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Verizon iPhone 4 Available for Preorder
PR: Apple has announced an exclusive opportunity for Verizon
Wireless 94 million customers to preorder iPhone 4 online as of
Thursday, February 3 through the Apple Store and at verizonwireless.com/iphone.
Due to high demand, customer orders will be fulfilled on a first come,
first served basis.
Beginning on Wednesday, February 9, all qualified customers will be
able to order an iPhone 4 on Verizon through the Apple Store for
delivery or reserve for in-store pick up beginning February 10.
Beginning at 7 a.m. local time on Thursday, February 10, iPhone 4 on
Verizon will be available to all qualified customers at Apple's retail
stores. iPhone 4 will also be available at more than 2,000 Verizon
Wireless Communication Stores nationwide.
iPhone 4 is the most innovative phone in the world, featuring
Apple's stunning Retina™ display, the highest resolution display
ever built into a phone resulting in super crisp text, images and
video, and FaceTime, which makes video calling a reality. iPhone 4 also
features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording,
Apple's A4 chip and a beautiful glass and stainless steel design like
no other mobile phone. Verizon Wireless customers will also enjoy new
Personal Hotspot capabilities allowing them to use iPhone 4 to connect
up to five WiFi enabled devices.
iPhone 4 on the Verizon Wireless network will be available for a
suggested retail price of $199 for the 16 GB model and $299 for the 32
GB model with a new two year agreement. iPhone 4 will be available
through the Apple Store, at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized
Resellers. iPhone 4 will also be available at more than 2,000 Verizon
Wireless Communication Stores nationwide, online at verizonwireless.com/iphone,
select retail partners, and by calling 1-800-2 JOIN IN.
Link: iPhone 4 at the Apple
Store
Apple Crushing Competition in Sales and
Profits
Seeking Alpha's Leigh Drogen acknowledges that Google's Android
operating system has caught up to Apple's iOS and will continue to
increase its market share, but anyone who believes operating system
market share loss means Apple is losing its footing in the mobile race
are completely wrong. When it comes to real things like revenue,
profits, and stock price, it means little because Apple makes its money
selling hardware.
Link: Apple Crushing
Competition in Hardware Sales and Profits
Samsung Will Ship Half Its Processors to Apple in
2011
Computerworld's Jonny Evans says:
"Apple and Samsung are old frenemies. The last thing Samsung wants
to do is damage Apple's 'iBusiness', despite the popularity of its own
Android-powered Galaxy range. Samsung will this year quadruple the
number of advanced mobile processors it sells to Apple - handing over
half its manufacturing output to Cupertino's ascendant iOS family."
Link: Samsung Will Ship
Half Its Processors to Apple in 2011
Tablets to Consume Nine Times as Much DRAM in
2011
The Register's Chris Mellor reports:
"Research house IHS iSuppli says tablet computers will need nine
times more DRAM this year than last."
Publisher's note: The iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone 3GS have 256 MB
of DRAM, and the iPhone 4 has 512 MB.
Link: Tablets Be
DRAMmed - 9 Times as Much
Samsung: Galaxy Tab Sales to End Users Actually
'Quite Small'
AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger reports:
"After boasting last fall that sales of its Galaxy Tab were 'faster
than expected' and had reached 2 million, Samsung has now admitted to
analysts that its figures were only 'sell-in' inventory shipped to
retailers, and that actual units bought by consumers were 'quite
small.'"
Link: Samsung Admits Its
iPad-rival Galaxy Tab Sales Were Actually 'Quite... Smooth?'
Don't Buy an iPad Until the Next Version Ships
Gizmodo says:
"Time's up. If you haven't bought an iPad by now, don't. You've
crossed the sucker line, and you'll feel like a grade-a chump when the
next iPad comes out.
"The basic rule of gadget-buying happiness is this: Don't buy
anything after it's crossed the halfway point in its life-cycle. That's
the sucker line.
