Well, JAMM’s birthday has come and gone.  And now it is time to decide who will win the three SoundID headsets.  I have to say, this contest was a ton of fun for me.  You all had some extremely creative thoughts about who you would like to call.  My favorites: calling yourself to intentionally create a time paradox, and calling historical figures to discuss the advances in technology.  Well done!  Also, one person suggested they would call me to demand a headset.  Apparently, the random number generator does not recognize ass kissing…

Anyway, without further adieux, let’s take a look at the winners.  Each of these three people will win a SoundID Bluetooth headset:

Jesse jones

Geocacher1

Breley

Congratulations to the winners.  Watch for an email from JAMM coming soon.  We’ll be looking for information like your ear size, how loud you can crank the headset without giving yourself a headache, and, of course, where to send it (otherwise they all go to Sue…)

More and more information about the Zune HD continues to leak out into the public.  All I can say, the more I see and hear, the more I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these devices.  For storage, the Zune HD will be available in 16GB and32 GB with a 64GB possibly out later in the year.

It would be great if all 3 versions were out right away, but I won’t be picky at the moment.  The price range is between $249 and $280.  This price range is much more attractive than that for the iPod Touch, where you will pay $299 for 16GB and $399 for 32GB.  Ouch!  Engadget has a nice hands-on video showing the Zune HD.  You can see just how skinny the Zune HD is in comparison to the iPhone.  The Zune HD is still due out at the beginning of September 2009.

Via  Zune Thoughts, Mobility Site

Once again, July 4th is around the corner, and Handmark and Astraware have stepped up to the occasion by releasing an update to their colorful “Fireworks” application. Fireworks is a very relaxing Patriotic screen-saver type program that plays patriotic music in the background, while beautiful colored particle-fireballs dance across your mobile screen to an Orchestra accompaniment of Patriotic Music.   This application is fun for small children, as the sound loops continuously and can keep them occupied, as once set up, the program will run continuously and kids love fireworks!

The settings consist of the following:

Background music selections

• Star Spangled Banner
• Stars ‘n’ Stripes Forever

Background Images

• Statue of Liberty
• Mount Rushmore
• American Flag
• The Iwo Jima Memorial

Keep scrolling to see how this program will look on your device.

Blackberry 320 x 240

Palm 320 x 320

Pocket PC 320 x 240

Windows Mobile 320 x 240

iPhone 320×480

Here is the full press release:

Handmark Fireworks is a simple FREE application, showing sequences of fireworks flying and exploding into the air. Perfect for Independence Day -as 4th of July is traditionally a time for fireworks and celebrations in the USA- or for any other celebration when fireworks are used!

Handmark Fireworks features a selection of patriotic backgrounds including the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore and the Stars and Stripes!

Handmark Fireworks is available for Windows Mobile® and BlackBerry® smartphones and for iPhone and iPod touch. The BlackBerry version doesn’t include music, so sorry BlackBerry-owners – this time round you’ll have to hum your own marches! What better way to celebrate 4th of July than with some Fireworks? Download your copy today – it’s available for a limited time only! Oh, and did we mention, it’s FREE?!

Check it out in the iTunes App Store, or download it from Astraware using the following links:

Windows Mobile  (touchscreen)

Windows Mobile (non-touchscreen)

BlackBerry

One of the complaints I had when Lauren, Sue, and I looked at HTC’s Touch Flo interface, was that it felt like a fairly thin veil over Windows Mobile.  I frequently found myself dumped back into the Windows Mobile interface, which required frustrating switches from finger-friendly to stylus interface screens.  Well, now along comes the new Touch Flo 3D, and as you can see in the above video from the German site handy-faq, the new interface drills down pretty far.  You really have to dig to get to Windows Mobile now.  This is almost enough to make me lean toward getting the Touch Pro 2 instead of Palm Pre for my next upgrade.

Check out more details, and quite a few pictures at WMExperts.

Some of you may have noticed that many sites have been covering and reviewing the iphone 3GS.  So…why not JAMM?  Well, if you have been looking fro JAMM’s iPhone 3GS coverage, then our editor Thomas “Ragart” Wong is the guy you need to see.  And why no 3GS coverage?  Well, this post over at Just Another iPhone Blog says it all.  Hopefully, Thomas will get his new toy…er…phone soon, and we can get on with the review.