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Here it is, the Native Union Moshi Moshi Retro POP Handset for iPhone! In case it isn’t completely obvious by the video up top or the picture below, the POP is a really cool, really retro receiver that plugs right into the iPhone’s — or any device’s — 3.5 mm headphone jack.

You can not only take and make calls with them at the press of a button, but you can activate Siri and VoiceControl as well, and even listen to music, all while tucking Ma Bell’s classic phone easily under your chin and against your ear. While black has that Matrix-chic about it, the Native Union Moshi Moshi Retro POP Handset for iPhone comes in a ton of of colors, even camo, so you can find just the perfect one for you.

Sure, walking around with a giant receiver on your hip like you’re a gunslinger from the age of telephone’s past might seem a little out of the ordinary, but when has ordinary ever been fun?

I absolutely love the Native Union Moshi Moshi Retro POP Handset for iPhone, and they were kind enough to send over a couple for me to try out, I want to share that love with a giveaway! If you want a POP Phone for iPhone of your very own, just leave a comment below telling me what you like about them. If you get picked, I’ll box up one of the review units and send it your way (it’s still in perfect condition).

So what are you waiting for? Leave a comment already before Agent Smith swings that truck around again!

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The iPad version of the Google Search app received a pretty big update today. It features a revamped UI that provides feedback the moment you begin to type. After tapping a result, the page with load in a a new slide-in pane so that you can continue to scroll through results while it loads. You can also check out snapshots of pages you’ve visited in the new carousel view.

Check out the video of Google Search for iPad in action below.

Once you pick a web page to visit, you'll see the page load on a new, slide-in pane that will layer over the search results. You can slide the pane to the right to get back to your search results, and even keep scrolling through the results as your web page is loading. This allows you to go back and forth from results to web pages quickly to get the information you are looking for.

Often you may be looking to find something you have seen before again or are continuing research on a topic. But on a tablet, typing can be a challenge. That is why we have created a visual way to explore your search history. Swipe right to view snapshots of pages you've visited, stacked and organized by search term. You can also manage your search history from this new view.

• See search results and websites side-by-side to browse pages and results
• Get to the right answer faster with Instant Previews and Google Instant
• See images full-screen with image browsing
• New visual UI for search history
• Easy access to other Google apps

Google Search is available on the iPhone and iPad for Free.

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Source: Google Mobile Blog

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Just a heads up — if you send a contact via your iPhone 4S‘ built in sharing feature, you also share everything in that contact, including relationships set up by Siri. For many this may not be a big deal, but if you value your privacy or you don’t particularly want or need a business partner, for example, knowing who your mom is or that playful nickname you have for your girlfriend, you might want to think twice before sharing an entire contact card in the future.

Perhaps Apple could constrain card sharing to common fields in a future iOS update. The odds of me actually wanting to share every detail in a card with someone is virtually nil, especially compared to the odds of me just wanting to share the basic details like email, phone, and address.

Maybe third time will be the charm…

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In a new survey conducted by ChangeWave, consumers polled over which tablet they’ll be purchasing this holiday season showed heavy demand for the Apple iPad over competing Android tablets and the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Apple continues to show enormous strength in the tablet market, where it's enjoying the best quarter in its history, according to the survey. But while two-out-of-every-three future buyers plan on purchasing an Apple iPad (65%), for the first time since the launch of the original model, there is a double-digit contender for the number two spot. Better than one-in-five planned purchasers (22%) say they'll buy a Kindle Fire.

Interestingly, it looks like the Kindle Fire may be eating away at Android tablet demand even though Android tablets have been on the market for some time now, which could be an added boon for Apple.

In addition, 74 percent of iPad owners are “Very Satisfied” compared to 49 percent for all other tablet makers combined. Looking at the market overall, demand for tablets in general has seen a large increase over the past few months, jumping from 6 percent of respondents to 14 percent.

With the majority of demand siding with Apple’s iPad, paired with general tablet interest more than doubling in the past 90 days, it’s easy to guess that Apple shouldn’t have too much difficulty holding a strong position in the market through 2012.

Source: ChangeWave

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!

• AdventCalendar: Get ready for Christmas! During this busy period of the year people tend to forget about the importance and the meaning of that time. Let the app be the reminder and the sign of the upcoming holiday. [$0.99 for iPad - App Store link]

• HeadFinder – Don’t Lose Your Head! The ability of an iPhone app to save its owner’s brain from the routine is highly valued in the market! It is proved by high rate of HeadFinder’s growth in Productivity category. [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• Quicky: (Claims to be) the fastest and easiest shopping list app out there! Especially designed for people that find it hard to type on the iPhone. The icon-based interface provides an excellent overview and makes it very easy to add shopping items, without having to type even a single word! [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• FMA Battle: Prepare to enter the world of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood! This is Fullmetal Battle, the only game that lets you lead your own team of State Alchemists into combat. Train alongside Edward and Alphonse Elric, while taking commands from Roy Mustang. Gain the tactical advantage over your opponents by collecting weapons, new types of Alchemy, special attacks – and even the coveted Philosopher's Stone! [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

• Sea Animals + Numbers: A fun and educational application for pre-school age range, designed with parents and childhood experts in order to introduce your children into the numbers world through the knowledge of sea animals. [$2.99 for Phone and iPad - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

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Alex Dobie over at Android Central has put together a complete review of the Galaxy Nexus, Google’s third superphone and the second by Samsung. While the internet often jokes about “another day, another baddest Android phone on the planet”, the Galaxy Nexus seems intent on taking that crown and holding it for more than just a few weeks this time. What does that mean for Apple and the iPhone 4S?

