October 28th, 2010 by admin

Every year at this time we like to post the best Halloween wallpapers on offer for iPhones. This year we decided to begin our search in iTunes. And were shocked to discover that the latest offerings were just as  spammy and and the sites just as risky as we had found in the past with sites that had not been (supposedly) vetted through the Apple selection process.

So our selection of great Halloween wallpapers will also save you the trouble of visiting bad sites! First up is a selection of some 30 wallpapers that have been uploaded to Flickr - so you know that getting them is going to be risk free. There are some great selections here as well (see above pic for a sample - though we did like the apple icon-as-pumpkin as well!).

There are three free Halloween wallpapers for iPhone on the Indenzer site (see right side pic). We quite liked these wallpapers. They are also available for iPad.

The third site only has a couple and is really for for all the Angry Bird fans out there. They have a fun take on the Halloween theme. The site offers the wallpapers for iPad as well. We loved these so had to include them.

Most of the others we found were either not very good or from suss sites. But we invite you to check out the free Halloween the wallpapers for iPhone listed in previously as they are still on offer, and we think, have some great wallpapers.

Finally, because these wallpapers are not available in iTunes, some readers may not be sure how to put those images on their iPhones as wallpapers. We have done a post in the past in this and you can get the easy-to-follow directions there.

And Remember: share your find with your friends!!

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October 25th, 2010 by admin

The iPhonegizmo team have found a  super cool new game that has so far had a very high 4 to 5 star rating!

AND we are giving readers the chance to win a free downloads of the game!

All you have to do is “like” our recently developed iPhonegizmo facebook page - and if you are one of the first twenty to join from today, you will go into the drawer to win one of the three free Arcade Cats games. Could not be easier.And to give you a taste of just how great this game is, check out the video:

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October 19th, 2010 by admin

With the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards being held next month (in Las Vegas on November 11, 2010), we decided to go looking for some videos from previous Latin Grammy events. This proved to be difficult. The event is staged and managed by the Latin Recording Academy, and they are very efficient at keeping their exclusive rights exercised.  It is possible to see a couple of videos on their site (but they can’t be watched on our iPhones) - but little can be seen elsewhere on the web.

This is a fantastic annual music event and is filled with fun, glamor and beautiful people! You can get some idea from the following snippet of the closing ceremony of the 10th annual Latin Grammy held last year:

But we wanted more - so we went searching iTunes, and sure enough, found some free Latin Grammy goodies to share.

First up we have to give a plug to the video podcast channel ES Musica that provides regular music, breaking news and videos about whats happening in the Latin music world. If you scroll through their podcast you will come to their video podcast of last years Grammy (number 99 on the list - which shows there have been nearly a hundred podcasts in the 11 months since then).

This is a super quality video that introduces many of the top performing Latin Music Artists - many of who give an impromptu performance for ES Musica! Its worth a watch just to see and hear the beautiful people sing! And if you can’t understand Latin, perhaps its time you took advantage of the free Latin lessons you can download to your iPhone for easy learning!

secondly, we found this great video of the press conference held last month announcing the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards nominations. It is in both English and L:atin - so no need to get those free lessons for this one!:

Look at all that talent! This is going to be a fantastic event this year.

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October 15th, 2010 by admin

This is just a quick post to let you know that the Library of Congress  has made over two dozen animations available for us to watch on our iPhones. The animations represent some of the earliest ever made in the USA and are also some of the best early animations made. The collection includes animations made between 1900 and 1920 - so one hundred years ago now!

All sorts of  animation genre have been included: clay,  pen drawings (those early forms are really fascinating), puppets and cut-outs. So check out this collection of free videos to watch next time you have a trip and want to watch something you haven’t already seen two dozen times before!

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October 12th, 2010 by admin

Of course there have been a huge number of iPhone apps developed to help us with dating /love / sex. In fact if you type “sex” into iTunes search and and select for “free apps”, you will get over 400 apps delivered, 360 for “dating” and some 1100 free apps about “love” (but that includes apps like “I Love India” and “divorce Jokes” !!)

We have chosen 6 free apps around the love and romance theme to give you an idea of what can be found in this genre of Apps:

1) Before the love and romance,  we first have to meet Mr or Miss right!  So we begin this list of apps with Flirt Maps, which lets us know who is nearby, compatible and wanting to flirt right now! With FlirtMaps you can actually find them on the map, see their profiles and even arrange a date (hmmm - this all seems pretty risky!) Well, virtual flirt might be OK. And then use the next app before going any further!!

