It’s getting harder and harder lately to keep up with all the wild and wonderful apps that help you keep up with things.  Every day I wrestle a little with varying degrees of distraction from email, IM, Twitter, FriendFeed, and others - luckily I find myself hating Facebook more and more of late, so that has become a very minimal distratcion

eadBurner is another interesting entry in the RSS / news field.  It’s a ‘mashup’ type app built on and reliant upon Google Reader.  It’s a very simple but quite useful app that lets you keep track of ‘hot’ topics by seeing what is getting shared by Google Reader users the most.  As you can see in the screencap at top left, ReadBurner presents a very basic layout of the most popular stories, up and coming ones, most recent, and so on.  Each of the main sections gives you a short listing of articles per the section title, and you can tap once to view an individual article.  They’re formatted perfectly for iPhone reading, but you can also hit the ‘Full HTML’ button to open a new page to the full article at its original source.

I like ReadBurner a lot so far, partly because it gives a quick feel for what stories are hot (although not sure this is the best measure of that of course) and also because it’s an easy way to get myself reading some things that cover much broader subjects than my regular RSS feeds do - since my regular feeds tend to focus in quite a bit on iPhone, mobile tech, and general tech news.

You can give ReadBurner Mobile a look at http://m.readburner.com - and let us know what you reckon …

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The switchover from T-Mobile to AT&T as the provider of wireless networks at Starbucks in the US seems to have started.  According to Ars Technica writer David Chartier, at his personal blog site:

• All WiFi users get 2 free hours of access per day
• AT&T has an iPhone-specific portal to sign onto the service
• Via the portal, you can also use coupons and prepaid cards to purchase more access time

From various reports around the web the last couple of days, it sounds like maybe most new build Starbucks sites in the US are getting AT&T wireless service right from the off, and the service is getting a staged rollout to existing shops.  A local Starbucks manager told Chartier that all the stores in the US should be done by summer.

Any amount of free access sounds good, and two hours worth sounds real good to me.  :)

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According to Britain’s The Times ‘industry sources’ claim the 3G will be ‘radically different’ in appearance than the one so many of us have grown to love.

They suggest the Gen2 iPhone may come as a flip phone whose display is larger than the current model or that it may sport a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Moreover, they cite an unnamed Asia-based analyst who claims

“I think ultimately you going to see multiple versions,” one Asia-based analyst, said. “One for customers who want it principally as a music and video device, which will be similar to the existing model, one for people who want to communicate - with the keyboard, and one for people who want it as a substitute for their laptop - that will let them browse the internet on a larger screen.”

A few random thoughts on this current rumor…

1. I come from a tradition that is rooted in the importance of citing information “b’shem amro“– “in the name of the one who initially uttered it”. In other words, that which has a source has merit while that which does not have a cited source is, at best, suspect. I love when rumors are based on “industry sources” and “unnamed analysts”. FYI, my cousin ABCD knows someone who told him that…

2. I could understand multiple versions if the current model were a “jack of all trades but a master of none”. Since the current model handles all three– calls, internet and media– quite well already I am not sure why Apple would shift the focus to stressing on or the other. That strikes me as a step backwards.

2. Apple rarely lets on much, if any, true information prior to the release of new products. While we are close to the start of WWDC than we were this past Sunday, it is still weeks away. No matter what we do… WE HAVE TO WAIT.

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If you’re like me, you probably take a few photos with your Iphone. But after a while, you realize it’s just not the same as a normal camera. You see, I only realized his when I went to take a couple of photos of myself. Now don’t ask me why I was doing it, but I did!

Anyway, if you have tried taking a photo of yourself, you know how impossible it is to try and click on the button on the screen. I I guess you gotta be a magician or something.

Now I’m sure if the tech dudes improved this feature, more of us would use the camera.

.. And take more and more photos.

But there are a team of geniouses who have improved on the camera features.

You see the dudes at Snapture have done something which gives heaps more funtions to the camera in the Iphone. You see, what they’ve done is added functions like zoom, time delay and more to really beef up the camera.

But the best one has to be the easy self photo. You see, instead of trying to find the sweet spot on the iphone, you just either click on the volume or anywhere on the screen. Is that cool or what!

Now, before you go out and get it, you must know it only works on jailbreaks. But I’m sure they’ll be working on one for the everyday iphone.

Anyway, to get this feature for your iphone, go here http://www.snapture.org/#authors

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Ok. So you see the top pic. Well, this has been something I’ve been waiting for ages. And the reason why is because if you are always searching through Safari, there’s probably been a time when you just wished you could save a photo or something. (Now, if you want iphone music downloads, then you can find them here.)

Well, with the new iPhone “2.0″ firmware (v1.2.0), you can save a pic from Safari into your photo album.

You see, if you want to save a photo, all you got to do is a hold down your finger on the photo in Safari a little longer than you normally would.

… Then this is where the magic happens.

