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iPod touch Sales Up 100%, New iPhone Sales
Record
AppleInsider's Prince McLean reports:
"Apple's Q4 2009 conference call revealed that iPod touch sales were
up 100% year over year, despite essentially flat sales of all iPods
over the previous two years, and that the company achieved a new record
in iPhone sales as well, with 7.4 million units sold in the quarter
ending in September 2009."
Link:
Apple's iPod touch Sales Up 100% as iPhone Units Set New Record
Ringtones Not Entitled to 'Public Performance'
Royalties
The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin reports:
"US District Judge Denise Cote ruled Friday that ringtones played on
a cell phones do not constitute a 'public performance' of the song in
question, and thus are not subject to royalty demands by ASCAP, the
trade group that represents songwriters and copyright holders. The
group had been demanding a fee from telecom carriers for every time a
ringtone was players - even if the ringtone was already paid for via a
mechanical licensing fee."
Link:
Court Rules Ringtones Not Entitled to 'Public Performance'
Royalties
Green Apple iPhone Matches Growing US Consumer
Trend
9 To 5 Mac's Jonny Evans reports:
"As the Green wave grows, it seems the message is slowly percolating
through, with fresh research this morning claiming consumers would be
willing to buy a green handset. Apple's recent moves toward
environmental transparency could become another card to drive success
in the smartphone war."
Link:
Green Apple iPhone Matches Growing US Consumer Trend
Apple Is Preparing Us to Live in App Space
The Mac Observer's John Martellaro says:
"When all we had were PCs and Macs, we thought of apps as programs
that provided a function: word processing or web browsing or a disk
utility. Magically, however, the portability of the iPhone has
encouraged developers to think on a grander scale about what an app is
- even to the extent that every popular TV show should have its own
app. That progression will change everything.
"A traditional app is a good tool only if you find it, like it and
use it. For many, who have a daily work flow, like we all do here at
the Mac Observer, that workflow requires the use of a suite of
Macintosh apps used over and over."
Link:
Apple Is Preparing Us to Live in App Space
Autonomous Car Project Controlled with an
iPhone
"Spirit of Berlin is a project of the Artificial Intelligence Group,
directed by Prof. Raul Rojas, at Freie Universitaet Berlin.
"This Web page shows an
autonomous car controlled with an iPhone - powered by Appirion, a
spin-off of the AI group.
"Team Berlin is Freie Universitaet Berlin's entry to the 2007 Urban
Grand Challenge Competition - one of the semifinalists selected by
DARPA (see original map of participants and map of semifinalists). The
core of the team are researchers and students of Freie Universitt
Berlin working together with our partners from the Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft (IAIS), and Rice University in Houston, Texas and the
Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico)
"Freie Universitaet Berlin have been building autonomous robots
since 1998. The group is the two-time world champion and five times
European champion in robotic soccer. Their vehicle is up and ready with
drive-by-wire technology."
Link: Team Berlin
Autonomous Car Project Controlled with an iPhone
Turn Your iPhone Into a Remote Audio Receiver for
Your Mac or Windows PC
AppAdvice's Caleb says:
"Ever wanted to play songs from your home office computer in your
kitchen or living room without the expense of remote speakers? If you
have an iPhone or iPod touch, you can do just that! With this Airfoil
you can transform your iPhone or iPod touch into a portable speaker to
listen to audio from any or all desktop programs on your Mac or PC.
"This tutorial shows the steps necessary for the Mac to broadcast
audio to the iPhone or iPod touch, but I'm sure the steps for windows
are very similar."
Link:
How To: Turn Your iPhone Into a Remote Speaker for Your Mac or
Windows
Apple Admits 'Rare Cases' of Battery Overheating in
1G Pod nano
A new Apple Knowledge Base article says:
"Apple has determined that in very rare cases, batteries in the iPod
nano (1st generation) sold between September 2005 and December 2006,
may overheat and prevent the iPod nano from working and deform it.
