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Screen/film protectors get axed on Apple’s official sales channels.
by Mike
Posted March 17th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

One of my biggest gripes with touchscreen phones is the vulnerability and finger smudges that plague the massive piece of glass (or plastic) on the device. No matter how tough a company claims their proprietary screen is, at some point a small scratch always developers. So it's up to 3rd party screen protectors to save the day, right? Wrong...that is if you plan on purchasing said accessory at an Apple Store -- physical or digital -- from here on out. For so far unknown reasons, finding a sc...

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Actual shocker: Moto DROID outsells iPhone in first 74 days on sale.
by Mike
Posted March 16th, 2010 at 9:59 am

Alright, why 74 days as a benchmark? It's a bid odd for sure. The iPhone took 74 days to hit 1 million units sold, so it's an easy benchmark to go by for other phones. In the case of the DROID, it's met and surpassed the iPhone's once thought unbeatable number by roughly half a million -- no small feat I'd say. Margin of error is claimed to be pretty low since Flurry's (the company doing the analytics grunt work) analytics tools are on over 80% of all the devices highlighted above. I knew...

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Destination unknown: Simplify discontinuing music streaming apps, changing direction.
by Mike
Posted March 15th, 2010 at 9:25 am

Here's quite a shoker: Popular WiFi and 3G streaming app, Simplify, will be no more in its current form. Per a post on the Simplify company blog, Simplify as we have come to know it will be discontinued and the company as a whole changing direction. What direction are they going exactly? For that, we'll have to play the "wait and see" game with Simplify stopping short of describing any immediate goals on the linked post above. Support for their current apps will continue on for "at least 3 m...

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OMFG! The iDongle says “screw off Tethered Jailbreak!”
by Jordan
Posted March 12th, 2010 at 10:00 am

I think this is going to be huge, and is probably already going to be the best creation of 2010. With all the fighting Apple insists on doing agains the Jailbreak Community, we might have something that will slap Apple right in it's core... The iDongle! I'm sure there are some users out there with a 3G[S] with the newer Bootrom, or maybe someone that has updated foolishly and is stuck with a 'tethered' Jailbreak, but for those of you that aren't aware of what this is, I'll explain a bit. With...

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Yay, Apple waits forever to add something!
by Jordan
Posted March 12th, 2010 at 9:29 am

Well, after ages of begging and asking, it looks like Apple will finally listen to us, late as usual, a Multi-Tasking Manager has been found in the latest iPhone 4.0 SDK!! w00t, well, w00t for those that haven't already accomplished this after Jailbreaking. I personally feel this should have been something standard on the iPhone, I mean, with all this device is meant to do, I just don't understand why it wasn't already given to us. 4.0 is a long way off, not ready for our consumption, so ther...

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Did your iPhone just say “Hadouken?”
by Jordan
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 7:45 am

Damn straight it did! This by far is going to be the greatest iPhone game release ever! Late last night, the game was released, though it took a while for Apple App Store servers to list it, but I can say, as of 5.30am EST this morning, the game is live and in full Chun-Li effect! I'll admit, I do not like spending money on games I won't play that often, especially for the iPhone. I am forced to find other ways to test out the stuff before I buy it, but I will say, 100% that this game needs n...

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Alright Case Mate, that’s an inappropriate hug!
by Jordan
Posted March 9th, 2010 at 9:31 am

Okay, really? Really? I'm going to ask all of you readers a quick question, first, have you ever wanted your iPhone to be about 2 to 3 times as thick as it already is? Do you think the entire World is going to be made out of Case Mate's charging pads? I didn't think so, but Case Mate thinks you do, and want to pay 100 bones for it. With all the ways to charge your iPhone out there, Case Mate quite possibly stumbled upon the "greatest" way to do it, well, if you answered 'yes' to my two questi...

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Poll: How long until iPad hacked to tether with iPhone?
by Mike
Posted March 8th, 2010 at 8:52 am

Within the last few days, from the mouth of tech god himself (Steve Jobs), it's come to light that the iPad will not be able to tether to the iPhone. Is that really that much of a surprise? I mean, if millions of people with iPhones all buy iPad's and then tether, AT&T will lose out on considerable revenue. Then again, if they actually offered a tethering package for an extra fee, that argument would be moot. But I digress... The jailbreaking community is extremely diverse, talented, and ...

