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Gizmodo\'s Essential iPhone Apps: The Best of 2009 [IPhone Apps]
Each month, the best new iPhone apps-and some older ones-are considered for Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? Here are the best of December, and of the entire year. For the full directory of Gizmod...
Well That\'s One Way to Fix the iPhone\'s Crappy Reception [Apple]
The iPhone's less-than-excellent reception? Solved! By this patent for a push-button antenna. Better reception and a phone pimple, with a single touch. A cross-section of this wart antenna: [Patently Apple via 9to5Mac] ...
A Surprisingly Meme-Savvy Health Care Company [It\'s The Weekend]
I want to believe that Medica really did try to cut health care costs with the light saber app, waving their humming iPhones over financial statements while wearing robes. Now that would be a board meeting. [Thanks DaSazonator and Sam] ...
Holiday Flowchart: Inappropriate Times To Use Your Smartphone (Around Family) [Humor]
By now you're probably wise enough to know when not to whip out your smartphone around your significant other, but what about when you're bored at home for the holidays? Follow this flowchart to determine when you've crossed the line: Click the image...
The Exhaustive Guide to Apple Tablet Rumors [Apple]
The Apple tablet is almost here. We hear. Actually, we're hearing a whole lot lately. With this exhaustive guide to every tablet rumor, we've got the clearest picture of the Apple tablet yet. Uh, What's It Called? The iPhone was called the iPhone yea...
The Future of Vehicle Apps Are—You Guessed It—on the iPhone [IPhone]
Thirty minutes north of the city, Chen waits to meet us for ramen. We're late. Brian's at the wheel of his late-model Audi station wagon, turning the control knob from letter to letter, dutifully twisting-and-clicking the noodle shop's name. In the p...
Open Apps On a Virtual iPhone, Thanks To Augmented Reality [IPhone Apps]
While it doesn't have photos of scantily-clad teens or help you find the nearest bar, this Orange 3D app has wowed me hard. When pointed at an Orange logo, the app launches a hovering, virtual iPhone which you can control. You can even open apps from...
The Best Alternatives to Every Apple Product [Apple]
Apple makes some of the most specialized mainstream devices around, but the gear is never very cheap and, let's face it, it stinks for any one company to own your wallet. So here are the best alternatives for each iProduct: (If you'd like to see this...
Klipsch Adds iPhone Controls to Top-of-the-Line X10i Ear Buds [Headphones]
The Klipsch X10i ear buds, recently revealed to Engadget during an Indiana HQ site visit, take that company's premium in-ear headphones and adds a bit of the ol' iPhone microphone and volume controls right on the cord. The new "i" line checks in at $...
iPhone Reception an Easy Target On SNL Weekend Update Last Night [IPhone]
Hey Seth Meyers made a joke! About the iPhone! And it was funny! The bit came during SNL last night, and like all good jokes, was funny because it's true. As an iPhone user, I definitely chuckled a bit, before I returned to weeping silently in a co...
iPhone App Track Friends and Foes In the Battlefield [IPhone]
This is One Force Tracker, a cool military iPhone application that shows friends and foes over maps in real time, and provides with secure communications. This is how it works, according to Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems's CTO J Smart:...
EyeTV 3 Users Can Now Stream Live TV From Home to iPhone For Free [EyeTV]
Elgato's EyeTV Live3G web app lets you stream live television from your Mac to your iPhone for free. It's similar to the iPhone app they announced in October, except that it allows for 3G streaming, not just wireless. Available now, here. [Elgato] ...
Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You\'re Going While Texting [IPhone Apps]
Texting while walking is dangerous, as you can't see what's in front of you. The Type n Walk iPhone app, as predicted on April 1st, solves that by using the camera to make the phone transparent. Sigh. [TypeNWalk via BoingBoing] ...
Have A Perfect Day With Lou Reed\'s iPhone App [IPhone Apps]
What does Lou Reed have to do with the iPhone, apart from his songs being sold on iTunes? Better sit down and brace yourself for the coming news—he's designed an app. For the nearsighted. Ok, so it's not just for the nearsighted, with the Lou Z...
