

MuscleNerd will use Qik to broadcast a live video and audio stream (from an iPhone 2G) of an iPhone 3G being soft-unlocked with yellowsn0w. He’s in Florida for the holidays so there won’t actually be any snow in the live demo (although strangely enough if he were back home in Los Angeles he’d be very close to snow this week!).

Qik creates a chatroom for its videos but it may not be feasible to field questions live from the chatroom. So if you have a question that hasn’t already been answered in our previous blog posts, please tweet them in advance to Musclenerd.

We’re aiming to do the live demo in about 12 hours, or 3PM EST/9PM CET. The actual URL will be tweeted via MuscleNerd’s twitter account just as it starts.

Hope to see you there!

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/6602...sn0w-live-demo

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11 in 1 Multi USB Power Charge Cable for PSP/DS/Ipod etc

Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo China



Convenient all-in-one Power Charge Cable for PSP-3000, PSP Slim, PSP, NDSi, NDS Lite, NDS, GSP, iPhone, iPod, Nano and Shuffle for you to carry around. You can always supply power to your devices with other USB applicances. A must have if you own one or more devices mentioned above.

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iPhone App Store Bans Book App for Naughty Language

Posted By: wraggster

Self-published authors are now distributing books in self-contained iPhone apps, but when a friend of ours submitted his for approval, he got blackballed for content that was either "obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory."

http://gizmodo.com/5114825/iphone-ap...ughty-language

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DCEmu Awards 2008 - Best Iphone App of All Time ?

Posted By: wraggster

This isnt a serious awards thing but a way to guage public reaction as to what the people here at DCEmu think is the best in each category for the Year of 2008, ill let each category run until the end of Dec 31st to see who has won, theres no prizes but it will be interesting to see whats the winner voted exclusively by the members of DCEmu.

So one vote each.

Whats the Best Iphone App of All Time ?

Your Votes Via Comments - Give some info for your vote too.

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Crystal Defenders Final Fantasy Game Hits iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

The Final Fantasy Tactics-themed iPhone game revealed in the pages of Famitsu back in October has now arrived, as Square Enix unleashes Crystal Defenders for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

While the official title of this $7.99 iPhone game doesn't contain the words "Final Fantasy", Crystal Defenders is based on FF Tactics through and through, using job classes from the series as well as extensively using the A2's music throughout the menus and gameplay. It's basically a defense simulator, in which you place your units on the field and start the enemy waves, hoping you've built up enough forces to stem the tide.

There are three levels of play - W1 to W3 - each increasing in complexity. From what I've played of it so far it's an entertaining little title, but then anything that puts tiny black mages at my fingertips would have to work pretty hard to fail in my book. Check it out now at the iTunes Store. Thanks Fabian for pointing the game out!

http://kotaku.com/5115791/crystal-de...me-hits-iphone

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Now You Can Read Twilight, Golden Compass On Your iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

If your one dream in life was to read the teenage vampire novel Twilight on your iPhone and pay twice as much as normal, you can now die happy.

ScrollMotion has designed a book reading interface wrapper for the iPhone and partnered with major publishing houses like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Houghton Mifflin and Penguin in order to bring books like Twilight and The Golden Compass to you. At $10.99, it's actually MORE expensive than buying the Twilight paperback ($6.04 on Amazon), so if you buy this it's more of a convenience thing than a price thing. And don't confuse your iPhone as an E-book reader, as that lcd backlight will kill your battery even when you're not turning page.

http://gizmodo.com/5116330/now-you-c...on-your-iphone

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iPhone Clone Is Absolutely Perfect Until You Turn It On

Posted By: wraggster

Behold, the new ePhone. An iPhone clone so perfect, so uncannily identical, so curvaceously exact, that it's only one letter and a logo away from being the real McCoy. Until you turn it on.

http://gizmodo.com/5116301/iphone-cl...you-turn-it-on

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LED Football Returns, Improves

Posted By: wraggster

LED Football on the iPhone is fine, but as the NFL scrapes the snow off its boots at the doorstep of the post-season, it's in need of a festive update. Enter LED Football 2.

The changes and improvements are almost too numerous to list. Almost! LEDF2 adds a few neat touches like, oh, passing, punts, field goals and running the football.

All wonderful things, but not as wonderful as the retrolicious "Wear-Down" technology, which simulates your buttons getting all jammy as you mash down on them and they wear out.

