[MobileRatty] tag: apple

Pocketsize USB Speakerphone

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:47:53 +0000

Pocketsize USB Speakerphone MV100 is a cool gadget for you, a heavy user of Yahoo IM, AIM, MSN Messenger, Apple iChat, Skype, WebEx, NetMeeting, Vonage, or Net2Phone. This USB powered inexpensive but great-sounding mini speaker will bring you the easiest way to do internet phone conference. The MV100 is a full-duplex user-friendly speaker and array microphone combination that allows you to have clear conversations through your internet connection, whether you’re at home, at work, or on the road. A headset is included for private conversations.

You can get this cool USB powered stuff for $17.99 at ThinkGeek.

Spore Origins due to hit iPhone this week, likely a let down

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:58:04 +0000

Spore hit the Apple Keynote stage all those months ago to show iPhone 3G hopefuls what kind of gaming experience to expect on the iPhone 3G and iPhones running the iPhone 2.0 OS. Spore Origins, alongside Sega’s Super Monkey Ball, promised to usher the iPhone and iPhone 3G into the world of mobile gaming.

Unfortunately, the initial release of the Spore Origins game was only compatible with the iPod. More unfortunate is the fact that Spore Origins doesn’t offer character transfer or online play. Spore Origins will essentially spin-off of the Spore game title, offering little more amusement than guiding your Spore creature through a primordial soup filled with smaller-than-you food creatures and larger-than-you predators. The goal will be to feed on smaller creatures while running away from larger predators.

Spore Origins is expected to launch on the AppStore later this week for $5. Were the game more integrated in to the Spore parent-game, Spore Origins would have a larger potential audience. As it stands, we’ll have to wait and see how the game fares against the competition.

[Via: TUAW]

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Best Buy iPhone 3G: Buy BS Accessory Package, Geek Squad Will Do What Apple Store Does for Free [IPhone 3G]

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:30:00 +0000

The iPhone 3G is making its Best Buy debut this Sunday, and a copy of the ad you'll see in your local paper confirms that even though Best Buy has the distinction of being the iPhone's first independent US retailer, it'll be the same old Best Buy peddling it.

If you buy one of four bullshit accessory packages—going for $106 to $234, according to AppleInsider—Geek Squad will set up your phone and email for free. In other words, something they have to do anyway (activate your phone), and another that's complimentary at the Apple Store or easy enough to do yourself. Thanks, Geek Squad. [Apple Insider]

EA Announces SimCity and The Sims 3 for the iPhone: Spore Coming on September 7th [IPhone]

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +0000

EA has announced that nine new titles are currently in development for the iPhone: Yahtzee Adventures, EA Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon, Mahjong, Monopoly: Here & Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed Undercover, and The Sims 3. Many of these titles have been mentioned before, but I was pretty pumped to hear about SimCity and the Sims 3 being added to the list. EA has also revealed that they are shooting to release Spore Origins on September 7th—the same day it is released on the Mac and PC. Hit the jump for some new Spore screenshots and the official press release.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., – September 5, 2008 – EA Mobile™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that Spore™ Origins, an original game for the iPhone™ and iPod® touch, will be available this month. The game takes full advantage of the devices’ built-in accelerometer as players tilt, turn and twist their way through a world made of primordial ooze. In conjunction with the launch of Spore Origins, EA Mobile also announces a list of nine games in development for both the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms.

Eat-or-be-eaten in Spore Origins! Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch, Spore Origins uses the platforms’ motion-sensing technology to let gamers navigate a primordial tidepool on a quest to evolve. Feast on the weak and flee from the strong through two exciting modes and 35 challenging levels. Pinch, pull, and poke your creation in the Creature Editor, customizing the texture, shape and body parts to improve your offense, defense, perception and movement as you evolve over millions of years.

““We’re really excited to bring Spore Origins to the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Travis Boatman, Vice President Worldwide Studios at EA Mobile. “By leveraging the unique capabilities of these devices, players can customize their own creatures and shape their destiny in an exciting evolutionary journey. ”

EA Mobile today also announced nine titles in development for the iPhone and iPod touch, pending regional availability. This list includes YAHTZEE Adventures, EA Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon™, Mahjong, MONOPOLY: Here & Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed™ Undercover, and The Sims™ 3.

Spore Origins will be available globally from the Apple App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or by simply visiting www.eamobile.com from an iPhone. Additional versions of Spore Origins are also available for the iPod, as well as other mobile devices. All iPod games are available for the third-generation iPod nano, iPod classic and fifth-generation iPod and can be sent as a gift using the iTunes gifting feature (www.itunes.com).

Snow Patrol to release interactive album as iPhone application

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:05:05 +0000

There’s no slowing down the iPhone and the AppStore. As popularity for the Apple smartphone and its integrated AppStore continue to grow, companies and musicians alike are looking to new ways to market themselves with an iPhone-twist.

The latest group to take advantage of the iPhone and AppStore’s popularity is the Irish band Snow Patrol. According to Music Week, the band will be releasing an “interactive album,” complete with music, lyrics, album art, and videos via an iPhone application.

“It will be an interactive element; a digital booklet that will take you into the videos and content,” says Polydor product manager Liz Goodwin. “For fans it will be a real must-have, and the fact that they are the first band to do this gives us an additional angle for exposure.”

Snow Patrol is the first band to release such an interactive album that caters specifically to the iPhone market-base, and could pave the way for new interactive albums released as iPhone apps. Could we be poised to see immersed and content-filled albums hitting the AppStore? Let’s hope so.

