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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (3909,27,'2010-08-06 18:42:31','2010-08-06 18:42:31','<center><div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ipad-genius.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad genius\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-349248\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/></center><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/apple\">Apple</a> has enhanced the iPad App Store with a Genius section that provides two new ways to discover <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/ipad\">iPad</a> apps.While there\'s yet to be an official announcement, the Genius option started appearing for iPad users late last night according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/06/apple-adds-genius-tab-to-ipad-app-store/\" >MacRumors</a>. 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With over seventy mazes for you to complete this game offers a lot of play time.</p>\n<p>When you start up a maze your character is a bug that goes through the maze stepping on little color blocks that leave said color behind you to create the picture. In the top left corner there is a screen that shows your progress on the picture so the further into the maze you get the more detailed your picture becomes.</p>\n<p>The controls are really simple and not intrusive. In the bottom right corner there are four arrows that you push to go in the direction you wish.</p>\n<p>In the options you can set hints to be on or off. If you have the hints on and you wait at a fork in the road the right way will be show to you as a blinking color tab and if you wait even longer or find yourself off the main path arrows will show up to lead you back.</p>\n<p>You can also set a playlist of songs to play from the option menu.</p>\n<p>If this wasnt enough there is a custom maze creator. All you have to do is draw up the picture and a maze will be created for you automatically. Way cool.</p>\n<p>I had a fun time testing this game out, cool graphics, cool pictures but the one and only thing I didn&#8217;t like was the character. Im not sure why they chose a bug as your character but I would have preferred something more appealing.</p>\n\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0661/\' title=\'IMG_0661\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0661-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Main Menu\" title=\"IMG_0661\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0662/\' title=\'IMG_0662\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0662-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Options\" title=\"IMG_0662\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0665/\' title=\'IMG_0665\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0665-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ready Set GO!\" title=\"IMG_0665\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0658/\' title=\'IMG_0658\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0658-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hmm What could it be?\" title=\"IMG_0658\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0659/\' title=\'IMG_0659\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0659-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Starting to see something\" title=\"IMG_0659\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0660/\' title=\'IMG_0660\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0660-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"OMG Its a mermaid\" title=\"IMG_0660\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0667/\' title=\'IMG_0667\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0667-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Time to be creative\" title=\"IMG_0667\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0666/\' title=\'IMG_0666\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0666-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"My iPhone Maze\" title=\"IMG_0666\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/pixmazeicon/\' title=\'pixmazeicon\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"70\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pixmazeicon-150x70.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"pixmazeicon\" title=\"pixmazeicon\" /></a>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pix-maze/id369038630?mt=8\">iTunes Link &#8211; Pix Maze</a></p>\n<p>Version 1.0.0</p>\n<p>Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS 3.1.3</p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/pzP0uzHhe_c\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Pix Maze','Budcat and Activision have teamed up to bring you Pix Maze. The object of this game is to complete different mazes and as you go a picture is revealed. There are small mazes, medium mazes and large mazes for you to concour. With over seventy mazes for you to complete this game offers a lot [...]<hr /><a href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net\">This post is from www.iPhoneAppReviews.net</a><hr />','publish','closed','closed','','pix-maze','','','2010-06-16 03:40:06','2010-06-16 03:40:06','',0,'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/?p=13393',0,'post','',0),(15369,8,'2011-09-19 14:17:14','2011-09-19 14:17:14','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/19/ipad-3-2012/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/19/ipad-3-2012/&title=iPad%203%20Isn&#8217;t%20Coming%20Until%202012%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/19/ipad-3-2012/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/19/ipad-3-2012/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/19/ipad-3-2012/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad2_hero_thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"iPad\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The next generation <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> won\'t hit the market until 2012, according to J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz\'s research. \n\nAlthough several <a href=\"http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-veer-pre\" >rumors</a> pinpointed the release of <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad-3/\">iPad 3</a> -- a possible name for the upcoming device -- in time for the 2011 holiday season, we\'ve also seen indications that it won\'t arrive until <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/ipad-3-early-2012/\">in the new year</a>. \n\nApple announced the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad-2/\">iPad 2</a> in March, 15 months after the launch of the first-generation iPad. Therefore, an early 2012 launch would be more consistent with Apple\'s product launch cycle. \n\nThere\'s always the possibility of Apple <a href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ipad-hd-2011-7\" >releasing</a> an iPad HD -- a device with only minor changes from the current iPad 2 -- this fall, with the next major version coming out in 2012. \n\nWhat do you expect to see from Apple this fall, the next generation iPad, a minor update or no tablet at all? 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Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz&#8217;s research. \nAlthough seve&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15331-revision-8','','','2011-09-19 14:17:14','2011-09-19 14:17:14','',15331,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15369',0,'revision','',0),(13985,75,'2011-07-25 17:24:43','2011-07-25 17:24:43','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&title=4%20Ways%20iPads%20Are%20Changing%20the%20Lives%20of%20People%20With%20Disabilities&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/iPad-Disabilities.jpg\" alt=\"iPad Disabilities\" title=\"iPad Disabilities\" width=\"275\" height=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-683885\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Noah Rahman has moderate Cerebral Palsy affecting his communication, cognition and upper and lower body movement. When he turned two, his language, cognitive abilitity and fine motor skills were diagnosed by a developmental specialist as being at least 12 months behind. Then Noah got an iPad.\n\nFour months later, his language and cognition were on par with his age level. His fine motor skills had made significant leaps. \n\nToday, the three-year-old spends an hour or two on his <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad/\">iPad</a> each day. He switches his apps between reading and writing in English, Arabic and Spanish. In the fall, he\'ll enter a classroom of five-year-olds. \"The iPad unlocked his motivation and his desire because it\'s fun,\" says his dad Sami Rahman, co-founder of <a href=\"http://www.snapps4kids.com/\" >SNApps4Kids</a>, a community of parents, therapists and educators sharing their experiences using the iPad, iPod touch, iPhone and Android to help children with special needs.\n\nSNApps4Kids taps into a burgeoning trend for people with disabilities. Touch devices — most notably the iPad — are revolutionizing the lives of children, adults and seniors with special needs. Rahman estimates some 40,000 apps have been developed for this demographic. \n\n\"Touch has made it exceptionally accessible — everyone has an iPad, everyone has an iPod,\" says Michelle Diament, cofounder of <a href=\"http://www.disabilityscoop.com/\" >Disability Scoop</a>, a source for news relating to developmental disabilities. \"If you\'re someone with a disability, having something that other people are using makes you feel like part of the in-crowd.\"\n\nFor people lacking motor skills, touch screens are more intuitive devices. There is no mouse, keyboard or pen intercepting their communication with the screen. Larger platforms, like iPads, are preferred over smaller <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ios/\">iOS</a> and <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/android/\">Android</a> devices for ease-of-use and, of course, the cool factor. \n\nHere are four ways that touch devices are changing the lives of people with disabilities:\n\n<hr /><h2>1. As a Communicator </h2><hr />\n\nBefore the iPad and other similar devices, using touch-to-speak technology was incredibly expensive, costing around $8,000. Now, it only costs $499 for an iPad and $189.99 for a thorough touch-to-speak app like <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/proloquo2go/id308368164?mt=8\" >Proloquo2Go</a>.\n\nThat relative affordability has made the technology more available for children and adults that can\'t use their voice. With the simple touch of an iPad, a hungry non-verbal person can communicate exactly what he or she would like to eat. Those apps can then be customized with photos or features to suit an individual\'s life and needs.\n\nAnother option is <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/assistive-chat/id379891874?mt=8\" >Assistive Chat</a>, which predicts several sentence completion options. For the most severely disabled people, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yes-no-free/id284722833?mt=8\" >Yes|No</a> is a simple app that allows individuals to voice their preference in yes-or-no responses.\n\n\"It gives dignity back to people who are more disabled,\" says Vicki Windham, a special education teacher in the Clarkstown Central School District who trains people of all ages to make the most of their iPads. Windham <a href=\"http://ipadappsclarkstown.wikispaces.com/\" >reviews apps</a> for people with a variety of special needs. \n\nFor hard-of-hearing iPad users, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soundamp-r/id318126109?mt=8\" >soundAmp R</a> amplifies sound in a variety of situations. Users can also record lectures or presentations they want to listen to again later.\n\n<hr /><h2>2. As a Therapeutic Device</h2><hr />\n\nSNApps4Kids co-founder Cristen Reat\'s son Vincent was born with Down syndrome, which can also lead to low-muscle mass. While he can walk, Reat describes his son as a Buddha that prefers to sit still most of the time. Throughout his life, Vincent\'s therapists and parents have tried to help him be more active. It was not until his physical therapist placed an iPad on a treadmill that Vincent was motivated to walk. He now stays on for nine and a half minutes, interacting with his iPad while he\'s in motion.\n\nIn addition to increasing his gross motor ability to walk, Vincent\'s iPad has helped his fine motor skills. For Vincent, computers and older technology required visual shifting — between a mouse or keyboard and the screen. On an iPad, Vincent can watch as one of his fingers writes directly on the screen to make selections. \n\nSimilarly, Noah Rahman has shown motor improvement. After playing the <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elmo-loves-abcs-for-ipad/id426747278?mt=8\" >Elmo Loves ABCs</a> app on his iPad, he can write the entire alphabet, requiring sophisticated finger isolation. As a three-year-old, this puts him well above his grade level. \"First it was \'do it for me,\' then it was \'do it with me,\' now he does it by himself,\" says Noah\'s father.\n\n<hr /><h2>3. As an Educational Tool</h2><hr /> \n\nYears ago, one of Jeremy Brown\'s autistic elementary school students picked up his iPhone off his desk and began navigating the iOS with ease. \"It\'s like a fish to water,\" says Brown, a teacher for autistic elementary school students, of his students\' interactions with touch technology.\n\nBrown is immersed in online discussions of technology and special education, moderating the Facebook group <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/groups/iTeachSpecialEducation\" >iTeach Special Education</a>, collaborating on the podcast <a href=\"http://edreach.us/category/edceptional/\" >EdCeptional</a> and coauthoring the blog <a href=\"http://teachingall.blogspot.com/\" >Teaching All Students</a>. While use of the iPad in classrooms is not yet approved in his school district, he believes the iPad is a great supplemental method of instruction, estimating 80% to 90% of his students with autism see great results when using iOS devices. Brown hopes his school district and others across the country will approve iPads in the classroom.\n\nWhile no one advocates replacing traditional instruction, a number of apps do address academic subjects from math to language to reading and writing. In October 2010, Apple even featured an \"<a href=\"http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/10/26/sped-app-store/10918/\" >Apps for Special Education</a>\" section in the App Store.\n\nBrown encourages parents to separate their children\'s recreational uses of the iPad from those in the classroom. Some students may watch <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/youtube/\">YouTube</a> videos on the school bus but while they\'re at school they know Mr. Brown\'s iPads are only for education.\n\n<hr /><h2>4. As a Behavior Monitor</h2><hr />\n\n<a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/behaviortrackerpro/id319708933?mt=8\" >Behavior Tracker Pro</a> is a popular app for parents, therapists and teachers to quantify the behavioral progress of children with special needs. In addition to taking notes, good and bad behaviors can be video recorded and later reviewed. The app automatically turns that input into visual graphs and charts.\n\nHigh school teacher Vicki Windman notes that the iPad can also be a great way to strengthen and reinforce memory for seniors with Alzheimer\'s or memory loss. Still, she warns that touch technology is not a miracle drug: \"You\'re not curing Alzheimer\'s. Parents challenge me all the time — they want a cure. It\'s no cure.\"\n\nThat doesn\'t mean it can\'t help. Apps like <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/medication-reminder/id365563275?mt=8\" >Medication Reminder</a> tell users when it\'s time to take medication. <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memory-practice/id392290516?mt=8\" taret=\"_blank\">Memory Practice</a>, a memory strengthening app, was created for the developer\'s mother shortly after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer\'s. Windman\'s father uses an app called <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nudge/id392734752?mt=8\" >Nudge</a>, which gives him a persistent reminder every fifteen minutes to accomplish lapsed tasks on his to-do list.\n\n<hr /><h2>Long-Roads Ahead</h2><hr />\n\nDespite these successes, SNApps4Kids cofounder Cristen Reat recommends a measured approach. \"Just because you buy a device doesn\'t mean it\'s going to change anything,\" she says.\n\nRahman agrees. He says that viewing the iPad as the solution is the backwards approach. \"We are big advocates that the user needs to understand the objectives first before you pick the technology,\" Rahman says. \"We\'re not just putting [our son] in front of an iPad and walking away. That\'s the real key.\"\n\n<em>Image courtesy of iStockPhoto, <a href=\"http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=3353068\" >WILLSIE</a></em><p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/social-good/\">Social Good</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/socialgood\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Social Good on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/socialgood\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/socialgood\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Social Good channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=arAuVPyXU3Y:FX0QuSsuLFg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/arAuVPyXU3Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','4 Ways iPads Are Changing the Lives of People With Disabilities','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&amp;title=4%20Ways%20iPads%20Are%20Changing%20the%20Lives%20of%20People%20With%20Disabilities&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Noah Rahman has moderate Cerebral Palsy affecting his communication, cognition and upper and lower body movement. When he turned two, his langua&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','13980-revision-2','','','2011-07-25 17:24:43','2011-07-25 17:24:43','',13980,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=13985',0,'revision','',0),(4875,10,'2010-09-21 19:12:52','2010-09-21 19:12:52','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gv-mobile-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gv-mobile-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385258\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The developer of another <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — \"GV Mobile +\" — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple\'s policy. Apple initially allowed Google Voice apps, but then <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/07/28/google-voice-banned/\">banned</a> them from the App Store because they \"duplicated\" existing iPhone features.Anyone familiar with <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Google Voice<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Google Voice</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Google Voice\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> knows that\'s not a fair assessment. The apps provided a completely different spin on said features (the phone dialer, text messaging and others) through the Google Voice service, which allows you to create and use a virtual phone number of your choosing, chock full of unusual extras not currently possible on most cell phones or land lines.Those features include the ability to listen in on voicemails as they\'re being recorded, digital transcription of voicemails and calls, and assigning different rules or voice greetings to different contacts.<a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/seankovacs\" >Sean Kovacs</a>, developer of <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=392608246&mt=\" >GV Mobile +</a> [iTunes link] assured everyone on <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Twitter<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Twitter</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> that the app is coming (it hasn\'t appeared just yet), and promised to make it free for the night if it starts trending.Like GV Connect, GV Mobile + is priced at $2.99 and <a\nhref=\"http://www.seankovacs.com/\" >supports</a> transcription and playback of voicemails, call initiation using your Google Voice number and most other features features you\'re looking for or have been using for a while if you have a jailbroken iPhone or an <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/android\">Android</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Android</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Android\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span> device.If Apple has really changed its policy on this, don\'t be surprised if you see a <em>lot</em> more of these coming.[Via <a\nhref=\"http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/18/gv-mobile-hits-the-app-store-finally/\" >The Boy Genius Report</a>]<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/2p2SoIXWqBw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Approves Another Google Voice App for iPhone','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>The developer of another <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — \"GV Mobile +\" — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple\'s policy.<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','4717-revision-21','','','2010-09-21 19:12:52','2010-09-21 19:12:52','',4717,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=4875',0,'revision','',0),(2151,6,'2010-08-03 11:01:51','2010-08-03 11:01:51','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&title=10%20Ridiculous%20iPhone%20Accessories%20%5BPICS%5D&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&title=10%20Ridiculous%20iPhone%20Accessories%20%5BPICS%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"unnecessary crazy bizarre iphone accessories add-ons gadgets\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-343806\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>While there\'s no question that the <a\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> experience can be greatly improved by a few choice accessories -- a cool <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/01/ipod-speakers/\">speaker dock</a> and a <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/matching-iphone-ipad-cases/\">snazzy case</a>, for example -- there are companies out there that have taken the concept to the extreme.Here we take a light-hearted look at 10 totally unnecessary iPhone accessories that only the true gadget-addict would consider a good investment.Have a laugh as you wander through the gallery, and let us know any kooky iPhone add-ons you\'ve spotted in the comments below.  And remember kids, the next time you\'re tempted with an unsightly accessory, just ask yourself WWJID: (what would <a\nhref=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive\" >Jony Ive</a> do?)<br/><h4><h2>1. <a\nhref=\"http://www.cultofmac.com/ridiculous-tv-hat-lets-you-watch-movies-on-your-iphone-hands-and-glare-free/38486\" >iPhone TV Hat</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#1-iPhone-TV-Hat\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cultofmac.com/ridiculous-tv-hat-lets-you-watch-movies-on-your-iphone-hands-and-glare-free/38486&quot;  TV Hat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/tv-hat.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>While no longer available, anyone who splashed the cash on this ridiculous contraption should have their purchasing decisions vetted from now on. And possibly lose the right to vote.</p> <br/><h4><h2>2. <a\nhref=\"http://shop.freehands.com/\" >Freehands Gloves</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#2-Freehands-Gloves\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.freehands.com/&quot;  Gloves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/ihand.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Oh look, it\'s <a\nhref=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(The_Addams_Family)\" >Thing!</a> No, it\'s cold climate handwear for the iAddicted. If you buy gloves on the basis of how well you can use your phone whilst wearing them, we think you might be a little <em>too</em> into it.</p> <br/><h4><h2>3. <a\nhref=\"http://www.marware.com/products/Game-Grip_2\" >Marware Game Grip</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#3-Marware-Game-Grip\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marware.com/products/Game-Grip_2&quot;  Game Grip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/media-nl_.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Want to make your iPhone look like something Batman might throw at a bad guy? Then this $40 add-on will sort you right out.</p> <br/><h4><h2>4. <a\nhref=\"http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/concealed_dork_permit_the_gadg.php\" >iPhone Gadget Holster</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#4-iPhone-Gadget-Holster\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/concealed_dork_permit_the_gadg.php&quot;  Gadget Holster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/eholster.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Thought it couldn\'t get worse than a belt clip? Then you need to see <a\nhref=http://www.eholster.com/egashho.html\n\" >e-Holster\'s</a> solution. Just don\'t get one!</p> <br/><h4><h2>5. <a\nhref=\"http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php\" >Stylus</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#5-Stylus\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/stylus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Apparently ideal for anyone with long nails, we call this a study in how to make your Apple device look like a WinMob handset circa 2005, and we\'ll file it under \"missing the point.\"</p> <br/><h4><h2>6. <a\nhref=\"http://www.hammacher.com/Product/78351?source=FROOGLE\" >Telephoto Lens</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#6-Telephoto-Lens\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hammacher.com/Product/78351?source=FROOGLE&quot;  Lens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/lens.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>If you want a camera with a gazillion times zoom, then go buy one, and not this absurd accessory.</p> <br/><h4><h2>7. <a\nhref=\"http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5083&page=1&cat=309\" >Hoodie</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#7-Hoodie\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5083&amp;page=1&amp;cat=309#&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/5083_10064.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>By all means get a case for your iPhone, but don\'t try and anthropomorphize it with clothing.</p> <br/><h4><h2>8. <a\nhref=\"http://www.atechflash.com/products-icarta.html\" >iCarta Toilet Roll Holder</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#8-iCarta-Toilet-Roll-Holder\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atechflash.com/products-icarta.html&quot;  Toilet Roll Holder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/pic-icarta-main.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We\'re almost lost for words with this one, however we would advise if you visit an acquaintance\'s powder room and it features the Stereo Dock for iPod/iPhone with \"Bath Tissue\" Holder, run away. Fast.</p> <br/><h4><h2>9. <a\nhref=\"http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ion-itype-full-size-iphone-keyboard-accessory-11-01-2010/\" >iType</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#9-iType\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ion-itype-full-size-iphone-keyboard-accessory-11-01-2010/&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/itype.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We can see how a keyboard would work with the iPad, but it\'s overkill for the iPhone, which is likely why this effort from ION is no longer available.</p> <br/><h4><h2>10. <a\nhref=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/unsmecher/2518520064/\" >Windshield Wiper</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#10-Windshield-Wiper\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/unsmecher/2518520064/&quot;  Wiper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/wind.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We <em>think</em> this was just a joke concept. We certainly hope so anyway.</p><hr/><h3>More Apple Resources from Mashable:<hr/></h3><blockquote> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/19/apple-ipad-wallpapers/\">10 Awesome Apple-Inspired iPad Wallpapers [PICS]</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/10-apple-facts/\">10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Apple</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/25/best-ipad-stands/\">10 Best Apple iPad Stands</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/01/ipod-speakers/\">10 Fun iPod Speakers for Listening in Style</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/06/free-iphone-ebook-readers/\">5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-book Reader Apps</a></blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a 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href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','100-revision-18','','','2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','',100,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=345',0,'revision','',0),(40,1,'2010-07-08 21:33:01','2010-07-08 21:33:01','','Blog','','publish','closed','closed','','what-we-can-do-for-you','','','2010-07-26 15:19:47','2010-07-26 15:19:47','',0,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?page_id=40',10,'page','',0),(41,1,'2010-07-08 21:32:51','2010-07-08 21:32:51','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','40-revision','','','2010-07-08 21:32:51','2010-07-08 21:32:51','',40,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=41',0,'revision','',0),(43,1,'2010-07-08 21:33:01','2010-07-08 21:33:01','','What we can do for you','','inherit','open','open','','40-revision-2','','','2010-07-08 21:33:01','2010-07-08 21:33:01','',40,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=43',0,'revision','',0),(15688,22,'2011-01-19 17:40:09','2011-01-19 17:40:09','<p>I use the original everyday. Good things they&#8217;ve introduced:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Landscape mode</li>\n<li>Twitter posting</li>\n<li>&#8220;A new football scores service with free goal alerts by team and match for the main UK leagues and European competitions&#8221; (<em>yay!</em>)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Not so good: it&#8217;s now subscription-based. £2.99 for 6 months or £3.99 for a year. But let&#8217;s face it, the old app&#8217;s model of a one-off £2.39 was never going to work, was it?</p>\n<p>The original Guardian app will work for another 6 months, so you have a while to decide.