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Game Boy iPhone Pouch Won't Make You Cooler

3 July 2009, 12:28 am by: Mr. Besilly
STYLE GUIDE: An iPhone fashion revolution is officially under way, with designer felt pouches quickly becoming all the rage as the ultra-fashionable alternative to boring plastic cases. This custom-made Game Boy slip-cover creation is no exception to...

BeautyMeter App Pulled After Teen Girls Bare All

2 July 2009, 1:36 am by: Mr. Besilly
The latest nudie drama coming from the iTunes App Store centers around a vicious free app called BeautyMeter which mirrors the concept behind the popular online website "Hot or Not". The app produced by developers Funnymals, allows people desperate f...

New iPhone 3GS Ad 'Skateboard' Focuses On Video

2 July 2009, 12:27 am by: Mr. Besilly
The third spot in a fresh trilogy of iPhone 3GS commercials "Skateboard", places Apple's video capture, on board editing and sharing features center stage. While the company's formula remains in tact, including a new music bed entitled "Mr. Pitiful"...

iPhone PlayStation Case Gives Me Warm Fuzzies

1 July 2009, 10:26 am by: Mr. Besilly
STYLE GUIDE: The idea of a PlayStation Console case for iPhone with matching controller key chain is one fantastical work of genius that instantly restored a feeling of childlike wonder for me at first glance. Hand tooled with a felt...

iPhone OS 3.1 Screenshots Reveal Video Update

1 July 2009, 5:02 am by: Mr. Besilly
The latest beta release of iPhone OS 3.1 features a few small but necessary updates aimed at iPhone 3GS devices that both developers and users will welcome as happy, happy, joy, joy items of interest. One of those features include...

Apple Pimps iPhone 3GS In Latest TV Ads

1 July 2009, 3:28 am by: Mr. Besilly
The opening copy in Apple's two brand new TV commercials starts with what has become its summer blockbuster theme for the third consecutive year, "This is the new iPhone". A profound sentence that's forever changed the mobile phone industry. In...

PowerMac G3 Lamp Is One Steaming Pile of Art

30 June 2009, 4:24 pm by: Mr. Besilly
STYLE GUIDE: Here's a hunk of artistic Apple hackery that should be featured as the main attraction in a trailer park Mac museum. Made from what looks like the combined parts of an old iMac and PowerMac G3, this brilliantly...

iPhone 3GS Graphics Performance Gets Tested

30 June 2009, 1:14 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Compared to Apple's iPhone 3G device in OpenGL benchmark testing, the graphical abilities on iPhone 3GS have received a considerable upgrade according to the results posted on GLBenchmark. Exactly how much of an upgrade? CPU performance is Faster by...

Contour Case Makes Sturdy iPhone Tripod Mount

29 June 2009, 5:44 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Here's a simple modification for turning any Contour brand case ($30) into a sturdy iPhone tripod mount. This do-it-yourself design by Scott Patrick is a fairly cheap solution for the serious video geek. I like the idea of using an...

iPhone 3GS Availability Checker Updated Hourly

29 June 2009, 10:54 am by: Mr. Besilly
Before you rush out to an Apple retail store fully armed with your Master Card aimed at a new iPhone 3GS, you may want to check online first. Apple has re-launched its wildly popular iPhone availability checker online allowing a...

iPhone 3GS Launches To Wild Cheers In Sydney

26 June 2009, 5:53 am by: Mr. Besilly
SYDNEY - iPhone 3GS launched in Australia to bursts of cheers whipped up mostly by anxious Apple store staffers awaiting doors to open at 8:00 a.m. inside the George Street Apple store location. Hundreds of iPhone faithful waiting in line...

'Hottest Girls' App Fails, Developer Claims Hack

25 June 2009, 6:54 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Close to 5:00 p.m. PST the Hottest Girls ($1.99) app we downloaded in the early hours of June 25th is now loading with a message from the developer indicating that their "servers are being hacked." The app which was originally...

Fake Steve Jobs Serves Up Roasted Rubinstein For Breakfast

25 June 2009, 2:19 pm by: Mr. Besilly
For those of you who've been sleep navigating the interwebs lately, you may not have noticed that Fake Steve Jobs has reclaimed his blogging throne and he's back with a vengeance. His latest skewering is trademark brilliance entitled, "Jon Rubinstein...

DIY iPhone Tripod Mount Is Useful Overkill

25 June 2009, 11:17 am by: Mr. Besilly
Only a few days after I ordered myself a lightweight, table-top tripod from Hong Kong to capture video reviews with my new iPhone 3GS, videophile Eddie Breen, burst onto the scene with a simple tripod mount mod made from a...

