Apple recently announced the new iPhone SDK (software development kit) for third party application developers. Of course third party applications have been available for jailbroken iPhones for some time now among which were some virtual instruments. The Japanese band Denki Groove used only those virtual instruments on their iPhones en iPods Touch to create their own version of Smoky Bubbles as the video below shows. For a link to the software the band uses see the GeekAlert (...)  read more

Just announced at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas the Belkin Rockstar should be available in stores around march for about $ 20,- a piece. It's an audio hub where up to 5 headphones can be connected to a single audio source. So if you want some friends to check out a song on your iPod, just let them plug in and enjoy it with you. It's certainly more attractive then the splitter-on-splitter-on-splitter solution! According to us, the Belkin Rockstar will be especially useful (...)  read more

Apple just announced a complete new iPod line-up with the new iPod nano and brand new iPod touch as most interesting devices. The tiny iPod shuffle gets some new colors and the iPod we used to call the video iPod is now the iPod classic. There aren't many changes in these two devices. The Shuffle only has 5 new colors but will still have 1 GB of storage and will still sell at $79,-. The iPod classic has a new user interface (the same as the new iPod nano) and will come in 80 GB and 160 GB for (...)  read more

Last Friday we reported on the newly announced Philips portable charger. But if you don't feel like waiting and do feel like building something yourself: meet the Minty Boost. It's a $20,- DIY kit to build a dual AA battery USB charger to give your iPod or other USB charged gadget an extra boost. In this example it's built in a candy box, but you can obviously build it in anywhere you like (in a back pack or jacket?). Inside a USB cable are two smaller cables that transport power. (...)  read more