St. Clair Software has announced a contest to solicit application ideas for the iPhone and iPod Touch. A 16 GB iPod Touch will be awarded to the person who submits the best suggestion for a new iPhone application.

With the much-anticipated release of the developer SDK for the iPhone, a whole new class of iPhone and iPod Touch applications …

A few interesting items you might find useful - best I can do for an update today - busy week at work and I had an cervical epidural today (not nearly as fun as you would think, oddly).

Enjoy.

ScreensPro screensavers - Some very nice screensavers for both Mac and PC.

Belkin Mini-Surge protector with USB - A very slick …

On the Apple Store website, Apple is listing refurbished 8gb iPods at a cost of $349, which is about $50 less than retail.

However, not the bottom of the ad, which indicates that the savings are actually a whopping 42% off - this of course being calculated from the original list price of $599, which it actually dropped and subsequently offered …

Reader Mary sent in this link to a new carbon-fiber case from the Belch Company.

I do agree with her assessment though - these do look pretty sweet, and their claim of weighing a mere 8 grams makes it even more attractive. Not sure if it’s $80 attractive, but attractive nonetheless.

I found these sweet new carbon fiber iphone cases …

JustAnotheriPhoneBlog is reporting on an app called ‘iCopy‘ that will allow users to copy and paste, as well as email snippets from within Safari.

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iCopy is the first (that I know of) application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to copy and paste text …

Now that Apple has officially added Exchange/ActiveSync support to the iPhone, how long will it be before it becomes part of Apples Mail client?

Imagine synching iCal, Mail and Address Book with your company Exchange server and finally giving Entourage the kiss off.

I can hardly contain myself at the thought of losing that 900 lb. gorilla. Oh boy.

Looks pretty slick - quite a bit of convergence happening here. Music, gps, phone, pda, web and more…will be interesting to see if this comes to fruition.