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Trailers.optimalconnection.net provides an easy interface to browse movies from Apple's movie trailer site formatted for the iPhone. Movies are split into Just Added, Exclusive, Most Popular, Genre and Movie Studio categories in an iPhone-friendly...

I know enough Spanish to get by: What time is it, I need help, wheres the Apple Store? You know, the basics. I've picked up parts of the language in Spanish class in High School and around Texas, but my friend, Laura, taught the Spanish I use most often: How to curse at people in traffic, how to pick up men, and a song about a cow. From time to time, Ill send a text message in Spanish. In ...

Per Mashable, how to make your $600 iPhone even more useful? Say goodbye to "My Name Is" stickers forever... Visit iPhone Name Tag and make your own. 1. Enter Name 2. Press Submit 3. Turn iPhone Sideways 4. Hang from...

eWeek Microsoft-Watch blogger relates his two week experience with the iPhone. Before reading any further, Microsofties and their partners should take out paper and a pen. Apple has done so much right with the iPhonebased on my experience, anyway that they should take notes. Joe Wilcox replaced his Nokia N95 with the iPhone in a last minute decision which he doesn't regret. He breaks down what...

A Blog entry claims that if you complain about EDGE service, AT&T will let you cancel the "required" $20 data plan on the iPhone. Under this cheaper plan you still get 450 anytime minutes, 5000 night/weekend minutes, free mobile-to-mobile, rollover minutes, you can still use the internet features over WiFi and you dont have to pay an extra $20 a month for the privilege of enduring worse than...

Something the iPhone is missing is internet music streaming. A web application called SeeqPod addresses lets you listen to music files publicly available on the internet. Point your iPhone to SeeqPod.com/iPhone and start clickin'. You can either browse by artist or "search and discover" on the home page. Browsing has a really pretty, iPhone-esque inferface. When you find a song you like,...

Today was going to be about how to make a super-cute homemade iPhone case. I got cute fabric, some cute buttons for a closure all so freakin' adorable, but... I make a pattern, I sew it together and: Fits worse than that rootin' tootin' Speck case, which I finally returned yesterday -- so scratch that plan. Returning the Speck cases was a simple operation. I took the reboxed cases...

So, the first practical (sorta) application from the iPhone hacking efforts appears on HacktheiPhone -- but its not for the faint of heart. The 23 step tutorial requires an involved process which is not without risk: Following these instructions may brick (kill) your iPhone making it completely unusable. If your iPhone becomes unresponsive to restoration via iTunes, then you may have to seek...

Michael Johnson released Corridor, dubbed "the first 3D game for the iPhone". Beyond that, Johnson's game also supports the iPhone's accelerometer as the controller for the game. The instructions are a bit hard to follow without seeing the game, but makes sense when you start playing. 1. If you see protrusions on the left and right, hold the iPhone in portrait mode. 2. If you see...

MacOSXHints publishes a tip about using iPhone's Google Maps to find Wifi spots in your area. So, let's say that I'm in a neighborhood that I'm not familiar with. I ask somebody nearby what the local zip code is (let's say, 92116), and then I go to the Maps widget on my iPhone. I type in wifi 92116 and then hit Search. Up...

Several iPhone users are seeing various battery-related issues. An ongoing thread about it discusses the various problems. All the problems are not the same, but one common issue appears to be an apparent inability to charge the iPhone to 100%. Wirelessinfo.com shows photos how two of their three iPhones would not charge to 100%, but a followup from Apple PR suggests that this issue...

As noted by Macworld, the latest version of Quicktime 7.2 released just yesterday brings new video Export options for the iPhone. QuickTime 7.2 adds two new export features into the application Export for iPhone and Export for iPhone (Cellular). The former exports a .m4v video, while the latter exports in the smaller .3gp format. The preset options allow you to export your videos in an iPhone...

Techworld reports on two options for Microsoft Exchange synchronization and support for the iPhone. The two include, Visto and Synchronica. Due to Apple's reluctance to open the iPhone to 3rd party applications, both services provide different approaches: Visto, for instance, which usually writes small handset-based applications to allow its email sync functions to work, will use a desktop...

The iPhone is an awesome device and will no doubt be a trendsetter for future devices similar to the way the iPod defined the way portable music should be. However, some iPhone owners have been discovering the cost of being on the bleeding edge of technology. Currently, there are various bugs plaguing the iPhone's software. These bugs range from minor, application-specific bugs to somewhat...

One iPhone user successfully modified a version of TightVNC to allow him to control his Windows PC from his iPhone. WebVNC is a modification of the VNC server. Where before the HTTP server in VNC would just serve a Java applet, now it serves an AJAX application that downloads the screen as a set of JPEG images. The application then checks back with the server to see which ones have changed, and...

Ecamm Network has released a Mac OS X application called iPhoneDrive which allows you to store arbitrary files onto your iPhone. The purpose appears to be a way to emulate "drive mode" with the iPhone, allowing you to use your iPhone as an expensive USB flash drive. The software provides no access to other files on the iPhone, so you can't copy photos, music, movies that have previously been ...

MyiTablet points to a YouTube video which shows one user using a custom ringtone on the iPhone. It appears to be a proof of concept only. Progress on iPhone hacking has progressed, but few end-user tools are presently available to accomplish anything useful at this...

The iPhone and I took a little trip to the Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, TX yesterday. We went on a tour and it was all very fun and very tasty (you get ice cream at the end!) but I was concerned about how the iPhone would operate in a small town. While Brenham isn't exactly a small town, as it has a population of about 13,500, I've lived in Houston (population about 2.1 million) my whole ...