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Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps: November ’09 Edition

Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? For the full directory of Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps, click here. The Month’s Best As gathered from our weekly roundups. If you hate hate hate galleries, click…

Tech News John Herrman

More Evidence Apple’s Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?

A few months ago, Apple bought their own mapmaker, Placebase, which seemingly opened the possibility of non-Google-y maps. Now, they’re looking for an iPhone maps engineer to “rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-buys-their-very-own-maps-company-see-ya-google-5371694 That job description actually fits kind of perfectly with what Placebase did well in its…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Best Twitter Apps for iPhone and Android Just Got Better

Some of the best of Twitter apps just got a lot better with fresh updates—Tweetie 2.1 and Birdfeed 1.2 on the iPhone, and Twidroid 3.0 on Android. Here’s what new and awesomer: https://gizmodo.com/tweetie-2-review-the-best-iphone-twitter-app-period-5378336 Birdfeed 1.2 The biggest change in Birdfeed 1.2 is geolocation using the official Twitter API, which embeds the location of a tweet…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The iPhone Is an Affront to Language

I dislike capital letters. I dislike exceptional capital letters even more. The iPhone, and indeed most Apple products, suffer from “camel case,” as the NYT’s On Language calls it. “Steep is the descent into orthographic antinomianism.” He’s right. There’s a historical reason in tech for products with camel case, like QuickTime or WordPerfect, as Crain,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

4iThumbs: iPhone Gets Another Physical Keyboard Idea

Still wish the iPhone had physical letter keys like Blackberries or WinMo phones? First there was that butt-ugly iTwinge keyboard holster, now there’s 4iThumbs: a clear plastic overlay with nubs located over the on screen keyboard. https://gizmodo.com/itwinge-iphone-keyboard-video-makes-me-cringe-a-little-5362350 On the upside, the covers only cost $15 (portrait), $17 (landscape), or $20 for both. Problem is, you’re…

Tech News Danny Allen

Apple Rejects iDroid App (Thankfully)

Sure, a Motorola Droid-style glowing red eye sounds cool, but the iDroid app would not have actually replicated any Droid features. In fact, it would have been little more than an ad spewing marketing propaganda once you tapped on it. The Motorola Droid is a great handset—it doesn’t need crapware advertising to sell itself. Apple…

Tech News Danny Allen

A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme

Dear anonymous buyer of the $3,164,000 iPhone 3GS Supreme, the most expensive and tacky cellphone in the world: You are a tasteless assclown. Sincerely, Me. P.S. I don’t care that you are a rich Australian business man in the gold mining industry. I don’t care that you are so rich that paying $3,164,000 for this…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco

Could be something, could be nothing, but an “iPhone3,1” mysteriously popped up in the usage records of a Bay Area App Store developer. If you’ll remember, the “iPhone2,1” turned out to be the 3GS. The 3,1 phone was spotted in an analytics report from November for the iPhone app iBART. This isn’t the first time…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers

Apple Rejected Me reads like FML, but features stories from rejected app developers instead of inappropriate innuendoes dropped by “that uncle” at Thanksgiving. Got a beef with Apple’s approval process? Sound off. [ARM, Thanks Matt.]

Tech News Chris Jacob

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s tentatively materialistic app roundup: Deals, scrutinized! Barcodes, scanned! Movies, thriftily rented! Magazines, digitized! Pac-Man, terrifyingly adapted to the road! The iPhone’s camera, made less terrible! Turn-by-turn, discounted! Home screens, organized! And more… https://gizmodo.com/mind-your-wallet-5413982 To view the following gallery as a single page, click here https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5414060 The Apps This Weeks’ iPhone News on…

Tech News John Herrman

Stair Dismount iPhone Game Hands On (Verdict: Sadistic Fun)

The Stair Dismount iPhone game sent me back eight years to the time when I would waste hours sending the stickman tumbling down instead of working on my programming assignments. The iPhone game is that, with slightly better controls. https://gizmodo.com/stair-dismount-gloriously-tumbles-onto-the-iphone-soon-5411988 Its basic premise remains unchanged: select a part of a body, an angle, and then…

Tech News Jason Chen

A Thanksgiving Message From the iPhone

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Here’s a message about the holiday and Black Friday from our friend from Cupertino, the iPhone.

Tech News Adam Frucci

Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally

When you find a dead Sega Genesis and you open it up to see what the insides look like, the chances are probably good that you’ll end up with a Genesis you can plug your iPhone into. [Gadget Lab]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Stair Dismount Gloriously Tumbles Onto the iPhone Soon

Stair Dismount for the iPhone is a spiritual descendant of the Stair Dismount Porrasturvat game back in 2001/2002 where you try your hardest to launch a ragdoll as painfully as possible down a flight of stairs. It was brilliant. The current iPhone version (not out yet, but supposedly will be by Thanksgiving) has a larger…

Tech News Jason Chen

iPhone Translation App Speaks Three Languages With Your Mouth

Somewhere on the App Store spectrum, between the travel phrasebooks and those apps that replace your mouth with a slightly weirder mouth, you’ll find iLingual, an app that steals your lips, and uses them to speak three different languages. Here’s how it works: you snap a picture of a mouth—yours, your girlfriend’s, or just a…

Tech News John Herrman

The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier

For the first time ever, every major carrier in the US actually has smartphones worth buying, meaning you don’t have to break up to get a good phone. Here’s the best phones on each one, along with the best deals. If you hate the gallery format, click here. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-smartphones-on-every-carrier-5411351 All pricing shown is with a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything…Microsoft Reiterates Smackdown on Pirate Xbox Users…iPhone Magnification Camera Mod Came From the Recycle Bin…Another Anonymous Netbook/Sleeping Aid Hits Wireless Carrier… Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything There are lots of legitimate concerns about Apple’s app approval (app!) policy, and in a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

This Is How Multitasking Should Work On the iPhone

In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps show how it could—and should—be done. What you’re seeing here is really the combination of two apps, standby jailbreak justifier and essential iPhone app Backgrounder, which…

Tech News John Herrman

iPhone and Android Are Taking Over the (Mobile) Internet

So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75% of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones, and one great browser core. https://gizmodo.com/every-mobile-browser-should-give-up-and-just-go-webkit-5271098 That the iPhone is a massive source of online traffic isn’t a surprise—that’s been apparent since the week it launched. What’s interesting here is Android’s rise, which…

Tech News John Herrman

New Apple Ads Get In on the AT&T vs. Verizon Slapfest

Click to viewYou think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. Click to view[Engadget]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps: November ’09 Edition

More Evidence Apple’s Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?

The Best Twitter Apps for iPhone and Android Just Got Better

The iPhone Is an Affront to Language

4iThumbs: iPhone Gets Another Physical Keyboard Idea

Apple Rejects iDroid App (Thankfully)

A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme

Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco

Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Stair Dismount iPhone Game Hands On (Verdict: Sadistic Fun)

A Thanksgiving Message From the iPhone

Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally

Stair Dismount Gloriously Tumbles Onto the iPhone Soon

iPhone Translation App Speaks Three Languages With Your Mouth

The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

This Is How Multitasking Should Work On the iPhone

iPhone and Android Are Taking Over the (Mobile) Internet

New Apple Ads Get In on the AT&T vs. Verizon Slapfest

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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