And, to your left, we have an adorable young girl phonetically recreating last year’s Beyonce hit with the help of three iPhones. My biggest question has nothing to do with her musical ability (which is reasonably superb, by the by), but more to do with how the hell she can afford three iPhones, much less their bills. Okay, yeah, maybe they’re iPod Touches. Whatever. Just watch the video. [Via CrunchGear]…

Déjà Vu All Over Again For anyone who’s been around long enough to remember the epic battles for desktop supremacy waged between Apple Computer and Microsoft in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the current situation in the smartphone market has more than a hint of déjà vu.  The players have changed -although Apple is at the center of the comparison in both cases- but the battle lines are once again over proprietary hardware and software. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is fanatical about controlling all aspects of his products and every product the company releases reflects that insistence.  Apple…

If there is one thing that is clear, it is that the iPad has the hype. But it is also clear that it is not as great as we all imagined, and, even then, some think it isn’t particularly great at all. I have my reservations about the iPad too. However, instead of just listing reasons why we like or dislike the iPad, I wanted to offer people a look at some amazing devices that will make the iPad irrelevant — sure, the iPad will always be relevant because it is an Apple product (and Apple has devout fans). But the following gadgets will blow the iPad away in more ways than one. They are remarkable….

iKnow this isn’t exactly official — as Apple’s big iPhone 4.0 event happens tomorrow — but there is word spreading around that Apple has another big announcement to make tomorrow, and it is about an advertising platform (yeah, no joke). As amazing as that will be, the name of this platform even more so: they are allegedly going to call it the “iAd” platform. iThink, however, that it is safe to say now that Steve Jobs is a little too obsessed with the letter “i” and with appending it to the front of other words, and this whole advertising platform is likely to receive the same abuse. It’s getting a little…

The Apple iPad has been jailbroken according to notorious hacker, MuscleNerd, who published this video showing the achievement. A member of the infamous iPhone Dev Team, the developer took just one day to crack Apple security, which he managed through use of a variant of the existing iPhone OS 3.1.3 jailbreak. Most jailbreaks use vulnerabilities either in Safari or the OS itself to grant unrestricted access, this is thought to have been the M.O. for this break-in. What’s it mean? For most of us, not too much, but if you want to install software other than that available from the App Store then…

Hard-working disassembly sleuths at iFixIT spent their Easter weekend tearing an iPad apart to explore the Apple-designed A4 processor which powers the device. iSuppli tore an A4 chip apart (above), revealing it to be an ARM processor featuring package-on-package construction to improve the speed and efficiency of internal processes. Inside they found the RAM modules sit close by the processor, a move which speeds access to memory, cuts power consumption and reduces latency….

I can’t decide what’s more impressive about this video:  ‘Applegirl002′s’ skill in using iPhone apps to create music; or the fact that she sings Lady Gaga’s famous track while making an appropriately badass face. The techno-friendly musician got buzz a couple of weeks ago for her rendition of Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” and has now set her sights of Gaga’s Pokerface. She spends the first part of the video breaking down how she goes about using iPhones and specific apps to create her songs, and then she goes on to use her impressive skills and voice to sing that song you won’t admit to liking but will…

Thank God! Finally, we can talk about something else Apple other than the iPad! Even though the tablet just launched to a veritable torrent of reporting, Apple have said that we’ll get a sneak-peek at the next generation of their mobile operating system at 10am, April 8th at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. The big rumor for months now has been the arrival of the ability to multitask. The lack of multitasking has often been seen as a significant knock against the iPhone – and now the iPad – so it’s possible Apple will be looking to address those concerns. Other rumors have included an improved maps…

Adobe’s Flash plugin has become a stalwart in online multimedia content with a massive install base, so why is it suddenly the least popular kid on the block? Back when Netscape ruled the web and Microsoft was the pretentious young upstart nipping at its heels, HTML was the most dominant form of content on the web by a huge margin. Nothing about video, audio or multimedia content made it appealing to work with or serve to visitors, but the demand was great, so great that what ended up happening was inevitable, if not entirely predictable. How Flash Rose To Dominance By version 5 Internet Explorer had…

Man, it’s hard to believe the 50’s was 60 years ago. That’s the better half of a century. Time flies, no? Ever want to revisit that decade? Listen to some rock n’ roll? Drink some soda-pop? I was born in the 80’s, so I don’t. But maybe you do!

 Designer Gary Katz has a way. Katz has made a really cool replica of a classic drive-in theatre, complete with moody sunset, ugly metal speakers, and dashboard view. There’s an absurd attention to detail, here; Katz has gone out of his way to research and capture the 50’s aesthetic. Hats off, Gary. Why the hell is this on Techi, you ask? Because…