iCar Coming Soon?

Coming this fall, Apple releases the iCar! Apple did a good job keeping it totally under wraps! It comes with a 10” built-in touch screen located on the dash for easy access to all your favorite apps. Radio transmitters are finally a thing of the past as the iCar has a built in iPhone ready to be synced with your iTunes library and making hands-free phone calls! There’ll be a docking station on the front seat passenger side for easy access to your Macbook on the go! There are 6 different ports found in the car itself for easy access to every portable electronic device known to man, sorry not pc compatible! These are just to name a few.

Alright…. so the iCar is not really launching this fall. However isn’t it possible that Apple could be considering it, or at least discussing it? I know I’m not the only one who secretly dreams of such things. Of course the question then is, is there a market for this sort of geek heaven vehicle to roam our highways? Is it more plausible to consider a team up between Nissan, Toyota, or Volkswagen and Apple, as they did with AT&T?

All speculation set aside I speak for myself and a few other obsessed Apple fans when I say “Dear Mr. Jobs, we love what you do, and yes we want more! Dazzle us, surprise us and please let us drive a vehicle with Apple technology built in just as we’ve always dreamed… ”

App review: Phases

Phases comes from the guys at Bjango that brought one of my favorite apps, iStat, to the iPhone. Phases is a great app for a wide range of people. Weather someone is just curious to find out what the moon will look like at a certain time in your location, or if your an avid astronomy fan, who loves to learn everything they can about lunar phases.

The app uses the GPS in the iPhone (and I assume WiFi location services in the iPod Touch) to find out exactly where you are. It will then use this information to show what the current moon will look like to you. It will also give a brief summery below of the next important moon phase.

The next page will give you a lot more information. things like, age of the moon, distance from the moon, sunrise time, sunset time, moon rise and moonset time. You can then also use the arrows to go through the days. If you also press the calendar icon, you can choose an exact date and time, and the app will display the info.

The next page of the app will show you an overview of the rest of the month for moon phases. I have to be honest, when I first saw this app, I thought I wouldn’t be interested at first, but then the more I used it, the more gripped I became with the app, and the more use I could see from it. This really is a great little app, and for $0.99/£0.59, you cant really go wrong.

Click HERE to download the app [APP STORE LINK] and click here to check out a few screenshots.

Video Review: JayBird Tiger Eyes

Rating: 9 of 10
Pros: iPhone compatible, integrated volume control, extremely comfortable, titanium plated drivers, true sound, 60 days to try them out, 1 year warranty, LifetimeWarranty against sweat, comes with 6 sets of ear tips, cord management and hard carrying case.
Cons: Bass not as strong as the Jaybird Endorphins, on the higher end price wise.
Overall: Jaybird specializes in earphones for the athlete but these will satisfy a wide range of listeners.  There is no skimping on the extras here: 6 sets of eartips, cord management, and a hardshell case.  I can’t imagine what else you could possibly want included.  All that along with great true sound and decent bass makes this a quality pair of earphones. With a price tag of $89 it may seem a bit expensive but considering the warranty, extras included and iPhone compatibility, it definitely compares with lower priced earphones that do not offer these features.  The Jaybird Tiger Eyes take home my Editor’s Choice Award.

Check out the Tiger Eyes from Jaybird as well as their entire line by clicking here to visit their website.

MacMonday: Vaja Ivolution Shell MacBook Case

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Excellent leather work, good protection, completely customizable.
Cons: Very high price tag.
Overall: This is a very nice quality case from Vaja. Not only will it do a good job at protecting your MacBook, but you’ll also look stylish at the same time. I think more people would be interested in it, if it was a little more affordable.

You can purchase this product from Vaja’s custom website. This case retails for $450.

Review: Altec Lansing BackBeat Classic Mobile Headphones

Here we have a pair of headphones from the guys over at Altec Lansing. If you didn’t know, Altec Lansing have been creating high quality speakers for many years, and have also moved into the headphone market. If you’re on the look out for some decent headphones, but don’t want to spend a fortune, read on  after the break for the full review.

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App Review: Burglar King by Tapinoma

Rating: 4 out of 10
Pros: If you like cracking safes this is a great game for you, kind of gives you a rush as time counts down.
Cons: Gets old REAL quick, the numbers are on the right hand side of the screen so right handed people can’t see the numbers.
Overall: This game could have been thought out a lot better.  You should have the option to put the combination numbers on either the left side or the right side so both right handed and left handed players can see them.  The spinning action of the combination could be a lot more sensitive and fluid.

Burglar King by Tapinoma can be purchased from the App Store for 99 by clicking here.

Jailbreaking 3.0

This post was created by Pashyn

The iPhone Dev Team has recently released an updated version of RedSn0w (Mac & Windows compatible). The Jailbreak program now works with the iPhone 3GS, 3G, 2G, as well as the iPod Touch 2nd generation using OS 3.0.
Allegedly the Icy & Cydia troubles have been straightened out and iPhone 3GS owners should be able to unlock via Ultrasn0w after jailbreaking through RedSn0w.
Originally the iPhone Dev Team was going to hold out on providing the jailbreak until OS 3.1 was released. All in hopes of obtaining maximum users, as with the new 3.1 software update Apple would naturally patch the holes in the previous version. That strategy quickly became useless with the release of geohot’s purplera1n.

Same instructions for jailbreaking from the previous jailbreaks apply.

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Video App Review: HoloSnaps

This is a video review created by our Monthly Guest Reviewer Pashyn