Cost2Drive is an iPhone app that helps you price out the cost of your commute or road trip. It calculates this cost by using realtime gas prices along your route. And if you’re curious if it’d be cheaper to drive, Cost2Drive will do that comparison for you as well.

I will be making a huge move from Colorado to California in a few months, and you bet I’ll be using this app to help me price out the cost of the move!

Cost2Drive helps you quickly calculate the cost of driving anywhere in the US based on real time gas prices along your route, and now you can compare it to the cost of flying with our new flight cost comparison feature.

• Calculates trip fuel costs based on real time gas prices along your route
• Displays route distance and travel time
• Displays cheapest airfare found on Kayak (for routes over 200 miles)
• Lets you save up to 5 vehicles for easy comparison
• Over 20,000 vehicles to select from going back to 1990 model year
• Ability to add your own custom vehicles (RVs, motorcycles, etc.)
• Real time gas prices for 3 grades of fuel (regular, premium & diesel)*
• iPhone address book integration to easily add friends’ addresses
• Maps of trip routes including refueling stops and cheapest gas at those points

Giveaway

The good folks at C2G, LLC have provided us with 4 promo codes for Cost2Drive to giveaway to our readers! For a chance to win, just let us know how long your longest road trip was in the comments below!

Cost2Drive is available on the iPhone for $1.99.

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BiteSMS, one of my favorite jailbreak apps, just got updated for iOS 5. It is a beta version and the developer is asking that you don’t submit bug reports just yet as they already know about a lot of them.

Due to the overwhelming number of emails from users wanting to be private beta testers, we have decided to release this iOS 5 compliant version via a public beta repos.

This is a very early beta release, so at this stage please don't email us bug reports as we most likely know about them. This is not a normal beta, it's more that users running iOS 5 would no doubt prefer something as opposed to nothing!!!

Saying that, it's a pretty stable release and we hope you like the new look Quick Compose and Quick Reply plus the deep integration with the Apple Notification Centre. Also iMessage works seamlessly inside biteSMS.

If you’d like to try out the beta version of BiteSMS for iOS 5, simply add the following Cydia repository:

http://test-cydia.bitesms.com/

Once you install the beta version simply perform a tethered boot and you should be good to go. If you try it out let us know what you think. If you need more help, check out our TiPb jailbreak forums!

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Qantas has announced they will begin a trial run for an in-flight entertainment system centered around Apple’s iPad tablet, initially limiting the test to a single Boeing 767-300 which allows streaming of music and video content to all of the aircraft’s 254 seats.

In what it's trumpeting as a 'world first', Qantas will next month begin trials of Apple's iPad for in-flight entertainment, using wi-fi to stream content to the tablets from a central server on the aircraft.

The central server will use 5 WiFi access points throughout the aircraft, of which each iPad can connect to using a custom pre-loaded ‘Q Streaming’ app that bypasses Apple’s default iOS homescreen and instead presents users with an on-demand library of content to stream. Qantas says that if any passenger decides to take one home with them, the iPad will be essentially rendered useless outside of the aircraft thanks to their Q Streaming app lockdown.

Passengers who opt to bring their own tablet or laptop can also hook into the new content streaming system, and Qantas will additionally allow a 24-hour viewing window for those using their own device if the movie is cut short by the flight. If successful, Qantas will add an additional 10 aircraft to the program and they’re also considering bringing it to the Airbus A330.

I don’t know about you, but the prospect of being able to hook my iPad into a content-rich streaming system would surely make a cross-country flight a lot less unbearable.

[Australian Business Traveller]

Chinese networking site Weibo posted a photo showing the Apple A5 system-on-a-chip (SoC) used in the iPad 2 nestled into what appears to be a next generation iPhone logic board. The logic board is connected to a white iPhone 4-like front cover with a speaker mesh that looks slightly larger than that of the official white iPhone 4.

The image also shows a slightly larger battery running at 1430mAH compared to the current iPhone 4 battery running at 1420mAH despite both batteries carrying the same model number.

It’s still up in the air as to whether Apple will release the iPhone 5 next to a cheaper iPhone 4S-style model, but the photo certainly suggests an expected specifications bump with an iPhone-4 like form factor.

As to this specific picture, some of the aspects of the image seem fishy to us. For example, the A5 logo stamped onto the chip itself looks rather suspect, so as always take this with a processor-sized grain of salt until we get the official word.

[Weibo via phoneArena]

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Ever wonder what an iPhone 4 would look like with a monster 4.5 inch screen, a scad of ports from micro USB to HDMI, and more logos stamped on it than you could shake LTE at? Well here you go! Thanks to the phenomenal Phil Nickinson of Android Central we can now see our glass and stainless steel iPhone 4 dwarfed by the immense slab of LTE powered plastic that’s the DROID BIONIC (yes, they had the technology).