"Apple has received very few reports of such incidents, and the
issue has been traced to a single battery supplier. Additionally, there
have been no reports of such incidents with any other iPod nano model.
If your battery shows signs of overheating, such as discoloration or
deformity, stop using the iPod nano immediately and contact AppleCare
as soon as possible for further assistance."
Link: Pod
nano (1st Generation): Rare Cases of Battery Overheating
Women Ignoring Ads on iPhone
ReadWriteWeb's Sarah Perez reports:
"According to mobile marketing firm Brand in Hand, female iPhone
users are the worst demographic in terms of interacting with mobile ads
on the iPhone.... So why are women ignoring the ads? Apparently,
they're too busy actually using the apps."
Link: Who's
Ignoring Those iPhone Ads? Women
iPhone Photography Collection by a Real
Photographer
Gizmodo reports:
"Chase Jarvis, a guy who's a good enough photographer that Nikon
asked him to advance test the Nikon D90, just put out a photo-book
called 'The Best Camera Is The One That's With You'. He only used an
iPhone."
Link:
iPhone Photography Collection by a Real Photographer
Apps & Services
Mozilla Releasing Unknown App for iPhone
Lifehacker reports:
"Mozilla CEO John Lilly tells tech blogger Om Malik that the Firefox
maker will 'release an app to the iPhone App Store in the next few
weeks,' and that 'It'll surprise people.'"
Link:
Mozilla Releasing Unknown App for iPhone
First Free iPhone Flight Tracking App
PR: FlightAware, a world leader in flight tracking with over
two million monthly users, released the first-ever free flight tracking
application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Available today for
free download via the Apple App Store, users are able to track the
real-time status and position of airline and private flights in the
United States. Included with the application is a full screen tracking
map that includes aircraft position, speed, altitude, and NEXRAD
weather.
FlightAware iPhone App Features
- Free to download, free to use
- Track airline/commercial flights
- Track private/corporate flights
- Search by airline name, flight number, origin and destination, or
aircraft registration
- Full-screen map of live aircraft position, altitude, speed (with
NEXRAD weather)
- View routing, delays, and other flight information.
FlightAware flight tracking has become a crucial tool for business
travelers, aircraft operators, pilots, and more. With the FlightAware
Flight Tracker iPhone/iPod app, users will now be able to access
valuable FlightAware data for free from anywhere where the iPhone has
connectivity.
Link: FlightAware
Tap Grocer for iPhone and iPod touch
PR: Purkee today released Tap Grocer 1.3, an update to its
grocery app for the iPhone and the iPod touch. New features in this
release include a more streamlined user interface, the ability to sort
items and grocery sections alphabetically and the option to customize
the grocery list font. Tap Grocer is designed to take the work out of
building grocery lists. It eliminates the need to retype a user's list
each time.
Purkee today released the latest version of Tap Grocer, its grocery
app for the iPhone and the iPod touch. New features in this release
include a more streamlined user interface, the ability to sort items
and grocery sections alphabetically and the option to customize the
grocery list font. This release also comes with a new tagline that
better communicates its advantage over other grocery list apps on the
platform: "Stop making the same list every time".
Unlike most grocery list apps, Tap Grocer is designed to take the
work out of building grocery lists. It eliminates the need to retype a
user's list each time. One simply uses it to keep track of items in
their pantry or refrigerator. Items that run out are automatically
added to the user's grocery list.
Tap Grocer's other features include:
- Automatic inventory management. Crossed off items are automatically
marked as stocked
- Arrange items via drag and drop
- Group items by grocery sections
- Fully customizable sections, can be rearranged via drag and
drop
- Item quantities
- Share and automatically sync grocery list via email
- Icon badge showing the number of items that are currently out of
stock
- Preloaded with common sections and items
- Landscape mode
System Requirements: iPhone or iPod touch 2.2 or later
Tap Grocer 1.3 for iPhone is only $2.99 and available worldwide
exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.
