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By Budi Putra A survey of 2300 retail stores reveals that Apple has cleaned up in the smartphone market in Japan, TG Daily reports. Market research company BCN revealed that the iPhone 3G 8GB is easily heading the list, followed by the 16GB iPhone and the NTT CoCoMo Aquos SH-04A.

By Budi Putra According to IFixit.com, repairing company which specializes in Apple products, the 3GS's battery life was about 15% smaller than the original iPhone. But Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison emphasized, battery consumption is highly dependent on what applications and features are u...

By Steven Sande Unfortunately, things haven't improved much in this realm since last year. My recommendation? Buy the biggest onboard Wi-Fi account you can afford (more minutes = cheaper per minute) and use it with your iPhone or iPod touch for emails, Tweeting your friends, using IM, and checking TUAW....

By Peter Ha Big Mike has been pretty quiet about the CrunchPad since it was first leaked the other month and for good reason. We’ve heard from reliable sources that Apple is still on track with an oversized iPod Touch in the coming months. We more or less know everything there is to know about the CrunchPa...

By John Herrman This Week's App News on Giz: • Facebook 3.0 for iPhone Adds Events and Photo Albums, But No Push (Yet) • iPhone OS 3.1 Features: Better Video Editing, Voice Control Over Bluetooth, And More • A Whole Lotta Quake Will Be Blowing Up Your iPhone

By Mel Martin Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review This is the International Year of Astronomy, so it's a great time to get outdoors and look up. It's fun to do, and the iPhone apps really make it a more compelling and educational experience.

By John Biggs Reader “Jenny” sent us a link to a silicone case from Asiajunk manufacturer UXSight. It purports to show an iPod Touch 3G - third generation, not third generation wireless - with two holes for a camera. Maybe one is for the flash? Or for a little pencil that comes out and draws the subject on [...]

By Michael Jones As with the many other patents Apple has filed, this feature may never see the light of day. But is it really acceptable to reject an application, based solely on what appears to be a duplication of a feature that may or may not even be released in the future? Let us know your thoughts in the comm...

There are flight simulators designed to develop proficiency, but this isn't one of them. It's basically a simul-game for iPhone and iPod touch that allows one to fly over various terrains with accompanying music. It's an ethereal experience, good for calming the nerves or an occasional d...

By Brad Linder Filed under: Windows, VoIP, iPhone, Mobile The developers at Skype must be working overtime this week. Yesterday saw the launch of Skype 3.0 for Windows Phones. Today Skype pushed out version 4.1 for Windows and Skype 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch.

1. It's all about netbooks lately. I don't know what they are, either, but they're getting so much coverage I feel like I need one. Buy.com has the Asus EPC 1000 for $249.99 with free shipping after rebate (you'll need to pay with PayPal to get the $50 rebate). It comes with a 533-MHz Intel Atom proce...

By Victor Agreda, Jr. The enthusiastic developers of Parranda were at WWDC to show off their app, a simple one-man-band party in your hand. Parranda (iTunes link) has a lot of polish, too, with instruments that aren't just one big button, like some "soundboard" music apps. The cowbell, for example, allows you t...

By Mark Wilson Let's check to see if jailbreaking or unlocking an iPhone makes sense for you by explaining what they actually mean: Jailbreaking allows you to load non-iTunes, third-party apps like these onto the phone, at your own risk. Unlocking lets you use another company's SIM card (for T-Mobile o...

Apple has released an update for their AppleTV home media devices. This update adds the ability to search Flickr, new browse and view options, and the ability to control the AppleTV with an iPhone or iPod Touch. Apple has released an update for their AppleTV home media devices. This update ad...

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1. Even I, the writer formerly known as Cheap Geek, can't believe this deal on an iPod. Head over to eBay to get a 16GB second-generation iPod touch for $199.99 with free shipping. This isn't a refurbished deal; it's the real thing in the original box. This bargain comes through eBay retailer Dat...

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Apple has released a series of knowledgebase documents pertaining to the recently released iPhone 3.0 software update. These documents tackle problems people may experience in using the software both on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Apple has released a series of knowledgebase documents p...

By Mel Martin Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review The app allows you to browse by category, channels, or by favorites you provide. There is a shopping cart if you want to tag something for purchase at the iTunes store. (Ah, that's why Apple liked this app.)

The SD card and USB functionalities come into their own by allowing you to listen to music stored on either or better still, let you record from the iPod, CD player or radio at the press of a button. While you can't set a timer for the record function, it will let you record off the radio (i.e. your f...

