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Review: Is Brando’s iPower Power Station a “Juice Pack” killer?

When it comes to the external iPhone battery game, the current media darling is the Mophie Juice pack, and with good reason (we gave it a 9 out of 10 rating). However, Mophie’s $100 Juice Pack currently only fits 1st gen iPhones, and their delay in getting their 3G model to market has allowed other companies time to get their 3G offerings on shelves first. One promising contender looking to dethrone Mophie is Brando, a Hong Kong phone/PDA accessory maker who’s $44... Read More

Does Jailbreaking lead to better Wi-Fi?

So, does Jailbreaking improve Wi-Fi reception, or does the iPod touch just have a MUCH better Wi-Fi antennae than the iPhone? That is the question posed by faithful Macenstein reader Brian: “I was visiting family last weekend and my wife’s cousin pulled out his jailbroken first gen iPod Touch to show me the apps he had installed. I had my 3G iphone with me and when we both went to connect to wireless we discovered a huge difference between the two devices. As you... Read More

Attention Larry King: Your iPhone app is ready

Anyone who says divorce is toughest on the kids has never had to pay alimony. Luckily, a new iPhone app has arrived that aims to make paying half your money to a woman (or man) you no longer wish to see again slightly more fun. Alimony Countdown gives you up-to-the-second stats on how much money you’ve paid your ex, how much you have left to pay, and how long it will take you. While this may sound as depressing as watching the national deficit clock, remember, in theory... Read More

Review: USBFever’s Bike Mount Holder for iPhone / iPod / GPS

I’m sure most “responsible” bike riders would tell you that listening to an iPod or iPhone while cycling is a somewhat dangerous affair, but I bet if you got those same people alone in a room they would also tell you you should wear a helmet, use hand signals, and have reflectors on your bike too. In other words, they value safety and living over looking cool. Well, for the rest of us, I give you the Bike Mount Holder for iPhone / iPod. Of course I’m... Read More

What’s the lamest app in the iTunes store?

We’re compiling a list of the most useless, unimaginative, and ugly applications developed for the the iPhone, and we’d like your help. Tell us your recommendation for the lamest app on iTunes in the comments – you know, the app that was a waste of time for the developer to make, for you to try, and for us to write about. There are a lot of them to go through, and the job is just too big for us to tackle on our own. Thanks!  Read More

How to: Delete Apple’s Apps from your iPhone – aka “the Hidden 10th iPhone app screen”

OK, I teased briefly about the Hidden 10th iPhone app screen that would allow you to get past the 148 app limit on the iPhone, and I will reveal its secrets here in a tip I know many of you have been waiting for someone to tell you – namely, How to delete Apple’s official apps from the iPhone? We all know that holding down an application’s icon on the iPhone will cause them all to wiggle – thus allowing you to rearrange the icons on your screen as... Read More

Review: Chuckisms

OK, let me start out this review by saying upfront that Chuckisms is definitely a one trick pony, and I fully admit I am into this pony, so take this review with a grain of salt. Chuckisms is an iPhone app that aims to consolidate all the hilarious “facts” about karate legend Chuck “Walker: Texas Ranger” Norris that are strewn about the web and put them onto your iPhone or iPod touch. Each “fact” appears, one at a time, accompanied by the sound... Read More

How many apps can the iPhone hold?

148. Just in case you cared, you can “only” have a max of 9 full pages of apps, plus the “Fab 4” in the dock for a total of 148. Above: I had to download quite a few crappy apps to get there, but you can only have 9 pages of apps. Well, there IS the “hidden 10th page”, but we’ll get into that later.  Read More

These probably taste horrible

…But they’re so cute! I suppose if someone went though the trouble to make these iPhone icon cupcakes for my birthday, it would be rude of me to ask where “Safari” , “YouTube”, or “Settings” are, or point out the “Calculator” now has an orange “equals” sign. But I would, and that’s likely why no one ever has, or ever will. [via rapidpik]  Read More

This video just saved me $10

Thank god for YouTube.  Read More