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I Like It: Mirror Back Protector for the iPhone 4

I have a love/hate relationship with reflective screen protectors. To me, it’s just an intrinsically wacky product category. The problem starts with its fundamental reason for being — to turn the iPhone screen into a mirror. That’s great for applying makeup, scoping out the scene behind the user, or sporting something slick and vaguely…

Clamshell keyboard for iPad strolls through FCC

You may remember a while back, we told you all about the ClamCase keyboard for the iPad, which was the first we heard of a keyboard that offers the look and feel of a laptop on the tablet. Well, it seems it may not be the first one available in stores though. We could see another clamshell-designed Bluetooth iPad keyboard arrive pretty soon. The…

Spy Stick USB accesses iPhone’s deleted data

Have you ever deleted a text message, note or contact, and then realized you wanted to keep it? Well, now you can get it back, at a cost of $199. The appropriately named iPhone Spy Stick can access deleted data on an iPhone and save it to a computer. It looks like an ordinary USB stick, but has an adapter so that it can plug into your phone to retrieve the…

iPad Dad: Roadtrip usage scenario

It’s summer, therefore it’s travel season! Where I’m located (Phoenix), gas is still under $3.00/gallon, so we packed up the car and headed for Los Angeles. Seven hours in the car meant only one thing: entertain the kids. We knew that the portable DVD player was going to be on for a good portion of the trip, but the question was what to do when one child…

Otterbox debuts new cases for the ultimate iPhone/iPad protection

Imagine handing over your iPhone or iPad to a friend, and it slips out of the fingers and hurls toward the sidewalk. Before you wake up screaming from a horrible dream, now picture a case on it — not just any covering, but one of most rugged beasts of protection known to iUsers. Feel calmer? Me too. Especially after I got a look at these beauties…

iSpot: What 4G could mean for your iDevice

These days, 4G seems to all the buzz. The HTC EVO 4G has been trending really high (some of our readers here might even be sporting some of those coupled with an iOS device like the iPod Touch or iPad). There’s also the upcoming Samsung Epic 4G, which is the second 4G device (by Sprint) to be getting quite some hype lately. This high-speed connectivity…

Laptop-ify your iPad

The iPad’s on-screen keyboard has been probably the most ergonomic one that a display QWERTY could ever get. Still, it leaves somewhat to be desired. Apple released a keyboard dock for those of us who prefer the feel of a key being punched in when we type. That’s all great for desktop use, but what about portable use? That’s what you got your iPad for in…

Twelve South’s Compass stand for iPad

What do you get when you combine clever design, high portability and sleek looks? The new Compass stand for the iPad, by Apple product-based accessory company Twelve South. This one’s a must-have for engineers, architects and design freaks. . . Compass is a collapsible mobile stand for Apple’s tablet made…

Blind man controls iPhone via braille

Yesterday we were presented with the possibility of the iPhone 4’s Facetime feature getting a new add on that would introduce sign language interpretations for the deaf and hard of hearing. Well someone decided to take it even further for the disabled community, namely the blind. Using a Brailliant-32 braille display Victor Tsaran is able to…