Last month, a patent filed by Apple revealed plans for a device (presumably the iPhone) to incorporate an application that will be able to order a drink at Starbucks. Multimedia designer Phil Lu made some mockups of how the application could look like. Check out the designs in the full article.

ZodTTD is back with yet another new app for public release. This time, it's a port of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, called OpenTTD v0.6.0, which can now be played on your iPhone and iPod Touch.

More on this intriguing new port after the jump!

iPhone owners, rejoice! Altec Lansing has just released an announcement that on they will be selling their T612, fully compatible with the iPhone, on February 2008. This gadget is said to prioritize incoming calls when an iPhone is docked in the speaker system.

More details on the T612 and its compatibility features with the iPhone after the jump!

Even digital audio suffers from generation loss after conversions. This results in an inferior sound output when compared to the original source. Wadia Digital is now offering something for iPod owners that may prove to be unaffected by such conversion problems.

Called the iTransport, the product can supposedly turn the iPod into high-end media server by providing "perfect" audio and video output. More details after the jump!

Homebrew developer ZodTTD has come up with the latest version of his latest emulator project for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Version 1.2.0 of gpSPhone includes a lot of improvements, among them are improved save states to avoid random crashes in the app, as well as added zipped .gba file support. For the complete list of changes since our previous coverage of gpSPhone, read the full article!

Download: gpSPhone v.1.2.0

Temptations, temptations.... The holidays just keeps on throwing them at us, doesn't it? Apple's MacMall joins that onslaught by giving us amazing deals on powerful MacBook Pros, sweet iPods, and lovely iMacs. It's only a few ticks away before this deal is gone, so hurry up and get your rigs.

Earlier this month, comScore found that the Nintendo Wii was the most popular item in UK search engines, which is why it doesn't really come as all that surprising that the console has turned out to be the most popular item on UK's eBay. Read how the handhelds and other consoles fared in the full article.

Here's something for iPod owners who carry a good bulk of images in their choice player. Findley Designs has just announced the availability of version 1.3 of its iPod Access Photo for the Mac OS X and Windows Vista/XP/2000. The app also carries support for the iPhone and iPod Touch, along with other features you can view in the full article.

According to the Financial Times, Apple and 20th Century Fox have inked a deal for a new online video-on-demand service that would let consumers rent Fox releases as soon as they come out on DVD. More info about the deal is available in the full article.

Even after implementing the option to set maximum volume limits on their iPods, Apple has patented another application in an attempt to save the iPod-listening population's hearing. According to the patent, this feature will automatically turn down the volume once it determines that the user is exposed to potentially damaging noise levels. More details in the full article.