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Up to now I have honestly never felt very excited about a stand for the iPhone - but the new Xtand has got me pretty close.  I just really like the solid, gadgety looks of this ‘full metal’ rotating stand, and also think it could prove dead useful on the desktop.

My iPhone tends to lay flat on my desk (at home or work) somewhere quite near my laptop.  Its cradle lives on a shelf near the desk.  This arrangement is fine, but the Xtand looks like a potentially much better home for the iPhone on a desk at home.  A stand of this kind seems like it could make iPhone usage at the desk just a bit faster - especially for things like phone calls, playing the iPod, or even watching the occasional video.  Plus, I just want something that hard-nosed looking on my desk

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I don’t know about any of you, but if I’m doing word association, Vista and perfection don’t often go together.  But … this new VistaPerfection 2.0 iPhone theme is awfully impressive. 

VistaPerfection was created by Spec Works (MMi forum member ebl4287).  It’s a Summerboard compatible theme that gives your iPhone that unmistakable ‘I’m a PC’ feel - and has a very complete set of customization elements, including:

• Over 90 icons
• Dock 
• WiFi icon
• Boot and restore images
• Sliders
• Edge icon
• Vista login/logoff (unlock/lock) sound scheme

You’ll need to go through a fair number of steps, using the Categories app from the BigBoss source (and be comfortable with connecting via SSH to you phone for some of the steps) - but there is a very good set of instructions for you to follow - and the results look well worth the effort.

VistaPerfection is not on Installer just yet - so head over HERE for the download link and instructions on how to get it all looking and working just so …

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This is a very quick and simple tip, but one that we get asked an awful lot, so it seemed worth covering.

Topic Description: Sources are web-based repositories for iPhone  applications, used by the leading application installer program for the iPhone, Installer.app (or just Installer). Some iPhone application developers choose to have their apps distributed via one of the existing well-known sources (e.g. BigBoss, MMi), and others choose to host their own repository. 

In order to install some of the latest apps for the iPhone, you’ll often find you need to add a source so that the desired application shows up in Installer for you.

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I’ve only recently discovered GeekBrief.TV, but have rapidly become a regular viewer.  I like the laid-back delivery and the breadth of tech / gadget coverage that it provides.

So it was fun to see Cali Lewis - the co-creator and on-screen presenter of GeekBrief - has decided to jailbreak her iPhone, and covered it on Episode 363 of GBTV.  She chose iFuntastic as her jailbreak app, and gives a little run-through of the fast an painless process on camera.  Her reasons for jailbreaking?  Slow news day and tired of waiting

Also, very cool to see that Cali likes the excellent Pool game app - which I definitely think is one of the top games out for the iPhone right now.

Check out Cali’s initial jailbreak thoughts at:

http://www.geekbrief.tv/gbtv-363-geekbrieftv

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More international iPhone deals were announced today- this time by France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary. This adds ten MORE countries to the exploding list of nations in which the iPhone will be available.

That means, according to AppleInsider, that in JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS Apple quadrupled the market in which the iPhone will be available. They note that, according to Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster,

Currently Apple’s total addressable market includes 153 million subscribers in 6 countries with AT&T, T-Mobile Germany and Austria, O2, and Orange. These announcements increase those numbers to 575 million subscribers in 42 countries including recent agreements with Vodafone, SingTel, American Movil, Swisscom, and Orange.

Let’s make sure those numbers didn’t pass you by…

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So many social / sharing apps and so little time, or something like that, is how things seem lately.  Everybody and their dog wants to help me share photos, tell folks what I’m up to at any given moment, and maybe even tell them where I am while I’m pounding out my latest Dear Diary entry.

PhoneZap is another entrant in this crowded arena, but one with some slightly odd and interesting angles to it.  For a start, it has got Ringtone Creation stuck right in there next to its lineup of photo sharing / status updating features.  Not sure how exactly that ties in, unless sharing of ringtones is going to be worked in at some point - but it is my favorite part of the program so far. 

Creating a new ringtone is very straightforward - just choose any song that’s on your phone, use a roller bar to pick your start and end points for the ringtone, test it and save it.  This has worked flawlessly for me so far - with ringtones showing up in Settings right away, not causing any adverse effects on others, and surviving reboots of the phone.

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I’m a long time big fan and user of eWallet, the mobile and desktop password manager application from Ilium Software.  We’ve known for a while that Ilium are definitely planning to bring eWallet to the iPhone once 2.0 and the App Store are launched.

Today, I think I just got a first little sneak peek at what the new native app may look like - as Ilium and eWallet got some nice TV News coverage from their local NBC station in Michigan.  I’m pretty sure there are some native apps screens shown in there, as they do not look like the web companion beta screens I’ve seen up to now.  And, as you might well expect, they look pretty good in the brief glimpses I caught of them.

Check out the news story HERE, and see what you think of a couple of the screens shown.  The video link is just below the photo along the right-hand side of the article.  In any case, it’s good to see eWallet getting a start on its way to TV stardom

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Plazes is getting a native iPhone app when the iTunes store opens up next month. Described as "Twitter with geotagging, points of interest, and social networking features" (quote and news from Techcrunch), services like Twinkle for the iPhone are going to have some competition soon. The service runs on the basic idea of connecting people and giving you updates when people are in the area (their website shows a spontaneous night out happening because everyone is on Plazes).

I  personally think these things are pretty bloody awesome, and I think Twitter is amazing as it is (Plazes has Twitter integration :P) — but I don’t really have many people to interact with in my area. Maybe in a couple of years as people get more and more ‘connected’ (and maybe disconnected personally, but let’s not wax philosophical) I’ll have more reason to use services like this.

But for those of you who do, here’s a demo video of iPlazer.

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Not a date for a 3G iPhone launch - of course not.  That would be an all caps, shout it from the rooftops type headline I think.  But there has been some quite good news about the speed of the AT&T 3G network, and some very good news on their plans for cranking it up several notches next year.

Computerworld reported this week on tests they ran on all the major 3G network providers here in the US - and AT&T was a clear winner.

Even better news are the reports that AT&T is promising a huge boost in the speed of their 3G network next year - from a current maximum of 3.6Mbps on its HSPA service all the way up to 20Mbps!  That should take it from fast to flat out blazing.  

So if you needed any more reasons to be lusting after that 3G iPhone we all just know is going to be here any minute …

Via: Engadget

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When Apple ships its iPhone 2.0 update–and the accompanying App Store for distributing third-party software for the phone–you won’t have to wait too long for native iPhone apps built by Google programmers.

"We expect to have applications at Day One," said Vic Gundotra, Google’s vice president of engineering.

That sounds good.  Very good in fact.  Google have already shown the iPhone a ton of love, with the excellent native Maps application and YouTube, as well as their constantly improving collection of mobile and iPhone optimized versions of standards like Google Reader, Gmail, and others.

It sure will be nice to see some more local app offerings from them though - especially on Day 1 of the new App Store.  Which ones would you all most like to see?  Reader and Docs for me please …

Check out this article at PCWorld for more detail on Google’s thoughts on the iPhone, its Safari browser, and development of native and web apps for this platform.