Thanks so much to everyone who entered our Make Us a TiPb-themed YouTube video intro contest!

The winning entry, courtesy of llofte, is embedded above, and be sure to check out some of our other favorites from Alli, sil3ntrid3r11, iLoveiPhones, and Bela, below the fold!

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Friday Fun TiPb Birthday Bash Videos!

Earlier this month, we celebrated TiPb’s Birthday Bash, and as a giant thanks to you, our members, we spent nearly a week giving away iPhone accessories, promo codes for some of our favorite apps, and iTunes gift cards. We’ll be highlighting some of the winners, runners-up, and otherwise awesome entrants this weekend, but for right now I think we’ll just go ahead and announce the winner of our biggest grand-prize so far:

• A factory unlocked 8GB iPhone 3G in your choice of 35 different color options courtesy of the awesome folks at ColorWare.

That’s right. One of you is about to get your iPhone, your way. And we’ll tell you who… after the break!

Drum roll please….

Congratulations to — PirateNinja!

We hope you enjoy your new, unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G — and for those of you who didn’t win, be sure to check out ColorWare’s services as well, pimping your iPhone has never been so fun or so easy, and if you want to maximize your geek-bling cred, check out their Beats by Dr. Dre.

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TiPb Birthday Bash: And the Unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G Winner is…

Keeping this Birthday Bash organized has been a lesson in futility for us these past few days! Too much to give away, not enough time to give it! Not wanting our readers to suffer the same fate, Stand Alone is kindly offering up four (4) copies of Satchel, the Backpack Client for iPhone ($9.99 – iTunes Link)

Satchel is a native client for Backpack, 37signals’ web-based service that makes organizing your information incredibly easy. After creating your account on Backpackit.com, you can edit your pages, lists, and notes right on your iPhone, whether you’re online or not.

So what do you have to do to get one? Well, TiPb has already spent the last year taken on the iPhone. Now… (insert megalomaniacal laughter) we want to take on the world! Drop us a comment below and help us figure out the top three tasks we need to do… to bring order to the galaxy… er… planet!

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. Rule earth

Of course:

• US iTunes Store account required to redeem promo codes
• Backpackit.com account (basic level is free!)
• Contest starts now and ends May 12, 11:59pm

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TiPb Birthday Bash Give Away: Satchel Backpack Client for iPhone

Entering this contest counts as an entry in TiPb’s Birthday Bash grand-prize draw for an Unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G!

Tapbots makes some of the most innovative and attractive iPhone apps on the market:

• Weightbot [$1.99 - iTunes link] is a weight-tracking robot. Whether you are trying to lose (or gain) weight, tracking your progress has never been more fun. Set your goal, record your weight, view your BMI, and see your progress on a beautiful graph. Weightbot was designed for everyone to use.

• Convertbot [$1.99 - iTunes link] is a unit conversion robot. Convert currency, length, mass, time and much more in an exciting new way! Converting numbers will never again be a mundane task. In addition to its innovative interface, our robot is smart enough to convert to and from mixed units. Are you 5 foot 9 inches tall? Other converters require you to convert that to 5.75 ft in your head before being able to enter it. Convertbot allows mixed units like Foot + Inches, Pounds + Ounces, and more!

And better yet, they’ve given us five (5) promo code packs — each containing both Tapbots apps — to give on to you.

How can you get yours? Turns out the iPhone needs to drop some dead weight and convert one of its features. Head on over to our Convertbot + Weightbot Give Away thread on the forums and tell us:

• What feature would you drop from the iPhone, and what would you bring over from the BlackBerry, Palm Pre, Google Android, Windows Mobile, or Nokia/Symbian to replace it?

Buh bye accelerometer, hello BlackBerry Messenger? So long Multi-touch, greetings WinMo slider keyboard? What will it be?!

You have one chance to swap out one feature for another. But you have five (5) chances to get Weightbot and Convertbot for FREE, so get on over to the forums and get to it!

• US iTunes Store account required to redeem promo codes.
• One entry per person.
• Contest starts now and ends Tuesday, May 12 at 11:59pm

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TiPb Birthday Bash Give Away: Covertbot + Weightbot Give Aways!

If the iPhone is king of the smartphone mountain, PCalc is what did all the complicated mathmagics to figure out just exactly how far and high it had to vector itself to get there. It’s not like the built-in calculator on steroids (how cliche!) it’s like the built-in calculator on Hulk serum! And the great folks over at TLA Systems are giving us four (4) copies of PCalc ($9.99 – iTunes link) to give to you!