</p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allaboutiphonedotnet/~4/yW-gK_NjjNs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','The Guardian’s new iPhone app is out','I use the original everyday. Good things they&#8217;ve introduced: Landscape mode Twitter posting &#8220;A new football scores service with free goal alerts by team and match for the main UK leagues and European competitions&#8221; (yay!) Not so good: it&#8217;s now subscription-based. £2.99 for 6 months or £3.99 for a year. But let&#8217;s face it, the [...]','pending','closed','closed','','','','','2011-01-19 17:40:09','2011-01-19 17:40:09','',0,'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=4374',0,'post','',0),(15689,22,'2011-01-14 11:34:14','2011-01-14 11:34:14','<p><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/unlocked_small.jpg\" alt=\"Unlocked iPhone\" title=\"Unlocked iPhone\" width=\"120\" height=\"176\" class=\"floatright\" />With a quick chat and an email, reader Xavier managed to get his iPhone 4 unlocked from O2. There&#8217;s nothing special about his contract, and he isn&#8217;t an O2 employee or anything like that. And it seems that you can get your iPhone 4 unlocked from Orange as well, although reports are it can be a bit torturous. Here&#8217;s how it happened.</p>\n<p><span id=\"more-4363\"></span><strong>Unlocking iPhone 4 from O2</strong></p>\n<p>Xavier has previously tried to get his iPhone 4 unlocked from O2 in November, submitting the O2 unlock form. The response he received was:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Xavier,</p>\n<p>Thank you for unlatching request.</p>\n<p>At present O2 is not supporting unlatching for iPhone 4 handset.</p></blockquote>\n<p>However, <a href=\"http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=334890\">the O2 forums have been reporting that some people have tried on multiple occasions</a>, and a few iPhone 4 unlocks have slipped through. But Xavier thought he&#8217;d try a different route. In Xavier&#8217;s words:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Today I went went to the o2 web page and a pop up web chat customer service window appeared&#8230; I started a chat with the customer service and told her (Amy) that wanted my iPhone unlocked &#8211; She asked me for IMEI and two letters from my security answer and after a few mins she said it was done&#8230; That was around 5pm, around 7.30 got an SMS saying &#8220;This is O2 customer service. Thanks for your email. We&#8217;re pleased to tell you that we&#8217;ve just sent you a reply&#8221;</p></blockquote>\n<p>The email he received said that his iPhone 4 had been unlocked. He hasn&#8217;t been able to confirm this in iTunes yet as he doesn&#8217;t have micro-SIM from another network. But I did a little digging on O2 Forums, and found that lots of people have been having success getting their iPhone 4s unlocked. </p>\n<p>It seem  that O2 changed their policy in relation to iPhone 4, and <a href=\"http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=335923#p335923\">have been unlocking them since December 6th</a>. They haven&#8217;t been quick to publicise this. As far as I can make out, it&#8217;s only for Pay Monthly customers. Right now <a href=\"http://www.o2.co.uk/unlockmyiphone\">O2&#8242;s unlock form</a> doesn&#8217;t seem to work, and the key seems to be to go through their live chat on o2.co.uk.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also interesting that O2 can unlock an iPhone <em>within 24 hours</em>; some people have reported getting it done within the hour! This is a change from before, as O2 claimed it always take 14 days. So if want a quick unlock of your iPhone 4, go through live chat, not the unlock form.</p>\n<p><strong>Unlocking iPhone 4 from Orange</strong></p>\n<p>It seems Orange have a 3 month waiting period in their Ts &#038; Cs for Pay Monthly customers, after which you can contact customer services and give them the IMEI of your iPhone (to get this, go into the phone keypad, enter *#06# and press call). They will then authorise the unlock, although it&#8217;ll cost you £20. </p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/how-to-unlock-your-iphone-from-o2-and-orange\">check out the responses near the bottom of this post on Ken&#8217;s Tech Tips</a>. Some people are having real problems getting the unlock approved, going round in circles with Orange support staff.</p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s a further problem: if you bought your iPhone with an Orange SIM from Apple, Orange will refuse to unlock it. But so will Apple, as you&#8217;re an Orange customer. What&#8217;s the solution to that? The Sales of Goods Act states that your relationship is with the company you bought it from &#8211; which would indicate it&#8217;s Apple. But, if your contract is signed with Orange, and Apple insist your carrier needs to process the unlock, you&#8217;re stuck. Complain, and you may get your unlock.</p>\n<p>Let me know how you get on.</p>\n<p>&#8211;<br />\nTo see how Xavier&#8217;s chat with O2 went, here the transcript:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Chat start time	 Jan 6, 2011 11:52:41 AM EST<br />\nChat end time	 Jan 6, 2011 12:11:00 PM EST<br />\nDuration (actual chatting time)	 00:18:19<br />\nOperator	 Amy</p>\n<p><strong>Chat Transcript</strong><br />\ninfo: Welcome to O2 live chat. Someone will start chatting with you soon.<br />\ninfo: You&#8217;re through to Amy.<br />\nAmy: Hi I&#8217;m Amy. How can I help?<br />\nXavier: Hello Amy, I&#8217;ve got an iPhone and would like to have it unlocked <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' />  could you please let me have a link to the relevant page?<br />\nAmy: I&#8217;ll check that for you. Please can you tell me the second and third character of the answer to your security question?<br />\nXavier: x<br />\nXavier: x<br />\nXavier: security question? or o2.co.uk password?<br />\nAmy: Thank you<br />\nAmy: Security answer.<br />\nXavier: oh, in that case it may be x and x<br />\nAmy: Okay thank you.<br />\nAmy: Please wait let me check for that.<br />\nAmy: Please give me the IMEI number<br />\nXavier: ok<br />\nXavier: *****<br />\nAmy: Thank you.<br />\nAmy: Please give me few more minutes.<br />\nXavier: no problem, thanks a lot for your help <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /><br />\nAmy: Its been unlocked.<br />\nXavier: thank you <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /><br />\nAmy: Is there anything else I can help you with?<br />\nXavier: Thanks a lot <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /><br />\nAmy: You&#8217;re welcome.<br />\nAmy: We&#8217;d really like your feedback. Click on &#8216;End chat&#8217; in the top right of this screen to tell us what you think. Bye.<br />\nXavier: that is all for now. Thanks a lot for your help <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /><br />\nXavier: bye<br />\nXavier: and happy new year <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /><br />\nAmy: Wish you the same.<br />\ninfo: We&#8217;ll email a copy of your chat transcript to {email address}. </p></blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sponsored\"><p>\n<strong>Sponsored Message</strong></p>\n<p>Looking to purchase an iPhone 4? look no futher than Dialaphone, Dialaphone have a huge selection of pay as you go and <a href=\"http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/\">contract phones</a> available, visit the site today to see what they can do for you.\n</p></blockquote>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allaboutiphonedotnet/~4/WQ3YiDpD_2E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','You can now unlock your iPhone 4 from O2 and Orange','With a quick chat and an email, reader Xavier managed to get his iPhone 4 unlocked from O2. 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In 2010, the iPhone 4 <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/28iPhone-4-Sales-Top-1-7-Million.html\" >moved 1.7 million units</a> in its first three days of release and was Apple\'s most successful product launch ever. \n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/27/apple-iphone-5-launch-heres-what-to-expect/%20\">Apple iPhone 5 Launch: Here\'s What to Expect</a></strong></center>\n\nBeyond sheer demand, the next iPhone is expected to launch simultaneously on more wireless carriers. Not only will AT&T and Verizon get the phone in the U.S., <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/sprint-to-get-iphone-5/\">Sprint is also rumored</a> to be carrying the device. On the international front, China Mobile is reportedly in <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/18/china-mobile-iphone-talks/\">negotiations to carry the iPhone 5</a>, a move that could end up with millions upon millions of new customers for the Cupertino-based company.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cultofmac.com/120111/the-iphone-5-expected-to-shatter-single-day-sales-record/\" ><em>Cult of Mac</em></a> cites Janney Capital Markets analyst Bill Choi, who is telling investors he expects Apple to push 84 million iPhone units through the end of 2011 and up to 107 million in 2012. According to Choi, \"Apple is well positioned to capture an enormous profit pool as mobility and content worlds converge.\"\n\nI spent <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/25/iphone-4-bigger-than-elvis/\">seven hours in line</a> to get my reserved iPhone 4 last summer. My line buddy remarked that he spent less time waiting in line to get tickets to see Elvis in concert in the 1960s. At the time, I said, \"never again.\" Of course, if I can\'t snag a device online, I will be one of the thousands of people lined up outside of the 5th Avenue Apple Store.\n\nThe next iPhone is rumored to have a faster dual-core processor, a thinner profile and perhaps a larger screen. It will also feature a host of new improvements and enhancements thanks to <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/05/31/apple-ios-5-lion-icloud-wwdc/\">iOS 5</a>, including voice recognition and discovery, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/06/06/twitter-ios-5/\">deep Twitter integration</a>, better notifications and Apple\'s new <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/icloud\">iCloud</a> platform.\n\nWill you wait in line for the iPhone 5? Let us know in the comments.\n\n<hr/>\n<h2>What the iPhone 5 Could Look Like</h2>\n<hr/>\n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone Evolution</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27801iPhone-Evolution\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone Evolution\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-evolution-iPad-like-metal-back-and-contour,-while-the-front-and-side-remain-similar-to-the-iPhone-4.-Designed-by-Polish-major-Midsailors-it-is-an-incremental-update-approach-to-the-iPhone-5..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Polish students designed this beauty, going with the curved back look. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone News Blog</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27797iPhone-News-Blog\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone News Blog\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-4g-mockup-von-rino0815.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This early mockup extrapolates from the current iPhone 4 design. It\'s a clean design -- one we\'d be happy to slip into a pocket. Found on the German <a href=\"http://www.iphone-news.org/2010/12/16/mockup-iphone-5-mit-4g-16722/\" >iPhone News Blog</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Nowhere Else</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27813Nowhere-Else\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Nowhere Else\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Those talented French artists at <a href=\"http://www.nowhereelse.fr/iphone-5-43523/\" ><em>Nowhere Else</em></a> envision the iPhone 5 having a rounded back, and accompanied this attractive illustration with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\" >entire infographic full of iPhone 5 rumors</a> and speculation. </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>9-to-5-Mac</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#277999to5Mac\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"9-to-5-Mac\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-5-iphone-4s.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>On the left is allegedly the iPhone 5 in the hands of someone testing it on a train, and the white phone is allegedly the iPhone 4S, all found by <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/28/have-we-found-the-iphone-5/\" >9-to-5 Mac</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27811MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-4.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>\' mockup created by  <a href=\"http://www.ciccaresedesign.com/\" >CiccareseDesign</a> shows a slim cross section.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Antonello Falcon</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27815Antonello-Falcon\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Antonello Falcon\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/size-zero-iphone-5--This-is-conceptualized-by-Antonello-Falcon.-It-features-a-4.6-inch-display-with-curved-glass-edges,-in-a-thin-(8.4mm),-yet-longer-form-factor-and-a-soft-touch-home-button..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Size Zero iPhone 5,\" Antonello Falcon\'s flight of fancy has a 4.6-inch screen, curved glass edges, a thin 8.4mm cross-section and a soft-touch Home button. Perhaps this is more akin to an iPhone 6. 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src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/The-glossy-iPhone-5-is-the-lightest-of-all-the-imaginative-concept-till-now-designed-by-Moldavian-designer-Roman-Sima-which-encapsulates-the-iPhone-within-a-showcase-plastic-cover.-This-is-the-reason-for-it-being-lighter..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Glossy iPhone 5,\" this ultra-lightweight design features a plastic cover. <a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn9F9KaHSKs/TbKBIexve-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ykp44wp4Ork/s1600/iPhone+5+CONCEPT.png\" >Here\'s Roman\'s website</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/#27805MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone4-now5side-also-from-macRumors.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>From <a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=c-wVkCAy7Lo:jledKZN1MRo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=c-wVkCAy7Lo:jledKZN1MRo:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=c-wVkCAy7Lo:jledKZN1MRo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=c-wVkCAy7Lo:jledKZN1MRo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/c-wVkCAy7Lo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Expected to “Shatter” Sales Records [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-sales-projections/\"></a>\n<a 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we specialise in developing custom apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad platforms.\r\n\r\nApps for business: for your customers, for your suppliers, for your  staff.\r\nCustomers\r\n\r\nApps for your non-profit organisation:\r\n\r\nApps for your own profit:','About','','inherit','open','open','','2-revision-4','','','2010-07-09 12:19:08','2010-07-09 12:19:08','',2,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=85',0,'revision','',0),(82,1,'2010-07-08 20:06:25','2010-07-08 20:06:25','<p>At MindFaze Software we specialise in developing apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad platforms.</p>','About','','inherit','open','open','','2-revision-3','','','2010-07-08 20:06:25','2010-07-08 20:06:25','',2,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=82',0,'revision','',0),(2089,27,'2010-08-06 18:42:31','2010-08-06 18:42:31','<center><div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ipad-genius.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad genius\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-349248\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/></center><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/apple\">Apple</a> has enhanced the iPad <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>App Store<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602143-App-Store\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602143-App-Store.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>App Store</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"App Store\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> with a Genius section that provides two new ways to discover <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/ipad\">iPad</a> apps.While there\'s yet to be an official announcement, the Genius option started appearing for iPad users late last night according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/06/apple-adds-genius-tab-to-ipad-app-store/\" >MacRumors</a>. Apple has also confirmed with <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Mashable<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/337174-Mashable\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/337174-Mashable.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Mashable</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Mashable\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> that the feature is new for iPad.The new \"Genius\" option is situated next to \"Updates\" at the bottom of the store. Users who click it for the first time will need to agree to its terms of service before activating the feature.Just as is the case with iTunes music and iPhone apps, Genius is designed to serve up user-tailored recommendations. iPad App Store visitors can visit the \"iPad <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Apps<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634880-Apps\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634880-Apps.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>Apps</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Apps\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span>\" section to review a list of recommended apps based on previous purchases. Users can hit the \"Not Interested\" button below each app suggestion to clear it out in favor of something else.The Genius portion of the Store also includes \"iPad Upgrades,\" a section that will list the iPad versions of your iPhone apps.Genius is a small but important addition to the iPad App Store designed to ensure that users uncover apps relevant to their personal tastes, and ultimately download and purchase more apps.<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=_MdNGcwDIas:KcVnM4GFn7Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/_MdNGcwDIas\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Introduces Genius for iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&amp;title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/apple-ipad-genius/&amp;title=Apple%20Introduces%20Genius%20for%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/apple\">Apple</a> has enhanced the iPad <span>App Store<span><a href=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602143-App-Store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602143-App-Store.whtml\"><span>App Store</span></a></span></span> with a Genius section that provides two new ways to discover <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tag/ipad\">iPad</a> apps.While there\'s yet to be an official announcement, the Genius option started<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','2008-revision-10','','','2010-08-06 18:42:31','2010-08-06 18:42:31','',2008,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=2089',0,'revision','',0),(55,1,'2010-07-08 21:34:31','2010-07-08 21:34:31','','What we can do for you','','inherit','open','open','','40-revision-3','','','2010-07-08 21:34:31','2010-07-08 21:34:31','',40,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=55',0,'revision','',0),(1302,1,'2010-07-24 22:25:08','2010-07-24 22:25:08','<h2>Consultancy</h2>\r\nWe can help you to explore options, costs and practicalities on what is possible with iPhone and iPad technologies. From this you can develop a business case and move forwards with your ideas.\r\n<h2>Prototyping</h2>\r\nWithin a short amount of time, and at an affordable price, you could have a prototype app on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. This will help you to explore the concept yourself and get feedback from potential users. We can share progress by publishing video demonstrations in a client area on our web page. You choose how closely you want to be involved in the process.\r\n<h2>Development</h2>\r\nWe design, develop and test against agreed requirements and then provide the app to you or the potential users to beta test it before it is released.\r\n<h2>Production</h2>\r\nWe can publish the app via the app store or directly to the devices used by you or your staff. As there are different app stores for different regions you may also want the app to be internationalised for other regions. We can take care of this.\r\n<h2>Marketing</h2>\r\nFor commercial apps, we can arrange for advertising.\r\nCustomer feedback will be available via the app store and we can also arrange for your customers to register and provide more specific feedback, feature requests, etc.\r\n<h2>Support</h2>\r\nTechnical support is also available for users of the app. In our basic package, queries will be responded to within two days although 24x7 support can also be arranged. Also support in the local language can be arranged for international sales.','Our services','','publish','closed','closed','','our-services','','','2010-07-27 16:04:08','2010-07-27 16:04:08','',0,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?page_id=1302',30,'page','',0),(318,2,'2010-07-04 17:33:35','2010-07-04 17:33:35','<p><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Img002_320x480(2)\" rel=\"same-post-13431\" href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Img002_320x4802.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13433\" title=\"Img002_320x480(2)\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Img002_320x4802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" /></a></p>\n<p>Turn-based strategy games are quite popular on the App Store, beloved due to their addictive and thought-provoking qualities. But every now and again, there comes along a genre-shaking game that just blows me away. Everlands, developed by Hexage.net, is one example.</p>\n<p>Everlands’s basic plot revolves around the evil spirits taking control of animals, and the brave plethora of creatures that must come together to stop the evil and cleanse their possessed brethren. While this more juvenile, lighthearted storyline seems out of place in a genre filled with macho heroes, futuristic weaponry and vehicular combat, it blends nicely into the game and serves as a much welcomed change of pace.<br />\n<span id=\"more-13431\"></span></p>\n<p>In Everlands, you and your opponent take turns placing animals on the hexagonal board. Each animal has a certain amount of life and attack points, but can only attack out of certain sides. After attacking, the animal cannot attack out of that side again for the rest of the match. When an animal loses all life points, it will change alignments, resetting all life points but not attack sides.</p>\n<p>Each species has varying amounts of life and attack points, as well as a unique special ability. For example, the intimidating Tiger is able to reduce the attack points of all adjacent enemy animals, while the prickly Hedgehog is able to attack on almost all sides. Everlands is super easy to play, with the bonus of  shorter tutorials, but adds just the right amount of depth to avoid being simplistic and dull.</p>\n<p>In order to complete a stage, you must have possession of more than 50% of the board with your creatures. If you are victorious, you unlock another animal to add to your arsenal. While the story mode starts off easy, the difficulty quickly ramps up as you learn to synergize your animal’s abilities and weaknesses together. However, the story mode is rather short, and with the conclusion of the game you are left little replay value. Perhaps in a effort to combat this, Everlands also features a two-player duel mode where you can square off against a friend using the same device.</p>\n<p>Everlands is able to simultaneously pay homage to strategy game and casual game principles, making it a blast to play. Everlands is a must-own game if you’re a lover of strategy games, or just have the desire for a great game. Hexage.net builds on a classic hexic strategy game with its own unique quirks and twists, creating a game that shouldn’t be missed.</p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zCN2LEUlYgc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zCN2LEUlYgc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everlands/id379118021?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">iTunes Link &#8211; Everlands</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hexage-net/id317379085?uo=4\">Developer Link &#8211; Hexage.net</a></p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/UaImpM5s8qQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','App Review: Everlands','Turn-based strategy games are quite popular on the App Store, beloved due to their addictive and thought-provoking qualities. 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margin-bottom: 20px;\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n','Our apps','','inherit','open','open','','8284-revision-20','','','2011-01-16 14:11:26','2011-01-16 14:11:26','',8284,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8307',0,'revision','',0),(8308,1,'2011-01-16 14:11:44','2011-01-16 14:11:44','Some of our apps are distributed privately but the following apps are available on the iTunes app store:\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">SqAres</span></strong></h2>\r\n<table class=\"mf1\" width=\"100%\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"mf1\">\r\n<td class=\"roundTable\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" align=\"left\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-100 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"SqAres\" src=\"http://www.mindfaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Icon@2x.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></td>\r\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; vertical-align: left;\">For details see the official <a href=\'http://sqares.net/\'>SqAres app web site</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Gourmet Society (only available in the UK and Ireland)</span></strong></h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"roundTable\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" align=\"left\"\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-100 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"Gourmet Society\" src=\"http://www.mindfaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GS-G-Red-High-Res.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></td>\r\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; 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Music composition  and graphics design are subcontracted if you need any.\r\n\r\nCustomers include a game developer in Bournemouth, a University in  Southampton, a loyalty card operator in Manchester. Details and  references available on request','About','','inherit','open','open','','2-revision-6','','','2010-07-09 12:20:17','2010-07-09 12:20:17','',2,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=92',0,'revision','',0),(312,2,'2010-07-08 17:37:47','2010-07-08 17:37:47','<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Free!\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/images/get_this_app_free_square.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"70\" /></p>\n<p>For the past few days IAR has gotten a bunch of review requests for iPhone 4 LED flashlights, apparently a booming market in the app store. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have the means to acquire Apple&#8217;s latest gadget, so I&#8217;m going to be giving away the promo codes in the comments for all you lucky iPhone 4 owners.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-flashlight-only-for-iphone/id380065570?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED Flashlight, only for iPhone 4</a></p>\n<p>The Flashlight App (For some reason, the iTunes Link Maker was screwing up on this one and wouldn&#8217;t give me the link. But rest assured, it&#8217;s a flashlight app.)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-ilight/id379785712?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED iLight</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-light-for-iphone-4/id379594214?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED Light for iPhone4</a></p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/jmQi67vbvqc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Got an iPhone 4? Need a flashlight?','For the past few days IAR has gotten a bunch of review requests for iPhone 4 LED flashlights, apparently a booming market in the app store. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have the means to acquire Apple&#8217;s latest gadget, so I&#8217;m going to be giving away the promo codes in the comments for all you lucky iPhone [...]','publish','closed','closed','','got-an-iphone-4-need-a-flashlight','','','2010-07-08 17:37:47','2010-07-08 17:37:47','',0,'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/?p=13471',0,'post','',0),(99,1,'2010-07-09 12:36:45','2010-07-09 12:36:45','<a href=\"http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iphone.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-91\" title=\"iphone\" src=\"http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"153\" /></a>At MindFaze Software we specialise in developing custom apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad platforms.\r\n\r\nApps for business: for your customers, for your suppliers, for your  staff.\r\nCustomers\r\n\r\nApps for your non-profit organisation:\r\n\r\nApps for your own profit:\r\n\r\nYou know exactly what you want and what you want it to look like,  what will be on each screen and how users will interact with it: we help  to capture your thoughts, then give a fixed price quote for the  project.\r\n\r\nYou know what kind of thing you want but are not sure what it will or  should look like, what will be on the various screens and how users  will interact with it in detail.\r\n\r\nCheck there isn\'t already an app which meets your needs on the app  store.\r\n\r\niPhone, iPod touch and iPad software development. Music composition  and graphics design are subcontracted if you need any.\r\n\r\nCustomers include a game developer in Bournemouth, a University in  Southampton, a loyalty card operator in Manchester. Details and  references available on request','About','','inherit','open','open','','2-revision-7','','','2010-07-09 12:36:45','2010-07-09 12:36:45','',2,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=99',0,'revision','',0),(100,5,'2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which<p>&#8230;</p>','publish','closed','closed','','an-in-depth-look-at-how-people-are-using-the-ipad','','','2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=325934',0,'post','',0),(565,8,'2010-07-02 12:46:20','2010-07-02 12:46:20','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\noriginal=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" align=\"right\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good news for users experiencing the problem. Apple claims it has erroneously calculated the formula which displays signal bars on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, and therefore the iPhone has been showing <strong>too many bars</strong> in areas with weak signal strength. <span\nid=\"more-321020\"></span> Here\'s how Apple explains it:<blockquote>\"Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.