In case you’ve been living uder a rock, Apple founder Steve Jobs debuted the new iPhone today.

As usual Apple is killing the cell phone game with its newest gadget. Here are ten things you need to know about the iPhone 4:

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The phone boasts a stainless-steel-and-glass composition, and measures 24 percent thinner than its predecessor.

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The new screen has a “retina display” which increases the number of pixels fourfold. Though it sounds impressive, Jobs states that this is “a better display than the human eye can even process.”

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Apple has engineered a new operating system, the iOS 4, which adds 100 new features, including the much anticipated ability to multitask on the phone.

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The iPhone may no longer be called the die-phone by disgruntled users. It comes equipt with an A4 processor and bigger battery which both allow for more talking and browsing time.

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A gyroscope has been included in order to improve gaming. The audience went “crazy” over this as Jobs played Jenga.

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A new improved camera system takes better photos, and the camera records High Def video.

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The phone is equipt with a double camera enabling ”FaceTime” also known as video calling.

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iBooks can be purchased for, and accessed on the iPhone, and are also accessible via all of your other Apple products.

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The “Interactive iAds” will ensure that more apps are available for free, as  “developers earn money so they can continue to create free and low-cost apps for users.”

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The new model is set to be released on June 24th, and will be reasonably priced, between 199 to $299.

Check it out some more in this gallery:

The ingenious Apple iPad was created as an instrument that enables readers to enjoy their choice of material on an interactive screen.

Its practical uses have wowed even the most skeptical techies, and now it has surpassed everyone’s expectations with a ton of somewhat bizarre apps and uses. Take a look at 5 of the Huffington Post’s top alternative iPad uses below:

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The GIANT Phone

Make a call from the biggest cell phone in the world! There’s an app for that!

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Piano

If a Virtuoso like Lang Lang can use his iPad to play one of the most famous concertos in the world (“Flight of the Bumblebee”), you may be able to pull a little something together too. Now go impress the ladies with your iPad piano skills!

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A Really Cool Name Tag

Want to be the coolest cat at your speed dating session? Try one of these; we bet they’ll remember your name.

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DJ Set

According to the Huffington Post, “Rana Sobhany is reportedly the world’s first iPad DJ. She mixes beats using iPad apps like Groovemaker House, Looptastic HD, iDaft, AC-7 Pro, Pianist Pro and Sonosaurus Rex. iPads are cheaper and easier to transport than DJ equipment.”

Want to rock the turntables without transporting crates and heavy systems to your venues (who does that anymore)? Just grab your iPad

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Pimp Your Ride

Imagine a sound system controlled by an in-dash touch screen entertainment system (eh-hem iPad). Sounds fly huh? It can be done. Check it out:

For more ways to work your iPad continue to the Huffington Post.

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Don’t have any friends? Or don’t like the way they look? Well with the B-Bot app for the iPhone, you can create your own homies or tailor the ones you have to be more form fitting for when they call.

Developed by Thunderdog Studios, the app allows you to create an avatar and then, using the iPhone’s touch mechanic, scroll through a bevy of options – including clothes, sneakers, facial features and more – to customize you newly created character all to sound of music produced by Dante Ross.

Check out the video above for a step-by-step demonstration of how the app works and then head over to Apple’s iTunes store for where B-Bot can be purchased for $1.99.

What the hell is going on here? Pics courtesy of Gizmodo.

Unlike previous years, nothing groundbreaking was revealed at this year’s Macworld convention but aspiring filmmakers, musicians, and writers will be pleased. That “I’m A PC” dude won’t be.

17-Inch MacBook Pro:

• At 6.6 pounds and less than an inch thick, it’s the world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook.
• $50 anti-glare option on the screens
• longest battery ever

iTunes:

• By the end of the first quarter, every one of iTunes’ 10 million will be DRM-free, with improved quality of 256 kbps AAC encoding
• You can upgrade your entire purchased library to iTunes Plus.
• Three different pricing levels of $0.99, $0.69, and $1.29, depending on pricing from record labels

iLife:

iPhoto

• Faces: Tag someone’s picture with a name and iPhoto creates a snapshot of the person.  Then, using face detection, iPhoto will find other instances of that person in the rest of your photos.