There’s a lot to heart about both devices and if you’re on Verizon and having a tough time deciding, and the pictures below aren’t enough, check out TiPb’s breakdown of which one you should get and the pros and cons of each.

So Verizon faithful, which way are you leaning? Or are you waiting on iPhone 5 and Samsung Verizon Galaxy S II Facinate 4G Touch to make up your mind?

The classic game and toy Bop It! is now available on the iPad! In case you don’t remember, in this game, you are given commands that are associated with specific objects (such as Bop It, Twist It, and Pull It) and you must correctly complete them.

I love Bop It! I would spend hours and hours playing it as a kid, both by myself and in groups. I’ll never forget the time when we had a group of about 20 kids playing “Pass It”. Good times, indeed. It may not be the same, but playing Bop It! on the iPad brings back those memories and is quite a lot of fun.

BOP IT! You have to try it. Get the hit action-reaction Hasbro game on your iPad. Just listen for the commands and get ready to respond – FAST! Go solo or team up with friends in All Play mode (only with iPad) and go for the highest score you can get. Plus, with HD-quality graphics, you'll enjoy some real visual pop while you bop!

• It’s easy to Bop It on iPad – Making moves is totally intuitive on iPad. Use the simple Multi-Touch display controls or do an X-MOVE with the Accelerometer to Bop It! Twist It! Pull It! And more! In every mode, just listen for the BOP IT! commands and respond to them quickly before time runs out. It's super easy to play – and crazy addictive fun!
• Play it solo in 4 challenging modes – Bop, twist and pull in Classic mode. Take on one "Bopject" at a time in Basic mode. Manage up to 6 objects on screen at once in Extreme mode. Go for the super speed challenge in Blitz mode and see how quickly you can get to 20 correct moves. Don't forget to show off your scores with Facebook friends, too!
• Play it with friends – It's best to Bop It! with your friends! Play with an infinite number of people in Pass It Basic. Match up against a single friend in Head 2 Head action or take turns with up to 10 players to see who's fastest in the Blitz Challenge. Or jump in to the iPad exclusive All Play mode with 4 friends and see how high you can score as a group. With so many ways to play, the Bop just won't stop!
• Go way beyond bopping – Think you've really got with it takes? Unlock new "Bopjects" that require all kinds of moves. SPIN IT! FLICK IT! CRANK IT! And more!

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Because we think Bop It! is just so great, TiPb is gifting copies of Bop It! for iPad to 5 lucky readers! For a chance to win, think back to the original game and try to remember the largest group of people you had in a single “Pass It!” match. Let us know in the comments below!

Bop It! is available on the iPad for $2.99.

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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!

• JetBook: Redefines aircraft references as the first dedicated iPad app created to make the task of evaluating and comparing business jets a straightforward and graphic experience. [$24.99 for iPad - App Store link]

• eMeetMe Schedule Meetings: Allows you to set the best date to meet with groups of people from 3 up to 100's. Propose some dates, invite some people and easily see which dates everyone can make. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

• OfficeDrop: Scan, search, organize and store your paper files, PDFs and other documents. [Free for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• Movie Remote Kids: Allows you to control playback of your movies on one device and remote control it with another. Now with AirPlay support and the ability to resume from last play position. [$2.99 for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• Easy Release: Replaces inconvenient paper model release and property release forms with a slick, streamlined application designed by professional photographers for professional photographers. Now with custom fields and multiple brands. [$9.99 for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

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Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix has put up a video and blog post this morning apologizing to customers for the way their recent plan changes and increases were handled, and announcing that while streaming services will retain the Netflix name, the DVD (and now video game) mailer service will be spun off as Qwikster. Phew. This only really matters to US customers, and to those who in addition to streaming on iPhone, Apple TV, iPad, and iPod touch also have DVD mailer plans, but it’s an interesting case study in corporate communications none-the-less.

For the past five years, my greatest fear at Netflix has been that we wouldn’t make the leap from success in DVDs to success in streaming. Most companies that are great at something – like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores – do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us) because they are afraid to hurt their initial business. Eventually these companies realize their error of not focusing enough on the new thing, and then the company fights desperately and hopelessly to recover. Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.

Commendable fearlessness. Apple has often said that if anyone cannibalizes their business, it’s going to be Apple themselves, and it’s good to see other companies take those types of risks.

So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently. It's hard for me to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary and best: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to "Qwikster".

It’s going to be a different website — you’ll have to go to netflix.com for your streaming and qwikster.com for your discs — and different entries on your credit card statement. Hastings assures everyone, however, that the price hikes are done and the characteristic red envelopes will remain the same. However, for customers of both services, it could mean twice the overhead in managing those services, and a dilution of what Netflix means to them. (Twice as much is often half as strong.)

I want to acknowledge and thank our many members that stuck with us, and to apologize again to those members, both current and former, who felt we treated them thoughtlessly.

Check the video above and full post via the link below and let us know how you think he did, and whether you’ll be sticking with Netflix — and Qwikster — going forward.

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