Tweetie 2 and Twitterrific 2 aren’t just two of the best Twitter clients for the iPhone, they’re two of the best mobile micro-blogging interfaces on the planet and now both WordPress and Tumblr are taking advantage of them — which is ridiculously awesome for iPhone users.

WordPress now lets you “Post and Read via Twitter API”, and they have a complete walkthrough posted on how to set it up.

We've enabled posting to and reading of WordPress.com blogs via the Twitter API. Any app that allows you to set a custom API URL will work. This project came out of our Quebec meetup and was developed by Team 55 (Andy, Terry, and Raphael).

Inspired by WordPress, Tumblr has also jumped on board:

The really cool thing – because our following models follow a lot of the same principles, we've been able to take advantage of a ton of native features:

• Retweeting = Reblogging
• Replying = Reblogging w/ commentary
• Favoriting = Liking
• "@david" = "http://david.tumblr.com/"
• Conversations = Reblogs

So if you use Tweetie or Twitterrific, and WordPress or Tumblr, the API elves have given you an early present. Let us know how well it works for you.

[via @roustem]

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WordPress and Tumblr show iPhone Tweetie and Twitterrific Not Just for Twitter Anymore

Fake Steve Jobs, the nom de guerre of Newsweek’s Dan Lyons, got a ton of attention for his Operation Chokehold campaign to effectively DDoS the AT&T data network, including from AT&T itself and the FCC, not to mention pretty much every commenter on the interwebs who, while they might have applauded the cause, didn’t much appreciate the method.

Along with a quick follow up conversation with Fake AT&T CEO Randall Stevenson, where Fake Steve again absolutely excoriates the iPhone’s lone US carrier for making billions in profit on iPhone data plans while apparently cutting investments in the very network infrastructure on which the iPhone is supposed to use that data, he first tried to back track a tad, and then just went… a little nuts.

As has happened in the past, Fake Steve is taking the criticisms and spinning it into a farce including hooks into the Tiger woods scandal, historic figures of social conscious, terrorists, former and current heads of state, and now pretty much everything short of a kitchen sink app for iPhone.

In the end, we can’t help but think his original point — that AT&T isn’t investing in a network to support the iPhone and future mobile computing platforms even though they have the resources to do so, and are maximizing short-term shareholder profits over long-term share-holder and customer value — has gotten lost in the gimmick.

And that’s a shame, because AT&T really needs to invest in their network and give iPhone users the infrastructure they’re paying for.

UPDATE: Gizmodo also shows, in nifty, PowerPointy form, how AT&T is making more money, yet spending less on networks, since the original iPhone was released.

[Thanks to everyone who sent in many and wonderful variants of all this!]

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Are AT&T’s Problems Getting Lost in the Fake Steve Backtracks, Backtalks, and Crazy Backflips?

The following Top 5 iPhone Bluetooth Headsets guide is sponsored by the TiPb iPhone Accessory Store

The holidays are fast approaching and what a better last minute gift to give than a fancy new Bluetooth headset! With so many choices out there we figured many of you could use some help choosing the right headset. Today we’d like to give you our top five headsets available within TiPb’s iPhone Accessory store! Our picks are as follows:

• BlueAnt Q1
• Plantronics Discovery 975
• Jawbone Prime
• Motorola H17
• Motorola MOTOROKR S305

For the full rundown follow us after the break!

BlueAnt Q1

We are going to start off with my current personal favorite headset, the BluAnt Q1 voice controlled stereo Bluetooth headset. [$99.95 - TiPb Store Link]

Out of all of the headsets I’ve tested, the Q1 is by far the only one I could leave on a full work day and not even realize I’d be wearing it. It is also one of the very few headsets that gets updates via firmware with the latest update enabling stereo Bluetooth along with some other small features. And top it off with top of the line audio quality and you have yourself an excellent choice of stereo Bluetooth headset.

Be sure to check out our full review of the Q1.

Plantronics Discovery 975

I will admit that I am currently testing this headset and will be posting a full review in the coming weeks and without giving you my full impressions I will say the Plantronics Discovery 975 [$119.95 - TiPb Store Link] is indeed a quality headset.

Not only do you get the simplicity of one-touch controls, dual-mic AudioIQ² and WindSmart technologies to keep your conversations crisp and clear you also get a portable carrying case that doubles as a wireless charger on the go which is really a nice touch. Again, a full review is coming but definitely a headset worth picking up!

Jawbone Prime

Next up we have a headset that Rene put in such high regard with his full review a few months back, the Jawbone Prime. [$109.95 - TiPb Store Link]

The main selling point of the Jawbone is it’s top of the line noise cancellation, aka “NoiseAssasin”. No other headset on the market gives you better noise cancellation. And to top it off you get a plethora of colors to choose from – black, platinum, green, brown, yellow, purple, and red. To top it off they are all in stock in our store. Double bonus.

Motorola H17

The Moto H17 [$89.95 - TiPb Store Link] is Dieter’s choice of Bluetooth headset and for a few good unique reasons.

There are those times where you need to run out of the house along with your headset but you forgot to plug it into the charger the night before, good thing the H17 has a rapid charge feature. 15 minutes of charging gets you a bit over 2 hours of talk time. Now throw in Moto’s “Crystal Talk” technology for incoming sound quality and you have one heck of good headset. This is a headset you can not go wrong with.

Motorola MOTOROKR S305

Now the Motorola MOTOROKR S305 [$49.95 - TiPb Store Link] is not your typical Bluetooth headset, for the money they are the best wireless stereo headphones currently available for purchase.

