iControlPad Switches To Bluetooth After Apple Sues Hypermac
30/09/2010 |
Last time we heard about the iControlPad, the long-delayed physical gamepad for the iPhone and iPod Touch had finally completed its two-and-a-half year journey from the brainpan of its makers to their hands as the very first model dropped off the production lines… now boasting a modular design that would allow the iControlPad to be easily updated to support future iOS handhelds. Since the official site was about to start taking preorders for the first 3,000 units, we imagined that the...
Audio Technica Unveils In-Ear Bluetooth, Budget Earphones
Boy, those blue-shirted Apple employees must be going nuts just trying to keep up with all the different in-ear headphones out there. Still, can't hurt to have a few more at the party - especially if they're from a manufactrer with a rep for awesome bang-for-buck.The ATH-BT03 (pictured above) is...
This Ingenious Speaker is Hidden in an iPad Case
This Kickstarter project combines an iPad case with a speaker, hiding the speaker in the case’s front cover. Or rather, the speaker is the front cover. Using trick NXT speaker technology - which allows speakers to take the shape of flat panels - Petur Olaffson created the Sound Cover, a ba...
GoPad, A Wearable iPad Desk For The Shameless Dork
You'll look like a nerd, but at least you'll be a stylish nerd Oh, man. We’ve seen some dorky iPad accessories in our time, but none has managed to be both embarrassing and stylish at the same time. The GoPad performs this seemingly impossible feat, and adds a little bit of campne...
ThinkGeek Finally Releases iControlPad, The D-Pad For Your iPhone
I’ve been in the blogging-in-my-underpants business for a long time now, and over the years, one of the only things that has been an immutable law is that the long-awaited iControlPad for iPhone will always be just on the cusp of release. So imagine the way my whole world flipped topsy-tur...
Again, Wahoo Reinvents Fitness on the iPhone
Wahoo’s popular ANT+ Fisica dongle, which allows the iPhone to read signals from fitness gadgets like heart-rate monitors, pedometers and bike sensors, is probably most widely used fitness iPhone accessory since its release a little over a year ago. And today, Wahoo took the first step tow...
Apple Launches Patent Infringement Suit Against Sanho Over MagSafe HyperMac Batteries
Much to the chagrin of consumers who want a cheaper alternative, Apple is notoriously protective of its MagSafe patent… so much so that they have a rich history of suing the third-party builders of MagSafe knock-offs. Now it appears that Cupertino is going after another one, having filed a ...
Timbuk2?s New Wallet Case Keeps Your iPhone Out of the Weather
Timbuk2 says its new “aerodynamic” (their words, not mine)Mission Cycling Wallet was inspired by the gearheads over at San Francisco-based Mission Cycling Club - one imagines its inception resulting from a cacophony of complaints about sweaty iPhones and the absence of holes to stash...
Hipstamatic Jumps From Virtual to Real World With New iPhone Case
We think there’s little better than laying our fat mitts on the suddenly real version of something that’s, to that point, been fantasy - so you’ll excuse us if we go all giggly over the Hipstamatic app-themed new $40 HipstaCase 100 for the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch.And as if the f...
Apple's Black Friday 2011 Discounts Are Leaked
Apple famously keeps its Black Friday deals a closely guarded secret until the day of the event. But thanks to a leaked sales pamphlet from a “trusted tipster,” we already know where the Cupertino company will be slashing prices, with savings to be made on the iMac, MacBook Air and M...
Angry Birds Celebrates Second Birthday By Adding New Levels And Unlocking Every Episode
Rovio, thecreators of Angry Birds,celebrated the game’s second birthday on December 11 with an update that’s guaranteed to please fans of the bird slinger. In addition to 15 brand new levels, version 2.0 of the original Angry Birdsgame unlocks every episode available. That means that...
