Want to stream Netflix shows and TV on a tiny screen? Well now you can. The Netflix iPhone app is now available on iTunes and it offers the same functionality you know and love on the iPad but on the smaller devices.

No huge changes here: you sign-in, pick a video, and start watching over wi-fi or 3G, with obvious quality reduction with bad reception. Click through for the press release.

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(Via TechCrunch.)

A Macworld article indicates there are currently over 500 guitar-related iPhone apps.

Every up-to-speed tech geek, guitar player will want this mechanical interface.

You’re looking at the Guitar Sidekick, an accessory for mounting your iPhone, Blackberry, Droid or other similar media devices to your guitar. The above article link tells you all about it, but the picture basically says it all.

The Guitar Sidekick is available at: www.castiv.com

(Via Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog.)

Facebook has launched their own location-based check-in service called Places, and updated their iPhone app to support it, but will you be using it?

Some people maintain sharing your life, and your location, allows for ‘serendipitous’ discovery — people who you may never otherwise know or meet see you’re nearby and take the opportunity to say hello. Others think it’s pretty much a gateway to everything from embarrassment to stalking.

What makes Facebook a little different is that even your friends can check you into Places, unless you turn them down or turn it off.

Who are you comfortable sharing your Places/location with? No one? Just friends? Friends of friends? Everyone?

So will you be using Facebook Places? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

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(Via The iPhone Blog.)

If you’re already have a strong interest in playing the guitar and happen to own an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone (or all three), then the iRig might make for a prudent investment. What, another purchase in these economically trying times? Well, the iRig guitar accessory from IK Multimedia alongside the accompanying AmpliTube iPad and iPhone software will help you make music in a new way. You will have to hook the iRig adapter up to an iDevice and guitar, where the output of the iRig will be connected to a pair of headphones or an amp, where you can then launch the AmpliTube software to play around with a range of effects, amps, mics, pedals, and cabinets right from the comfort of your fingertips. Layer effects and amplifier change can be done with but a touch. Meant to work with an electric guitar, it will also play nice with just about any 6-string with a decent pickup. If you’re interested in expanding your musical repertoire, the iRig can be yours for $39.99 a pop. We don’t think a professionally cut album will feature this anytime soon though, but that’s a nice thought if it happens.

(Via Ubergizmo.)

If the Griffin Simplifi is too expensive for you, this $15 generic iPhone/iPod 3-port USB hub will allow you to sync an Apple product while accommodating up to three other devices that resent your favoritism. [USBFever]

(Via Gizmodo.)

The curtain has closed on Apple’s big event. While we’re still recovering from all the big news surrounding Jobs’ return, the new and improved Nanos, the arrival of iPhone OS 3.1, and the fact that iTunes 9 comes with sharing, we’re now able to actually play with our new toys and we’ve discovered something remarkable.

Amid all the hype around iTunes 9 was one new instrumental feature for iPhone owners — app management. We were thrilled by the possibilities of finally being able to organize and manage our apps via iTunes, and now we’re even more impressed by the reality.

After toying with the new feature, we can officially say that the iTunes 9 application management features are fantastic. Gone are the days of painstakingly moving apps one-by-one on our iPhones. Today we welcome effortless drag and drop app management and syncing, and here we’ll walk you through how to create application harmony between iTunes and your iPhone.

Getting Started

First things first: download the new iTunes, install it and fire it up. You should also update your iPhone to OS 3.1 for a smooth transition (a word to the wise: sync your iPhone one last time before you update to the new OS). That process might not be quick, but it should be rather painless.

Once your software updates are complete, connect your iPhone to your computer via the USB cable. Select your iPhone from the Devices section in iTunes, and then click on the Applications tab. You should be greeted with an electronic view of your entire installed app catalog and your iPhone’s existing application screens.

Application Sync

All the applications you’ve installed using iTunes will now appear in the Sync Applications portion of the page. You can now search applications by name, or sort them by name, category, or date.

You’ll notice that checked applications coincide with the ones you have on your iPhone, while unchecked ones can be checked to be virtually added to the digital iPhone interface. You can also uncheck apps you no longer want on your phone to have them instantly removed from the iPhone mock up.

Of course any and all changes won’t be made until you hit ‘Apply’ and sync your iPhone with iTunes.

Drag and Drop Apps

The real beauty of the new application management feature is the addition of an electronic model of your iPhone’s various screens, with proper pagination, and easy drag and drop functionality so that you can move apps around with speed and simplicity. You can even remove apps from your virtual iPhone, in the same manner that you would remove them from the physical version, by selecting an app and clicking the X.

You can configure your apps in any way you’d like by dragging them around on the current screen, or moving them from your existing view onto one of the screens in the right-hand column. You can also use the command key (use control key for PCs) to grab multiple apps to drag them all at once, or pick up a full page of apps and drag that up or down to alter page order. Changes are instantaneous, and don’t forget that you can select and deselect applications from the left-hand menu to add and remove them from your mock up. Pretty cool right?

Hit ‘Apply’ when you’re good and ready to apply your application changes to your actual iPhone, and you should be just a few minutes away from reaping the benefits of application management bliss.

(Via Mashable!.)

These are just two of the gazillion new made-in-China cases for the new iPod touch and iPod nano. And as all of them show, both devices will have cameras. The iPod touch’s camera is at its center, on the top.

According to Leander, the Chinese factories are already sending samples to distributors. Head to the Cult of Mac to see every single one of these cases. It’s hard to believe than anyone would have spend so much money in making all these unless they already had the specs. [Cult of Mac]

(Via Gizmodo.)