If you were hoping Apple’s next iPhone and iPod touch app would be an iAd Gallery — as opposed to say iWork for iPhone! — you’re in for a treat because that’s exactly what they released today!

The iAd Gallery is a celebration of advertising, featuring iAd campaigns from some of the world’s best brands and their advertising agencies. The iAd Gallery gives you easy access to a selection of the fun and informative ads that have run in some of your favorite apps. Use the Browse feature to discover ads you haven’t seen, or to find those you want to see again. Even lets you tag your favorites to a Loved section that's all your own.

US only. Anyone super excited about this app?

[Free - iTunes link]

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A recent ChangeWave report surveyed 4,068 wireless subscribers and revealed that AT&T iPhone users see more than double the amount of dropped calls compared to their Verizon iPhone peers. AT&T iPhone users reported that 4.8% of calls were unexpectedly dropped on the network, a far cry from Verizon at just 1.8% of calls. This lines up with a survey of overall cell phone customers that found 4.6% of AT&T subscribers and 1.4% of Verizon customers have reported dropped calls.

In addition, 46% of prospective iPhone 4 buyers say they will be going with Verizon, with 27% favoring AT&T and the remaining 27% still undecided. If you look back at the last survey from ChangeWave, it looks like the deciding factor for consumers on which carrier to choose is network quality and dropped calls. Based on these new results, it looks like AT&T (and their new T-Mobile spectrum, if the deal goes through) has a lot of work to do in terms of improving their network and lowering dropped calls if they want to stay competitive now that Verizon has the iPhone 4.

It’s not all bad news, however. Consumer satisfaction was about even, with Verizon showing 82% of iPhone users being very satisfied with their device compared to AT&T iPhone users at 80%. The iPhone has historically held much higher consumer satisfaction ratings than smartphone competitors like RIM and Motorola, so this didn’t come as much of a surprise to us.

Are you planning on buying an iPhone 4 soon? Which carrier will you be going with, and why? Sound off in the comments below!

[ChangeWave]

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The Element Case Vapor Pro is the Lamborghini Reventon of iPhone 4 cases — cold carbon-colored aluminum chassis over space-aged, antenna insulation. And this year is works as good as it looks; on my review unit I didn’t drop a bar in over a week of constant testing. Not one, not ever. So while it may still look like a hypercar, it performs even better.

There have been other improvements to the limited edition as well. The bottom has been cut wider to allow for a greater range of dock connectors. An extra portly Monster Cable still might not fit but I had no problems with any recent car or A/V connector I threw at it.

The special edition comes in a box that includes the bumper, a carbon-fiber printed adhesive back protector, 2 extra screws (very welcome), a certificate of authenticity, and a newly re-designed key for screwing the case on and off. Now, instead of a simple bent bar you get a very nice keychain that twists open to reveal the tool. Since it takes a tool to put the Vapor Pro on or take it off, having it handy is paramount should you want to switch to a charge case, put it in a car or A/V mount, or just clean it.

But the Vapor Pro has never been about convenience any more than it’s been about economics. Like the Reventon, it’s purely about possession. If you want a Vapor Pro, you know it.

[Element Case]

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Apple has asked Toyota to pull the Scion theme that was released via Cydia as part of their recent advertising campaign. Modymyi, who hosts the theme for Toyota’s marketing company, received the request to pull the theme:

Apple also heard about the theme and ad campaign. I received a call from our contact at Velti this evening as well as an email asking me to please take the theme out of Cydia. On the phone, he explained Apple had contacted Toyota and requested they remove the theme and stop the advertising campaign. They (Velti) in turn contacted me relaying the message. The reason Velti listed for the removal request of the theme emailed through our dev portal was “Toyota's making us take it down…” Toyota had agreed to do so to “maintain their good relationship with Apple,” our Velti contact told me on the phone.

That the theme was released at all surprised a lot of users in the jailbroken community — Jailbreak is not typically something that’s recognized by larger companies. I personally have to give Toyota marketing props for going that far. Seeing a large company interact with our jailbreak community shows that jailbreak has come a long way since the days of Installer.

I’m assuming Toyota probably utilizes iAd and in order to maintain a good relationship with Apple, they’ll pull the theme. I’m not surprised Apple requested it be taken down. Are you?

Modmyi

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If, as rumor suggests, iOS 5 won’t be previewed this spring as it has in years past, and is instead only shown off at WWDC 2011 in June and “>released sometime in the fall, will there be an iOS 4.4 to tide us over in the meantime?

If there is, what features would you expect it to have? There almost certainly won’t be anything major like non-obtrusive notifications, file repositories, or any of the other iOS 5-level tent poles we’ve asked for, but network AirPrint, custom text and email tones, landscape week view in calendar, folder setup saving, keeping you in the App Store after you start a download — any number of small improvements, really.

