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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best iPhone Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Herrman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s charmingly tawdry app roundup: Voices, creepily modulated! Annoying trips to Kinkos, averted! Cats, artfully superimposed! Photos, easily shared! iPhone speakers, blown! Call of Duty, iPhone&#8217;d! Google Maps, humiliated! Certifiably good games, discounted! And more&#8230;
Voices: There are a few voice modulation apps on the shelves of the App Store, but none has captured [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/thisweeksiiips.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_thisweeksiiips.jpg" alt="" class="center" /></a>In this week&#8217;s charmingly tawdry app roundup: Voices, creepily modulated! Annoying trips to Kinkos, averted! Cats, artfully superimposed! Photos, easily shared! iPhone speakers, blown! Call of Duty, iPhone&#8217;d! Google Maps, humiliated! Certifiably good games, discounted! And more&#8230;<span id="more-368511"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-1-voices.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/sometimes-dreams-come-true/">Voices</a>: There are a few voice modulation apps on the shelves of the App Store, but none has captured Jesus&#8217; heart like Voices: Retro tape recorder and microphone, cute icons, simple touch interface, and sharing via Twitter, Facebook and email, so you can spook everyone with that infernal Reverse Voice effect. For just $1.19, it&#8217;s impossible to resist.<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-2-zosh.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/sign-documents-on-your-iphone-through-zosh-app/">Zosh</a>: Signing things over email: a thing that is dumb. Zosh: a thing that makes that process much easier.</p>
<blockquote><p> Zosh is a $4 app that allows you to sign attached documents on your iPhone. Basically, you forward the emailed document to Zosh from the iPhone&#8217;s mail app, then you open the Zosh app to sign it (plus you can add a date and stuff).</p>
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<p> I especially like this one because it&#8217;s not just a good way to sign documents on the iPhone, it&#8217;s a good way to sign documents in general. I mean seriously, who wants to scan their signature or jitter one out in MS paint? One catch: it only supports PDFs for now, so convert or die.<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-3-catpaint.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/catpaint-single-pawedly-justifies-the-existence-of-the-app-store/">CatPaint</a>: Negative space, as defined in the eminent McFairlyshire Encyclopaedia of Artistic Principles (1904): <em>An area, perimeter or measurable expanse that lacks cats.</em> And one of the first thing they teach to you at any good art school is to fill it up, with cats. Facts! Enter CatPaint:</p>
<blockquote><p> Cats can be added to pre-existing photos or cat-scarce shots from the iPhone&#8217;s camera, and either saved to your camera roll or sent via email. Using it takes a while to get used to: Once you&#8217;ve selected a cat from the app&#8217;s animal palette and set the slider for size, each tap on the photo instantly splashes a new cat at the point of contact, which can&#8217;t be edited, save for a temperamental shake-to-delete function.</p>
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<p> It is the best thing, this app. $1.19.<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-4-knocking.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id335489277?mt=8">Knocking: Live Pic Sharing</a>: Uses server-side galleries to let you view photos in sync with other people, which you can send or flip through by &#8220;knocking&#8221;. Ideal scenario: You&#8217;re talking to your friend over the phone, you want to show him a gallery of pictures, you tell him to jump onto Knocking, and suddenly you&#8217;re in control of his viewing experience. It pretty much works like that. Free.<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-5-blower.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/application-makes-your-iphone-blow-air/">Blower: Real Air</a>: Can you guess what this one does? <em>Really</em>, no? Then you&#8217;re probably a good candidate for spending money on it. For what it&#8217;s worth &mdash; something? &mdash; Blower explores the iPhone&#8217;s absurd novelty potential in a completely new way. From the reviews, a perfect description: &#8220;It feels like an ant blowing on you.&#8221;<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-7-zombies.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/slaughtering-nazi-zombies-not-as-insanely-fun-on-iphone/">Call of Duty</a>: The control scheme isn&#8217;t perfect, and the price ($13) is high, but it&#8217;s tough to argue with a Nazi Zombie shoot &#8216;em up with the Call of Duty name. Pro tip: Switch to the tilt controls, because the overlaid joystick is not good. (They never are!)<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-6-fitorfugly.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/because-what-we-all-need-is-an-app-to-tell-us-were-ugly/">Fit or Fugly</a>: Rounding out our cr-appier selections for the week, an app that purports to measure your beauty according to some kind of mathematical equation. It&#8217;s not a good way to actually tell if someone is attractive, nor is it a particularly well-executed app. It is, however, a good excuse to tell your friends that their faces are asymmetrical, which evokes surprisingly intense responses. Try it! (The face thing, not necessarily the app.)<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/approundup-10-earth.jpg" alt="" class="right" /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097?mt=8">Google Earth 2.0</a>: You can create and store your own customised maps in the desktop version of Google Maps and save them to your account &mdash; this is great for keeping running routes, sharing driving directions and the like. You can view them in the new version of Google Earth for the iPhone now, which is useful and also sort of hilarious since you can&#8217;t even access them in the official Google Maps app. Sound silly? <em>Welcome to the iPhone, y&#8217;all!</em><div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p><em>This list is in no way definitive. If you&#8217;ve spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us your first-hand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our <a href="http://gizmodo.com.au/tags/the-week-in-iPhone-apps/">previous weekly roundups here</a>, and check out our <a href="http://gizmodo.com.au/tags/essential-iphone-apps">Favourite iPhone Apps Directory</a>. Have a great weekend, everybody!</em></p>
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		<title>Flo TV Shown Off On The iPhone For Reasons Unknown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Herrman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get that this Flo TV iPhone demo is just a proof of concept. That&#8217;s fine! I&#8217;m just a little confused as to what the concept is.
