Printing from your iPhone or iPad just got a bit easier as Epson updated their free app for iPhone, iPod and iPad called PrintJinni. [We think "jinni" is a cute way of saying "genie"].

You need a wireless printer - Epson recommends their WorkForce, Artisan and Epson Stylus NX models - but once you have one, the app makes it much easier to connect with them.

Provided both the iPhone and the printer need to be hooked up to the wifi it previews and prints without the need for an intermediate computer. The app will mainly be useful for printing email attachments - whether that's PDF, Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents. It also prints JPEGs.

The new edition lets iPad users print iWork documents and uses the screen better. The search and preview functions have been improved too.

The app, currently $6.99, will be free by the end of December but has only been released in the US and Canada, we're hoping for a UK release soon.

Printjinni on iTunes

We love this one. A witty decal (that's a sticker to us Brits) for iPhone 4 mocks up a call from Steve Jobs on the back of your phone. It copies the ringing screen for the iPhone and put the face and name of the Great Leader on it.

We like the way they just call him "Steve".

Okay, it won't fool anyone for *very* long, but it's the thought that counts.. A must for the Apple die-hards out there.

Call from Steve iPhone 4 Decal is £6.50 from Etsy

Weight Watchers has launched a new iPhone app just in time for all those holiday parties and dinners.

The new app helps users to follow the Weight Watchers weight loss plan, by monitoring what they eat and drink as well as calculate ProPoints (the different values given to food and drink on the plan) while they are out and about. Weight Watchers members who use the app will be able to to track the ProPoints values of food and activities on the go, as it automatically syncs to their online account.

There is also a free version of the app is also available, which provides some basic ProPoints values for food and menus, as well as recipes, weight loss tips and an interactive community board. It also features interactive 'cheat sheets' which tell you the number of ProPoints values for basic meals such as pizza slices, sandwiches or salads

The app is available for download here

If you use an iPhone 3G, 3GS, or iPod Touch and are constantly frustrated by the inability to take pictures in dimly lit locations, the iFlash might just be the perfect accessory for you.

The iFlash plugs into your iDevice's docking port and presto... you have light! It is designed to conveniently fit underneath most cases and can also be re-purposed as an LED flashlight. According to their website, by attaching the module to your iPhone with a plastic 3.5mm jack it can dangle like a phone charm, although that just sounds tacky to us.

It is available here for $29.95 and would make a great stocking stuffer.

Need some help with your Holiday shopping this year? Check out Christmas Wrapped, a cool little gift finding app that generates unique and tailored gift suggestions for everyone on your shopping list. Input the age, gender and budget for each person and the targeted gift finder will scour over 5,000 products from 250 retailers to find the perfect present.

A few key features of the app include:
-Gift ideas generator
- View similar products
- Input gifts manually
- Assign gifts to your chosen contact list
- Add people to list direct from phone contacts
- Set budget for each person/total budget
- See total actual/budgeted
- Mark what's been bought and what you still need to buy
- Create a single page Christmas shopping list

The app costs £1.19 on the App Store, but 10p of each download goes to the Make-A -Wish Foundation, so you can feel good while doing your shopping.

SoundCloud has updated their iPhone app to allow users to record and share sound on the go.

The company hopes that musicians will use it to create audio tour diaries as wall as a tool so that that can quickly share works in progress with a wide community. Users uploading content from their phone can also add images and, by plugging into Foursquare's API, their current location.

SoundCloud co-founder and CEO Alex Ljung stated that they see these new tools as an "addition to the creator toolbox. If you are a writer, you always have your notepad with you. Now if you are a musical creator, you always have a record button with you."

This feature is also intended to help expand SoundCloud's userbase beyond musicians. "These developments are a reflection of the rapidly emerging community of creators who are now using a wide range of sound as a way of positively expressing themselves...Whilst we remain totally committed to our strong music community, we also want to encourage and nurture these new creators. We see a future where people are capturing and sharing sound in the same way they might think to take a photo or video to record and share something visual."

As a big fan of SoundCloud, I cant wait to see how this musicians will use this new tool. Personally I think it would be great for sampling.

The updated app is now available for free download.

Does that special someone in your life have a special phone in their life? Is that special phone an iPhone? If the answer to both those questions is yes, you may be jealous of it sometimes. But you may also want to get your boyfriend/girlfriend/friend-friend a nice iPhone case for Christmas. This guide is for you.

