Whether you”re surfing, reading text messages, or playing a game, you can get a quick email alert so you don”t have to stop what you”re doing just to find out you got an unimportant email. Now you can know who it’’s from, the subject, and a brief summary – all without leaving the app you”re in!  Elert is available on Cydia and Rock Your Phone for $0.99.

Features:

• Quick summary of new emails
• Self dismissal or you can check the X to close the summary
• Launch Mail directly from the Elert

Snappy is a camera application for your iPhone that launches and is ready to take pictures in one second, without having to exit your currently running application. It is also accessible directly from the lock screen.

If you are unsatisfied with the sound quality of your iPod, then you can use the AT-PHA30i iPod amplifier from Audio-Technica. Scheduled to be released on December 18th, 2009, the device boosts the iPod’s output power to 20mW (32Ohm) and provides a frequency response of 20Hz-20,000Hz, as well as a signal noise ratio of 95dB. The AT-PHA30i draws its power from the iPod’s battery, so it will decrease your gadget’s battery life span. The portable amplifier is compatible with iPod nano, iPod Touch 2G, and iPod Classic.

This is $20 off the regular price and is now $30 cheaper than the TomTom app that is also available on the iPhone.In addition to the regular mobile navigator being on sale, they have also discounted the Traffic Live feature which is normally $24.99 down to $14.99. This really makes it attractive as you can have everything that they offer and still pay less than the TomTom all by itself.

Wyse has launched the PocketCloud that enables the iPhone and iPod Touch user to access their virtual desktops to PCs remotely. The PocketCloud is compatible with both a virtualized or physical machine which supports the Microsoft RDP protocol. This application also supports VMware View 3.1 connection broker in direct and tunneling modes. The PocketCloud for iPhone can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store and costs $29.99

Bell is ready to release the Palm Pre. The carrier has recently released a new ad for the smartphone. In case you didn’t know, the Palm Pre supports EV-DO connectivity, a 320 x 480 pixels multi-touch display, GPS, Wi-Fi, a full QWERTY keyboard and the WebOS platform.

This was a guest post by Warren who normally blogs about cheap phones for DAP

Orange prepare to sell the LG Touchscreen Watchphone (LG-GD910) in the UK via its Bond Street Station shop on Thursday, 27th August. Available for a limited time only (first-come-first-serve), consumers will be able to purchase the phone for just £500. The watchphone features a scratch resistant touch-screen interface that makes writing text messages easy. Other specs include a built-in speaker, and an MP3/AAC player. A limited number of the devices will also be made available from mid-September via the Orange online shop.

While the version number is still reading 2.5, some of the screenshots on the App Store are telling a different story. Hopefully, this is an indicator that Facebook 3.0 is on its way later today