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iPhone: If playing a game wins out      points). When you cross an item
over crossing items off your to-do      off your to-do list, you also gain
list every time, consider EpicWin,      the accompanying XP points. Making
a new iPhone app that turns your        sense? (Oh, and the best way to
to-do list into a full-on role-         complete a task involves pressing
playing game, complete with to-do       and holding on a rosette [the
driven XP and level ups.                badge containing the XP], which    

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iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and      lists between family members or
manages your grocery shopping list      roommates, you both have to sign
with an impressive feature set.         up for the service and you both
You can search and add items to         need a device you can run the app
your list manually or by scanning       on. Meaning if you've got more
barcodes, share lists with family       than one Android or iOS device in
members or roommates, sort items        your household, you're good to go. 

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iOS only: Dropbox is a great place      Nebulous Notes also gets a direct
to stash your stuff and access it       link to your Dropbox account, and
anywhere, including your text           can drop into any folder to read
files. Nebulous Notes simply            notes, you can also set up a PIN
creates, edits, and saves text          code needed at start-up.
files back to your Dropbox account,     Nebulous does just what it says,
with some extra security and            but could use two more significant 

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Windows: We've mentioned one way        easily grab data from two
to sync your iPhone with multiple       computers. Just sync your iPhone
computers, but if you'd rather not      with your main machine, install
download a hex editor just to           the app on your other computers,
manually hack your iTunes               and run through the steps it
libraries, free utility PhoneAble       provides. It will set your library
will do it all for you with just a      key on each computer to match the  

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While web site Jailbreakme.com          your iOS device. While not
offers a one-click jailbreak for        endorsing it, security company F-
your iOS devices via mobile Safari,     Secure's blog suggests a jailbreak
it also exposes a major security        app called PDF Loading Warner
vulnerability. As it turns out,         (search for it in Cydia if you're
jailbreaking your iDevice may           jailbroken) will alert you when
provide additional security             PDFs are loading to help protect   

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iPhone: Campfire is a popular web-      free, as Campfire.
based group chat application            After a rather clunky login
(we've been known to use it around      process (it loads a web page that
Lifehacker HQ from time to time),       for some reason ran really slowly
and starting today, it's available      for me), Campfire for iPhone does
as a free native iPhone                 pretty much everything you'd want
application.                            from it. You can chat, upload      

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Android/iOS: Previously mentioned       at this stage is the ability to
online television aggregator            edit your playlist on-the-go. Not
Clicker has just added some mobile      unlike Hulu, Clicker supports a
apps to their service, letting you      queue that keeps track of the
watch shows on your phone and           shows you watch, alerting you to
manage your queue on-the-go.            new episodes when they come out.
For awhile now, you've been able        Being able to manage these from    

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One of the things lacking from          FaceTime link. Once you hit Create
iOS's built-in Mail application is      Signature, it will give your a URL
HTML signatures. Free webapp            that, once accessed on your iPhone,
iPhone Signature Creator, however,      will prompt you to save the page
helps you create a home screen          to your home screen. Afterwards,
shortcut to send messages with          you can use this shortcut to
signatures containing links and         create a new message in Mail with  

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We've previously pointed to a           support in their forums, so
clever hack-up of the MintyBoost        shelling out for a solar panel and
DIY Altoids tin charger and small       the related hook-ups doesn't seem
solar panels. Now the MintyBoost        like such a gamble. Anyone who's
makers have released an official        completed a MintyBoost kit, too,
MintyBoost kit, with a detailed         can convert their tin into a
guide and all the parts available       rechargeable battery holder, it    

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iPhone/Android: New York City has       doesn't appear to do much offline
an official app for its public          caching at first glance, though,
transportation system, and it's         so it's the kind of app you'll
pretty darned thorough. You get         want to use when you're above
standard colored transit maps,          ground, rather than in the tunnels.

detailed neighborhood grids, and        NYCmate is a free download for
all the upcoming departure times        iPhones and Android phones.        

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