My Fellow 999,999 Angry Bird Halloween Fans

I admit it. I am addicted to Angry Birds. I play it on my iPhone whenever I have a few minutes of down time. my second confession, I also purchased Angry Birds Halloween even though I knew it was the same game just different pictures. Third confession, I will also purchase an Angry Birds Christmas edition if they develop it (which after the Halloween numbers you know it's coming).

Finland-based developer Rovio announced its new release of Angry Birds Halloween for the iPhone, iPod and iPad was downloaded one million times on the Apple App Store in just six days.

"We're delighted too see such fantastic reception for Angry Birds Halloween," said Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio. "We intend to continue creating more and more quality products and updates, and keep exceeding the expectations of our fans worldwide."

Angry Birds Halloween was the first self-published title by the studio after publisher Chillingo was purchased by Electronic Arts last week.

via: IGN

Why Link Needs an iPhone

Shane Parker created this wonderful piece of cartoon art entitled, "The Not So Lost in the Woods."  Shane came up with the idea while playing the original Zelda.  He says on his blog,

"While playing the original Zelda I was trapped in an endless struggle of man vs memory as I attempted to remember the route out of the lost woods. Sadly this is the way I live my life daily seeing as I have no navigational sense and must continually rely on gps to navigate me to the simplest and most common places."

Gfest couldn't agree more with Shane.  I was trapped in that damn forest for 2-3 years. 

Via:  Super Punch

Apple Makes Sweeping Changes to Entire iPod Line

Apple unveils its updated iPod line today in a special event in San Francisco. The changes are being herald as the most sweeping refresh of the iPod line in years. All three models of the iPod were updated: Shuffle, nano, and Touch.

The nano received the most significant update, jettisoning the current design and collapsing into a small square no bigger than the face of a watch. Of course, this leaves no room for a click wheel, and so the new nano features a multi-touch screen for navigation. The nano also borrows the general navigation of the iDevices, with a scrolling menu interface and icons for accessing your media library – music and photos. The new screen is 1.5-inches with 240x240 resolution.

The nano also comes standard with a clip on the back so it can be snapped anywhere on your person. I was kind of kidding before about the size of the nano resembling a watch face, but I can easily see a market for nano watchbands that turn this elegant little device into a timepiece. The new iPod nanos drop next week. The 8GB model is $149 and the 16GB model is $179. There will be seven color choices, including a (Product) Red model exclusive to Apple Stores.

 The iPod Touch line picked up a host of new features that inch it closer to the iPhone 4. Like the iPhone 4, the Touch now uses Apple's HD-esque Retina display. FaceTime video calling is made possible on the Touch with the inclusion of a front-facing camera, but Apple also placed a second camera on the rear of the device for taking photos and videos. The Touch takes HD video (up to 720P quality), just like the iPhone 4.

But it's not just the exterior of the Touch that changes. The new Touch models now sport the powerful A4 processor found inside the iPhone 4 and iPad, which Apple believes makes it the most powerful portable gaming rig on the planet. And to make sure gaming is very much a core feature of the Touch, it has added the iPhone 4's gyroscope for increased tilt control accuracy. The change in internal architecture allowed Apple to shrink the iPod Touch even more, too. The new Touch is now just 7.2 millimeters thick (the svelte iPhone 4 is only 9.3mm). It retains the curved edge design of the previous iPod Touch and iPhone models – it does not use the flat design of the iPhone 4. The new iPod Touch models are priced at 8GB for $229, 32GB for $299, and 64GB for $399.

Finally, the iPod Shuffle was also updated. The exterior of the Shuffle does not look terribly different from the previous model, complete with a click wheel front and a clip on the rear. The Shuffle uses VoiceOver to tell you the name of the current artist or playlist (because there is no screen) as well as alert you when the Shuffle's battery is running low.

The new iPod Shuffle comes in five colors but only one size: 2GB. When it goes on sale next week, it will be $49.

The new iPods arrive just in time for today's update of iTunes. The new version 10 of iTunes is a major upgrade for the storefront and media manager, which includes an all-new social network for music called Ping.

Source: ign

All Six SCOTT PILGRIM Books Now on iPad & iPhone

Yesterday's announcement from ComiXology that the all six volumes of O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim graphic novels are now available on the iPad, iPhone, and on the web at comics.comixology.com. Published in print by Oni Press, the volumes are priced at $6.99 for 1 through 5, and $11.99 (cover price) for Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, the sixth and final volume released to bookstores last month.

It’s another digital coup for market leader ComiXology, but the Scott Pilgrim comics actually aren’t available for purchase through the distributor’s simply named Comics app. Rather, a separate free app must be downloaded to buy the comics, which are then viewed through the Comics app (or the web). A bit roundabout, but that’s the deal.

