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University of Cologne set to order 45,000 iPhones for its students

Wow. When I went to college, I didn’t even get one of those “I went to college and all I got was this stupid T-shirt” shirts. These days the kids are making out pretty sweet with universities lavishing the student body’s bodies with iPods, laptops, and iPhones. The latest institution of higher learning to apparently jump on the “here’s a ‘free’ iPhone that your parents have actually paid for via increased tuition costs” is... Read More

David beats Goliath: “Pull My Finger” now on the iTunes store

Given the amount of crap (no pun intended) that has made its way to the iTunes app store, we always thought it was a crime that the iPhone farting app “Pull My Finger” had been banned by Apple, citing “Limitied Utility“. Well, just in time for the holidays, we’re happy to announce that thanks to the efforts of many a Mac blog, Apple has finally relented, and now we can all take comfort in the simple pleasure of a virtual fart machine. From the... Read More

Apple’s new iPod touch web ad “shakes things up”

Or “tilts things up” might be more accurate, I guess. While not even coming close in coolness to Nintendo’s “Wario Land” YouTube video (trust me, watch it if you haven’t seen it), Apple’s new iPod touch web ad DOES get the whole “You gotta tilt your iPod to do stuff” message across pretty nicely. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Chip2000 for the link! [Advertising Age]  Read More

Incase’s choice of colors is “inspired”

I’m a big fan of Incase’s gear, but I’ll admit the choice of green they used on their new iPhone Protective Cover cases didn’t make sense to me until I saw this shot. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Jason for the tip!  Read More

Meet Klaus, your drunken iPhone buddy

No, he’s not a homosexual fitness instructor (not that there’s anything wrong with that), he’s Klaus (free), your drunken iPhone buddy. The object of the game is to keep Klaus upright as long as you can as he drunkenly tries to walk home. The game reminds me a little of a “Rated 12+” version of Papi Pole. I’m not sure this game has any real long term playability, but so far Klaus’ drunken ramblings have made everyone who I have showed... Read More

First “Adults only” game hits iTunes – Amateur Surgeon

Cartoon Network’s “Amateur Surgeon“ is the first iPhone game that we’ve seen that has garnered the highly feared/highly coveted “Rated 17+” rating, and it looks well deserved. Check out this listing: “Use precision instruments such as a pizza cutter, salad tongs, stapler, and car battery to hack your way through thirty different procedures and be the surgeon that your parents always knew you would never become. ” Rated 17+ for... Read More

Horribly translated iPhone game description of the day… Iron ball catch & release

OK, read this description of the newly released game Iron ball catch & release 1.0.0 (free) and tell me if you are ready to jump right into the action…. “It is a game that obtains iron ball that the enemy on the screen throws out, and defeats the throw return enemy. Iron ball that can be obtained is one though iron ball is obtained by the automatic operation. When it hits other iron ball with Tetstama, it is game over. If the enemy is continuously defeated, it... Read More

Macenstein’s Top 20 iPhone games of 2008

Most people will tell you that video games are too subjective a thing to rate – after all, one man’s Halo 3 is another’s Dance Dance Revolution. However, those people are WRONG. Not only CAN you rate videos games, I have done it. Here are they are… The top 20 iPhone/iPod touch games of 2008. Read More  Read More

iBone: The iPhone controlled dog feeder

This iPhone controlled dog feeder is pure genius. I am actually thinking of building something similar for my kids during the winter months so I do not have to physically interact with the little germ incubators. I dub thee the “iBone”. Ironically, my son’s name is Cooper… Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Wouter for the tip!  Read More

Add a little WTF? to the holidays with the Retro Talk Mobile Handsets

Do you know someone with an iPhone? Do you hate them? Well, if the answer to both questions was “Yes”, then why not subtly let them and the world know how you really feel about them by getting them this Retro Talk Mobile Handset for their Jesus Phone? Above: It takes a very special person (i.e. attention-whore) to use a Bluetooth headset twice as big as the phone itself A Pottery Barn exclusive, the headsets come in both wired and Bluetooth models, and cost $45.oo... Read More