Speaking of watching TV on your iPhone, Orb Networks claims to have "the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod Touch." The company designed OrbLive, an app created to work with jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches.

Users install Orb's streaming app on a PC with a TV tuner and OrbLive on their iPhone or iPod Touch. Set the PC the live TV, and you can stream the content direct to your Wi-Fi enable Apple device. Okay, so it's not the most high-tech of solutions, but at least Orb can happy claim "first," right?

Said Orb's CEO, Joe Costello, "Although the iPhone provides users with a great way to experience the Web, it offers a ridiculously sub-par streaming video experience. When all the carriers' free phones can stream lots of things that my iPhone can't, something's seriously wrong. OrbLive finally brings the iPhone's streaming video experience up to par with other mobile phones."

Dag, Steve, are you gonna take that?

While Verizon and AT&T do battle over mobile TV, and Apple continues to give NBC the cold shoulder, the peacock has taken matters into its own hands by making full episodes of The Office and 30 Rock available for streaming on an iPhone and iPod Touch near you. The comedies will be available as QuickTime files, viewable without those pesky obligatory ads.

According to Gizmodo, however, the files are massive and need to be re-downloaded, should you exit out of Safari, so you're advised to stick to Wi-Fi for these. That is, until that much talked about speed bump up comes through...

Warmer weather means it's time to pack up for vacations, and the one thing us tech-savvy vacationers need is something to pass the time on the way to our destination. I think I have found a gadget to do just that: the Philips DCP951 docking entertainment system.

The Apple iPhone continues its attempt to take over the world one step at a time by rolling out in more than a dozen Latin American countries, beginning later this year. The company inked a deal with Carlos Slim's America Movil SAB, the top mobile service provider in Latin America, which operates in 16 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.

"We're excited to be working with America Movil to bring the iPhone to Latin America later this year, and we can't wait to get this revolutionary phone in the hands of even more people around the world," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told the Associated Press.

Specific details of the plan, including carrier exclusivity, have yet to be announced. Apple recently signed a deal with a second carrier in Italy, raising some questions about the company's commitment to one carrier per country.

iPod accessory manufacturer, Mophie, today announced that their new Juice Pack has officially become the first battery extendeder to receive Apple's coveted "Works With iPhone Seal," almost certainly rendering all other iPhone battery extenders insane with third-party jealousy.

According to Mophie, the pack should add eight hours of talk time, six hours of Web surfing, seven hours of video playback, 24 hours of audio, or 250 hours of standby time. The Juice pack features an LED charge indicator and a separate dock connector. It also features an "ergonomic, comfort-grip case with a soft-touch, non-slip finish," which sounds way cooler than anything Hi-C or Capri-Sun ever offered in the space. Squeeze-it, on the other hand, is kind of a toss up.

The Mophie Juice Pack should run you around $99.95.

Last week, I desperately tried to get sleep on a red-eye flight. With the ongoing turbulence, it was extremely difficult to get even the least bit of rest. I decided to listen to music instead. I fumbled through my backpack and grabbed my iPod, but the screen was black. It was out of power, and without a computer there was no way of charging my music device. No question about it: I need a portable charger.

Maybe I'll pick up one of these: Kensington Computer Products Group just released a new portable battery-pack charger for iPods or iPhones. It's compact, weighing about 3 ounces and small enough to fit in backpacks, handbags, and briefcases. An even smaller version, the Mini Battery Pack and Charger, is small enough to fit in your pants pocket

Apple this morning announced an update to its iMac line. The latest version of the popular all-in-one system includes new Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 6MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz front-side bus, a standard 2GB of memory on most models, and the most powerful graphics yet available on the system. The top of the line units feature a 3.06-GHz Intel processor and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics.

The system features a slew of other features, including built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, an iSight video camera, USB 2.0 ports, and a FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 port. On the software side of the equation, each new iMac ships with the iLife suite and OS 10.5 Leopard. Prices start at $1,199 for the 20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac. The 20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac will go for $1,499, and the 24-inch 2.8 GHz iMac for $1,799. [corrected pricing]

Apple continued to report impressive quarterly results, due to an actual increase in notebook sales during the traditionally slow first quarter.

