News, reviews and articles about iPhone, iPad and iPod devices and accessories.
Merriam-Webster already offers their Collegiate Dictionary as a $25 app in the iTunes app store. This free iPad app gives you access to the complete Collegiate Dictionary, and it gives you functions that the paid app doesn’t have. I’m not the best speller in the world, and it’s sometimes hard to look up a word […]
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This news is too late for Memorial Day cookouts, but just in time to use for Independence Day cookouts or trips to the beach. Pottery Barn offers a cooler that does double duty as external speakers for your iPod. The Smart Cooler Tote is 15″X9″X9″ – big enough to hold a 6-pack and snacks. Unzip
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Holding your iPad up during use takes many forms. If you’re at your desk, a full sized stand can be used. But if you’re on the go, and working from random places with your phone, other materials, maybe eating or collaborating and want to have the device at a consistent angle without having to hold
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The Yahoo! Messenger app for iOS has been updated to allow you to make voice and video calls to anyone in your contacts list. You can call them on their iPad, mobile device, or PC for free, or make low-cost international calls with Yahoo! Phone Out to landline or cellular phones. You can make video
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We’ve probably all seen a video of a cat or a dog interacting with an iPad by now, so we know that gaming isn’t just for humans. Friskies, the cat food company, has decided to introduce games that are designed specifically for your cat’s enjoyment. There are three Games for Cats: Cat Fishing, Tasty Treasures
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When I reviewed the iPad 2, I mentioned that I had ordered an invisibleSHIELD from ZAGG to protect the metal back. I have the Smart Cover to protect the screen, so I ordered only the skin for the back. You’ll notice I called this a mini review. Dave Rees did a great review of the
ZAGG invisibleSHIELD Back Cover for iPad 2 Mini Review Read More
Load up this 500GB Satellite Wireless Mobile Storage disk from Seagate with your media library from either a Mac or Windows computer and it can serve data to up to three iPads at once using the free app optimized for iPad. It works with other tablets and smartphones, too – most mobile devices with Wi-Fi
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This conceptual product by Michael Kritzer is called the DayMaker. This is an alarm clock, with a place for 2 iPhones and an analog clock in front. When the alarm on one of the iPhones rings, the iPhone jumps like a bread slice in a toaster. You can make it snooze by pressing it down again. In
Concept: Toaster-Shaped Alarm Clock for the iPhone Read More
BodyGuardz produces protective skins for a variety of electronic devices. Their new Carbon Fiber Armor for iPad 2 covers the back of your iPad 2 to protect it from scratches. It is a very thin PVC film with a carbon fiber texture that protects without adding bulk, and it’s available in black or white. The
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Apple’s iPhone 4 has been out for a while now, and Julie did a great review of the AT&T black iPhone 4 when it was released. Unfortunately, I’m a Verizon customer and had to wait through months of rumors before the iPhone 4 was available for us. I was so close to my contract end,
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One of the benefits of doing gadget reviews is coming across a product that is so cool, so unexpected, and so jaw-dropping that it’s almost magical. When you first see the small Soundmatters FoxL speaker, you might think it could work as a personal speaker. When you first hold the foxL and feel its heft,
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These aluminum stands from ChillBed Industries are designed to hold any tablet. They work with iPad, iPad 2, Xoom, Galaxy Tab, Playbook, and other similarly sized tablets. The ChillTab2 Tablet Stand (top) can hold the tablet horizontally or vertically, and it even works with cased tablets. The ChillTab4 is a 4-position stand that holds the tablet
ChillTab Universal Tablet Stands from ChillBed Industries Read More
The HDHomeRun dual network tuner from Elgato lets you watch or record TV on two computers simultaneously. Connect it to your home network and your existing TV antenna or cable hookup, and you can wirelessly stream different content to two computers. It works on PCs with the Windows Media Center. Macs will require the EyeTV
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When I reviewed the iPad 2, someone asked if the new Smart Cover could be used with the original iPad, and the answer was “no” at the time. A company called Smartfix has changed that answer to “yes” with their Smartsnap conversion kit. It basically is an adhesive strip that you apply along one side
Smartsnap Lets You Use a Smart Cover with the Original iPad Read More
These Sinjimoru docks remind me of the earlier white and black iPods with the clear layer of plastic on top. These docks can be used to sync or charge your iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4 or newer iPods. You use it with the USB cable and charger that came with your device, and you can
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The New York Public Library is making their reference collections available through a series of iPad apps, beginning with this exploration of the 1939-40 New York’s World’s Fair. You can investigate the development of the Fair’s designs, buildings, and exhibits. You can read original essays by prominent writers of the time, and examine picture galleries.
New from Timbuk2 are the Kickstand and Popup Cases for the iPad and iPad 2. Kickstand ($49.99, left in image) is a folio-style tri-fold that holds your iPad with corner brackets and converts to a 2-position horizontally-oriented stand. Popup ($39.99, right in image) is a semi-rigid sleeve with a slot stand. Both are nylon outer
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Last year, Julie reviewed the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home Network Storage System that allows all the computers on your home network to share a single disk for backups and data sharing. Sometimes you’d like to have access to your files even when you aren’t home, and Seagate has introduced an app for iOS and Android
ThirdRail has introduced a product that addresses one of the common issues of the iPhone — no replaceable battery. The ThirdRail system contains of two elements, an iPhone 4 case and a smart battery. The ThirdRail case is a slim case with a unique feature, you can add a ThirdRail smart battery that will charge
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Gaming on the iPad is a big deal. There are probably more game apps than utility apps in the app store. That means that gadgets that aid in game play should be really popular too right? Well guess what? There aren’t many of them – yet. While we wait for wireless joysticks, we have to
Ten One Design Fling iPad Gaming Controller Review Read More