BUFFY IS BACK…SORTA.

by KC (NWM Staff Writer)

According to SciFi Wire, Buffy lives! Well, not exactly the television show, but she will live in motion comic webisodes! The series will be based on the season 8 comic books that are currently being published by Dark Horse. Scribes on this series have included past Buffy writers like Joss, Drew Goddard and Jane Espenson, plus comic notables like Brian K. Vaughan. Currently Whedon and team are in the voice casting stages. So no official word on when these icomics will hit iTunes. Hopefully by X-mas '11.

MOST ANNOYING IPHONE APP TO DATE.

My money is on Air Horn. Here’s what your hard earned 99¢ gets you…

• 3 classic air horn-inspired sounds – original, annoying, car and ship.
• Quick acting stop button.
• The ability to scare the crap out of your dog or any other small, timid animal.
• Neat air horn graphic.
• Easy to use interface.

3.1 TALES OF HORROR.

by Greg Colfaz (NWM Staff Writer)

Big YO from Cottonwood, Idaho. Well, it’s been 12 days and I have absolutely no plans to update my iPhone to 3.1. Especially after reading these 3.1 tales of horror. Warning, the following forum posts are not for the faint of heart.

3.1 Update Problem - Hangs

After successful iTunes 9 software update I plugged in my iPhone 3G for 3.1 and on final completion of the iPhone firmware update iTunes will post error 1002 and states the phone is in recovery mode and requires a restore before installing new software update. The phone is currently a nice paper weight. I have tried entering into DFU mode but the iPhone seems to disappear from iTunes for a few short moments then reappears stating the same problem.

3.1 Hell

Hi all, I upgraded to 3.1 yesterday, all ok, until I tried to view video files on U-Tube, then today when i plugged into windows to back up and charge, the whole thing tanked, could not access etc. Tried back up and restore no help.

3.1 AHHHHH!!!!

32 attempts now over a 24 hour period using 1 pc and 2 laptops... Come on Apple *** is going on. Is there no testing before releasing updates??? I thought that was Microsoft’s job...I guess I'm going to have to dust of my old HTC Trinity with Windows mobile on it, at least hat still works.

IPHONE BAND ROCKS THE HOUSE! LIVE!

I remember when Mtv went through the stage of having every band perform unplugged. Tesla, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and 10,000 maniacs were the good ones, from what I remembered. LL Cool J, not sure if that worked out. Though Mamma’s Gonna Knock You Out did have a catchy 12 string beat. Here we are a handful of decades later, and a new stripped down, raw sound has emerged – The iPhone Band. This summer the Feel AbouT band performed live, playing only with iPhones as instruments. They had hooked 'em up to amps for volume. The i-concert took place at the MotoRock bar in Tel-Aviv, Israel. What amazed me the most was not the incredible sound, or the proficiency of the e-maestros. It was the fact that half the phones were 2G (edge network). Here’s the official band/app roster.

Guitar - Guy Fisher - Frontier iShred - iPhone 3G

Bass - Aviran Rotem - MooCow Band - iPod 2G

Drums - Dror Rostami MooCow Band - iPhone 2G

Piano - Tal Aviram - Mini Piano - iPhone 2G

Vocal - Roni Weinstock

Follow Me Down is the song performed. I’d say there sound is reminiscent of the 90s Cranberries. At least for that cut. There fan site has other (non-iPhone) songs which definitely have a harder edge. You can also check ‘em out on iTunes and Amazon.