The company said it sold 2.29 million Mac computers, 10.6 million iPods and 1.7 million iPhones in the quarter. Of those Macs, 856,000 of those were desktops, and 1.43 million were notebooks. The latter number is the significant one: Apple sold 1.34 million notebooks during the height of the holiday sales season, which meant that sales grew 6 percent. Historically, sales decline during this period. About the only down point was in iPod sales, which fell from 22.1 million units during the fourth quarter to 10.6 million units.

The result? The highest revenue and earnings for the March quarter in the company's history: $1.05 billion in profits on top of $7.2 billion. Even the outlook was strong: Apple expects about a 33 percent increase in revenue for the current third fiscal quarter. Analysts noted, however, that both gross and operating margin declined year over year, primarily due to a decline in sales in the Leopard operating system.

Psystar, the Florida company with the shifting address that claims it can ship Mac clones on commodity hardware, is now apparently shipping product.

"It is our pleasure to inform you that our store is up and running thanks to our new high volume payment processor. To all, we challenge you, let's see if we can max this one out. Regarding shipping, orders placed the week of April 7th are currently being shipped. We will be shipping units out of our new facility starting Monday, April 21st, including those orders placed the week of April 14th. Orders are being shipped in the order that they were received, don't worry, you'll get yours soon. Upon shipment an email notification including tracking information will be sent to you automatically."

We can assume that Psystar is allegedly shipping the Open Computer, what the company previously referred to as the "Open Mac", for $399.99.

So should you buy one? Here's my guess:

Is your iPod nano starving for some attention? Then feed it this Kobe Beef iPod nano Pooch. For $97.86, you can add a whole new meaning to "Where's the Beef?" The Kobe Beef pooch (did they mean "pouch?") is available now on GeekStuff4U.com.

MacWorld reported yesterday on the launch of the Psystar Open Computer, essentially a port of the Apple Macintosh OS X operating system directly to generic PC hardware. The price? $399, which is hundreds of dollars less than any Apple product save the Mac mini, which is $599. (It appears that at one time the PC was called an "Open Mac".)

And if you were wondering: yes, this is a direct violation of Apple's EULA.

Here's Psystar's pitch:

You're sooooooooo good-lookin. . .
Lightweight, yet high performin'
Not many complaints

--Molly K. McLaughlin

For Lead Analyst (Laptops & Notebooks) Cisco Cheng's full-length, free-verse Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Penryn) review check out PCmag.com.

The Apple Time Capsule is a Wi-Fi and storage combo aimed at giving easy network backup for Leopard users. While it's less ambitious than some competing Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, Apple succeeds at this much narrower goal. For more on the Time Capsule check out this in-depth review at PCmag.com.

Memorex today announced that its popular iWake Clock Radio for the iPod is now available in vibrant colors. The iWake comes in blue, purple, and red metallic finishes, and features a white backlit LCD display, snooze function, AM/FM radio, wireless remote, and universal dock to power and charge all iPod models. The red model would definitely be my choice of color!

The iWake Clock Radio for the iPod can be purchased at Target stores nationwide for $79.99. The original black and white iWake models are also available for the same price.

iLuv today announced the i399 BluePin 2.1 Channel Hi-Fi Audio System for the iPod. It features BluePin II technology—a combination of Bluetooth TX and Bluetooth RX—which lets music lovers listen to music on Bluetooth headphones or send music from another stereo to the i399 from up to a whopping 300 feet.

In addition, the i399 includes speaker phone capabilities for incoming and outgoing calls, FM radio tuner, subwoofer, digital clock display, and an auxiliary line input for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations of iPod and other audio devices.

The iLuv i399 comes with the detachable BluePin audio transmitter/receiver, remote control, AC adapter, and dock adapters. It's available now for $229 from J&R, Fry's Electronics, B&H Photo, and www.i-luv.com.