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3D Mirror Accessory Turns iPhones Into Fun 3D Cinemas

Whoa. While you can’t actually buy this i3DG peripheral for your iPhone yet, I’m already imagining playing 3D games created especially for it. You can kiss the 3DS buh-bye. https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-3ds-extended-play-impressions-star-fox-is-ba-5564376 It figures it’s Japan-originated, where creator Jitsuro Mase collaborated with Directions, Inc for an Austrian expo. I desperately hope Mase manages to put it into…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

OK Go to Write Their Name Across LA Using iPhone’s GPS

They may be shilling for Range Rover’s new iPhone app here, but fans of their crazy stunts (who happen to live in LA) should download the free app and follow their massive GPS parade this Wednesday. The plan is to trawl the streets of LA carrying their instruments (while hapless workers trail after with amplifiers),…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Minecraft for iPhone Briefly Appears, Then Disappears from iTunes

Just when you thought it was safe to come out of your cave, a new app puts the Java hit Minecraft on your iPad or iPhone. How did the developer do it? According to the description on Appshopper.com, it’s a “no-hax client…built without code or content from the original.” That certainly implies to me that…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Social Networking iPhone App Path Shares Photos and Info With Closest Friends Only

Twitter’s fun, but wouldn’t you be more “you-like” if you were broadcasting your life to just 50 of your closest friends? So goes the thinking behind Path, which uses your phone’s camera as the basis for the free social-network. [iTunes]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Is that an iPhone in your pocket or…

Today’s gadget-related double entendre is “birth control.” [Scottevest via Gear Junkie (yes, really) via InventorSpot]

Tech News Jack Loftus

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s super stellar app roundup: beasts, boxed; reminders, reminded; songs, bumped; villages, nurtured into cities; the fiddle, made magical; cross platform messaging, simplified; Muji, in app form, melodies, scribbled, and much more! iPhone To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-november-12-5688744 iPad To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/ipad-apps-november-12-5688778 Android…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Which Smartphone Grills Best?

For some reason the makers of the EZ Grill decided that their latest promotional stunt should involve grilling Android, WP7, and iPhone devices. The resulting video will make you cringe and chuckle while hugging your own phone.

Tech News Rosa Golijan

What You Have to Look Forward to in iOS 4.2

Now that iTunes 10.1 is out with iOS 4.2 support, you can start dreaming again about how much better your iPad will be with multitasking and folders—whenever iOS 4.2 lands: [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/snag-itunes-10-1-with-airplay-awesomeness-right-now-5688584

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Snag iTunes 10.1 With AirPlay Awesomeness Right Now

A piping hot iTunes 10.1 is ready for you to download. Two reasons to snag it: AirPlay, for beaming video around to stuff like your Apple TV, and support for the imminent iOS 4.2 update for the iPad and other iOS devices. [Apple]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

A Scary Good iPhone Boxing Game

Beast Boxing 3D is in the Punch-Out!! mold of boxing games, which I can’t get enough of. It stands out for a few reasons. It oozes style. The “story” is the tried-and-true Rocky/Little Mac trope—a puny fighter pummels his way through an onslaught of wacky and progressively more difficult fighters—but the combatants are monsters. Mixed…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

When Was the Last Time You Gave Flowers to Your Girlfriend?

Time flies, which is why Absent Design made this application called Time Flies.. It’s quite simple: You can quickly record the things you do, look at the list chronologically and bookmark the most important ones. Brilliant. [iTunes via Swissmiss]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Track Loss of iPhone Reception Using the RootMetrics App

Whether it’s for your own passive-aggressive diarising, or you actually plan on launching an appeal against AT&T, the RootMetrics app is worth a download. It’s crowd-sourcing data for coverage maps…hopefully so networks can plug the holes. [RootMetrics via Gigaom]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Instapaper iOS App Gets A Makeover With Latest Update

Ooh la la! Looks like the Instapaper iOS app, one of our favorite tools, has received quite a makeover and plenty of new features in its latest update: – Article list on iPhone now includes the first few lines of text from articles, like on iPad. On iPad, more text is now shown. The text…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Sprint ZTE Peel Turns Your iPod Touch Into the Pseudo-iPhone It’s Always Wanted to Be

Our first thought when we got ahold of a MiFi: Why not build this into an iPod touch case? All the benefits of the iPhone, minus AT&T’s horrible service. That’s Sprint’s ZTE Peel case. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-mifi-2200-3g-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-review-5256825 The ZTE Peel is an iPod touch case with a built-in 3G hotspot. It’s a little gimped compared to a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

OK, Running iPhone Apps on a TV Could Be Pretty Awesome

Just yesterday, the Giz team was discussing the possibility of beaming iPhone and iPad apps to Apple TVs via AirPlay. Some of us weren’t sure why you’d want to in the first place. Well, precisely this: The Incident, supersized. Now this isn’t exactly what we had in mind. What you’re seeing here is a preview…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoSound 8 Docks iPods, iPads and iPhones For $1,000+

It took them a good few years to cobble together some speakers and a docking station, but finally Bang & Olufsen has an iPod dock—the BeoSound 8, which costs (are you ready for this?) $1,400. If you convert it from the UK price of £900, that is—the final US price hasn’t been specified just yet.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Art of the Boob Ninja

The Boob Ninja is a tricky character who sneaks around and grabs girly body parts while dodging kitchen utensils—and you should aspire to master his art. Or at least that’s the message this iPhone game is sending. Boob Ninja is a fairly basic game which might feel repetitive after a while, but it’s amusing enough…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Kik Messenger: A Simple, No-Frills Way To Keep In Touch On Android, iPhone, And BlackBerry

Kik Messenger’s a no-frills app, but it could easily become your favorite way of keeping in touch. It’s a simple cross-platform instant messenger which’ll work for you and your friends—no matter which mobile platform or country you favor. Think of the app as being like BlackBerry Messenger without the mobile operating system limitations. You’ll get…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Watch This App Transform Kitteh Into iPod Killer

Meesha looks like an adorable kitty, and I’m sure she’s a joy to be around. But something about the Cat Toy app unleashes the jungle beast within. Hardware lovers beware: you’re about to witness savage iPod abuse. As if this brutality weren’t enough, Meesha’s owner confirms that destruction’s not limited to the Cat Toy app’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett

That iPhone Is Burning a Hole In Your Pocket

What can we make of this credit card spending by smartphone platform data from Pageonce? That iPhone owners spend like crazy, and WinMo holdouts are probably saving up for a new phone, for starters. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-we-love-pageonce-is-our-cheap-personal-ass-5028422 The data was taken from a random sampling of 275,000 Pageonce users, and includes at least 5,000 users per platform.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

3D Mirror Accessory Turns iPhones Into Fun 3D Cinemas

OK Go to Write Their Name Across LA Using iPhone’s GPS

Minecraft for iPhone Briefly Appears, Then Disappears from iTunes