Like its predecessor, it's priced at $0.99.

http://kotaku.com/5116503/led-football-returns-improves

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iControlPad gamepad heads to production, warms hearts

Posted By: wraggster

Apple's claims that the iPhone is a console might carry a bit more weight if the thing had, you know, some physical inputs. Touchscreens and tilt sensors are great, but without at least a couple of buttons and a D-pad it's kind of a hard sell to your average gamer. Inputs are exactly what the iControlPad case for the iPhone adds, and we've got confirmation that the thing is at long last heading to production. The pic above is the final prototype, set to be colored black upon release -- and we presume those gaping holes will be filled with something other than air, too. No word on an anticipated ship date or price, but -- great as it may be -- without Apple support we don't expect it'll to do much to help the iPhone's gaming cred anyhow.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/i...-warms-hearts/

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E-book barred from App Store due to obscene content

Posted By: wraggster

Gee, willickers. More App Store madness. In case you needed even more evidence that the whole approval process in Cupertino was in complete disarray, David Carnoy's "contemporary medical thriller" has been rejected from Apple's App Store twice now. The first time it was returned to sender due to a few bugs in the coding; the second time, it was rejected due to the inclusion of "obscene content." Despite all of this, certain apps like iFart and Pull My Finger are allowed to remain, though it stands to reason that those programs are just as "obscene" as a few dirty words and sexual innuendos. Alexandru Brie, a developer and one of the first publishers of e-books to the App Store, feels that "each of Apple's reviewers can interpret the obscene, pornographic or defamatory content clause in a different way." Clearly, he's right.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/e...scene-content/

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Snapture Flash adds crappy flash to crappy iPhone camera

Posted By: wraggster

The iPhone's camera may be thoroughly eclipsed by several of its competitors, but the insane popularity of Apple's baby means that we've seen tons of accessories aimed at making that 2.1 megapixel sensor somewhat more useful -- like the Snapture Flash here, which tucks a xenon flash with red-eye reduction into a sleeve-type case. Although it's powered by the phone, it's apparently quite low-power -- SnaptureLabs estimates that you'll take 1000 shots before going dry -- and there's some sort of "speaker amplification" built in as well, just in case you're super into enhancing mediocre parts of the iPhone experience. Bad news? You'll have to jailbreak your phone to get the Snapture app working -- hopefully that'll be remedied by the time this thing ships

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/s...iphone-camera/

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Crystal Defenders Marks Square Enix’s Foray Into The iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

Nearly out of the blue Square Enix is launching Crystal Defenders today worldwide. Ivalice is at war again. Will Ivalice ever be peaceful?

This time you won’t control a shirtless thief or move an army of moogles on a tactical grid. Crystal Defenders is Final Fantasy tower defense. Deploy black mages, place soliders, kill the creeps, and protect your crystals. Crystal Defenders gives players 120 levels for $7.99 only on the iPod App Store.

Originally, Crystal Defenders was sold as three separate game:s Crystal Guardians W1, W2, and W3 in Japan. That’s right Crystal Defenders is a converted mobile phone game. On top of working with the iPhone Crystal Defenders also works the iPod Touch, 5th Generation iPods and 3rd & 4th Generation iPod nanos. Perhaps, Square Enix will continue their trend of Japanese cell phone to iPod ports with Final Fantasy IV: The After and Kingdom Hearts Coded. Both games could use an international home.

http://www.siliconera.com/2008/12/23...to-the-iphone/

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IronFistBoxing hit the appstore!

Posted By: 10shu

Just in time for xmas realtech-vr release the 1st 3d boxing game for the iphone...







Features

16 fighters<12 to unlock>
3 fighting style
3 camera view
action event cutscene
picture gallery
achievements
fast 3d rendering display ...

and a lot more to come...

On the Appstore now for only 2.99$

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Focal's latest waterproof speaker cases play nice with newest iPod nanos

Posted By: wraggster

Focal's latest wares look a lot like similar units that we've seen from Atlantic, but we guess there are only so many ways you can design a waterproof iPod sound system. The battery-powered AquaTune nano 4G (shown after the jump) plays nice with Apple's freshest iPod nano and packs a pair of 1-watt speakers that can withstand all but the deepest puddles. The AquaTune v2 is compatible with a wider range of iPods, and the 3-watt x 2 power rating is sure to stir up a few waves whilst submerged. Both are ready to be placed under Japanese trees for ¥10,800 ($119) / ¥15,800 ($174), respectively.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/f...ith-newest-ip/

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40 Free iPhone Apps On Sale for Free

Posted By: wraggster

Even iPhone apps are on sale for the holidays—here's a roundup of 40+ apps that used to cost money, but now don't cost anything. Most are nigh useless, but I like the Kitchen Timer.