"With the iPad 2 widely anticipated to debut in late March or April,
your editor agrees completely that if you make buy an iPad 1 over the
next couple of months or so, you'll be kicking yourself come
spring."
Link: Do Not Buy an
iPad
Apps & Services
News Corp. Unleashes The Daily for iPad
PR: On Wednesday Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of News Corporation, unveiled The Daily - the industry's first
national daily news publication created from the ground up for
iPad.
"New times demand new journalism," said Mr. Murdoch. So we built The
Daily completely from scratch - on the most innovative device to come
about in my time - the iPad."
"The
magic of great newspapers - and great blogs - lies in their serendipity
and surprise, and the touch of a good editor," Mr. Murdoch continued.
"We're going to bring that magic to The Daily - to inform people, to
make them think, to help them engage in the great issues of the day.
And as we continue to improve and evolve, we are going to use the best
in new technology to push the boundaries of reporting.
I don't know about you, but in my estimation, as a journalist,
blogger, and being a news and current affairs junkie, this is one of
the most exciting developments in the world of journalism I've heard
for a long time. It could prove the tipping point that will impel me to
finally buy an iPad (but I'll wait at least for the iPad 2).
The Daily's unique mix of text, photography, audio, video,
information graphics, touch interactivity and real-time data and social
feeds provides its editors with the ability to decide not only which
stories are most important - but also the best format to deliver these
stories to their readers.
"News
Corp. is redefining the news experience with The Daily," says Apple's
CEO Steve Jobs. "We think it is terrific and iPad users are really
going to embrace it."
The Daily is a first-of-its-kind daily national news publication
built exclusively as an application for tablet computing. It provides
readers the engaging experience of a magazine combined with the
immediacy of the web and the need-to-know content of a newspaper, all
while elevating user experience beyond the printed word. The Daily is a
subscription-based news product, published 365 days a year, at the cost
of 99¢ cents a week or $39.99 a year. For more information on The
Daily go to: http://www.thedaily.com
Led by Editor-in-Chief Jesse Angelo and Publisher Greg Clayman, The
Daily is the first application made available on the App Store as a
subscription - which will be billed directly to an iTunes account. And
because this paperless paper requires no multimillion dollar presses or
delivery trucks, it makes that 99 cents a week possible.
"The Daily launches at a moment when advances in technology are
changing the job of the modern editor," says Mr. Angelo. "These
advances are giving us new ways to tell stories. We intend to take
advantage of all of them, and make The Daily the new voice for a new
era."
Each day
The Daily will publish up to 100 pages focused on six key areas: news,
sports, gossip and celebrity, opinion, arts and life, and apps and
games. It will offer views from across the political spectrum. They
will come from across cultures and generations, across America and the
world.
The Daily will feature Sudoku and crossword puzzles, localized
weather reports, and a customizable sports package that captures news
on the user's favorite teams. Subscribers will also be able to leave
comments on Daily stories in either written or audio form - as well as
bookmark them in-app to read later.
As readers move through The Daily's content, they will be helped by
several highly intuitive navigation tools. And while The Daily lives on
the iPad, most of its articles can be easily shared via Facebook,
Twitter and email. The Daily will link out to the web, as well as bring
the web into the app.
"In short, says Mr. Murdoch, we believe The Daily will be the model
for how stories are told and consumed in this digital age."
The Daily has bureaus in New York and Los Angeles, as well as
stringers across the country. For key staff bios see below.
The Daily is also changing the way advertising is offered and
consumed within a news publication. Full-page ad units are completely
interactive, customizable, and offer a rich mix of branding and direct
response opportunities. Launch advertisers include HBO, Macy's,
Paramount, Pepsi Max, Range Rover, Verizon, and Virgin Atlantic
Airways.
"With
The Daily, Rupert Murdoch has given us the chance to rethink the entire
experience of news delivery and consumption," observes Mr. Clayman.
