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We don’t know if this picture is real, but it made us laugh—lol as you crazy kids of the internet might say. Hit the jump for a mega-sized version. [ididitforthelulz via digg]

iPhone Apps Now on iPod Touch (Or Not) [UPDATED]

Jailbreak, formerly reserved for unlocking iPhones and installing apps, is now in iPod Touch form according to the link below. We’ve known that the internals of the iPod Touch look mighty similar to those of the iPhone and that, theoretically, the iPod Touch should be able to run iPhone apps without too many complications. [UPDATED:…

iPod Touch Definitely Has No Bluetooth, So Enough Already UPDATED

The iPod Touch has been dissected by the ace mechanics at iFixit. And unless they overlooked something—actually, nevermind. There’s no Bluetooth in the iPod Touch. That’s it. Final. iFixit didn’t mention a trace of Bluetooth and that’s enough for us to call this silly rumor the result of an overzealous photoshopper who has probably already…

Apple iPod touch Review (Verdict: Good In the Face of Greatness)

Click to viewWhen looking at the iPod touch, you have a choice: you can either see it as an evolutionary leap for iPod, or a slight downgrade from iPhone. You gain a thinner shell, up to 16GB of storage, but lose a bunch of apps, the phone, and some other surprising things. In our opinion,…

iPhone and T-Mobile Germany Land Deal For iPhones in Deutschland

Reuters has confirmed with an insider that Apple and Deutsche Telekom have reached an agreement to sell the iPhone in Germany. The price will (supposedly) be 399 euros ($554), which is slightly more than the $399 Apple’s selling the phone here in the US. Whether this price premium is because the phone will be a…

American Express $200 iPhone Price Rebates Coming In

The $200-ish American Express Price Protection for iPhones we told you about a week ago is starting to roll in for a couple readers. American Express is handling this on a case-by-case basis (at least, that’s what they’ve been telling customers), but some people are getting their money back. Couple that with the $100 from…

New iPods Don’t Work With Linux, Third Party Apps

One of the new “features” in the latest line of iPods—classic, touch and nano—is a “cryptographic checksum” in the song database that won’t let you sync with any application besides iTunes. Since there’s no iTunes for Linux, if you’re running with Tux, you ain’t running with your iPod. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipod-touch-calendar-cant-add-appointments-why-297994 Using a third party app (such…

Apple and O2 to Launch iPhone in UK Mid- to Late-October

We have received confirmation from two 100% proven sources that next Tuesday’s UK-only Apple event will herald the iPhone’s arrival to the United Kingdom. The first European iPhone will most probably arrive in mid- to late-October, not on November 1, as some media outlets have previously reported. Our sources are the same ones from when…

How to Claim Your $100 “Early iPhone Owner” Credit

Apple has released the magic three steps it’ll take to snag your $100 in store credit, which can be redeemed either at retail locations or the online store. According to our intern Benny, the process actually is as easy as it sounds: Fill in your phone number and your iPhone’s serial number; you’ll get a…

UBS analysts are predicting 3 million iPhones sold by the end of the year, expecting 2 million sold in Q4. [gigaom]

Proud new owners of iPod classics, particularly the 160GB flavor, are finding their honeymoon interrupted by random crashes and lockups apparently tied to an album art issue. Apple’s in the know and churning out a fix, but in the meantime turning off album artwork and resyncing makes for a temporary bandaid. Any of you guys…

Apple’s scouting space for a new flagship store in—wait for it—Brooklyn. Yeah, it was only inevitable. [Racked]

Tested: iPhone Screen Better Than the iPod Touch Screen

Click to view The iPhone and iPod touch are presumed to have the same screen quality. But they don’t, according to some testing and reader feedback we did today. The iPod touch’s screen turns black areas somewhat grayish, washed out shadow detail, with absolute blacks appearing shimmery. (The top image is the touch. Look at…

Hands On: iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

Click to view Video By Richard Blakeley. One new feature that came with the announcement of the iPod touch was the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Aside from the limited interaction we had with it at the Apple event on September 5, we got our first real crack at it today. All in all, it’s pretty…

Five Things We Like About the iPod touch (Video Edition)

Benny the NYC intern and I have found a few things we really like about the iPod touch. Rather than tell you about them, we thought we’d show them to you in a quick video. Needless to say, there are also some things we don’t like about the touch. Stay tuned, because we’ll address all…

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 6 is iTunes Compatible

We covered the Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 6 back in July, but this overpriced player does have one thing that possibly makes the $700 worthwhile. It’s a plug-in that allows the BeoPlayer 6 to work with iTunes, something that, well, iPod nanos (which are 1/5 the price and 2x the memory) can do already. But…

iPod Touch Hands-on Gallery and Video

Click to view Here’s our hands-on gallery of the iPod touch. It looks the same as it did when we saw it last Wednesday—sexy and thin—but now we have the added bonus of photographing it on our own desks. We also have video of the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store after the jump. Stick around for…

iPod Touch Reviewed (Verdict: Just Like the iPhone, But Slightly Better For Music)

The iPod touch, Apple’s gimped iPhone that’s just for music, sounds fantastic for people who want all of the iPhone’s music and video features and none of its calling ones. PC Mag got their hands on one a bit early and found that it’s just as good as the iPhone in terms of, well, everything,…

Jonathan Rubinstein of iPod and iMac Fame Set to Helm Languishing Palm

Jonathan Rubinstein, the hardware engineering guru who helped bring Apple back on track, is going to be the new executive chairman of Palm. Hopefully this will give new life to their product line. Also joining in is former Apple CFO Fred Anderson, who will join the board, and Bono’s Elevation Partners, which is taking a…

Initial tests show the iPod Nano and Classic outperforming Apple’s claims on battery life, sometimes by up to 6 hours.[iLounge via PowerPage]