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Apple’s iPod nano and shuffle have gone the way of (Product) RED, and rumor has it that the iPhone is to do the same later this year. This may all be wild speculation, but with companies striving to show their humanitarian side, anything is possible. A (Product) RED device is coated red, and sells at a 10 dollar (or so) premium. That extra money is donated to a charitable cause (the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa), something a lot of people would look to do during the holiday season.

A red iPhone would also add a little push to the brand at a time after the extreme interest dies down.

Check back for more as it happens.

Via [iPhone Savior]

Tap Tap Revenge is an incredibly fun game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s somewhat of a clone of the popular game Guitar Hero for other consoles, except that you use your finger to hit the notes. The game allows single and multiplayer functionality, the ability to download more tracks to use with the game (although its old functionality of allowing you to use your own songs for the game has been removed due to Apple’s strict rules on App Store apps), and the ability to participate in Tapulous’ tournaments to win cool prizes.

Full review after the break.

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Taking the lead off Six Apart’s Typepad application for the iPhone, Automattic has released the WordPress application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The application is now available in the iTunes Apps Store as a free download. Although you still can’t add links or remotely hosted images, nor can you use the good old paragraph formatting features that users have grown accustomed to, the WordPress application features some useful functionality that you can use on your iPhone and iPod Touch.

The WordPress mobile application features full support for tags and categories, support for camera phone pics and library photos, support for multiple blogs, password protection and auto-recovery of posts if you get interrupted by phone calls.

The WordPress mobile application works with both WordPress.com hosted blogs and self-hosted blogs on versions 2.5.1 and later. You may download the application here (link will direct you to the iTunes Apps Store).

Product [WordPress for iPhone]

I recently had the opportunity to check out a couple sets of iPhone headphones from Maximo, and yes they fit (without an adapter) in the recessed jack on the original iPhone without any problems. I was sent two sets of headphones to review, the iMetal IP-HS2 Isolation headphones and the iMetal IP-HS1 Stereo headphones.

Keep reading to check out the full review.

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for July 18, 2008:

• iPhone accessories from OrionGadgets
• NovaMind introduces ScriptMapping and Merlin 2.6
• TeamViewer offered for free for non-commercial use
• PDO is now shipping the TopSkin for iPhone 3G
• Aimersoft Studio releases Aimersoft DVD Studio platinum
• Jewel Quest III now available
• Flashforward Film Festival Big Orange Rubber Arrow nominees announced

Details after the break.

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for July 16, 2008:

• As Simple as Photoshop book updated
• 38 Apple iWeb templates and RapidWeaver themes
• Pocket Informant coming to iPhone and iPod touch
• Four new iPhone 3G cases from ArtWizz
• New theme for RapidWeaver 4.0
• ProTouch and ProTouch FX keyboard protectors from iSkin

Details past the break.

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Griffin Technology, maker of all things iPod and iPhone, has announced the general availability of its protective cases and other accessories for the iPhone 3G. Griffin’s case offerings for iPhone 3G include Wave, Nu Form, Elan Form, Elan Clip, and Streamline. Other accessories available for iPhone 3G include TuneBuds, TuneBuds Mobile, SmartTalk and an array of connector cables.

Details after the break.

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Apple had themselves quite a nice weekend, even if many of its customers didn’t. The company reported today that over one million iPhone 3Gs were sold by Sunday.

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

I’m not sure exactly how they pulled this off, considering the long lines and iPhone activation delays caused by server problems for those trying to activate their new iPhone 3G (and for those of us just trying to get the iPhone 2.0 upgrade). Considering many people were turned away or left in frustration, imagine the weekend Apple would’ve had. These numbers are further indication that a popular, well-made product can survive early troubles. I’m sure most iPhone 3G owners would tell you it was worth the hassle.

That same weekend, iPhone and iPod touch customers downloaded more than 10 million applications from the new App Store. The groundbreaking App Store now has more than 800 native applications, including over 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent available for less than $10. I expect sales will taper off once the excitement wears off, but I’ll admit I did download some free apps I’ll probably never use to just to see iPhone 2.0 in action. The only app I paid for was Freeverse’s Wingnuts Moto Racer, and it’s been a hit with those to whom I’ve shown it...and has won over a few iPhone converts.

How about all you iPhone and iPod touch owners? What was the first app you downloaded from the App Store?

Via [Apple] Product [iPhone]

FROM GAMERTELL - Jobs tells the New York Times that 25 percent of the first 500 applications at the store are free and the other 90 percent of applications are offered for $9.99 or less to help entice customers and developers…
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New York Times personal technology columnist David Pogue is well known in the tech world for bringing a good deal of humor and satire to his work, and this recent video the did at the Apple Store in Manhattan in anticipation of the iPhone 3G launch has to be one of his best.

In the video, Pogue does a skit where he interviews a crazed Apple fanboy who has supposedly been waiting in line for the iPhone 3G for more than a year. The point of this is clearly to poke fun at the, uh, interesting people who started the line for Apple’s improved smartphone a full week in advance, in hopes of breaking a world record.

Via [The New York Times]