PCalc is ideal for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature-rich calculator for the iPhone or iPod Touch. It includes an extensive set of unit conversions, a paper tape, an RPN mode, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal and binary calculations.

How to get one? Just drop us a comment below and tell us the calculation you’d least like to see. What don’t you want to know? How much you’ve spent on iPhone apps? What that car repair’s going to cost? How much Apple will charge for the iTablet?

Give us your best comment, and we’ll give four (4) of you free copies of PCalc!

• US iTunes Store account required to redeem promo codes.
• One entry per person.
• Contest starts now and ends tonight, May 11, at 11:59pm.

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TiPb Birthday Bash: PCalc RPN Calculator for iPhone Give Away!

We know how it is. Twitter is so addictive, and the iPhone such a perfect device for it, that you’re afraid to really get into it in case it wears your battery down in no time flat. Well good news on all fronts!

First, the awesome Atebits has provided five (5) promo codes for Tweetie ($2.99 – iTunes link), the most iPhone-like Twitter client on the market.

Tweetie is a fast, full-featured twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch. It offers everything you’d expect – from your timeline to trends – all with an incredibly polished user interface, fantastic performance, and unparalleled ease-of-use.

And to help you out with the battery issue, TiPb’s iPhone Store is kicking in a Case-Mate iPhone 3G Fuel Rechargeable Battery Pack!

The iPhone 3G FUEL. It’s a protective case, carrying solution, and extended battery life all in one. So from here on out you’re good to charge on the go. So the next time you’re rushing to get to the airport at 6am and you forget your charger…relax, your iPhone 3G is taken care of. Now you can focus on hitting up Starbucks and get to recharging yourself.

How can you win this epic combo? Just head on over to Twitter and let everyone know it’s TiPb’s birthday and we’re giving away an UNLOCKED ColorWare iPhone 3G! To make sure we can track your entry, be sure to include our username: @theiphoneblog and our Birthday Bash URL: http://bit.ly/JCbHZ.

No spamming please, just one entry per Twitter account. (But, hey, if you get re-tweeted (RT) or Via love from your tweeps, we’ll give you additional entries, b’okay?). So what are you waiting for? Get thee a-tweeting!

• US App Store account required to redeem promo codes.
• US mailing address required to receive accessory prizes (sorry, no international shipping).
• Contest starts now and ends tonight, May 11, at 11:59pm
• One entry per twitter account (no spamming)
• One additional entry per credited re-tweet (RT) or Via (tagged with your Twitter ID)
• One (1) big prize: Tweetie for iPhone + Case-Mate Fuel Case
• Four (4) secondary prizes: Tweetie for iPhone promo code

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TiPb Birthday Bash: Tweetie for iPhone + Case-Mate Fuel Rechargeable Battery Pack Give-Away

Entering this contest counts as an entry in TiPb’s Birthday Bash grand-prize draw for an Unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G!

Help! Rene was typing out an URGENT instant message using iPhone uber-IM client, BeeJiveIM ($15.99 – iTunes link):

Stay connected to all your instant messaging buddies anywhere you go! BeejiveIM keeps you in touch with your friends on AIM®/MobileMe®, MSN®/Windows Live®, Yahoo!®, GoogleTalk®, Facebook, MySpace, ICQ® and Jabber… all at the same time, all on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

But here’s the thing — Rene was too late. Something crazy happened, he lost his grip on his trusty iPhone 3G, and now he’s scrambling to get it back. This is where the help comes in. Actually, the where is the help. This is our:

• BeeJiveIM Green Screen Challenge!

We’ve provided the image (a PNG file) but we need YOU to provide the background. (Specifically, take the image and add a background to it in Photoshop or the image editor of your choice!) Show us where Rene is — where he lost his grip on his iPhone while desperately trying to finish his IM. The more creative, the better. The funnier, the better. The more spectacular, the better. You get the idea — and if we choose your entry, you get one of five (5) free copies of BeeJiveIM.

So head on over to our TiPb Birthday Bash: BeeJiveIM Green Screen Challenge! thread and show us just what in the world (or other worlds?) is happening to poor Rene!

• US iTunes Account required to redeem promo codes
• Contest begins now and ends Wednesday, May 13, 12pm EDT
• Inappropriate entries will be disqualified at the sole discretion of the moderators.

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TiPb Birthday Bash: BeeJiveIM Green Screen Challenge!

What goes better with coffee on a lazy Sunday morning than crossword puzzles? Yup, crossword puzzles on your iPhone! And thanks to the kind folks at Stand Alone, we have four (4) promo codes for Crossword ($9.99 – iTunes link) to pass on to you!