Screenshot: http://purkee.com/images/grocery_list.png
Link: Tap Grocer
for iPhone and iPod touch
BookReader Makes Reading eBooks on iPhone
Simple
PR: Readdle announces the immediate availability of
BookReader, a stylish ebook reader iPhone application, that lets people
read digital books from their collections like the paper ones.
BookReader opens TXT, FB2, RTF, EPUB, HTML, and PDF ebooks without DRM
protection that could be copied from reader's computer to the iPhone
over WiFi, 3G and USB as well as searches and downloads books from
Project Gutenberg.
BookReader has number of small handy functions like animated page
flipping, night mode for reading in the dark, locking book orientation
and adjustable text size. It also provides everything that people need
to quickly navigate through the book: configurable bookmarks, full text
search and fast scroll slider. It's very natural to read ebooks with
BookReader.
"We've seen stylish and intuitive readers for the classics books, as
well as for project Gutenberg collection. BookReader extends this
realistic reading experience to your own ebook library. By the way,
Project Gutenberg is also supported," - explains Alexander Tyagulsky,
Readdle CMO.
BookReader is designed to work with non DRM protected ebooks in TXT,
FB2, RTF, HTML, EPUB and PDF formats. eReader, iSilo, MobiPocket,
Kindle, Plucker ebooks are not supported. Also, people who don't have
wireless connection between their Mac or PC and iPhone could transfer
their ebook to BookReader using USB cable and ReaddleWire software
available at Readdle's website.
BookReader 1.0 is available exclusively on the Apple App Store at
$4.99. The application is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch running
iPhone OS 3.0 and later.
Screenshot:
http://readdle.com/images3/screenshots/bookreader/full/1.jpg
Link: BookReader
Read Pride and Prejudice on Your iPod
classic
PR: TimeStream Software announces Pride and Prejudice, the
groundbreaking release of its new Notescast for the iPod classic, iPod
video, and iPod nano. Treasured as one of the most popular stories of
all time, Pride and Prejudice is a captivating novel which
portrays the story of a young and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet and her
attempts to navigate the structured norms of a 19th century
aristocratic society. iPod users can read this classic novel wherever
they go and whenever they want.
TimeStream Software, developer of iPod and iPhone Notescasts as
mobile marketing tools, eBooks and Disney theme park guides, announces
the release of the new groundbreaking 230 page "Pride and Prejudice"
Notescast for the iPod classic, iPod video, and iPod nano.
"This story is truly a classic, and at 230 pages, it's perhaps one
of the most ambitious Notescasts we've ever developed for the iPod
classic and nano." said Mike Westby of TimeStream Software. "We're
excited to bring this Notescast book to the iPod for the very first
time."
The new Pride and Prejudice Notescast installs to the iPod's "Notes"
feature, which is already installed on nearly every iPod classic, iPod
video, and iPod nano in use today. Users simply download it to their
iPods via their computer and begin reading this classic story on their
iPods wherever and whenever they'd like. No Internet access or WiFi
signal is required.
Minimum Requirements: Compatible with every iPod classic, iPod
video/5th generation, and iPod nano
Availability: TimeStream Software is offering free downloads of the
Pride and Prejudice Notescast for the iPod classic, iPod video, and
iPod nano at the Notescast website for a limited time.
Link: Pride and Prejudice
301+ Short Stories for iPhone and iPod touch
PR: 288 Vroom LLC introduces 301+ Short Stories 1.0, their
slick new eBook reader for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed
specifically to take advantage of the iPhone's unique capabilities and
peerless interface, 301+ Short Stories are quick, easy, and
entertaining reading for on-the-go or anytime. Sit back and unwind to a
selection of over 300 of some of the greatest short stories of all
time.
301+ Short Stories features an extensive and expanding library, with
currently over 301 stories by 89 authors. Stores are multi-genre,
including Adventure, Humor, Ghost Stories, Horrors, Mystery, Westerns,
Fantasy, Love (and Loss), Sketches of Life, and much more.
