In this case, it’s on a t-shirt, which you can buy (of course).   Inspired by DaVinci and H.G. Wells, the steam-powered iPhone probably doesn’t *quite* have the appeal of our 3G unit, but we have a feeling these guys are going to sell a lot of T-shirts.

Coincidentally, there’s an entire market based on wearable goofiness. I happen to own a t-shirt that has a picture of a salad-munching brontosaurus.  Under the bronto is a slogan, “Never Forget.”

Tags: clothing, goofy, iphone, isteamphone, t-shirt, tshirt

Palringo already lets you voice and IM on a plethora of networks–and on just about every platform we care about, including the iPhone.   But today we received word that Palringo is adding location awareness features, including distances and maps (a la Loopt?) to its iPhone version in the next release, due “soon”.  Excellent.  Here’s the announcement from Palringo:

iPhone users looking for their nearest friends need only to glance at their screens, thanks to the addition today of location functionality to Palringo’s popular rich-messaging application.

From today, users looking down their contact lists see not only the location of their Palringo contacts—typically a town name—but also how far away those contacts are from them.

In the next update (due soon), a further click will bring up a map showing the location of a contact and also the location of any other Palringo contacts within a 10km/6-mile radius.

In the same update, the location function will allow a user to display his own location on a map—highly convenient for a user visiting somewhere for the first time.

Location and proximity information adds an interesting new layer of social network connectivity. A Palringo user can choose to reveal her location to any, all or none of her contacts, changing this selection at any time. Location can be set manually by the user, or Palringo can detect location automatically, keeping it continuously updated.

More screengrabs after the jump.

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Tags: aim, gps, icq, im, instant message, location, palringo, voip, yahoo

Syncing the iPhone today, I noticed that I have very little space left on it.  Now it’s a 16 GB model, but now I’m to the point where I have to pick and choose what I keep on it.  Not good.  Which is why I cringe when I see apps like iGiphts–one of these “virtual hug” deals that scared millions of (older) users away from Facebook.  Do we really need iGiphts?  Is it cute?  Eh, maybe.   Not on my phone, though.  I need room for my Windows Remote Desktop Protocol client

Tags: igiphts, iphone, rdp, rdp client, software, windows

With the introduction of a DRM-free iTunes catalog, it appears Apple is signaling that ringtones are, in effect, free acceptable use for purchased tracks.   In effect.

Ask them, and they’ll give you a different answer.  But the new GarageBand has a feature that lets you create ringtones out of basically any waveform.  So if you have it–you can put it on your iPhone as a ringtone. Read Jimmy’s details on the DRM-free ringtone debate here.

Tags: create, drm, garageband, itunes, make, ringtone

Apparently, in addition to being a fantastic consultant and musician from Cleveland, Ted is also an app for your iPhone — one that covers the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference.  It’s main thrust is to give you access to the podcasts and recordings made and posted during and after the conference.  Hey, this app gets my download on account of its name alone.  (And Apple selected it as the App of the Week last week, to boot.)

Tags: business, conferences, ted, video