UPDATED: AT&T Service Outage in Your Area?

UPDATE: Looks like neither Skynet’s first strike nor a Cylon invasion were to blame, but a power failure in Michigan. AT&T has put out a press release (via Chicago Breaking News — Thanks Jeremy!). Here’s hoping everyone gets their ubiquitous connectivity back ASAP.

Both Jeremy (Chicago) and Dieter (MN) seem to be having no-joy with their AT&T service today. (I’m on Rogers, so aside from poverty, I’m fine thanks!)

How’s it holding up in your area? Loud and clear, or data fail?

Let us know in the comments, or join in the TiPb iPhone forum discussion.

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UPDATED: AT&T Service Outage in Your Area?

Quick App: Rolando for iPhone

A few days ago Jeremy mentioned ngmoco:)’s Topple was being offered for free via the iTunes App Store. One of the reason’s why is that it’s subtly advertising the new game in town: Rolando, which is picking up a lot of very positive word of mouth.

Have you tried it yet? Should we believe the hype?

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Quick App: Rolando for iPhone

Attack of the iClones: OPhone vs. iPhone

Android Central (via Gizmodo) brings us the latest in a long — long — line of… er… iPhone inspired smartphones. This one, however, will be running the Google mobile OS:

The OPhone is 1mm bigger than the original iPhone, has a dedicated camera button, 5MP camera, flash, microSD slot and 3.5mm headphone jack. Yeah. Sounds pretty flippin’ sweet to us too.

TiPb will reserve judgement until it launches, but it will be interesting to see Android on hardware other than the slider-trackball-touch G1. Won’t it?

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Attack of the iClones: OPhone vs. iPhone

Patent Watch: Apple’s 3D Multi-Touch… er… Skin?

Apple has had more success than anyone marketing multi-touch as of late — we give you, the iPhone. But how far can even Apple push this technology? Right to the line? Past the line? Apple Insider sheds light on a new patent application that might just be way over the line:

portable multi-touch skins that can be wrapped around three-dimensional objects such as an iPod or steering wheel to provide addition GUI interfaces for those objects that can be configured via the touch skins themselves.

Too. Many. Jokes. Flooding. Blogsphere.

Apple envisions people using them to control music on steering wheels, or on tennis rackets for instruction. We’ll let you entertain yourselves with your own predictions, b’okay?

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Patent Watch: Apple’s 3D Multi-Touch… er… Skin?

Round Robin: TiPb vs. BlackBerry Bold Video Preview

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Round Robin: TiPb vs. BlackBerry Bold Video Preview