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Rene, Leanna, Farbod and Georgia talk iPhone on Verzion rumors, why Apple isn’t worried about the Nexus S, antid0te for Jailbreak, tons and tons (and tons) of new games, and the latest tips and how-tos. Plus an interview with Firemint about Real Racer 2! This is iPhone Live!

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Thanks to the TiPb iPhone accessory 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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Fieldrunners is still my favorite tower defense-style game for the iPad and they’ve finally (can I say finally again?) put out an update, including an awesome multiplayer mode. Yes, you can now obliterate your editors. I mean friends!

• Now play multi-player with or against friends!
• Three amazing new single player maps!
• Two fun multi-player maps!
• Powerful new towers!
• New fieldrunners to defeat!
• Innovative new merger of tactical path and open field based gameplay.
• Plasma tower: Creates a combo attack when it’s projectile collides with another Plasma tower.
• Shotgun tower: Fires a devastating volley of drill bits in a large conical area.
• Lava tower: Incinerates all nearby fieldrunners in a giant wave of fire.

Check out our original review video after the break and if you get the update let me know how you like it!

[$7.99 - iTunes link]

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Have a lot of different calendars arranged in your Google Calendar, and curious how to manage which calendars display across the different devices you sync to? Perhaps you use an iPhone primarily for work and an iPad for play? If you’re syncing both devices to the same Google account, then knowing how to tell Google which devices should see which calendars is a necessity. Follow us after the break to find out how to do just this.

The default calendar app for the iPhone lets you only show certain calendars, but this often doesn’t extend to 3rd party App Store apps that pull calendar data from iOS. Fortunately, Google has provided an easy and straight-forward way of doing this if you’re set up through Exchange ActiveSync.

• After you setup Google Sync on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you’ll want to go into Safari and point it to m.google.com/sync in order to manage your devices.

• From here you’ll need to select your desired device. If you’ve ever synced other devices (including but not limited to previous iOS devices) you’ll see them all displayed here with a time-stamp of your last sync.

• Tap on the device you’d like to manage and you’ll have the ability to select any calendar you want synced to your device. De-select any calendar you’d like your device not synced with.

• Finally, tap ‘Save’ at the top and you’ll be taken back to your device selection. Once you’ve saved the calendars you’d like to have synced, open up your calendar app and allow it a moment to sync up your new calendars. If you’d like to verify that only the specific calendars you selected have been synced, tap ‘Calendars’ at the top-left to see a list of all calendars.

That’s it! Now you have full control over which calendars are synced to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad from Google Calendar. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below!

Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you'd like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to dailytips@tipb.com. (If it's especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we'll even give ya a reward…)

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Are you buying yourself or a loved one, a new iPod, iPad or Apple TV this Christmas? Maybe you want an iPhoto Card or Album? Make sure you get your orders in before its too late. Here’s a list of this year’s holiday deadlines, after the break!

United States

• Free Shipping

  • iPods – 20th Dec
  • iPads – 20th Dec
  • AppleTV – 20th Dec
  • iPhoto Cards/Albums – 18th Dec

• Next day delivery

  • iPods – 23rd Dec
  • iPads – 23rd Dec
  • AppleTV – N/A
  • iPhoto Cards/Albums – 19th Dec

• Engraved models cannot be delivered “next day” and need to be ordered by:

  • Engraved iPods – 20th Dec
    
  • Engraved iPads – 19th Dec
    

United Kingdom

(shipping times in the UK are being severely effected by the weather)

• Free Shipping
  • iPods – 21st Dec
  • iPads – 21st Dec
  • iPhoto Cards/Albums – 18th Dec
  • Engraved iPods – 21st Dec
  • Engraved iPad (with other items in order) – 11th Dec [X]
  • Engraved iPad (no other items in order) – 13th Dec [X]

Canada

• Free Shipping
  • iPods – 20th Dec
  • iPads – 20th Dec
  • iPhoto Cards/Albums – 13th Dec [X]
  • Engraved iPods – 18th Dec
  • Engraved iPads – 17th Dec

If you want to know your estimated “last shipping” date for your country, visit your local Apple Online Store, and look for the “Store Services” section , and you should find the list. Obviously, the sooner you order, the better.