"The ability to actively listen to and engage with our audience means
we can continually provide an experience that consumers value in this
fast-evolving tablet space. Together with our customers, our
advertising partners, and the team at The Daily, we are excited to
create a new form of media."
The Daily is absolutely free for 2 weeks. Then just 99 cents a week
or $39.99 for a yearly subscription. If you're interested in the math,
that works out to around 14 cents or 11 cents a day respectively - far
less than any traditional newspaper that we've seen. And every day's
issue has the amount of content you might expect from a monthly
magazine, many of which cost $2.99-$5.99 for a single issue. The Daily
is currently available exclusively on the App Store. If you already
have an iTunes account you don't even need to pull out your credit
card.
To download the latest issue every day just open The Daily app on
your iPad when it's connected to the Internet via WiFi or 3G. The
latest issue will start downloading automatically. You can begin
reading almost immediately. No need to wait for the whole issue to
download; it will continue in the background as you read.
Once you've downloaded the day's issue, there is no need to be
connected to the Internet. All the articles, text and photos will be
there; you only need a live connection to stream videos that you'll
find throughout the issue, to pull in the live feeds attached to some
articles, and to comment and share. The long and short of it is,
there's plenty to read and do in The Daily when you're on the subway or
otherwise out of range. Being connected makes it better.
The Daily was created to take advantage of everything tablet
computing can do. Without the legacy of print or even a destination web
site, its staff can focus exclusively on a great tablet computing
experience. The iPad offers an incredible reading experience, and being
the first of its kind also means there is an existing reader base that
can take advantage of The Daily. In the coming months News Corp. will
announce The Daily's availability on Android tablets, and will also be
considering other platforms as people adopt them.
And while The Daily lives on the iPad, web-friendly versions of most
of its articles can be easily shared via Facebook, Twitter and email.
Hit the share button at the top right of the app to try it. While the
full tablet experience is unavoidably lost in translation, the text,
photos and video aren't, and quite often that's enough to share
articles conversationally with friends and colleagues.
You can also find some of our content on The Daily blog.
Follow The Daily on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube and Vimeo for
updates and more.
The Daily is built from scratch for the iPad by some of the best in
the business to bring you a package that's smart, attractive, and
entertaining, and takes full advantage of the iPad's storytelling and
sharing capabilities. Stories, photos, video, audio and graphics come
alive the more you touch, swipe, tap and explore.
Just the facts:
- The Daily publishes 365 days a year covering breaking news, sports,
pop culture, entertainment, apps, games, technology, opinion, celebrity
gossip and more.
- The Daily is free for two weeks from the time you download it to
your iPad.
- The Daily is available through Apple's iTunes subscription service
and via the iPad App Store for 99¢ a week or $39.99 a year.
- The Daily will be offered on additional tablets over the coming
months.
- While The Daily lives on the iPad, web-friendly versions of most of
The Daily's articles and features can be easily shared via Facebook,
Twitter and email.
- The Daily covers news, sports, gossip & celebrity, opinion,
arts & life, and apps & games.
- Launch advertisers on The Daily include HBO, Macy's, Paramount,
Pepsi Max, Range Rover, Verizon and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
- The Daily has bureaus in New York and Los Angeles, and stringers
across the country.
Some highlights of The Daily include:
- Original content every single day of the year
- Original videos
- 360-degree photos you can explore by swiping
- Immersive photography
- Interactive charts, info-graphics and clickable hot spots
- The option to save articles to read later
- Web-friendly versions of articles you can share via Twitter,
Facebook and e-mail
- Your favorite sports teams scores, news and photos
- In-app commenting including audio comments
- Your local weather
- Crossword and sudoku puzzles every day
- Executive staff bios are available at thedaily.com/about
The Daily is available now on the App Store.
