News, reviews and articles about iPhone, iPad and iPod devices and accessories.
The Ansel Adams app for iPad features some of the photographer’s iconic black-and-white images of America. There’s a slideshow of 40 images with optional audio narration or written commentary. You can view the slideshow with the included musical soundtrack or with any music from your iTunes collection. You’ll be able to see postcards Adams created […]
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The Bone Collection Portable Amplifier for iPhone looks like those amplifier horns on antique record players. It’s made of silicone, and it adds 13 dB of sound pressure to the iPhone’s speaker output without using any power. In addition to amplifying sound, it also acts as a stand to prop the iPhone in a horizontal
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Not long after I got my iPad, I discovered the GroovyStand Dual, a wooden stand that can support the iPad in a variety of angles and orientations. GroovyStand has introduced a stand for the iPhone that can hold the iPhone in either the horizontal or vertical position. There’s only one groove in this stand, and
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Withings, the producer of the WiFi body scale, is going to introduce a blood pressure monitor that connects to any iOS device. The device comes with an iOS application that can display your current pressure reading, while also automatically tracking previous results. The blood pressure monitor is a new addition to the existing medical apps
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Conran Audio has recently announced their new iPod/iPhone audio dock. In addition to its ability to play music from physically docked iPods and iPhones, the Conran dock can also play ‘wireless audio’ from any (stereo) bluetooth enabled device. The Conran dock is available for pre-order in black and white for £249.
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True geeks always need more juice. Other than carrying around cables and power blocks, what’s the solution? Ampigo has an answer, and it will allow you to have power for both an iPhone 4 or the previous iPhone 3g/3gs devices: their Personal Speaker and Battery Pack.
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Olea Kiosks manufactures self-service kiosks for business uses. Their latest offering is the comPADre, designed for the iPad. The comPADre is made from powder-coated sheet metal and aluminum. Power cables are routed through the comPADre enclosure for tamper-resistance. There’s pinhole access to the home button and proprietary tools for tamper-resistant hardware, making the comPADre the
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Do you have a lot of old vinyl albums and you just can’t imagine the cost to replace them with CDs or digital files? The Sharper Image has the iPod Turntable that let’s you convert your vinyl to MP3 files and store them directly on your iPod or iPhone – no computer needed. It does
We love our capacitive touchscreens, but they are essentially useless while wearing gloves. Most of the solutions out there involve gloves with some type of integrated conductive pads in the fingertips. The social design site Quirky has a bit different flavor with their Digits product. Made of conductive silicone, they have a metal pin on
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A few months ago when Sony released their latest generation ebook readers, they also announced that they’d be releasing a Sony reader app for Apple iOS devices. This surprised me for a couple of reasons. First, Sony is a hardware company that produces ebook readers, so they only have the ebookstore to support their hardware.
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Here at The Gadgeteer, we have a thing for wallets and several of us are equally enamoured with the iPhone. So what could be better than the No. 50 Wallet for iPhone from Col. Littleton, which combines a leather wallet and an iPhone case into one front pocket holder? Let’s see.
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On one hand, it looks like Apple is not interested in adding a keyboard to their iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad). Furthermore, according to rumors Apple might reduce the physical buttons, like the home button, in future devices. On the other hand, there is a growing trend of cases with an integrated keyboard for
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Macally has an interesting looking stylus set for iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The PenPal set consists of a full-sized stylus and a compact stylus with a quick-release cable. Both have a soft-touch rubber tip to prevent scratches to your screen. The large stylus has an aluminum body and a pocket clip. The PenPal Stylus Set
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I thought the TV Hat was a joke at first, but it is apparently a real product. The curtain that hangs from the front and sides of the hat’s bill has a pouch inside that holds an iPhone, iPod, or most other MP3 player so that you can watch videos without glare, without others seeing
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I don’t have kids, but apparently toddlers absolutely love to play with iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. And the one thing that they love to do is press the Home button. Unfortunately, doing so will pop them right out of the application and back to the icon view. In order to avoid frustrated babies,
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Here’s something unusual for the iPad owner. This pullover jacket from Alphyn Industries is made of “advanced waterproof, thermal softshell, with the perfect balance of strength, stretch and softness.” Materials used are Polartec softshell, polyester Dri-Lex mesh, and 3M Thinsulate fill. There’s a kangaroo pocket on the front with a small zippered pocket in the
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Martha Stewart Living magazine app is now available for iPad. The app is free, and you can download a free special edition of the Martha Stewart Living magazine. Monthly issues are available for in-app purchase for $3.99 an issue. Right now, there is no subscription option. I downloaded the free issue last night, and the
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Amnesia Razorfish announced the launch of Amnesia Connect, software which allows instant and seamless sharing and transfer of any content such as photos, music or embedded apps between multiple handheld devices using a Microsoft Surface. Similar to the Bump App, Amnesia Connect has replaced the typical ‘send and receive’ interface with a more natural ‘gesture-based’
We reviewed the original Powermat Wireless Charging System and thought it was an interesting product, but weren’t sure if it was something we’d use every day due to the bulk it added via required cases for our gadgets. It’s been over a year since that review, let’s see if thinner cases make the Powermat induction
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OK, I don’t actually have an iPad. Yet. (Come on, iPad 2!) But if I did, I might take a serious look at the iPad org board from STM Bags. Made of form-fitting neoprene outer with a soft lining, it keeps your iPad snug with a little flap closure. On the back is an organizer
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