That’s an interesting question. The two devices are in some ways a study in contrasts. iPhone 4S retains a 3.5-inch 960×640 Retina display while the Galaxy Nexus is a huge 4.3-inches, 1280×720 PenTile monster. iPhone 4S has one of the best cameras to ever grace a mobile device while Galaxy Nexus’ shooter is decidedly un-great. iPhone 4S has Siri, the intelligent voice-control assistant, and Galaxy Nexus has Face unlock and Android Beam. iPhone nailed user experience out the gate and has been slowly adding functionality over the years while Google has jam-packd Android with features but had a harder time nailing usability and consistency. But these are both mature, stable, enjoyable devices now with large enough App Stores and Markets to fit almost anyone’s needs.

Galaxy Nexus doesn’t seem quite the leap forward the Nexus One was, but certainly a far greater leap than the Nexus S delivered. Mobile Nations will put it head-to-head against the iPhone 4S soon enough, but for now check out Alex’s review and let us know what you think — tempted much?

Source: Android Central

Word Games for Kids – Futaba is a multiplayer iPad game for kids that quizzes them on words. Up to four kids sit around the iPad and the first one to tap the word that matches the picture that appears in the center wins a point.



Futaba is a 4 player game designed for kids. This outrageously fun word quiz game can be used at home or in the classroom as a entertaining way to build language skills. 



DESIGN YOUR OWN GAMES

• It’s perfect for children 4-8 and is ideal for supporting class room activities of all types (or just as fun to play at home!). Futaba is a great way to learn a 2nd language learner or you could even use it in your history class.

• The idea is simple; Each player takes a seat around the iPad and taps in to start. The game begins as images zoom into the playing area. The first player to match the word to the image scores a point. Win 3 rounds and you’ll be awarded a giant (but very friendly) seedling…


• Futaba comes with over 100 wonderful hand drawn illustrations, professional audio soundtracks and has high quality visuals (just check the screen shots below).


USE YOUR OWN IMAGES & TEXT

• Parents, teachers and even students themselves can create their own content by using either the built in camera, the camera roll by copying images to iTunes. NEW: Dropbox account holders can also upload new images via the drop! (Available as in-app purchase).

Word Games for Kids – Futaba is available on the iPad for free.

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Sprint has released its first commercial for the iPhone 4S titled "Unlimited iPhone". The ad is all about the Sprint unlimited data plan that comes with an iPhone 4S on its network.

With over half a million apps, there’s no limit to what the iPhone can do. So why would anyone want to limit the iPhone? We don’t. Only Sprint offers truly unlimited data for the iPhone.

Sprint claims to be the only national carrier to offer the iPhone 4S with unlimited data with no throttling, metering or overages.

With AT&T touting their HSPA 14.4 data speeds and Verizon the coverage of their network, Sprint is smart to play the unlimited data card.

Source: YouTube

Hello everyone and welcome to TiPb's weekly celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings roundup! Time to take a little break from your daily routine and relax with some gossip from the world of the rich and famous. What do all of these celebrities have in common? They all were spotted with an iPhone or iPad, of course. Check out a ton of pictures after the break, and if you spot a celebrity rocking an iPhone or iPad, drop us a note at news@tipb.com so we can include them in the next roundup, next week!

Please note: Some pictures may from time-to-time be NSFW (Not Safe For Work) so use discretion when viewing.

DJ Khaled and Ace Hood hang out with a Rolex and a white iPhone.

 

Benjamin Millepied in Studio City, CA with his iPhone.

 

Actor Hugh Laurie has a cool UK flag case on his iPhone.

 

Actress Jessica Alba and her daughter Honor enjoy a manicure together.

 

Actress Juliette Lewis strikes a pose with her iPhone on vacation.

 

Tattoo artist Kat Von D has a black iPhone.

 

Actress Kate Bosworth takes her iPad out.

 

Kelly Brooke verifies her Twitter account with a sexy self portrait.

 

Actor Kyle Chandler has his hands full on the set of Friday Night Lights. Good thing his iPhone is protected in case he fumbles.

 

Shaq and his girlfriend Nicole ‘Hoopz’ Alexander are seen out in NYC.

 

On last week’s The Office, Andy forces the team to go to Gettysburg for team building. Luckily Darryl brought his iPad for entertainment.

A developer has managed to get Siri to control his home thermostat. The hack does not involve any jailbreaking but does involve setting up a proxy server which intercepts the Siri commands. This proxy server can then be used to add additional command functionality to Siri.

Siri Proxy is a proxy server for Apple’s Siri “assistant.” The idea is to allow for the creation of custom handlers for different actions. This can allow developers to easily add functionality to Siri. The main example I provide is a plugin to control my thermostat with Siri. It responds to commands such as, “What’s the status of the thermostat?”, or “Set the thermostat to 68 degrees”, or even “What’s the inside temperature?”

The developer has put together a video showing how the proxy server can intercept Siri voice instructions and then use them at a local level. In the demo, the developer asks for information from his room thermostat and Siri responds with the internal temperature and set point. The set point is then changed using Siri and sure enough, his thermostat is updated.

The demo is very impressive and does open up Siri to a whole host of possible uses. Home automation is the obvious area for it to expand into.

Source: @plamoni via Engadget

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