Today Matt takes a look at the Switch 8 recharging kit from Goal Zero. The kit allows for you to charge a portable battery pack using solar power. Switch 8 Recharging Kit$99:http://amzn.to/13c6tw9 Switch 8 Battery Only$40 : http://amzn.to/100kcQg Matt’s Tech…
There was a whole host of eye-catching gadgetry at CU Exposed in London this year, and one of the more unique offerings was from Elgato. The EyeTV Mobile is essentially a dongle which connects to your iPad/iPhone using the 30-pin connector and allows you to watch any terrestrial TV channels. There is a Micro-USB version for other devices, and the…
Much of the tech world was pretty darn annoyed when Apple announced the iPhone 5 with Lightning last year. Not because of the device itself, but more because of the fact that it made all of our old 30-pin iPhone docks useless. What’s worse for the dock loving community is that Apple has never offered a replacement or solution to lack of an official iPhone…
Update: A commenter pointed out that the link was working, and when I tried it, sure enough the link is back up. Guess we will never know what happened. Amazon has its own line of accessories, for those that didn’t know, dubbed “AmazonBasics.” They are miscellaneous cases, batteries, cables, and other knick knacks, but then Amazon began selling…
As I said in an article earlier this week, I’m still on the lookout for a nice iPhone 5 compatible dock. Well, as I was perusing the never-ending interwebs last night I received a notification on my iMac from Twitter, and it said something about an iPhone 5 dock. Hoping it wasn’t just another spammer, I clicked on it and was presented with a KickStarter…
TiP Daily October 22, 2012: News of iOS 6.0.1 and iOS 6.1 testing hints at release dates and bug fixes, Apple’s iPad mini event starts tomorrow and we’ll be covering it live, and more! – iOS 6.0.1 and iOS 6.1 testing: http://tinyurl.com/9co6zwg – 9.7-inch iPad with Lightning port: http://tinyurl.com/96pu6av – iPad mini event…
With Apple choosing to put an “authentication” chip inside all Lightning-related accessories, it should come as no surprise people immediately tried cloning it. While some claim to have already done so, Apple is continuing to beef up security on the chip. Not many are happy with Apple’s way of connecting the iPhone 5 and other Lightning-sporting devices…
If, like me, you’ve hoarded a few “Made for iPhone/iPod” docking or speaker solutions over the past few years, you’ll have been a little disappointed at Apple’s change to the Lightning connector. Although, it undoubtedly makes the iPhone 5 a much better looking product, it does make it incompatible with all my speaker docks. Apple knew this was coming and…
Apple’s Lightning connector has been getting a good amount of news today. Just a before this, I wrote about Apple’s new restrictions on its MFi policies. Now, it appears that a Chinese manufacturer has actually cloned the authentication chip needed to make a Lightning connector work with devices such as the iPhone 5. A problem though with the “cracked…
It is no secret that Apple loves to have complete control over its devices. That was part of the problem with Maps; Apple didn’t want to put Google branding in its version of Maps. A new report coming from iLounge is suggesting that Apple is taking this to a new level with its Lightning connector that was announced alongside the iPhone 5. According to…
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