Sporting great sound they are extremely lightweight and fit comfortably with the out of ear 1.2-inch ear pods. The S305 is perfect for those looking for a wireless headphone solution to bring to the gym or even if you want to enjoy your music lounging around your home. Get an incoming call while listening to your music, not a problem

For more information be sure to check out our full review.

If we happened to miss your favorite Bluetooth headset and you feel it deserves a nod, feel free to share it in the comments for others!

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TiPb Top 5 iPhone Bluetooth Headsets

iTunes is now offering Movie Bundles [iTunes link] with a variety of double, triple, and quadruple features ranging in price from $9.99 to $34.99.

The US iTunes store looks to have a better selection than Canada right now, with tons of options (including some in HD). No love for the UK or other international iTunes Movie stores yet, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed. As always, regional catalog availability and licensing rights are the Bah Humbug of the digital age.

Still, if you need to fill up your iPhone or iPod touch for a long trip home for the holidays (or iTunes or your Apple TV for some much-needed relative-escaping couch distraction), you can find some good deals.

I’m holding fire on the Austin Powers trilogy and Lethal Weapons 1-4 bundle right now, because I’m goofy and old like that, k? Let us know which if any bundles catch your eye.

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iTunes Offers Movie Bundles for the Holidays

Derek, and Keith were gracious enough to invite me on to this week’s PalmCast live to help Dieter figure out why he couldn’t find a physical keyboard on the iPhone 3GS, and how to get to all the amazing games and apps in the App Store amid tens of thousands of $0.99 farty flashlights. He did fine. Hopefully we all did, and it’s live on the web and in iTunes now for one and all to enjoy… or to give us what for in the comments.

And remember, every day you help me help Dieter on the TiPb iPhone forums, you get entered for a chance to win a brand new iPhone 3GS! (Details on smartphoneroundrobin.com)

Listen in!

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TiPb Invades PalmCast #88 — Smartphone Round Robin Style!

Tis the season for Apple patents, with both hyper-reality 3D displays, and a dynamic music and video system for better battery life on the iPhone and iPod.

First up, the hyper-reality 3D display — perfectly timed for the Avatar hype as well, we’ll note — involves changing the perspective of 3D object on the display to match the tracked head position of the user. As MacRumors points out, this sounds similar to what Johnny Chung Lee has previously demonstrated with a Wiimote (see video embedded above).

Next up, Apple wants to track user preferences for volume and other settings and automagically apply them, and de-emphasize or skip songs the user seldom listens to. MacRumors also points out a second patent which would also alert users when there’s not enough battery life left to play the movie they’ve just selected and offer to downgrade the video quality and/or reduce the brightness levels to try and get the whole thing in anyway.

As always, no one outside Steve Jobs knows if we humble consumers will ever see products using these patents, but it’s nice to glimpse one of our possible infinite (loop) futures.

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Hyper-Reality 3D Displays and Dynamic Music and Video for Better iPhone Battery Life — Apple Patent Watch

For those of use that have been patiently waiting for the arrival of Gameloft’s NOVA, the day has arrived! This game looks to be the ultimate FPS for the iPhone with an unrivaled multiplayer experience. I have only had time to quickly run through the tutorial level, but so far, so good; I am hooked.

The game borrows heavily from Microsoft’s Halo franchise to create a world where the space marines fight against an alien invasion. With a solid single player campaign, online and local multiplayer (the YouTube video above shows some of the awesome multiplayer action)and leaderboards, this is a game I will be playing for a while; and just in time for the weekend! What do you think of the game? [$6.99 - iTunes link]

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NOVA now LIVE in the App Store!

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Join Rene and Matt Miller of NokiaExperts.com for Round Robin Symbian and Maemo vs. iPhone, Apple vs. Nokia patent lawsuits, Fake Steve vs. AT&T, App Store’s new look, App Store’s still broken, and the Google Phone (NOT!). Listen in!

Credits

Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!

Our music comes from the following sources:

• I Called You — iPhone Remix by Pete Leidy
via Sneakmove iPhone Ringtone Challenge

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TiPb Presents… iPhone Live! #80 — Nokia Comes Knocking!

Apple has hit pause on their “100,000 apps for just about anything” ads, turned the other cheek on “can your network…?” counter-commercials, and debuted a new, merrier bit of marketing for the holiday season — 12 Apps for Xmas. Care to sing along?

On the twelfth day of Christmas my iPhone gave to me:

• 12 cookies cooking
• 11 cards a sending
• 10 gifts for giving
• 9 songs for singing
• 8 bells for ringing
• 7 slopes for skiing
• 6 games for playing
• 5 gold rings
• 4 hot lattes
• 3 flights home
• 2 feet of snow
• And an app that can light up the tree

Check it out on Apple.com. However, unlike previous commercials, other than Betty Crocker right at the top, individual app icons and titles aren’t shown but Apple’s “as shown on TV” page on iTunes should collect them up for us…

If you know any of the apps, however, please do point them out in the comments!

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Apple Debuts 12 App of Xmas Commercial

Paul Thurrott over at the Windows Supersite Blog posted this up in reference to Microsoft’s apparent strategy so far when it comes to Windows Mobile and Zune.

Funny.

Steve Jobs likes to quote hockey legend Wayne Gretzsky’s famous line — don’t skate to where the puck is, skate to where it will be. Let’s just hope they remember that, and this comic, and really bring it next year with iPhone 4.0 and the 4th generation iPhone, now that Android 2.x and webOS are on the ice.

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Dilbert Pokes Fun At the (Windows Mobile, Zune) Competition