Arranging your apps shouldn’t take all day, at least not if Jeff Stieler has anything to say about it.

Jeff recently released a great new app called Movement.

It’s primary function is to greatly simplify the process of organizing and rearranging your mobile applications. It does this by using a unique OS X app that simulates your iPhone/iPod Touch layout. Once your iPhone/iPod Touch is synced with your Mac the application takes in all the apps you have and allows you to rearrange the simply by dragging and dropping.

You can download the app here. movementapp.com
Requires OS X 10.5 and a Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch.

Wait no more. A truly bold move in the cell phone industry will have you happier then ever with your iPhone!

Via CNET:
“Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. We got a chance to sit down with the application’s principal engineer before the announcement was made at CTIA 2009, to see Skype for iPhone do its thing. While most of the features aren’t too surprising–Skype does want to maintain some consistency across its mobile applications, after all–there are a few capabilities that are notably missing, and a few iPhone-only perks that are refreshing to see.”

You can find the full storu here. Skype for iPhone: It’s Official.

Pricing sounds like $0.00 Which, is always a good price.

A recent article from AppleInsider is claiming that sometime this year (Late Spring/Early Fall) we will see some hardware updates to the iPhone. One of the updates being video support. They say their source is a very reliable one when it comes to Apple hardware.

Also, Engadget recently picked up on some goodies in iPhone OS 3.0. They have some screen shots for the new and upcoming OS that shows the option for video uploads to mobileme. Put these two stories together and it sounds pretty convincing that the iPhone will be getting video capabilities.

Now all we need is copy and paste….oh wait, that’s coming too!

As you may or may not know, Apple recently updated it’s Shuffle lineup.

Weighing less then half an ounce, the iPod Shuffle is a true on-the-go player. The included earphones feature a built in volume controller, a nice addition to the usually dull earphones that ship with ipods.

Doubling as a flash drive, the iPod Shuffle still struggles to make the $79 price tag look appealing. Such a basic player really shouldn’t be demanding such a high price. A $59 price tag is a tad bit easier to swallow, especially considering a 4GB off brand MP3 player goes for about $39.

The one saving grace of this iPod shuffle is the fact that Apple has finally found a way to make a screen-less mp3 more useable. The VoiceOver feature allows the iPod Shuffle to announce song names, Albums, and playlists. This finally makes navigating your songs and playlists possible. Whether this makes the Shuffle worth the $79 is up to, but I must say, this one is full of improvements.

More details can be found here. Apple.com/shuffle

Face it, the lack of copy and paste is not the drawback of the iPhone. The only real drawback has been the lack of flash support in browsers. Apple remained mum for quite some time, but now, the news is out.

Apple and Adobe have teamed up to bring Flash to the iPhone. They will work together to implement a fully functioning version of flash that will installable on all current and new iPhone and iPod Touchs’. This is great news when it comes media junkies looking to watch them streaming vids online.

Another thing Apple is doing is advocating HTML 5 as a replacement and is collaborating with fellow browser developers Mozilla and Opera to perform many of the same functions of Flash but in a more universal and less resource-hungry standard.

Click the “via” link to learn more.
Via: Appleinsider

Your iPhone/iPod touch is designed to be an on the go gadget. You take it with you to work, school, and everywhere else you go. You use it stay connected and to get things done when you are on the go. So when you pull it out expecting to get some quick work done, only to find out that the battery is dead, you better have a backup plan. A backup plan in this case is a battery backup designed for your iPhone/iPod Touch.

1. Mophie’s Juice Pack – Coming in at $99.95,  it’s the king of battery backups. It offers an extra 6 hours of talk time and an extra 8 hours of video playback.  If the price is a little bit rich for your blood, try using code juice09 at checkout to get an extra %5 off.
2. Kensington’s Mini Battery Pack – Listed at $49.99,  it’s half the price of our previous option. Even at half the price it still offers some pretty good results. 3 hours of extra talk time and 6 hours of additional video playback. The Mini Battery Pack, like its name implies is also much smaller then the Juice Pack.
3. Macally Powerlink – Priced at $49.99 the Macally Powerlink is in essence, a digital multi-tool. Not only can it provide emergency power to your iPhone/iPod, but it also functions as a 2GB flash drive and sync cable.

To me it seems like the Kensington is the best deal and I’m sure if you were to shop arround abit you may even be able to snag a better deal. The Macally Powerlink is a nifty little gadget as well, while its battery power is minimal, it can still be very useful.

RoadMovie 1.5 for OS X is a full featured video conversion app. Developed by Bitfield, RoadMovie 1.5 is a leopard only app that focuses on useful features and efficient and powerful encoding. RoadMovie includes built-in presets for Apple TV, Cellphone, iPhone, iPod, PSP, PS3, Nintendo Wii and Web. Not only does it re-encode movies, but it can also support batch encoding, Meta-data insertion, subtitle insertion, and chapter insertion. RoadMovie has many other neat features such as the built in ability to upload movies directly to .Mac, WebDav, Amazon S3 or YouTube.

RoadMovie is easily worth the $20 pricetag, especially if you are looking to transfer those dvd rips and downloads to a format that your iPod/iPhone and PS3 can playback.

If you are looking for some more in depth info or are interested in trying RoadMovie 1.5, Head over to Bitfield’s website.

For all of you Final Fantasy fans with iPods and iPhones, I bring good news.

Square Enix is reported to be currently working on a new version of the game specifically for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Although it is expected to be released sometime this winter with a title of “Crystal Defenders”, details are still scarce. From what I was able to gather, Square Enix is attempting to add a bit of tower defense attitude to the game. I personally am a fan of (good) tower defense games. So while it is a ways away, it could end up being another great app for the portable, and profitable Apple world.

Follow the link for more pics.

Original Story via Kotaku.