Is it just what they&#8217;re showing us? A Flo TV app, that requires some kind of accessory to tune into broadcasts? That&#8217;s possible, but given how well the iPhone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/p1060779-copy.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_p1060779-copy.jpg" alt="" class="center" /></a>I get that this <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/qualcomm-flo-tv-ptv-hands-on-us250-to-shut-up-the-kids/">Flo TV</a> iPhone demo is just a proof of concept. That&#8217;s fine! I&#8217;m just a little confused as to what the concept is.<span id="more-368411"></span></p>
<p>Is it just what they&#8217;re showing us? A Flo TV app, that requires some kind of accessory to tune into broadcasts? That&#8217;s possible, but given how well the iPhone can stream video over 3G, it&#8217;d be a hard sell, even with Flo TV&#8217;s <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/qualcomm-flo-tv-ptv-hands-on-us250-to-shut-up-the-kids/">cable-like channel selection</a>. It would also help if said accessory wasn&#8217;t larger than the actual iPhone.</p>
<p>Or is it to foster excitement over the idea of native Flo TV hardware support in the iPhone, like in the <a href="http://gizmodo.com.au/tags/htc-imagio">HTC Imagio</a>? Because that will never, ever happen. So again, <em>why</em>? [<a href="http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/11/19/flo-tv-for-iphone-demoed/">Electric Pig</a>]</p>
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		<title>Sometimes, Dreams Come True</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesus Diaz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ newVideoPlayer("/gizmodo-voices.flv", 500, 375,""); 
In 2007 I whined and whined asking for an iPhone Software Developer&#8217;s Kit. Back then I asked for five apps. It took two years, but today I&#8217;ve got them all. The last one just came in yesterday.
It&#8217;s not Voice Candy, but Voices looks as good, if not better: Retro tape recorder [...]]]></description>
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<p>In 2007 I whined and whined <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/no_iphone_sdk_means_no_iphone/">asking for an iPhone Software Developer&#8217;s Kit</a>. Back then I asked for five apps. It took two years, but today I&#8217;ve got them all. The last one just came in yesterday.<span id="more-368383"></span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not Voice Candy, but <i>Voices</i> looks as good, if not better: Retro tape recorder and microphone, cute icons, simple touch interface, and sharing via Twitter, Facebook and email, so you can spook everyone with that infernal Reverse Voice effect. For $1.19, it&#8217;s impossible to resist. </p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_voices1.jpg" alt="" class="left" /><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_voices2.jpg" alt="" class="left" /><div class="clear-fix"></div><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_voices3.jpg" alt="" class="left" /><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_voices4.jpg" alt="" class="left" /><div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
<p>[<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voices-fun-voice-morphing/id337447139?mt=8">iTunes App Store</a> &mdash; Thanks Juanlu ]</p>
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<p>Are you still missing a favourite?</p>
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		<title>Tethering Coming To Telstra iPhones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Broughall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As picked up by David Flynn at APC, Telstra CEO David Thodey has responded to a comment on the Telstra Exchange blog to announce that the company is &#8220;working with Apple to enable tethering on the iPhone&#8221;, although he can&#8217;t reveal any specific dates. It&#8217;s kind of mind blowing that it hasn&#8217;t happened already, although [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As picked up by David Flynn at APC, Telstra CEO David Thodey has responded to a comment on the Telstra Exchange blog to announce that the company is &#8220;working with Apple to enable tethering on the iPhone&#8221;, although he can&#8217;t reveal any specific dates. It&#8217;s kind of mind blowing that it hasn&#8217;t happened already, although I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s what happens when you get two companies so focussed on doing things their own way that neither is willing to make the sacrifice necessary to bring this service to their customers.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2009/11/04/a-new-view-on-communications/comment-page-2/#comment-331">Telstra Exchange</a> via <a href="http://apcmag.com/telstra-ceo-iphone-tethering-for-next-g-coming-soon.htm">APC Mag</a>]</p>
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		<title>Sign Documents On Your iPhone Through Zosh App</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wilson</dc:creator>
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Every time I receive an emailed loan agreement for a product review, the process of signing it becomes a complete pain. I either have to print, sign and scan the document, or paste a signature in Photoshop. No more!
