Julian Burford created food related icons for an iPhone app. They look amazing! Love the Oreo and the drip from the Heinz Beanz.

In a survey, 75% of Americans admit to using their mobile phones while in the bathroom.

Blackberry users are most guilty of talking and tinkling, the survey found.

That doesn’t mean that Droid and iPhone users are off the hook. They’re more likely to browse a social network or use an app while on their potty break. That “Angry Birds” theme you thought you heard in the next stall? Yeah, you probably heard it right.

The other 25% lied.

Robbers targeting Columbia University students only want iPhones:

Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said.

The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn’t want a Droid — so they took cash instead.

iPhones fetch upwards of $500 on eBay, while Androids go for much lower.

And nominated for quote of the year:

“It’s insulting they don’t want my BlackBerry,” said a female student.

Farhad Manjoo, in Slate, explains why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period:

Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.

Part of the problem is that most smartphones (BlackBerrys, Androids, and iPhones, at least) have an option to automatically insert a period and a space if you hit two spaces after a letter, thereby reinforcing the “two spaces” action at the end of a sentence. I doubt I will be able to break the habit (however, I did switch the wrist I wear my watch on, so there’s a chance).

Gizmodo tells the story of a guy who brings his iPhone to Apple to be looked at because he’s getting a lot of dropped calls. Apple runs some diagnostics, finds that he’s dropping 22% of his calls, and tells him he’s actually getting better performance than most.

How utterly shitty is the iPhone on AT&T in the New York area? The average iPhone drops 30 percent of all calls. And that’s considered acceptable by Apple.

This is why I dumped AT&T. If my call went through (about 50% of the time), it would get dropped about 50% of the time if the call was longer than two minutes. I still find it amazing that AT&T can’t provide good coverage in the middle of NYC, while Verizon is excellent and T-Mobile is mostly good.

I’d bet you’d have better luck with signal at the top of a mountain than in the middle of NYC.

I wonder how come it took so long for someone to come out with iPhone style playing cards?

The city of Boston has developed an iPhone app that allows users to send in complaints about potholes, trash issues, etc., and will use GPS positioning (if available) to pinpoint the location and allow users to send photos of the nuisances.  How cool.

Excellent use of technology, and a statement on how the iPhone, as a platform, is kicking people’s imaginations into high gear.  The ability to make the same application for other platforms is a few years old, but it took the “sexiness” of the iPhone to make it happen.

Artist Jorge Colombo drew the New Yorker’s cover using his iPhone. I linked to his website back in March. He’ll be drawing new drawings each week for The New Yorker.