The iPhone has undoubtedly become one of the best multimedia devices of the 21st Century. It’s a flashy gadget packed with the best features that we want from a phone, including, but not limited to, a portable media player, internet and email access at your fingertip, unbelievable real-time 3D graphics and it looks amazing too. One thing that really has wowed us is the sheer amount of brilliant, wacky and occasionally downright weird applications that are available for download to your iPhone. As Christmas is coming, we’ve sourced the best festive applications available for the iPhone that are sure to get you in the Christmas spirit.

Global Snow Reports

This nifty little application will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit as you’ll know exactly where in the world it is snowing. You can personalize the application to your own requirements to ensure that you’ll know exactly when the snow is on its way. Remember, it’s always better to be snowed in than snowed out!

Christmas Countdown

The Christmas Countdown is available as a free application which allows you to keep tabs on the arrival of Christmas. This up-to-the-minute countdown will mean that you’re never lost without the precise time to go! You can also listen to Christmas music whilst watching the minutes tick away, what could be more fun than that?

Let It Snow Globe

Our favourite application for this Christmas is a virtual snow globe. It works in the same way that a standard glass snow globe would, all you need to do is shake your iPhone and you’ll have gorgeous snow tumbling down the screen to reveal Santa and a Christmas tree. Not real snow of course, that would be ridiculous, the iphone can do a lot but making real snow…not just yet.

Christmas Tree

Download the Christmas tree application and you’ll be presented with a bare Christmas tree and the tools needed to decorate it. You’ll be provided with a selection of pretty decorations to trim the tree with; maybe you can take inspiration for your own tree from the virtual version!

Christmas Sounds

This application may start to become annoying after a while, we’re just warning you! You can download a selection of the best Christmas sounds including the jingling of sleigh bells and that famous ‘Ho Ho Ho’. The application also gives you a selection of Christmas tunes too. The best thing about this application is that you are able to play the music down the phone to your friends and family!

After amusing yourself with the various downloads available for the iPhone, perhaps use the phone in its basic function: phone home and wish everyone a Happy Christmas!

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One of the downfalls of using an iPod is that you can’t really get in there and change the battery when it starts to wear down. And if you purchased a refurbished iPod, chances are that you’re battery doesn’t want to hold a charge. Believe me, I learned this lesson well with my son’s iPods.

Not one, but two refurbished iPod Nanos in our house and neither of them ever wants to hold a charge. Sending it off the Apple can be time consuming, frustrating, and expensive to have the battery replaced. So, I started looking into places that offer iPod Repair services.

I was pleasantly surprised when I found iPod Juice and their Apple iPod repair service. They can replace the battery, and they guarantee that it will last up to 10 years, which is way more than any place local I found to do the job for me. They seem to have a service available for every generation of iPod, so your bases are all covered. Repairs and replacement batteries are all guaranteed, so there’s no risk involved.

Battery replacement isn’t all they can help you with either. They can fix your broken down iPod and make it work like new again. Even if you’ve somehow managed to crack the screen, they’re there to help. Their experienced technicians will get to work fixing your iPod right away and get it back to you asap before you even have time to miss it. There’s a no obligation evaluation available as well, in case you’re just not sure. They’ll have a look at it the day it arrives and get back to you with all the details on getting it fixed.

If you’ve gotten an iPhone and already managed to drop it, break it, or otherwise abuse it and it needs a bit of TLC, iPod Juice also offers Apple iPhone repair and maintenance.

Originally the iHome series of items might have been something you saw on one of those fancy remodeling shows or in the big luxury homes in the expensive neighborhood. But a lot of the iHome products are surprisingly affordable. More affordable than the iPod that goes in them ~lol~ You can get some iHome portable stereo speakers for an iPod Shuffle (Black) to i-power your holiday get together with tunes for under $50.