Link: The Daily
(download
link)
First Realtime iOS Battery Monitor
PR: Have
you ever pulled your phone out of your pocket, only to find that you
barely have any battery power left? Or even worse, your battery had
died and you didn't notice, leaving phone calls and messages
unanswered! To bring you peace of mind, Verietas Software announces
Death Cough, an innovative and entertaining app to maintain awareness
of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch battery life. Never get caught with
a dead battery again!
Death Cough is an entertaining tongue-in-cheek app specifically
designed to ensure you always know when your battery needs a little
extra juice. When its "sick" threshold is met, it will play a polite
(although somewhat ill-sounding) cough and present an alert window,
even if your device is doing something else or locked and in your
pocket. When the "death" threshold is met, the app will play the
configured "dying" notice, alerting you to recharge your device or it
will shortly power off.
"We wanted to provide iPhone users with a fun and easy way to
maintain awareness of their phone's battery life," says Verietas
founder Joshua Pressnell, "and we thought a theme that poked fun at the
common concept of a 'dying battery' would be entertaining and
well-received by the public."
Death cough is the first iOS battery app that is not designed to be
in the foreground. It doesn't attempt to tell you how much operational
time you have left. It's not supposed to be displayed at all. "Its sole
intended purpose," says Pressnell, "is to sit, patiently waiting, in
the background, waiting to alert you when the battery is running low."
Never get caught with a dead battery again. Let your phone tell you
when it is dying.
Device Requirements:
- iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
- Requires iOS 4.0 or later
- 1.3 MB
Death Cough 1.1 is 99¢ (or equivalent amount in other
currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store
in the Entertainment category.
Link: Death
Cough (download
link)
26% of Apps Downloaded in 2010 Were Used Just
Once
PR: The market for phone and tablet apps is very competitive,
with about 400,000 iPhone/iPad and 200,000 Android apps. The good news
is that customers seem very willing to give new apps a try - it took
only two weeks for 8th grader Robert Nay's Bubble Ball to unseat Angry
Birds.
The bad news is that 26% of the time customers never give the app a
second try. So make that first impression count and look beyond
download statistics to understand real customer engagement.
Localytics studied the thousands of Android, iPhone, iPad,
BlackBerry, and Windows Phone 7 apps using its real-time app analytics
service. For all new customers of an app in 2010, Localytics looked for
the first time each customer used the app and whether or not there was
any follow-on usage through January 26, 2011. All one-time uses of apps
were grouped into the quarter they occurred and calculated as a
percentage of all new customers in the same quarter.
The resulting analysis shows that for customers using an app for the
first time between January and March, about 22% of them never open the
app again. In the second and third quarters, the rate of one-time usage
is flat at 26%. One-time usage grows to over 28% in the fourth quarter,
but some of those customers may still use the app again in early 2011.
Additional details and charts are available on localytics.com/blog.
Not Necessarily Bad News
Flipped around, having 74% of new customers use your app more than
once more is pretty encouraging. More good news is that US smartphone
users grew from 42.7 million in November 2009 to 62 million in November
2010. But at the same time, the number of apps also increased
dramatically.
Therefore, in order to build a profitable business in this
hyper-competitive market, publishers need to understand who their loyal
users are and how to continue growing a loyal user base.
Measure Engagement Not Just Downloads
Tracking downloads is a first step to gauging an app's success, but
download stats often provide an incomplete and inflated view. If those
customers never open the app or abandon it after just a few uses, those
high download numbers are really part of a high churn rate.
Localytics provides engagement reports to help publishers identify
their returning users and understand the frequency and length of usage.
Combined with usage reports and event tracking, app publishers learn to
optimize their app and improve user retention. Knowing what dedicated
customers look like also helps app publishers better target advertising
and marketing campaigns and measure success.
Link: Localytics
Service Tracks iPhone Use While Driving
PR: Apple's iPhone constitutes 25% of all smartphones,
according to comScore MobiLens, a percentage that is likely to increase
further with the recent introduction of a Verizon iPhone. While this
bodes well for Apple shareholders, it represents a unique technical
challenge for corporate fleet operators concerned about risk and
liability associated with employee use of phones while driving.
