For iPhone owners still bummed out about the lack of messaging capabilities, there may be a glimmer of hope. Cerulean Studios is designing Trillian Astra specifically for iPhone application, and they need testers.
For those who aren’t familiar with Trillian, it encompasses the gamut of instant messaging programs, including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC, so you can consider this the Rosetta Stone of IM clients. The screens look fantastic, having all the polish you’d expect in an iPhone app, and the whole experience is guaranteed to operate in real time. If you’re interested in running some beta on your Alpha and Omega, hit the link and sign up.
[beta test via trillianblogs] Thanks Kevin! More »
Today, as our two most expensive units battle, marks the close of our first round of iPod Dock Battlemodo. First, we have the $349 Apple Hi-Fi. It’s the Chosen System, blessed by the hands of Steve Jobs himself. And while it’s late on the scene, that allowed Apple a chance to learn from the mistakes of other manufacturers. But the Hi-Fi has some tough competition in the $349 Altec Lansing IMV712. It’s a dock with a secret weapon…an 8.5″ screen. Who will win the battle? More »
Here’s proof of that urban legend, the floor-skipping elevator hack, that we heard about a few months ago. This also proves most of the world is full of selfish a’holes (including us). In case you forgot, holding your destination floor and the close buttons simultaneously is said to put elevators into an express mode, passing all other stories like Superman flying up the side of the building. We have no clue whether this will work on some, most or all elevators, and our home ownership offers us no way to test the theory. So to anyone living in an apartment or vising the office today, try this hack out and let us know if it works in the comments. Because we’re all on a need to know basis here. More »
Yes readers—it’s that time of month again, when the blind can see, the hungry can eat and everyone becomes an Apple fanboy for one post. This is Justine Sane, Macenstein’s July Mac Chick of the Month. She’s on a podcast at EnterCourseTV and enjoys activities like stripping down around her Macs and…that’s pretty much what we know on the topic. Hit the jump for a larger version of the picture and a bonus shot—we kept it small so no one would yell at us this time/our wife wouldn’t notice we posted this. More »
If we’re going to miss one thing from the iPhone launch, it’s all the free love Apple chicks parodies that have been produced as a result. Take this iPhree video—reducing the dual-touch to no-touch, it has every element needed in good comedy—from a ludicrous product to a naked man with foliage-obscured genitalia. And we just can’t get enough naked man with foliage-obscured genitalia in our lives…the iPhone’s just OK.
The Oooms Rollator is a treadmill that breaks the rules, Fonzie-style. While most treadmills are designed to keep you stationary, the Rollator moves you around when you walk…just like if you were really walking. So what’s the point? (plus bonus video after the jump) More »
While you may want your MTV, I want my LED. And these $32 LED drumsticks are freakin’ hot. Powered by 6AAA batteries, the blue LEDs can help you light up the stage—Dire Straights style—as you steal the show from your glory hog keyboard guitarist.
But what if the drumsticks’ kinetic energy powered the low voltage LED glow? Aside from saving the weight and inconvenience of the batteries, it may offer some justification for all the coke.
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In honor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Samsung is rolling out the P318+, a special edition of their P310. So what does that mean, other than Samsung is milking their sponsorship for all it’s worth? Buyers get the bonus of Olympic Games ringtones, wallpapers, and maybe even video clips. But more importantly, the P310′s brushed metal exterior has gotten an 18k gold upgrade. So even if you could never throw a javelin or speedwalk, the gold can be yours—just not in the form that anyone other than thieves will actually care about. We’ll get you the ludicrous pricing information as it’s released.
Maybe it’s cathartic to destroy the iPhone after all of its hype, as we have another journalist’s entry in the iPhone destruction trend. This time, Mobility Today is testing the $24.95 invisibleSHIELD—a product that’s been around for mobile devices for some time—on the iPhone. Hit the jump for a video that includes pizza and water being dumped on the device. Oh, and they do actually review the invisibleSHIELD for those who are interested in those sorts of things. More »