\"</blockquote>Unfortunately, this seems like Apple is only acknowledging one part of the problem. Anandtech\'s in-depth analysis showed that the signal drop when you grip the iPhone 4 by its lower-right side is <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-reception-indepth/\">very real</a>. Therefore, Apple\'s fix probably won\'t fix that part -- arguably the biggest part -- of the problem, and will merely make the iPhone 4 <strong>display fewer bars</strong> in weak signal areas.Interestingly enough, Apple claims the miscalculation was present \"since the original iPhone,\" so the fix will apply to older generation iPhones as well.Official announcement below:<blockquote>\"Dear iPhone 4 Users,The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple\'s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don\'t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.To fix this, we are adopting AT&T\'s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone\'s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4\'s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.Thank you for your patience and support.Apple\"</blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/AYbr1-ZzwGY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple to Deploy Software Fix for iPhone Glitch','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','110-revision-9','','','2010-07-02 12:46:20','2010-07-02 12:46:20','',110,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=565',0,'revision','',0),(102,5,'2010-07-07 21:15:57','2010-07-07 21:15:57','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&title=Apple%20Makes%20MobileMe%20More%20Cloud%20and%20iPad-Friendly&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&title=Apple%20Makes%20MobileMe%20More%20Cloud%20and%20iPad-Friendly&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mobileme-calendar-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mobileme-calendar-top\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325040\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Apple has updated its <a\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/tag/mobileme\">MobileMe</a> service to include a new calendar interface and an iPad-friendly version of its iDisk iOS app.<span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>MobileMe<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/348225-MobileMe\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/348225-MobileMe.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>MobileMe</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"MobileMe\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span>, which is basically Google Apps meets <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Dropbox<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336966-Dropbox\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336966-Dropbox.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Dropbox</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Dropbox\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> in a shiny wrapper, has been getting a visual overhaul over the last few months. Back in May, Apple re-designed the <a\nhref=\"http://blog.graphicpeel.com/post/603822166/mobileme-mail-beta-a-visual-walkthrough\" >webmail interface</a> for MobileMe, making it look very similar to the Mail app on the iPad. That update, along with a new <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/18/find-my-iphone-2/\">Find My iPhone</a> app for the iPhone and iPad, was released last month. <span\nid=\"more-325026\"></span> The <a\nhref=\"http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2010/07/preview-the-new-mobileme-calendar-beta.html\" title=\"Apple - MobileMe - News - Preview the New MobileMe Calendar Beta\" >new calendar interface</a>, which is currently in beta, also takes major design cues from the iPad. The layout is almost identical to that of the Calendar app on Apple\'s tablet device. Personally, I think the iPad calendar is absolutely brilliant, which makes the web update a welcome change.Additionally, the new calendar will support sharing with family and friends who are also MobileMe members. You can also publish read-only calendars that can be viewed by anyone. Basically what this means is that MobileMe will now have the calendar sharing and publishing features that <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Google Calendar<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602112-Google-Calendar\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602112-Google-Calendar.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>Google Calendar</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Google Calendar\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> and other CalDAV based solutions have had for some time.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mobile-me-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mobile-me-calendar\" width=\"522\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325042\" /></center>Because MobileMe will support CalDAV, you can also invite people to events within MobileMe and people can RSVP right back.Because the web app was built in HTML5, it will work on your Mac or <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Windows<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/574203-Windows\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/574203-Windows.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Windows</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Windows\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> desktop, as well as your iPhone and iPad. And since the events are all CalDAV, they will also work seamlessly with Google Calendar users.Apple has supported CalDAV for a number of years in its desktop calendar app (its iPhone and iPad calendars are also compatible with CalDAV calendars and shared events), which makes it odd that this functionality was not already built into MobileMe. While MobileMe has always been able to synchronize calendars across devices, including iCal and Google Calendar files, you haven\'t been able to share or synchronize calendars the same way you could with Google Calendar or with your own iCal server.This is just one more sign that Apple is starting to take a more serious approach toward the cloud, using MobileMe as a catch-all for managing and synchronizing users\' data.If you want to sign-up for the MobileMe Calendar beta, you can request an invite at <a\nhref=\"http://www.me.com/calendar/\" >me.com/calendar</a>. You will get an e-mail when you are accepted into the beta. Apple will add users to the beta in order of request over the next few weeks.<hr\n/><h2>iDisk Gets iPad Support</h2><hr\n/>Apple has also <a\nhref=\"http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2010/07/idisk-app-updated-for-ipad.html\" title=\"Apple - MobileMe - News - iDisk App updated for iPad\" >updated</a> the <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobileme-idisk/id320654497?mt=8\" >iDisk app</a> [iTunes link] to support not only the iPad, but also multitasking and quick app-switching in iOS 4.Having iDisk work natively on the iPad is a big deal because that means that sharing or saving files between devices is easier than ever. Although other applications like GoodReader have provided access to iDisk, having the app work natively on the iPad is great.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/idisk-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"idisk-ipad\" width=\"527\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325044\" /></center>That said, the app still needs some work. Actually adding files that are already on your iPhone or iPad is still more difficult than it needs to be and while third-party apps like QuickOffice for iPad can save files directly to an iDisk, Apple\'s own <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Pages<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634619-pages\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634619-pages.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>pages</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"pages\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> app can\'t.The iDisk app is a free download for MobileMe members. MobileMe is $99 a year ($69 if you get it when you buy an iOS device or a new Mac).<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NaLwLpZkplc:6rpq4igZMx4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" 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been<p>&#8230;</p>','publish','closed','closed','','apple-makes-mobileme-more-cloud-and-ipad-friendly','','','2010-07-07 21:15:57','2010-07-07 21:15:57','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=325026',0,'post','',0),(104,6,'2010-07-06 14:05:25','2010-07-06 14:05:25','<div>\r\n<div>\r\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"&gt;<a>\r\nhref=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;service=bit.ly\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\r\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/\" align=\"right\"/&gt;</a><a>\r\nclass=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;title=5%20Handy%20iPhone%20Apps%20for%20Home%20Improvement&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\r\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" 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/>\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/diy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best great iphone ipod apps diy home improvement \" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-313205\" /&gt;</div>\r\n<div>\r\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"&gt;</div>\r\n</div>\r\nWhile there\'s no <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\"&gt;iPhone</a> app that can help you avoid hitting your thumb with a hammer, falling off a ladder or stepping in a tray of paint, certain apps can be a useful addition to your tool kit when attempting some DIY projects.Here are five great apps that will assist you in illumination, estimation, decoration, organization and for those green-thumbed folk among you, even propagation. So grab your safety goggles and strap on the tool belt -- handyman help awaits.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n<h2>1. <a>\r\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colorsnap/id316256242?mt=8&amp;uo=4\" &gt;Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap </a></h2>\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\" />\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/colosnap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313183\" /&gt;iPhone owners are privy to a large number of fantastic color-related apps, but this is our top choice for the DIYer as it offers some practical features. Say you\'re out just living your life and suddenly you spot the exact shade (or shades) you\'d love to decorate your kitchen with. Just snap a picture of the hue and this app will help you match it to the nearest Sherwin-Williams paint color.You can also take the selected color and create a custom palette either based on your own choices, or from auto-generated suggestions. If you want a second opinion on your selected palette, you can share it via e-mail or <a>\r\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/category/facebook\"&gt;Facebook</a><span>\r\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"&gt;<a>\r\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"&gt;<span>Facebook</span><img alt=\"\" />\r\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /&gt;</a></span>, and then once you\'ve made your final choice, the app offers map-based store locations and directions so you can go and purchase the Vogue Green and Java Brown you have your heart set on.It goes without saying that the color representations (or matches) on the iPhone will depend on the quality of the light, and the paint may not be <em>exactly</em> the same as you\'ve been seeing on your phone\'s display. But it\'s a free, high-tech alternative to endless sample strips, and a great way to record a favored shade on the go and match it to real-life products.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n<h2>2. <a>\r\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kad-software/id338648928?uo=4\" &gt;KAD Software\'s Estimation Apps</a></h2>\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\" />\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/estimate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313185\" /&gt;If you\'re the type who can look at a wall, squint convincingly and suck in a breath before stating, with absolute confidence, \"we\'ll need 267 six by six tiles,\" then skip these apps. But for anyone else who\'s not a born guesstimator or mathlete, stay right here, as KAD Software\'s apps might be of great help.The company offers a bunch of estimation apps for all aspects of home improvement. Whether you need to know how many rolls of wallpaper you need, or how many cans of paint, or how much lumber, acoustic ceiling, sheathing, asphalt, and so on, these $0.99 apps are great.There are free online tools that can help you with estimation needs, but if you\'re in middle of Home Depot staring blankly at your room dimensions scribbled on a scrap of paper, you might want a slightly more portable solution that\'s going to give you an accurate estimate.<strong>Cost: </strong> $0.99 per app\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n<h2>3. <a>\r\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-tools/id348786903?mt=8&amp;uo=4\" &gt;Real Tools</a></h2>\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\" />\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tools.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"622\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313187\" /&gt;First, we are not suggesting that \"Real Tools\" can replace your 18-inch Waterloo steel split-lid cantilever tool box with its precious cargo, but it could help you out in a fix.With 18 \"tools\" in total, (16 of which work with later models of the iPod touch) the most useful are a ruler, the spirit level, flashlight, various digital angle gauges, a virtual tape measure and a plumb bob.The claim from the developers is that if you wanted to buy all the tools included in this app in the real world it would set you back $1,200.00. We\'re not sure about that, but what we can say is that the app looks, feels, and sounds good. Also, the tools we did test as per the list above, worked perfectly.<strong>Cost: </strong> $1.99\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n<h2>4. <a>\r\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/task-this/id352212682?mt=8&amp;uo=4\" &gt;Task This</a></h2>\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\" />\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/task.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313189\" /&gt;Keeping a project on track can be half the battle for those of us that are less than motivated to really do it ourselves. So a project management app that can send you timely reminders to get to it, might be just what you need to turn your project from in-progress to ticked off the to-do list.Task This is a really good place to start because its design and categories works really well for a DIY project.There\'s more to this app than we\'re going to cover here (especially when you take into account the web sync options with <a>\r\nhref=\"http://www.task-this.com\" &gt;www.task-this.com</a>) but as far as home improvement planning goes, we\'re interested in the app\'s \"projects,\" shopping\" and \"reminders\" functionality.As you\'d imagine, \"shopping\" lets you create lists of items associated to your projects, or standalone lists as well. Projects can be created with time parameters, status indicators and priority settings, and reminders can be set via push notifications (which will appear in the app\'s calendar) to alert you at key points throughout.As a free app, it\'s rather good-looking and as comprehensive as many paid options out there.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n<h2>5. <a>\r\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id361323098?mt=8&amp;uo=4\" &gt;Gardening Toolkit</a></h2>\r\n<hr />\r\n/&gt;\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\" />\r\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313191\" /&gt;If you\'re lucky enough to have a garden, then this app will help you make the most of it by providing detailed info and advice on planting and care for over 800 varieties of herbs, flowers and vegetables.For novice gardeners, this handy app will keep you from planting some kind of flimsy fern suited to more tropical climates if you happen to reside in Chicago, by taking your geographical area\'s climate into account and letting you know what will grow best.Once you\'ve narrowed down what you want to plant, you can read up on advice, set yourself a to-do list and then create your own garden profile by picking plants from the searchable database.  It\'s a great at-a-glance look at what\'s growing, basic care info, and your own notes.In addition, a colorful interface offers great photography, while the by-the-month advice section (e.g., August: It\'s easy to get distracted by the long summer days, but the garden still needs attention...) will provide new gardeners with time-tailored suggestions on what needs doing in the manner of a kindly, green-thumbed aunt.<strong>Cost: </strong> $3.99\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h3>More iPhone resources from Mashable:\r\n<hr /></h3>\r\n<blockquote>- <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/iphone-apps-gardening/\"&gt;10 Great iPhone Apps for Growing a Garden</a> - <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/05/world-cup-iphone-apps/\"&gt;Top 6 Free World Cup iPhone Apps</a> - <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/06/free-iphone-ebook-readers/\"&gt;5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-book Reader Apps</a> - <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/03/26/money-saving-iphone-apps/\"&gt;10 Essential Money-Saving iPhone Apps</a> - <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/12/27/10-iphone-apps-dog-lovers/\"&gt;10 Best iPhone Apps for Dog Lovers</a></blockquote>\r\n<em>Image courtesy of <a>\r\nrel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.istockphoto.com/mashableoffer.php\"&gt;iStockphoto</a><span>\r\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"&gt;<a>\r\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/393797-iStockphoto\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/393797-iStockphoto.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"&gt;<span>iStockphoto</span><img alt=\"\" />\r\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"iStockphoto\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /&gt;</a></span>, <a>\r\nrel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-10791573-handyman-working-in-empty-room.php\"&gt;Spiderstock</a></em>\r\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"&gt;<em>For more <a>\r\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\"&gt;Apple</a> 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JFBlbabF41Y:1R--C1PKV7k:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JFBlbabF41Y:1R--C1PKV7k:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a></div>\r\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/JFBlbabF41Y\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />','5 Handy iPhone Apps for Home Improvement','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;title=5%20Handy%20iPhone%20Apps%20for%20Home%20Improvement&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&amp;title=5%20Handy%20iPhone%20Apps%20for%20Home%20Improvement&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>While there\'s no <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> app that can help you avoid hitting your thumb with a hammer, falling off a ladder or stepping in a tray of paint, certain apps can be a useful addition to your tool<p>&#8230;</p>','publish','closed','closed','','5-handy-iphone-apps-for-home-improvement','','','2010-07-25 10:19:03','2010-07-25 10:19:03','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=313181',0,'post','',0),(385,1,'2010-07-04 17:33:35','2010-07-04 17:33:35','<p><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Img002_320x480(2)\" rel=\"same-post-13431\" href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Img002_320x4802.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13433\" title=\"Img002_320x480(2)\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Img002_320x4802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" /></a></p>\n<p>Turn-based strategy games are quite popular on the App Store, beloved due to their addictive and thought-provoking qualities. But every now and again, there comes along a genre-shaking game that just blows me away. Everlands, developed by Hexage.net, is one example.</p>\n<p>Everlands’s basic plot revolves around the evil spirits taking control of animals, and the brave plethora of creatures that must come together to stop the evil and cleanse their possessed brethren. While this more juvenile, lighthearted storyline seems out of place in a genre filled with macho heroes, futuristic weaponry and vehicular combat, it blends nicely into the game and serves as a much welcomed change of pace.<br />\n<span id=\"more-13431\"></span></p>\n<p>In Everlands, you and your opponent take turns placing animals on the hexagonal board. Each animal has a certain amount of life and attack points, but can only attack out of certain sides. After attacking, the animal cannot attack out of that side again for the rest of the match. When an animal loses all life points, it will change alignments, resetting all life points but not attack sides.</p>\n<p>Each species has varying amounts of life and attack points, as well as a unique special ability. For example, the intimidating Tiger is able to reduce the attack points of all adjacent enemy animals, while the prickly Hedgehog is able to attack on almost all sides. Everlands is super easy to play, with the bonus of  shorter tutorials, but adds just the right amount of depth to avoid being simplistic and dull.</p>\n<p>In order to complete a stage, you must have possession of more than 50% of the board with your creatures. If you are victorious, you unlock another animal to add to your arsenal. While the story mode starts off easy, the difficulty quickly ramps up as you learn to synergize your animal’s abilities and weaknesses together. However, the story mode is rather short, and with the conclusion of the game you are left little replay value. Perhaps in a effort to combat this, Everlands also features a two-player duel mode where you can square off against a friend using the same device.</p>\n<p>Everlands is able to simultaneously pay homage to strategy game and casual game principles, making it a blast to play. Everlands is a must-own game if you’re a lover of strategy games, or just have the desire for a great game. Hexage.net builds on a classic hexic strategy game with its own unique quirks and twists, creating a game that shouldn’t be missed.</p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zCN2LEUlYgc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zCN2LEUlYgc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everlands/id379118021?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">iTunes Link &#8211; Everlands</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hexage-net/id317379085?uo=4\">Developer Link &#8211; Hexage.net</a></p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/UaImpM5s8qQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','App Review: Everlands','Turn-based strategy games are quite popular on the App Store, beloved due to their addictive and thought-provoking qualities. But every now and again, there comes along a genre-shaking game that just blows me away. Everlands, developed by Hexage.net, is one example.\nEverlands’s basic plot revolves around the evil spirits taking control of animals, and the brave [...]<hr /><a href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net\">This post is from www.iPhoneAppReviews.net</a><hr />','inherit','open','open','','318-revision','','','2010-07-04 17:33:35','2010-07-04 17:33:35','',318,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=385',0,'revision','',0),(386,1,'2010-07-10 10:22:13','2010-07-10 10:22:13','<p><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"highnoon_price\" rel=\"same-post-13414\" href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_price.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full  wp-image-13421\" title=\"highnoon_price\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_price.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" /></a>While text-based online role playing games run amok in the app store, happylatte (known by most as the developers who brought to you the Pet Monkey Toilet Trainer games) has stepped up with their own contribution with High Noon, a realistic westerns-based online game featuring the addictive rpg qualities that gamers already know and love mixed with some wicked gunslinging action.<a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"highnoon_price\" rel=\"same-post-13414\" href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_price.jpg\"><br />\n</a><span id=\"more-13414\"></span></p>\n<p>Like similar games, High Noon is based around the concept of &#8216;energy&#8217;, which permits you to duel other people a certain amount of times before you have to let it recharge. However, rather than fighting in a strictly textual way, like ‘Mafia Wars’ type games, High Noon actually incorporates some real time action into the game with fantastic results. Because of this, you want to make sure you&#8217;re in an area with good internet connectivity; else the game will spit out a warning about how you need a strong connection to play.</p>\n<p>Dueling in the game involves tilting your phone (or pod, or pad) to control your gun&#8217;s reticule and tapping to shoot. To reload, simply tilt your device forward.  Rather than gaining experience points to level up, the High Noon uses a system of gold bounties on an enemy&#8217;s death. If you successfully slay your enemy in mortal combat, you&#8217;ll get a tidy sum of gold toward gaining your next level.</p>\n<p>My biggest criticism is how repetitive High Noon can tend to be, especially if you need to collect a substantial amount of gold to reach your next level. While you can liven up battles by purchasing items for one-time use (I enjoyed stringing up bad guys with a lasso for shits and giggles), High Noon can tend to get dry when you have a wide swath of enemies to shoot through.</p>\n<p>Because High Noon is a &#8216;freemium&#8217; game, you have the option to buy a secondary currency, &#8216;wampum&#8217;, using actual money from an in-game store. While wampum allows to you purchase more powerful and valuable items, the game does have a generous selection of items to be purchased with gold.</p>\n<p>All in all, High Noon is a strong, addictive game. With its combination smooth real-time action bits and a leisurely leveling up and upgrade system, High Noon is the cream of the crop of online freemium games. And since it&#8217;s free, be sure to give it a download if you&#8217;re interested, and leave your thoughts about the game in the comments.</p>\n\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_shop/\' title=\'highnoon_shop\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_shop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Looking to upgrade your &#039;stache? You can do that too.\" title=\"highnoon_shop\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_profile/\' title=\'highnoon_profile\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_profile-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Another player\" title=\"highnoon_profile\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_players/\' title=\'highnoon_players\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_players-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Out hunting for my next victim\" title=\"highnoon_players\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_levelup/\' title=\'highnoon_levelup\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_levelup-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Thanks Indian Jo!\" title=\"highnoon_levelup\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_duel/\' title=\'highnoon_duel\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_duel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dueling\" title=\"highnoon_duel\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/07/02/app-review-high-noon/highnoon_price/\' title=\'highnoon_price\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"70\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/highnoon_price-150x70.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"highnoon_price\" /></a>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/high-noon/id368173864?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">iTunes Link &#8211; High Noon</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://happylatte.com/\">happylatte&#8217;s website</a></p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/g7ADpLkxvbs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','App Review: High Noon','While text-based online role playing games run amok in the app store, happylatte (known by most as the developers who brought to you the Pet Monkey Toilet Trainer games) has stepped up with their own contribution with High Noon, a realistic westerns-based online game featuring the addictive rpg qualities that gamers already know and love [...]<hr /><a href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net\">This post is from www.iPhoneAppReviews.net</a><hr />','inherit','open','open','','320-revision-2','','','2010-07-10 10:22:13','2010-07-10 10:22:13','',320,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=386',0,'revision','',0),(15063,8,'2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad2_hero_thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"iPad\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an improved battery pack.\n\nAccording to <em>Taiwan Economic News</em>, two suppliers of iPad and Macbook batteries, Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp., are ready to produce the new pack as early as Q4 2011, with mass production expected in the first quarter of 2012. \n\nThe new batteries will make the iPad thinner and lighter and extend its battery life, but they will also come at a 20-30% bigger price point because of the advanced technology used. Hopefully this will not mean a bigger price for the end product as well. \n\n[via <a href=\"http://cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_37633.html\" ><em>Taiwan Economic News</em></a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/hj-R4PyS19g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','New iPad to Feature a Thinner, Lighter Battery [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device &#8212; 0.34 inches, to be exact &#8212; but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, tha&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15052-revision-4','','','2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','',15052,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15063',0,'revision','',0),(110,8,'2010-07-02 12:46:20','2010-07-02 12:46:20','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\noriginal=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" align=\"right\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good news for users experiencing the problem. Apple claims it has erroneously calculated the formula which displays signal bars on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>iPhone</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span>, and therefore the iPhone has been showing <strong>too many bars</strong> in areas with weak signal strength. <span\nid=\"more-321020\"></span> Here\'s how Apple explains it:<blockquote>\"Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.