"In contrast to BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Mobile smartphones,
the iPhone, due to the proprietary nature of its operating system,
offers limited support for third-party apps designed to prevent
distracted driving," says Matt Howard, CEO of ZoomSafer. "iPhone growth
among professional fleet drivers was a primary reason we developed
FleetSafer Vision, the world's first driver behavior modification
solution to support any type of phone, including the iPhone."
"Use of mobile phones while driving is widely recognized as a
dangerous and potentially expensive problem - especially for
self-insured corporate fleet owners susceptible to plaintiff lawsuits,"
says Roger Lanctot, Senior Analyst in the Global Automotive Practice at
Strategy Analytics. "ZoomSafer, alone among dozens of solution
providers, has emerged with a cloud-based solution that can be applied
to any phone, including iPhones, without added hardware in the vehicle
or added software on the phone."
"As a leading provider of fleet management and vehicle tracking
technologies, we're constantly looking for innovative partners who can
deliver value-added services to meet the needs of our corporate
customers," comments Gary Wilfert, COO of SkyGuard. "Employee use of
phones while driving is a growing concern for fleet operators
everywhere, and by integrating our core technology with FleetSafer
Vision, SkyGuard is well-positioned to address this growing
problem."
FleetSafer Vision is the world's first cloud-based, data mining
service that integrates driver trip data (logs, location, speed, miles,
etc.) with mobile device usage data (phone calls, text messages, etc.)
and other information (email logs, weather, traffic, etc.) so fleet
operators can measure and remediate risky driver behavior and reinforce
good behavior.
Link: FleetSafer
I Can Do What with an iPad?
PR: iPads WorldWide teaches, informs, streamlines making
businesses and people function better by bundling targeted applications
preinstalled on each device. Whether iPads are used for personal use or
corporate use - everyone benefits.
Let iPads WorldWide, the leading innovator in iPad use show you.
iPads WorldWide is a premier company helping individuals and
corporations transform their goals from wants and wishes to actual
usable practice.
Who do iPads WorldWide serve? Hotels, older adult residences,
centers for people with disabilities, airlines, hospitals, nurses,
doctors, dentists, schools, conferences/events and many others.
Did you know? iPads can and have been programmed to:
- Check guests into and out of hotels;
- Older adults learn through applications designed for them - a
person with Parkinson's learns to paint and draw again helping her
depression
- Folks with disabilities learn new tools allowing them to better
communicate
- 8 Nurses use iPads to chart and better interact with their
patients
- Dentists use iPads to show their patients X-rays, dental procedures
and entertain
- Schools find that iPads can educate in fun and engaging way while
allowing students to carry much less materials to and from home, and
more.
Remember when an iPad was just a new toy? You could email, watch a
movie, read a book and 300,000 other things. Along came iPads WorldWide
showing businesses, corporations and individuals how to find and use
applications designed just for their uses.
iPads WorldWide teaches, informs, streamlines making businesses and
people function better by bundling targeted applications preinstalled
on each device. Whether iPads are used for personal use or corporate
use - everyone benefits.
Some iPads WorldWide clients include:
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Ritz Carlton Hotel
- Mather Lifeways
- Access Living
- Hyatt Vi.
Link: iPads
WorldWide
Accessories
RingO System: Mount Your iPad Anywhere
PR: Vogels, a European market leader in Audio/Video & TV
mounting solutions, announced the RingO Universal iPad Mounting
System.
Introduced at Macworld in San Francisco, RingO keeps your iPad safe
by securely mounting it (and other tablets) everywhere you go: at home,
at work and in the car. It lets you use your iPad to the fullest to
watch movies in the car; as a home media control system in front of
your television; to listen to music or display a modern themed alarm
clock in the bedroom; view holiday photos on your coffee table in the
living room; watch the news or view recipes in the kitchen; and show
off office presentations on the wall or desk at work. RingO is the one
system that does it all in a sleek European designed package.
