Great read if you own an iphone / ipod touch – there’s always a free version that can do most of what you need. When It's Okay to Pay For an App via Veronica's Hybrid Page by Brian Barrett on 2/25/10 There are over 130,000 apps in the App Store. About 100,000 of those expect [...]

F0recast Released for iPhone 3.1.3 Jailbreak Info via Redmond Pie by Taimur Asad on 2/17/10 The guy behind Sn0wbreeze – the PwnageTool for Windows has just released a new tool dubbed f0recast for iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware. This is a nifty little tool which enables iPhone 3GS, 3G, 2G and iPod touch 1G/2G/3G users to [...]

Joby demonstrates brilliance with Gorillapod Magnetic flexible tripod via Engadget by Darren Murph on 2/18/10 It’s the ultimate “why didn’t I think of that?” concept, but kudos to Joby for doing more than just keeping a bar story to itself. Following in the footsteps of the magnified Gorillatorch, Joby decided to add a few magnets [...]

Sim Card Phone The Swiss Army SIM: SK Telecom Squeezes Storage, CPU and Android OS Onto One Card [Android] via Gizmodo by Brian Barrett on 2/17/10 This magic SIM card from SK Telecom is a long way off from being commercially viable. But so help me, when someone stuffs this much information into a single [...]

All the Smartphone OSes: A Beginners' Guide via Veronica's Hybrid Page by John Herrman on 2/16/10 Windows Phone Series 7 is here, and it's like nothing we've seen from Microsoft—or anyone else—before. But how does it measure up? And where does every other smartphone OS stand? If you want to skip the gallery format, click [...]

Air Video Streams Your Videos to Your iPhone with Minimal Effort, Is Incredible via Veronica's Hybrid Page by Whitson Gordon on 2/16/10 Windows/Mac + iPhone/iPod touch: Not only do videos take up a ton of space on space-constrained devices, but converting videos for the iPhone gets painful quickly. Air Video streams videos straight to your [...]

Seems these are the CD-R King Kingston flash drives, as some are much slower than other USB 2.0 drives – Even Kingston Knocks Off Kingston microSD Cards? [Broken] via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on 2/16/10 Bunnie Huang, one of the minds behind the famous Chumby, encountered a strange production problem when building Chumby Ones with [...]

looks like jailbreaking days will be numbered. Apple Banning iPhone Hackers (NOT Jailbreakers) from iTunes App Store? via TiPb by Jeremy Sikora on 2/15/10 It would appear that Apple has taken a more agressive approach to certain iPhone hackers by banning their Apple IDs from the iTunes App Store. iPhone developer/hacker, Sherif Hashim, first received [...]

Windows Mobile 7 interface and device leaked on MWC banners via Engadget by Vladislav Savov on 2/15/10 The eagle-eyed folks of learnbemobile have come across this stupendous leak of Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Mobile 7 OS. It would appear that some last minute alterations were taking place under the covers in Barcelona, though apparently no one [...]

heatmaps for your desktop Track Mouse Activity On Your Computer via FlowingData by Nathan on 2/9/10 Anatoly Zenkov provides this nifty tool (Mac and PC) to track your mouse pointer. Really simple. Just start it, let it run, minimize the window, and carry on as usual. In the end, you get this image that looks [...]

The Top 7 Apple iPhone Complaints & Some Simple Solutions via MakeUseOf.com by Nancy Messieh on 2/8/10 While we all love our iPhones, there’s probably a few things we wish we could tweak or change about them. This is a list of common iPhone complaints, which luckily have a solution. Most of these solutions, however, [...]

Technology Explained: Blu-Ray Technology History and The DVD via MakeUseOf.com by Steven Campbell on 2/9/10 Remember VHS? Of course you do. Back in the day everybody used to play movies in their VCRs, at least until the invention of—and eventual transition to—the DVD. Believe it or not, the DVD was introduced in the US all [...]

Free Nokia Ringtones – Where to Download ? DEFINITIVE List ! via TechPinas : The Philippine Technology Blog by noreply@blogger.com (The Hollywood News Blog) on 2/8/10 Looking for free Nokia ring tunes? Here are a few websites – where you can download free Nokia ringtones – that TP would like to recommend: 1. ZEDGE.net Zedge [...]

Plants vs. Zombies shambling to iPhones February 15 via Joystiq by Ben Gilbert on 2/8/10 PopCap today announced that the iPhone port of Plants vs. Zombies is heading to Apple’s handheld on February 15, seemingly aiming for the exact day that it had originally approximated for a delayed release. What’s more, the publisher has also [...]

Frank Miller GelaSkins iPhone Cases and Laptop Skins Make Me Want To Watch Sin City Again [Iphone Cases] via Gizmodo by Kat Hannaford on 2/5/10 Frank Miller, the comic god behind Sin City and 300, has licensed his wares to GelaSkins for some awesome-looking iPhone cases and laptop skins. I want them all—and I don't [...]