Damn it! Like I needed another reason to be pissed that I do not own an iPad. Although, I already own all six volumes of Scott Pilgrim, but still iPads are cool and comic books on an iPad is even cooler. I want one!

Source:  Newsarama

iPhone Game Pad Makes Video Games Feel Good

I'm old school (or just plain old) and i like my buttons.  Touch screen is here and it will dominate in future, but there is something to be said for the arcade buttons.  Finally, someone has answered my prayers.

iPhone Game Pad is an iPhone case that slides on over the iPhone and lets you play arcade style games on your iphone. It has "four control buttons along with select, start and a pair of shoulder-buttons". It is the perfect thing for playing old Super Nintendo games. Now it is a prototype compatible with the first-gen iPhone, you can watch it in action after more. 

"Enter the gPod, an iPhone case with integrated gaming control pad. Interfacing with the Apple 30 pin connector and providing tactile buttons in the conventional game pad layout, the iPhone Game Pad allows a massive library of arcade and console games to be ported to the iPhone and not lose that old school interface that people who grew up in the 80′s and 90′s enjoyed so much."



Source likecool

Apple Protesters Burn Apple

Sorry, I could not resist this picture.  It's too damn funny.  Can't find the artist to give him/her the credit they so deserve.  If you know the author, send us a message. 

Apple & iTunes Highlight Comics Apps During Comic Con Week

Apple is getting in on the Comic-Con pre-show hype by highlighting all their comic book applications within iTunes. In their "App Spotlight" newsletter, they wrote: "We're dusting off our Klingon costumes — it's time for Comic-Con. From Marvel Comics favorites to more recent releases such as Twilight: The Graphic Novel, you can now enjoy comics and graphic novels from past and present right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch."

Source Robot 6

Gizmodo's Solution to the iPhone 4.0 Reception Problem

Thanks Gizmodo.

No more iPhone 4 reception problems. Just don't hold it by the antenna. Please.

iPhone 4 Commercial – The Deleted Scenes

Thanks to the folks at FunnyorDie for this freakin hilarious iPhone video.  These apple employees didn't make the cut in the Apple iPhone 4 video.

iPhone 4 Video - The Deleted Scenes from Adam Scott

FINALLY! DC Comics Enters the Modern Age and Offers Digital Comics

After seeing virtually every other comic book publisher in the free world jump on board the digital comics bandwagon, and after facing months of questions and speculation about when DC Comics would finally announce a digital distribution initiative fro comics, we finally get an answer.  The DC Comics app is now available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad offering e-versions of selected DC comics.

DC’s app is powered by ComiXology, who is pretty much THE leader in digital publishing for the comic book industry.  They also power Marvel's app. 

Over 35 titles were available at launch, with prices ranging from FREE to $2.99. The initial selection features titles from all of DC’s imprints, including Wildstorm, Vertigo and Zuda.

While most of the offerings fall in the category of classic tales or first issues of classic runs, the one that is particularly noteworthy is the availability of Justice League: Generation Lost #4 ($2.99). The fourth issue of the series (the first three are also available through the app) is scheduled to arrive in comic book stores today.  Making a comic available digitaly on the same day it arrives in comic book stores is a BIG DEAL, and one gfest wholeheartedly supports.

A 10-page free preview of another key release scheduled for today, Superman #700, is also available on the service, along with seven other free titles.

The following is a list of titles available on the service at launch:



Action Comics #844 (Johns/Donner, $1.99)

All Star Superman #1 ($1.99)

The Authority: World’s End #1 ($1.99)

Batman #404 (first part of Year One, $1.99)

Batman #608-613 (first six parts of Hush, $1.99 each)

Batman #655-656 (first two Grant Morrison issues, $1.99 each)

Batman Black & White (five stories, all free)

Bayou #1 (Zuda, free)

Dante’s Inferno #1-3 ($1.99 each)

Fables #1-5 ($1.99 each)

Fringe #0 (free)

Fringe #1-3 ($1.99 each)

Gen 13 #21: World’s End ($0.99)

Green Lantern #21 ($1.99)

Green Lantern #29 ($1.99)

Green Lantern Corps #14 ($1.99)

Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6 ($1.99 each)

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 ($1.99)

Jonah Hex #1-6 ($1.99 each)

Justice League: Generation Lost #1-3 ($1.99 each)

Justice League: Generation Lost #4 ($2.99)

The Losers #1-12 ($1.99 each)

Mirror’s Edge #0 (Free)

Mirror’s Edge #1-3 ($1.99 each)

The Origin of Batman #1 (free)

The Origin of Superman #1 (free)

Planetary #1-6 ($1.99 each)

Sandman #1 ($1.99)

Stormwatch: PHD #13: World’s End ($0.99)

Superman #700: Preview (free)

Superman/Batman #1-10 ($1.99 each)

Team Zero #1-6 ($0.99 each)

Tiny Titans #1-6 ($1.99 each)

The Unwritten #1 ($1.99)

Victorian Undead ($1.99)

Wildcats: World’s End #1 ($0.99)

Can't Afford an iPad? Get a Fake One for Only $49

We want an iPad.  Like really badly.  Seriously, have we mentioned we want aniPad?  Instead, we get a chance to buy an iDummy ($49, iPadDummy.net).

