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ipsp: iphone interface for the sony psp

filed under: hacks-mods | mobile tech | video games

iPSP

Those of you with Sony’s PSP portable gaming system can now install a menu system that looks remarkably similar to the one on Apple’s iPhone.

The iPSP software installs onto a Memory Stick and provides ready access to your e-mail, photos, instant messaging, and other applications on the PSP…

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July 8th, 2007 102 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

apple files patent for multi-touch mouse

filed under: computing | future tech

Apple Multi-Touch Mouse Patent

Looks like the iPhone isn’t the only multi-touch device Apple has up its sleeve. According to a recently filed patent application, Apple has designed a mouse with a multi-touch surface covering its entire body…

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July 5th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

universal cable charges ds, psp, ipod, pda

filed under: gadgets | mobile tech

Universal USB Charger Cable

If you own a bunch of portable gadgets like me, you know how carrying around all of those chargers can be a real drag. Now you can grab a single cable that charges many of them from your computer’s USB port.

The Universal USB Charger Cable can charge the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, iPod or any device that supports USB charging, all with a single cable…

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July 4th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone knock-off of the week

filed under: media players | mobile tech

iPhone Knockoff from I-Fighting

Now that Apple’s iPhone has hit the market, it’s time for a bunch of the cheap knock-offs from the Far East to start popping up…

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July 2nd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone review: initial impressions

filed under: gadgets | media players | mobile tech

in line for iphone

Well, now that I’ve had about a day to try out my new iPhone, I’m ready to give you guys my initial impressions.
First off, my purchasing experience was surprisingly painless. I arrived around 5:20pm on launch day at the AT&T store that’s by Harlem and Irving Park Avenues, just Northwest of Chicago…

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June 30th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone is in the house

filed under: media players | mobile tech

iPhone 8GB Box Shot

Look what I just got my grubby little hands on…

After a brief, uneventful visit to my local AT&T store (on the Northwest side of Chicago,) I managed to score one of the last couple of 8GB iPhones in stock. They only had about 35 or 40 total phones in stock, and it seems as if about 75% were 8GB models, and the other 25% were the 4GB…

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June 29th, 2007 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone smudge simulator

filed under: interactive | just plain fun | media players | mobile tech

iPhone Smudge Simulator

Whether you’re holding off on that new iPhone purchase until version 2.0, or you’re already camping out, this fun online plaything should keep you occupied while you’re waiting.

The wonderfully-named iSmudginator is a bit of interactive Flash that lets you simulate what will happen to your shiny new iPhone after you’ve put it through it’s paces…

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June 28th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

classic mac icons on note cards

filed under: computing | just plain fun | retro

Susan Kare Mac Icon Note Cards

Here’s a great little gift for any Mac fanatic. User interface designer Susan Kare makes these fun notecards that feature her original designs from the classic Apple Macintosh computer.

All of your favorites are there: the smiling computer, the watch, the paint bucket and the dreaded bomb among others. The cards come in a pack of 10 and are available from the MoMAstore for about $4 a pack.

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June 28th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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