Download and play crossword puzzles right on your iPhone or iPod touch. Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; with one tap you can download and solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you’re improving!

Crosswords is a personal favorite of Smartphone Experts’ editor-in-chief, our own Dieter Bohn, who insists it boosts brains and supercharges smarts. Want a copy? Just drop us a comment below telling us your favorite daily crossword puzzle (New York Times? Wall Street Journal? Something else?).

• US iTunes Store account required to redeem promo codes
• Valid email address required to send you the code (won’t be made public)
• Contest starts now and ends tonight, May 10, at 11:59pm EDT

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TiPb Birthday Bash: Crosswords for iPhone Give Away

It’s Sunday morning. It’s mothers day. It’s also a great time to curl up with gourmet coffee. To help us help you out, the finely brewed folks at BaristaApp have given us five (5) promo codes for Barista ($2.99 – iTunes link):

Barista is your personal tutor in the art of making brilliant espresso at home. It will help you get the most out of your espresso machine by:

• Providing step-by-step guidelines on crafting some of the most common espresso beverages
• Detailing a range of tips and techniques such as selecting, storing and grinding coffee beans, tamping and extracting single and double shots, texturing milk, pouring latte art and more
• Explaining espresso-related terms and identifying your espresso equipment and its uses

Featuring beautiful graphics, Barista takes you one big step closer to that perfect espresso.

Want yours served up piping hot? Just drop a comment below telling us what type of coffee you’ll be drinking today.

• US iTunes Store account required to redeem promo codes
• Valid email address required to send you the code (won’t be made public)
• Contest starts now and ends tonight, May 10, at 11:59pm EDT
• In case it’s not clear by the description above: you need to have access to an espresso machine to use this app!

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TiPb Birthday Bash: Barista Coffee App Give Away

Entering this contest counts as an entry in TiPb’s Birthday Bash grand-prize draw for an Unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G!

This is actually tomorrow’s contest, but since that means many of us will be busy celebrating — or being celebrated — we’re bumping it up to give everyone a little head start. And to help all of us out, those remarkable folks over at Appigo were gracious enough to let us give away a few of their remarkable apps:

• Todo is a powerful tool that makes task management simple and fun. Use Todo by itself or synchronize your tasks to the web or your desktop using a popular online todo list like Toodledo or Remember The Milk (Pro account required for RTM). Todo helps you focus on what matters most and allows you to integrate the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology or your own. ($9.99 – iTunes link)

• Notebook gives you quick and easy access to your notes anywhere. Use Notebook by itself or synchronize your notes to the web using Toodledo.com, a free online service for notes and tasks. Capture your thoughts and ideas anywhere, categorize them, and synchronize them for safe keeping. Later on, you can browse by Notebook or search all notes by entering key words in the search field. ($4.99 – iTunes link)

• AccuFuel™ Fuel Efficiency Tracker makes monitoring your vehicle’s fuel efficiency simple and fun. Is your SUV guzzling gasoline? Is your hybrid saving you money? With AccuFuel, you’ll instantly see how your driving habits affect your fuel efficiency. ($0.99 – iTunes link)

And because the TiPb Store wants to make moms happy too, they’re throwing in a Griffin Clarifi Case:

• Slide the Clarifi lens into place over the built-in lens of your iPhone 3G. Your macro and close-up shots are instantly finer in detail, more accurate in color. With Clarifi’s lens, your iPhone 3G can image an entire business card with astounding clarity. Slide the lens aside for normal photography. Without Clarifi, the iPhone 3G requires about 18 inches to focus properly. Slide Clarifi’s lens into place and you can move in to 4 inches for crisp detail and great pictures.

How to win? Because we know you’ll be busy, we’re keeping this simple. Just head on over to our How Are You Making Mom Happy thread on the forums, and give us your top three (3) to-do’s for mother’s day.

Do that, and we’ll give one of you the case and all three apps. Runner up will still get all three apps. And because Appigo knows how hard it can be to take proper care of moms, four more of you will still get Appigo Todo and Accufuel!

So what are you waiting for, go tell us your top 3 funny, sweet, sentimental, sensational, silly to-do’s for Mothers Day!

• Must have access to US App Store to redeem Promo Codes.
• Must have US mailing address for accessory prize (sorry, no international shipping).
• Contest starts now and ends Sunday, May 10, 11:59pm EDT.
• 1 big prize of 3 Appigo apps + Griffin Clarifi case
• 1 runner up prize of 3 Appigo apps
• 4 consolation prizes of Todo and Accufuel

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TiPb Birthday Bash Mothers Day Special: Appigo Apps + Griffin Clarifi Case