The new iPhone/iPod Touch app commercial really works!  I have been in the market for a decent food diary application since I first received my iPod Touch.  I had tried apps like Meal Diary and My Net Diary and was generally unimpressed.  Then, I saw an app during one of the iPhone commercials during the Super Bowl called Lose It!  It’s available for free at the App Store and is currently in the top 10 free apps list.  It’s likely that prominent placement in an iPhone commercial plus being available at no cost drove it up there.

In short, this app beats all the other meal diaries hands down.  Between the friendly interface and the ability to input a variety of foods and exercises (including custom ones), this is exactly what I need in order to stick to my diet.

—THIS IS A JAILBROKEN APPLICATION ONLY—

We have all had our share of issues with the iPhone SMS application. No landscape keyboard, no way to respond to a message when it pops up in the center of our screen. And the most frustrating thing for me is the fact that if we are in the middle of one application and get a text, we have to close that entire application and open SMS to respond, and then re-open the previous application and most likely lose where we were before. A lot of people have been asking why Apple doesn’t issue an update for this, and maybe they are working on it. But until they get around to making the built-in SMS app work the way it should, we can use iRealSMS which acts the way our SMS application should work!

Three WOiP members who answered Rake in Grass‘ question in our Archibald’s Adventures Giveaway and shared their thoughts on what kinds of games they’d like to see developed for the iPhone have each been sent a promo code to download Archibald’s Adventures for free. They are…

swim4life9, drdrew777 and chuklz.

I’m pretty sure they’ll enjoy the game as much as I do. For those of you who don’t want to miss out on the fun that Archibald’s Adventures has to offer, the game is available HERE for only $4.99, and you can also get the free lite version HERE in the App Store.

If you read any sort of tech blog you have well noticed today posts about Apple stating "Jailbreaking is illegal". I’m not going to go too in depth with what has been said on either side of this, I am simply going to give my personal two cents here. If you want to read the details on it, you can simply Google it. It’s all over the place right now.

Apple is claiming that jailbreaking the iPhone is illegal. It states that jailbreaking is simply hacking the OS that we don’t own. To a degree this is correct,

It wasn’t long ago that Twitter client Tweetie added two key functionalities- a flashlight and fart sounds by way of a "Popularity Enhancer" setting. It was totally logical… who doesn’t want a twitter client that includes flashlights and farts?

Then, this week a Swiss army-type app was released that merged key functions into the most jumble of apps possible. iCatchall Tools is an "integrated "utility app" suite. You would fill nearly a whole screen with icons just to get the same functionality found in iCatchall! Features Include: * File Storage * Flashlight * Hourglass Timer * Level * Ruler * Tip Calculator * Counter * Personal Massager and more… iCatchall 13 does even more!

Yup, doesn’t everyone need an app that does all that?

Fact is, while these two examples make little sense, the IDEA of one app offering a number of complementary functions IS worth considering. Fortunately there are a couple of standouts worth noting.

As you may have noticed, we tend to do hardware reviews on Wednesdays only. (Hey, we started as an app review website and remain primerily focussed on apps and tips for OS X- iPhone based devices!)

But while it may be Saturday, rather than Wednesday, it is also Valentines Day. So we figured we would show a little iPhone-love with a special giveaway.

First up, though, let’s take a sneak peak at an upcoming iPhone accessory I can’t wait to review.

In the near future (spring) Mophie will be releasing their all new  ‘Juice Pack air’.

The juice pack air is

a rechargeable external battery concealed inside of a protective form-fitting case for the iPhone 3G. It offers you the full protection of a hard-shell case while providing virtually twice the battery life of the iPhone alone; all in an ultra-thin, light-weight, low-profile design.

It has it all-

• A rechargeable 1200mAh lithium polymer battery that doubles battery life
• A pass-through USB system so you can charge and sync with iTunes while the iPhone is in the case/battery
• Full device protection
• An On/Off switch for the battery
• An integrated 4 LED charge status indicator

And at dimensions of just 4.9”*2.59”*0.75” you won’t FEEL like the iPhone is wearing a battery.

The juice pack air will be available in Black, White and Purple for $79.99. More information and pre-ordering can be found here.

I can’t wait to get my hands on one.

In the meantime, though, the original Mophie JuicePack is still available and we’re giving one away!