\"</blockquote>Unfortunately, this seems like Apple is only acknowledging one part of the problem. Anandtech\'s in-depth analysis showed that the signal drop when you grip the iPhone 4 by its lower-right side is <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-reception-indepth/\">very real</a>. Therefore, Apple\'s fix probably won\'t fix that part -- arguably the biggest part -- of the problem, and will merely make the iPhone 4 <strong>display fewer bars</strong> in weak signal areas.Interestingly enough, Apple claims the miscalculation was present \"since the original iPhone,\" so the fix will apply to older generation iPhones as well.Official announcement below:<blockquote>\"Dear iPhone 4 Users,The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple\'s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don\'t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.To fix this, we are adopting AT&T\'s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone\'s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4\'s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Apple Store<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Apple Store</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Apple Store\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.Thank you for your patience and support.Apple\"</blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/AYbr1-ZzwGY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple to Deploy Software Fix for iPhone Glitch','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. 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Hopefully this will not mean a bigger price for the end product as well. \n\n[via <a href=\"http://cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_37633.html\" ><em>Taiwan Economic News</em></a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" 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href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15052-revision-12','','','2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','',15052,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15092',0,'revision','',0),(15093,8,'2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','<div><div 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are ready to produce the new pack as early as Q4 2011, with mass production expected in the first quarter of 2012. \n\nThe new batteries will make the iPad thinner and lighter and extend its battery life, but they will also come at a 20-30% bigger price point because of the advanced technology used. Hopefully this will not mean a bigger price for the end product as well. \n\n[via <a href=\"http://cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_37633.html\" ><em>Taiwan Economic News</em></a>]<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=hj-R4PyS19g:tmz8xAI4XJQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/hj-R4PyS19g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','New iPad to Feature a Thinner, Lighter Battery [REPORT]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;title=New%20iPad%20to%20Feature%20a%20Thinner,%20Lighter%20Battery%20%5BREPORT%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/ipad-thinner-lighter-battery/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>The <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ipad/\">iPad</a> 2 is already a very thin device -- 0.34 inches, to be exact -- but the next generation might be even thinner and lighter, thanks to an&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15052-revision-12','','','2011-09-07 09:20:25','2011-09-07 09:20:25','',15052,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15093',0,'revision','',0),(405,1,'2010-06-16 03:40:06','2010-06-16 03:40:06','<p><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"pixmazeicon\" rel=\"same-post-13393\" href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pixmazeicon.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13396\" title=\"pixmazeicon\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pixmazeicon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" /></a></p>\n<p>Budcat and Activision have teamed up to bring you Pix Maze. The object of this game is to complete different mazes and as you go a picture is revealed.</p>\n<p>There are small mazes, medium mazes and large mazes for you to concour. With over seventy mazes for you to complete this game offers a lot of play time.</p>\n<p>When you start up a maze your character is a bug that goes through the maze stepping on little color blocks that leave said color behind you to create the picture. In the top left corner there is a screen that shows your progress on the picture so the further into the maze you get the more detailed your picture becomes.</p>\n<p>The controls are really simple and not intrusive. In the bottom right corner there are four arrows that you push to go in the direction you wish.</p>\n<p>In the options you can set hints to be on or off. If you have the hints on and you wait at a fork in the road the right way will be show to you as a blinking color tab and if you wait even longer or find yourself off the main path arrows will show up to lead you back.</p>\n<p>You can also set a playlist of songs to play from the option menu.</p>\n<p>If this wasnt enough there is a custom maze creator. All you have to do is draw up the picture and a maze will be created for you automatically. Way cool.</p>\n<p>I had a fun time testing this game out, cool graphics, cool pictures but the one and only thing I didn&#8217;t like was the character. Im not sure why they chose a bug as your character but I would have preferred something more appealing.</p>\n\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0661/\' title=\'IMG_0661\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0661-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Main Menu\" title=\"IMG_0661\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0662/\' title=\'IMG_0662\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0662-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Options\" title=\"IMG_0662\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0665/\' title=\'IMG_0665\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0665-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ready Set GO!\" title=\"IMG_0665\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0658/\' title=\'IMG_0658\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0658-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hmm What could it be?\" title=\"IMG_0658\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0659/\' title=\'IMG_0659\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0659-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Starting to see something\" title=\"IMG_0659\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0660/\' title=\'IMG_0660\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0660-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"OMG Its a mermaid\" title=\"IMG_0660\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0667/\' title=\'IMG_0667\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0667-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Time to be creative\" title=\"IMG_0667\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/img_0666/\' title=\'IMG_0666\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0666-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"My iPhone Maze\" title=\"IMG_0666\" /></a>\n<a href=\'http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2010/06/15/pix-maze/pixmazeicon/\' title=\'pixmazeicon\'><img width=\"150\" height=\"70\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pixmazeicon-150x70.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"pixmazeicon\" /></a>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pix-maze/id369038630?mt=8\">iTunes Link &#8211; Pix Maze</a></p>\n<p>Version 1.0.0</p>\n<p>Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS 3.1.3</p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/pzP0uzHhe_c\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Pix Maze','Budcat and Activision have teamed up to bring you Pix Maze. The object of this game is to complete different mazes and as you go a picture is revealed.\nThere are small mazes, medium mazes and large mazes for you to concour. With over seventy mazes for you to complete this game offers a lot of [...]<hr /><a href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net\">This post is from www.iPhoneAppReviews.net</a><hr />','inherit','open','open','','322-revision','','','2010-06-16 03:40:06','2010-06-16 03:40:06','',322,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=405',0,'revision','',0),(15724,25,'2011-10-04 03:50:34','2011-10-04 03:50:34','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&title=Artificial%20Intelligence%20Is%20Coming%20to%20the%20iPhone,%20And%20It&#8217;s%20Going%20to%20Change%20Everything&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mashable-op-ed-640.jpg\" title=\"Mashable OP-ED\" alt=\"Mashable OP-ED: This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication.\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/></center>\n\n<img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ai-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\">Let me start off by saying this: Your phone is not suddenly going to gain sentience and become <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)\" >Skynet</a>. However, your phone is about to become a whole lot smarter, thanks to <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple\">Apple</a> and its new artificial intelligence Assistant.\n\nThe hype surrounding Tuesday\'s Apple iPhone event is at an all-time high. But most of the hype is focused on the hardware that Apple will announce. What will the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/27/apple-iphone-5-launch-heres-what-to-expect/\">iPhone 5</a> look like? Will there be an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\">iPhone 4S</a>? Will it have <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-wish-list-starts-with-4g-and-bigger-screen/\">4G capabilities or a bigger screen</a>?\n\nThe real star of Tuesday\'s show will not be the hardware, though. This event will focus on software, specifically one piece of software that Apple: the iPhone Assistant. \n\nAssistant is the successor to <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/02/05/siri-assistant/\">Siri</a>, the iPhone app that helped users with their daily tasks with natural language voice commands. Ask Siri to find a restaurant for you, and it could not only complete your requests, but it could also help you book a reservation. It could grab movie ratings, find you a taxi, perform Google searches and much more. Most of all, it learned from your actions and refined its recommendations accordingly.\n\nThe technology that powered Siri was born from SRI\'s CALO project, the largest artificial intelligence project in U.S. history. It\'s complex technology that linked machine learning to natural language. In other words, it\'s technology that made artificial intelligence accessible and useful to the regular person.\n\nTwo months after its launch, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/28/apple-acquires-iphone-app-siri/\">Apple acquired Siri</a> for more than $200 million.\n\n<hr/>\n<h2>What Assistant Will Do</h2>\n<hr/>\n\n<center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/MpjpVAB06O4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n</center>\n\nOn Tuesday, Siri will be reborn as Assistant. And while we have not had a chance to play with Assistant ourselves, we\'ve heard amazing things from the people who have used it.\n\nSay you\'re in a new city and you\'re really craving Chinese. In the past, you might have pulled up the Yelp app, performed a search on Yelp and combed through results. With Assistant, you can say to your iPhone, \"Please find me a Chinese restaurant within a mile of my location.\"\n\nInstead of searching for the taxi company\'s number, Assistant will find it for you. Instead of searching through your apps, Assistant will open up your app and tell the app what you want it to do (we eventually expect APIs that will allow users to directly access their apps via Assistant). \n\nAnd yes, Assistant will be able to transcribe your texts and perform web searches, much like Google\'s Android OS. Assistant will utilize Nuance\'s advance voice-recognition technology to accomplish these tasks.\n\nThe key though is that Assistant will learn. It will figure out what results you don\'t like, what restaurants you frequent, and what people you want to talk to the most. It will adapt to your needs and become more than just a module for voice commands. \n\n<hr/>\n<h2>What Artificial Intelligence Does to the iPhone</h2>\n<hr/>\n\nIn a <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/03/co-founder-of-siri-assistant-is-a-world-changing-event-interview/\" >great interview</a> on Monday, Siri co-founder Norman Winarsky wasn\'t shy to share his thoughts on how Assistant will not only change personal computing but the entire world.\n\n\"Make no mistake: Apple’s ‘mainstreaming’ Artificial Intelligence in the form of a Virtual Personal Assistant is a groundbreaking event,\" Winarsky told <em>9to5mac</em>. \"I’d go so far as to say it is a world-changing event.\"\n\nBut why is Assistant a \"world-changing\" event? Winarsky explains further:\n\n\"This is real AI with real market use. If the rumors are true, Apple will enable millions upon millions of people to interact with machines with natural language,\" he said. \"The PAL (personal assistant software) will get things done, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. We’re talking another technology revolution. A new computing paradigm shift.\"\n\nApple plans to change the very way we interact with our phones yet again. Apple already sparked one revolution with touchscreens and another with the App Store. After Tuesday though, it will have introduced a whole new method of interacting with computers: through an artificial intelligence. That is something that will change our fundamental relationship with the devices that sit on our desks and travel with us in our pockets.\n\nStarting Tuesday, we\'ll be talking about a new computing revolution.\n\n<em>Lead image courtesy of DreamWorks</em>\n\n<hr/>\n<h2>What Apple\'s iPhone 5 May Look Like</h2>\n<hr/>\n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone Evolution</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27801iPhone-Evolution\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone Evolution\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-evolution-iPad-like-metal-back-and-contour,-while-the-front-and-side-remain-similar-to-the-iPhone-4.-Designed-by-Polish-major-Midsailors-it-is-an-incremental-update-approach-to-the-iPhone-5..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Polish students designed this beauty, going with the curved back look. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone News Blog</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27797iPhone-News-Blog\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone News Blog\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-4g-mockup-von-rino0815.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This early mockup extrapolates from the current iPhone 4 design. It\'s a clean design -- one we\'d be happy to slip into a pocket. Found on the German <a href=\"http://www.iphone-news.org/2010/12/16/mockup-iphone-5-mit-4g-16722/\" >iPhone News Blog</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Nowhere Else</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27813Nowhere-Else\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Nowhere Else\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Those talented French artists at <a href=\"http://www.nowhereelse.fr/iphone-5-43523/\" ><em>Nowhere Else</em></a> envision the iPhone 5 having a rounded back, and accompanied this attractive illustration with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\" >entire infographic full of iPhone 5 rumors</a> and speculation. </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>9-to-5-Mac</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#277999to5Mac\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"9-to-5-Mac\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-5-iphone-4s.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>On the left is allegedly the iPhone 5 in the hands of someone testing it on a train, and the white phone is allegedly the iPhone 4S, all found by <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/28/have-we-found-the-iphone-5/\" >9-to-5 Mac</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27811MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-4.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>\' mockup created by  <a href=\"http://www.ciccaresedesign.com/\" >CiccareseDesign</a> shows a slim cross section.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Antonello Falcon</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27815Antonello-Falcon\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Antonello Falcon\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/size-zero-iphone-5--This-is-conceptualized-by-Antonello-Falcon.-It-features-a-4.6-inch-display-with-curved-glass-edges,-in-a-thin-(8.4mm),-yet-longer-form-factor-and-a-soft-touch-home-button..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Size Zero iPhone 5,\" Antonello Falcon\'s flight of fancy has a 4.6-inch screen, curved glass edges, a thin 8.4mm cross-section and a soft-touch Home button. Perhaps this is more akin to an iPhone 6. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>This is My Next</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27791This-is-My-Next\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"This is My Next\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/ff100_V7l4H.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This mockup from <a href=\"http://thisismynext.com/\" >ThisIsMyNext</a> has been floating around for a while, but it latched on early to the teardrop-shaped cross-section and larger screen.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Roman Sima</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27787Roman-Sima\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Roman Sima\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/The-glossy-iPhone-5-is-the-lightest-of-all-the-imaginative-concept-till-now-designed-by-Moldavian-designer-Roman-Sima-which-encapsulates-the-iPhone-within-a-showcase-plastic-cover.-This-is-the-reason-for-it-being-lighter..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Glossy iPhone 5,\" this ultra-lightweight design features a plastic cover. <a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn9F9KaHSKs/TbKBIexve-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ykp44wp4Ork/s1600/iPhone+5+CONCEPT.png\" >Here\'s Roman\'s website</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27805MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone4-now5side-also-from-macRumors.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>From <a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>, this design echos the iPhone 4, but thinner.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Piotr Spalek</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/#27785Piotr-Spalek\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Piotr Spalek\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/Iphone-5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>When iDeals China leaked a shot of a 4-inch screen that was alleged to belong to an iPhone 5, Polish designer <a href=\"http://www.piotrek.it/\" >Piotr Spalek</a> put together a mockup that matched up with the screen.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o13Y6qHlXxufABWp6zCjaUPErvs/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o13Y6qHlXxufABWp6zCjaUPErvs/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o13Y6qHlXxufABWp6zCjaUPErvs/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o13Y6qHlXxufABWp6zCjaUPErvs/1/di\" border=\"0\" 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YvwjakyGpaE:riqajo83d5o:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=YvwjakyGpaE:riqajo83d5o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=YvwjakyGpaE:riqajo83d5o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/YvwjakyGpaE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Artificial Intelligence Is Coming to the iPhone, And It’s Going to Change Everything','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&amp;title=Artificial%20Intelligence%20Is%20Coming%20to%20the%20iPhone,%20And%20It%E2%80%99s%20Going%20to%20Change%20Everything&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-assistant/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\nLet me start off by saying this: Your phone is not suddenly going to gain sentience and become <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)\" target=\"_blank\">Skynet</a>. However, your phone is about to becom&#8230;','pending','closed','closed','','','','','2011-10-04 03:50:34','2011-10-04 03:50:34','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=754639',0,'post','',0),(15741,25,'2011-10-03 22:28:42','2011-10-03 22:28:42','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&title=Would%20An%20iPhone%204S%20Be%20Such%20A%20Disappointment?&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Apple will unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday; that much is a certainty. What remains unclear, even at this late stage, is whether Tim Cook will announce an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/27/apple-iphone-5-launch-heres-what-to-expect/\">iPhone 5</a>, an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/02/iphone-4s/\">iPhone 4S</a> -- or both.\n\nWe believe the new iPhone will contain the super-fast Apple A5 chip, 1 GB of RAM, an advanced voice recognition layer called Assistant, and a powerful 8 MP camera with a revamped Camera application. One of our sources says the new app will even include photo filters, a la <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/instagram\">Instagram</a>, but we haven\'t been able to confirm. \n\nThere are three major questions that nobody outside Apple seems to know the answer to:\n\n<blockquote>\n- Will the new iPhone have <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/03/new-iphone-5-clue/\">a larger screen</a>?\n\n- Will the new iPhone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-aluminum-back/\">have a different hardware design?</a>\n\n- Will Apple launch one phone, or <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\">will it launch two</a>?\n</blockquote>\n\nIf Apple only launches one phone, then the question hinges on whether Apple has redesigned the hardware. If the casing is new, expect Apple to call it the iPhone 5. But if Apple sticks with the iPhone 4\'s rectangular design, then it\'s likely the company will market the device as the iPhone 4S, just as it did with the iPhone 3GS.\n\nThere are a lot of differences between the iPhone 3GS launch and Tuesday\'s iPhone launch, of course. The biggest is that it\'s been 16 months since the last iPhone event, and that has ramped up the expectations to an all-time high. This will also be Tim Cook\'s first event as Apple CEO, and his performance will be closely watched. Meanwhile, Android has become a much stronger mobile platform than it was two years ago.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-wish-list-starts-with-4g-and-bigger-screen/\">iPhone 5 Wish List Starts With 4G and Bigger Screen</a></strong></center>\n\nThere <em>will</em> be disappointment if Apple doesn\'t reveal an iPhone 5. The speculation has convinced millions of Apple enthusiasts that Apple won\'t launch anything less. Would that impact sales?\n\nThe iPhone 3GS was a <a href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20090622/apple-more-than-1-million-iphone-3gs-models-sold/\" >smash hit</a>, destroying sales estimates until the iPhone 4 became the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/iphone-4-most-popular-phone-in-us_n_855150.html\" >best-selling phone</a> in the U.S. The 3GS is <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">still the second most popular phone</a> in the country. That doesn\'t necessarily mean an iPhone 4S could pull a repeat performance. But if anybody can make it work, it\'s Apple.\n\nApple\'s track record with the iPhone is spectacular, and we doubt an iPhone 4S would throw the company off track. Newer models always beat their predecessors in sales, thanks to a combination of design, software and marketing. And if the iPhone does come to Sprint, as we expect, it will be on all three major carriers.  \n\nAn iPhone 4S might disappoint Apple fans for a short while -- but they will stand in line for weeks in front of the Apple store, as they invariably do. Apple will continue to sell iPhones like hotcakes, regardless of the name its carries.\n\n<hr/>\n<h2>Bonus: What the New iPhone May Look Like</h2>\n<hr/>\n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone Evolution</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27801iPhone-Evolution\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone Evolution\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-evolution-iPad-like-metal-back-and-contour,-while-the-front-and-side-remain-similar-to-the-iPhone-4.-Designed-by-Polish-major-Midsailors-it-is-an-incremental-update-approach-to-the-iPhone-5..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Polish students designed this beauty, going with the curved back look. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone News Blog</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27797iPhone-News-Blog\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone News Blog\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-4g-mockup-von-rino0815.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This early mockup extrapolates from the current iPhone 4 design. It\'s a clean design -- one we\'d be happy to slip into a pocket. Found on the German <a href=\"http://www.iphone-news.org/2010/12/16/mockup-iphone-5-mit-4g-16722/\" >iPhone News Blog</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Nowhere Else</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27813Nowhere-Else\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Nowhere Else\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Those talented French artists at <a href=\"http://www.nowhereelse.fr/iphone-5-43523/\" ><em>Nowhere Else</em></a> envision the iPhone 5 having a rounded back, and accompanied this attractive illustration with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\" >entire infographic full of iPhone 5 rumors</a> and speculation. </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>9-to-5-Mac</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#277999to5Mac\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"9-to-5-Mac\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-5-iphone-4s.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>On the left is allegedly the iPhone 5 in the hands of someone testing it on a train, and the white phone is allegedly the iPhone 4S, all found by <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/28/have-we-found-the-iphone-5/\" >9-to-5 Mac</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27811MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-4.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>\' mockup created by  <a href=\"http://www.ciccaresedesign.com/\" >CiccareseDesign</a> shows a slim cross section.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Antonello Falcon</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27815Antonello-Falcon\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Antonello Falcon\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/size-zero-iphone-5--This-is-conceptualized-by-Antonello-Falcon.-It-features-a-4.6-inch-display-with-curved-glass-edges,-in-a-thin-(8.4mm),-yet-longer-form-factor-and-a-soft-touch-home-button..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Size Zero iPhone 5,\" Antonello Falcon\'s flight of fancy has a 4.6-inch screen, curved glass edges, a thin 8.4mm cross-section and a soft-touch Home button. Perhaps this is more akin to an iPhone 6. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>This is My Next</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27791This-is-My-Next\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"This is My Next\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/ff100_V7l4H.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This mockup from <a href=\"http://thisismynext.com/\" >ThisIsMyNext</a> has been floating around for a while, but it latched on early to the teardrop-shaped cross-section and larger screen.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Roman Sima</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27787Roman-Sima\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Roman Sima\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/The-glossy-iPhone-5-is-the-lightest-of-all-the-imaginative-concept-till-now-designed-by-Moldavian-designer-Roman-Sima-which-encapsulates-the-iPhone-within-a-showcase-plastic-cover.-This-is-the-reason-for-it-being-lighter..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Glossy iPhone 5,\" this ultra-lightweight design features a plastic cover. <a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn9F9KaHSKs/TbKBIexve-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ykp44wp4Ork/s1600/iPhone+5+CONCEPT.png\" >Here\'s Roman\'s website</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27805MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone4-now5side-also-from-macRumors.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>From <a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>, this design echos the iPhone 4, but thinner.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Piotr Spalek</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27785Piotr-Spalek\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Piotr Spalek\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/Iphone-5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>When iDeals China leaked a shot of a 4-inch screen that was alleged to belong to an iPhone 5, Polish designer <a href=\"http://www.piotrek.it/\" >Piotr Spalek</a> put together a mockup that matched up with the screen.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/1/di\" border=\"0\" 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=pMlKiv-kpdo:uQXpgdHsLmc:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=pMlKiv-kpdo:uQXpgdHsLmc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=pMlKiv-kpdo:uQXpgdHsLmc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/pMlKiv-kpdo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Would An iPhone 4S Be Such A Disappointment?','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&amp;title=Would%20An%20iPhone%204S%20Be%20Such%20A%20Disappointment?