We've pulled up a list of the top ten iPhone accessories we can find (for iPhone 4 and 3GS), including cases and stands - we'll do docks separately. You can go for cheap and crazy decals (what Americans call stickers), upmarket designer leather or quirky hipster pieces from the goldmine of quirk that it is Etsy.

Check it out...

Yesterday UberTwitter the popular BlackBerry Twitter client, announced they have moved into the iPhone market with a new app, as a result of the "growing dominance" of Apple's OS.

UberTwitter accounts for 10 million tweets each day from BlackBerry users around the world and now hope to replicate this success on the iPhone. The main feature of UberTwitter is a feature they call UberView, which essentially allows you access to links within tweets without forcing you to exit the app or open new windows. Overall, it is a slick interface, although it is still in beta and still has a few issues that need to be sorted.

The open beta is available for download now, with the first official app out next month.

Everyone likes a good discount, especially at this time of year when we start our Christmas shopping.

Discount code and voucher site, My Voucher Codes has launched an app to make staying on top of deals in your area easier. The new app ties in with their local business-specific discount website and shows all the current discounts and promotions at independent shops in your area.

The app which is currently only available for the iPhone/iPad/iPod, uses GPS to give potential customers an overview of the local retailers near to them, and the discounts they are currently offering. This is a great way to increase awareness of local retailers that are often over shadowed by large national retailers. It also means consumers can look for discounts that they may have missed before.

The free app is available now in the app store

Sony has just announced that they are launching a reader for both iPhones and Android next month.

The app will bring the same functionality of the Sony eBook to your phone, and has a number of familiar features. You get access to books that you have already purchased from the reader store or can purchase new ones, as well as making bookmarks, notes and highlights on your mobile device.

The reader does not bring anything new to the table and is really just Sony's attempt to play catch up with competitor Amazon, who already has e-reading apps for the Android and iOS platforms .

Today Apple's iOS 4.2 is finally being rolled out. While the new OS is not earth shattering it does bring two very welcomed improvements - printing and multitasking for the iPad.

The AirPrint will allow users to select a single or multiple photos and send the shots directly to a connected printer. In addition the update also features the AirPlay, which lets you stream content from one Apple device to another. This is particularly useful for Apple TV owners.

Amongst other features the addition of folder support and the game centre for the iPad are probably most note worthy. In a statement full of PR hot air, Jobs stated that the "iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season." Adding folders and the ability to print, hardly make it a new product, but it certainly adds some useful functionality.

Bolle has launched their iPhone printer dock, just as Apple roles out the AirPrint on the new iOS 4.2.

The Air Print allows users to select a single or multiple photos and send the shots directly to a connected printer. However, Bolle has decided to go a completely different route with their BP-10 printer dock. The dock is only capable of printing 4 x 6-inch colour prints from a docked device. We can't help but think this latest product from Bolle lacked foresight on what the new iOS would include. But if you want a dock that will charge your iPhone and print 4 x 6-inch pictures, The BP-10 is available now for £120.

Onkyo, the home entertainment specialists have announced they are working on an iPhone/iPod app that will allow users to control Onkyo networked receivers through their smartphone.

The app will allow you to sync your smartphone up with Onkyo's connected AV units, turning it into a touch-driven wireless remote. The release states that the app will allow users to "replicate day-to-day operations such as altering volume/balance/mute/input selection/listening modes etc. Gesture control will also be incorporated and owners will be able to browse Internet Radio station lists as well as content held on NAS (Network Attached Storage)"

In other words it turns your iPhone into an universal remote for your Onkyo AV receivers.
The app will be available early next year.

The US rock band OK Go, has become infamous for their creative often low-budget music videos, including their most famous, Here It Goes Again which received over 50 million views.

OK Go's latest attempt to find creative ways to promote themselves, comes in the form of a collaboration with the car manufacture Range Rover, to create the Evoque Pulse of the City project.

The project will involve the geo-mapping of a street parade in celebration of Los Angeles on November 17th. The group will carry their instruments and amplifiers through the streets of their home city, as fans log on to follow them via Facebook and Twitter as they walk and play. As the band moves around the city they will be tracking their movements with the Evoque iPhone app. The GPS app, was launched by Range Rover last month in anticipation of their new Evoque car, and allows users to create stunning data visualizations of their movements across cities anywhere in the world. OK Go, will use this GPS tracking technology to spell out the words "OK Go" in giant letters.