Zosh is a $4 app that allows you to sign attached documents on your iPhone. Basically, you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Every time I receive an emailed loan agreement for a product review, the process of signing it becomes a complete pain. I either have to print, sign and scan the document, or paste a signature in Photoshop. No more!<span id="more-368226"></span></p>
<p>Zosh is a $4 app that allows you to sign attached documents on your iPhone. Basically, you forward the emailed document to Zosh from the iPhone&#8217;s mail app, then you open the Zosh app to sign it (plus you can add a date and stuff).</p>
<p>Testing the app, the signing process actually worked pretty well. Maybe the neatest component of the interface is that the signature line auto tracks your finger, meaning that if your signature goes larger than the iPhone&#8217;s screen, it&#8217;ll just pan over.</p>
<p>However, there&#8217;s one MASSIVE catch. You can only sign PDFs at the moment, not text files like .docs. For me, that&#8217;s a dealbreaker (ladies), and hopefully one that will be remedied (through simple auto-conversion or something) in later versions. [<a href="http://zosh.com/">Zosh</a>]</p>
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		<title>Threadless Shirts Become iPhone Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising but sensible partnership, Griffin will be adding Threadless designs to their iPhone cases. So far, only two models are available, and the going rate is $US35. 
[Griffin via Gearlog]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_cloudthunder.jpg" alt="" class="center" />In a surprising but sensible partnership, Griffin will be adding Threadless designs to their iPhone cases. So far, only two models are available, and the going rate is $US35. <span id="more-368139"></span></p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/coop/threadless">Griffin</a> via <a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/gearlog-ziffdavis/~3/2pm9v8eJRs8/super_team_up_griffin_and_thre.php">Gearlog</a>]</p>
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		<title>Wow, It Took Him This Long?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone&#8217;s making money off the iPhone, so that might as well include George Lucas. $US30 this December. [StarWarsShop via ChipChick]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_swcasesiphone.jpg" alt="" class="center" />Everyone&#8217;s making money off the iPhone, so that might as well include George Lucas. $US30 this December. [<a href="http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1317538">StarWarsShop</a> via <a href="http://www.chipchick.com/2009/11/star-wars-iphone-case.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChipChick+%28Chip+Chick%29">ChipChick</a>]</p>
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		<title>Review: Pioneer AVIC-F10BT In-Dash Satnav System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Broughall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the guys at Pioneer let me drive around in one of their cars for a couple of days to test out the AVIC-F10BT in-dash satnav entertainment system. And now that I&#8217;ve tasted the supple delights of the AVIC, my own car&#8217;s stereo system seems old and tired, like a Hollywood starlet who&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC18.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC18.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC18" title="Pioneer AVIC18" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368058" /></a>Earlier this week, the guys at Pioneer let me drive around in one of their cars for a couple of days to test out the AVIC-F10BT in-dash satnav entertainment system. And now that I&#8217;ve tasted the supple delights of the AVIC, my own car&#8217;s stereo system seems old and tired, like a Hollywood starlet who&#8217;s let herself go. My satnav &#8211; once the pride and joy of my glovebox &#8211; now seems clunky and cumbersome. If I could, I&#8217;d take my car and the AVIC system to Vegas and get them hitched, because the simple fact is that they <em>belong</em> together. <span id="more-368026"></span></p>
<p>The AVIC-F10BT isn&#8217;t just an in-dash satnav &#8211; it&#8217;s a complete in-car entertainment system. On top of its 7-inch touchscreen display, the AVIC comes with dedicated cables installed into your glovebox for connecting an iPod or USB device, a DVD player and SD card behind the screen and built-in stereo Bluetooth. There are so many different elements to this product that the only real way to review it is to break it down into sections.</p>
<p><strong>Entertainment</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC15.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC15.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC15" title="Pioneer AVIC15" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368059" /></a>In the glovebox of the car is an iPod cable. It&#8217;s quite long, so you could run it all the way to the back, although you probably wouldn&#8217;t. Once you plug in your iPod or iPhone, it starts charging and all control goes through to the AVIC system. And it&#8217;s a very familiar interface &#8211; you get most of the same menus as your iPod, album art and a big &#8220;clickwheel&#8221; (although it&#8217;s really just a big four-way button on the touchscreen that looks like a clickwheel. It&#8217;s not a complete translation of your iPod though &#8211; there&#8217;s no support for Genius or Genius mixes, which is a bit of a shame.</p>
