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She is picturesque in her own way. She is also a collagen-pumped attention-seeking celeb. And her covered in skin-tight silver lycra is probably not what Steve Jobs or his Apple engineers had in mind when they designed the iPod. In...

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Let's talk about the iPod Classic. iPod Touch cases are pretty well the same as old iPhone cases, but they won't fit the slenderer Classic. Add in that wheel on the front for skipping through music and the Classic needs...

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We all love games yes? But we really don't like paying for things. So what, on God's green and fragrant earth, could be better than free games? Nothing! That's what. With this fact in mind I thought it was our...

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At its surface, a recently uncovered Apple patent application describes a Motion Based Input Selection. But a closer look reveals that Apple wants the iPhone to become your life's omnitool.

Using near field communication—or RFID, which isn't in the current crop of iPhones—coupled with a cute, onscreen UI (like a combination lock), Apple's patent describes a future in which iPhone users open their front doors and even pay for their next iPhone with a 3-digit pin. Many have already dubbed it the "iKey."

I'm not sure that I could stand waiting at Walgreen's while the guy in front of me attempted to wield the iPhone's accelerometers with enough dexterity to purchase some antacid and the latest edition of Sport Fishing. But given that a good chunk of the world is already benefiting from phone-based RFID shopping, there's little question that the basic premise is a good one. [Patent (PDF) and Telegraph and ElectricPig via Slashdot]

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Aside from access to SDKs, Apple developers get access to new OSs for Apple's portables and computers before the public. Now, buying your way in to the Mac Developer Program costs about the same as MobileMe.

Formerly a $500 to $3500 proposition, Apple has combined development memberships on all their platforms into one $100/year offer. For developers, that means developing for OS X is really no more expensive than developing for the iPhone. For fanboys, that means you can download the next beta OS without the need of a torrent. [Apple via 9to5Mac and Macworld]

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