[Via: MusicWeek]

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Apple Ipod mp3 Car Audio Tape Cassette Adapter

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:03:00 +0000

Apple Ipod mp3 Car Audio Tape Cassette Adapter

Features:

Brand new non-OEM.
Play your ipod songs through car stereo.
Simply plug-in cassette tape to your car's in-dash cassette player and enjoy your ipod songs
Silent mechanism reduces mechanical noise on the road.
Spring-loaded cassette head helps maintain contact with cassette player's head for clear sound.

Product Description
Compatibility: Apple iPod 3rd Generation, Apple iPod Mini, Apple iPod Nano, Apple iPod 4th Generation, Apple iPod Photo, Apple iPod Video.

Customer Reviews

Perfect price for a useful device (2008-08-27)
The average price of these 'tape converters' is usually ridiculously high for something with a very high percentage of breaking.

This is still working for me, and for the price, is definitely worth every penny.

Junk (2008-08-19)
Even though its only a few bucks, don't waste your money. You get what you pay for. I took a chance and thought it would be 1/2 decent at least. Well, it wasn't. It works for the 1st 5 seconds you put it in then ejects itself.

We had Coby before... (2008-08-09)
We had a Coby before this particular player. We usually have good luck with the Coby products but not the cassette adaptor we bought. We got this one so my wife could listen to her iPod in the car. This one has outlasted the Coby and really has taken a pretty good beating because of the heat in S. Florida vehicles during the summer. I am pleasantly surprised with its performance, and for the money you can't beat this one.

Didn't even work (2008-07-30)
This tape deck just kept automatically ejecting when I got it. I thankfully managed to use it as scrap to fix my broken cassette adapter. I would only buy this item if you want to spare part the cord from it.

Something for the cheap guy (2008-07-02)
It works. Not too well always, but it works. The FM transmitter works more reliably, but it damn well better for the price you pay. This is acceptable and gives sound most of the time. For some reason it only works on the right side speakers. I cant make it work on the left side at all. It isnt the car stereo, because those speakers work with other tapes. It still sounds good and loud, but if your picky and dont want the wire sticking out of the cassete deck, then spend the money. Dont have money or dont want to spend, then this is perfect. If it is a little tweaky, remember you paid less than 5 dollars for it.

puto joto talal.

tags : gadget

Dell Goes to Europe with Vodafone

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:11:47 +0000

Vodafone and Dell have announced that Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-mobile notebook will be sold with built-in mobile broadband, exclusively through Vodafone stores and online, and directly from Dell, in key European markets.

Available in late September, the Inspiron Mini 9 is designed to deliver the utmost flexibility, reliability and speed for email and Internet browsing on-the-go without the need for an additional modem. (Or so they say.)

Digital nomads and avid web surfers alike (that's their wording, not mine) will be able to connect anytime, anywhere, whether on the road, or on-the-go, while surfing the Web, chatting with friends or enjoying their favorite online videos and music.

Wonder how long it will take for this to make its way to the U.S.?

And yes, there is a U.S. version that sounds pretty sweet -- reminds me of my old Compaq Contura Aero -- now there was a subnotebook (remember that category?)

There's lots more at Gizmodo.

Tags: dell, inspiron mini 9, vodafone

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Apple rejects fart-joke iPhone application

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:55:08 +0000

Talk about a lame excuse. Apple, long known as the tech-company that does whatever it feels like doing, has rejected an up-and-coming iPhone application on grounds that it provides “limited utility.”

Granted, the iPhone application, Pull My Finger, does little more than generate a “fart” sound, Apple’s rejection of the application is a disturbing move. The precedent for Apple to reject future iPhone applications that it just doesn’t like has been set.

Victor Wang, Pull My Finger’s developer, posted Apple’s rejection letter for all to see:

“Hello Developer,

We’ve reviewed your application Pull My Finger. We have determined that this application is of limited utility to the broad iPhone and iPod touch user community, and will not be published to the App Store.

It may be very appropriate to share with friends and family, and we recommend you review the Ad Hoc method on the Distribution tab of the iPhone Developer Portal for details on distributing this application among a small group of people of your choosing.

Regards,

Victor Wang
Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple, Inc.”

Interestingly, other applications with likewise “limited utility” have been published through the iPhone AppStore. Koi Pond, for example, doesn’t provide much utility for the user, but has hit the top of the AppStore’s sales-charts in recent weeks.

So, what other applications will Apple reject on grounds that it’s just not worthy (read: in line with Apple’s taste) of the AppStore?

[Via: MacRumors]

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Apple's September 9 Event - What Do You Want To See From Us? [Apple Event]

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:16:07 +0000

Apple's September 9 event is only one lazy weekend away, but we here at Giz are already preparing for our usual liveblog directly from the event. You already know the rumors—new nanos, iTunes 8 with new features and various other things—what might be coming, but what do you want to see from us? We'll be at live.gizmodo.com, same as always, but do you want something to change? What do you want to see more of? Less of? None at all of? We'll hopefully have some fun new interactive stuff as well. Let us know in the comments, and we'll see you early morning on Tuesday, September 9 for our pre-game coverage.

That I'm a Mac ad campaign: is it a soap opera that will never go away?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:31:07 +0000

Cult of Mac's Pete Mortensen joins the chorus of those bored of the Mac's long-running ad campaign:

Apple’s core Mac marketing campaign has become the one thing the Cupertino Collective can never allow itself to be: boring.Apple’s been here before. Switch had its (rather desperate) day. Think Different saved Apple during its darkest times. But ... Get a Mac’s playful jabs are starting to make Apple look small. “Able to run Microsoft Office” isn’t news to anyone who could be swayed by a TV ad.

Hit the kids up with "play, create, study." Make the personal computing equivalent of the iPod silhouette campaign: music, movement, eidetic swarms of data and art. It's not a lifestyle, it's your life. Mac.

I'd buy another one!

‘Get a Mac’ is Running Out of Gas [CoM]