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Listen up San Fran commuters, BART has partnered with Junaio to create their very own augmented reality app.  Now you can see places of interest, BART entrances, check on train times and more.  Check the video above for a full run down.

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Today, EA announced the follow up to their exercise sports title, SPORTS Active 2.0.  The newest version of the already hyper popular workout game will now include an innovative wireless control system, powered by new leg and arm straps with motion sensors, a heart rate monitor to capture intensity, and a new online hub to track and share workout data.  EA has also expanded the games availability from the Wii to the PS3, iPod Touch and iPhone, although I don’t think the latter two will include the same sensor system.

The new heart rate monitor helps users keep track of their workout intensity and will provide an always onscreen readout of their beats per minutes, calories burned and more.  The online hub, which is more of a social network meets logging system, provides the user with a centralized location of their workout data, progress and the ability to interact with other EA ACTIVE Sports users and share workouts.

The game itself will include a three-phase, nine-week program that is said to provide a fitness roadmap that keeps gamers motivated and on track to their fitness goals.  You can also expect additional workouts for download in the future, for a nominal cost of course.

There’s no word on a price or a specific launch date, but EA says to expect SPORTS Active 2.0 this fall. …Continue reading: EA SPORTS Active 2.0 Announced, Arriving This Fall With More Sensors And On The PS3

There are currently 45 million iPhones on the market.  Ridiculous I know, so this iPhone magnet set should come as no surprise.  Course, who would or should buys these?  The iPhone user or the wannabe iPhone owner? …Continue reading: iPhone App Magnet Set

Oh the inspiration for products.  Sure, there are justifiable times for those ‘oh yeah’ moments, but there is no rationalizing the iPhone Sausage Screen Stylus from Case Crown.

Last month the blogosphere blew up with news that folks in Korea were using real edible sausages to control their iPhones so they didn’t have to remove their gloves.  And hence Case Crown inspiration for their $1 product.

Stupid, really stupid, especially seeing as there are quite a few gloves on the market with iPhone friendly finger tips.

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Amazon sells the Griffin 9806-MLTDCK2 Powerdock Dual-Position Charging Station for $49.99 – $20.44 instant rebate + free shipping = $29.55!  This dock can charge to Apple ‘i’ devices at the same time and includes 8 adapters.

What is kind of becoming a cool trend and is an awesome idea, Video Game Companion Apps are a great way for hard core gamers to get their fix when they’re away from the console.  ForzaTune Premier is a companion app that effectively gives you all the information to tune any of your cars the easy way.

At $2, all of the reviews so far have been pretty glowing.  Novices and amateurs alike will find the app easy to use and greatly beneficial to shaving off precious seconds to their lap times.  So now we’ve seen the Madden companion app (which took forever to come out) and now we have a Forza App.  Any other ideas on what games could use companion apps?

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The internal iPhone microphone has never been known to exude quality recordings.  With the help of ThinkGeek’s Mini-Mic you can finally produce some accurate and great sounding recordings regardless of what app your using.

Shaped like the end of a boom microphone, the Mini-Mic is a plug-n-play device that uses no battery and promises gains of 25+ dB.  With multi-angle swivel action that applies itself to a multitude of recording scenarios, the Mini-Mic is a great deal for $13!  Available now.

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While the world waits for coveted information in regards to the next iPhone iteration, concept artists have been busy creating what they think should be the next Apple smart phone.  What you see below are some very polished iPhone 4G renderings.

Available in multiple colors and capacities (32 GB and 64 GB), the concept iPhone also has a SD Card Slot (will never happen right?), and will have a front facing camera as well as a 5MP camera on the back for possible HD Video recording.

These pics are pretty luscious and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.  Give us a holler and let us know what you think of these! …Continue reading: iPhone 4G Concept Pictures And Related Information

Yup, another day another infrared dongle for your iPhone.  Say what?! Today, New Potato Technologies (ya, seriously) announced their very own infrared dongle and application that turns the iPhone or iPod Touch into an IR universal remote, called the FLPR.  So how does one differentiate themselves the from the pack?  They’re boasting a database of over 14,000 codes for your lights, TVs, receivers and more right out of the box, something PowerA definitely lacks and Redeye might come close to.

I’m not sold on the iPhone Universal Remote scheme.  While they might work, the last thing I wanna do is fumble through my list of apps and burn my battery controlling my TV or cable box.  It’s just not practical.  But, if some how one could manipulate the system to work over WiFi to control the entire home (think cheaper, a lower key Crestron) then I think they might have something.

The FLPR is available now for $80, or you can wait until later this month when it will hit store shelves at a BestBuy near you.

NOTE: Much like PowerA’s remote, you’ll need to rotate the iPhone 180 degrees, holding the dock end up.

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I really didn’t expect to see something this cool today.  The PRS Guitar Bud is an absolutely innovative product that is a must “check out” for any musician that owns an iPhone or 2nd Gen iPod Touch.  The PRS Guitar Bud is a 6 foot long cable that has a microphone attachment cord via 3.5mm jack as well as a 1/4″ jack and a headphone input.

Capable of transmitting a signal from guitars, keyboards, and samplers to just about any app that accepts a microphone input, the PRS Guitar Bud is a great way to share riffs, practice scales, and much more.  PRS also has a compatible app associated with the PRS Guitar Bud called the PRS JamAmp which serves as an amp simulator and practice aide.

The Guitar Bud sells for $30 and the PRS App is at $10 and is available now.  Other compatible apps are:  Voice Memos™, StompVox™, Riff Raters™, GigDaddy™, iStrobosoft™, Rectools Pr™o, Guitar FX Deluxe.  From reading the reviews in the App Store, it seems people aren’t too happy with the way this product and App doesn’t work.  This might be asking too much of an iPhone.  I’m gonna see if I can snag one for review.

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