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The knock-off market never ceases to amaze me, and of course the iPhone, iPad and other Apple products seem to be the most copied. I find it interesting to see what manufacturers looking to swipe someone else’s design will do with it. Sometimes I find myself thinking, “OK, that’s not so bad, actually,” while other…
If you’re an app developer, an iPhone lover, or simply an Apple fanboy (or fangirl), I have a feeling you’re going to approve of the iPhone birthday cake pictured above. Am I right, or am I right? What you see here is the handy work of one very dedicated (and awesome) wife. Chris Samuels, an…
If there’s one thing every Apple fan should have on their desk besides their MacBook Pro (or maybe MacBook Air) and iPhone 4… it’s probably one of these. Coming to us from the M.I.C Gadget, this Steve Jobs Action figure is incredibly accurate… thought it was worth a late-night mention here. The figurine is quite…
If you’ve had to get your iPhone 4 serviced recently, you might have noticed a little change down by the connector: it very likely has 5-point Torx screws in it. If you aren’t the type inclined to go digging into your gadgets or tweaking hardware for fear of destroying something, it’s probably not a big…
Well, it looks like Apple has nixed its plans to build the next iPhone with embedded SIM cards after the carriers cried out, “Bloody murder,” according to reports. As you may know, Apple was reportedly working with Gemalto for the next generation iPhone to have integrated SIM cards which could be flashed to work on…
Last week we heard about Oprah’s new iPad app and didn’t think too much of it. Just another publication moving into the future and getting an iPad app. No biggie. But we didn’t think that the Apple tablet would be topping Oprah’s “Favorite Things” list, which is historically a pretty good list to get on…
For many people, this is the season for shopping until you drop and eBay is trying to help you survive the shopping season with a new Apple iPhone app. The eBay iPhone program finally takes advantage of the fact that the online auction site purchased RedLaser a few months ago and it integrates the barcode-scanning…
Your Apple iPad is quickly becoming an excellent remote control and TiVo will soon have an app out which will let you control your Premiere DVR boxes. This isn’t the first or last remote control app we’ve seen, but the TiVo iPad app has some added visual flair which may make it stand out. As…
Even with some of the Black Friday deals out there, Amazon can sometimes still offer a lower price than brick-and-mortar stores. With the new Amazon Price Check iPhone app, the online retailing giant is trying to give shoppers more options for checking out prices on the go. The Amazon Price Check iPhone app is sort…
The good folks at HAND-e-holder sent over their product (along with some awesome accessories) some time ago. Finally, after having the product sit in my office for a bit (perhaps too long), I got off my butt and installed the darn thing on my iPad this weekend… and what I found surprised me. I have…