For $22, the Joby Gorillapod is a no-brainer.
With three interchangeable heads (camera tripod thread, suction cup, adhesive clip), the Joby can latch on to just about anything, and with its flexible legs, can keep it steady just about anywhere.
This thing belongs in any point-and-shooter’s camera bag for taking low-light shots without blurring or choosing [...]

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This is my first post from a train, taking the 8:08 from Cos Cob into the city for a birthday party.
I am using the new wordpress app for the iPhone, which is great.
It’s definitely harder to type on the iPhone on a moving train than a Blackberry, but it’s do-able.
Anyways, I was just having a [...]

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3G Apple iPhone Launch - Line at Apple Store in White Plains, NY (The Westchester Mall) from StationStops Admin on Vimeo.
Last week I drove to my local Apple Store on launch day to check out the 3G iPhone launch lines.
Once I got there, and saw the 200+ people in line, I got in my car [...]

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Pandora Radio (iTunes link) is the most popular and most talked-about new iPhone/iPod Touch app to debut via the new iTunes App Store, and best of all, its free.
As someone who has worked both in commercial web and mobile application development, I find the explosion of popularity of this app from web to mobile to [...]

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I have had the opportunity to play with some of the top Apple 3G iPhone Apps this past week while on vacation, and will be discussing a few here that I think may be of special interest to our Metro-North readers.
The first is an app called AOL Radio (iTunes link), which is the first of [...]

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As I was on vacation all last week, I was unable to buy an iPhone, even though I wanted one very badly after using the 2.0 software on my iPod Touch all week - the AppStore is terriffic and has convinced me to dump my beloved Blackberry 8800. (note: I didn’t want to buy it [...]

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Update: Apparently Apple is having massive problems which are preventing iPhone users from activating their phones in-store. This is contributing to the huge lines, and some users are being sent home with their phones to activate it online with little success… Read more here…
I just took a quick tour of the local AT&T [...]

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