Griffin Technology has just released a new addition to their iTrip family. They're probably getting tired to adjust to Apple's 'new standards' every time, because this iTrip works through the iPod's/iPhone's 3.5mm audio jack. Which also means its compatible with a slew of other MP3 devices! Why didn't they think of this before?? Because they would have to add a battery to the iTrip (the 3.5mm is not a supplier of large sums of energy). Thus, this addition to the iTrip family features a lithium-ion battery, which is rechargeable through the iTrip's built in USB connector. If you want one, it'll set you back $39,99 which isn't all that bad for a FM transmitter from the industries' leader. Go check it out at Griffin's website       

Playing games on the iPhone Gaming on the iPhone is just great. The screen makes the games look great. The games run fast, and more importantly; without any glitches. The gameplay has become a lot more interesting because of the accelerometer inside the iPhone. And perhaps the best thing is that you don't have to go out to a store and buy games, but you can just buy games from the iTunes App store...anywhere you like, whenever you like. There are a lot of free games available and some great premium games that sell under $10. I won't describe myself as a hardcore gamer. I am more the casual type of gamer, I hardly ever game. The only gaming I have done in the past year were on a Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. Now that I have an iPhone, its much easier to see what titles are available and try a game every now an then. Because the iPhone is my phone, I carry it everywhere, so whenever there is a dull moment and I feel like gaming, I just grab my iPhone and a few seconds later I am happily gaming. So I am still a very casual gamer, but ...

The guys over at Crave have had a chance to get their hands on the iRiver Spinn. They really seem to like it. Especially the screen, its one of the best screens they've seen in a mobile device so far. Not everyone at Crave was keen on the Spinn wheel, but most of them liked it or were OK with it. Head over to Crave and check out the pictures and read the whole first look review.      From [Crave] via [Engadget]

Where did the first million iPhones go??  As you can see the biggest chunk went to the USA (600.000 units). Followed by Japan, France, Germany (around 70.000 units each). Spain was good for the fifth place (59.000 units). The rest of the countries sold far less. Because of low availability? Or because of low demand?? More graphs available on the Medialets website.  From [Medialets] via [Tweakers]

Then the darkside of the almighty dollar must have you in it's power. This is for the rich only. The rich that want to flaunt it. Who don't give a ****. Hmm...probably there are people who are going to buy this. Well, good for the developer. Although I am curious if Apple will allow applications such as this one in its app store for long, we'll see. All the app does is display a red ruby in the background...so when you show your iPhone people will know you spent $999,99, which is crazy.     Link to the App in the iTunes store (be sure not to accidentally buy it, because it almost equals the value of a Macbook)  Via [Gizmodo] [UPDATE] App pulled from the App store! Good one Apple!

The MagicPad application we blogged about before is now available from the iTunes App Store! It is developed by Proximi.     MagicPad is an application that is similar to the Notes application found on the iPhone, adding select, copy / paste and rich text formatting to the application. They have posted an interesting video where they do a proposal for a system wide select, copy / paste, text formatting feature for the iPhone, for your convenience we have posted it down here:    Candidate User Interface for Copy & Paste on the iPhone from Proximi on Vimeo.

iLounge has posted links to their, always interesting, iPod + iPhone book: "Over 20 world exclusive Sneak Peeks. Complete tutorials to all things iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and Apple TV. Beautiful reader-submitted art and photos. And big announcements from iLounge’s publisher and editors. It’s The Free iPod + iPhone Book 4—the latest edition of our multi-million-downloaded Book!" Go over to iLounge to download the book.

Remember iRiver? A pretty big MP3 player outfit. They were making the hip and trendy, small MP3 players you could hang from your neck. Anyway, they're still here and in August they're releasing the Spinn. And it might be their best try yet. The controls are a crossover between a large 'spin' dial, which you can spin endlessly to the left and right, a few physical buttons and a full touch screen. The device looks beautiful and so does the interface. It will be very interesting to see how the interface holds up, if iRiver has learned anything they will a least make it feel responsive and snappy (and let it connect to iTunes, LOL). Since everyone is rocking iPods and iPhones these days, it might even become fashionable to rock an iRiver Spinn. For now it will only be available in for pre-order in South Korea; the 4Gb version sells for about $259, the 8Gb version for $299.  Go over to iRiver's product page (in Korean)   Via [Engadget]

The folks over at MacNN have discovered some lines of code that hint that Apple has copy / paste in the works, more advanced GPS functionality that will enable turn-by-turn navigation and perhaps something such as 'mobile radio' (maybe a native internet radio player). Interesting. I am really looking forward to select, copy and paste. Via [MacRumors] via [MacNN]

Some pictures of Nokia's S60 user interface. I am wondering what it feels like when using it. The graphic design department could try a little harder, to make it look nicer (the iPhone's user interface looks stunning) but that is just my opinion. What is your take on it?      Via [Gizmodo] via [Symbian Freak]