All articles tagged , Fun, iPhone, iPod touch, Video, YouTube

There is no shortage of web video sites out there that are either trying to ride in the wake of YouTube’s success, or offer something that YouTube doesn’t have. Hulu is probably the best new web video site to be released lately featuring high quality video produced by the big television and movie studios instead of the user-generated type at YouTube. However, Hulu’s Flash video format doesn’t work on the iPhone, which is why we were delighted to discover Modern Feed yesterday. Modern Feed is a directory of web videos, all of which have either met or surpassed the quality criteria set by the staff of Modern Feed. The site’s human-powered filter ensures that all the videos are not only good quality, but also are hosted on responsive servers. Modern Feed doesn’t host the actual videos, they merely provide an easy way to find them. And part of the Modern Feed directory is devoted exclusively to web videos that are compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch.
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Last fall, we were very excited to tell you about the newly launched vTap which gives you YouTube and much more. vTap is a web video aggregator that makes it easy to access quality video on your iPhone or iPod touch. vTap actively collects video content from over 50,000 sites like YouTube, ESPN, and the New York Times. vTap automatically converts videos into an iPhone compatible format using QuickTime. In addition to a browse by topic feature, vTap offers several ways to find content and has added one new feature specifically designed for mobile users. vTap’s search feature has always been handy, auto suggesting content while you’re typing which reduces tapping on your touch screen. vTap’s newest “feed” feature continuously pumps new content into a topics category that you set up one time. This makes using vTap on the iPhone and iPod touch much more passive giving you more time to enjoy videos instead of looking for them.
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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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It’s Friday again and time to share the best iPhone tips and iPod touch tips submitted by you, the readers of Touchtip.

Today, we’ll learn how users yearning for 3rd party apps don’t have to wait for the App Store in June. You can Jailbreak or unlock your iPhone or iPod touch in 45 seconds, and it works on any firmware version. We also hear about one resourceful way to take notes on your device using only Safari and a local wiki application (no hacks required). And another reader suggests a clever way to flag phone calls from telemarketers so you can ignore the call. Be sure to read all these tips and more after the jump.
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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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We kind of expected Apple to give us the ability to use our iPhones and iPod touches as external storage devices by now, but that has not come to pass. We would love the convenience of dropping files onto the iPhone to transfer them between Macs. Thankfully, Ecom Network has developed a great little utility that lets us do just that, and a little bit more. iPhoneDrive turns your iPhone and iPod touch into an an external drive so you can back up files and transfer them to another Mac. You can also use iPhoneDrive to access media files on your device such as music, videos, photos, and notes.
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TGIF, and you know what that means… Touchip’s Friday Roundup of user-submitted tips for iPhones and iPod touches!

We hope you enjoy these as much as we do. And don’t forget to share your own tip with us, or post them directly to our iPhone and iPod touch forums.

This week, you wrote in to share some very useful typing shortcuts using the virtual keyboard. You taught us new ways of extending our battery life, how to make the external speaker louder, and how to download and read PDF files. We also really appreciated that tip for restoring music from our iPods back into iTunes after a computer crash wipes out our iTunes library. Here are this weeks tips submitted by you…
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Now that the Macworld hysteria has settled we can reflect upon Apple’s announcements this week with unbiased perspective. The purported “leaked keynote” turned out to be as counterfeit as Fake Steve Jobs, and more likely leaked by the real Steve Jobs to ferret out dissidents within the ranks at Apple. Either way, heads will surely roll over that folly. But before we talk about the pooch Apple is trying to mount up doggie style, let’s take a look at the latest revelations from Apple.
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