Want your iPad, iPod, or Apple TV to arrive before the holidays? Here are the cutoff dates! is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

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Flipboard for iPad just received a fairly big update, including the ability to add feeds from Google Reader, Flickr and more! One new feature of note is the option to post photos and status updates to Twitter, Facebook and other real-time social networks.

Flipboard was initially released back in July and received a lot of early buzz. The app offers a dynamic and unique interface for browsing your social media feeds in a magazine-like format, flipping through “pages” of real-time content from your friends on Twitter and Facebook — a first of its kind.

Now that they’ve added more streams of content, the app has far more reach and usefulness for users. Take a look at the full update list after the break, and let us know what you think of the update in the comments below!

[iTunes - free]

• Be informed. Sync with Google Reader to read your feeds, folders and friends’ shared items. Star, share and comment on stories.
• Be amazed. Browse all Flickr has to offer, including photostream, favorites, groups, your contacts’ photos and interesting photos of the day .
• Be fulfilled. Read full content right away with more beautiful layout. Flip through gorgeous Flipboard Pages from Washington Post, Bon Appetit and more.
• Be social. Flip through your Facebook groups, fan pages, and photos from your feed. Browse your tweets, Twitter favorites, @mentions and lists.
• Be expressive. Post photos, status updates and even Flipboard pages across Twitter, Facebook and Google Reader.
• Be faster. Switch between sections faster using our instant section selector. Enjoy faster performance throughout your Flipboard.

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Electronic Arts released new games this week including Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Ultimate Mortal Combat 3 for iPhone and SimCity Deluxe for iPad, and to celebrate the holiday season, they’ve put a ton of their iOS games one sale for $0.99. Yes, you heard that right, a TON of them (over 70 to be exact), even iPad!

Battlefield Bad Company 2:

Based on the bestselling console game from DICE, let the battle rage in the jungle, snow, and desert, in close-quarter combat, and in the air. Utilize intuitive controls as you destroy enemies with tanks and choppers in state-of the-art vehicular combat. Go all-out in full online multiplayer mode, and get a modern-warfare simulation for iPhone & iPod touch that's second to none. [$0.99 on sale - iTunes link]

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3:

The original arcade fighting game is available NOW! With 13 klassic warriors including Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Sonya Blade; multiple game modes; kustomizable kontrols; and updated visuals aimed to maximize the high-resolution Retina Display…you can relive the brutal combos and vicious fatalities that made Mortal Kombat one of the most iconic videogames EVER! [$6.99 - iTunes link]

SimCity Deluxe for iPad:

Made for dedicated and casual players alike, let your inner urban planner run wild with the world's favorite city building simulation. As Mayor and City Planner, take delight in the immersive visuals, the bigger display, and responsive touch controls – all designed just for the SimCity Deluxe experience on iPad! [$0.99 on sale - iTunes link]

So if there were some EA titles on your wish list that you were really hoping to pick up soon, now is the perfect time. Games such as Madden and Mirror’s Edge for iPad are normally over $10 each on iPad, so these sale prices are ridiculously good. Even two new releases are on sale for $0.99 as well. Can’t beat that! (Mortal Kombat will still set you back $6.99 though. Fatality!)

Video and screenshots after the break. Anyone planning on picking up some of these titles or gifting them to others? Let us know what you decide to purchase or gift in the comments!

EA releases Battlefield Bad Company 2, Mortal Kombat 3 for iPhone, SimCity Deluxe for iPad, puts 70 games on sale for $0.99! is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

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iPhone 4. Nexus S. There’s probably more to say about the differences than the similarities. Different operating systems? Check. Don’t work with 3G on the same networks? Check. Different screen sizes? Check. Different philosophy and methodology towards multitasking? Check. Different video conferencing solutions (insofar as few to none work yet on the Nexus S)? Check.

