In what appears to be a product I’ve never seen the likes of, the Sparkz Projector Dock is a fresh and pricey new addition to aftermarket iPhone accessories. The built-in pico projector accepts a variety of A/V and VGA inputs and is capable of displaying 640 x 480 resolutions at up to 60 inches. Snaps.
There’s also some little stereo speakers attached but I can’t imagine them doing much banging. The dock also charges your iPhone and it comes with a tri-pod. At a $495 price tag, early adopters will want to make sure this is a quality product. Maybe the video below will help.
Just in time for holiday shopping madness, Yowza!! brings some unexpected App cheer for those of us coupon users. When out and about, Yowza!! shows you store coupons for up to 15 miles around from where you are shopping at. Even the Bar Code is displayed for the cashier to scan, right off your phone! How cool will you be?
Having been out since late August, the app has received about 3k reviews with an average of 2/5 stars. Now is the time when this app will truly flex its muscles so give it a try and see if it works for you. Free now in the App Store.
Doubling as a hacky-sack, the MovieWedge is a convenient way to view media horizontally on your iPhone or iPod touch. The MovieWedge is lightweight and portable beanbag-esque cushion that supports your iPhone for prime viewing.
Embracing a brutally simple design aesthetic, the MovieWedge can effectively adapt to most any surrounding. Capable of changing shape to a small degree, the MovieWedge can easily fit in where ever you need it. From a stiff but moving airplane tray table, to your bed or your grassy backyard, the MovieWedge is unlike any iPhone stand you have used before. …Continue reading: MovieWedge Review
I knew it was coming – well, actually I hoped it was coming, but here it is: HD radio for the iPod Touch and iPhone. (Last week I wrote about the official release of the XM Skydock for the iPhone and although I think it’s a solid product for anyone willing to pay a monthly subscription fee I couldn’t help but note that I’d prefer an HD Radio version.)
In order to gain access to the 2,000+ HD stations currently being broadcast into your skull, you’ll need to pick up iBiquity’s Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessory for the iPod Touch and iPhone. The inline radio receiver, which plugs into the 30pin serial connector, works in conjunction with their free app and allows you to ‘favorite’ stations as well as connect with friends over Facebook, Twitter and email.
Radioshack, who has an exclusive on the product, is selling it for $79.99. Sure, the price is a bit steep, but compare that against XM’s offering and you’ve got a steal of a deal.
Remote the iControlpad, the accessory that turned your iPhone into a real deal portable gaming machine? Well they’re back, and this time around they’ve gone bigger, bolder and more powerful. More powerful you say? Yup, this version has a built-in battery that chargers your iPhone as you hammer out levels of TapTap Revenge, or in their case Mario Kart.
According to the maker, the feedback they got from the first iteration was that it was too cramped. And then they realized they’d have to produce a different version for each new iPhone. While I don’t know if this iteration will accept every iPhone currently on the market, its larger size definitely gives way for physical ‘inserts’ to allow for such a feat.
And yes, those are two analog sticks that you’re seeing. They’ve got access to the parts used on the openPandora handheld. Can you say ’see you later’ PSPGo?
There is no word on a release date, but let’s just hope they make it foldable for greater portability, because right now it’s looking a bit too fat.
‘Stacks’ have long existed in Apple’s Mac OS, but what about the iPhone? They are now thanks to ‘Stacks’, a piece of software that you can add to your iPhone, that is assuming it’s Jailbroken (aka hacked).
Much like Mac’s OS you can add multiple applications (in Mac OS X you can view multiple files in a folder, at a glance, from your dock) to your iPhone or iPod Touch’s dock instead of just four. Tap on a ’stack’ and a playing card like display of applications are laid out before you. If you’ve added too many applications to the ’stack’ it transforms the window to a grid like layout similar to your iPhone’s default screen.
Wired notes that there are a few draw backs to the current interation, such as the lack of icon badges (unread email), visual notifications and a few other minor hiccups. Problems aside, I think it’s a great idea, though it might defeat the purpose of having four dedicated buttons to choose from.
If you’ve got a Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch you can grab ‘Stacks’ now, you’ll just need to make a $1 donation to the developer.
Based on a patent filing, it looks like Apple is ready to enhance and elaborate on their wireless syncing system, MobileMe.
While it’s still not clear to which devices this would apply to – the application references everything from an Apple TV to an Apple computer – it’s relatively evident that Apple is looking to get us away from syncing our iPhones (and perhaps soon to be other wireless products) via USB cord.
Ultimately, this would make our lives more simple as we’d be able to have access to all our work files as well as our music and videos without performing the arduous syncing process. The service would probably be a subscription based program and connect all our Mac products to the ‘cloud’, negating the need for not only syncing but at home storage, such as Apple’s Timemachine.
One huge probable caveat, though, would be the inability to hack said wireless products, such as we’ve seen with Jailbroken iPhones, since it’s probably fair to assume that Apple could just push an update to the device. Then again, you could just opt to not subscribe to the service.
Then again, this system could be much more locally based – after all the name is ‘Grab & Go’ – such as an at home wireless network, but that seems so unlike Apple, given their desire for grandeur and all.
Ahhh….Techie new parents are going to love this one. A new iPhone application entitled The Cry Translator is on its way that will effectively tell you what your gurgling baby is crying about.
The app will listen to a whining child and determine through pitch, volume, tone, and inflection, what the deal is. Ten seconds later that app will tell you whether the child is hungry, sleepy, stressed, annoyed, bored, or has to let go of a mean steamy (omit that). From there the app offers advice as to what to do with the translation in order to appease your baby.
Developed by Biloop Technologic, they claim that through clinical testing these translations are 96% accurate, and the age of the child does not waver the results. On sale for $10 on November 11th.
But will it work with sputtering brain dead alcoholics?
Lose your car much? iPhone applications that use the handset’s built-in GPS to mark a starting location are nothing new, but the Car Finder app not only stores your starting location, but uses the iPhone 3GS’ camera and compass to show you an ‘augmented reality’ of where your car is located. Note that this app is only fully operational with the iPhone 3GS – it needs the compass. You can grab it now for $0.99.
Okay, admittedly, sometimes you really want just the right skin for your iPhone or iPod. Your skin says a lot about who you are, how you feel about stuff, and junk. And of course, you definitely want the coolest one you can find. And maybe you can’t find a skin with your favorite supermodel on it, or with a sharp enough resolution image of the Klingon Empire’s sigil.
Now, you can make your own. Thanks to the iaPeel (like eye appeal, only Apple style) you can print off gadget skins for your Apple portables in whatever format you want.
The iaPeel kit will set you back a mere $21, and comes with some basic design software and five skins that’ll work with your inkjet printer of choice. Plus, you can make your Apple gear into total clotheshorses and make multiple skins, for different occasions or even days of the week. Imagine the fun you’ll have with your friends when you whip out your iPhone and say, “This is my Thursday skin.”
Of course, if you actually do try that, you may not have friends much longer….
