Here are the top five most useful iPhoneapps we’ve come across so far.

• iPhone AIM Chat: No iChat? Use Web-based iChat. AIM only.
• The Gas finder app and OneTrip shopping list: Save money and time
• Digg: An interface to browse digg. Great until Digg makes an iPhone-friendly version of their site.
• Chess: No games on the iPhone means this bandwidth light app will occupy you on the bus, plus make you look like a pseud-intellectual if you play this instead of Bejewelled.
• LivePhone: Look up Xbox Live profiles. Great for gamerscore nerds like us. Ok, me.

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Minutes after the first time I typed on an iPhone, I realized a trick that bumped accuracy to almost 99%. Instead of hunting and pecking, I’ve been sliding into place, letting the popups tell me what letter I’m on before releasing the key and triggering the keystroke. It’s been good training. I’m still not typing that fast, at this point, but the video was shot last night before I passed out from exhaustion — that’s 3 minutes after I started typing on the iPhone. I can’t believe that after days with the iPhone, the first reviewers didn’t figure this trick out.

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I can’t wait ’til they all hit the market so I can finish building my robotic animal farm…

More Super Realistic Robotic Animals From Sega Toys [TokyoMango]

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It’s not like you need any clearer a picture of what to expect from the iPhone interface at this point, but we’ll show you some real world use of the device in this walkthrough as we churn through just about every app and option the iPhone’s got. Embedded video after the break!

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Yeah, we hear ya, we know some of you are sick of it. That’s cool, exhaustive coverage of any gadget isn’t for everybody, but instead of making a big fuss in comments why not enjoy this beautiful summer weekend? We’re not skipping over other news to cover this iPhone stuff — news is ALWAYS really slow on the weekends, and we’ve got a major product to cover the hell out of. Still, we’ll try posting more stuff to mobile to cut down on the iPhone spam. Thanks for understanding!

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Following up on the launch difference between AT&T and Apple stores, we’ve got three separate accounts of people reporting that AT&T is forcing them to buy accessories along with their iPhone at three different AT&T stores. This was definitely not the case at Apple stores, and for AT&T to decide this on their own to cash in on the launch is pretty damn shady.

The first comes from the University Village AT&T store at
4626 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA (Phone 206-729-7184). When buying the iPhone yesterday, the store said all customers must by two accessories with an iPhone, but the accessories could be returned, opened, without a restocking fee. Add to that the fact that the salesman didn’t even know a charger was included and tried to upsell a different charger to the reader.

The second, at the Hawthorne California AT&T Store at 5249 W. Rosecrans in Hawthorne California (Phone 310-725-9902), the store manager said customers were required to buy a “bundle” of accessories. The bundle, written up with magic marker on an unofficial sign, listed the 4GB bundle at $650 and the 8GB bundle at $750. The manager told the customer that they couldn’t buy the phones without the bundle and that they could leave the store if they didn’t want it. When asked if he could return the items, they said yes, but only tomorrow (today).

The third store, at Pike Street in Seattle, forced people to buy $60 worth of accessories (a case and car charger), and if you didn’t, you’d get a voucher and the iPhone would be mailed to you some time next week. The reader eventually went to the Apple Store nearby, and eventually his friend (who stayed at the AT&T store) told him they stopped pushing the accessories.

One is a fluke, two is a coincidence, but three? And possibly more? That, my friends, is ridiculous.

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Nothing really new here, just the first pictures of the latest MiniOne M8 redesign from the sides, top, bottom, and back. Sorry, we’d love to tell you when this 11.8-mm of sexy will break loose Stateside and beyond but we can’t. Still, if it makes you feel any better you can always prop these pictures up next to the dubious import pricing and dates we heard about this morning. You know, with claims of releasing a game changing 3G, HSDPA with WiFi worldphone packing 16GB of flash by early 2008… isn’t it about time for Meizu to get this project out of their Chinese language bulletin boards and issue an honest to goodness foreign press release? In the mean time, we’ll continue to cast doubt while you go toe-to-toe with product renderings in the gallery. Oh, and before you go… it looks like an iPhone. Ha, you didn’t think you’d escape this post without some kind of Apple reference did ya?

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The first video includes an iPhone and a Hammer, and speaks for itself.
The Second video shows the iPhone for more academic reasons.Not too surprisingly, the phone has components you’ve seen in other handsets.

Namely: It has the same processor on the HTC Titan, Same sound quality and storage RAM as the iPod Nano. Balda Touchscreen, known for durability and quality. Bluetooth Bluecore 4 ROM chip by Marvel, same as a Blackberry Pearl. There’s nothing surprising, which brings us back to the argument that design and software are the keys here.

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Get ready for an onslaught of LG Prada vs iPhone comparisons. They’re both touch screens, but the only way an LG Prada phone can beat an iPhone is if the iPhone is a papercraft model. I’m not going to honor it by doing a side by side. My comparison last month, based off of previous iPhone use, still stands. [LG Prada vs iPhone Papercraft]

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If you are, you’re probably familiar with the image above. You’ve probably seen it about 100 times while pawing hungrily at your $650 paperweight while waiting for that activation email from iTunes/AT&T. It’s not your fault, it’s AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint/Verizon’s. Join the club. Post your grief in the comments and we’ll all have a pity party.

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