Damian Kulash from OK Go said: "We're asking everyone who wants to be part of something artistic, colourful and musical to join us in this collaboration....We will track every step of our journey through GPS and create a unique piece of collaborative, living art. We are dancing with our home town and asking our fans to do the same."

They are encouraging fans can get involved and create their own journeys which will be made into a film and distributed via OK Go's social media channels by downloading the app

The Joby Gorillapod is probably the funnest camera tripod out there right now, and they've just put together a version for the iPhone 4.

Made for cameras, camcorders or phones, the Gorillapod specialises in letting you put your camera in weird places. Its flexible legs can be twisted around tree branches, chair legs or dog collars - making for cute pictures and films from interesting angles. It also functions as a normal table-top tripod for more standard films.

The Gorillapod for iPhone 4 comes with a black polycarbonate case fitted to the phone's shape, the tripod legs clip onto the case securing the phone. There's also a GorillaPod app for iPhone which takes time-lapse videos - an interesting use of the tripod tech. See more on it all here

Gorillapod for iPhone 4 is £34.95 from Joby.com

It's almost six months since the first iPhone 4s went on sale in the UK on June 24th and about five since the hoo-haa over the poor reception on the new model kicked up. It's a lovely phone but the reception problem is for real, in my experience at least.

Steve Jobs claimed a bumper case solved the problem and some say it does, while others blame bad reception on the networks. Are other iPhone 4-ers still having the same problem?

Let us know..

Nothing like sticking crystals on a gadget and charging lots of money for it. Micro Anvika have teamed up with luxury UK department store Harrods to cover a Samsung Galaxy Tab in Crystals.

It looks a bit PC World meets Dolly Parton to me, but maybe that's the point.

They say:

"The Crystal Samsung Galaxy Tab is encrusted with 5,700 Swarovski Bright Crystals, each and every one hand-applied to create the world's most exclusive tablet device."

We say:

"Why?"

The Galaxy Tab is the strongest iPad rival to emerge so far: when not covered in crystals it is in the same price bracket at £499 (PC World) and packs most of the same features plus a few extra - all the obvious things the iPad doesn't do like have a camera, play flash videos and work as a phone. It's on Android too so has a lot of apps. See our hands-on video here.

The Crystal Galaxy Tab is available for £2,699, exclusively from Micro Anvika at Harrods. Custom designs can be commissioned through Micro Anvika at Harrods.

See also Someone actually spends £5million on an iPhone

Oo, more pretty iPhone 4 cases. This time from stylish London designer Ted Baker who brings some flash patterns and textured leather to the iPhone 4 case arena.

All available for either £29.99 or £34.99 from proporta.com

We just copied the images in below. I'm especially digging on the patterned hardback cases - cute...

Well, we're not saying it works or is a good idea, or that its even in English (it's in Polish) but you can now download the distinctive Windows 7 tile interface for your iPhone.

Your jailbroken iPhone that is.

iPhone themes only work on jailbroken handsets, but it might be worth jailbreaking the darn thing just to get this theme 'cause it's really ironic and we all love that...

It's probably a good sign for Microsoft that the Polish developer thought this was a good thing to do.

[via ihelp]

It was advertised as all dreamy and romantic - the emotional knock-out punch on the iPhone 4 - connecting you to little children, wise old people and hot caring young people everywhere - but does anyone actually use Facetime that much?

I for one, haven't used it once in my two months of iPhone 4 ownership, and a survey by Juniper kind of suggests that the chill hand of death has spread on the function everywhere. "The use of video calling has had several false dawns and has remained flat in recent years," says Anthony Cox, Senior Analyst at Juniper, adding "the market may be held back by a lack of interoperability between different devices."

So major limitations to Facetime include the fact that you can only do it over wifi connections - you have to be at home or in the office; and oh yes you can only do it between iPhone 4s (the new iPod Touch works as well).

Result - if you have to be at home because of the wifi, and the person you're calling has to be at their home because of the wifi, you might as well use Skype mightn't you because the screen is bigger and you won't have to keep holding your hand up the whole time.

Oh and you'll be able to talk to your poor benighted friends who don't have iPhone 4s. They exist.

Just wanted to ask the iPhone 4 owners out there, do you actually use it?