Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer’s managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, March 11, in Boulder, Colorado. Jeff will be showing off some of his favorite iPhone and iPod touch applications.

Filed under: Freeware , iPhone , iPod touch , App Review Poynt has come to the iPhone, after having been a very popular free app on BlackBerry phones. Poynt provides local searches of individuals and businesses. It also shares a database with Open Table , so you can use it to make reservations at restaurants. Unlike the BlackBerry app, it has augmented reality, but is missing some features beloved by the Blackberry crowd. Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you’ll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by movie genres, or get a list of the top 10 box office films. You can’t buy tickets, but you can stream…

Rock Band and Guitar Hero are great rhythm-based games, no doubt about that, but how about upping the ante when it comes to realism? Seven45 Studios has released its guitar gaming controller that boasts half a dozen strings, functioning not only as a regular gaming controller for their Power Gig: Rise of the SixString title, but it also doubles up as an actual electric guitar which can be plugged into an amp. Both the game and guitar will be sold together, where experienced guitarists can go for the option of chording, which in turn is a whole lot more challenging and requires specific finger placement on the strings. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms will be able to enjoy the game. No idea on pricing yet, but expect a launch later this fall. Source…

Filed under: Multimedia , Software , iPhone , App Store , Music Recently I’ve been preparing to move home and finally did last weekend. Naturally I had to pack up all my musical gear, equipment and of course, my Mac. In the week leading up to the move, I’ve had my iPhone and nothing else. With no creative outlet and the pressure of looming project deadlines, I found myself scouting the app store for a fix to help me start fleshing out a few creative ideas. This is what I found that worked well for me. 1. TonePad and TonePad Pro The iTunes Store describes TonePad Pro as “…the easiest way to make music. Discover the inner musician in you. Create songs by simply touching.” And this is…

I have a mother that cannot stand watching films where the main characters drive into water. I think she has an irrational fear of drowning in a car, and films that show characters caught in their seatbelt don’t help. In all honesty, I have no idea if a car’s seat belt will malfunction like that if it hits the water, but if you have this same fear as my Mom, you might want to get the ExiTool. The ExiTool is what its mixed name implies, a tool that gives you …

Similar to how Apple’s iPod touch came from the development of the iPhone, Microsoft reportedly plans to base the follow-up to its Zune HD media player on the Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system.

Filed under: Hardware Same price, same features (mostly) but a sleek and slender new look: yesterday Elgato introduced the latest revamp of its EyeTV Hybrid USB tuner for high-definition digital television. The US$150 widget gives you the option of watching over-the-air digital television in full HD glory, and can also tune in unencrypted (Clear QAM) and analog cable TV signals. If you’ve got an analog…

Dejal Systems announced the immediate availability of Tweeps 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday. Tweeps lets users manage their Twitter account settings as well as follow and unfollow other Twitter users.

Forget Plants vs. Zombies… how about Tweets vs. Zombies? Tweet Defense is a cute little tower defense game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that boosts your units power based on your Twitter activity, including status updates and number of followers, as you fight off wave after wave of the undead. A Twitter account is not

NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart Car runs on coffee Samsung E6 eReader ready to hit the US market Dell Vostro 3000 series announced Sony Fusion is a desk for the future, needed now 10 Minute Solution comes to the Wii Power Gig: Rising of the SixString gives the six string its gaming glory Orange’s Thunder 30 Amp Lunar Car Solar Robot Kit Power Strip With Foot

Always wanted to run your favorite SNES ROMs, but prefer a more authentic experience to it? The NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart makes that possible – just load all those ROMs onto it from a computer via USB, insert the cart into your still working SNES/SFC and you’re good to go. Just make sure the ROMs are no larger than 64MB in size, and good news is, it supports all save types and is compatible with

Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won’t be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party – meaning it won’t play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7 – unlike the Zune HD2 . (more…)

Filed under: Deals Today’s deals are all generated from a friendly search-based robot courtesy DealNews. We didn’t pick ‘em this time, so no warranties expressed or implied. Aol uses a referral code for these deals. Apple Store : [iPods] Refurbished Apple iPod touch MP3 Players from $139 + free shipping iTunes Music Store : [iPhone / iPod Apps] App Store Price Drops: Pocket Heart, Diner Dash, Magellan RoadMate, more MacUpdate Promo : [Security/Anti-Virus Software] Lockngo 4 for Mac downloads for $10 Buy.com : [Networkable Hard Drive (NAS)] Linksys NMH300 Two-Bay Media Hub for $130 …

Filed under: Multimedia , Odds and ends , iPhone , iPod touch , App Review I’ve always liked Slate Magazine on the web. It’s sometimes sassy and irreverent, but always interesting — an eclectic mix of politics, culture and tech news. Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from the site, as well as the blog posts, staff tweets and streaming video from the Slate podcasts. Once content is downloaded you can read it off-line, which is a worthwhile feature. Access to Slate on the web is free, and…

It’s not too difficult to pick up on that there seems to be a common color among amps that you find onstage.  It’s not that manufacturers are incapable of creating a different color combination, it’s more that most bands prefer their sound equipment to blend in with the woodwork.  Well for the bands that want something a little different for a change, Orange has a whole set of brightly colored sound equipment.  I’m sure you can guess what color they all feature. In recent events they came out with the Thunder 30 , which is expected to be released sometime during the spring.  The Thunder 30 features four EL84 class power valves that will kick out 30 watts.  One new portion about this new…