Only minutes ago and after months of rumor and speculation, self proclaimed genius, Steve Jobs, stunned the world by announcing yet another product sure to change the way we live life as we know it. It’s the Apple iPad! While most people thought Mr. Jobs would choose a more descriptive and less feminine hygiene product-sounding name, like iSlate or iTablet, the biggest surprise was actually the price. The most basic model (16GB/WiFi, no 3G) is only $499 which makes it much more affordable than most industry watchers expected and is probably meant to help it overcome some of the consumer adoption concerns many anticipate. The iPads will be managed through iTunes and run existing iPhone apps in a window (or pixel-doubled fullscreen) and will ship unlocked and attached to any specific carrier. WiFi-only units are supposed to hit store shelves in only 60 days with 3G-enabled units following 30 days beyond that.

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AT&T is all pissed off at Verizon lately because of their ad-campaign “There’s a Map for That”, which slams AT&T for suck-ass phone coverage. Apparently feeling the heat, AT&T has now released an app for the Apple iPhone that allows customers to ping the carrier in real-time, along with location-centric feedback.  AT&T will use this data to improve their network coverage.

The app is called AT&T Mark the Spot and it’s free, so I recommend you download this baby immediately and start hammering AT&T with “fix-it” spots.

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Here’s your top 10 games for the Apple iPhone, with none other than Monopoly making not just one but two appearances. Star Wars: Trench Run managed to crack the top 10, but coming in last is not what we expect from the Star Wars license.

1. Call of Duty: World at War Zombies
2. Bejeweled 2
3. The Sims 3
4. Tetris
5. Monopoly
6. Surviving High School
7. Jelly Car 2
8. Scrabble
9. Monopoly Here & Now
10. Star Wars: Trench Run

Apple is hell-bent on making it very difficult to like them. As a life long PC user and someone with a general disdain for all things Apple my entire life, it was the friggin’ 3G iPhone that finally made me abandon decades of hate and finally purchase an Apple product. Ever since that fateful day, Apple has constantly reminded me why I hate them with all of my being.

Once again, Apple has rejected and demanded changes to an App, this time a dictionary called Ninjawords. Apple objected to several of the, err, adult words in the dictionary and made the developers remove the words, DESPITE THE FACT THE APP IS RATED 17+.

Imagine the outcry if Wal-Mart demanded Webster’s remove certain words from a dictionary.

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