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According to survey company Changewave, up to 16% of those buying mobile phones in the next six months are planning to buy an iPhone. [ macoworlduk]

Hands-On Vmoda’s Vibe Duo Headphones for iPhone (Verdict: Punchy, No Remote)

What made these $100 headphones irresistible Apple store iPhone retail bait? If it was a sin to use white earbuds with a nano, it surely was a sin to use it with a $600 phonepod. They’re also the only headphones to launch with the iPhone that explicitly work with the recessed headphone jack. They sound…

Nokia N800 Wants iPhone’s “Kinetic Scrolling”

It seems that Nokia N800 users have a bad case of you-know-what envy. First they recreated the iPhone’s virtual keyboard (sans predictive text) and now they’re after the iconic kinetic scrolling method. Written in Python, the code is due out "soonish" for N800 users. [JKOntheRun]

VMWare Fusion Review by Mossberg

Walt Mossberg appears to be scooping again. This time, it’s a review of VMWare’s Fusion (Available this Monday, August 6th). The software, like Parallels, allows PC programs to run from within OS X. Mossberg compares them, simply: Parallels has more features than Fusion…But I found Fusion puts less strain on the computer overall. Jacqui at…

Arn’s Theory of Apple Rumors

Arnold Kim of Macrumors.com generally sticks to the speculative evidence, usually refraining from venturing into wilder guesses. Recently he brought to light an obvious but somehow ignored pattern: 1) Apple Legal never gets involved for Images/Video of Fake Products and 2) Apple Legal always gets involved for Images/Video Real Products. Apple Legal could be the…

SEMIFINALS, Eton Sound 100 iPod vs. Altec Lansing IMV712

In our last semifinals match in our iPod Dock Bracket, the diminutive Eton Sound 100 iPod battles the buff Altec Lansing IMV712. It’s Porsche vs. Corvette, surf vs. turf, briefs vs. boxers—it’s a competition for the ages, and the winner has a 50/50 chance at taking it all home. FIGHT! DESIGN We were afraid to…

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac delayed until January ’08 [TUAW]

Led Zeppelin to Finally Show iTunes How the West Was Won

At long last, Led Zeppelin debuts on iTunes—but not until November 12 (boo). And it looks like we won’t be getting the group’s full catalog either, at least not at first. Instead we’re getting a collection hand-picked by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones dubbed “Mothership.” If it’s the same as the physical…

Eminem is suing Apple (again), this time regarding iTunes download compensation. [pcworld]

Apple’s Gesture Dictionary, a Fingering Chart for Multi-Touch

Apple spent another day at the patent office, locking down this idea: a Multi-Touch Gesture Dictionary that identifies all kinds of finger play you can do on upcoming multi-touch interfaces. It started out with just the expand and contract motions on the iPhone, along with the ability to swipe your finger to get from one…

Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP

Click to viewHey PC fanboys, now you can use this shot of a Windows XP display at an AT&T store when those smug Mac worshipers tell you about how such-and-such Zune commercial was made on a Mac, and how “all media types and artists” use Macs. Windows runs the world, baby. (Thanks, Paul!)

Hands On the Timex Ironman iControl (Verdict: Great, But…)

Click to viewTimex teamed up with Apple for this Ironman iControl watch, which is pretty much a standard workout watch with one major difference: It has iPod controls on it. Communicating with your iPod via a little dongle that plugs into an iPod’s universal docking port, you’re able to control play/pause, volume up and down,…

Boingo Wireless is offering free WiFi to iPhone users in 13 North American airports during the month of August. Look for the “concourse” SSID to get your free Safari fix. [MacNN]

These Euros tested the iPhone’s cold weather durability by tossing it in a freezer. It passes. [YouTube]

Aluminum Foil Stops iPhone Car Tape Adapter Buzz

When I tested Monster’s “iPhone compatible” tape adapter, I expected the $25 setup to have extra shielding to stop GSM buzz from the cellular radios. It didn’t. As a joke, I tried some anti-alien brainwashing technology, or aluminum foil. Turns out wrapping a bit around the first few inches kills off a lot of the…

Apple Hints at Ad-Subsidized iTunes

Music Ally went through Apple’s testimonial at the UK Copyright Tribunal’s decision on online royalty rates, and discovered a quote from iTunes VP Eddie Cue: The placement of third-party advertising at the start, end or during actual delivery of a Repertoire Work to a customer by way of a permanent download. Sounds like ad-subsidized iTunes,…

Apple News Hit Last Night, Heads Up!

Just a quick heads up, there was some big Apple news that got mesmerized in the headlights last night: • There’s an Apple town hall meeting on Tuesday, and the topic of discussion will be Macs. • There is an update 1.01 now available for the iPhone, fixing Safari vulnerabilities and a few other things.…

SEMI FINALS, Logitech AudioStation Express Vs. Griffin Amplifi

There are only three battles left in our iPod Dock Bracket, and we will have a final verdict by the end of the week. Yes, we’re amazed, too! For our first semifinals battle, our kings of cheap battle it out for the Cheapo Dock title. In one corner we have the AudioStation Express. In the…

Mac Event at Apple HQ Next Tuesday

Next Tuesday, August 7th, at 10am PDT, Apple’s holding an event which will be focused on the Mac. It’ll take place at Apple’s Cupertino HQ in the Town Hall. Guess those iPod nano rumors were wrong. My best guess is that it’s for new iMacs that Kasper at Appleinsider has been speculating on for awhile.…

NASA Says iPhone Is Not A Suitable Business Tool

NASA has declared the iPhone not ready for business use by their employees. Instead, they’re planning on supporting the Blackberry 8800 or Palm Treo 750. [InformationWeek] Image via Wired