&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>Apple will unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday; that much is a certainty. What remains unclear, even at this late stage, is whether Tim Cook will ann&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15702-revision-6','','','2011-10-03 22:28:42','2011-10-03 22:28:42','',15702,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15741',0,'revision','',0),(15725,25,'2011-10-03 22:28:42','2011-10-03 22:28:42','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&title=Would%20An%20iPhone%204S%20Be%20Such%20A%20Disappointment?&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-apps-360.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"275px\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Apple will unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday; that much is a certainty. What remains unclear, even at this late stage, is whether Tim Cook will announce an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/27/apple-iphone-5-launch-heres-what-to-expect/\">iPhone 5</a>, an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/02/iphone-4s/\">iPhone 4S</a> -- or both.\n\nWe believe the new iPhone will contain the super-fast Apple A5 chip, 1 GB of RAM, an advanced voice recognition layer called Assistant, and a powerful 8 MP camera with a revamped Camera application. One of our sources says the new app will even include photo filters, a la <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/instagram\">Instagram</a>, but we haven\'t been able to confirm. \n\nThere are three major questions that nobody outside Apple seems to know the answer to:\n\n<blockquote>\n- Will the new iPhone have <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/03/new-iphone-5-clue/\">a larger screen</a>?\n\n- Will the new iPhone <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-aluminum-back/\">have a different hardware design?</a>\n\n- Will Apple launch one phone, or <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/16/iphone-latest-two-models-production-delays-rumor/\">will it launch two</a>?\n</blockquote>\n\nIf Apple only launches one phone, then the question hinges on whether Apple has redesigned the hardware. If the casing is new, expect Apple to call it the iPhone 5. But if Apple sticks with the iPhone 4\'s rectangular design, then it\'s likely the company will market the device as the iPhone 4S, just as it did with the iPhone 3GS.\n\nThere are a lot of differences between the iPhone 3GS launch and Tuesday\'s iPhone launch, of course. The biggest is that it\'s been 16 months since the last iPhone event, and that has ramped up the expectations to an all-time high. This will also be Tim Cook\'s first event as Apple CEO, and his performance will be closely watched. Meanwhile, Android has become a much stronger mobile platform than it was two years ago.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-5-wish-list-starts-with-4g-and-bigger-screen/\">iPhone 5 Wish List Starts With 4G and Bigger Screen</a></strong></center>\n\nThere <em>will</em> be disappointment if Apple doesn\'t reveal an iPhone 5. The speculation has convinced millions of Apple enthusiasts that Apple won\'t launch anything less. Would that impact sales?\n\nThe iPhone 3GS was a <a href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20090622/apple-more-than-1-million-iphone-3gs-models-sold/\" >smash hit</a>, destroying sales estimates until the iPhone 4 became the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/iphone-4-most-popular-phone-in-us_n_855150.html\" >best-selling phone</a> in the U.S. The 3GS is <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/08/22/iphone-3gs-outsells-everyone/\">still the second most popular phone</a> in the country. That doesn\'t necessarily mean an iPhone 4S could pull a repeat performance. But if anybody can make it work, it\'s Apple.\n\nApple\'s track record with the iPhone is spectacular, and we doubt an iPhone 4S would throw the company off track. Newer models always beat their predecessors in sales, thanks to a combination of design, software and marketing. And if the iPhone does come to Sprint, as we expect, it will be on all three major carriers.  \n\nAn iPhone 4S might disappoint Apple fans for a short while -- but they will stand in line for weeks in front of the Apple store, as they invariably do. Apple will continue to sell iPhones like hotcakes, regardless of the name its carries.\n\n<hr/>\n<h2>Bonus: What the New iPhone May Look Like</h2>\n<hr/>\n\n      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone Evolution</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27801iPhone-Evolution\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone Evolution\" src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-evolution-iPad-like-metal-back-and-contour,-while-the-front-and-side-remain-similar-to-the-iPhone-4.-Designed-by-Polish-major-Midsailors-it-is-an-incremental-update-approach-to-the-iPhone-5..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Polish students designed this beauty, going with the curved back look. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>iPhone News Blog</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27797iPhone-News-Blog\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"iPhone News Blog\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-4g-mockup-von-rino0815.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This early mockup extrapolates from the current iPhone 4 design. It\'s a clean design -- one we\'d be happy to slip into a pocket. Found on the German <a href=\"http://www.iphone-news.org/2010/12/16/mockup-iphone-5-mit-4g-16722/\" >iPhone News Blog</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Nowhere Else</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27813Nowhere-Else\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Nowhere Else\" src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Those talented French artists at <a href=\"http://www.nowhereelse.fr/iphone-5-43523/\" ><em>Nowhere Else</em></a> envision the iPhone 5 having a rounded back, and accompanied this attractive illustration with an <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\" >entire infographic full of iPhone 5 rumors</a> and speculation. </p>      <br/>\n      <h4>9-to-5-Mac</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#277999to5Mac\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"9-to-5-Mac\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone-5-iphone-4s.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>On the left is allegedly the iPhone 5 in the hands of someone testing it on a train, and the white phone is allegedly the iPhone 4S, all found by <a href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/28/have-we-found-the-iphone-5/\" >9-to-5 Mac</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27811MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone5-4.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p><a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>\' mockup created by  <a href=\"http://www.ciccaresedesign.com/\" >CiccareseDesign</a> shows a slim cross section.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Antonello Falcon</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27815Antonello-Falcon\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Antonello Falcon\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/size-zero-iphone-5--This-is-conceptualized-by-Antonello-Falcon.-It-features-a-4.6-inch-display-with-curved-glass-edges,-in-a-thin-(8.4mm),-yet-longer-form-factor-and-a-soft-touch-home-button..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Size Zero iPhone 5,\" Antonello Falcon\'s flight of fancy has a 4.6-inch screen, curved glass edges, a thin 8.4mm cross-section and a soft-touch Home button. Perhaps this is more akin to an iPhone 6. Found on <a href=\"http://www.veterangeek.com/mobile/iphone-5-ipad-3-in-pictures/\" >VeteranGeek</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>This is My Next</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27791This-is-My-Next\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"This is My Next\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/ff100_V7l4H.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>This mockup from <a href=\"http://thisismynext.com/\" >ThisIsMyNext</a> has been floating around for a while, but it latched on early to the teardrop-shaped cross-section and larger screen.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Roman Sima</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27787Roman-Sima\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Roman Sima\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/The-glossy-iPhone-5-is-the-lightest-of-all-the-imaginative-concept-till-now-designed-by-Moldavian-designer-Roman-Sima-which-encapsulates-the-iPhone-within-a-showcase-plastic-cover.-This-is-the-reason-for-it-being-lighter..jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>Called the \"Glossy iPhone 5,\" this ultra-lightweight design features a plastic cover. <a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn9F9KaHSKs/TbKBIexve-I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ykp44wp4Ork/s1600/iPhone+5+CONCEPT.png\" >Here\'s Roman\'s website</a>.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>MacRumors</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27805MacRumors\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"MacRumors\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/iphone4-now5side-also-from-macRumors.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>From <a href=\"http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/\" >MacRumors</a>, this design echos the iPhone 4, but thinner.</p>      <br/>\n      <h4>Piotr Spalek</h4>\n      <br/>\n              <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/10/03/iphone-4s-apple/#27785Piotr-Spalek\"><img width=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"Piotr Spalek\" src=\"http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/iphone-5-mockups/Iphone-5-mockup.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/>\n      <p>When iDeals China leaked a shot of a 4-inch screen that was alleged to belong to an iPhone 5, Polish designer <a href=\"http://www.piotrek.it/\" >Piotr Spalek</a> put together a mockup that matched up with the screen.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/0/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/0/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"></img></a><br/>\n<a href=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/1/da\"><img src=\"http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XXTXz3MscL9g0CV8XKMltbXWk_w/1/di\" border=\"0\" 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And remember kids, the next time you\'re tempted with an unsightly accessory, just ask yourself WWJID: (what would <a\nhref=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive\" >Jony Ive</a> do?)<br/><h4><h2>1. <a\nhref=\"http://www.cultofmac.com/ridiculous-tv-hat-lets-you-watch-movies-on-your-iphone-hands-and-glare-free/38486\" >iPhone TV Hat</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#1-iPhone-TV-Hat\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cultofmac.com/ridiculous-tv-hat-lets-you-watch-movies-on-your-iphone-hands-and-glare-free/38486&quot;  TV Hat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/tv-hat.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>While no longer available, anyone who splashed the cash on this ridiculous contraption should have their purchasing decisions vetted from now on. And possibly lose the right to vote.</p> <br/><h4><h2>2. <a\nhref=\"http://shop.freehands.com/\" >Freehands Gloves</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#2-Freehands-Gloves\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.freehands.com/&quot;  Gloves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/ihand.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Oh look, it\'s <a\nhref=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(The_Addams_Family)\" >Thing!</a> No, it\'s cold climate handwear for the iAddicted. If you buy gloves on the basis of how well you can use your phone whilst wearing them, we think you might be a little <em>too</em> into it.</p> <br/><h4><h2>3. <a\nhref=\"http://www.marware.com/products/Game-Grip_2\" >Marware Game Grip</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#3-Marware-Game-Grip\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marware.com/products/Game-Grip_2&quot;  Game Grip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/media-nl_.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Want to make your iPhone look like something Batman might throw at a bad guy? Then this $40 add-on will sort you right out.</p> <br/><h4><h2>4. <a\nhref=\"http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/concealed_dork_permit_the_gadg.php\" >iPhone Gadget Holster</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#4-iPhone-Gadget-Holster\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/concealed_dork_permit_the_gadg.php&quot;  Gadget Holster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/eholster.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Thought it couldn\'t get worse than a belt clip? Then you need to see <a\nhref=http://www.eholster.com/egashho.html\n\" >e-Holster\'s</a> solution. Just don\'t get one!</p> <br/><h4><h2>5. <a\nhref=\"http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php\" >Stylus</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#5-Stylus\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/stylus.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>Apparently ideal for anyone with long nails, we call this a study in how to make your Apple device look like a WinMob handset circa 2005, and we\'ll file it under \"missing the point.\"</p> <br/><h4><h2>6. <a\nhref=\"http://www.hammacher.com/Product/78351?source=FROOGLE\" >Telephoto Lens</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#6-Telephoto-Lens\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hammacher.com/Product/78351?source=FROOGLE&quot;  Lens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/lens.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>If you want a camera with a gazillion times zoom, then go buy one, and not this absurd accessory.</p> <br/><h4><h2>7. <a\nhref=\"http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5083&page=1&cat=309\" >Hoodie</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#7-Hoodie\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5083&amp;page=1&amp;cat=309#&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/5083_10064.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>By all means get a case for your iPhone, but don\'t try and anthropomorphize it with clothing.</p> <br/><h4><h2>8. <a\nhref=\"http://www.atechflash.com/products-icarta.html\" >iCarta Toilet Roll Holder</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#8-iCarta-Toilet-Roll-Holder\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atechflash.com/products-icarta.html&quot;  Toilet Roll Holder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/pic-icarta-main.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We\'re almost lost for words with this one, however we would advise if you visit an acquaintance\'s powder room and it features the Stereo Dock for iPod/iPhone with \"Bath Tissue\" Holder, run away. Fast.</p> <br/><h4><h2>9. <a\nhref=\"http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ion-itype-full-size-iphone-keyboard-accessory-11-01-2010/\" >iType</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#9-iType\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ion-itype-full-size-iphone-keyboard-accessory-11-01-2010/&quot;  src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/itype.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We can see how a keyboard would work with the iPad, but it\'s overkill for the iPhone, which is likely why this effort from ION is no longer available.</p> <br/><h4><h2>10. <a\nhref=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/unsmecher/2518520064/\" >Windshield Wiper</a></h2></h4><br/> <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/#10-Windshield-Wiper\"><img\nwidth=\"400\" style=\"border:none;\" title=\"&lt;h2&gt;10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/unsmecher/2518520064/&quot;  Wiper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/gallery/bizarre-iphone-accessories/wind.jpg\" /></a><br/><br/><p>We <em>think</em> this was just a joke concept. We certainly hope so anyway.</p><hr/><h3>More Apple Resources from Mashable:<hr/></h3><blockquote> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/19/apple-ipad-wallpapers/\">10 Awesome Apple-Inspired iPad Wallpapers [PICS]</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/10-apple-facts/\">10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Apple</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/25/best-ipad-stands/\">10 Best Apple iPad Stands</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/01/ipod-speakers/\">10 Fun iPod Speakers for Listening in Style</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/06/free-iphone-ebook-readers/\">5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-book Reader Apps</a></blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JXiLrCjpyMM:UlW6ba8l97w:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/JXiLrCjpyMM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','10 Ridiculous iPhone Accessories [PICS]','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&amp;title=10%20Ridiculous%20iPhone%20Accessories%20%5BPICS%5D&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/03/crazy-iphone-accessories/&amp;title=10%20Ridiculous%20iPhone%20Accessories%20%5BPICS%5D&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>While there\'s no question that the <a href=\"http://www.mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> experience can be greatly improved by a few choice accessories -- a cool <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/01/ipod-speakers/\">speaker dock</a> and a <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/matching-iphone-ipad-cases/\">snazzy case</a>, for example -- there are companies out there that<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','1862-revision-20','','','2010-08-03 11:01:51','2010-08-03 11:01:51','',1862,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=2174',0,'revision','',0),(4795,10,'2010-09-20 11:26:34','2010-09-20 11:26:34','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gv-mobile-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gv-mobile-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385258\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The developer of another <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — \"GV Mobile +\" — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple\'s policy. Apple initially allowed Google Voice apps, but then <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/07/28/google-voice-banned/\">banned</a> them from the App Store because they \"duplicated\" existing iPhone features.Anyone familiar with <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Google Voice<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Google Voice</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Google Voice\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> knows that\'s not a fair assessment. The apps provided a completely different spin on said features (the phone dialer, text messaging and others) through the Google Voice service, which allows you to create and use a virtual phone number of your choosing, chock full of unusual extras not currently possible on most cell phones or land lines.Those features include the ability to listen in on voicemails as they\'re being recorded, digital transcription of voicemails and calls, and assigning different rules or voice greetings to different contacts.<a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/seankovacs\" >Sean Kovacs</a>, developer of <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=392608246&mt=\" >GV Mobile +</a> [iTunes link] assured everyone on <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Twitter<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Twitter</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> that the app is coming (it hasn\'t appeared just yet), and promised to make it free for the night if it starts trending.Like GV Connect, GV Mobile + is priced at $2.99 and <a\nhref=\"http://www.seankovacs.com/\" >supports</a> transcription and playback of voicemails, call initiation using your Google Voice number and most other features features you\'re looking for or have been using for a while if you have a jailbroken iPhone or an <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/android\">Android</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Android</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Android\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span> device.If Apple has really changed its policy on this, don\'t be surprised if you see a <em>lot</em> more of these coming.[Via <a\nhref=\"http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/18/gv-mobile-hits-the-app-store-finally/\" >The Boy Genius Report</a>]<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/2p2SoIXWqBw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Approves Another Google Voice App for iPhone','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&amp;title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>The developer of another <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — \"GV Mobile +\" — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple\'s policy.<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','4717-revision-18','','','2010-09-20 11:26:34','2010-09-20 11:26:34','',4717,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=4795',0,'revision','',0),(369,1,'2010-07-08 17:37:47','2010-07-08 17:37:47','<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Free!\" src=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/images/get_this_app_free_square.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"70\" /></p>\n<p>For the past few days IAR has gotten a bunch of review requests for iPhone 4 LED flashlights, apparently a booming market in the app store. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have the means to acquire Apple&#8217;s latest gadget, so I&#8217;m going to be giving away the promo codes in the comments for all you lucky iPhone 4 owners.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-flashlight-only-for-iphone/id380065570?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED Flashlight, only for iPhone 4</a></p>\n<p>The Flashlight App (For some reason, the iTunes Link Maker was screwing up on this one and wouldn&#8217;t give me the link. But rest assured, it&#8217;s a flashlight app.)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-ilight/id379785712?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED iLight</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-light-for-iphone-4/id379594214?mt=8&amp;uo=4\">LED Light for iPhone4</a></p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iPhoneAppReviews/~4/jmQi67vbvqc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Got an iPhone 4? Need a flashlight?','For the past few days IAR has gotten a bunch of review requests for iPhone 4 LED flashlights, apparently a booming market in the app store. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have the means to acquire Apple&#8217;s latest gadget, so I&#8217;m going to be giving away the promo codes in the comments for all you lucky iPhone [...]<hr /><a href=\"http://www.iphoneappreviews.net\">This post is from www.iPhoneAppReviews.net</a><hr />','inherit','open','open','','312-revision','','','2010-07-08 17:37:47','2010-07-08 17:37:47','',312,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=369',0,'revision','',0),(2478,5,'2010-08-11 19:44:44','2010-08-11 19:44:44','<center><div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/iphone-4-0-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-4-0-2\" width=\"596\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352924\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/></center>Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad, officially addressing the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/iphone-pdf-exploit-fix/\">security exploit</a> that was uncovered by the userland <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/jailbreak-iphone-4-video/\">iOS jailbreak</a>. <span\nid=\"more-352922\"></span> Aside from the security patches, it appears as if no other changes have been pushed out to either version of iOS. Apple\'s security documents for the <a\nhref=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291\" >iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292\" >iPad</a> further detail the changes.When the web-based iOS 4 jailbreak was released earlier this month, hackers and security experts were both impressed <em>and</em> distressed by the results. On the one hand, the work that went into developing the web-based jailbreak was extremely impressive. On the other hand, publication of the exploit created the potential for malware developers to exploit a user\'s phone using the PDF-based stack buffer overflow.If you have jailbroken your iPad or iPhone and want to install the upgrade, be aware that you will lose your jailbreak, unlock and any other non-authorized modifications after installing the update.<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/yRA8k5UqzfA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone and iPad Software Update Addresses Security Exploit','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad, officially addressing the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/iphone-pdf-exploit-fix/\">security exploit</a> that was uncovered by the userland <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/jailbreak-iphone-4-video/\">iOS jailbreak</a>. <span></span> Aside from the security patches,<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','2347-revision-10','','','2010-08-11 19:44:44','2010-08-11 19:44:44','',2347,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=2478',0,'revision','',0),(123,8,'2010-06-28 08:42:41','2010-06-28 08:42:41','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&title=Kindle%20for%20iPad%20and%20iPhone%20Gets%20Audio%20and%20Video%20Support&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&title=Kindle%20for%20iPad%20and%20iPhone%20Gets%20Audio%20and%20Video%20Support&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ipad-2up-top.jpg\" class=\"alignright\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Amazon has <a\nhref=\"http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1441976&highlight=\" >announced</a> support for embedded video and audio clips in its Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.The first books to take advantage of this new technology are Rick Steves\'s <em>London</em> and <em>Together We Cannot Fail</em> by Terry Golway.It\'s a tiny improvement, given the small number of titles that support audio and video embeds, but it has interesting implications. The Kindle experience is now officially more advanced on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> than on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/kindle\">Kindle</a>.Of course, the Kindle is a very different beast from the iPad; its e-ink screen aims, first and foremost, to make reading books an enjoyable, effortless experience. The iPad\'s screen, while far more advanced in other areas (at least in theory), is not so easy on the eyes, especially in longer reading sessions.Amazon is primarily interested in selling books --not devices -- and the company has long claimed that its strategy is not centered on a single <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/amazon-kindle-iphone/\">platform</a>. Still, one can\'t help feeling that the Kindle device now feels rusty compared to the iPad, even if one\'s primary reason for owning a tablet is to read e-books..<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=bB34Hg7vcYI:D02qU9Wq1A4:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=bB34Hg7vcYI:D02qU9Wq1A4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=bB34Hg7vcYI:D02qU9Wq1A4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/bB34Hg7vcYI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Kindle for iPad and iPhone Gets Audio and Video Support','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&amp;title=Kindle%20for%20iPad%20and%20iPhone%20Gets%20Audio%20and%20Video%20Support&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/kindle-ipad-audio-video/&amp;title=Kindle%20for%20iPad%20and%20iPhone%20Gets%20Audio%20and%20Video%20Support&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Amazon has <a href=\"http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1441976&amp;highlight=\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> support for embedded video and audio clips in its Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.The first books to take advantage of this new technology are Rick Steves\'s <em>London</em> and <em>Together</em><p>&#8230;</p>','publish','closed','closed','','kindle-for-ipad-and-iphone-gets-audio-and-video-support','','','2010-07-09 15:43:40','2010-07-09 15:43:40','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=315807',0,'post','',0),(430,5,'2010-07-09 15:46:07','2010-07-09 15:46:07','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&title=Is%20Apple%20Planning%20to%20Offer%20Streaming%20TV%20Episodes?&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&title=Is%20Apple%20Planning%20to%20Offer%20Streaming%20TV%20Episodes?&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/apple-tv-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple-tv-front\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-156363\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>More fuel has been added to the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/new-apple-t/\">overhauled Apple TV</a> rumor fire, the latest reports indicating that the company is looking to migrate from the download-to-own to a stream-to-rent model for its TV shows.Currently, Apple sells individual episodes for $1.99 (standard definition) and $2.99 (high definition). Shows are also available as full seasons or via a season pass. The current <a\nhref=\"http://newteevee.com/2010/07/08/new-apple-tv-will-push-99-cent-streaming-tv-rentals/\" >rumor</a> suggests that Apple is trying to negotiate the right to \"rent\" TV shows for $0.99 an episode. What\'s more, these episodes would be streamed off of the device rather than downloaded locally. <span\nid=\"more-326574\"></span> While streaming content as opposed to selling it as local downloads would fit in with the other aspects of the rumored <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-tv-ios/\">iOS-based Apple TV</a>, a rental system doesn\'t make any sense to us. Streaming content is typically sold as a monthly, all-access subscription or across multiple devices (a la Amazon.com), not individually by episode.While cable companies often offer recent episodes of network TV shows for rental via video-on-demand, even that model has shifted from paid to free. It just doesn\'t make sense to charge money to \"rent\" an individual episode of a TV show, especially if you\'re talking about sitcoms or animated content which has a run time of about twenty-one minutes.What we <em>can</em> see happening is Apple shifting its current TV strategy from download-to-own to stream-on-demand. By that, we mean that rather than downloading the file in iTunes or on the Apple TV and then transferring it to an iPod, iPad or iPhone, users instead would be able to stream the content from any device connected to their iTunes account. The trade-off would be that because content is streamed, connectivity would be required.If a stream-on-demand strategy were in place, that might be an interesting alternative to the all-you-can-eat offerings from <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/29/hulu-plus/\">Hulu Plus</a> or <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/netflix\">Netflix Watch Instantly</a>.We reached out to Apple for comment regarding the latest Apple TV rumors but have not yet heard back from the company.Would you be interested in stream-on-demand television episodes delivered by iTunes?