T-Mobile launched another Android-based smartphone, the myTouch 3G, with people ordering online now guaranteed delivery by August 5.

QuickerTek releases a $250 external battery for MacBooks that adds five hours of computing time. SkypeCap, Flickery, XMenu, and EasyFind were also updated on Wednesday.

We've seen a lot of different ways developers will promote their apps, but this one is a first. Charleston, South Carolina-based developer Slicker has opened up a brick and mortar storefront, just for the purpose of spreading the word about their app Charleston City Slicker. The app takes users on a step-by-step tour of the historic city, and uses the iPhone's many features like location services and hi-definition video to immerse the user in the experience.

Right now one of the biggest things MobileMe has going for it is push email, but if something like Gmail, a free, hugely popular email service, were to get push capabilities, it would be a big game changer. There's an app in development that does the next best thing. It's called GPush, and it sends you push notifications right from your Gmail inbox.

Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, iPod Family, Peripherals, Odds and ends, iPhone, Road Tested

Living in a multiple iPhone and iPod household is both fun and annoying.

It's fun to talk about cool apps and play multi-user games, but it's annoying trying to find a place to plug in our iPhones and iPods. Right now we have two iPhone 3GS's, an original iPhone being used as a game device, and an iPod nano that all need charging.

Things have been a lot easier in our household since we got a Dexim Dual Dock Charger. This unit, available for $44.95 from RichardSolo.com or directly from Dexim, is an attractive and functional dock in which you can simultaneously charge two iPhones, two iPods, or any combination imaginable. Since the devices need to be held securely in the dock, Dexim includes a set of plastic insert cradles that fit the bottom of your particular device (no, I'm not using them in the photo above). There are cradles for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, iPod touch, iPod Classic, iPod nano, and 5G/U2 iPod.

When a device is placed in the dock for charging, a cool blue LED light goes on. That could be irritating if you want to use the Dual Dock Charger in a bedroom, so a switch to turn off the light is thoughtfully provided. We placed ours on a small table located on the way to our garage, so we can just pick up our phones on the way out of the house.

The Dexim Dual Dock Charger allows us to keep our iPhones constantly charged up, and it looks great while doing its job. We've had three-plus months of charging bliss without having to search for our cables, AC adapters, or iPhones. The original Apple chargers and cables are now used for topping off the devices when we're away from home, or for syncing with our Macs (the Dual Dock doesn't provide syncing capability).

If you live in a multi-iPhone family, the Dexim Dual Dock Charger is a must-have gadget.

Road Tested: Dexim Dual Dock Charger originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Road Tested: Dexim Dual Dock Charger originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple latest update to the Safari Web browser improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine.

A new app called Tweet Reel is promising to change the way you share video on your iPhone 3GS. Dubbed the TwitPic of video, the iPhone app allows you to record video on your iPhone 3GS and attach it to a tweet to be uploaded, just like other image sharing services do. It also supplies an interface to embed and share videos on the web and elsewhere. It's a little like YouTube, except you can type out the tweet yourself instead of having YouTube generate it for you. You can download Tweet Reel from the App Store for $2.99 (3GS only).
[via Mashable]

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, Apple History, App Store

Early in Apple history, long before Jonathan Ive came along and performed his design miracles, there was frog design. Under the helm of Hartmut Esslinger, frog design was responsible for some of the more memorable early Apple designs, including the iconic Apple IIc and the Imagewriter II printer. More importantly, Esslinger defined the Snow White design language that was used by Apple between 1984 and 1990 to define how Apple products of that era would look.

History is repeating itself now, with frog design recently releasing a new iPhone app, Postcard Express [App Store]. The $3.99 app definitely doesn't break new ground in terms of functionality -- it creates and sends digital postcards from your iPhone photos.

As with Postman, SodaSnap Postcards, and other apps of this type, Postcard Express lets you either take a new picture or use an existing gallery photo to send an electronic postcard to your friends via email. Unfortunately, frog design's savvy doesn't appear to extend to iPhone apps, as Postcard Express is not only more expensive than any of the other apps, but version 1.0 has some serious shortcomings.

Continue reading Everything old is new again; frog design does an iPhone app

Everything old is new again; frog design does an iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Everything old is new again; frog design does an iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Attorneys for a Minnesota mother of four slapped with a $1.92 million fine by a federal jury last month have filed a request for a new trial.