Hackers, tinkerers, people who like to play with electronics, I totally love and respect them because without their hard work we would not be where we are today. That being said, slapping a telephoto lens on the back of an iPhone and hacking the 30 pin dock connector to allow you to plug in broadcast quality microphone equipment seems a bit overboard and to be frank: a total and complete waste of time. The iPhone is a fantastic camcorder and camera for one, and only one reason: it is with you all the time. Nothing, no matter how grand of a product of technical achievement, will be as useful as the slab of metal and plastic that lives in your jean pocket. With all that said and done, here is what is possible if you modify your iPhone:

The “OWLE” he is talking about is a $99 product that improves the video recording capability of your iPhone.

[Via: TechCrunch]

Just when we talked about Platinum update for Wolfenstein 3D, another first person shooter classic has hit the AppStore. It’s Doom Classic, which you probably already know everything about. However, there may be some things you don’t know. For instance, you’ll care to learn that Doom Classic contains all three episodes of the original game along with a new episode called “Thy Flesh Consumed.” That’s 36 missions in total, enough to keep you entertained for quite some time.

There are three control schemes, all of them customizable. Plus multiplayer works!!! That’s only over WiFi at the moment, but something tells me online mode will be added at some point in the future, as well.

In a nutshell, it’s a must download for every nostalgic FPS fanatic. The price is $6.99 and the AppStore link is here.

[Via: PocketGamer.co.uk]

During their Q3 2009 financial results conference call, TomTom announced that they sold close to 80,000 copies of their iPhone application. Pretty rad considering the total cost of ownership, for the application itself and the dock to stick the thing in your car, is over $200.

[Via: GPS Business Review]

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has updated the web-based version of GMail for iPhone. The update is simple (yet useful) – GMail now features auto-expanding compose box.

If you’ve been using web-based GMail on your iPhone/iPod Touch, you’ve certainly noticed that compose box doesn’t scroll to show you the complete message. On Android-powered devices there’s a trackball or a D-pad (new Moto devices) which you can use to scroll through your message. But that’s not the case with the iPhone, hence Google tweaked the code and voila… now you can flick to scroll the message box.

It’s good to see Google constantly adding tweaks here and there to its popular email service. Hopefully, they’ll soon update it even more to better sing along the upcoming WVGA touchscreen-equipped Android devices.

[Via: Google Mobile Blog]

What would it take to put together 2 ‘working’ iPhone costumes? Apparently $2,000, a couple of 42″ plasma TV’s, a couple of iPhones, and a lot of work. Nothing else needed to be said here. Check out the video below.

I hope everyone had a very happy (and safe) Halloween this year!

[Via: MobileSyrup]

Existing owners of the Wolfenstein 3D for iPhone, here’s a piece of good news for you. An updated version of the first person shooter classic for your favorite handset/iPod Touch has been released. Included in the mix are Spear of Destiny levels – 21 new maps, five new bosses and a new enemy type – ghosts. In addition — and this is where it gets really cool — now you can create and download custom-made maps, just like you could do it in a computer version of the game!

iD Software has set a special page explaining how to use all those custom maps, which you can check out from this link.

The price of the game remains unchanged and it’s $1.99 (AppStore link), quite a bargain considering you’ll get hours of entertainment for those two bucks.

[Via: PocketGamer.co.uk]

In the middle of August, AT&T (NYSE: T) was on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit in Louisiana for not enabling MMS on the iPhone as they said they would by the end of the summer. Even though it ended up arriving September, another suit has bubbled up in Alabama. iPhone owner Clyde Bernard Franklin is launching the class action lawsuit on behalf of all Alabamans who picked up Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s smartphone on or after July 1 of last year and is seeking punitive and compensatory damages under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It’s a little late to be going after AT&T for this now, but you can hardly blame somone for trying to squeeze a few pennies out of them, considering the latest sales numbers.

[via MacNN]

Angry Mob Games‘ upcoming top-down, twin-sticks shooter Guerrilla Bob is one badass looking game.  The main character wears a beret, has tons of weapons, and is named ‘Bob’.  That right there is the recipe for badass, folks.

Guerrilla Bob will take players across a number of locations like canyons, deserts, and deserted towns.  Along the way, he’ll most likely meet some opposition as well as “epic boss battles”.  The game will also include multiple levels of difficulty, scoring system, and online leaderboards so you can compare with your friends who the best Bob is!

A company called Sonic Boom has launched a new game for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Alice in Bomberland. Yap, you’ve read that correctly and there’s no any “wonder” about it.

Chris Delon is the main man behind the app, the same guy who made the hit iPhone game – Topple.

The goal of the game is to help Alice get through 48 challenges, themed with the legendary story’s eight most popular characters including The Cheshire Cat, The Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts, while trying to outmaneuver a never-ending barrage of explosives. Alice in Bomberland also features an 11 song soundtrack, 24 types of power-ups, and an artwork designed by professional children’s book illustrator – Mark Meyers.

If this sounds like something exciting, you’re free to check out additional details as well as few more screenshots from the AppStore (the price is $1.99).