Want to get the iPhone 3GS but think that it’s too pricey? Well, maybe an 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99 deal would help? This is still firmly in the “rumor” category, but word is going around that Apple is contemplating releasing said device for $99 as a method for combating Motorola’s DROID. We certainly wouldn’t mind a cheaper iPhone 3GS, even though it’s an 8GB version, at least it provides more options for end users, right?

Does Apple like playing cat-and-mouse with various parties? Well, if the iTunes and Palm Pre issue is anything to go buy, Apple might get a little satisfaction out of it. You might have read the recent news of the latest OSX builds working (or not working) on Intel’s Atom processors. After it seems that everything was OK in hackintosh-land, latest reports seem to indicate that OSX doesn’t jive with the Atom again. Check out the video.

Want to get serious with video recording; especially since your shiny new iPhone 3GS has video recording capabilities? Well, if you’re really that serious, you might want to check out the iSteady, which is basically a metal holding that the will the device and help stabilize it to help you create a much smoother video, taking you a (very tiny) step closer to being the next Spielberg. The first 200 units are going for a pre-release price of $99.99, after that it’ll be $149.99 each. A little pricey, but the choice is yours (as always).

It looks like Apple’s iPhone has taken another small step towards nationwide domination of the mobile phone scene. Now RadioShack has officially announced that it will be carrying both the iPhone 3G and 3GS in selected stores in Dallas-Fort Worth and New York City by the end of this month. You can expect to see the phones available nationwide in 2010, which isn’t all that far off. Will this make a difference to whether you’ll be getting an iPhone or not? You tell us (in the comments section).

Do you happen to have a lot of spare iPhone or iPod touch units lying around doing nothing? Well, if that’s the situation for you, you could always try and do what Japan’s PROTOTYPE design team have done, come up with the iPod Cluster Media, which is a proof of concept design that joins multiple iPod touch units together to act as one giant display. There’s also a remote-control iPod that you can use to control the display of the devices. Anyways, enough talk. Check out the video in action here and see for yourself!

Those of you who have been running Apple TV with the 3.0 firmware might have encountered a problem where the unit would unexpectedly ditch all the content that was loaded into the device until a resync was performed. Well, it seems that Apple has noticed this rather quickly and issued a 3.0.1 firmware update, which they’re strongly recommending you to update to. Check out the official details here.

Apple is certainly a company well known for innovation, and Steve Jobs is also quite fussy about patents, so it’s not surprise to see Apple file patents every now and then. The latest “Grab & Go” patent from the company certainly looks promising. Basically it demonstrates how synchronization of data over multiple devices can be simplified, especially with pre-defined data sets and categories like “family, entertainment or business”. With it, sharing files between devices will certainly be made easier. If you want to go through the whole nitty gritty of the patent, check it out over here.

Now here’s something you don’t see everyday regarding Apple’s iPhone. It seems that Storm8, the developer of iPhone games like “Vampires Live” and “iMobsters”, is going to be at the receiving end of a potential class-action lawsuit. The suit alleges that Storm8 created the games with a “feature” that automatically sends the phone number of each host iPhone to the developer. A Washington resident Michael Turner is suing on grounds that this is in violation of both the federal computer fraud and abuse act and also California state law, and he’s also busy pushing to turn it into a class-action suit, ouch. Maybe putting that kind of code into your app isn’t all that smart. What would you do if you found this out?

While buying stuff online and getting it delivered to you are a great luxury, sometimes it’s still fun to go to the store to pick things up, and at the same time check out other things to burn your hard-earned money on, right? Well, Apple is probably realized this, and that’s why it has introduced its new Reserve and Pick-up service for the holiday reason. You’ll be able to check stuff out at the Apple site, reserve the product at an Apple store near you, and then go to the store to pick up your items from December the 15th to the 24th. Surprisingly, there isn’t any AppleTV on the list, and you also can’t reserve an iPhone like this, so you’ll need to resort to an iPhone gift card to get your iPhone. Still, it’s better than nothing, right?

Do you want to get into the Apple AppStore business, but don’t want to go through the whole icky start up process? Well, if you happen to have a spare $100,000 lying around your desk, then you won’t have too! Brice Milliorn, who owns 87 different apps in the AppStore has put his iPhone app business up for auction on eBay, with the starting bid at $100,000. You’ll get the developer account, DVD with the source code and also 2 months technical support to make sure the transition is smooth. Would you prefer to start things of fresh, or just dump $100,000 and get something that’s up and running? The choice if yours.

Apple stores always look classy and expensive, but you can’t probably get classier than Apple’s latest store in the Carrousel du Louvre, beneath the great glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum. This is also the first Apple store in Paris and also in France, so it’s certainly something special. In case you couldn’t find the time to check out the place, you can check out pictures of it right here.

We haven’t heard an “iPhone Mini” rumor in a while, so the rumor mill has probably decided that it’s time to kickstart things again. According to the latest whispers, it seems that Apple has signed contracts to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone, which is planned to be released in Q3 of 2010. Based on the rumor, the phone will be built around a dual-system chip from Qualcomm, allowing this “iPhone Mini” to run on virtually any GSM/UMTS cellular network worldwide, and also on the CDMA2000 networks. Verizon has been said to be the target carrier of this new device. Further details include a manufacturer will be Pegatron, a subsidiary of Asustek, instead of Foxconn, which is currently the sole-source provider of iPhone hardware. Last but not least, the display is said to be 2.8-inches, making it smaller than the current 3.5-inch display in the current iPhone. Will this turn out to be true? We certainly wouldn’t mind.

Word has it that AT&T could be selling an 8GB iPhone 3GS in the US before Christmas, retailing for all of $99. If that were to be true, expect this bad boy to fly off the shelves quicker than you can blink, since it offers the full iPhone experience albeit with a smaller storage capacity that probably won't bother you too much. Assuming this rumor is true, it would most probably mean the discontinuation of the regular iPhone 3G that comes in that flavor, of course.

Mac OS X can be quite the choosy partner, but that doesn't mean it is always a pain to hook up non-Apple devices to it. Nova Media from Germany has rolled out its FoneSync software which will sync your Samsung cellphone with Mac OS X via an easy to use interface. ForeSync supports models such as the M8800 Pixon, M8910, S5230, S5600, S7220, S7350, S8000 and S8300 currently, where it will retail for 19.90 Euros, while us living across the Atlantic have it good at $19.95.