The list goes on, but we’re sort of guessing that for most the choice between the Nexus S and the iPhone 4 will be determined by carrier choice and OS preference more than whether Android’s latest can go head-to-head with Steve Jobs’ glass-encased wonderphone.

All that shouldn’t stop you from hitting us after the break for a photo fight between the iPhone 4 and the Nexus S – with some extra attention paid to how the iPhone still has the best music player around while Android’s just-released Google Maps 5.0 makes iOS’s version look a little lacking.

Want more? Be sure to hit up our frenemies at Android Central for all the latest on the Nexus S.

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A bunch of new high profile games are hitting the iPhone and iPad App Store this week just in time for the big holiday shopping season. It’s literally an embarrassment of riches but if you’re not rich it can really be difficult to decide which games to spend your hard earned money on.

That’s where our wonderful TiPb community comes in! Which new games have you bought this week? Which are your must haves and must avoids? Any sleeper hits we should keep our eyes out for?

Too. Many. Great. Games. Help!

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World of Goo, the popular physics based puzzle/construction game made by two guys from San Francisco, is now available on the iPad. I’ve been dreaming of World of Goo on my iPhone for years – to have it on my iPad is even better! Multitouch creates a feeling of complete immersion in the game. In the short time I’ve spent playing, World of Goo is even better than the first time I played on the PC.

• Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.
• The millions of Goo Balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore – but they don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
• Mysterious Levels – Each level is strange and dangerously beautiful, introducing new puzzles, areas, and the creatures that live in them.
• World of Goo Balls – Along the way, undiscovered new species of Goo Ball, each with unique abilities, come together to ooze through reluctant tales of discovery, love, conspiracy, beauty, electric power, and the third dimension.
• The Sign Painter – Someone is watching you.
• World of Goo Corporation – Congratulations! World of Goo Corporation is the Global Leader in Goo and Goo Related Product, including World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Soft Drink Beverage and World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Facial Exfoliating Lotion. Succulent!
• Massive Online Competition – Human players around the world compete in a living leaderboard to build the tallest towers of goo in World of Goo Corporation’s mysterious sandbox. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone’s tower building opportunities equally.

If you pick this one up, let us know what you think! Check out the video after the break.

[$9.99 - iTunes link]

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Gameloft has just released N.O.V.A. 2 for iPhone and iPod touch, the sequel to it’s smash hit first-person shooter (FPS) N.O.V.A. If you are unfamiliar with the N.O.V.A. game it is Gameloft’s take on the ever popular HALO genre. You play as an elite military soldier who is responsible for fending off an alien invasion. N.O.V.A. 2 is set 6 years after the ending of the original N.O.V.A.. The game includes an intense single player campaign as well as multiplayer brawls for you to eliminate opposing players.

N.O.V.A. 2 has some very welcomed updates which include:

• Meet new enemies with improved AI! Volterites' new tactics make the gyroscope controls ideal
• Master a larger range of weapons & powers
• Much more diversified gameplay: run, shoot, fall, drive a motorbike, pilot a giant mech, and blast a laser
• The more, the merrier, now with up to 10 players in 10 multiplayer maps
• Build a career and rise through the multiplayer leaderboard
• Explore new locations, offering amazing graphics, fully optimized for the Retina display
• Enjoyed the first N.O.V.A. – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance? Be rewarded with extra bonuses.

If you are like many of us and played the original N.O.V.A. you will start N.O.V.A. 2 multiplayer with advanced XP which allow you access to advanced weapons and an unlocked special achievement on Gameloft Live! This seems to be a nice little bonus for those hardcore players that spent a lot of their time playing the original game.

So if you are a diehard N.O.V.A. player go grab the next episode and get your game on! If you are new to this series and decide to see what all the fuss is about let us know what you think.

[ $9.99 - iTunes Link ]

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