<p><a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC10.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC10.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC10" title="Pioneer AVIC10" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368061" /></a>But that&#8217;s made up for by the fact that the AVIC supports video. Sure, for safety reasons it&#8217;s restricted to when you have the handbrake on, but just the fact that you can play back video from your iPhone on your display is fantastic. If you have rear screens in your car, you can use the AVIC to send video from your iPhone to the rear seats while you use the satnav. </p>
<p><a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC14.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC14.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC14" title="Pioneer AVIC14" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368060" /></a>Of course, there&#8217;s also the built-in DVD player which will do the same thing, as well as play back CDs (both audio and MP3). The SD card also plays back music, and although I didn&#8217;t get to test it, the specs say it&#8217;ll play back DivX and H.264 files via either the SD or DVD slots. </p>
<p>There&#8217;s also the ability to play stereo Bluetooth through the system, and if your car has steering wheel audio controls, you can get them wired up to control the AVIC, although the car I was driving didn&#8217;t have them.</p>
<p>Being a Pioneer car, the audio playback was pretty awesome, but most of that was the speakers. In terms of controls, the touchscreen managed most of it, although there are dedicated volume and track forwards and back buttons on the bottom of the screen.</p>
<p><strong>Bluetooth</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC5.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC5.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC5" title="Pioneer AVIC5" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368062" /></a>The Bluetooth functionality is a godsend. My last car had a Motorola Bluetooth hands-free kit installed that used the car&#8217;s speakers, and despite being valued at a few hundred dollars, it had nothing on the AVIC&#8217;s Bluetooth. For a start, the AVIC has a screen, which lets you see details a more traditional Bluetooth system could only dream of. Once you&#8217;ve paired up your phone, you can see your signal strength and your network on the screen. But the killer is the ability to copy your contact list from the phone over to the AVIC&#8217;s 2GB of internal storage, which means you can easily call anyone on your contact list with a few presses of the touchscreen. You also get missed calls, recent calls and a shortcut to your home number easily located on the phone&#8217;s main screen. </p>
<p><a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC7.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC7.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC7" title="Pioneer AVIC7" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368064" /></a>Considering the legal implications of using your phone while driving these days, this is almost worth the price of admission in itself. OK, not quite, but it&#8217;s still the best implementation of installed Bluetooth I&#8217;ve played with.</p>
<p><strong>Satnav</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC1.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC1.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC1" title="Pioneer AVIC1" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368066" /></a>There&#8217;s a lot to be said for navigation on a seven-inch screen. It&#8217;s easy to view, easy to control and, well, that&#8217;s pretty much it. Considering I&#8217;ve long been lamenting the fact that satnavs tend to be fairly stagnant in terms of new features that are actually useful, having a device with such a big screen was quite refreshing. It uses the latest WhereIs maps, which shows off things like golf courses on the screen as you drive past them. It&#8217;s also big enough that it can display your music track information (and album artwork) on the screen at the bottom, even with the satnav running.</p>
<p><a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC4.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC4.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC4" title="Pioneer AVIC4" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368068" /></a>There are a couple of other noteworthy aspects to the satnav &#8211; first off, it&#8217;s a learning device, so if you like to take a particular shortcut, it&#8217;ll start directing you that way when you next take that route. </p>
<p>The other big thing is a result of the device been installed – the device will actually track your position when you drive through tunnels. No beeps and messages about lost satellite reception. No confusion about underground exits. In other words, proper navigation wherever you are. And that&#8217;s awesome. It really is.</p>
<p>The AVIC-F10BT comes with <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/tags/suna">SUNA</a> traffic, although I have no idea where the TMC antenna is. It&#8217;s certainly not running along the bottom of your front windshield, and doesn&#8217;t need to be plugged in each time you want to use the satnav. </p>