What do you think, will there be an iOS 4.4 and if so, what would you like to see in it?

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There’s fake, there’s really fake, then there’s fakety fake fake and while no one outside Apple can ever be certain, one look at the almost-certainly-not 128GB iPod touch 5 shots above and about all we’re left to ask is how many points of fake fakery can you spot?

[CrunchGear]

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iQuickCall is a jailbreak tweak which allows you to use gestures to get to your favorite contacts. Do you live in a city where it is illegal to be on your mobile device while driving? iQuickCall makes it easy to get to that favorite contact with just a simple gesture!

Hit the jump to lean more about this great tweak!

iQuickCall allows you to have to have access to that favorite contacts with just the tap of the status bar or a swipe across the springboard. You can fully customize what gestures you would like to use.

To use iQuickCall, simply enter in the phone number and email of the person you would like to assign as your iQuickCall contact. Once you have done that, you simply choose the gesture you would like in order to activate iQuickCall. After you are are set up with the correct number, email address, and gesture, you are now ready to use it!

When you use the gesture you previously assigned you will get a pop up box with the option to call, text, or email. Another great feature about this tweak is it also gives you the option to quickly type a number or email address into the a pop up box and it will call or email that number or email address right from the springboard.

For only $0.99 I thought it was definitely worth the purchase! In future updates I think I would like to see the option to have more than one contact offered for a quick call. What do you think? Are you going to purchase this tweak? Let us know in the comments!

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The Griffin PowerJolt dual USB charger solves an age old problem: you and your significant other have both depleted the batteries on your iPhone and yet your car only offers one charging socket. Who gets to use it? Or worse: you’re in the middle of that big family summer trip and not only have both parents worn down their iPhones, all the kids in the back are near empty on their iPod touches as well. Do you get your internet or do they get the movies that keep them quiet and you sane for the remainder of the trip?

While I can’t claim the Griffin PowerJolt dual USB charger will save relationships and family trips, this simple adapter will at least hold power hungry creatures at bay for twice as long. Read on to find out how!

The Griffin PowerJolt dual USB charger is different from the PowerJolt Plus I looked at last time, which let you pass through a second car adapter. The PowerJolt Dual is much simpler in a way — an adapter for the power socket in your car capped by two USB plugs. Just plug in the USB to Dock cable that came with your iPhone or iPod touch and you’re off and charging.

In my tests with both an iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS there didn’t seem to be any appreciable loss of charging power due to the shared connection. Both iPhones got to 80% quickly and then topped off to 100% in about as long as it takes with the single chargers I’ve used in the past. (And I’m typically listening to music, using Google Maps, powering videos for the little ones in the back seats, or otherwise working while I charge.)

This is just an adapter, so there’s no mount, no built in cable, and nothing else fancy in any way. Since it is simply USB in, you can also use it to charge your non-Apple gear as well, including other phones, devices, headsets, etc. That flexibility really comes in handy for family trips.

If you have more devices than you have charging ports definitely take a look at the Griffin PowerJolt dual USB charger, available from the TiPb iPhone Accessory Store.

Pros

• Compact
• Largely invisible when not in use
• Doubles charging ability of power socket

Cons

• Only the adapter: bring your own cables
• Doesn’t charge iPad

TiPb Rating

Gallery

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Korean news site ETNews claims Apple will hold a second event in June, separate from WWDC, to announced iPhone 5, and then release it in the fourth week of June.

iPhone 5, the next model of iPhone 4, will be released on the coming 4th week of June. In the midst of the iPhone 5 postponement rumors, Apple has confirmed that iPhone 5 will be released as planned and it will be released simultaneously in Korea through SK Telecom and KT.

While the source for the information is supposedly Apple, Apple never gives information out on future products or release dates. Even leaks from carriers are often — though not always — highly inaccurate. We’re tempted to file this one away under highly dubious for now, but given the recent rumors of iPhone 5 only launching in the fall, anything positive regarding a June announcement is worth thinking about!

[MacRumors]

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• Zapd: Create high quality, themed websites straight from your iPhone. [Free - iTunes link]

• Skyfire Web Browser: Watch flash videos! Now available in French, Spanish, Italian, German Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. [$2.99, iPhone - itunes link] [$4.99, iPad - iTunes link]

• Match Rabbit: Play the classic memory game with your own photos on a beautifully textured wood table. Can now play with your iTunes album artwork! [$0.99 - iTunes link]

• Cut the Rope: New “Magic Box” level pack and three new achievements. [$0.99 - iTunes link]

• BeejiveIM: Now with Buddy Pounce, an alert when a buddy comes online. [$9.99 - [iTunes link](Buddy Pounce (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beejiveim-with-push/id291720439?mt=8)]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!

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