In a big surprise for iPhone users in search of choice, Apple has approved the third-party Opera Mini app for the iPhone. This version of Opera Mini has been developed specifically for the iPhone and is impressively fast. This is because it compresses data by up to 90 percent before fetching that data to the device, which has the effect of greatly accelerating page load speed (that’s particularly good if you’re on a slower EDGE network). It took Apple – known to reject apps which emulate those it provides – just three weeks to approve Opera Mini for the iPhone. The free Safari replacement is now available…

In what promises to be the “Killer App” the iPad was waiting for, you can now use – wait for it.. Windows 95 on your iPad! If you camped out last weekend waiting for an Apple store to open, dashed in at 9:01am and forked out $500 for the mythical device, you probably aren’t interested in Apple’s iWork suite of apps or games, you probably just wanted to be able to run Microsoft’s first NT based operating system from 15 years ago. Kama Games used a BOCHS emulator to run Windows 95 on an iPad, apparently simply for the joy of being able to say they could. Features include no internet access, no DVD or blu-ray support,…

If taking vitamins doesn’t keep you healthy enough, try more laughter. – Nicholas-Sebastien Chamfort The Health Monitor Network has just announced the release of their fun and lighthearted app – “Laugh Out Loud for Health.” HMN is focusing this app on encouraging users to shake their iPads and “LOL” for health. Even better? The app is completely free to download! With this app, jokes are readily available so that users can get laughing right away. The “LOL” app also features a calorie counter in order to track how many you’re burning while you’re shaking and dancing all over the place. The more…

Lee Brimelow is a Flash evangelist and developer at Adobe, and the author of the Flash Blog. Needless to say, Brimelow is less than pleased at Apple’s decision to “slap developers in the face” by removing Flash support on the iPhone OS 4 update. While the blog was obviously changed at his employer’s request after the fact, before the redaction Brimelow had typed “What is clear is that Apple has timed this purposely to hurt sales of CS5.” What has remained on the blog is the resounding conclusion of “Go screw yourself Apple” and the fact that Brimelow refuses to purchase any Apple products under there…

There has been an explosion in technological developments over the past decade, but not all of them are as important as the others. That is why we decided to come up with a list of the greatest technological developments over the past decade, as to honor those technologies that improved our lives and the industry. So, without further ado, let’s get right into it. Digital Camera The digital camera was, at first, a turn off for traditional film photographers, but now it is a common thing. This new medium allowed photographers to shoot, process, and print photographs much faster than ever thought possible,…

The iPad has been dubbed as a device for content consumption and not creation, but one person wasn’t willing to live with that. Adam Kumpf went as far to actually create his own stylus for the iPad so he could better interact with art-focused applications on the iPad. It works too. The stylus was created by using materials like conductive foams, fabrics and some everyday items including an anti-static sock and pencil. Patience helps as well. As can be seen in the video above, it actually seems to work flawlessly, and it looks like fun too. Maybe this could serve as a legitimate replacement for those…

Like most Apple products, the iPad is, understandably a beautiful device. For most people, that is good enough. But what if you want to personalize it and make it your own? You could grab a paint brush and a prayer not to mess up, or you could spend a few pennies on one of the following amazing decals. Apple Pi? Clever! You can have your Apple and eat it too. Nintendo’s SNES people know. It reminds us of Android, but we like it. Iron Man is Apple power. [via DamnCoolPics]…

The iPad is a killer of freedom, innovation, and all things good with the Internet. But do you want to know the worst part? I am being entirely serious about that statement, and it is not funny at all. Of all the Apple products I have seen over the years, the iPad is, by far, the biggest disappointment, and the fact that so many people purchased it is absolutely horrifying — it proves that consumers are truly lacking in judgment and objectivity, and it proves that any device you slap an Apple logo is considered gold. So let’s run down the list of reasons that Apple has created a device that truly restricts…

The answer is $260. That is how much it costs Apple to manufacture an iPad device. That also means that Apple makes at least $240 every time someone has purchased an iPad — this is interesting to note, because it reveals that the iPad could have been priced even cheaper. Much cheaper. Apple still would have made a nice chunk of change, either way. However, we know that Apple marks up their products because they are considered “luxury” items, but it doesn’t seem quite right considering how much Apple claimed that they wanted everyone to own one of these things. After all, Apple is making a killing from…

What do you do with a device that isn’t quite so useful? You throw it away! Okay, so you are not going to do that to your iPad, so we have an alternative: you could, quite literally, shelve it. Now we’re talking. The iBookend (again, with these “i” names), is a concept design by Dominic Wilcox that actually makes the iPad a useful device, and it is quite fitting as well. The iBookend would allow you to store your iPad in a book shelf and use it as a stand for your books. Quite handy. If only this accessory became reality… I would, only then, have a reason for buying the iPad, or not! [via LikeCool]…