Easy-to-use and sporting an eye-catching interface, 301+ Short
Stories offers 2 scrolling modes (Continuous and Page by Page) and
adjustable story text size for easy reading. And stories are
automatically bookmarked as necessary too, making it easy for readers
to come back where they left off at any time.
Sample of some of the authors and their stories:
Louisa
May Alcott (Debby's Debut, A Modern Cinderella)- Honore De Balzac (A Street Of Paris And Its Inhabitant)
- L. Frank Baum (The Capture Of Father Time, The Enchanted Types, The
King Of The Polar Bears)
- Emilia Pardo Bazan (First Love)
- Anton Chekhov (About Love, The Bet, In Exile, The Lottery Ticket,
The Witch, and more)
- Kate Chopin (A Pair Of Silk Stockings, Beyond The Bayou, The
Kiss)
- Daniel Defoe (The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal, Atlantis Major)
- Charles Dickens (The Holly Tree, Three Branches, The Seven Poor
Travellers, To Be Read At Dusk)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (A Cabman's Story, A Case Of Identity, The
Man From Archangel, The Red-Headed League)
- H. Rider Haggar (Hunter Quartermain's Story, Long Odds, Only A
Dream, and more)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Hollow Of Three Hills, The Seven
Vagabonds, and more)
- Washington Irving (The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, and more)
- James Joyce (After The Race, The Dead, An Encounter, Grace, and
more)
- Franz Kafka (Metamorphosis)
- Jack London (An Adventure In The Upper Sea, The Banks Of
Sacramento, That Dead Men Rise Up Never, and more)
- O. Henry (The Gift Of The Magi, The Roads We Take, The Whirligig Of
Life, and more)
- Edgar Allen Poe (The Angel Of Odd, The Black Cat, The Domain Of
Arnheim, and more)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (A Lodging For The Night, The Sea Fogs, and
more)
- Bram Stoker (Dracula's Guest, The Gipsy Prophecy, The Secret Of
Growing Gold, and more)
- Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County, A
Curious Dream, and more)
- H.G. Wells (The Cone, The Door In The Wall, A Dream Of Armageddon,
A Moonlight Fable, and more)
- Oscar Wilde (The Devoted Friend, The Nightingale And The Rose, The
Selfish Giant, and more)
- Virginia Woolf (A Society, The Mark On The Wall, Monday Or Tuesday,
and more)
"I recently purchased my first iPhone and instantly fell in love
with it" said Gregg Levine, founder of 288 Vroom LLC. "As a avid
reader, I searched the app store for good reading material for when I
was 'mobile'. While I found plenty of book apps to choose from and many
relatively inexpensive ones, most were either just a single story or a
small collection of stories. So in order to have a large collection of
stories on my iPhone, I would have had to pay for a bunch of apps and
eventually I would have run out of space on my phone. So I decided to
create an app that was inexpensive, attractively designed, and most
importantly had a large collection of stories without taking up too
much memory on the phone. From this idea came 301+ Short Stories. I
hope the users of this app enjoy it as much as I do."
Feature Highlights:
- Extensive and expanding library - currently over 301 stories by 89
authors
- Multi-Genre library Adventure, Humor, Ghost Stories, Horrors,
Mystery, Westerns, Fantasy, Love, Sketches of Life, and more
- Easy to use and eye-pleasing interface
- Adjustable story text size
- 2 scrolling modes - Continuous and Page by Page
- Automatically bookmarks each story as needed
System Requirements: iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later
301+ Short Stories 1.0 is 99¢ and available worldwide
exclusively through the App Store in the Books category. Review copies
are available upon request. All future updates, including story
additions, are included with initial purchase.
Link: 301+ Short
Stories
WiFiPhoto for iPhone Becomes a Staff Favorite on
the App Store
PR: Matteo Rossi has announced that his popular photo
transfer iPhone app iPhone WiFiPhoto has been chosen as an "Apple Staff
Favorite" on the US App Store. WiFiPhoto, a fast and straightforward
way to transfer photos instead of using emails, has gathered positive
reviews from multiple iPhone blogs and tech sites.
