Nintendo is reportedly getting a Wii U book store ready and is looking to coax some iOS devs over. I hope that this might mean some Nintendo games heading to the iOS platform in return.

A creepy 12-inch tall Steve Jobs action figure has surfaced. It will sell for $99 and come with his trademark glasses and clothing.

According to metrics firm Fiksu, there were 5.65 million free apps downloaded during November alone. That is up from 4.91 million free apps in October. I can only imagine how much the bandwidth that all those downloads consumed cost Apple.

Comparing November 2010 to November 2011, the uploads were up 83%. Before October the number of free downloads was declining. That decline is blamed in part on the wait for the iPhone 4S by consumers.

[via SlashGear]

The Apple App Store has over 500,000 apps now. I wonder how many of those are crap?

Steve Jobs is to be honored in Budapest with a bronze statue. The statue will be erected in Graphisoft Park to honor Jobs’ leadership and tech contributions.

A new smart wall charger has surfaced called the IDAPT i1 Eco. This charger is interesting in that it has adapters to directly charge your devices, a USB port, and it will turn off when your devices are fully charged.

AT&T has offered up its LTE plans for five major cities. The 4G access will come first to Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio later this summer. Now where is that LTE iPhone?

A new study conducted by Bulletin Healthcare has surveyed the reading habits of 550,000 health pros. The study found that the vast majority of them use the iPhone to read the daily email briefings.

Apple has hired a new exec away from Microsoft named Kevin Timmons. Timmons was the GM of Microsoft data centers lending weight to the rumors circulating that Apple is getting a cloud video service ready.

Kee Utility has started to ship its interesting Desk Phone Dock for the iPhone. The dock charges your iPhone and gives it a wired handset and speakerphone along with stereo speakers for about $150.

A new patent has been granted to Apple that could see future dock ports changing. The port in the patent works with USB 3.0, DisplayPort, and ThunderBolt with one design.

The MLB app for the iPhone is one of the most popular around. The man in charge of content like apps at MLB has talked about Android support and said that iPhone users are a better ROI than Android users because Android users are less likely to purchase.

A new home automation system called RedEye Pro has debuted that is for pro installer. The device will control just about anything in your home and works with an iPhone app.

Microsoft Tags are now being used in USA Today and a free iPhone app lets your smartphone read them. The tags offer interactive content like photos and video.

Onkyo has unveiled three new AV receivers for home theater and music fans. The three include the 7.2-channel TX-NR609, the 5.1-channel TX-NR509 and the 5.1-channel TX-SR309 and all are Made for iPhone certified.

A report claims that for each iOS device on the market about 60 apps are downloaded. The same report shows that the cost of the apps will effectively tie many users to Apple devices so they don’t lose their app investment when changing.

Sister site SlashGear ran down the top apps for iOS using students late last week. The list of five apps covers all sorts of useful offerings and some of them are even free.

A cool new speaker surfaced that will work with the iPhone called the Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker. As the name implies, the speaker case is made from wood and it has an internal rechargeable battery for playing tunes on the go.

Apple has decided to take on flash with a new iAd producer tool. The tool is described as a “powerful visual editing canvas” for motion-rich iAd content.

A new version of Angry Birds has landed on the iPhone called Seasons. The game has a new Christmas version in it along with the popular Halloween version of the game. You can download it right now for $0.99 on the iPhone or $1.99 on the iPad.

The iPhone 4 has put a beat down on the Nokia N8 in sales in the most recent numbers. The Nokia flagship N8 was outsold by the iPhone 4 by a margin of 6 to 1.

Joby has unveiled a new product for the iPhone 4 called the gorillapod mobile for iPhone 4. The thing is a case and tripod that lets users take better images and video with their phone.

Hasbro has unveiled a modern version of the View Master that uses the iPhone called my3D. The thing holds the iPhone and works with an app that will have content from different companies on the App Store.

Sam’s Club has offered up a smartphone app for shoppers that has been around for a bit for the iPhone and launched recently on other platforms, but you might have missed it on the iPhone. The app offers club members details on memberships and has maps of each location plus a lot more.

The rumors of an iPhone for Verizon will never die until the phone is actually unveiled. The New York Times has posted a story that reckons the iPhone on Verizon would be a good thing for the AT&T network since it would take some of the stress off the network with users migrating to Verizon.

PayPal is reportedly rushing a security patch to iPhone users of the PayPal application. The patch fixes an issue that could allow a hacker to intercept the user’s password.

Google Instant is now in beta for most iPhone users. The beta means you don’t have to hit the search key, Google will just start looking for what you type.

A new app for the iPhone has surfaced that lets the user design cool posters and invitations right from their phone called Phoster. After the posters are created, they can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and via email.

AT&T offered up its Q3 financial data recently and the company grew it subscribers well along with a corresponding increase in revenue. The real number we want to know is that AT&T activated 5.2 million new iPhones during the quarter.