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-pyV269vspw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Is Apple Planning to Offer Streaming TV Episodes?','<p>More fuel has been added to the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/new-apple-t/\">overhauled Apple TV</a> rumor fire, the latest reports indicating that the company is looking to migrate from the download-to-own to a stream-to-rent model for its TV shows.</p><p>Currently, Apple sells individual episodes&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','194-revision-5','','','2010-07-09 15:46:07','2010-07-09 15:46:07','',194,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=430',0,'revision','',0),(15073,73,'2011-09-07 13:07:38','2011-09-07 13:07:38','<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"390\" align=\"center\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/ia4joyGYG_A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nComedic songwriters <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/pantlessknights\" >Pantless Knights</a> are at it again with a new, tech-related tribute video honoring <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/steve-jobs/\">Steve Jobs</a>. \n\nThe video, produced by <a href=\"http://seedwell.com/\" >Seedwell</a>, re-works a popular Jay-Z song \"<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJjK3IV3E0&feature=youtu.be\" >What More Can I Say</a>\" from <em>The Black Album</em>. Pantless Knights\' \"<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/03/08/social-media-dorks/\">The New Dork</a>\" also parodied a Jay-Z track, \"Empire State of Mind.\"\n\nCheck out the above video \"We Are All Steve,\" in which several different people appear in Steve Jobs\'s signature look - glasses and a black turtleneck - rapping from Jobs\'s perspective about his global influence and general awesomeness. \n\nThe Pantless Knights don\'t exclusively rap about the tech world, but this isn\'t the first time they\'ve donned Jobs\'s garb. Way back in 2009, their spoof \"<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/12/28/im-on-a-mac/\">I\'m on a Mac</a>\" went viral and was viewed nearly 2 million times on <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/youtube/\">YouTube</a>.<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/video/\">Video</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashablevideo\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Video on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.video\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/video\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Video channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=VOH477gX514:gATWhdJUPu0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" 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href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/steve-jobs/\">Steve Jobs</a>. \n\nThe video, produced by <a href=\"http://seedwell.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Seedwe</a>&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15045-revision-7','','','2011-09-07 13:07:38','2011-09-07 13:07:38','',15045,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15073',0,'revision','',0),(15074,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. <p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer%E2%80%99s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi &#8212; of all things &#8212; may have been taken by Apple&#8217;s next-generation iPhon&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15067-revision-3','','','2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','',15067,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15074',0,'revision','',0),(8239,1,'2011-01-16 13:14:03','2011-01-16 13:14:03','.. until you\'ve read this <a href=\"http://help.agile.ws/1Password_touch/iOS_security_details.html\">iOS Security Details</a>.','Don’t encrypt device backups in iTunes','','publish','open','open','','ios-security-details','','','2011-01-16 13:18:31','2011-01-16 13:18:31','',0,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8239',0,'post','',0),(8240,1,'2011-01-16 13:14:03','2011-01-16 13:14:03','','iOS Security Details','','inherit','open','open','','8239-revision','','','2011-01-16 13:14:03','2011-01-16 13:14:03','',8239,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8240',0,'revision','',0),(8241,1,'2011-01-16 13:14:03','2011-01-16 13:14:03','<a href=\"http://help.agile.ws/1Password_touch/iOS_security_details.html\">iOS Security Details</a>.','iOS Security Details','','inherit','open','open','','8239-revision-2','','','2011-01-16 13:14:03','2011-01-16 13:14:03','',8239,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8241',0,'revision','',0),(8242,1,'2011-01-16 13:16:16','2011-01-16 13:16:16','.. until you\'ve read this <a href=\"http://help.agile.ws/1Password_touch/iOS_security_details.html\">iOS Security Details</a>.','Don\'t encrypt device backups in iTunes','','inherit','open','open','','8239-revision-3','','','2011-01-16 13:16:16','2011-01-16 13:16:16','',8239,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8242',0,'revision','',0),(8243,1,'2011-01-15 21:16:02','2011-01-15 21:16:02','<div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&title=5%20Clever%20iPhone%20Accessories%20That%20Make%20Gaming%20More%20Fun&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&service=bit.ly\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/e6dd_iphone_jackpot_slots_inuse1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"225\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-492937\" /></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>With thousands of great games in the App Store, there\'s no doubt that the iPhone is a pretty nifty handheld gaming device in its own right. But that\'s not to say the fun levels can\'t be upped with some ace accessories. \n\nWhether you want the feel of a real wheel for driving games, improved grip for fierce fragging action, or fun with some novelty docks, there are peripherals out there that can improve your experience. \n\nSee below for our selection of five fun add-ons for the iPhone and iPod touch that will enhance your iGaming. Don\'t forget to shout out any gaming accessories you enjoy with <em>your</em> iDevice in the comments. \n\n<hr><h2>1. <a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/e6dc/\" >iPhone Pinball Magic</a></hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gamese6dc_iphone_pinball.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"354\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492883\" />\n\n</center>\n\nIf you fancy yourself as a bit of a pinball wizard, then this novelty dock will be right up your alley. With a working ball-launching plunger and flipper buttons, the free companion <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinball-magic/id386227124?mt=8&uo=4\" >Pinball Magic app</a> offers several board layouts and game modes. As an added bonus, you can actually charge and sync your iPhone via USB when it\'s connected.\n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> $39.99\n\n\n<hr><h2>2. <a href=\"http://www.isound.net/gamewheel-for-iphones-and-ipod-touch.html\" >iSound GameWheel</a></hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dgipod-1537-game-wheel-for-.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"399\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492895\" />\n\n</center>\n\nWhether it\'s <em>Need for Speed Hot Pursuit</em> or <em>Cro-Mag Rally</em> you\'re racing on, you may find you perform better with a real wheel. The iSound GameWheel boasts an easy-to-use snap-in design and its rubberized grip will help you corner like you\'re on rails. \n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> $19.99\n\n\n<hr><h2>3. <a href=\"http://www.marware.com/products/IPod-touch-4G_2/SportGrip-Gamer-for-iPod-touch-4G\" >SportGrip Gamer for iPod Touch 4G</a></hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/marware.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493173\" />\n\n</center>\n\nCreated for the \"serious gaming enthusiast,\" the SportGrip Gamer case is tailor-made for the iPod touch 4G. The case features two loops on the back that can be pulled outward so that your fingers can hook through them, giving you a better grip and freeing up your thumbs for some hardcore handheld gaming action.\n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> $24.99\n\n\n<hr><h2>4. <a href=\"http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Psyclone+-+Thumbies+Button+Gaming+Controls+for+Apple&%23174;+iPhone&%23174;+3GS+and+4/1240224.p?id=1218240383516&skuId=1240224&st=Psyclone%20-%20Thumbies&cp=1&lp=2\" >Psyclone Thumbies</a></hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/7974865_8318468_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"398\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492909\" />\n\n</center>\n\nThese are aimed at anyone who feels like they\'re not really gaming unless their thumbs are hitting buttons. The Thumbies suction onto your iPhone\'s screen where the virtual buttons in games are located and give you a more tactile experience. \n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> $19.99\n\n\n<hr><h2>5. <a href=\"http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/e6dd/#tabs\" >iPhone Jackpot Slots</a></hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gamese6dd_iphone_jackpot_slots.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"260\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492881\" />\n\n</center>\n\nIn addition to charging your iPhone, this fun docking station will turn an iPhone into a working one-armed bandit that plays one of five different games thanks to the free companion <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jackpot-slots/id374063574?mt=8&uo=4\" >Jackpot Slots app</a>. As with the real deal, you pull the handle down to play. Just don\'t expect any nickels to come pouring out -- there\'s no app for that just yet. \n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> $39.99\n\n\n<hr><h2>COMING SOON: Mophie Pulse</hr></h2>\n<hr></hr>\n\n\n<center><img src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mophie-pulse.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mophie pulse best cool fun iphone ipod touch games gaming accessories add-ons peripherals \" width=\"386\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493167\" />\n\n</center>\n\nJust announced at CES 2011, iPod touch owners should look out for the Mophie Pulse, as it promises to give your portable gaming real kick. Besides boosting the audio, the Pulse will add some haptic feedback (vibration buzz generated from sound) to your gameplay, making gaming on the touch even more immersive. \n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> TBD (reports suggest approx $100) \n\n\n<hr /><h3>More iPhone Resources from Mashable</a></h3><hr />\n\n<blockquote>\n- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/29/zombie-iphone-games/\">4 Frighteningly Fun Zombie iPhone Games</a>\n- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/17/ipad-games-iphone-controller/\">3 Innovative iPad Games That Use the iPhone as a Controller</a>\n- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/21/classic-games-iphone/\">10 Classic PC Games That Found New Life on the iPhone</a>\n- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/27/arcade-games-iphone/\">5 Awesome Arcade Games for the iPhone</a>\n- <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/12/free-iphone-word-games/\">Top 10 Free iPhone Word Games</a>\n</blockquote><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=JEzJueD-yhQ:pjPRNc879cE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/JEzJueD-yhQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','5 Clever iPhone Accessories That Make Gaming More Fun','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&amp;title=5%20Clever%20iPhone%20Accessories%20That%20Make%20Gaming%20More%20Fun&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/iphone-gaming-accessories/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a>With thousands of great games in the App Store, there\'s no doubt that the iPhone is a pretty nifty handheld gaming device in its own right. But&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','8100-revision-5','','','2011-01-15 21:16:02','2011-01-15 21:16:02','',8100,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=8243',0,'revision','',0),(434,5,'2010-07-09 15:46:07','2010-07-09 15:46:07','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&title=Is%20Apple%20Planning%20to%20Offer%20Streaming%20TV%20Episodes?&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/apple-tv-streaming-tv/&title=Is%20Apple%20Planning%20to%20Offer%20Streaming%20TV%20Episodes?&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/apple-tv-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"apple-tv-front\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-156363\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>More fuel has been added to the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/new-apple-t/\">overhauled Apple TV</a> rumor fire, the latest reports indicating that the company is looking to migrate from the download-to-own to a stream-to-rent model for its TV shows.Currently, Apple sells individual episodes for $1.99 (standard definition) and $2.99 (high definition). Shows are also available as full seasons or via a season pass. The current <a\nhref=\"http://newteevee.com/2010/07/08/new-apple-tv-will-push-99-cent-streaming-tv-rentals/\" >rumor</a> suggests that Apple is trying to negotiate the right to \"rent\" TV shows for $0.99 an episode. What\'s more, these episodes would be streamed off of the device rather than downloaded locally. <span\nid=\"more-326574\"></span> While streaming content as opposed to selling it as local downloads would fit in with the other aspects of the rumored <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-tv-ios/\">iOS-based Apple TV</a>, a rental system doesn\'t make any sense to us. Streaming content is typically sold as a monthly, all-access subscription or across multiple devices (a la Amazon.com), not individually by episode.While cable companies often offer recent episodes of network TV shows for rental via video-on-demand, even that model has shifted from paid to free. It just doesn\'t make sense to charge money to \"rent\" an individual episode of a TV show, especially if you\'re talking about sitcoms or animated content which has a run time of about twenty-one minutes.What we <em>can</em> see happening is Apple shifting its current TV strategy from download-to-own to stream-on-demand. By that, we mean that rather than downloading the file in iTunes or on the Apple TV and then transferring it to an iPod, iPad or iPhone, users instead would be able to stream the content from any device connected to their iTunes account. The trade-off would be that because content is streamed, connectivity would be required.If a stream-on-demand strategy were in place, that might be an interesting alternative to the all-you-can-eat offerings from <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/29/hulu-plus/\">Hulu Plus</a> or <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/netflix\">Netflix Watch Instantly</a>.We reached out to Apple for comment regarding the latest Apple TV rumors but have not yet heard back from the company.Would you be interested in stream-on-demand television episodes delivered by iTunes?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-pyV269vspw:m7m8Qk3upyI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-pyV269vspw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Is Apple Planning to Offer Streaming TV Episodes?','<p>More fuel has been added to the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/new-apple-t/\">overhauled Apple TV</a> rumor fire, the latest reports indicating that the company is looking to migrate from the download-to-own to a stream-to-rent model for its TV shows.</p><p>Currently, Apple sells individual episodes&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','194-revision-6','','','2010-07-09 15:46:07','2010-07-09 15:46:07','',194,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=434',0,'revision','',0),(130,1,'2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a 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14:20:15','<div>\n<div>\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"&gt;<a>\nhref=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/&gt;</a><a>\nclass=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /&gt;</a><a>\nshare_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /&gt;</a><a>\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /&gt;</a></div>\n<div>\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"&gt;<img alt=\"\" />\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /&gt;</div>\n<div>\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"&gt;</div>\n</div>\nResolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\"&gt;iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span>\nid=\"more-325934\"&gt;</span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\"&gt;netbooks</a> has been <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\"&gt;discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\"&gt;outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a>\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" &gt;Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.\n\n<hr />\n/&gt;\n<h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2>\n<hr />\n/&gt;The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.\n\n<img alt=\"\" />\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /&gt;The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a>\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" &gt;Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\"&gt;Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.\n\n<hr />\n/&gt;\n<h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2>\n<hr />\n/&gt;The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes &amp; Noble and Amazon recently <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\"&gt;slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\"&gt;lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.\n\n<hr />\n/&gt;\n<h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2>\n<hr />\n/&gt;One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.\n\n<img alt=\"\" />\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /&gt;Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.\n\n<hr />\n/&gt;\n<h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2>\n<hr />\n/&gt;According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.\n\n<img alt=\"\" />\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /&gt;We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.\n\n<hr />\n/&gt;\n<h2>Your Thoughts</h2>\n<hr />\n/&gt;What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"&gt;<em>For more <a>\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\"&gt;Apple</a> coverage:</em>\n<ul>\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"&gt;\n	<li><a>\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li>\n	<li><a>\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li>\n	<li><a>\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li>\n	<li>Download our free apps for <a>\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;iPhone</a> and <a>\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;iPad</a></li>\n</ul>\n<div class=\"feedflare\"><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a></div>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<p>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.</p><p>The study, which was conducted&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','100-autosave','','','2010-07-09 14:20:15','2010-07-09 14:20:15','',100,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=131',0,'revision','',0),(132,1,'2010-07-07 21:15:57','2010-07-07 21:15:57','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&title=Apple%20Makes%20MobileMe%20More%20Cloud%20and%20iPad-Friendly&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/mobileme-calendar-idisk/&title=Apple%20Makes%20MobileMe%20More%20Cloud%20and%20iPad-Friendly&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mobileme-calendar-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mobileme-calendar-top\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325040\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Apple has updated its <a\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/tag/mobileme\">MobileMe</a> service to include a new calendar interface and an iPad-friendly version of its iDisk iOS app.<span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>MobileMe<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/348225-MobileMe\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/348225-MobileMe.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>MobileMe</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"MobileMe\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span>, which is basically Google Apps meets <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Dropbox<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336966-Dropbox\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336966-Dropbox.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Dropbox</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Dropbox\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> in a shiny wrapper, has been getting a visual overhaul over the last few months. Back in May, Apple re-designed the <a\nhref=\"http://blog.graphicpeel.com/post/603822166/mobileme-mail-beta-a-visual-walkthrough\" >webmail interface</a> for MobileMe, making it look very similar to the Mail app on the iPad. That update, along with a new <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/18/find-my-iphone-2/\">Find My iPhone</a> app for the iPhone and iPad, was released last month. <span\nid=\"more-325026\"></span> The <a\nhref=\"http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2010/07/preview-the-new-mobileme-calendar-beta.html\" title=\"Apple - MobileMe - News - Preview the New MobileMe Calendar Beta\" >new calendar interface</a>, which is currently in beta, also takes major design cues from the iPad. The layout is almost identical to that of the Calendar app on Apple\'s tablet device. Personally, I think the iPad calendar is absolutely brilliant, which makes the web update a welcome change.Additionally, the new calendar will support sharing with family and friends who are also MobileMe members. You can also publish read-only calendars that can be viewed by anyone. Basically what this means is that MobileMe will now have the calendar sharing and publishing features that <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Google Calendar<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602112-Google-Calendar\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/602112-Google-Calendar.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>Google Calendar</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Google Calendar\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> and other CalDAV based solutions have had for some time.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mobile-me-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mobile-me-calendar\" width=\"522\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325042\" /></center>Because MobileMe will support CalDAV, you can also invite people to events within MobileMe and people can RSVP right back.Because the web app was built in HTML5, it will work on your Mac or <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Windows<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/574203-Windows\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/574203-Windows.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Windows</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Windows\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> desktop, as well as your iPhone and iPad. And since the events are all CalDAV, they will also work seamlessly with Google Calendar users.Apple has supported CalDAV for a number of years in its desktop calendar app (its iPhone and iPad calendars are also compatible with CalDAV calendars and shared events), which makes it odd that this functionality was not already built into MobileMe. While MobileMe has always been able to synchronize calendars across devices, including iCal and Google Calendar files, you haven\'t been able to share or synchronize calendars the same way you could with Google Calendar or with your own iCal server.This is just one more sign that Apple is starting to take a more serious approach toward the cloud, using MobileMe as a catch-all for managing and synchronizing users\' data.If you want to sign-up for the MobileMe Calendar beta, you can request an invite at <a\nhref=\"http://www.me.com/calendar/\" >me.com/calendar</a>. You will get an e-mail when you are accepted into the beta. Apple will add users to the beta in order of request over the next few weeks.<hr\n/><h2>iDisk Gets iPad Support</h2><hr\n/>Apple has also <a\nhref=\"http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2010/07/idisk-app-updated-for-ipad.html\" title=\"Apple - MobileMe - News - iDisk App updated for iPad\" >updated</a> the <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobileme-idisk/id320654497?mt=8\" >iDisk app</a> [iTunes link] to support not only the iPad, but also multitasking and quick app-switching in iOS 4.Having iDisk work natively on the iPad is a big deal because that means that sharing or saving files between devices is easier than ever. Although other applications like GoodReader have provided access to iDisk, having the app work natively on the iPad is great.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/idisk-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"idisk-ipad\" width=\"527\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325044\" /></center>That said, the app still needs some work. Actually adding files that are already on your iPhone or iPad is still more difficult than it needs to be and while third-party apps like QuickOffice for iPad can save files directly to an iDisk, Apple\'s own <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Pages<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634619-pages\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/634619-pages.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-09\"><span>pages</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_09.png?1265851550\" alt=\"pages\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> app can\'t.The iDisk app is a free download for MobileMe members. 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wp-image-313205\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>While there\'s no <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> app that can help you avoid hitting your thumb with a hammer, falling off a ladder or stepping in a tray of paint, certain apps can be a useful addition to your tool kit when attempting some DIY projects.Here are five great apps that will assist you in illumination, estimation, decoration, organization and for those green-thumbed folk among you, even propagation. So grab your safety goggles and strap on the tool belt -- handyman help awaits.<hr\n/><h2>1. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colorsnap/id316256242?mt=8&uo=4\" >Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap </a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/colosnap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313183\" /></center>iPhone owners are privy to a large number of fantastic color-related apps, but this is our top choice for the DIYer as it offers some practical features. Say you\'re out just living your life and suddenly you spot the exact shade (or shades) you\'d love to decorate your kitchen with. Just snap a picture of the hue and this app will help you match it to the nearest Sherwin-Williams paint color.You can also take the selected color and create a custom palette either based on your own choices, or from auto-generated suggestions. If you want a second opinion on your selected palette, you can share it via e-mail or <a\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/category/facebook\">Facebook</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Facebook</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span>, and then once you\'ve made your final choice, the app offers map-based store locations and directions so you can go and purchase the Vogue Green and Java Brown you have your heart set on.It goes without saying that the color representations (or matches) on the iPhone will depend on the quality of the light, and the paint may not be <em>exactly</em> the same as you\'ve been seeing on your phone\'s display. But it\'s a free, high-tech alternative to endless sample strips, and a great way to record a favored shade on the go and match it to real-life products.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free<hr\n/><h2>2. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kad-software/id338648928?uo=4\" >KAD Software\'s Estimation Apps</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/estimate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313185\" /></center>If you\'re the type who can look at a wall, squint convincingly and suck in a breath before stating, with absolute confidence, \"we\'ll need 267 six by six tiles,\" then skip these apps. But for anyone else who\'s not a born guesstimator or mathlete, stay right here, as KAD Software\'s apps might be of great help.The company offers a bunch of estimation apps for all aspects of home improvement. Whether you need to know how many rolls of wallpaper you need, or how many cans of paint, or how much lumber, acoustic ceiling, sheathing, asphalt, and so on, these $0.99 apps are great.There are free online tools that can help you with estimation needs, but if you\'re in middle of Home Depot staring blankly at your room dimensions scribbled on a scrap of paper, you might want a slightly more portable solution that\'s going to give you an accurate estimate.<strong>Cost: </strong> $0.99 per app<hr\n/><h2>3. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-tools/id348786903?mt=8&uo=4\" >Real Tools</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tools.