Dear Microsoft, you did a good job at out-Appling Apple with the Windows Phone 7 . At least on paper. But instead of trying to beat them completely, it seems that you want to screw it all with two stupid decisions. More

Kaleidoscopes: Fun for five minutes when you were a kid until you discover the joy of the opposite gender. KaleidoVid, however, is fun for considerably longer, because it involves your phone! More

We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace : 30,000. That’s more than double what was available in December, a crazy fast rate of growth. And they’re going to need to keep it up. More

We’re not certain why , but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [ Apple Insider via CNN ] More

Apple seems to have a projector fetish lately. They have been filing projector-related patents left , right and center. The latest one describes ways to incorporate micro-projectors in many Apple products, from iPhone to MacBook to an Airport Express wireless router. More

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. More

While we all wait patiently for Apple to concoct its own subscription-based, unlimited music streaming service (hello, Lala acquisition !), MOG is jumping on the opportunity right away. Er, almost right away. Down in Austin this week, the company announced that an iPhone and Android app would be out “in early Q2″ in order to bring unlimited music streaming to both operating systems for $10 per month. We’re told that a catalog of seven million songs will be available, but there’s no way to know if 6.99 million are of the “no one cares” variety. At any rate, your monthly fee will also allow unlimited streaming from the desktop, but alas, you’ll be left with nothing but hollow memories should you ever stop ponying up

Fake Steve Jobs (Newsweek’s Dan Lyons) is teaming up with director Larry Charles ( Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat ) to produce a “TV” show on streaming service EPIX . More

Imagine being so angry at your $59 iPod Shuffle conking out, that you’d file a lawsuit against Apple. He must have a serious lack of shame too, as his reason for the Shuffle breaking? It wasn’t immune to his sweat. More

In today’s Remainders: new beginnings. Tim Bray, co-founder of XML, starts a new job at Google (and has his sights set on Apple); several Windows Phone 7 team members are leaving…to develop apps for Windows Phone 7; and more. More