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By Michael Kwan Although the marketing materials and packaging very clearly push the PowerDuo Reserve toward the iPhone-touting demographic, these products will work with other devices as well. The USB-charging end can be used for any USB-powered device, like a variety of smartphones and certain ca...

By Matt Burns New TuneBaseTM Products Let You Answer Your Calls Hands-Free on Your iPhone and Play Music in the Car TuneBase FM lets you listen to music from your iPhone or iPod in your car while simultaneously charging it. Its ClearScan feature automatically searches for the clearest FM frequency.

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By Jason Chen The Gadget: HP's LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back. The Price: $390 No internal-expandable storage, only USB

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ProjectsWizards has released an update to its Merlin project management application for both the iPhone/iPod touch and Mac, along with a new version of its Merlin Server bringing it to 2.7. The upgrade to Merlin 2.7 allows users to share projects with the iPhone and iPod touch and adds suppo...

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By Chris Davies The iPhone Dev Team have announced a Jailbreak solution for the iPod touch 2G, which marks the shift from a “tethered” solution to an “untethered” one.  The free iPod touch 2G Jailbreak was first promised back in January. redsn0w iPod touch 2G Jailbreak teaser from iPhone Dev TeamiPhone...

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By jeremy@ilounge.com (Jeremy Horwitz) Well, sort of. Scosche and Griffin have both released $30 accessories that may be able to help some users: Scosche’s PassPort and Griffin’s Charge Converter (aka Firewire to USB Converter) are both chunks of plastic with a female Dock Connector port on one end and a male plug on the other. Co...

By Christina Warren Filed under: iPod touch, Jailbreak/pwnageAbout two weeks ago, the iPhone Dev Team started dropping hints about redsn0w, which is the project focused on jailbreaking the iPod touch 2G. Yesterday, the first unsupported tethered jailbreak, dubbed "Red Snow Lite" was released to the pub...

By nobody@flickr.com (_gem_) yes, it works, the new 2.2 firmware update on the 1st generation iPod Touch now allows it to accept dock-based microphones. but the 1st generation iPod Touch won't be able to use the new earbud-mic combo released by Apple though. just dock-based microphones like this Macally iVoicePro.

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By Kevin Purdy If you haven't done so already, you'll need to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch. We've previously posted guides for doing so in Windows with WinPwn, and with the PwnageTool on a Mac.Click the Cydia icon on your jailbroken device. Choose the "Search" function from the bottom, and type in "O...

By Robert J. Elisberg When you select "Stop and save" from your iPod, the recording is given a date and time. To playback, simply navigate to Extras/ Voice Memos. Or, when you next connect to iTunes, the recording will be transferred and deleted from your iPod to save space. (The default name can be changed when tra...

By sam mcloughln Finally as you would expect, the 9-in-1 iPhone / iPod Touch FM Transmitter also charges your iPhone too, great if your on long journeys because not only do you get to listen to your great music but also it charges the device at the same time.

By Adam Pash 2.) iPhone headphones with mics don't work with the iPod touch, so if you're using an iPod touch you'll need a Touchmod mic. The Touchmod mics come in a variety of flavors, from the simple dongle that plugs into the syncing port to the headphone-and-mic combo that works much like the iPhone he...

By Lt. Connie Murphy Author's Note: Because Gus/Murphy is adorable and sweet I had to write some. Especially since bigkitty75 wrote such adorable fic for me. Also, I got hit by the all dialogue bug. Or maybe I'm being lazy on descriptions, who knows?! --- “Come on, Shawn, you owe me for rearranging my iPod.” “Dude,...

By Lauren Guitar freak iPhone/iPod Touch owners might want to get their calloused fingertips on this one. PocketGuitar is a Google Code project by a guy called Shinya Kasatani that allows you to play not just boring, virtual-guitar chord progressions on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The application w...

By Charles Starrett Apple has released its iPod software version 1.2.3 for fifth-generation iPods. According to the release notes, the update simply contains “bug fixes,” which a new Apple support document says incudes an issue where “iPod does not display any songs or content on the device after updating to...

By ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst) Tonya and I have been thinking about buying an iPod touch so we don't have to buy an iPhone, or rather, so we don't have to pay a monthly fee just to own an iPhone that we wouldn't use much for calling. Of course, that raises the question of just how much of an "iPhone without the phone" the iPod tou...