First Apple-Approved iPorn App Gets Unveiled

25 June 2009, 12:52 am by: Mr. Besilly
Oh dear God... it has begun! Hottest Girls ($1.99), an app which was released on May 29th featuring mostly Asian chicks in lingerie, has now been infused with an update to include topless women in uncomfortable poses. Be certain that...

Make Any Dictator The Target In 'Boss Attack'

24 June 2009, 1:54 am by: Mr. Besilly
If you haven't given the app Boss Attack a proper eyeballing yet, here's your big chance broseph. This $.99 cent app is simple, stupid fun for anyone with half a brain. I could actually feel myself getting dumber after playing...

Jobs Confirmed 'Back In The House' At Apple

22 June 2009, 8:09 pm by: Mr. Besilly
CUPERTINO, CA - Steve Jobs has officially returned to Apple's Cupertino campus according to a report by Jim Goldman, the Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for CNBC. While Apple is still not commenting on the news with an official statement, ol'...

iPhone 3GS Hits One Million Sold In Three Days

22 June 2009, 1:15 pm by: Mr. Besilly
CUPERTINO, CA - It took only three days for Apple to sell one million iPhone 3GS devices according to a press release issued by the company on Monday. The sales figures being reported do not yet include the newly-priced $99...

The Best Case for iPhone Second to None

20 June 2009, 5:30 pm by: Mr. Besilly
STYLE GUIDE: If you're searching for an epic case to protect your new iPhone 3G S, look no further than the Incase Slider. Most longtime iPhone fanatics will tell you that a low profile case is most ideal. No one...

Using Your Earbud Remote with iPhone 3G S

20 June 2009, 1:57 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Another small but very useful change Apple has delivered with iPhone 3G S is the wide range of device control accessed through an integrated remote button and mic found in-line on their stereo earbuds. The ability to trigger calls with...

iPhone 3G S Hysteria Hits Small Seattle Suburb

19 June 2009, 5:44 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Pictured from L to R: Phil, Zeke, James, Ian, Jesse and Brian ISSAQUAH, WA - A fiercely loyal duo of iPhone fanatics wasted no time starting the line for the launch of Apple's new iPhone 3G S at a small...

Sirius iPhone App Debuts Without Howard Stern

18 June 2009, 12:38 am by: Mr. Besilly
Before you rush online and plunk down $2.99 a month for Premium Online Service from Sirius, you should know that you won't find Howard Stern on the free Sirius XM app finally released for iPhone. Stern is just one of...

AT&T Delivers Epic Revision to iPhone Upgrade Eligibility

17 June 2009, 1:16 pm by: Mr. Besilly
With just two days before the launch of iPhone 3G S, AT&T has issued an epic revision to their upgrade eligibility policy for iPhone users. Beginning Thursday, June 18th, AT&T is extending the window of upgrade eligibility for customers who...

Sirius iPhone App Expected To Debut June 18th

16 June 2009, 4:47 pm by: Mr. Besilly
We reported on May 27th that a Sirius XM iPhone app debut was imminent. It appears that Sirius is confirming to customers that the long rumored satellite radio app for iPhone will be launched beginning on Thursday, June 18th, just...

Kingpin Steve Jobs Returns To One Infinite Loop!

16 June 2009, 3:51 pm by: Mr. Besilly
CUPERTINO, CA - It's not often that you see the oversized number outside of Apple's One Infinite Loop Headquarters adorned with random Steve Jobs pinhead art. Today is just that exception. Painter and animation artist Dax Norman has hand painted...

AT&T Bringing MMS To iPhone At 'No Extra Cost' For Some

15 June 2009, 5:28 pm by: Mr. Besilly
It looks as if AT&T has figured out a perfectly sneaky way to hold customers hostage to sign up for a bundled texting plan. Though the company is planning to bring MMS services to iPhone OS 3.0 users late to...

It's Log! The All Natural iPhone Docking Station

15 June 2009, 1:11 pm by: Mr. Besilly
Here's one fantastical Father's Day gift idea that will bring years of joy to Dad while helping him to re-connect with the great outdoors. This is no ordinary carved out hunk of tree... it's LOG bro! Log is an iPhone...

Apple Saves Twitter Universe From Twitpocalypse

14 June 2009, 8:38 pm by: Mr. Besilly
CUPERTINO, CA - On June 14th at roughly 10:30 pm EST Apple posted the epic update aimed at fixing Twitterrific, the wildly popular iPhone Twitter client that had been temporarily debilitated by the infamous Twitpocalypse bug one day earlier. The...

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