"I am
very excited that WiFiPhoto has been selected as an Apple Staff
Favorite," said Matteo Rossi. "In the next few days I will submit a new
update with some great new features."
With a simple and elegant interface, WiFiPhoto makes it easy to
download photos from iPhone and iPod touch to any computer over a WiFi
network without USB cables. The application works as a web server to
which any computer over the LAN can connect via browser (all major ones
are supported: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome). It's
possible to download multiple pictures in a single compressed file with
any desired compression quality at full resolution. The application
solves the problem of shrunk photos transferred via email and adds
control to finely tune image quality.
Multiple options are available. Server port change makes it possible
to face firewall related problems. Users can pick photos from Camera
Roll or from Photo Library while adjusting image quality to best fit
their needs. WiFiPhoto can be set to transfer a single zipped file as
soon as a browser connects to its web page. A video walkthrough is
available at Matteo Rossi's website. WiFiPhoto has been positively
reviewed by iPhone App Reviews and is recommended by iPhone Application
List. It's been #3 in Top Paid Applications in Italy. It's been
positively reviewed by Coetus iPhone Atlas.
Supported Languages: US English, Italian, Spanish, French, German,
Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese
System Requirements: iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later
Pricing and Availability: WiFiPhoto 1.1 is 99¢ and available
now on the AppStore in the Photography Category.
Link: WiFiPhoto for
iPhone
Sarsoft Releases Rescue Kit for iPhone
PR: Sarsoft presents their new iPhone application: Rescue
Kit. The idea to create this app is based on a real story, said
Jindrich Sarson, director of Sarsoft. When we were driving on the side
of road towards mountains, we witnessed a car accident. Everybody
knows, that in situations like this, every second counts. Therefore,
Sarsoft prepared a unique iPhone application, that will help in crisis
situations like this.
Rescue Kit contains functions, that are usually unnecessary for
every day (hopefully), but in some situations, they can save a live.
The first basic function is a obtaining current position. When calling
emergency (122 or 911), giving them the exact GPS coordinates can save
countless minutes of finding the accidents location. Rescue Kit also
displays your exact position on a map, together with town and street
names.
Sarsoft also added a useful flashlight functions into the rescue
kit. The SOS flashlight pulses the well known international SOS signal,
so that in places with little mobile coverage, you can get the
attention of rescue teams. Also, the emergency flashlight can help in
many situations to get the attention of drivers when you need to walk
on a dark road or drive a bicycle without flashlight.
Rescue Kit was prepared for the iPhone and is sold exclusively on
App Store for 99¢ only. Please visit Rescue Kits homepage or the
iTunes store product page for more information. You can also contact us
via our corporate email.
Supported languages: US English, German, and Czech
Minimum Requirements: iPhone 3.0 or later
Rescue Kit 1.0 for iPhone is only 99¢ and available exclusively
through the App Store in the Travel category.
Link: Rescue Kit for
iPhone
Dangerous Decisions Introduces NIOSH Pocket Guide
for iPhone
PR: Dangerous Decisions LLC introduces the NIOSH Pocket Guide
1.0, their new chemical hazards database for iPhone and iPod touch.
Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone's interface, the
NIOSH Pocket Guide (National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health) gives safety professionals immediate access to crucial
information on all of 677 chemicals in the database including all the
resources of the NIOSH Pocket Guide and much more.
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) is intended as a
source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred
chemicals (with their classes) for workers, employers, and occupational
health professionals. It is a must-have for every safety professional,
industrial hygienist, chemist, or collage student seeking a safety
degree, and a valuable reference guide for anyone that works with
hazardous chemicals in the workplace or at home.
The information found in the NIOSH Pocket Guide help users recognize
and control occupational chemical hazards. The NPG does not contain an
analysis of all pertinent data. Rather, it presents key information and
data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance
groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are
found in the work environment.
