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Celebrity Mac chick Sighting: Brooke Burke

Hey, who’s that behind those ridiculously large sunglasses? Why, it’s Rockstar‘sWild On!‘s Brooke Burke! And what is she holding? Why, it’s the iPhone 3G! Read More  Read More

The Let’s Rock event : My thoughts… in pictures

Like most Apple fanboys with no self control, I was unable to wait for Apple’s keynote stream to hit the web, and instead I nearly wore out my “refresh” finger reading the Engadget and Gizmodo feeds. So, now that it is all done, and I have had 3 minutes to digest it all, how do I feel about the event? Well, let’s find out as we take a tour, via stolen borrowed pictures from Gizmodo‘s and Engadget‘s coverage of the Let’s Rock event. photo... Read More

Was today my last iPhone restore?

Dare I hope? This morning, just as I was set to leave for work, my wife asked me to sync her iPhone for her. “Sure, no problem,” I thought (looking back, I am not sure why I thought that…). BAM! The thing freezes up, “Silver Apple Logo screen of death”, the whole nine yards. Immediately realizing I am now going to be at a minimum a half hour late for work, I forge ahead, wiping the iPhone clean, and beginning the restore process. Between my wife’s... Read More

Who knew the iPhone came with a free game?

You know all those lame “test your reflex” games trying to get your hard earned money on the iTunes store? Well, you might not know it, but apparently the ultimate “reflex challenge” comes bundled with every iPhone! (Well, every iPhone running the 2.0.2 firmware, at least. You see, 2.0.2 was when Apple changed things a bit, making it seemingly impossible to take a screen grab of your iPhone’s “lock” screen). However, as faithful Macenstein... Read More

PhoneSaber to return this month as “PhoneSaber Unleashed”

GameCyte recently spoke to a THQ representative who has confirmed that popular iPhone app PhoneSaber (which THQ had removed from the iTunes store for copyright issues) will be released some time this month under the new name PhoneSaber Unleashed. PhoneSaber’s publisher TheMacBox confirmed last month that THQ (which owns the mobile gaming rights for the Star Wars franchise) asked them to pull the app from iTunes but went on to say THQ wanted to work with them to produce... Read More

mophie Juice Pack 3G shipping October 1st

Our good friend Dizzy over at When Will Apple? got the low down on when mophie will finally be shipping their Juice Pack battery pack for the iPhone 3G, and despite the “Late September” sticker on mophie’s site, it looks like October 1st is the big day. Based on the pictures, aside from curving the inside a bit to fit the 3G iPhone’s tapered back, mophie has pretty much left the design alone (including the lime green interior). We had mad love for mophie’s... Read More

Review: MetaSquares is the iPhone’s “Tetris”

Yes, that’s certainly a bold claim. However, my Tetris comparison is not meant to compare game types between the two (you’ll find no falling bricks here), but rather to convey the type of single-minded, addictive gameplay the two games share. This is now what I see when I close my eyes. To me the best games, whether on consoles or portable devices are usually puzzle/strategy games, and MetaSquares is my current favorite. Like any truly great game, the concept is... Read More

Google programmers moonlighting as stand-up comedians

There were initially some complaints when Google launched its Google Mobile App for the iPhone – after all, it was more or less an application for searching the web with Google, which had been built in to Safari since the iPhone first launched. However, faithful Macenstein reader Andrew may have discovered the reason why one of the wealthiest software companies in history was unable to come up with anything better. Apparently, Google’s programmers have been moonlighting... Read More

POLL: When will Apple release the “September” iPhone update?

This holiday weekend my new iPhone 3G crashed twice, bringing my two week crash total since purchasing it to 5. I am now running only 2 and a half pages of apps instead of my normal 7, not because I think it will make the phone any more stable, but simply because it takes less time to restore. Unfortunately, this now means I have to decide in advance which games I will want to play on a given day, whether or not I will want to use certain GPS or social networking apps… it’s... Read More

“America’s Hat” getting iPhone tethering before America?

Rogers says iPhone customers can tether their iPhones starting in October… so how are they going to do it? There has been some speculation in the US as to whether or not AT&T will allow for a new iPhone data plan which allows for “tethering” laptops to the iPhone. Tethering allows iPhone users to share their internet connection via EDGE or 3G with their computers for those times they are on the road and away from Wi-Fi hotspots. The NetShare application... Read More