<p><strong>The Menu</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC3.jpg"><img src="http://media.gizmodo.com.au/wp//2009/11/Pioneer-AVIC3.jpg" alt="Pioneer AVIC3" title="Pioneer AVIC3" width="550" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368069" /></a>The touchscreen interface is simple. The Home screen gives you the option of Music, Satnav or Phone. But if you press the home button again on the home screen, there&#8217;s a customisable page of shortcuts to key functions of the device. Things like navigate home or launching the FM radio. That means you&#8217;re no more than three presses from all the key functions of the device, and it doesn&#8217;t get much better than that.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a dedicated button on the bottom of the unit that switches between satnav and music control. That may sound like an obvious inclusion, but it&#8217;s only when you&#8217;re using it that you realise how much sense it actually makes.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict</strong><br />
This device costs $2999, plus installation. It&#8217;s the top of the range Pioneer AVIC system though, and offers the ability to control rear screens and audio output if you have a truly kickass speaker setup in your car. It also works with a reverse camera, which can be installed as an optional extra.</p>
<p>But despite all that, $3K still seems pretty steep. But there are a couple of things to consider &#8211; if you&#8217;re buying a new car, you&#8217;re likely to pay that much to get a satnav option, but you&#8217;ll probably miss out on the whole Bluetooth and iPod functionality. The other thing is that Pioneer have a<a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/07/why-arent-there-more-in-dash-satnav-solutions/"> cheaper option</a>, which has a smaller screen and fewer functions, but maintains the core aspects of the device (iPod, Bluetooth and satnav) selling for under a grand (plus installation). Considering top of the line satnavs cost almost a grand, that&#8217;s incredibly good value. You do need a double DIN free in your car, but if you can spare it and the cash to get it installed, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this system. It&#8217;s a complete solution for most of your in-car needs, and well worth the price of admission.</p>
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		<title>CatPaint Single-Pawedly Justifies The Existence Of The App Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Herrman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within seconds of installing CatPaint, I felt like the Matisse of adding cats to photos. Within minutes, I was Leonardo da goddamn Vinci.
Sometimes the best apps are the simplest, and CatPaint is nothing if not simple. Cats can be added to pre-existing photos or cat-scarce shots from the iPhone&#8217;s camera, and either saved to your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/photo_02.jpg" alt="" class="right" />Within seconds of installing CatPaint, I felt like the Matisse of adding cats to photos. Within minutes, I was Leonardo da goddamn <em>Vinci</em>.<span id="more-367935"></span></p>
<p>Sometimes the best apps are the simplest, and CatPaint is nothing if not simple. Cats can be added to pre-existing photos or cat-scarce shots from the iPhone&#8217;s camera, and either saved to your camera roll or sent via email. Using it takes a while to get used to: Once you&#8217;ve selected a cat from the app&#8217;s animal palette and set the slider for size, each tap on the photo instantly splashes a new cat at the point of contact, which can&#8217;t be edited, save for a temperamental shake-to-delete function. But seriously, <em>not the point</em>:<div class="clear-fix"></div></p>
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<p>See?!? $1.19. [<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/catpaint/id339462921?mt=8">iTunes</a> via <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/143919/2009/11/catpaint.html?lsrc=rss_main">Macworld</a>]</p>
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		<title>Solar iPhone Charger Concept Has Another Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Chen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it&#8217;ll be awkward to have this iPetals solar charger out on the street, taking advantage of the sun to keep your phone charged is just smart.
Only a concept now, but this charger — that&#8217;s also an iPhone stand — is easy enough that some Chinese company could quickly put out a solution in a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_ipetals_b.jpg" alt="" class="center" />Although it&#8217;ll be awkward to have this iPetals solar charger out on the street, taking advantage of the sun to keep your phone charged is just smart.<span id="more-367895"></span></p>
<p>Only a concept now, but this charger — that&#8217;s also an iPhone stand — is easy enough that some Chinese company could quickly put out a solution in a few months. </p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_ipetals_a.jpg" alt="" class="center" /><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_ipetals_c.jpg" alt="" class="center" /><img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_ipetals_d.jpg" alt="" class="center" /></p>
<p>[<a href="http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/ipetals/">Petit Invention</a> via <a href="http://www.intomobile.com/2009/11/18/ipetals-solar-iphone-charger-doubles-as-a-stand.html">Into Mobile</a>]</p>
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