DIY Kit Turns Black iPhone 4 Into A White iPhone 4

Texas Poker 0.5 for iPhone – Poker Club and Chance to Win iPad Weekly

Announcing Kama Games, the developer of Texas Poker, has released a unique product for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application is a club community of poker lovers who get together from around the globe to play and talk about poker. To help celebrate and promote the new launch, developers are offering a weekly [...]

Want diamond white iPhone? Got $20 grand?

Want a white iPhone, with diamond banding no less, and willing to spend $20,000 to get it? Rap stars and debutants, meet Stuart Hughes who is happy to separate you from your great gobs of excess money.

Anyone lining up for this baby?

[Stuart Hughes via Engadget]

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 5 July 2010

Complete coverage of the Samsung Galaxy S launch event in New York City. Vlingo goes up against the Genius Button Nexus One gets gets yet Android 2.2 / Froyo update	ebay for BlackBerry updated – out of beta and available in more countries Check out the first ten CrackBerry Idol BlackBerry app reviews Need a reason to get in shape this summer? Check out CrackBerrys’ 60 Day Fitness Challenge!
Android 2.2 running on Nokia N900 Goodbye and thanks to Symbian Guru	Palm is Dead, Long Live Palm 1Ghz Overclock on Palm Pre VooDoo-branded webOS devices?
Complete iPhone 4 review and $99 iPhone 3GS review Apple posts open letter regarding iPhone 4 antenna reception issues Hulu Plus announced for iPad and iPhone and Farmville for iPhone reviewed.	Verizon cuts price of KIN right before Microsoft kills KIN altogether LG commits to Windows Phone 7 device by year’s end Seesmic for Windows Phone 7

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Mongoose Studio’s dozen iPod cluster display is an expensive way to watch Tron (video)

Most of us would be happy to get video to play on a single video to play on our PMP without having to run it through some sort of transcoder first, but the folks at Mongoose Studio needed something more complex. They've released a video of a project that's been in the works for some time, clustering 12 iPod touches into a sort of bezel-riffic widescreen display. All are controlled by a master, 13th iPod that can cause them to display a clock in the interest of verifying synchronization (which is far from perfect, as you'll see in the embed below), or to trigger the playing of a movie. We're guessing that the footage must be manually split into appropriate files for each device, and we're also guessing that horrible things would happen should someone come along and re-shuffle them. But, if you have a lot of friends with iPhones and a lot of free time to prep the film, this could make for a rather interesting movie night -- until someone gets a call, that is.

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Amazon Adds Video And Audio Support To Kindle App For iPhone And iPad

Is AT&T capping iPhone upload speeds? Inquiring minds want to know

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The MacRumor forums are abuzz with users comparing their recent upload speeds. TUAW reader Becca Holmes tipped us that iPhone users are experiencing uploads that appear to be capped at 100 kbps rather than the 1.6mbps that was a previous norm. Users have been comparing rates captured with tools like Speedtest.net's Speed Test to put concrete numbers on perceived performance drops -- and it looks like that drop is huge, compared to the way things were just a week or two ago.

According to the thread, affected cities include: NYC, Central Jersey, Boston, Orlando, Seattle, South Jersey/Philly, Columbus, Cleveland, West Houston, Phoenix, Northern Colorado, St. Paul/Minnesota, Suffolk County/Long Island, Quad Cities, South Jersey, Denver, Detroit Metro, and Cincinnatti.

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iPhone 4 Diamond Edition: white, unlocked, and $20k

iPhone 4 Diamond Edition: white, unlocked, and $20k originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Readability Study: iPad Slower Than Printed Books; Offers Highest Reader Satisfaction

Artist shows iPad potential with Beyonce portrait

Kyle Lambert has created a striking portrait of Beyonce to showcase the potential of Apple's iPad as a drawing and painting tool.

Users Continue to Experience Problems With iPhone 4 Proximity Sensors

While Apple's iPhone 4 signal loss issues have been receiving significant attention since the device's launch late last month, a number of other problems have been seeing sporadic reports, and one of the ...

Developer’s apps disappear from App Store amid hacking complaints

Some 40 apps from a mobile developer have been pulled from the App Store after they surged into the top paid apps listings in the Books category for no apparent reason.

Pulse News Mini for iPhone – App Review

Pulse News Mini for iPhone is one of the newer RSS clients to appear in the App Store.  I happened to catch it in the featured section of the App Store and figured I’d give it a try.  Up until now, I’ve been a faithful fan of the Reeder client for iPhone.  I’m starting to think that Pulse News Mini could definitely give it a run for it’s money.

