Archive for the 'Accessories' Category

Author : Philip King
Date : Nov 6th, 2009
Comment : 1

IvySkin have released their new SmartCase for the iPhone featuring a battery as part of the packaging for the iPhone and makes the claim to offer double the amount of battery life that the regular battery currently offers.

For anyone who has been out on a long night or that has used their iPhone a [...]

Author : Rob Goodchild
Date : Oct 14th, 2009
Comment : 4

A member of MacRumors forum has reported buying and unboxing the TomTom GPS Car Kit for the iPhone, and MacRumors was nice enough to post about the experience. The kit has been delayed a few weeks, but is now being shipped to stores apparently.

More about the insert details here:

Also found within the car kit packaging [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 25th, 2009
Comment : 2

The TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone 3GS isn’t going to be fully baked until October according to the company brass, but all of a sudden it was posted yesteday to a few European Apple online store sites, and then it was suddenly gone, with little explanation. Nothing like a little iPhone app controversy to [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 21st, 2009
Comment : 0

The life of an iPhone is hard and we know it. After spending the day searching for 3G and running apps, the iHammock takes the edge off. This dock is actually a decent idea. Too bad it’s just a rendering of a proposed product.

Most love to take naps in hammocks, but that’s not why we [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 18th, 2009
Comment : 0

Some call this Case-Mate iPhone 3G/3GS case “high stakes iPhoning”, and they might be right. This is saying to potential muggers, “I’m going all in. If you want it all, just take my phone.”

There’s no denying the convenience of putting all your stuff into one device when you want to travel light. Potential ID-flinging when [...]

Author : Rob Goodchild
Date : Sep 14th, 2009
Comment : 1

Times are getting harder, even for iPhone owners… This case was developed to provide basic protection for your iPhone without leaving you broke.

This is clearly not a great looking case but it has the merit to be very original, and that’s what I like about it.
“Tough times call for tough cases and that’s where the [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 9th, 2009
Comment : 0

Navigon was one of the first turn-by-turn navigation apps available for the iPhone earlier this summer. TomTom, a major competitor in the navigation space, announced its own app and companion car kit at WWDC in early June, though the app only recently made its debut in the App Store in mid-August, and it was just [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 5th, 2009
Comment : 8

TomTom has postponed the release of its iPhone hardware accessory kit until October, due to unspecified reasons.

TomTom spokesman Kevin Carter confirmed that the company’s iPhone hardware kit will not be available for its previously announced summer release deadline, though no specific reason was given. The accessory is a cradle that will interface with the iPhone [...]

Author : Rob Goodchild
Date : Sep 4th, 2009
Comment : 2

It isn’t the only solar charging case on the market, but Novothink’s Solar Surge is the first to receive an official thumbs up from Apple, and thus noteworthy indeed.

The case features an integrated solar panel that should yield 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network or 60 minutes on EDGE after 2 hours [...]

Author : Andrew Wells
Date : Sep 1st, 2009
Comment : 1

UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed “d30″ is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers, which is probably 50% of the users out there in this case.

According to the product page, d30 cases can offer up to [...]

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