Update: Their site is either down or epically slow, like the last eight years, so we're ripping the list for your perusal until they get back on their feet. (Sorry if it's our fault guys!) A quick iTunes search will take you to whatever one you're interested in:


1 - React
2 - MistleSnow
3 - ExcusesExcuses
4 - Tilt-A-Tip Action Tipster
5 - Mistletoe: Smooch or Smack?
6 - New Year Resolutions – 2009
7 - iFindWordz
8 - Buzzword Bingo
9 - iBenzinpreis
10 - Holidazzle!
11 - Shape Spot
12 - PCB Current
13 - PocketDyno
14 - Pocket Sounds
15 - Christmas Cal
16 - Taxi Hold’em
17 - myAnswers
18 - Christmas Lights : Festive Game
19 - OMG Cherries
20 - The Holy Bible King James Version
21 - Klockotock
22 - WhoopieCushion
23 - Square Jams Cube Puzzles
24 - JingleToe
25 - Christmas Gifts 2008
26 - iBear Timer
27 - Moon Map Lite
28 - The Brain!
29 - Done Drinking
30 - Kitchen Timer
31 - Fingeric
32 - Balloons
33 - TrackStats - NFL
34 - Topple
35 - What’s On TV?
36 - MegaSliderz
37 - TeleTone
38 - Amuck Christmas Hohliday Lights
39 - Executive Decision
40 - JingleJumble
41 - His Finger
42 - Jumbalu Zoo

http://gizmodo.com/5117675/40-free-i...-sale-for-free

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Passage now passes time on iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

We understand your position. You see no reason to pick up Jason Rohrer's Passage on iPhone (or iPod Touch), especially when (a) you don't "get it" and (b) they're charging 99 cents and it's still available for free on his website for PC, Mac and Linux. Art games aren't for everyone, but aspiring game designers take note: This game says more in 5 minutes and 256 x 256 pixels than most games do maxing out a DVD-ROM. If you're into that sort of thing, you might want to consider giving Passage your support (and a hard-earned George Washington at that).

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/24/pa...ime-on-iphone/

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Space Deadbeef on iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

There's a new free app in the iTune's store, going by the brilliant name of Space Deadbeef. It's a 2D horizontal shmup where you touch the screen to move your ship and lock-on to targets and launch a suitably Ichiro Itano inspired volley of missiles. There's a video of the game in action here.

I'm mentioning this as the man who made this is Yuji Yasuhara. To those that don't know, he was also the design and code lead on the frankly ****ing stunning Omega Boost, which has Itano Circus missile barrages up the wazoo. He also worked on Panzer Dragoon Zwei, so if anything this guy knows how to get a homing missile shooter working.

Personally, I'm glad that he's doing shmups again and hope that his current employers take notice of his renewed shmup prowess.

http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/002579.html

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AT&T letting go of 8GB refurb iPhone 3Gs for $99 on contract

Posted By: wraggster

Ha, you or someone you love just paid full retail for an iPhone 3G a few days ago, didn't you? We've always heard that the best deals come after Christmas, but people just never learn. All smack talk aside, those who didn't get a new cellie under the tree, but did acquire a Benjamin or so courtesy of cash-stuffed holiday cards, can certainly score a big deal today. AT&T is now offering the 8GB iPhone 3G in refurbished form for just $99 with a two-year agreement, while the 16GB refurb is $199 on contract in either black or white. Call us crazy, but we don't foresee these hanging around in stock for too awfully long.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/a...9-on-contract/

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iPhone to Run Windows and Get Copy and Paste (It's Not What You Think)

Posted By: wraggster

Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and gives you the illusion you are running Microsoft's operating systems, including copy and paste functionality.

Why is this useful? It will give you the ability to run full Windows apps in your iPhone over the network. According to Citrix, you will have full Windows capability, including cut and paste inside Windows.

http://gizmodo.com/5118269/iphone-to...what-you-think

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Citrix and Windows on the iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

Citrix is gearing up to release their Citrix Receiver, which is a remote screen software that connects to a PC. It gives you the illusion that you’re running Microsoft OS on the iPhone. Citrix says that users will have “full Windows capability.” This includes cut and paste! – Inside Windows that is.

Although this is not the first remote screen app for the iPhone, it is the first one that is being back by a big company and many think it will work well.