Designed as a stand-alone application, the Pocket Guide includes the
chemical names, synonyms, trade names, conversion factors, CAS, RTECS,
and DOT numbers, recommended exposure limits (NIOSH RELs), Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits
(PELs), and NIOSH Immediate Dangerous to Life and Health values (NIOSH
IDLHs) (documentation for those values). The guide also features a
physical description of the agent with chemical and physical
properties, measurement methods, personal protection and sanitation
recommendations, respirator recommendations, as well as great
information on health hazards including route, symptoms, first aid and
target organ information.
Feature Highlights:
- Chemical names, synonyms, trade names, conversion factors, CAS,
RTECS, and DOT numbers
- NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (NIOSH RELs)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible
Exposure Limits (PELs)
- NIOSH Immediate Dangerous to Life and Health values (NIOSH IDLHs)
(documentation for those values)
- A physical description of the agent with chemical and physical
properties
- Measurement methods
- Personal protection and sanitation recommendations
- Respirator recommendations
- Information on health hazards including route, symptoms, first aid
and target organ information
- Search by Chemical Name, Case number, Synonym and Trade Names
- Access all the appendixes
- Save critical information about regularly worked-with chemicals in
the Notes section
- Use the convenient Email function to send Chemical guides and notes
to associates
- Load onto all generations of iPhone and iPod touch
- Download to iPhone devices without a wireless connection
"As a safety professional, when emergencies with hazardous chemicals
occur, I was frustrated spending valuable time compiling critical
response information from multiple sources to get the field a
comprehensive safety plan" said Chester Karella, founder and CEO of
Dangerous Decisions LLC. "There had to be a better way. My new NIOSH
Pocket Guide App allows all the critical information to be quickly
deployed to the field from a single application."
System Requirements: iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later
NIOSH Pocket Guide 1.0 is only $9.99 and available exclusively
through the App Store in the Reference category. Free updates as
Chemical exposures recommendations change will be made available.
Review copies are available upon request.
Link: NIOSH Pocket Guide for
iPhone
Accessories
Giessbach Rechargeable 1900 mAh External Backup
Battery Charger for iPhone
PR: Does your iPhone deplete its battery early in the day
while you are still out and about? Let this no longer be your problem
or issue!! Simply plug the handy, light weight (less than 2 ounces),
portable Giessbach iPhone battery booster into the input port of the
phone and it is business as usual. The charger is designed to attach
directly to the phone. No messy attaching wires. It will more than
double the usage time of the phone. Or you can simply attach the
charger and, if not used, will fully recharge your depleted phone in
about 2 hours.
Sold and guaranteed by Giessbach Products, Inc. Perfect Gift for
anyone who has an iPhone or iPod.-1900mAh of stored energy, the largest
capacity compact backup power for iPhones on the market (almost twice
the charging power of a1000 mAh unit). NOTE: mAh is how batteries are
rated for capacity power. The higher the mAh rating, the more powerful
the batteries.
Guarantee: If you are not thrilled with the Giessbach iPhone Battery
Booster, Return it to us within 30 days for a full refund (including
shipping). How good is that!! 4 blue LED lights indicate the remaining
charge as it flows from the Power Station to the device. Charge battery
with same power cables that came with your iPhone. Works with 3GS, 3G,
2G iPhones; iTouch; all iPod nanos & classic
Technical Details
- Full 1900 mAh Capacity.
- Higher mAh means more powerful battery
- Recharge iPhone from dead to full in about 2 hours
- When fully recharged will almost triple your talk time. Weighs only
2 oz.
- Rechargeable at least 400 times-attach directly to phone; no
wires
From $19.95
Link: Giessbach
iPhone Battery Booster
USB Fever Universal Cradle for iPod/iPhone
PR: If you are a fan of iPhone/iPod, you probably will have
one or more iPhone/iPod. How you can manage when you are at office or
at home? In additional, you probably will have protector, leather
case... for them.
Most of the cradles in the world are supposed that you will NOT have
any case so if your iPhone/iPod, you basically will not use the cradle
because you need to talk off your iPhone/iPod for each Sync and/or
Charge with your PC.