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"622\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313187\" /></center>First, we are not suggesting that \"Real Tools\" can replace your 18-inch Waterloo steel split-lid cantilever tool box with its precious cargo, but it could help you out in a fix.With 18 \"tools\" in total, (16 of which work with later models of the iPod touch) the most useful are a ruler, the spirit level, flashlight, various digital angle gauges, a virtual tape measure and a plumb bob.The claim from the developers is that if you wanted to buy all the tools included in this app in the real world it would set you back $1,200.00. We\'re not sure about that, but what we can say is that the app looks, feels, and sounds good. Also, the tools we did test as per the list above, worked perfectly.<strong>Cost: </strong> $1.99<hr\n/><h2>4. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/task-this/id352212682?mt=8&uo=4\" >Task This</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/task.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313189\" /></center>Keeping a project on track can be half the battle for those of us that are less than motivated to really do it ourselves. So a project management app that can send you timely reminders to get to it, might be just what you need to turn your project from in-progress to ticked off the to-do list.Task This is a really good place to start because its design and categories works really well for a DIY project.There\'s more to this app than we\'re going to cover here (especially when you take into account the web sync options with <a\nhref=\"http://www.task-this.com\" >www.task-this.com</a>) but as far as home improvement planning goes, we\'re interested in the app\'s \"projects,\" shopping\" and \"reminders\" functionality.As you\'d imagine, \"shopping\" lets you create lists of items associated to your projects, or standalone lists as well. Projects can be created with time parameters, status indicators and priority settings, and reminders can be set via push notifications (which will appear in the app\'s calendar) to alert you at key points throughout.As a free app, it\'s rather good-looking and as comprehensive as many paid options out there.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free<hr\n/><h2>5. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id361323098?mt=8&uo=4\" >Gardening Toolkit</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313191\" /></center>If you\'re lucky enough to have a garden, then this app will help you make the most of it by providing detailed info and advice on planting and care for over 800 varieties of herbs, flowers and vegetables.For novice gardeners, this handy app will keep you from planting some kind of flimsy fern suited to more tropical climates if you happen to reside in Chicago, by taking your geographical area\'s climate into account and letting you know what will grow best.Once you\'ve narrowed down what you want to plant, you can read up on advice, set yourself a to-do list and then create your own garden profile by picking plants from the searchable database.  It\'s a great at-a-glance look at what\'s growing, basic care info, and your own notes.In addition, a colorful interface offers great photography, while the by-the-month advice section (e.g., August: It\'s easy to get distracted by the long summer days, but the garden still needs attention...) will provide new gardeners with time-tailored suggestions on what needs doing in the manner of a kindly, green-thumbed aunt.<strong>Cost: </strong> $3.99<hr/><h3>More iPhone resources from Mashable:<hr/></h3><blockquote> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/iphone-apps-gardening/\">10 Great iPhone Apps for Growing a Garden</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/05/world-cup-iphone-apps/\">Top 6 Free World Cup iPhone Apps</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/06/free-iphone-ebook-readers/\">5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-book Reader Apps</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/03/26/money-saving-iphone-apps/\">10 Essential Money-Saving iPhone Apps</a> - 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/></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/iphone-apps-home-improvement/&title=5%20Handy%20iPhone%20Apps%20for%20Home%20Improvement&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/diy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best great iphone ipod apps diy home improvement \" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-313205\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>While there\'s no <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> app that can help you avoid hitting your thumb with a hammer, falling off a ladder or stepping in a tray of paint, certain apps can be a useful addition to your tool kit when attempting some DIY projects.Here are five great apps that will assist you in illumination, estimation, decoration, organization and for those green-thumbed folk among you, even propagation. So grab your safety goggles and strap on the tool belt -- handyman help awaits.<hr\n/><h2>1. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colorsnap/id316256242?mt=8&uo=4\" >Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap </a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/colosnap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313183\" /></center>iPhone owners are privy to a large number of fantastic color-related apps, but this is our top choice for the DIYer as it offers some practical features. Say you\'re out just living your life and suddenly you spot the exact shade (or shades) you\'d love to decorate your kitchen with. Just snap a picture of the hue and this app will help you match it to the nearest Sherwin-Williams paint color.You can also take the selected color and create a custom palette either based on your own choices, or from auto-generated suggestions. If you want a second opinion on your selected palette, you can share it via e-mail or <a\nhref=\"http://www.mashable.com/category/facebook\">Facebook</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336650-Facebook.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Facebook</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span>, and then once you\'ve made your final choice, the app offers map-based store locations and directions so you can go and purchase the Vogue Green and Java Brown you have your heart set on.It goes without saying that the color representations (or matches) on the iPhone will depend on the quality of the light, and the paint may not be <em>exactly</em> the same as you\'ve been seeing on your phone\'s display. But it\'s a free, high-tech alternative to endless sample strips, and a great way to record a favored shade on the go and match it to real-life products.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free<hr\n/><h2>2. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kad-software/id338648928?uo=4\" >KAD Software\'s Estimation Apps</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/estimate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313185\" /></center>If you\'re the type who can look at a wall, squint convincingly and suck in a breath before stating, with absolute confidence, \"we\'ll need 267 six by six tiles,\" then skip these apps. But for anyone else who\'s not a born guesstimator or mathlete, stay right here, as KAD Software\'s apps might be of great help.The company offers a bunch of estimation apps for all aspects of home improvement. Whether you need to know how many rolls of wallpaper you need, or how many cans of paint, or how much lumber, acoustic ceiling, sheathing, asphalt, and so on, these $0.99 apps are great.There are free online tools that can help you with estimation needs, but if you\'re in middle of Home Depot staring blankly at your room dimensions scribbled on a scrap of paper, you might want a slightly more portable solution that\'s going to give you an accurate estimate.<strong>Cost: </strong> $0.99 per app<hr\n/><h2>3. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-tools/id348786903?mt=8&uo=4\" >Real Tools</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tools.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"622\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313187\" /></center>First, we are not suggesting that \"Real Tools\" can replace your 18-inch Waterloo steel split-lid cantilever tool box with its precious cargo, but it could help you out in a fix.With 18 \"tools\" in total, (16 of which work with later models of the iPod touch) the most useful are a ruler, the spirit level, flashlight, various digital angle gauges, a virtual tape measure and a plumb bob.The claim from the developers is that if you wanted to buy all the tools included in this app in the real world it would set you back $1,200.00. We\'re not sure about that, but what we can say is that the app looks, feels, and sounds good. Also, the tools we did test as per the list above, worked perfectly.<strong>Cost: </strong> $1.99<hr\n/><h2>4. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/task-this/id352212682?mt=8&uo=4\" >Task This</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/task.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313189\" /></center>Keeping a project on track can be half the battle for those of us that are less than motivated to really do it ourselves. So a project management app that can send you timely reminders to get to it, might be just what you need to turn your project from in-progress to ticked off the to-do list.Task This is a really good place to start because its design and categories works really well for a DIY project.There\'s more to this app than we\'re going to cover here (especially when you take into account the web sync options with <a\nhref=\"http://www.task-this.com\" >www.task-this.com</a>) but as far as home improvement planning goes, we\'re interested in the app\'s \"projects,\" shopping\" and \"reminders\" functionality.As you\'d imagine, \"shopping\" lets you create lists of items associated to your projects, or standalone lists as well. Projects can be created with time parameters, status indicators and priority settings, and reminders can be set via push notifications (which will appear in the app\'s calendar) to alert you at key points throughout.As a free app, it\'s rather good-looking and as comprehensive as many paid options out there.<strong>Cost: </strong> Free<hr\n/><h2>5. <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id361323098?mt=8&uo=4\" >Gardening Toolkit</a></h2><hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"best iphone apps diy home improvement \" width=\"615\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-313191\" /></center>If you\'re lucky enough to have a garden, then this app will help you make the most of it by providing detailed info and advice on planting and care for over 800 varieties of herbs, flowers and vegetables.For novice gardeners, this handy app will keep you from planting some kind of flimsy fern suited to more tropical climates if you happen to reside in Chicago, by taking your geographical area\'s climate into account and letting you know what will grow best.Once you\'ve narrowed down what you want to plant, you can read up on advice, set yourself a to-do list and then create your own garden profile by picking plants from the searchable database.  It\'s a great at-a-glance look at what\'s growing, basic care info, and your own notes.In addition, a colorful interface offers great photography, while the by-the-month advice section (e.g., August: It\'s easy to get distracted by the long summer days, but the garden still needs attention...) will provide new gardeners with time-tailored suggestions on what needs doing in the manner of a kindly, green-thumbed aunt.<strong>Cost: </strong> $3.99<hr/><h3>More iPhone resources from Mashable:<hr/></h3><blockquote> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/iphone-apps-gardening/\">10 Great iPhone Apps for Growing a Garden</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/05/world-cup-iphone-apps/\">Top 6 Free World Cup iPhone Apps</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/06/free-iphone-ebook-readers/\">5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-book Reader Apps</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/03/26/money-saving-iphone-apps/\">10 Essential Money-Saving iPhone Apps</a> - 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src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\noriginal=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" align=\"right\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good news for users experiencing the problem. Apple claims it has erroneously calculated the formula which displays signal bars on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>iPhone</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span>, and therefore the iPhone has been showing <strong>too many bars</strong> in areas with weak signal strength. <span\nid=\"more-321020\"></span> Here\'s how Apple explains it:<blockquote>\"Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.\"</blockquote>Unfortunately, this seems like Apple is only acknowledging one part of the problem. Anandtech\'s in-depth analysis showed that the signal drop when you grip the iPhone 4 by its lower-right side is <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-reception-indepth/\">very real</a>. Therefore, Apple\'s fix probably won\'t fix that part -- arguably the biggest part -- of the problem, and will merely make the iPhone 4 <strong>display fewer bars</strong> in weak signal areas.Interestingly enough, Apple claims the miscalculation was present \"since the original iPhone,\" so the fix will apply to older generation iPhones as well.Official announcement below:<blockquote>\"Dear iPhone 4 Users,The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple\'s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don\'t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.To fix this, we are adopting AT&T\'s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone\'s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4\'s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Apple Store<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Apple Store</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Apple Store\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.Thank you for your patience and support.Apple\"</blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/AYbr1-ZzwGY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple to Deploy Software Fix for iPhone Glitch','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','110-revision','','','2010-07-02 12:46:20','2010-07-02 12:46:20','',110,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=134',0,'revision','',0),(180,8,'2010-07-09 14:30:46','2010-07-09 14:30:46','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\noriginal=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-260.jpg\" align=\"right\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good news for users experiencing the problem. Apple claims it has erroneously calculated the formula which displays signal bars on the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone/\">iPhone</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/469362-iPhone.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>iPhone</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span>, and therefore the iPhone has been showing <strong>too many bars</strong> in areas with weak signal strength. <span\nid=\"more-321020\"></span> Here\'s how Apple explains it:<blockquote>\"Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.\"</blockquote>Unfortunately, this seems like Apple is only acknowledging one part of the problem. Anandtech\'s in-depth analysis showed that the signal drop when you grip the iPhone 4 by its lower-right side is <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-reception-indepth/\">very real</a>. Therefore, Apple\'s fix probably won\'t fix that part -- arguably the biggest part -- of the problem, and will merely make the iPhone 4 <strong>display fewer bars</strong> in weak signal areas.Interestingly enough, Apple claims the miscalculation was present \"since the original iPhone,\" so the fix will apply to older generation iPhones as well.Official announcement below:<blockquote>\"Dear iPhone 4 Users,The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple\'s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don\'t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.To fix this, we are adopting AT&T\'s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone\'s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4\'s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Apple Store<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/590222-Apple-Store.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Apple Store</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Apple Store\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.Thank you for your patience and support.Apple\"</blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=AYbr1-ZzwGY:Xgfvo1oaNEQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/AYbr1-ZzwGY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple to Deploy Software Fix for iPhone Glitch','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/apple-admits-iphone-4-issue/&amp;title=Apple%20to%20Deploy%20Software%20Fix%20for%20iPhone%20Glitch&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. There\'s a catch, though.Apple\'s promised fix may not be good<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','110-revision-3','','','2010-07-09 14:30:46','2010-07-09 14:30:46','',110,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=180',0,'revision','',0),(422,5,'2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','100-revision-19','','','2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','',100,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=422',0,'revision','',0),(15081,25,'2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','<center><div><div style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a  href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/stumbleupon.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer&#8217;s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&related=true&style=true\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/themes/v7/img/share-buttons/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<a  href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&service=bit.ly&source=mashable\"><img style=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\" align=\"right\"/></a></div><div style=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img src=\"http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-sushi-photo-640.jpg\"></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>\n\n</center>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi -- of all things -- may have been taken by Apple\'s next-generation iPhone.\n\nThe photo would be one of the first <a href=\"http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5\">iPhone 5</a> photos to reach the public as the device\'s launch approaches.\n\nThe photo, titled \"lunch\" and discovered by <a href=\"http://pocketnow.com/iphone/iphone-5-first-test-photo\" ><em>PocketNow</em></a>, was found on the Flickr account of Apple software engineer Anton D\'Auria. While the photo looks like a simple plate of sushi, its EXIF data reveals that there is more to this photo than meets the eye.\n\n<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/04/02/iphone-5-rumors-3/\">iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>\n\nThe EXIF data says the photo was taken with an iPhone 4, but several things don\'t fit with what we know about that version of the iPhone. First, the original picture was taken with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution (approximately 8 megapixels) and cropped to 2235x2291 (approximately 5 megapixels). The iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel device, so it wouldn\'t be capable of taking a 3264x2448 photo. \n\nThe second piece of evidence is that the photo was taken with a 4.3mm f/2.4 lens. The iPhone 4 has a 3.85mm f/2.8 lens.\n\nThe photo was also likely taken at Apple HQ. Its GPS data pinpoints the photo\'s origin to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, CA -- which, as every geek knows, happens to be the address of Apple headquarters.\n\nD\'Auria\'s Flickr account has since been made private, but the image is already widely available online. While it\'s possible the image is a fake (EXIF data can be altered rather easily), we doubt an Apple engineer would make so many EXIF changes to an iPhone 4 picture. If the photo is indeed from an iPhone 5, expect an 8MP camera with the quality of a point-and-shoot on iPhones in the next month or so. <p style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tech/\">Tech &amp; Gadgets</a> coverage:</i><ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"xoxo\"><li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/mashabletech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Tech &amp; Gadgets on Twitter</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/tech\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Tech &amp; Gadgets channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/mashable-android-app/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-mac/id412390413?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac</a>, <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=NlzL-XIK2hg:-shY3-xHsKg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/NlzL-XIK2hg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?text=sdasdasd&amp;url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;title=iPhone%205%20Sushi%20Snap?%20Apple%20Engineer%E2%80%99s%20Lunch%20Photo%20Fuels%20Speculation&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;src=sp\"></a>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2011/09/07/iphone-5-sushi-photo/&amp;service=bit.ly&amp;source=mashable\"></a>\n\nEvidence is mounting that a photo of a plate of sushi &#8212; of all things &#8212; may have been taken by Apple&#8217;s next-generation iPhon&#8230;','inherit','open','open','','15067-revision-9','','','2011-09-07 18:31:08','2011-09-07 18:31:08','',15067,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=15081',0,'revision','',0),(424,5,'2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a 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src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','100-revision-20','','','2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','',100,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=424',0,'revision','',0),(4779,10,'2010-09-20 05:10:30','2010-09-20 05:10:30','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/google-voice-iphone-apps/&title=Apple%20Approves%20Another%20Google%20Voice%20App%20for%20iPhone&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gv-mobile-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gv-mobile-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385258\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>The developer of another <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — \"GV Mobile +\" — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple\'s policy. Apple initially allowed Google Voice apps, but then <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/07/28/google-voice-banned/\">banned</a> them from the App Store because they \"duplicated\" existing iPhone features.Anyone familiar with <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Google Voice<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/394640-Google-Voice.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-05\"><span>Google Voice</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_05.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Google Voice\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> knows that\'s not a fair assessment. The apps provided a completely different spin on said features (the phone dialer, text messaging and others) through the Google Voice service, which allows you to create and use a virtual phone number of your choosing, chock full of unusual extras not currently possible on most cell phones or land lines.Those features include the ability to listen in on voicemails as they\'re being recorded, digital transcription of voicemails and calls, and assigning different rules or voice greetings to different contacts.<a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/seankovacs\" >Sean Kovacs</a>, developer of <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=392608246&mt=\" >GV Mobile +</a> [iTunes link] assured everyone on <span\nclass=\'blippr-nobr\'>Twitter<span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336651-Twitter.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Twitter</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span></span> that the app is coming (it hasn\'t appeared just yet), and promised to make it free for the night if it starts trending.Like GV Connect, GV Mobile + is priced at $2.99 and <a\nhref=\"http://www.seankovacs.com/\" >supports</a> transcription and playback of voicemails, call initiation using your Google Voice number and most other features features you\'re looking for or have been using for a while if you have a jailbroken iPhone or an <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/android\">Android</a><span\nclass=\"blippr-nobr\"><a\nhref=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android\"  rel=\"http://www.blippr.com/apps/336868-Android.whtml\" class=\"blippr-inline-smiley blippr-inline-smiley-07\"><span>Android</span><img\nclass=\'wp-smiley\' src=\"http://netdna.blippr.com/images/inline-face_07.png?1265851550\" alt=\"Android\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" /></a></span> device.If Apple has really changed its policy on this, don\'t be surprised if you see a <em>lot</em> more of these coming.[Via <a\nhref=\"http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/18/gv-mobile-hits-the-app-store-finally/\" >The Boy Genius Report</a>]<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=2p2SoIXWqBw:C3--Tu9SbkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/2p2SoIXWqBw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','Apple Approves Another Google Voice App for iPhone','<p>The developer of another <a href=\"http://mashable.com/tag/google-voice\">Google Voice</a> app for <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/iphone\">iPhone</a> — &#8220;GV Mobile +&#8221; — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/09/17/google-voice-app-store-return/\">GV Connect</a> appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple&#8217;s policy. Apple initially&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','4717-revision-15','','','2010-09-20 05:10:30','2010-09-20 05:10:30','',4717,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=4779',0,'revision','',0),(460,23,'2010-07-11 17:02:53','2010-07-11 17:02:53','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&title=50+%20iPad%20Resources%20You%20Might%20Have%20Missed&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&title=50+%20iPad%20Resources%20You%20Might%20Have%20Missed&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/gagail_430xn-141741576EDIT.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"ipad gaga Image\"></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad/\">iPad</a> is the little device that could. Any scepticism about Apple\'s tablet technology was largely erased as the iPad took touchscreen technology to a larger, more robust high.We\'ve tracked the iPad through its first months in public hands with a slew of features and resources. We\'ve here collected some of our best -- sometimes bizarre -- resources for you to get all caught up.Whether you\'re looking for the best business apps, need some decals to trick out your device, or just want to see if your iPad works in space -- this collection of more than 50 iPad resources is sure to suit your needs.<hr\n/><center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ipads-image.jpg\" alt=\"ipads image\"></center><ul><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/11/beautiful-iphone-ipad-app/\">10 Beautiful and Usable iPhone and iPad Interfaces</strong></a> If you\'re looking for a beautiful, efficient app for your newly minted iPad, take a look at some of these elegant examples ranging from NPR to skee-ball.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/13/ipad-decals-gallery/\">10 Awesome Apple iPad Decals [PICS]</strong></a> Your iPad should look as beautiful on the outside as it does on the inside. These decals for the device\'s undecorated backside just might do the trick.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/ipad-games-addicting/\">5 Extremely Addicting iPad Games</strong></a> All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. These five addictive games for the iPad will keep you playing no matter the occasion.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/unusual-uses-ipad/\">5 Unusual Ways to Use Apple’s iPad [VIDEOS]</strong></a> Performing surgery? Going to space? The iPad is a veritable Swiss-army knife of oddities in these five clips featuring Apple\'s tablet.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/07/ipad-infographic-2/\">iPad By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]</strong></a> Take a break from all those apps and downloads to see just how the iPad did in its first few months of life.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/matching-iphone-ipad-cases/\">5 Matching iPhone and iPad Cases</strong></a> A quick list of trendy cases for the iPad and iPhone for the fashion-forward Apple-addict.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/29/10-must-have-ipad-apps/\">10 Must-Have Apps for the New iPad Owner</strong></a> With the long-awaited international launch of the iPad, thousands of folks will be hunting for apps to spruce up their device. We\'ve highlighted 10 must-haves to start you off right.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/18/ipad-apps-business/\">6 Best iPad Apps for Business Users</strong></a> The iPad can be a great productivity tool for mobile business users, if you have the right apps, of course. Check out these six that are great for getting work done in the cloud.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/05/ipad-cases/\">10 Awesome Apple iPad Cases</strong></a> With the iPad on store shelves, we\'re bringing you the best cases you can buy -- as well as some coming-soon options.</li><li> <strong><a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/03/ipad-setup/\">HOW TO: Get Started with the iPad</strong></a> The iPad has landed and now we can finally explore what Apple\'s new device is capable of doing with this starter guide to the tablet.