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Techie Swedes prove iPhone 3G reception is "normal"
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Wireless, iPhone
Blogger Thomas Ricker over at our sibling site Engadget posted an interesting blurb early this morning. Curious about whether or not iPhone 3G is as bad as urban legend seems to make it out to be, engineers at Bluetest in Gothenburg, Sweden, tested it against a Nokia N73 and a Sony Ericsson P1.

The results? Although the P1 was slightly better at receiving signals and the N73 a little bit better at sending signals, the difference between these two popular 3G phones and the iPhone 3G was negligible. The degreed antenna engineer performing the tests pronounced the 3G's capabilities as "completely normal."

This testing equipment is similar to that used by the FCC and mobile phone manufacturers to make sure that their phones are able to properly send and receive signals without interfering with other devices. These tests only tested the iPhone 3G hardware. There are other factors involved as well, including the device firmware and software.

I personally haven't found the iPhone 3G's reception to be any better or worse than my original iPhone. How about you? Leave a comment!
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Terminal Tips: Make your Screensaver a desktop background
Filed under: Terminal Tips

Have you ever wanted your screen saver to appear as a background image? Probably not. But if you like to show off to your Windows-using friends, then this tip can definitely help you out. By typing the following command into Terminal (Applications > Utilities), all on one line, and hitting enter, you will instantly see your screen saver displayed as a desktop background:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background

To get things back to normal (which you probably will want to do, as many screensavers will put undue load on your processor), either close the Terminal window, press control + C, or restart your computer. If you are running Leopard and have the clock overlay active, it will appear above all windows, which can get a little annoying.

Want more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's Mac 101 and Terminal Tips sections.
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Possible leaked iPod nano case shows new design
Filed under: iPod Family, Rumors
According to our sister site, Engadget, a leaked iPod nano case shows a new design that is completely different than the current nano. All this comes after Kevin Rose, of Digg fame, created a rumor that among other things, a new iPod nano might be coming in September.

Beelan, a Chinese accessory maker apparently has a case ready for shipping via Alibaba. The design of the 4th generation iPod nano would appear to have a curved face and might return to its roots with a long, slender design.

What do you think? Is this real, or fake? Be sure to sound-off in the comments.

[Original article via PMPToday]
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Talkcast reminder, 10 pm ET tonight
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
Last week's talkcast featured host Mike Schramm, Robert and Steve shooting the breeze on the latest Mac news including a back-to-school review and notes from the Carlsbad, CA store opening; listen in with the widget below or download in iTunes or via RSS.

Join us later tonight, August 24 at 10 pm ET for this week's show, hosted by Mike R. and featuring everyone's best efforts at a Jerry Seinfeld impression. If you call in and can beat the panel's Seinfeld voices (or, for that matter, do a passable George or Kramer) you'll win the people's ovation and fame forever.

You can join the conversation on TalkShoe by using the shiny browser-only client; you can also use the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client that we all know and love. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. You can also listen in on the Talkshoe page or call in on regular phone or VOIP lines: dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077. Hear ya soon!

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Free library of iPhone UI elements
Filed under: Developer, iPhone, SDK

iPhone developers! Do you need to make a quick mockup of your iPhone app for a presentation to venture capitalists?

Don't struggle with creating your own UI elements. Geoff Teehan and crew have come up with a Photoshop PSD library full of UI assets that you can use to whip up a mockup of that killer app in time for the meeting with Mr. Moneybags.

The PSD file is now at version 1.1, with the following improvements over the 1.0:
- changed document to 160ppi
- added number and symbol keyboard views
- added key press
- added address book alphabetical navigation widget
- added plus icon
- added new checked and unchecked elements
Thanks to Geoff and friends for making this available to the iPhone development community at no cost.

Yahoo also provides UI elements and wireframes for the iPhone on their developer network.

[Via Daring Fireball]
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Go Hollywood with a free "In a world" ringtone
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone

You know those movie trailers that begin with the narrator intoning the familiar words "In a world...."? Beau Weaver, a Hollywood narrator and diehard TUAW reader who does a lot of those trailers, was asked by his friends to create an iPhone ringtone that played on the same phrase. He did, and he'd like to share it with TUAW readers for free.

Just pop over to Beau's website at http://www.spokenword.com/ringtone/, listen to the ringtone, and if you like it, follow our TUAW tutorial on how to create an iPhone ringtone from an MP3 with GarageBand. To download the MP3 for slicing and dicing in GarageBand, just Control-click the link and select Save Link As.

Thanks for the fun freebie, Beau!
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