There's an iPhone app out there for everything--finding a restaurant, amusing yourself on a long bus ride, pretending you're a Jedi complete with lightsaber. But few of us ever think that one app could mean the difference between life and death. Here's a list of apps that will take you from accident waiting to happen to survivor extraordinaire. So pick up an iPhone 3GS and prepare to be saved.
Here it goes:
1. Emergency Preparedness Checklist
As the saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The Emergency Preparedness Checklist is a 59-point checklist that helps you prepare for any kind of emergency. Get advice on how to create an emergency plan, what disaster supplies you can’t do without and important steps you need to take in the event of an evacuation.
2. iSurvive Wilderness Support

You’re lost in the woods and don’t know what to do. Don’t panic. iSurvive contains all [...]

So Microsoft has decided to get into the cell phone market.  They have come out with the Fune.  It runs on Vista and uses AOL to connect to the internet.

No release date has been set and no specs have been given but everyone is waiting eagerly since companies like Apple and Google have released cell phones in the past year.  It was only a matter of time for Microsoft to get into the game

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*if you haven't figured it out yet this is a fake video, but it's really funny and worth a watch

Have you ever wanted to own an Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB Unlocked? Has buying an iPhone 3Gs been hard to justify in these hard economic?  Well www.PureMobile.com has just given you an opportunity to get your very own iPhone.
We, at PureMobile, have started a contest that will run until September 15th and the prize will be a Apple iPhone 3GS16GB Unlocked.  It will be either White or Black, but we will leave the colour choice up to the customer.
The rules are actually simple.  You don't have to buy anything.  All you have to do is follow us on Twitter and post one (1) tweet use PureMobile.com in the tweet and you'll be entered into the draw.  The other way to enter is to become a fan on Facebook  and post one message about Puremobile.com.  Either way you get entered into the draw for an Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB unlocked.
So what [...]

So last week Robin Williams was on Conan O'Brian.  Conan started asking him about what he thought about technology and Robin Williams ran with it.

He talked about online gaming, facebook, twitter and myspace.  He even makes a mention about Blackberry's which he referred to as crackberry's.

This is a must watch for anyone.  Caution though it is on late night TV.

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So CrackBerry.com a Blackberry 9700 while at an airport.  The most interesting thing was that it was T-Mobile branded.  It looks like it's going to be a nice phone.  Many people think this was the Blackberry 9020 Onyx that was seen a few months.  The Blackberry 9700 looks similar and has the leather backing like the Onyx and Bold do.  The 9700 also has 3G and WiFi.

From the previous specs on the Blackberry 9020 Onyx it does seem like this might actually be the first fully featured Blackberry.  One where nothing is missing.  Usually RIM forgets some feature or lowers it in every Blackberry but the new Blackberry 9700 seems to finally be fully featured.

Like crackberry said.. If you haven't upgraded to the new Blackberry 8520 and your budget allows it then you might want to wait a bit and get teh new Blackberry 9700.

Here's one for the keeping up with the times file.  It seems that Black Hawk County, Iowa's 911 service will now be accepting text messages for emergency calls.  This comes from MobileCrunch.com.
As is said in the article this seems like a great idea at first but you have to remember there are several issues.
It's only one place for now.  Until this is rolled out on a large scale a small county in Iowa will likely only benefit the residents.  I mean don't start texting 911 from your phone you might be sorry when no one shows up to help.
Time counts.  Texts are nice but it can take forever to reply if you don't have someone that is quick on either end.  How many times have you sent a text from your mobile phone and it takes 10+ minutes to get a response from someone.  The operator might be quick but [...]

So on Friday Apple released an update to the iPhone that patched the exploit/hack we talked about the other day that would let someone gain access to your phone and send messages and control more iPhones.  This exploit was for all iPhones, from the original to the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3Gs.

If you haven't already done so upgrade to the new 3.01 version of the iPhone software so you can avoid becoming a victim of this exploit.

If you have been waiting to upgrade because you are afraid your iPhone will get re-locked don't worry.  According to BoyGenius Reports.com it looks like new unlocking software has been released.