Control Your Mac With an iPhone, the Patent [Apple]
A newly unearthed Apple patent application describes a process in which an iPhone could control a MacBook or iMac, remotely. Essentially, the iPhone establishes a connection with the computer, then it can control the OS in a similar manner to a TV re...
The Week\'s Best iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]
In this week's mildly paranoid iPhone app roundup: Prices, slashed for the holidays! iPhones, recklessly tilted! Amazing classic games, handily ported! A decent camera app, sold for nothing! Cheap tickets, booked! Dictations, taken! Movies trivia, tw...
Mega-iPhone Dorks Who Idolise Rambo, Strap This On For Size [Apple]
Sling this Quiver around your chest, and make like Mr. T or Rambo. No-one has to know you're secretly packing an iPod or iPhone, and hell, for all they know you could have an app that blows shit up. Right? Exterior buttons on the stretch fabric sling...
TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App [GPS]
Given the intense competition in the turn-by-turn app wars, TomTom is offering an alternative to their $99 original version by ditching Canada and dropping the price to $50. Man, if dropping Canada cuts the price of an app in half, that says a lot ab...
Analyst Claims iPhone Users Are Suffering From "Stockholm Syndrome" [Rant]
You may have heard the term Stockholm Syndrome used in reference to hostages that form bizarre attachments to their captors. Analysts from Strand Consulting are using the same term to describe iPhone owners. "Apple has launched a beautiful phone wit...
Aqua Forest 2 iPhone Physics Game Review [IPhone Apps]
I love the first Aqua Forest (iTunes link) "game", which wasn't so much a game as it was a physics simulator with different liquids and solids. But Aqua Forest 2? It's more like a fancy marble game with water droplets. You get two game modes, but one...
The Season\'s Most Expensive DIY Christmas Card [DIY]
I've always loved getting handmade Christmas cards. It's just so heartwarming to open one and listen to a holiday song on the built-in iPhone. I really doubt that many of us will send or receive Christmas cards like this one, but if you really feel...
Voltron iPhone Game Unfortunately Doesn\'t Require Five People To Play [IPhone Apps]
Sony's Voltron iPhone game looks interesting, because you get to pilot the separate lions in 2/3 isometric view, and in a head to head fighter mode, but ultimately disappointing. Why? Because you can't get four friends and make a Voltron. The screens...
Latte-Sipping, Arugula-Eating Android Users Will Soon Enjoy NPR News App [Apps]
The Android Market continues to grow. On the heels of yesterday's addition of Yelp comes National Public Radio's NPR News app, expected to hit later this month. It'll also be using Android to do things its iPhone counterpart simply can't. On Android...
What Lala Means for the Streaming Future of iTunes [Apple]
It still seems strange, on the face of it. iTunes is the ginormousest force in digital music, beaming out billions of bits a day. Apple paid $80 million (maybe) for Lala, a streaming site you've never heard of. Why? First, let's look at what Lala is....
The App Store\'s Biggest (Official) Hits Of 2009 [IPhone Apps]
A lot of people spend a lot of time reviewing and comparing apps, so there's no shortage of critical information to guide your purchases. But what do iPhone and iPod Touch users actually buy? Here's the leaderboard for 2009. Games The bestseller list...
Use Your iPhone or iPod touch to Lock Your Mac [IPhone]
While I prefer to use a long password to protect my computer, I like the idea of being able to use a physical key to lock it. This is precisely what Airlock does, using your iPhone. It works great. Airlock is a system preferences pane. Double-click ...
The Week\'s Best iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]
In this week's Steve-approved app roundup: Your music library, converted into baddies! Twitter, visualized in 3D! Byplanes, flown! Xbox Live accounts, accessed! Cars, salvaged! Overprotective parents, abetted! Live video calls, called! And more... Th...