These display models are realistic-looking alternatives to an actual iPad.  Now, what kind of mischief could you cause with a fake iPad.  We expect to see these babies showing up in viral videos all over the internet soon.

Kindle and Nook Engaged in War Today as Prices Plummet

A price war is heating up in the electronic reader market, as Amazon cut the price of its Kindle e-reader below $200 Monday just after Barnes & Noble did the same with its competing Nook device.

On Monday afternoon, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. slashed the price of the Kindle by $70 to $189, just a few hours after bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. reduced the price of the Nook by $60 to $199 and said it would also start selling a new Nook with Wi-Fi access for $149.

And the cuts mean the price gap between these products and Apple Inc.'s touchscreen iPad, which starts at $499, is getting ever wider. The popularity of the iPad, along with a number of other tablet computers soon to be available that offer many functions, have pressured e-reader makers to lower prices.

If you've been patiently waiting this inevitable price drop, it seems like today is your day to finally pick up your Kindle or Nook.  Gfest will still be waiting for our iPad.

IT'S HERE: Download iPhone iOS4 NOW!!

It's here.  iPhone 3GS and 3G owners, plus iPod Touch-users. You can update to iOS4 iPhone software right now.   All you need to do is download iTunes 9.2 and then download the new iOS4 software.  Best Monday Ever!

AT&T We Drops Calls and Pre-Orders

The iPhone 4 order disaster continues, now with a new delay after AT&T suspended all sales for the device. The iPhone 4 arrival was delayed to July 2 for many pre-orders already. Now there's a new date: July 14.

Verizon, PLEASE!

Steve Jobs Enters the Controversial World of Banning Books

As the most cultured gfesters already know, Ulysses was banned from publication in the United States because of a scene in which Leopold Bloom masturbates on a beach while fireworks burst nearby. The courts eventually decided the episode wasn’t obscene because it didn’t promote lust.

Well, history seems to be repeating itself, this time in Apple’s App Store. Sarah Weinman at the Daily Finance says that a Webcomic adaptation of the book has been banned from iPads and iPhones because one panel contains a cartoon penis.

Gfest understands Steve Jobs reluctance to let Playboy or Penthouse have a porn app on the Apple system.  But this is a whole different ballgame.  Censoring works of literature crosses over into a whole new world of control and controversy that Apple would be wise to avoid.  History has not exactly looked kindly on book banners Mr. Jobs. 

Cartoon Penis after the Jump...

Watch out: Steve Jobs Created the Phantom Zone

ugoagogo over at reddit posted this awesome photo of the iPad.  Who knew that Steve Jobs on top of everything else also invented the Phantom Zone.

Gfest assumes, Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, will be the next person placed in the Phantom Zone directly followed by Jason Chen, Editor of Gizmodo.

Apple's iPad adds in San Francisco Get Porn Pranked

Two dudes who are clearly as frustrated as the rest of the free world that Steve Jobs hates porn and tries to keep it off everything "i" pulled a great prank on Apple's CEO.  

These guys, who call themselves Freedom From Porn overlayed funny porn images on iPad ads in public places all around San Francisco.

One shows Steve Jobs checking his Facebook account which seems to have an awful lot of porn links in it.  Don't worry, the video is safe work.

Freedom From Porn from Freedom From Porn on Vimeo.

Our Almighty Lord & Savior Steve Jobs Unveils New iPhone 4

Straight from WWDC 2010, here are the specifics being unveiled today about our beloved new iPhone.  Praise Steve.  Can I get an Amen.

• iPhone 4 will be available in white and black, will cost $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB model.  
• iPhone 4 will be on sale June 24. Pre-orders start on June 15, it will ship to five countries at first, but 18 by the end of the July, then 24 in August, and by the end of September 88 countries total. Apple will offer iPhone 4 cases in multiple colors for $29.  
• iOS 4 upgrades will be free on June 21 for the iPod touch and iPhone 3GS. 

For details on the specifics (guts, software, iOS 4.0, camera, video conferencing, battery life, iMovie) click  READ MORE.

What the the JLA Looks like on the iPhone vs. Android

Gfest found this post from Jase at about:blank that is damn funny.  Notice anything missing in the iPhone/iPad photo. 

He's been gone for 30 years after saving the the universe and the brought back to help save humanity once again, only to be killed again by Steve Jobs.  Poor Barry.

The Hilarious Comedy Duo of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

What do the world's richest men do to blow off a little steam?  They've put together a stand-up act, and its pretty damn funny.