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Free Apps roundup for July 3rd, 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Jul 3, 2009 at 06:47 AM

A slow week yet again on the App Store. But never fear, I’m still here, digging up some goodies for you to download. Actually, I found a fairly exciting app for anyone who is jealous of Beejive IM’s functionality, but not its price tag. Read on…

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Appletell reviews the Mophie JuicePack Air iPhone battery charger/case

by Jake Gaecke on Jul 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM

A little low on juice? Just can’t make it through the day? Are your mornings filled with smile and sunshine, yet your afternoons filled with darkness and a constant grimace. Sounds like you need more battery life on your iPhone. Mophie can help. The Mophie JuicePack Air is one of the premiere external battery solutions for the iPhone 3G and 3G S. It’s a case with an extra battery in it. The whole package couldn’t get much more simple, though that doesn’t mean it’s perfect.

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Free Apps roundup for June 26th, 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM

You might want to grab some popcorn and a few extra napkins this week. Why? Because Showtime has released their iPhone app that allows streaming of full episodes of some of their TV shows. Oh, and the extra napkins are for the butter that will enevitably end up all over your iPhone. So maybe you want to skip the popcorn. I also have another virtual instrument for you to play, and some more goodies. Check it out…

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Appletell reviews the Plextor PX-610U for Mac

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 24, 2009 at 06:31 AM

Need a mobile external disk drive for your MacBook? Probably not, considering every MacBook, save the Air, comes standard with a DVD burner. But if you have an Air, you’re likely missing physical media at least a little bit. Plextor may or may not have the answer to all of your diskless woes. The PX-610U features 8X DVD+/-R (6X for DL DVDs), a single port USB cord and a battery. “Wait, what?” Yeah, a battery.

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Appletell reviews SlingPlayer Mobile app for iPhone

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 22, 2009 at 06:15 PM

Nothing quite compares to a big screen TV and some great content to watch on it.  But then again, even the most picky amongst us may lower their standards when boredom sets in. The SlingPlayer Mobile app for iPhone is an app that takes your existing SlingBox content and makes it available to your iPhone provided you are connected to the Internet via WiFi.

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Free Apps roundup for June 19th, 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 19, 2009 at 07:08 PM

A huge week on the App Store, it was. This week’s list is full of stuff you should be paying for, like a full featured Twitter client, SIRIUS XM’s streaming radio, and two games that used to not be free. Consider this your lucky week.

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AT&T WiFi hotspot auto-authentication courtesy of OS 3.0

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 19, 2009 at 06:48 AM

Turns out there’s another feature you might not be fully familiar with in iPhone OS 3.0. It’s called auto-authentication, and if you live in the US, you may even care. AT&T has over 20,000 WiFi hotspots scattered across the globe (think McDonalds) and now your iPhone can access them, for free, with ease.

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Gaming accessories coming to iPod touch and iPhone with OS 3.0

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM

Today is the day when Apple will release the iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade, and on their iPod touch upgrade page they mention gaming accessories as being a new feature/option of the upgrade. Will the iPod touch (and by extension iPhone) finally be getting enough buttons for serious gaming?

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AT&T’s MMS option priced, surprisingly “free”

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 15, 2009 at 09:39 PM

MMS and Tethering, on iPhone, on AT&T…later…this…summer. I couldn’t help but laugh, and I know I wasn’t the only one. Funny how a large number of carriers in other countries can manage to support both MMS and tethering on iPhone 3GS launch day, but AT&T just can’t pull it together quite yet. No one really knows just when “later this summer” really is, but at least one other question was left unanswered. How much will this all cost?

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Free Apps roundup for June 12th, 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM

It’s finally here: the Delicious Library app for iPhone. And thank God; it was a last minute save, really. This week was a little less than spectacular as far as free apps are concerned, but I managed to scrape together a few interesting apps and games for your enjoyment.

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