• Places: Another way to organize your photos, this time according to where the photos were taken. Using GPS geotagging, iPhoto will produce a map with pins of where you snapped your pics.

• built-in support for Facebook & Flickr.

iMovie

• Animated travel maps: 3-D globe and 2-D map renderings showing where you’ve traveled in your videos

• Image stabilization to remedy shaky hands
• X-ray and aged film effects if you want to toy around with the look of your videos

Garageband

• Learn To Play a musical instrument with both a tutor and the instrument facing you on-screen.  It also features artist lessons from the likes of Sting, Norah Jones and Patrick Stump.

iLife ‘09 comes free with all Macs. Upgrades are $79, family pack is $99.  Available later this month.

iWork:

Pages:

• Offers a full-screen view in which the page is completely isolated so you can focus solely on what you’re doing.

iWork ‘09 is $49 with a new Mac.  Upgrades are $79, family pack is $99.  Available today.

Pics courtesy of Gizmodo (obviously).

-Devin Chanda

Let me start this off by saying that (from a consumer perspective) I think Microsoft is a great brand. Aside from the fact that I spent most of Christmas day trying to get my aunt’s Dell to work with Windows Vista, I really have no qualms with the company.

Plus they make Xbox, and as we all know, Xbox is pretty awesome.

But the only thing that consistently irks me about the software giant (see what I did there?) is that when it comes to naming their products, they fail.

Some would even say, epically.

(Note: I’m deading that series. It’s 2009 and time for um, change.)

Take the upcoming software battle that’s going to Microsoft’s Windows 7 vs. Apple’s Snow Leopard for example.

I’ve haven’t been privy to check out either of these platforms, but based solely on their names alone, I’m going to have so say that Apple’s Snow Leopard is going to kick Microsoft 7′s virtual ass, simply for the fact that it has a much cooler name. In fact, Apple’s big cat stance has been sonning Microsoft’s numerical offerings since they released OSX Cheetah in 2001.

You know what Microsoft released in 2001?

Windows XP.

To date, Apple’s OSX platform has released iterations dubbed “Puma,”  ”Panther,” and “Tiger.”

(Maybe Cougar will drop when Apple’s old and withered but still looking for nubile young creatives.)

Microsoft on the other hand, has dropped programs with imposing names like  ”Windows XP Professional x64 Edition” and “Windows Home Server.”

Which means that if Apple ever wanted to ether Microsoft’s chances of winning the operating system name game, they could just drop the biggest cat of all, OSX Lion, to which Microsoft could counter with the ever imposing, Windows 8.

Rather than releasing tee shirts with Common and mud colored versions of the Zune, Microsoft should dedicate their resources to stepping up their product name game.

In an ongoing effort to keep your iPhone 3G game fresh, Incase has released the Slider Case Metallic Pack. Available in Gun Metal, Silver, Copper, or Gold finishes, these durable two-part hard shell plastic cases cover the back and sides of the iPhone, and allow access to smart phone’s touchscreen.

Cases retail individually for $34.95 and are available now at Incase’s site and select Apple retailers.

Soundsystem company Tannoy finally hopped on the iGear bandwagon and developed the i30 speaker system, made especially for the hatetolovetobeaddictedtoit Apple iPod. GIANT staffer Radio Rashaun was all like, “I need to put this post up for today’s ‘I Need This’” and I had to get all territorial. So, while I’m not gonna pretend like this is my own personal edition, Rashaun sooo doesn’t get to write it. Huzzah!

Unlike a lot of iPod boom boxes, the Tannoy has five dock adaptors to fit the million different iPods Apple keeps coming out with in order to make you continue to buy their stuff. Which means that your first generation “I reFUSE to give in to Apple’s anarchy” iPod will fit just as comfortably as your “I caved” Nano Video 5000 or whateverthehell the new one is. It also charges your iPod when the system is docked and it has a USB connection built in it, so you don’t have to keep taking it out and hooking it up to the computer to charge or update it. Pretty sweet. Visit the site to find out all the other cool stuff it does. $399.99, tannoydigital.com