Patented Ring System Securely Attaches iPad Creates New Standard
for Mounting
Based on Vogels over 35 years of experience in
award-winning secure mounting systems for flatscreen TVs, RingO is
architecturally designed to fit beautifully into a home or office
decor. It safely mounts iPads wherever you need them: on walls, tables,
desks, or in cars for easy accessibility and usability at all times.
Based on Vogels patented ring system, RingO lets you transform your
iPad or other tablet into different configurations to mount them where
you want it, when you want it. RingOs precision-engineered aluminum
ring snaps snugly onto the tablet mount, and it stays there. Already
available in Europe, the Dutch designed system is quickly becoming the
universal worldwide standard in tablet mounting systems, allowing you
to experience even more with your tablet.
"With RingO, Vogels brings our 37 years of experience in mounting
televisions to the iPad. We have created a system that allows you to
mount your iPad virtually everywhere you go," says Albert Zeeman, VP
Innovations and Alliances, Vogels.
The RingO Universal Tablet Mounting System Includes:
- Wall Mount - A stylishly designed hidden button that screws onto
almost any surface. An iPad with a Vogels iPad Holder can then be
easily clicked onto the Wall Mount so it hangs safely in place allowing
360 degree free rotation for easy viewing.
- iPad Holder - Offers all-around protection for the iPad and comes
with the Vogels patent-pending precision ring shaped aluminum connector
that enables the iPad to be easily mounted onto a range of different
Vogels support systems.
- Flip Stand - Lets you position your iPad with the Holder at the
perfect angle. Simply click the Flip Stand securely in place in the
Holder, flip it behind the iPad, and you're ready to go. When you're
done, the Flip Stand folds over your screen, protecting it while you
travel.
- Table Stand - Lets the iPad with Holder be placed on a table,
bookshelf, or desk in either portrait or landscape position.
Car Mount - Helps keep kids quiet and happy in the car
during road trips by letting them watch movies on an iPad in the back
seat. Vogels has adapted its successful DVDock to create the Car Mount
with no tools needed to install. It securely fixes to the front seat
headrest.- Flex Mount - A stylish and fully-adjustable arm mounted to the wall
that lets you position your iPad exactly where you want it, with full
tilt and swivel (available spring 2011).
- Adhesive Mount - When drilling is not appropriate, in boats,
trailers or on tiled kitchen, the Adhesive Mount is a drill-free,
screw-free and highly-adhesive solution, that easily sticks a Wall
Mount to any unpainted, oil free surface (available Summer 2011).
Available for Current & Future iPads & Other Tablet
PCs
Available immediately for all current and future iPads and other
tablet PCs, the Vogels RingO Universal Tablet Mounting System includes
a Starter Pack for $69.99 (with Holder and Wall Mount); Home Pack for
iPad for $79.99 (with Holder, Wall Mount, and Table Stand); Car Pack
for iPad for $99.99 (with Holder, Tablet Stand, and Car Mount);
Presenter Pack for iPad for $89.99 (with Holder, Tablet Stand, and Flip
Stand); and All-in-One Pack for iPad for $119.99 (with Holder, Wall
Mount, Tablet Stand, and Car Mount).
Free Vogels App Lets You Use your iPad as Wall Alarm Clock
In addition, at Macworld, Vogels is introducing WallTimes, a free
app that transforms your iPad into a versatile alarm clock with kitchen
features including cooking time and alarm that you can use at home, the
office or on the road.
Link: RingO
Universal iPad Mounting System
Sync Your iPhone or iPod without iTunes on a Mac
or PC
A tip
of the hat to Hardmac's Sylvain for directing our attention to French
peripherals-maker H&B's new i-Easy 200, a USB 2.0 device that
allows synchronization of data stored on an iPhone, iPod or iPad with a
Mac or PC bypassing iTunes.
According to
the report, the device doesn't need any extra software to work. It
sells for about Euro 50 (roughly $70).
