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iPhones are being used as musical instruments at the University of Michigan [video]

The University of Michigan’s “Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble” course has put together an interesting show by using modified iPhone’s as musical instrument. Basically, to build an instrument on an iPhone, they programmed the device to play back as sound information it receives from one if its multitude of sensors. The touch-screen, microphone, GPS, compass, wireless sensor and accelerometer were all transformed or modified so when you run your finger across the display, blow air into th...

Turn your iPhone into a universal remote control for your home entertainment center

Most of us love technology, especially when it comes to having an all-in-one gadget like the iPhone or iPod Touch. While most of us were on the Apple Store downloading applications or reading on blogs about the latest news, geeks at ThikFlood, came up with the idea of your own personal remote control called RedEye. With the RedEye system you can use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control your TV, stereo, cable box, DVD player, and many other devices that receive standard (infrared) signals....

Steve Wozniak uses a hacked iPhone [video]

Steve Wozniak co-founder of Apple admits using a jailbroken iPhone and supports "hacked" applications. Steve Wozniak: Born:  August 11 1950 Location:  San Jose, California, USA Occupation:  Computer Scientist / Electrical Engineer Children:  three Net Worth:  estimated at 45$ million US Website:  www.woz.org

Next Generation iPhone is in testing phase

Mac Rumors received word from Pandav, creator of the iPhone application iBar that they have spotted usage records for the next generation iPhone. The firm providing analytics for the iBart application PinchMedia, allows Pandav to see what devices its applications are running on Pandav. Hence, Pandav noticed an identifier for “iPhone 3.1” in their logs. Just to tell you that the iPhone 3GS hardware identifier is “iPhone 2.1” so this means that the next-generation iPhone is already being tested...

iPhone Vibrator App available for free on the Apple Store

Dr. Sandor Gardos founder of MyPleasure.com had the idea of having a vibrator application developed that is discreet and “full of excitement”. MyVibe is a vibrator application available free to download on the Apple Store. ***Before you start using the application, make sure the side switch of the iPhone is set to vibrate. Here’s how it works: When you load the application you will essentially see an ON/OFF button displayed that is not hard to miss and along the side are two arrows, one po...

Apple releases first Chinese iPhone TV ad [video]

Apple has released its first Chinese add for the iPhone. China Unicom sold approximatly 5,000 iPhones in the first few days of its release. The price of an iPhone in China is 25% higher than a conventional smart phone sold in the country. Let me remind you that the iPhone's sols in China don't have WiFi capabilities. Apparently resellers in China received many anonymous threatening letter from China Mobile not to sell the iPhone... sina.com said: "Many cell phone distributors received ...

New iPhone virus steals banking information

F-Secure have discovered another virus that is targeting jailbroken iPhones. At the moment it is targeting people in Netherlands who are using the iPhone for internet banking with the Dutch online bank ING Direct. When the iPhone user tries to log in to their bank, the warm redirects the bank’s customers to a look-a-like site with a login screen. This worm is attacking jailbroken iPhones only. If you have a jailbroken iPhone with OpenSSH installed, please follow these simple steps here to pro...

Darth Vader iPhone hard case

For all Star Wars fans out there, you can have a nice Darth Vader hard case for your iPhone now. It's a very sleek design, you can buy  it online at StarWarsShop.com for 29.95$ US, shipped worldwide except Mexico.

All Konami games for the iPhone and iPod Touch on sale for 0.99$ US

Konami has put its iPhone and iPod Touch games on sale for just 0.99$ US available on the App Store. This deal is only available to US and Canadian residents (for now I hope). Here is the list of games available for only 0.99$ US Dance Dance Revolution S+ Dance Dance Revolution S Field Prowlers Police Rush Frogger Krazy Kart Racing Metal Gear Solid Touch Power Pros Touch Silent Hill: The Escape Silent Scope We are waiting to find out if Konami will be offering this ama...

Magellan launches GPS navigation app for iPhone and iPod Touch

Magellan has launched an iPhone application that offers more choices than your usual GPS navigation software. We all know that big companies like Navigon and TomTom have offered a navigation application for the iPhone 3G / 3GS. Garmin as well has launched a cell phone navigation application with a hardware solution, which in my opinion has not caught the consumer’s attention. Presenting you the Magellan Roadmate 2010 North America. This “overhauled” GPS navigation application is compatib...