Oh sure, VoIP on the iPod touch is hardly breaking news these days, but what if you could actually slap on a regular SIM card and make calls on said device? That’s what Yosion’s appropriately named Apple Peel 520 claims to do. Powered by an Infineon baseband chip, this adapter not only offers voice calling and text messaging (presumably requiring a jailbroken iPod touch for the apps; GPRS not possible yet), but it also doubles up as an 800mAh battery and provides 4.5 hours of call time or 120 hours of standby juice. Read more…

Parents who wish to block their children from FaceTime on their iPhone 4′s can now do so via a new preference in the setting’s restrictions menu. The option completely blocks FaceTime from the phone by removing the option from contacts as well as during phone calls. The ‘hold’ button for calls moves back to its old place when FaceTime is restricted. Read more…

Gizmodo has heard from an iPhone 4 customer who received a replacement handset from Apple with noticeably different hardware.

I’ve been following all of the iPhone 4 stuff since I got mine the day before release. I was able to replicate the signal issue. I also had the proximity sensor issue, causing inadvertent mute button pushing. There were a few other software issues I was experiencing so I consulted Apple at the Fifth Avenue store in New York. Read more…

Since the iPhone was first released, there has been a constant struggle between Apple and its end users with regards to which carriers and tariffs are compatible with the iPhone. Software unlocks such as ultrasn0w have ensured that iPhone owners are free to choose which carrier they would like to use but once the phone accepts the sim card – that isn’t necessarily the end of the battle. Read more…

Hey there, sports fans: if you need to make video calls from your iPhone (and who doesn’t, really?) but your phone partners aren’t all FaceTime-savvy, there’s another option. We’re told that Fring just updated its 3G calling app to include 3G video calling, which means that you can make two-way video calls in either 3G or Wi-Fi. Read more…

Phone Disk, an application that mounts your iPhone, iPod, or iPad directly in Finder, is being offered free until September.

Until September 1st 2010, we’re giving away Phone Disk to everyone for free! If you unlock the software before that date, you get free upgrades and can enjoy the full version of the software on that computer with no expiration (just make sure you enter the code before September 1st)! Use the following registration code to unlock the full version Phone Disk: 2H96A-QK7MX-8GEYK1V-ZR6S8 Read more…

A lot of you are probably having problems with your iPhone 4 when your on the call such as putting the other person your on the call with on mute or even hanging up. I myself have been getting very frustrated with with my iphone 4′s proximity sensor. It is like it doesn’t even work as sometimes when on the phone I accidently mute someone, or hang up. Tipb has written some simple fixes that may work for some: Read more…

Let me clear this up straight. No, the phone you see in the screenshot is not a jailbroken iPhone 4, but rather a jailbroken iPhone 3GS, running iOS 4. The iMovie app you see is basically a “broken” port which was being tried to run on non-iPhone 4 devices but had issues in the end. Read more…

iFixYouri has performed a drop test with the new iPhone 4 to see how easily the device gets damaged.

We told everyone that once we have a full iPhone, functioning, we’d be posting a video of us drop testing. The test was completed on a sunny afternoon in Florida, behind our repair facility. The area where it was dropped was free of pebbles and/or small rocks. It was a flat surface out in our parking lot. The height it was performed at, was about the level where you would be holding the phone out in front of you.

Take a guess at how many drops it takes to destroy the phone then watch the video below…

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As you guys may know the iphone 4 is causing major problems for Apple and At&t online stores. Just like most of you I had major problems and wasn’t able to get an order to go through until mid afternoon after several hours of trying, I must say it was very frustrating. I thought to myself why is everyone slamming Apple’s and At&t’s sites is this iphone really worth the upgrade? The answer is yes, if you are eligible for an upgrade the iphone 4 is definately worth it. The reason being is that unlike last years iphone upgrade the iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4 actually has new features other than just a speed boost and double the memory. Read more…