A dialogue box pops up like the one above. That means you get a chance to save the photo or go to the url!

Pretty cool huh!

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Since making my Mac-switch last December I have learned a good deal about Apple, Macs and iPhones. Perhaps the most important and consistent lesson has been this-

Apple is SMART, CUNNING, and ALMOST ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCT RELEASES.

Translation- dream, hope, guess and prognosticate all you want but we have to wait.

We won’t really know anything until Apple decides to tell us and Apple isn’t talking until the Worldwide Developers Conference begins on June 9th.

If that is too long (let me repeat- you must wait no less than 4,924,800 seconds) the rumor-mill has much to keep your attention.

On the Hardware side of things–

Tgdaily is claiming that the new hardware will come in 8GB and 16GB flavors and will debut at WWDC in June with the 8GB running $399 and the 16GB one Benjamin more. According to their site-

The iPhone itself will come with a slightly thinner body, which sheds about 2.5 mm when compared to the original iPhone. The casing, we are told, will see revisions in its appearance, removing some of the “plasticky” feeling of some parts. There will not be any significant changes to the operating system as well as the graphical user interface, but we did hear that the accelerometer has been tuned a bit. Unfortunately, Apple decided to stick with a non-removable battery.

(I find the whole “plasticky” thing interesting since my iPhone feels the least “plasticky” of any of my recent phones- and there have been many.)

On the software side the rumors are even more numerous–

According to StuffTV (via Gizmodo), code found in the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware suggests we will see
-support for Nike+ .
-support for Bluetooth stereo headphones
-built-in GPS support
-the ability to use the iPhone as a computer or AppleTV remote
-support for direct printing
And (drum-roll please) dooms-day code that may well brick offending unlockers.
The string of code apparently reads

‘BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING BrickedDevice Ignoring request to unlock because we’re blocked or bricked ‘

One hand gives while another takes away- ain’t it the way of the world?!

Enjoy the rumors– I am sure there will be many, many more– but remember-
there are almost 5 million seconds between now and WWDC
and no matter how nicely we ask…

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Two things you can count on just about every week at the moment - another set of 3G iPhone rumors, and at least one device talked up as an ‘iPhone Killer’ This week’s first entry in the latter category is an upcoming new phone from Nokia with a codename of ‘Tube’ - which Engadger reckons is the device pictured above.

The new phone will have a touch interface and is said to ‘closely resemble’ the iPhone. For me the iPhone is still all about ‘the sum of its parts’ - the hardware, the UI, OSX running on it etc., not just a big screen and a touch interface. I think when somebody brings out a device that can rival that whole package, then Apple will really have to take some notice.

There do not seem to be any details available yet on what the new phone’s specs will be or when it may be released.

See this link for more info:::
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WildEyes is a new iPhone document viewer app, that makes use of Mobile Safari’s ability to display a good variety of document types.  WildEyes is developed by Databinge, who are responsible for the excellent TimeCapsule iPhone backup app - and currently lets you view the following document types:

• pdf
• doc, docx
• xls, xlsx
• text files
• images

There are a number of solutions out there for viewing documents in this way on the iPhone, but WildEyes has quite a nice UI and feel to it. And if ti’s anything like TimeCapsule, we’ll see frequent updates and additional feature additions.   The program uses ~/Sites as is primary directory, but it will also let you view any documents stored under your main user path - either /var/root or /var/mobile depending on which firmware and jailbreak method you’re on.

The other requirements for using the program are that you need to have the BSD Subsystem and Lighttpd installed.  BSD Subsystem is found under the System Category in Installer, and Lighttpd is under the Network section.

WildEyes is available now on Installer.  You may need to add the Databinge source to Installer to see it, which is:

http://repo.databinge.com

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The proprietor of two of house music’s best labels, Salted Music and Naked Music, San Francisco resident Migs is known for making dance music celebrities out of the people with whom he collaborates–most notably Blue Six and Lisa Shaw. For ‘07 album “Those Things,” the California hippie called on vocalist Shaw (among others), a saxophone, some bongos, heavy machinery, and a whole lot of soul.

Anyway, he is giving a download to a couple of cool sounding tracks. “So Far” has to be our favorite.

Now, I’m not sure how long he’s giving it away free. So if you want it, you can download it free here.

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This has already been a stronger than average week for 3G iPhone rumors - but here’s a late entry that is getting lots of play.  Walt Mossberg - the Wall Street Journal tech columnist - has mentioned (in passing while discussing a different subject, but quite confidently) that the iPhone will be 3G in 60 days.

As 9to5Mac says …

As someone who regularly gets to test Apple products way ahead of the public, he would know!

If that old theory about smoke and fire holds any weight, you’ve gotta start thinking lately there’s an awful lot of smoke in this direction …

Check out the 9to5Mac post HERE for a video clip of Mossberg’s quote.  It’s a bit of a long video - so look for the 3G comment at around the 6:55 mark of it.

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