Rumors are running around about a zune phone to enter the iphone space. But would such a move work? Read on for more.

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Our own Michael Arrington joins Wired’s Steven Levy and the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg on last night’s Charlie Rose show. Most of the discussion was on the iPhone 3G and how Apple continues to turn the mobile world on its head. At the end of the discussion the trio also talk about Yahoo’s [...]

If you were a Boy Scout at one time, you probably had a flashback after reading the words "Pinewood Derby." For the uninitiated, the derby is a time honored tradition where Cub Scouts race small cars they construct from a block of wood, plastic wheels and some nails. As you can see, this particular car is expertly crafted into an iPhone lookalike.

The car was designed by one of the professional print, web, and environmental designers attending a derby for charity put on by the Columbus Society of Communication Professionals—so it is not a true Pinewood Derby car. To be honest, I don't think that this would even pass strict Boy Scout regulations. Nonetheless, it is a damn fine looking car and it appears to be up to date with 2.0 software. Unfortunately, we don't know if this thing is truly state-of-the-art with 3G horsepower under the hood. [Flickr and CSArts via Make]

Just a reminder that our Eureka contest is still going on, and you have until July 29 to get your entries in. That's very soon! You do want an iPhone, right? Get to inventing this weekend and you still have a chance. See our contest page for details.

While some of us at Giz actually have better reception with the iPhone 3G than before, that's not the story raging in Apple's support forums, where few or no bars is the order of the day—and not just in the US, but worldwide, apparently. For AT&T;'s part, they're redeploying a bunch of 850MHz spectrum (which penetrates indoors better) for 3G service through the end of the year, so it should get a little better, at least. In the meantime, how's your reception? [Apple]

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The Gadget: Maximo iP-HS2 iMetal Isolation Headset. It's a set of isolation headphones bundled with a mic so that you can seamlessly take incoming calls while listening to music. They are also silver so they'll match your phone/rims.

Price: $79

Verdict: Very buyable. Those with stock iPhone/iPod headphones will notice a major upgrade in sound quality. Deeper bass, fuller mids and an overall less muddled presentation of instrumentation make them a comparatively enjoyable listening experience, and the earpieces did a great job of blocking out airplane noise on a recent fight.

There's a multifunctional pause/skip/hang-up/answer button on the wire as well, and the package includes an extension cable and some extra eartips.

Taking a call with the headset was very easy (you hit the answer button on the wire or phone and the iPhone realizes that there's a mic plugged in). During our testing, we found the vocal quality was only a bit worse than on the iPhone's receiver, so really quite passable. The only weird part is that you might find yourself talking louder than normal since you are essentially wearing earplugs.

For those interested in a combination headphone/mic kit, you might also want to check out the highly rated V-Moda Vibe Duo headset. It runs about $20 more than this iMetal model, but the Duo offers a slightly better frequency response, too. [Maximo]

“Better than the original in almost every way,” iPhone 3G “is an endless source of entertainment — as well as a platform for useful business applications that transform it from a cute gadget into a true hand-held computer,” suggests Mike Himowitz (baltimoresun.com).

Here’s a good tip for you iPhone 3G users: 3G network coverage in many parts of North America is quite poor, even though coverage maps may indicate otherwise. While 3G is the big hype, especially since the release of Apple’s 3G handset came out, its deployment in the New World (and even some parts of [...]

Review of Sega's Monkey Ball for iPhone

200 iPhone developers are to receive $5,000 in AdMob advertising credit to acquire traffic for their web & native apps, as part of the launch of their new iPhone Developer and Advertiser Tools.

If you've been waiting to get your hands on an iPhone 3G, be prepared to keep waiting. AT&T; only takes advance orders, and Apple stores are sold out across the country.

This command will change a hidden setting in the iTunes preferences that will force it to skip the backup process.

Apple is controlling which apps are featured and which are even allowed in its iPhone apps store

Recently, a mystery hacker has finally managed to bypass the DRM (Digital Rights Management), of a widely popular “App Store” Game, titled Super Monkey Ball, by SEGA. SEGA has not commented on this so far, and the hacker has remained anonymous, and his methods of doing so unknown. If cracking the DRM is possible for other games, this could [...]

Indy has his eye on the prize.

Shows an updated listing of new iPhone apps as they are added to iTunes and allows Digg style voting and commenting.

The iPhone plays games, but it can help you manage your time and money, too

Memo: While we plan for our copy of the iPhone to come out and hope it does better than our copy of the iPod let try and just copy Apple.... more... umm 'in general' yeah... maybe that will work..

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