2) iHeart Love Compatibility Obviously, before romance can go anywhere there needs to be compatibility! Based on numerology, astrology and the Chinese zodiac, this app provides us with guidance from the “stars” about our compatibility with another. You will need name, birth date and zodiac sign in order to get a compatibility score out of ten!

So now you have met Mr/Miss Right. Now what? Well there are a whole stack of apps to help make the romancing just that much easier:

3) love Messenger, for example, which offers us thousands of romantic messages, clip art, emoticons and even videos to send to our sweetheart. Or perhaps you have trouble figuring out what do on your next date? That’s where the next app -

4) Date Movie Advise can help you to plan your next perfect movie date! Or, if you are the wine-and-dine types, then -

5) Sexified Foods could be just what you need. This app provides a long list of romance-enhancing foods!

And finally, for those that want to take the romance to the next level, here is an app that provides you with the work outs you need to allow you go to go that extra distance!!

6) Yoga for sex - this app is quite cool - it goes through various yoga poses and explains how they will help your love life. For example, the basic Cobra pose - opens the “heart chakra - where love energy and breath come from…”

And if your love life is improved by these apps - do let us know so others can benefit.

NB - you must be over 17 to download most of these apps.

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October 5th, 2010 by admin

For anyone who is passionate about music and has long wanted to learn how to play an instrument - but been put off by the trouble and expense - these links will be totally gold!  Or perhaps you are a parent (or uncle, or aunt etc) of a kid who is musically tallented and who wants to learn how to play the drums?

Then this is your lucky read! Because we have found these fantastic sites - one for kids and one for adults - that provide free drum playing video lessons.

The first link is to 60 video drum lessons from Little Kids Rock. All download easily to our iPhones. To get an idea of what these are like, just watch the following video:

For some additional goodies, there are four free iPhone wallpapers, free drum posters, free simulated drum kit for play-along fun, and a build-a-beat game that we  all (the iphonegizmo team) found to be super fun. All are available on the Little Kids Rock website. You don’t have to be a kid to learn from these lessons and you might just decide that this is a more fun way to begin learning to play the drums than the adult site we show you below!

For the free drum lessons for adults, we found a site that provides a massiv 148 free video drum lessons. These lessons are in easy bite-size chunks that range from 1 to 8.5 mins in length. We recommend that you download them to your iPhone as you progress - so you only have, say, a half a dozen lessons on your iPhone at any one time. More details are available on the website - or you can watch the video below for a good intro to the excellent free lessons that are provided there.
 

It doesn’t get much better than this for free iPhone downloads with super value. Check these links out - or, using the share button below - send this post to any friends you know have long wanted to learn how to play the drums!!

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September 19th, 2010 by admin

Most people get one of two things from iTunes - music or apps.  Despite the amazing expanse of knowledge on offer for free - getting downloads from iTunesU is not so nearly popular.

But the iPhonegizmo team think this is an amazing resource and we want to bring it to our readers attention. For example, there are lectures on a very wide range of topics - from the truly brainy stuff that few of us will ever understand (quantum mechanics and the lectures from real mathematical brainiacs, a-la-Numb3rs ).

But there is also a heap of information on really useful and/or interesting topics.

Take for example the whole issue of sex and smells. Did you know that less than10 years ago some scientist were still categorically denying that humans could be affected by pheromones (ie smells)? And now? Well, you would not believe what the researchers are saying about how important these smells are to sex, performance, mate choice, faithfulness etc! Well, in iTunes you can get the latest info on this hot topic in the free lectures for download by Catherine Dulac from Harvard University (latest update was June 29 2010). And if that talk excites you - you really should check out this book on the subject.

Interested in dieting and nutrition? How would you like 30 FREE videos to watch on your iPhone - by experts on the subject? Because that’s what UCTV (Uni of California) have provided via iTunesU.

Just want to be entertained? Ok - just use the “power Search” to find the entertainment that appeals. Dozens of podcasts (video and audio) of music  and about music, comedy, drama etc of varying genre!

So - go check iTunesU out and see just what you have been missing!

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