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Tax day has finally come to pass and Friday is now upon us. That means we deliver another batch of glorious iPhone tips submitted by you, the totally awesome readers of Touchtip. This week we have some fantastic tips you won’t want to miss. Got an iPod touch you want to turn into and iPhone? We got that (no, seriously). Are you a couch potato looking for a good TV guide that you can read on your iPhone without getting off the Lazyboy? We got that, too. We also have a few clever ways to use your iPhone camera, a creative method to sync notes from your device to your Mac, and how to access iPhone-only web sites from your desktop. And finally, coverflow enthusiasts learn how to find missing album art for your music collection. So don’t wait, read on and impart some iPhone wisdom upon yourselves. Or, if you have a handy tip you think we’d like, please share it with Touchtip. Now, on to the tips.
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Remember when it was okay to copy music without feeling like a felon? In fact, it was practically encouraged. How else do you explain the proliferation of the dual cassette tape deck? The very same device that became the catalyst from which a new art form sprung, the mix tape. Creating a good mix tape was like being a DJ, you had to choose just the right songs and put them in a certain order to evoke emotions for the moment. And a great mix tape creator knew that the right tape at the right time could control the entire vibe of a party. Maybe you weren’t old enough to buy the beer, but you could make or break the party because you were the king of mix tapes. Today, the spirit of the mix tape is born again at Muxtape, a free web site to create iPhone-friendly virtual mix tapes and share them with others. Read on to find out how to create your own mix tape and post and share them here at Touchtip.
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This week’s Friday iPhone tip roundup includes some great advice sent in by the readers of Touchtip. Our post last week about the invites to the EverNote beta was very popular and we still have a few left to give out, just let us know if you want one. Our Playboy post wasn’t so popular, at least not with some of our female readers who felt left out. Honestly, we’d be happy to write up an equivalent post for the ladies, but we can’t find an iPhone app from Playgirl or Chippendales. If you have a suggestion, please share it with us.

Our readers’ tips this week include a very cool way to use your iPhone to send notes to Jott which then get converted to text and sent to your EverNote account. We also find out how to avoid huge roaming charges when using the iPhone outside the U.S., reverse lookup telephone numbers with geolocation, accessing your desktop computer with iPhone or the touch, customizing the icons in the Music app, and how to use an iTunes setting to increase the volume on your mobile device. Read on to get all the details.
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The life evolution of iPod touch jumps the track and produces Chumby, the platypus of web-enabled touch devices. Like a forbidden mashup, the unholy communion of the iPod touch and the popular bean-filled footbag has produced a quirky new breed of web-enabled touch devices that make you say WTF as you fall hopelessly in love with its cuddly charm. Chumby is about the size of a cup of coffee and makes a perfect bed mate for your night stand, or even a desk pal at work; always within sight and just a touch away. Chumby’s squishy, Italian leather body features a color touch screen, audio, and built-in Wi-fi all running on a Linux-based operating system with Adobe Flash. Chumby comes loaded with widgets that deliver Flickr photos, weather, stocks, sports scores, news, internet radio, video, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, email, and on and on and on. Heck, you can even play games with Chumby, and not just hacky sack, either. Find out more about Chumby after the jump.
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Sure, we know that web portals are soooooo nineteen ninety-eight, but we also know that the iPhone age is breathing new life into these destination sites, especially when they are optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch. Take myijump.com for example. At first glance this looks like another iPhone portal site offering a convenient starting point for web surfing from mobile Safari. However, a deeper dive into myijump reveals a virtual cornucopia of web sites and web apps that are all optimized for the iPhone or iPod touch. The web apps are all categorized under tap-formatted buttons designed for the touch interface. With games, entertainment, news, sports, social networking, productivity, free iTunes music, and more, you will find something for everyone here making myijump.com worthy of a web clip on your device.
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In today’s news roundup, we look at an interesting Apple patent that seems to show a new, smaller iPhone in the form of a clamshell design. Take a look at the sketches in the patent and decide for yourself. Is this the iPhone nano, or something else? We also hear strong indications from Adobe about a new version of Flash specifically created for the iPhone and iPod touch. There’s also talk of another huge deal between Apple and the big music companies which would give customers unlimited access to the entire iTunes library for a subscription fee. And finally, Gartner reverses its stance and tells enterprise IT that the iPhone 2.0 is enterprise-ready for the big company mobile work force. Read on to get all the details on this story and more.
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That measly 8GB iPhone drive fills up pretty quickly which means you have to constantly shuffle around the music and videos you have on your iPhone every time you sync. And it only gets worse as your media library continues to grow. We feel your pain and have a possible solution for you if you have a PC at home that is always connected to the net via Wi-fi or cable. MyCast from Orb automatically checks the bandwidth, screen size and resolution of your viewing device and optimizes the digital content for your device and connection speed. Orb turns your PC into a secure media streaming portal where you can access your entire library of music, photos, and videos from Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch. Orb will even stream tv and can also double as webcam home security system. It’s easy to set up and best of all, it’s free.
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Early stage start-up, Buzzd, is buzzing with good press after winning multiple awards for the best mobile application. Although Buzzd was not specifically created for the iPhone, it is designed to work well on any mobile device including the iPhone. Buzzd is targeted to the local social butterflies, people who like to go out at night and on the weekends to clubs, concerts, and other events. You simply tap in your location and get back a list of all the events in your area. You can rate events or shout them out to your friends via SMS. You can even connect with people at the event using Buzzd. This is great, unless you live in the boonies, in which case Buzzd will only serve as a reminder of how lame your town is. For everyone else, check out Buzzd at www.buzzd.com/m and bookmark it for your next night out.