According to Citrix the Receiver will be important for:

“- Web sites that require flash
- Medical Apps
- Web apps that need IE
- Cut & Paste ( within Citrix sessions )”

Sounds pretty cool, hopefully it comes out soon!
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...ws-iphone.html

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Openmoko News - LED clock

Posted By: wraggster

Use the OM at night as an LED clock, with black background and large dimmable 7-segment display of time

http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/ledclock/

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iBlacklist Updated to Better Get Rid of Stalkers

Posted By: wraggster

iBlacklist is my favorite tool for stopping a few special people I have the privilege of knowing from being able to reach me. After a couple of years of ignoring weekly calls and txts from a special someone it became high time to find a solution. Changing my number isn't really and option but with iBlacklist the problem is solved.

Even though it has been out awhile iBlacklist remains one of the more useful tools available via Cydia. If you aren't lucky enough to have stalkers iBlacklist has many other uses to help you keep your privacy from being able to block that annoying neighbor to making a whitelist of allowed callers to blocking whatever other unwanted calls and txts at your discretion.

With the recent update iBlacklist has become even more useful than it already was. The update includes:
Individual Call Disconnection setup (per contact) on Blacklists so you can forward one person to voicemail and choose something else on another contact like hanging up on them.
New

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-stalkers.html

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How the iPhone was Hacked - Video by DevTeam

Posted By: wraggster

pytey, musclenerd, and planetbeing from the iphone-dev team gave a presentation at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) in Berlin December 27th.

Heads up - its heavy in the technical details, mostly a video white paper vs anything dramatic. For any of you with any technical or developing skills though, this might be an interesting video to watch/listen to. Its nearly a full hour long, so watch while you've got some time.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...o-devteam.html

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Yes, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today

Posted By: wraggster

From the looks of our tip jar, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don't shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn't care about anyone reading this. We love you too, Wally. No crazy $99 4GB model or iPhone nano in sight, but maybe Phil's gonna blow us all away next week. (We doubt it.)

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/i...walmart-today/

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Softbank's Speeek iPhone App Translates Spoken Japanese to English On the Fly

Posted By: wraggster

Speeek is an app that can recognize up to 1,500 spoken Japanese phrases and translate them into either English or Chinese. Pocket Babel Fish? Yes please.

http://gizmodo.com/5119668/softbanks...ish-on-the-fly

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Contract Free iPhones on Sale in France

Posted By: wraggster

Since the iPhone 3g was first introduced in France it has been on sale with a contract through the carrier Orange. No more are contracts required for the French! France has joined the short list of countries that have the iPhone on sale contract free.

Thanks to the ruling earlier this month by the French competition authority making the exclusive sales of iPhones by Orange illegal the door was opened for the sale of contract-free iPhones in France. The French store FNAC has jumped to this opportunity and is now selling iPhones with out a contract. Like the few other countries that sell contract free iPhones the prices are quite high starting at $1122 for an 8gb and $1262 for a 16gb.

http://www.modmyi.com/apple-iphone-news.html

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What is the deal with the iPhone nano?

Posted By: wraggster

Adding to a small stack of rumors about a supposed iPhone nano, case-maker Vaja today quietly added the category to its website (pictured after the break). Frankly, we're not sure what to think. There are a number of ways in which Apple could produce a cheaper phone or alter its subsidy deals, so the idea of an iPhone that's simply smaller makes very little sense. Yet, here we are showing off the site of a reputable accessory manufacturer with a brand new phone listed -- ostensibly just a teensy version of the iPhone 3G. Of course, this is probably just rumor, speculation, lies, corruption, signs of an unquenchable thirst for power, and a glimpse at the machinations behind one of the greatest conspiracies mankind has ever known. So, we're posing the question to the biggest brains of all: the Engadget reader. Is Apple working on an iPhone nano?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/w...e-iphone-nano/

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25C3: CTF dominated by iphone-dev team, HackMii

Posted By: wraggster

While we had been excited about 25C3’s CTF competition, we couldn’t even venture a guess as to who would win. It seems the iphone-dev team weren’t satisfied to just give an amazing talk. They teamed up with the Wii hackers from HackMii to win the competition. You can see their progress during the eight hour competition above in red. It’s impressive to see hardware hackers jumping over to network security AND completely killing at it.

http://hackaday.com/2008/12/30/25c3-...-team-hackmii/

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Colors now on iPhone iPod Touch

Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.drunkencoders.com/

This nifty homebrew DS drawing software is now available on the the iPhone and the artwork coming
out of it is very impressive.

Check out some of the artwork on his site.

http://colors.collectingsmiles.com/

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