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can’t wait til 7/11? try a papercraft 3g iphone

filed under: geek art & craft | media players | mobile tech

Papercraft iPhone

Big Chief Design couldn’t handle the inexorable month-long wait until the new iPhones come out- so they made a downloadable papercraft one for the interim!

If you want your own, head to Big Chief and download the PDF. A little cutting, a little glue, and voila- you will know that you are truly a super-obsessive and impatient Apple fanboy/girl…

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June 14th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

iphone case with zune logos: sabotage?

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iPhone case with Zune logo

Belkin is soon to release this iPhone case that appears to have a bunch of Zune logos all over it.

Is this a matter of stupidity or subliminal sabotage? Are the Belkinites a bunch of closeted Zune lovers or are they just a bit clueless?..

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June 13th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

chocolatize your iphone with the homade chococase

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

Homade ChocoCase

The Homade ChocoCase is an iPhone case that looks like a scrumptious chocolate bar… but is in fact a silicone cover with a screen protector!..

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June 10th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

iphone 2 [3g] price and release date announced

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iPhone 3G

As anticipated, Apple today took the lid off the iPhone 3G, the latest and greatest models in the iPhone series. Highlights of the new phones include high speed wireless data capabilities, a built-in GPS system, and a substantial price cut…

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June 9th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

keyboard shortcut art issues command: buy this!

filed under: geek art & craft

commard art print

If you’ve been searching for fun affordable art that features those convenient shortcut keys, this might be your lucky day. Clever Brooklyn graphic designer Christopher David Ryan has created the Command print series for his online shop, My Little Underground. Using soft color palettes and a washy, toner-is low typeface, these 5″ x 7″ digital pieces provide true appeal…

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June 5th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: thescholar

modder crams g4 cube mac into mac plus

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | retro

Mac Plus G4 Casemod

Got an old Macintosh or Mac Plus lying around? There’s got to be something better to do with it than turn it into an aquarium, right? That’s what this enterprising modder did when he managed to cram the guts of a Mac G4 Cube into his trusty old Mac Plus, replacing the old B&W CRT with a modern color LCD monitor, as well as the ability to run Mac OS X…

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May 31st, 2008 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

ipong: multi-player pong on the iphone

filed under: media players | mobile tech | video games

iPong iPhone Pong

This nifty proof-of-concept demo shows off just one of the many gameplay possibilities for multi-player video games on Apple’s wonderphone.

iPong is a variant of Atari’s classic paddle ball game, with a multi-device, multi-player twist. Using some clever trickery, players can actually bounce their ball off of their iPhone’s screen onto the display of another phone…

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May 29th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone runs windows vista (kinda sorta).

filed under: just plain fun | mobile tech

iphone vista perfection skin

Here’s a fun iPhone hack you’ll either really love or really hate. VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete re-skinning kit for Apple’s wonderphone that lets it masquerade as a Windows Vista machine.

While many of you will ask: why the heck would you want to go and do that? Dunno. Maybe Spec Works (the guy who made it) just wanted to prove it could be done…

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May 18th, 2008 17 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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