Read on for more screenshots and a walkthrough.

[iTunes Link]

The first thing you’ll notice upon launching Pulse News Mini is how visual it really is.  You can really interact with your feeds in ways other RSS apps don’t let you.  There are 2 general motions you’ll use to read your news feeds. The first is just general scrolling from top to bottom.  This will allow you to scroll through your different feeds.  The second is from side to side.  This lets you tab through past feeds.

If you find something you want to read, simply click on it, when you start scrolling through the article, the menu bar will disappear, and when you’re ready to look for something else, one tap will take you back to the main menu, or you can choose to continue scrolling through that particular feed along the bottom of your screen.

Pulse News Mini also includes Google Reader integration, so if you’re using the Google RSS service, you’ll be good to go and won’t have to search for any feeds (but that’s always an option for those of you not set up with Google Reader).  You can also delete it or remove feeds from within it at any given point in time.  I really like it isn’t all or nothing.  If I don’t want “all” my Google Reader feeds, I can selectively choose which ones I’d like to add after logging in.

The only thing I’ve noticed about this app that I’d like to see in a future update is an unread count and more customization by way of administering your settings for feeds.  In Reeder, I have it set to sync any feeds no less than 2 days old.  This app seems to only congregate feeds from the past 24 hours.  Sometimes I get busy at work or home and don’t read feeds for about a day, so I like the option of being able to sync them back as far as several days or weeks if I want.  Little things like this may keep me going back to Reeder every once in a while to read more dated feeds, but I think if Pulse News Mini releases some quality updates eventually adding these features, I’d be able to make Pulse my main RSS client.

Pros

• Extremely visual UI
• Great user interaction with feeds
• Several feed setup options
• Google Reader integration that is customizable

Cons

• No unread count
• Only syncs 24 hours back (as far as I can tell)
• Not a lot of user customization at this point

[YouTube Link]

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Review: HoloSnaps for iPhone

This app features an attractive and easy to use interface, and the holo-cards it creates are pretty cool. Be warned, though, that it suffers from a minor-though-annoying bug.

Comex To Release Spirit Like Tool To Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS (New/Old Bootrom) And iPod Touch 2G/3G On iOS 4

AT&T reaches settlement of old billing claims

AT&T and lawyers representing class-action plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement of lawsuits over billing by AT&T Wireless before 2004.

Review: Footballz! for iPhone

Though not a true "soccer" sim, Footballz! is a casual and entertaining arcade style game that's fun to play whether you're a FIFA fanatic or not.

4th of July App Store sales – EA, Gameloft, Namco, Glu

In celebration of the US 4th of July holiday, there are a bunch of sales going on in the iTunes Apps Store, including EA, Gameloft, Glu, Namco, and more.

Aside from games, if you have a few moments to spend browsing through Apple’s hundreds of thousands of apps, you might just find a quite a few others taking advantage of the holiday to drum up some sales.

Check out the links below for some great game lists. Any of your favorites super cheap today? Let us know in comments!

[Touch Arcade, 148apps]

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Griffin FlexGrip for iPad- accessory review

This week I had a chance to look at the black FlexGrip case for the iPad by Griffin, available in black, blue, purple and white. The FlexGrip manages to protect and look good. It’s made from silicon, but the slick kind. The case it self is not slippery, but rather it does not stick to surfaces. This is good if you place your iPad in a bag and want to access it easily but bad if you want it to grip on a surface.

I used the case for a couple of weeks putting it in and out of my backpack, laid it on tables, watched content on it, etc.  The only issue I had with the case is that the edge flashings do not grip the iPad’s glass tightly. This is an issue for me as I seem to collect lint where ever I go. I found myself having to occasionally clean out the lint particles. Also, it is important to note that if you use the iPad dock like I do, it does not fit in the dock with the case on.

Ultimately I liked Griffin FlexGrip for iPad. Just be aware of the looser flashings and that it is the slip not sticky silicone.

The Griffin FlexGrip for iPad is currently available for $28.95 from the TiPb iPad accessory store.

Pros

• Durable
• Protective
• Stylish

Cons

• Edge flashing are not flush against iPad’s glass

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Lenovo CEO on Steve Jobs and Apple’s Efforts in China

July 10th grand opening of Shanghai Apple store
The Financial Times offers an interesting piece highlighting the views of Lenovo CEO Liu Chuanzhi on Steve Jobs and Apple's efforts to penetrate the rapidly-growing Chinese market where L...