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iPad theme graces iPhone/Touch
by Mike
Posted March 8th, 2010 at 6:49 am

Whether by personal choice or monetary restrictions, iPad UI lovers can now get a little bit of that revamped iPhone OS UI on several of Apple's current stable of gadgets with or without owning the new wonder tablet. When the iPad was previewed back in January, the UI itself wasn't really highlighted too much. But that doesn't mean it's any less desirable. The subtle color changes and numerous other nick knacks here and there are at the very least, a breath of fresh air into a platform that a...

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WTFJeans, WTF!
by Jordan
Posted March 7th, 2010 at 2:44 am

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you do for a living, you use technology/gadgets (I would assume) in some way or another. And there are companies on top of companies that are rolling out different ways for you to manage and carry these devices, well, we were just handed another one. A team of two, both "online addicts and bloggers" have designed a pair of jeans that will not only keep you styling, *cough* but will also give that iPhone or iPod touch the special protection it deserves. Th...

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After the scare, we now have the iPad [UPDATE]
by Jordan
Posted March 6th, 2010 at 9:40 am

Update #2: Okay, well, maybe Apple read my post, now the site is back up and running ;) Update: It seems, after the release from Apple, the Apple website is down. After visiting right after the PR was released, I tried to go back this morning, as I like to drool and build my dream Mac Pro, but I can no longer access the site. Is the Pre-Order section getting updated? Are people flooding the site, does my router just hate Apple.com??? So many questions, lol Apple, today has released a Pre...

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To protect your iPhone, or not to protect your iPhone – Obviously not protect!
by Jordan
Posted March 4th, 2010 at 11:53 am

Is it iPhone case fail day today? I think it might be. We can either have our iPhone look like a rock, or we can have what I'd only assume RoboCop would use. Hong Kong retailer, 'JOYCE, has released a new line of designer-created iPhone cases, now, I am only posting about the rock case, but the rest of em aren't that pretty, but they make a hell of a lot more sense than a Rock Hide-a-key! Come on people, with all that China bans and keeps from the people, you think they wouldn't allow cra...

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And the stupidity continues: Apple yanks WiFi scanner apps…
by Mike
Posted March 4th, 2010 at 10:18 am

Apparently ruffling the feathers of countless devs and customers over the whole Boobie Ban of 2010 wasn't enough. Besides, if you sit there long enough, you could rationalize that porn really isn't that big of a market. But what about something more useful, say WiFi scanning apps? While bare bones basic WiFi scanning is built into the phone for when connecting to a WiFi network, there are numerous WiFi scanner apps that divulge a slew of helpful information regarding IP addresses, DNS's, etc....

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And the drip widens to a trickle: Virgin America announces Flash abandonment, moving to HTML 5 site-wide.
by Mike
Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm

What's that sound? Oh, just the sweet sweet music of HTML 5 claiming another victory over Flash of course. Soon you, I, and any other human on planet earth who feels compelled to visit Virgin America's website will be able to do so without pegging a core or four on our processor by simply navigating the website. For mobile users, this means the simple task of even navigating Virgin America's website will soon be possible. According to Virgin America CEO, Ravi Simhambhatla, the move to HTML 5...

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Possibly still that time of the month for the iPad
by Jordan
Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 11:15 am

So it seems that the rumors of a delay in iPad manufacturing are false. Apple had planned to have around 1,000,000 units ready by launch, but research analyst Peter Misek of Canaccord Adams claimed that a “manufacturing bottleneck” would limit the launch to around 300,000, if you are good at math, you’ll see that is a lot less than what was expected. Foxconn Electronics says that all of their suppliers parts shipments are on schedule and that they should be able to ship between 600,...

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Get your x-rated text on and cover your tracks with “TigerTexts”
by Mike
Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 4:46 am

Do I condone what Tiger Woods did? No. Does that mean we can't have a quick laugh off of a mobile app that plays off of his bad decisions? Why certainly not. Enter the realm of "TigerTexts". First I'd like to highlight the name is brilliant, genius, funny, if even it is a bit brash. But that's beside the point. The real focal point of this app is that texting can be done in "safety". Safety of course meaning that anything and everything you say self destructs after a short time (60 secon...

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