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Here’s a new and one of a kind music app for your iPhone. Play it solo or with a bunch of friends for fantastic orchestra, all you gotta do is placing your four fingers on the multi-touch screen and blow into your iPhone microphone. This app works by combining touch, tilt, gestures and human breath. Another cool thing is that you can share your performance with everyone around the world by using the Smule’s Sonic Network technology. Get in touch with your inner musical talent and have fun with it. Available on the iTunes store for only $0.99. [technabob via Upcoming Cellphones] Continue reading…

If you’re one of those folks who just can never get enough of gold, here’s another way to satisfy your addiction. A brand new “gold” headset from Yubz that you can connect to your iPhone. It’s groovy and certainly will make you enjoy your calls even more. Get your hands on it for only $50. [Newlaunches]

Jailbroken iPhone 3G gets external keyboard, says "Hello"

If you’re one of those people always complaining about the iPhone keyboard (the lack of one, that is), then this is probably a vital piece of news, even if it’s not totally practical. Or practical in any way, actually. Some very enterprising citizen of the world seems to be running a chunk of Ruby code on his jailbroken iPhone 3G, which allows it to recognize what appears to be a Palm / Visor external keyboard connected via a custom cable. The results of this intense bit of modification? Well — not much, honestly, but it’s still kinda cool. “Hello Keyboard,” indeed. Check out the video of it in action after the break. Continue reading…

iPhone gains battery life, camera flash, loses sex appeal with FastMac's iV

Why yes, FastMac — we want 24 hours of talk time, 72 of audio, 20 of video, and 31 hours of standby on our iPhones and iPhone 3Gs. Throw in a camera flash that doubles as a flashlight, and the ability to charge a USB device like a Bluetooth headset right off the phone, and you’ve got a deal on this iV charging kit of yours! Oh, there’s a catch? It’s a wee bit bulky, with an aesthetic similar to that of mophie’s Juice Pack? Hey, it could be worse. This largification — along with $79.50 — is apparently the price you pay for digital endurance.

[Via Macworld]

iPhone game: Touchgrind

Illusion Labs is going to brings you the world’s first true multi-touch game for iPhone, the Touchgrind. It is a skateboarding game, controlled using finger gestures, similar to the legs and feet of a real skater. The game will be available at the app store by the end of this month, November. Video after the break. Continue reading…

Marware's Game Grip for the iPhone complicates what should be simple

We’ve seen a few accessories for augmenting the gaming experience on the iPhone which would give the device awesome functions similar to a game controller, such as the elusive and yet-to-materialize iControlPad and the totally fake JoyPod. Well, Marware’s Game Grip is sort of like that — silicone sleeves that your phone fits into — except that it doesn’t actually do anything beyond providing ‘handles’ for your phone while you game. Oh, and it exists. So let’s refer to it as the ‘enjoyment enabler’ of your iPhone 3G or iPod touch 2G which can be used with headphones (just like normal), can be charged while gaming (just like normal), and has a ‘cord management system’ (kind of not normal). If that’s not enough to convince you to reach for your wallet, the “lifetime guarantee” and ludicrously zany look of the thing will probably get you to bite… it’s $49.99 and available for pre-order right now.

Softbank iPhone 3G Battery Extender with Mobile TV Receiver

We know that the iPhone 3G doesn’t support Mobile TV Receiver. I think this is the main reason why Softbank Mobile will release the iPhone 3G Battery Extender with Mobile TV Receiver this Xmas. The device allows users in Japan to charge their iPhone on the go. This battery extender can also function as the One-Seg media broadcast receiver and transmits the video via WiFi signal to iPhone 3G for up to 3 hours. [Slashphone via Upcoming Cell Phones]

AT&T officially delivers free WiFi to BlackBerry / iPhone users

We thought we’d heard the last of this whole AT&T / Starbucks WiFi deal yesterday, but alas, we were terrifically mistaken. AT&T has come forth today with two fluffy press releases that flesh out the details, and amazingly, there are some inclusions that we weren’t made aware of yesterday. For starters, all iPhone / iPhone 3G customers will now have free (and seemingly limitless) access to AT&T WiFi hotspots across the US — we’re talking Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, the whole lot. Additionally, the carrier has welcomed select BlackBerry users — that’s the Bold for now, the Pearl 8120 / 8820 “later this year” — into the same deal, though the official verbiage mentions that an “unlimited data plan” is required. If you didn’t make the cut this time, fret not — AT&T has plans to invite “more mobile devices” into the fold here shortly.

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AT&T sending out SMS to confirm free iPhone WiFi at Starbucks

Oh, so you know what’s hot, huh AT&T? Is flipping the on / off lever back and forth a gazillion times on this finicky Starbucks iPhone WiFi plan hot? Because it feels downright cold over here. While we can only hope and pray that this is the signal to finally close the book on this ridiculous saga, AT&T users all over the US are receiving text messages from AT&T confirming that free Starbucks WiFi (for iPhone owners) is on. Reportedly, the message indicates that their iPhone purchase gives them access to two hours of gratis use per day, though we’d go in with the lowest possible expectations in order to not be let down (again). Good luck, mettlesome ones.

[Thanks, Boy Genius]

‘PocketGuitar’ is Virtual Guitar for iPhone and iPod touch

Here’s a cool new app for the iPhone and iPod touch - say hello to ‘PockerGuitar’, an app that really trumps the air guitar. You can even have guitar sessions with the songs in your iPod as it’s been tested on iPod touch 1.1.1. Installation is easy, PocketGuitar is now included in ModMyiFone.com Sources. via code.google.com

Stephen Colbert trades his $310,000 Vertu for an iPhone

Who hasn’t heard of Stephen Colbert, the fictional persona of political satirist Stephen Colbert, portrayed most notably on The ColberT Report? The character is a blustery, self-obsessed right-wing commentator with a strong distaste for facts. More popularly known as the “well intentioned poorly informed high status idiot”, he incorporates aspects of the real Colbert’s life and interests, but is modeled primarily as a parody of cable news pundits. Continue reading…

Keepin' it real fake, part CLXIV: Apple's and iorgane's

After each iPhone KIRF we swear to ourselves, never again. But damn if China’s iorgane doesn’t ratchet up the absurdity and IP thievery to levels so ballsy, they’ve sprouted a leaf. As they shamelessly boast at the end of the video posted after the break, “Apple no, this is Orange.” Or organe, but that’s for Apple’s lawyers to sort out. Continue reading…