iPhone Hacks

TomTom's iPhone Car Kit Shows Up Briefly on Apple's Online Store, Removed Due to Customer Complaints

Engadget is reporting that the much-awaited TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit briefly showed up on Apple’s online store in the UK with an asking price of £99.95.

Though we don’t have an official confirmation from Apple, it looks like it was removed from the online store due to complaints from iPhone users who had already bought the iPhone app.

iTwinge - BlackBerry-Style QWERTY Keyboard for iPhone

If you are one of those BlackBerry souls who had recently migrated to iPhone and found the touchscreen a tad too difficult to negotiate, here is something that will get you nostalgic. Mobile Mechatronics, a Toronto based company has launched iTwinge, a physical keyboard that you may tug on to the bottom of your iPhone screen so that you now have a real physical QWERTY keyboard to type. No more fat-finger syndromes!

Excellent DIY iPhone Dock Using Card Paper

If you’re looking for an iPhone dock but don't want to shell out $49 for it then you should checkout this do-it-yourself iPhone dock designed by folks at French design site Dessine moi un objet (translated as "Draw me something").

This card paper iPhone dock is simple and looks quite good.

Sirius XM's SkyDock Transforms iPhone Into a Satellite Radio

Sirius XM has announced an iPhone accessory that will transform the iPhone into a full-fledged satellite radio.

The iPhone accessory called XM SkyDock will give iPhone user access to live XM and”The Best of SIRIUS” channels, which aren't available on their online feeds.

XM SkyDock is one of the first iPhone accessories that makes use of the new hardware control capabilities of iPhone OS 3.0.

iPhone used as a Virtual Joystick to Play Wolfenstein 3D; Also Paired with External PS2 Keyboard

Alex Winston sent us an email to tell us about an iPhone app that they have developed which works as a virtual joystick dubbed "Wolfenstick" to control Wolfenstein 3D Classic running on an iPod Touch (or second iPhone) through the audio port.

In addition to the virtual joystick which is pretty cool (you can checkout the video after the break), they have also demonstrated how it was also possible to pair an external PS2 keyboard with an iPhone using the same technique.

The impressive thing about their achievement is that they have managed to do it without jailbreaking the iPhone.

DIY: Wooden iPhone 3G Dock - Neat and Green

iPhone Hacks reader, Dan Long who makes custom cabinets in the San Francisco Bay Area has just sent us a link to a do-it-yourself project that he has been working on.

Its a simple iPhone dock made out of wood. So if you are looking for an iPhone dock but don't want to shell out $49 for it and have some carpentry skills then check out the photos after the break to find out how to make a wooden iPhone dock for yourself.

It looks quite neat and more importantly its green too.

DIY: iPhone Game Accessory

Marware is planning to release an accessory called Game Grip for the iPhone which as the name suggests are silicone sleeves that provide hand grips on either side of the iPhone designed to enhance the gaming experience of accelerometer-based iPhone games.

Flickr user ronnsprocket seems to have liked the idea of the iPhone game accessory as he has created a free version of the iPhone accessory out of a cardboard box which is similar in functionality to Marware's Game Grip.

Softbank Plans to Bring Live TV to iPhone Users in Japan via $100 TV-Tuner Card

Softbank has announced that it will be selling a TV-Tuner card add-on for iPhone 3G later this year to address a widely-publicized feature omission for iPhone users in Japan.

The add-on TV-Tuner card will also serve as an extended battery pack for the iPhone.

iGPSD - Software+Hardware solution brings Real GPS to current iPhone

If you already have an iPhone and have read with envy some of the speculations surrounding the imminent launch of the next generation iPhone which is expected to have 3G, real GPS etc then you might find this hardware+software solution called iGPSD which brings true GPS to the current iPhone an interesting option.

iPhone Accessory - iControlPad will add physical buttons and joypad to the iPhone for some serious gaming action

We have seen some interesting native games for the iPhone such as Raging Thunder that have taken advantage of iPhone's accelerometer and can expect games like Doom and Quake 3 to be ported to the iPhone soon.

Though all that is exciting news for iPhone users, I prefer the physical controls that are available in portable gaming consoles like Sony's PSP rather than using iPhone's touchscreen and the accelerometer.

Some enterprising folks seem to agree and are currently developing an iPhone accessory called iControlpad which is expected to be released soon will add physical buttons and joypad to the iPhone.