Get your warm and fuzzies going this holiday season with iYule, the yule log you can take anywhere on your iPhone or iPod touch. This 30-minute video of crackling fire is accompanied by a lovely, original score by Geoff Smith. The iYule video is formatted for wide or standard screens, and there are versions available for your computer or Apple TV as well. The iPhone and iPod touch version is $5 US, but before you go searching for a bittorrent like the Grinch, just remember that a portion of each sale goes to charity, so fork up.
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If you are looking to purchase an iPhone case this holiday season, you may want to hold off just a bit longer. GizMac Accessories has just announced the new Titan Clear iPhone case available in early December. We like this case because it offers many functions. Among them are retractable horizontal and vertical kickstands that are built right into the case and are adjustable at multiple angles for maximum screen viewing.
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Today’s tip shows you how to connect your laptop to the internet using your iPhone’s data connection. Yes, we all know how painfully slow the Edge network can be on your iPhone and it will only be worse on your laptop, but sometimes you need to use apps on your laptop that you just don’t have on your iPhone (yet) and a slow connection is acceptable. You will need SSH on your laptop but since that is platform independent this tip should work on Mac, Linux, or PC.
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• Like French hookers, iPhone now available in France, unlocked and cheap
• Like German hookers, iPhone now available in Germany, no strings attached
• iPhone apps will be sold through iTunes sometime next year
• Apple is giving select developers an early release of the iPhone SDK to get high quality iPhone apps created soon

This item is making the rounds on the tech blogs this morning and is making a stop here at Touchtip. Why all the repetition, you ask? That’s like asking, “Why are they making yet another Indiana Jones sequel?“, or “Why did George Lucas have to make Ewoks - The Battle of Endor?” Why? Because a good story doesn’t die. Okay, so maybe the Ewoks should die, but still… a good story, like a good video game, should never end. And now, thanks to ScummVM, we can relive all those classic LucasArts games on our iPhones and iPod touches running true, native emulation.
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Productivity junkies and GTDers listen up, we are about to lay some serious iPhone kung-fu on you. These moves will give you that extra edge to move your projects forward almost effortlessly. After we learned this trick we felt like we just finished watching The Secret (no, we’re not going to link to it, they’ve made enough money). And if you don’t know what The Secret is, just think positive and read on.

First off, we’d like you to meet Sandy, your new personal assistant. Sandy is absolutely wonderful. She has a perfect memory, doesn’t talk back, and works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And best of all, she works for free!
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OurStage is a web site that lets the fans rank indie music artists. Now iPhone and iPod touch users can visit the site and stream any of the top songs. Just point Safari to ourstage.com to access the custom interface, which uses Quicktime to stream the music. Artists upload the songs, which users then judge. The results are displayed on lists of top songs which are continuously updated.
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With Tabulate, iPhone and iPod touch users can now enjoy the convenience of ‘open in new tab’ in Safari.

Tabulate is a bookmarklet so you don’t have to hack your device to make it work. You simply add a link to your Safari bookmarks on your desktop computer, then sync iTunes (be sure your iTunes is configured to sync bookmarks). Then, when you’re browsing a page withinteresting links on it, just tap Tabulate from your list of bookmarks. This brings up a floating bar with three options to open the link in the current tab, open it in a new tab, or flag the link for later viewing. Very handy!
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