</li></ul><hr\n/><h3>More Apple resources from Mashable:</h3><hr\n/><blockquote> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/27/arcade-games-iphone/\">5 Awesome Arcade Games for the iPhone</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/12/apple-art/\">5 Works of Apple-Inspired Art</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/apple-accessories-babies/\">10 Adorable Apple-Themed Baby Accessories</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/12/05/apple-gift-guide/\">Mac Gift Guide: 10 Buying Ideas for Apple Fans</a> - <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2009/10/10/iphone-apps-parents/\">20 Fantastic Free iPhone Apps for Parents</a></blockquote><p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=41I95C2wmyY:pgeC689IZOo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/41I95C2wmyY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','50+ iPad Resources You Might Have Missed','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&amp;title=50+%20iPad%20Resources%20You%20Might%20Have%20Missed&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/11/50-ipad-resources/&amp;title=50+%20iPad%20Resources%20You%20Might%20Have%20Missed&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a><a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/apple/\">Apple</a>\'s <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad/\">iPad</a> is the little device that could. Any scepticism about Apple\'s tablet technology was largely erased as the iPad took touchscreen technology to a larger, more robust high.We\'ve tracked the iPad through its first months<p>&#8230;</p>','publish','closed','closed','','50-ipad-resources-you-might-have-missed','','','2010-07-11 17:02:53','2010-07-11 17:02:53','',0,'http://mashable.com/?p=317758',0,'post','',0),(2194,22,'2010-07-09 18:35:30','2010-07-09 18:35:30','<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n			<a href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/05/how-to-make-a-million-from-the-app-store-without-writing-an-app/\"><br />\n				<img src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/05/how-to-make-a-million-from-the-app-store-without-writing-an-app/&amp;source=allaboutiphone&amp;style=normal\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" /><br />\n			</a>\n		</div>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.buycostumes.com/Dollar-Sign-Earrings/21667/ProductDetail.aspx\"><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blingingdollar.jpg\" alt=\"Bling bling! A million big ones!\" title=\"blingingdollar\" width=\"150\" height=\"163\" class=\"floatright\" /></a>There&#8217;s a clear policy on this website: no press releases. There are plenty of other sites that provide that sort of news regurgitation service. But on this occasion I&#8217;m going to break that rule. </p>\n<p>I like to make people aware of iPhone-related things that are interesting, or just good ideas. And the best ideas are often the simplest, like this one.</p>\n<p><span id=\"more-3927\"></span>You must have heard of <a href=\"http://milliondollarhomepage.com/\">MillionDollarHomepage.com</a>? And as with everything else, there is eventually an iPhone version. That&#8217;s exactly what Adam Friedman has created. </p>\n<blockquote><p> “ [The iPhone version] was really a no-brainer,” said Friedman. “The Million Dollar Homepage had tiny banner ads for just about anything, and you couldn’t find anything on the site. iPhone apps each have their own square icon, but with all the app sites out there, not one had a giant grid of all the icons.”</p></blockquote>\n<p>Genius idea! Here&#8217;s a screenshot from my iPhone:</p>\n<p><center><br />\n<img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_6146.png\" alt=\"MIllionDollarAppSite\" title=\"MIllionDollarAppSite\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3929\" /><br />\n</center></p>\n<p>I only recognised a couple of apps out of that grid, <a href=\"http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&#038;a=1767844&%23038;url=http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/talking-carl/id342755454?mt=8&uo=6&partnerId=2003\">Talking Carl</a> and <a href=\"http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&#038;a=1767844&%23038;url=http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/asleep-3/id366642763?mt=8&uo=6&partnerId=2003\">aSleep</a>, so there&#8217;s plenty to discover. He&#8217;s also allowed advertisers to re-sell their spots once the page has filled up, so it&#8217;ll keep on generating revenue.</p>\n<p>You can check out Adam&#8217;s website here: <a href=\"http://www.milliondollarappsite.com\">www.MillionDollarAppSite.com</a></p>\n<p>I think the only question is, how long until he reaches $1m?</p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allaboutiphonedotnet/~4/7AqTnsoEn1Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','How to make a million from the App Store without writing an app','There&#8217;s a clear policy on this website: no press releases. There are plenty of other sites that provide that sort of news regurgitation service. But on this occasion I&#8217;m going to break that rule. \nI like to make people aware of iPhone-related things that are interesting, or just good ideas. And the best ideas are [...]','inherit','open','open','','259-revision-2','','','2010-07-09 18:35:30','2010-07-09 18:35:30','',259,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=2194',0,'revision','',0),(2190,22,'2010-08-03 15:22:43','2010-08-03 15:22:43','<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n			<a href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/08/ipad-and-me/\"><br />\n				<img src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/08/ipad-and-me/&amp;source=allaboutiphone&amp;style=normal\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" /><br />\n			</a>\n		</div>\n<p><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iPad\" width=\"250\" height=\"153\" class=\"floatright\" />I&#8217;ve had my iPad since June 16th. I was in Boston; I had to rush over to the Apple Store on Boylston Street half an hour before they shut at 10pm, because they wouldn&#8217;t hold it for me any longer. And then I went and got drunk watching the Celtics at a sports bar, and almost lost my expensive new purchase, <a href=\"http://bestuff.com/stuff/-but-thats-not-important-right-now\">but that&#8217;s not important right now</a>.</p>\n<p>What&#8217;s important to me is that, in under a couple of months, I&#8217;ve come to use my iPad for more and more tasks. <a href=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/02/just-a-big-ipod-touch/\">Is it a big iPod touch?</a>. Sort of . Is it a limited device? Yes. But it doesn&#8217;t feel limiting, it feels liberating. </p>\n<p><span id=\"more-3971\"></span>I bought the 16Gb Wifi-only version. I really ummed and aaahed about paying the extra for the 3G version, but in the end the £ only stretched so far. I regretted it all the time I was in the US. Having to find others&#8217; spotty wifi to borrow when you&#8217;re travelling round was a pain. There were so many times, not least driving, when it would have been useful to be able to pull Google Maps up. As it was, I used <a href=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2010/01/app-review-copilot-live/\">ALK&#8217;s CoPilot Live</a> on my iPhone 3G to get around (it was super-slow on the 3G by the way. Just about usable most of the time). </p>\n<p>As my only computer (other than my iPhone) while I was abroad, it worked well. Email, the web, apps, all of that was great, and so convenient. I used the Transfer app to transfer pics between iPad and iPhone. Skype and Truphone were great to keep in touch while in the US. &#8220;But you could have done that on your iPhone!?&#8221; I hear you cry. Sure, but then I wouldn&#8217;t have had the opportunity to look like <a href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d2b714361c/hello\">Dom Joly</a> <img src=\'http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /> </p>\n<p>But aside from using it as an oversized phone, it fared very well as a computer that you could all use, pass around, and generally use as a shared device to explore things together. </p>\n<p><strong>On the flight home</strong></p>\n<p>The kids were entertained with The Wiggles playing through the Videos app, as well as a selection of games such as 123 Color HD, 5-in-1 Kids Pack and Doodle Buddy. They seem to pick up the interface much faster than many adults, who often approach the iPad with a certain amount of tentativeness, as if it will break. Kids have no such worries!</p>\n<p>When they went off to sleep, I settled down to some reading. It&#8217;s a great device for this. Sure, it&#8217;s a little heavy. But I find myself reading in bite-sized chunks these days, so the weight hasn&#8217;t been an issue. I haven&#8217;t moved on to eBooks yet &#8211; I still like the feel of a paperback. But for long-form essays such as those I save to my Instapaper account, it&#8217;s ideal. And comics on the device are superb. Really. I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2009/09/app-review-comics/\">reviewed Comixology&#8217;s Comics app</a> before for the iPhone, but now it&#8217;s on the iPad &#8211; wow. I spent almost the whole rest of the flight back from the US reading through new comics. Although I have hundreds of back progs of <a href=\"http://www.2000adonline.com/\">2000AD</a> in my loft, I feel that comics are a more disposible form of entertainment (unless they&#8217;re collected into decent graphic novels). Comics fit the iPad so perfectly, I&#8217;d be happy to move over to downloads entirely for my 2000AD consumption, if only they&#8217;d offer a decent system! I read <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_(comics)\">Wanted by Mark Millar</a>, one of the best series I&#8217;ve read in a long time. And it was immersive. As John Gruber has said, the iPad becomes whatever you&#8217;re doing. And I was reading, as simple as that.. </p>\n<p><strong>Now I&#8217;m back</strong></p>\n<p>But now I&#8217;m at home, and I have access to my MacBook. But I&#8217;m still using my iPad an awful lot. It has become my writing device of choice, especially in conjunction with a Bluetooth keyboard. I play a little music in the background, and get cracking. I feel very focussed and distraction-free using the iPad &#8211; uni-tasking works well for me. </p>\n<p><center><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/P10008781.jpg\" alt=\"A distraction-free writing zone\" title=\"P1000877\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3994\" /><br />\n<caption ><em>A distraction-free writing zone</em></caption>\n<p></center></p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve installed Documents To Go on my iPad and iPhone, and I keep all my files on Dropbox. Syncing files through iTunes is a bit of a mess, but with online sync, I have  round-trip editing on my iPad, iPhone, Mac, and any computer.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a great music device. I have the iPod app, Laurent Garnier, Soma FM, Tuner (playing Absolute 80s), and in this mode the iPad mostly resides in the kitchen. The speakers are not going to blow you away, but are good enough to hear while you&#8217;re doing some cooking and chatting. In &#8220;kitchen mode&#8221;, the calendar becomes useful for everyone, and Weather Pro HD keeps an eye on the skies for us.</p>\n<p><strong>Adding 3G with a MiFi</strong></p>\n<p>As I mentioned, I bought the Wifi-only version, but 3 kindly lent me <a href=\"http://www.three.co.uk/Mobile_Broadband/MiFi\">one of their Mifi units</a> to try out some 3G connectivity. Their network isn&#8217;t great round here (mind you, no-one&#8217;s is!), but when I did get coverage, it was excellent. A few days later I was zooming down the M4 at 1.5Mbps download, 1.7Mbps upload (UPLOAD!). Superb. The little unit is a great complement to the iPad, but <a href=\"http://speirs.org/blog/2010/5/29/of-3g-ipads-and-mifis.html\">as Frasier Speirs has already pointed out</a>, the failing comes when you don&#8217;t have coverage, but your iPad still thinks (because of the good wifi connection) that you have excellent coverage. If the iPad had a <a href=\"http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html\">spinning beach ball</a>, it&#8217;d be whizzing round.</p>\n<p>However, I also found that, when using the Mifi and Google Maps, the location was surprisingly accurate, and updated quite quickly. Yes, there was the occasional glitch, but it was much better than I expected.</p>\n<p>You also have the bonus that you&#8217;re not restricted to 20Mb downloads from iTunes and the App Store, because the iPad thinks you&#8217;re on Wifi, not 3G. </p>\n<p>The only other negative that I found with the Mifi was that you had to press a load of buttons to switch it on, then enable Wifi, then connect to 3&#8242;s network&#8230; But, I was given the old version of the MiFi, whereas MiFi 2 (out now), is a one-button connect. Well done 3. I think it&#8217;s a good addition to your iPad if you&#8217;re going to be out and about with it occasionally, but haven&#8217;t plumped for the iPad 3G.</p>\n<p><strong>What else?</strong></p>\n<p>I find some things on the iPad much easier than on the desktop. ColorSplash is a good example. I&#8217;ve altered some photos, and produced some pretty good results. The photo below would have taken me an age on the desktop using Photoshop, and just as importantly, it would have been a chore. But using ColorSplash and painting the colour back in with my finger, it was fun.<br />\n<center><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_0177.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Me in New York, 1999\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3980\" /><br />\n<caption ><em>Me in New York, 1999, edited with ColorSplash on the iPad</em></caption>\n<p></center></p>\n<p><strong>A case is a must</strong></p>\n<p>None of my electronic goods go naked; with children, it&#8217;s an absoloute necessity! <a href=\"http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=972&#038;t_mode=cat\">Proporta</a> were kind enough to send me a couple of cases and a screen protector. </p>\n<p><center><img src=\"http://www.allaboutiphone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/P10008771.jpg\" alt=\"My iPad wearing Proporta&#039;s Recycled Leather case\" title=\"P1000877\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3994\" /><br />\n<caption ><em>My iPad wearing Proporta&#039;s Recycled Leather case</em></caption>\n<p></center></p>\n<p>I tried the Mizu shell &#8211; which is both soft and hard, and made the iPad very grippy. I&#8217;m currently using their beautiful Recycled Leather case, which makes my iPad seem complete. It adds a bit of bulk to the iPad, but it feels like it conforms to the book-like nature of the device &#8211; the iPad is just something I want to pick up and flick through. </p>\n<p>Full reviews of these cases will be along in a little bit.</p>\n<p><strong>The inevitable gripes</strong></p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a wonderful device, but it&#8217;s not all gravy of course. I am concerned about having my email available for all to see. Maybe multiple users should be allowed, or at least add the ability to password protect apps, especially ones with personal infformation such as Mail.</p>\n<p>Most of this post was written on the iPad, and then uploaded to my blog via the WordPress iPad app. Which is pretty good, but the app doesn&#8217;t quite cut it just yet. So the finessing has to be done via my Mac.</p>\n<p>The ability to jailbreak is important to me. Backgrounder adds in multitasking. LockDown can protect those apps with a PIN that you don&#8217;t want others to see.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also waiting for Apple to update its own apps, such as MobileMe Gallery and Remote. Whole-house music control will work wonders on the iPad, but at the moment it feels a bit kludgy with a scaled-up iPhone app. I find myself wanting to do more, especially with the Photos app. I want to be able to delete or edit photos on the iPad and have those edits show up in iPhoto on my Mac.</p>\n<p>The iPad still feels like something of an adjunct to a bigger computer. I&#8217;m eagerly awaiting iOS4 for the iPad. I want my iPad to grow up, and stand on its own two feet.</p>\n<p><strong>Overall</strong></p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think that, after years of using computers, and three years to get used to the iPhone way of dealing things,  that I&#8217;d be fairly used to all of this by now. But I find that the iPad really enables me to do things with more ease and pleasure. There&#8217;s no sense of slowness. There&#8217;s no cause to think that I should upgrade any of the hardware. That level of thinking about computers seems abstracted away.</p>\n<p>Call me a fanboy, but I love my iPad, so expect to see a few more iPad-related posts around here. </p>\n<p>(Then again, my iPhone 4 is being activated today. Oh, happy, geeky day!)</p>\n<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allaboutiphonedotnet/~4/UR5fokZ5gpI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPad and me','I&#8217;ve had my iPad since June 16th. I was in Boston; I had to rush over to the Apple Store on Boylston Street half an hour before they shut at 10pm, because they wouldn&#8217;t hold it for me any longer. And then I went and got drunk watching the Celtics at a sports bar, and [...]','inherit','open','open','','1911-revision-3','','','2010-08-03 15:22:43','2010-08-03 15:22:43','',1911,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=2190',0,'revision','',0),(294,1,'2010-07-09 19:59:03','2010-07-09 19:59:03','<table width=\"100%\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"right\"><a href=\"http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iphone1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-280\" title=\"iphone1\" src=\"http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iphone1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"200\" /></a></td>\r\n<td align=\"right\">At MindFaze Software we specialise in developing custom iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps for you.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in business, a non-profit, in the public sector or just an individual an app could help you.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<strong>Business</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in business, have you considered apps for your customers, for your suppliers, for your  staff.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Customers</strong></li>\r\nHave you considered offering location based services to your customers? For example, where is the nearest retail outlet, what offers are available in the local area. Is there some information on your web-sit that cutomers on the move would like to access simply and directly (opening hours, phone number, post code for their SatNav)\r\n	<li><strong>Suppliers</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Staff</strong></li>\r\nAccess to intranet databases via vpn</ul>\r\n<strong>Non-profit organisation</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Public sector</strong>\r\n\r\nYou know exactly what you want and what you want it to look like,  what will be on each screen and how users will interact with it: we help  to capture your thoughts, then give a fixed price quote for the  project.\r\n\r\nYou know what kind of thing you want but are not sure what it will or  should look like, what will be on the various screens and how users  will interact with it in detail.\r\n\r\nCheck there isn\'t already an app which meets your needs on the app  store.\r\n\r\niPhone, iPod touch and iPad software development. Music composition  and graphics design are subcontracted if you need any.\r\n\r\nCustomers include a game developer in Bournemouth, a University in  Southampton, a loyalty card operator in Manchester. Details and  references available on request','About','','inherit','open','open','','2-revision-16','','','2010-07-09 19:59:03','2010-07-09 19:59:03','',2,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=294',0,'revision','',0),(3147,5,'2010-08-11 19:44:44','2010-08-11 19:44:44','<center><div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/iphone-4-0-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"iphone-4-0-2\" width=\"596\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352924\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/></center>Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad, officially addressing the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/iphone-pdf-exploit-fix/\">security exploit</a> that was uncovered by the userland <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/jailbreak-iphone-4-video/\">iOS jailbreak</a>. <span\nid=\"more-352922\"></span> Aside from the security patches, it appears as if no other changes have been pushed out to either version of iOS. Apple\'s security documents for the <a\nhref=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291\" >iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292\" >iPad</a> further detail the changes.When the web-based iOS 4 jailbreak was released earlier this month, hackers and security experts were both impressed <em>and</em> distressed by the results. On the one hand, the work that went into developing the web-based jailbreak was extremely impressive. On the other hand, publication of the exploit created the potential for malware developers to exploit a user\'s phone using the PDF-based stack buffer overflow.If you have jailbroken your iPad or iPhone and want to install the upgrade, be aware that you will lose your jailbreak, unlock and any other non-authorized modifications after installing the update.<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and 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href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=yRA8k5UqzfA:GIltf0hVdqs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/yRA8k5UqzfA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','iPhone and iPad Software Update Addresses Security Exploit','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/08/11/apple-ios-pdf-exploit-fix/&amp;title=iPhone%20and%20iPad%20Software%20Update%20Addresses%20Security%20Exploit&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad, officially addressing the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/iphone-pdf-exploit-fix/\">security exploit</a> that was uncovered by the userland <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/jailbreak-iphone-4-video/\">iOS jailbreak</a>. <span></span> Aside from the security patches,<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','2347-revision-24','','','2010-08-11 19:44:44','2010-08-11 19:44:44','',2347,'http://www.mindfaze.com/?p=3147',0,'revision','',0),(428,5,'2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','<div><div\nstyle=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;\"><a\n href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&service=bit.ly\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" align=\"right\"/></a><a\n class=\'feedflare\' href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\n share_url=\"http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/\" type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&src=sp\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg\" align=\"right\" /></a><a\nhref=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&related=true&style=true\"><img\nstyle=\"border:none;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png\" align=\"right\" /></a></div><div\nstyle=\"float:left;margin-bottom:10px;\"><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-effect-260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-effect-260\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-325946\" /></div><div\nstyle=\"clear:both;\"></div></div><br/>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which was conducted online across a nationally representative sample, compared technology owners or people that intend to own devices in four different categories: the iPad, smartphones (including iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys), e-readers and portable video game devices. The study also focused on how users perceive the iPad both before and after owning the device. <span\nid=\"more-325934\"></span> The study has some interesting, and in some cases surprising, results. While the ultimate impact that devices like the iPad will have on <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/06/ipad-netbook-market/\">netbooks</a> has been <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/ipad-versus-netbook/\">discussed at length</a> (some analysts predict tablets will <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/tablets-netbooks-projections/\">outsell netbooks</a> by 2012), the two devices that will really be affected by the iPad, at least according to <a\nhref=\"http://www.resolvemr.com/\" >Resolve</a>\'s study, are e-readers and portable gaming devices.<hr\n/><h2>The iPad: The Ultimate Gaming Device?</h2><hr\n/>The iPad has primarily been positioned as a device to browse the web, watch video and read content. Its gaming capabilities, while certainly impressive, haven\'t been a major part of the conversation. In fact, according to Resolve, only 28% of users said that one of their main uses for the iPad would be playing games. Additionally, only 23% said that they thought of the iPad as the most enjoyable device for playing games.However, after owning an iPad, those figures start to change. It turns out that 38% of respondents said that they did not plan to buy a portable gaming device after owning an iPad. The only category that ranked higher than that amongst iPad owners was e-readers.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-gaming-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-gaming-main\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325950\" /></center>The iPhone has had a huge impact on the portable gaming market and it looks like the iPad could further that trend. The size of the device and its accelerometer really make for an immersive gaming experience. Show anyone <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-racing-hd/id363998989\" >Real Racing HD</a> and watch their faces explode into what my fiancé calls \"the smile of iPad glee.\"Once iOS 4 is deployed to the iPad and Apple has its <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/apple-game-center/\">Game Center</a> deployed and ready for action, the iPad could really start to make a play for the gaming space.<hr\n/><h2>E-readers Should Be Worried</h2><hr\n/>The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers. Beyond just Resolve\'s own survey results, we\'re already seen evidence of this in the marketplace; both Barnes & Noble and Amazon recently <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/ereader-price-cuts/\">slashed</a> the prices of their e-readers.Even before the Kindle and Nook price cuts, we were already seeing some movement with <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/borders-libre-pro/\">lower-priced</a> e-readers. We think that reading-only devices will ultimately find a new market at the sub $100 price point. Even at $200, the value proposition for an e-reader versus an iPad is tough to overcome.<hr\n/><h2>Many iPad Owners Are New to Apple</h2><hr\n/>One of the most surprising parts of Resolve\'s study, at least to us, was that 37% of respondents who owned or were planning to own an iPad said that it would be their first Apple product. This is impressive and interesting because it has the potential to pull more customers into the Apple ecosystem.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/first-apple-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"first-apple-ipad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325952\" /></center>Much has been written about the iPod halo effect, in which people were more willing to buy Apple computers and other Apple products after owning an iPod. It will be interesting to see if the iPad can have a similar impact.When I asked Resolve about the age groups of iPad users, I found out some other interesting information. The first owners of the iPad tended to be young professionals, 22-45, who were either early adopters in general or had a highly connected and mobile lifestyle.However, the next group of adopters and those interested in buying an iPad are much older than the one might expect (45+). Anecdotally, I\'ve seen this in my own travels and discussions with iPad or future iPad owners. The first wave of iPad owners were people like myself. The second wave of iPad owners, at least from what I\'m seeing, have more in common with my parents.Studies have already shown that the iPod touch is a great gateway device to the broader iOS ecosystem for young teens and pre-teens. The iPad has the potential to attract the other end of that market.<hr\n/><h2>Still Viewed as an Expensive Toy</h2><hr\n/>According to Resolve, 55% of iPad owners or would-be owners see the device as a very expensive toy, or luxury item. It\'s not a necessary device to have in your daily life, although it can replace a number of other gadgets or products. Still, that functionality can largely be reproduced (albeit with a less experience, in many cases) by things that many users already own.<center><img\nsrc=\"http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ipad-perception.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ipad-perception\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325954\" /></center>We\'re still at the nascent stages of tablet devices and as time goes on, we expect that features, applications and use cases will make these must-have rather than luxury items, just as we saw with laptop computers and smartphones.<hr\n/><h2>Your Thoughts</h2><hr\n/>What do you think of this study? Have your perceptions of the iPad changed after buying one? Why or why not?<p\nstyle=\"margin-top:10px;\"><i>For more <a\nhref=\"http://mashable.com/apple/\">Apple</a> coverage:</i><ul\nstyle=\"margin-top:0;\"><li><a\nhref=\"http://twitter.com/mashableapple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Follow Mashable Apple on Twitter</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://www.facebook.com/mashable.apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Fan on Facebook</a></li><li><a\nhref=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable/apple\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to the Apple channel</a></li><li>Download our free apps for <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable/id356202138?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPhone</a> and <a\nhref=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mashable-for-ipad/id370097986?mt=8\"  rel=\"nofollow\">iPad</a></li></ul></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:TzevzKxY174\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.mashable.com/~ff/mashable/apple?a=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/mashable/apple?i=-HKPcmV7nDA:hc8tz9wcwDI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mashable/apple/~4/-HKPcmV7nDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>','An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad','<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;service=bit.ly\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http://mashable.com\"></a><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"fb_share\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;src=sp\"></a><a href=\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/&amp;title=An%20In-Depth%20Look%20at%20How%20People%20Are%20Using%20the%20iPad&amp;related=true&amp;style=true\"></a>Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the <a href=\"http://mashable.com/category/ipad\">iPad</a> is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming consoles and netbooks.The study, which<p>&#8230;</p>','inherit','open','open','','100-revision-21','','','2010-07-08 18:25:43','2010-07-08 18:25:43','',100,'http://mindfaze.dsaw.info/?p=428',0,'revision','',0),