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”Refurbed 8GB iPod touch for $220
Woot's Yahoo deal of the day is an 8GB iPod touch for $220, a whole 65 bucks less than what it costs at Amazon. The catch is that it's a refurb, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, except that it only comes with a limited 60-day warranty, which isn't quite as hardcore as what Apple offers on refurbs. So, save $$$ at your own risk. [Woot]Question of the Day: How Many iPods Have You Owned?
radJacket CHARGE Case Keeps iPod Touch Juiced, Protected
Gnarly, 80s surf name aside, the radJacket CHARGE (not my capitalizing) is pretty cool, as iPod cases go. As well as keeping your Pretty safe from keys, bag- and pocket-umska, the case acts as a charger, giving your iPod Touch a whopping 46 hours of music, 12 of video and 10 of web browsing, on just a three-hour charge. See it in pieces after the jump. More »iHome IP99 iPhone Alarm Clock Wakes You Up With No Buzz
IHome today revealed their new IP99 alarm clock/iPhone dock specificially designed to shield out the rather annoying TDMA buzz associated with the iPhone and other GSM phones. The IP99 is the latest to protect against the buzz (the Altec-Lansing we reviewed in February also does this), as this is becoming desirable feature in the speaker docks. The 10W gadget makes use of iHome's Reson8 audio system, which produces pretty decent sound, given the size and price of their devices. The iHome IP99 will sell in June for $150. [iLounge]Fring is the World's First True iPhone VoIP App
Philips DCP951 Portable DVD Player Likes iPod Touch, Kitchen Counters
The Philips DCP951 portable DVD player ditches the laptop design of previous portables for a shiny tablet layout that works as well on the road as it does in the kitchen. As the successor to the DCP850, this portable has a half-inch bigger LCD screen and a dock for the iPod Touch. Price and info are below the jump. More »iPhone and iPod Touch Actually Support 720x576 Video Resolution
Officially, the iPhone and iPod touch support 640 by 480-pixel video running at up to 30 frames per second. But Ars Technica is reporting that it'll actually take 720x576-resy video churning at 25fps, which is the same resolution and frame rate that PAL (mostly Euro) DVDs run at. Obviously not all that useful if you're just catching flicks on your iPhone, but if you watch them on your computer too (like a rental), the higher res means less squinting on your big boy monitor. [Ars Technica]iShield Mirror: For Obsessively Vain iPhone Owners Only
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100,000 Apple iPhone SDKs Downloaded So Far
Apple says that over 100,000 iPhone software development kits have been downloaded since its celebrated unveiling on March 6, not a week ago. The announcement below is atypical of Apple: following the standard chest-puffing from execs such as worldwide marketing SVP Phil Schiller, you'll find exec quotes from Namco, NetSuite, PopCap, Rocket Mobile, Six Apart and THQ—I suppose in alphabetical order by company. It's more wind, to be sure, but from the feel of this announcement, it's almost as if Apple had planned to support third-party development all along. Whatever the case, we're looking forward to the resulting apps, both legit and, well, under the table. More »G-FI: "The World's First Wireless GPS Accessory for the iPhone"
Hot off the heels of yesterday's press event, PosiMotion is laying claim to the first wireless GPS accessory for the iPhone and iPod touch. I'm sure the built in locator and google maps program will be just fine for most, but the GPS add-on will actually be compatible with any device with a Wi-Fi connection, but will ship with software to allow for proper iPhone/iPod touch integration. The G-FI is said to be in the final stages of production, and it shall be released in the "next few months," whatever that means. In the meantime, make do with the rendering of the G-FI unit, which shows it running on the late Cingular network. PosiMotion, it's back to the Photoshop with ye. [G-FI; Thanks, Tony. M]
iPhone SDK Rumor Checklist
Now that we've heard what's up, we can see which iPhone SDK rumors came true. As it happens, the insiders were pretty damn close to dead-on—Hulk doesn't have to do a lot of smashing today. Let's review:
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iPhone 2.0 Update Available for Free in June, Touch Users Get to Pay Up (Again)
All of the awesomeness you've been reading about—from an AIM client to Enterprise goodness—will be coming your way in June with the final 2.0 software update. For free! Unless you've gotta an iPod touch, then due to those nefarious "accounting practices" you have to pay to get the update. Again! ($20? less? more? You should've just gotten the phone, asshole.) More »
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App Store Exclusive Distributor of iPhone Apps
Today in Cupertino, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would sell iPhone (and iPod touch) applications over App Store, which can be used over-the-air on the iPhone itself, or can be sideloaded via iTunes on a computer. It comes with the 2.0 firmware update. Apple says it's exclusive, meaning it's the only place people will go to get iPhone apps. More »Naja King Stand a Flexible Friend for iPhone and iPod Touch
The bizarrely named Naja King flexible stand grips your iPhone or iPod Touch into either a horizontal or vertical position. Its head, with its anti-scratch grippers, rotates 360ยบ, and the three-foot-long cable, which packs flat for travelling, can be bent into just about any position. This, I think, makes it the Kama Sutra of iPod and iPhone stands—as you can see from the SFW gallery, below. Cost is $40. [thought out via Red Ferret]
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iPhone's First Native P2P Torrent App is Up and Running
Core, an iPhone Hacker with mad hacking skills, has managed to port to the iPhone a functioning P2P client based on Transmission, which is a popular torrent app for Macs. This is the first time P2P torrent software has run natively on the iPhone, and the prospect has us in tizzy fits of excitement. More »Dealzmodo: Free iPod Shuffle With 32GB iPod Touch
The Venn Diagram of people who really want a 32GB iPod touch and people who really want a 1GB iPod shuffle looks less like 2/5 of the Olympic Rings and more like an eight-year-old's crayon drawing of a pair of boobs, but if you're going to buy a touch, why not get a free shuffle to go along with it? [Amazon via Bargainist]
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