Apple is typically quite stubborn with its product pricing. The only way to get discounts on products is normally either waiting for Black Friday to come around in November, or buying refurbished products. The latter is never a dead cert either as often products just don’t appear on there, or don’t hang around for long. Currently – and for the first time -…
It’s Saturday, which means one thing at TiP: rounding up this week’s top stories. We’ve heard a lot about Apple’s stock dropping all week, and despite that, none of it got in to the top 5 most viewed articles. Instead, the rankings were dominated by some really cool concepts. Check them out below (each heading is a link to the original…
ZAGG has announced that it will today unveil its ‘Caliber Advantage’ gamepad under its iFrogz brand. The controller will be shown to the press at CES 2013, and will be compatible with iPhone and iPod touch devices. ZAGG gave the following description of the Caliber Advantage in its announcement: “The Caliber Advantage controls the action via the device’s…
The iPod touch has long been described as an iPhone that can’t make phone calls, or access a cellular network. Despite rumors for some time that the iPod touch range would see a 3G/4G chipset, nothing has come of it, and iPod touch users are stuck with just having Wi-Fi. That’s where FreedomPop comes in. FreedomPop has released a new iPod touch…
ThinkGeek has just lowered the price of its nerd-tacular iCade Jr. Arcade Controller from $49.99 to just $9.99. The Bluetooth iDevice controller works with iPhone 4/4S and iPod touch 4th gen devices, but should work with iPhone 5 if – and I quote – “you leave the top lid hinged back”. If you fancy being the hippest geek on the block, you can pick up your…
Dear Instagramers, your photos are safe! If any of you have been following the impending war between Instagram and well, everyone that uses Instagram, then you know that Instagram was planning on changing its Terms of Service to monetize off its users photos. Apparently a lot of people didn’t like that. After massive backlash against Instagram from users…
Facebook has just released a substantial update to its iOS app, with a new messaging UI, multiple photo upload support, and gift implementation in the US. Facebook’s iOS app seems to always be desperately in need of an update, but the distance between the mobile experience and the desktop experience is slowly closing, and this update has bridged some…
TiP Daily October 16, 2012: Apple has finally sent out invitations for an October 23rd media event where it’s rumored the company will announce the iPad mini, an analyst claims T-Mobile will be selling an iPhone by 2013, and more! – iPad mini event invites: http://tinyurl.com/9kejquv – iPod touch lacks light sensor: http://tinyurl.com/8qnrt4w -…
Yesterday we talked about the ambient light sensor, or lack thereof, in the newest iPod touch. Put simply, there isn’t one. While this may not be the biggest news for iPod touch users, it did raise the question, why would Apple take it out? The iPod touch’s 5th version was given a new 5MP camera, an LED flash, a new design with colored back plates and…
TiP Daily October 11, 2012: New reports claim the iPad mini could be delayed due to production issues, the first teardown of the new iPod Touch has hit the web, and more! – iPod Touch teardown: http://tinyurl.com/99lggzs – iPhone 5 vs LG Nexus: http://tinyurl.com/9orgej8 – iPad mini accessory display: http://tinyurl.com/8qw9l2j – iPad mini…
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