iPhone

Find Out How Good You’d Be at Filming a UFO Fly By

I’m totally prepared for a visit from our extraterrestrial friends. But as a simple yet intriguing new iOS game called UFO on Tape made quite clear, I’m totally not prepared for filming them when they arrive. $1 [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

SNL Rescue Dogs 3D 911 App Works, Eventually

Dialing 911 during an emergency is something your square parents would do. Modern damsels in distress break out their iPhones and boot up the Rescue Dogs 911 App. Click to viewHowever, as Andy Samberg learns in this SNL Digital Short, there are always a few issues with new apps—bugs and whatnot—and the Rescue Dogs 911…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Y01 Holster Is for Gadget Cowboys Going West

German designer Dayne Jewell thinks that an oversized leather holster would be great to hold your gadgets, keys, cigarettes, credit cards, headphones and your Colt 45. Well, looking at the photos, it seems he’s absolutely right. If it didn’t cost $343, I would get Joel Johnson two, for his adventures through land, air and sea.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s awesome blossom round up: Apple’s Remote, finally updated; The New Yorker, digitized on your iPad; Kenny Powers, striking out; Wine, discovered; weather, beautified; Vikings, glorified; Beejive, Android bound and more! iPhone To view these on one page, click here Android To view these on one page, click here iPad To view these…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

Colorbind, the iPhone Game of Ribbons and Dots

Theoretically, with enough ribbon and buttons and graph paper, you could make a physical version of this iPhone game. But why would you want to, when the game’s only $2 and so much fun? [iTunes and Lite Version]

Tech News Jason Chen

iPhone 4 Smugglers Caught on Tape

Even though the iPhone 4 is for sale in China through legitimate channels, there’s a short enough supply that smuggling the devices in from Hong Kong is still big business. Especially, it seems, for these two ladies on a subway. There are dozens of iPhone 4s being sorted here, distributed among backpacks for easier, less…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Where’s My Taxes App? [Updated]

I’m liking Thirdway.org’s proposal that every taxpayer should get a detailed receipt [pdf]. But let’s go further: An iPhone app that shows exactly where your tax dollars go. Punch in taxes paid; see where your money has gone. [Via] Update: Who needs an iPhone app when you have a handy website?

Tech News Joel Johnson

Real Moleskine Covers for iPhone and iPad

I will feel so much cooler with a legitimate Moleskine cover—sorry, “analog-digital ultra-portable workstation for the contemporary nomad”— wrapped around my iPad. But no iPhone 4 case, really? What kind of contemporary nomad hasn’t upgraded? They are really, really nice. [Moleskine, Amazon]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Reverse iPhone Tentacle Porn (SFW)

It’s technically an “umbilical cord-inspired charger cable” created by artist Mio I-zawa—who’s created other fine works of bio-technological horror, like the mechanical tumor—but uh, just watch. It squirms. You will squirm. [YouTube via Pink Tentacle]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Weather HD Jumps From iPad to iPhone With Visualizations Intact

We already showed you the best weather apps on both iPhone and Android, but Weather HD is a weather app in an entirely different category. It’s a weather app for people who don’t really care about the weather. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-weather-apps-5651021 Just like on the iPad, Weather HD shows you your current temperature, the high, the low,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Everything Must Go! Tons of Great iOS Games on Sale Today

We’re not sure what’s gotten into iTunes today—perhaps someone’s just in a great mood—but a bevy of fantastic games are deeply discounted. Check out the best of the slash-priced titles, and get it while you still can. Free: • ESPN’s ScoreCenter XL For only $0.99, you can pick up • Classic titles Secret of Monkey…

Tech News Sam Biddle

iPhone 4 Scalpers Force Beijing Apple Store to Close

Yesterday, one of Apple’s Beijing locations lifted the two-per-customer iPhone 4 limit. The result: chaos, confusion, and the temporary shutdown of the store. Sounds like the scalpers did pretty well for themselves, though. The trouble started not long after the doors opened at 7am, according to MIC Gadget. Customers who had been waiting in line…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Keep Enemies Close: Microsoft Needs iPhone Apps

The most thrilling Microsoft product in years was killed before it ever officially existed. One of its most awesome services elicits more snickers than nods. Microsoft isn’t even in the mobile space right now. Redmond, we have a problem. Courier, simultaneously acknowledged and aborted in a bloody mess. Zune, a laughingstock that is in fact…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Looks Like the iPhone 3GS is Capable of Shooting HDR Photos

Now that HDR photos (and video!) is the cool kids’ latest documenting tool since Hipstamatic, iPhone 3GS owners have been feeling decidedly unhip without the app. It’s almost enough for them to resort to film cameras again! https://gizmodo.com/how-to-shoot-better-iphone-hdr-photos-5633122 9to5Mac discovered that the SDK suggests that the 3GS actually has the power to shoot HDR photos,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Angry Birds iPhone App Updated With Game Center Support, Retina Display Compatibility, And New Levels

Oh yes! The ridiculously addictive Angry Birds iPhone app just got an update that gives it Game Center support, Retina Display compatibility, and 15 new levels. There goes my evening! https://gizmodo.com/angry-birds-5484090 The update’s free if you have the app already, otherwise you can get it for a buck. [iTunes]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

We City Is a Farm Game Without All the Damn Farming

Farmville might be the de facto farming game on account of its popularity on Facebook, but both its browser and iPhone iterations are kinda ugly. Also, what if you hate farming, and love the click-and-wait style of gameplay? Play We City. The game’s made by ngmoco, the people who made We Rule and We Farm,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sonic is Slapping a Chaos Emerald Onto Your iPhone Starting October 7th

After some franchise missteps, Sega is giving Sonic purists what they want: 2D, 90s-style gameplay. And iPhone gamers will be the first to take the Blue Blur for a spin, when Sonic 4 Episode 1 hits iTunes on October 7th. The new title will feature the same Genesis gameplay we loved back then, with some…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Is Where Batman Sticks His iPhone

This the TDK Batman Utility Pouch. It’s a gorgeous, functional replica of Batman’s utility belt from The Dark Knight. It’s also the solution to Batman’s iPhone case woes. There will be 750 of these belts made and they can be purchased for $150 a piece. [UD Replicas via ChipChick]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iOS 4.2 Beta 2 Now Available to iPhone and iPad Developers

Looks like iOS 4.2 Beta 2 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center. We’ll be taking a look and letting you know what’s new since the last beta shortly. [Apple]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Two Mysterious New iPhone Versions Show Up in Apple TV Firmware

For the second time, reference to two unknown iPhone models have appeared, this time ’round in the Apple TV firmware. With the iPhone 4 known as “iPhone 3,1” internally, could “3,2” and “3,3” be alternative carrier versions? That’s what we wrote off April’s leaks as, which were found in the iPad OS filesystem. Five months…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Find Out How Good You’d Be at Filming a UFO Fly By

SNL Rescue Dogs 3D 911 App Works, Eventually