This cradle is come to help to remedy the situation. It is for all
of the iPhone/iPods (see compatibility below) and most important, it is
made for those iPhone/iPod to connect with your PC while they are STILL
wearing their cases.
Features:
- Make your iPhone/iPods on stage and never get lost under your
documents/Stuff on desk
- Sync and Charging your iPhone/iPod from your computer
This accessory is compatible with:
- Apple iPhone 3GS
- Apple iPhone 3G (or iPhone 2nd Generation)
- Apple iPhone 1st generation (2G)
- iPod touch 3rd Gen
- iPod touch 2nd
- iPod classic (6G)
- iPod nano 5th Gen
Note: Shipping on/before 31 Oct 2009.
$21.99
Link: USB
Fever Universal Cradle for iPod/iPhone
Sound ID 400 Bluetooth Headset Review
Test Freaks' Tomas Ratas has posted a detailed review of the Sound
ID 400 Bluetooth Headset, noting:
"The adage 'there is always room for improvement' is sometimes
overlooked in the world of technology. Companies that do not improve or
evolve their products while resting on past accomplishments usually
stagnate and eventually fail.
"Recently I reviewed a Bluetooth headset from Sound ID, which had
all the makings of a near perfect Bluetooth solution. Unfortunately the
outgoing sound quality was poor in relation to its competitors.
"Sound ID went back into their lab and fixed this issue and added
some new features to their soon to be released Sound ID 400 Bluetooth
headset. Today's review will be looking at this product, as they were
kind enough to provide Test Freaks with a preview sample.
"Besides the Sound ID 400, the company will also be unveiling a
separate add-on accessory called the Sound ID Remote Microphone, which
is a clip on device that pairs with the headset."
Link:
Sound ID 400 Bluetooth Headset Review
Protection
USB Fever Keychain
Leather Case for 3G iPod shuffle
PR: This is a fashionable leather case keychain for your new
Apple iPod shuffle 3rd Gen.
Why not preserve the looks of your new Apple iPod shuffle 3rd Gen
& reduce the risk of damaging it as well. Our custom designed case
will help you, so you can use your Apple iPod shuffle 3rd Gen in
complete confidence.
Features:
- Durable
- Stylish and compact design
- Precut openings for earphone
- Snap lock closure
- Slim & secure fit for 3rd gen iPod shuffle
- Protect your Shuffle against scratches, dust & shock
$6.99
Link: USB
Fever Keychain Leather Case for 3G iPod shuffle
New Metallic Swarovski Crystal Case for iPhone
3G/3GS
PR: CAZE has released the Metallic Case Swarovski Crystal
Edition, a premium version of its Just Shine and Lux Twin for iPhone 3G
and 3GS. The premium versions add more than 50 Swarovski crystals
around the logo hole of the case. A Bright, Shiny, Durable metallic
case combining with the Free Swarovski Apple logo will give extra
sparkle and shining effects to your iPhone.
CAZE is creating new case styles by mixing
colors and crystals. The Just Shine and Lux Twin are characterized by
Shinny color effects. In this new versions, CAZE adorned the two shiny
mirror-like series with high quality Swarovski Crystals around the logo
hole. The Free Swarovski Crystal Apple logo features more than 40
crystals and is visible through the hole in the case for a classy
look.
The Premium versions do not only add personal chic but also protect
all corners of your iPhone, including the chrome edges. Customers who
buy the new versions from CAZE will get a Mirror Screen Protector and a
Swarovski Crystal Logo for free.
iPhone CAZE designs and manufactures high quality, fashionable and
unique iPhone cases for iPhone 3G/3GS in a wide assortment of styles
and colors. iPhone CAZE offers a variety of cases of different
materials from leather, metallic, fabric, silicone to Swarovski
crystal. Products will be shipped within 24 hours during weekday and 30
Days Money Back Guarantee is provided.
Link: Metallic
Case Swarovski Crystal Edition