The H&B product website is in French only, and it's mostly
graphics so machine translation isn't much help for
non-French-speakers.
Link: H&B
(also available from
ZapsOnline in South Africa, which has an English language
website)
ZAGGmate iPad Stand/Keyboard Dock Wins Macworld
Expo 2011 Best of Show
PR: The
ZAGGmate from ZAGG has been named a winner of the Macworld Expo 2011
Best of Show Award, presented at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco,
California. ZAGG Inc. designs, markets, and distributes innovative
accessories for electronic devices, including the popular
InvisibleShield, ZAGGskins, ZAGGbuds, and ZAGGsparq brands.
ZAGGmate is a protective and functional companion to the Apple iPad
that enhances the utility of Apple's innovative device while providing
superior protection. Made from aircraft-grade aluminum with a high
quality finish, the patent pending ZAGGmate matches the design, look,
and feel of the iPad. It features a simple and innovative hinge stand
for viewing and typing in both portrait and landscape mode. In
addition, a built-in wireless Bluetooth keyboard allows for fast,
responsive typing and interaction with the iPad's features.
"We are thrilled about ZAGG winning Best of Show for our new
ZAGGmate product line," says ZAGG CEO and president Robert G. Pedersen
II. "We have already seen worldwide interest in our new ZAGGmate
product line. Our customers love how the ZAGGmate is a perfect
companion for the iPad. The full Bluetooth keyboard, flexible stand,
and shock protection really adds to consumers experience."
The ZAGGmate has won several other awards, including the prestigious
CES Innovations 2011; please visit ZAGGmate.com for more information.
The ZAGGmate with Keyboard is priced at $99.99, and a version without
the keyboard is priced at $69.99.
Link: ZAGGmate
Protection
CAZE Announces Animal Print Swarovski Frame Case
for iPhone
PR: CAZE announced their Animal Print Swarovski frame case
for iPhone 4, a new addition to its Swarovski BlingFrame series. CAZE
is combining Swarovski crystals and an ultra slim frame case to create
a simple but luxury protective case in Zebra and Leopard pattern. CAZE
used ThinEdge, the World's slimmest and stylish frame case for crystal
embellishment. BlingFrame has the thinnest possible wall-thickness and
can fully protect the chrome edges and corners of an iPhone. To ensure
the iPhone 4 is fully protected from everyday bumps & scratches, a
front & back film set is provided.
Swarovski
case is a great way to add some glitz and glamour to your iPhone 4
without spending a bundle of money to buy a real diamond case. CAZE
makes use of Swarovski crystals to enhance the beauty of a case by
handcrafting each case with more than 500 genuine crystals; making each
case truly a work of art. Designed as the ultimate balance between
case-minimalism and chic protection, the BlingFrame wraps the edges and
corners to protect and keeps the front and back of the iPhone 4 from
coming into direct contact with flat surfaces when laid down. It's
sleek, slim and formfitting.
BlingFrame is easy to install. Easy access to all phone functions
without having to remove the case. It has complete access to all the
main ports and buttons of the device. Charging has also never been easy
since you do not have to remove the case. To ensure all-around
protection, the BlingFrame comes with a free screen protection kit
(front & back film) for added shield.
Valentine's Day is coming. If you are still thinking about what
to buy for your beloved ones or for yourself, this could possibly be
one of your choices for a Valentine's Day Present. You can order now at
iPhoneCAZE official website. Special packaging for Valentine's Day is
available for order placed from today till February 14, 2011.
Swarovski is well known as a manufacturer of superior quality of
crystals that are being used around the world. It brings credibility,
style and design to all the crystalline products created by CAZE.
Customers who buy any Swarovski crystal cases from CAZE will get a
Certificate of Authenticity, a front & back film set and a
Microfiber Pouch for free.
Link: Animal Print
Swarovski Frame Case for iPhone 4
Link: Wallet Size iPhone Stand:
