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The Taiwan branch of Apple Daily (a broad newspaper not focused on Apple Inc.) has published a video of a scratch test for the iPhone 5C (Google Translate). This is the iPhone 5C that Apple hasn't even announced yet, but enough specimens seem to be leaking to encourage someone to scrape a key against one…

Kubxlab has released an ultra thin line of iPhone 5 cases that offer ten new fashion designs to help provide scratch protection.  Kubxlab Ultra Thin Cabaret iPhone 5 case Appearance Each of the ten designs presented in this line have a thoroughly unique design feature. Those that feature wood designs are made with real wood. …

The iPhone and iPod touch include a built-in calculator app that's easy to use and handy since it goes where ever you take your pocket-size iOS device. That calculator is pretty basic, but it also hides a full featured scientific calculator, and all it takes to find it is a little twist. The calculator in…

The Flex Pocket Charger from PhoneSuit is a small, pocket sized battery designed for iPhones and iPods with Apple's Lightning connector. (30-pin connections will also work with the aid of an adaptor cable.) Flex Pocket Charger with cap removed It is available in black, red, or blue and carries a 30 day money back guarantee…

iPhone and iPod touch owners that were denied warranty repairs over internal moisture sensors that falsely registered water damage are a step closer to collecting their share in Apple's US$53 million class action lawsuit settlement. The settlement is still awaiting final court approval, but a website is up and running where device owners can add…

Sprint reported selling 1.4 million iPhones during its second fiscal quarter for 2013 with 41 percent of those sales going to new customers. That sales figure is down slightly from the 1.5 million iPhones the cell service provider sold last quarter, but still shows Apple's combination smartphone and media player is a draw. The carrier's…

Photographs of what a Chinese news site claims are iPhone 5S parts appeared on Weibo—a microblogging service like Twitter that is popular in China—and were subsequently published by Chinese news site EXPreview (Google Translate). The images show a device similar to the iPhone 5, but the report describes a device with more RAM, a faster…

I'm careening down a dark desert highway (cool wind in my hair…). There's nothing ahead of me but a lined ebony ribbon that stretches on into infinity. My car is the latest model of some very exclusive, very expensive maker. The driver's seat cradles my body so as to keep fatigue at bay. The instrument…

I know you're thinking that this is some kind of joke, but it comes from The Washington Post: a burglar broke into a wireless store called DMW Wireless in Fairfax, VA, stole a bunch of iPhones, and left his own Samsung Galaxy (specific model unknown) behind. TMO's Artist Interpretation of Events We in the business…

A few weeks back I talked about texting, which you should never do while driving. The apps I discussed were dedicated to helping you input text as efficiently as possible. One app even claimed to let you type a message accurately with one hand and with your eyes closed. ( I did this and it…

Pegatron chairman T.H. Tung has been openly discussing the new low-cost iPhone his company is building for Apple. In a shareholder meeting, Mr. Tung said that the cost of the device will be “quite high,” and that it shouldn't be considered cheap. This would appear to violate the first rule of Apple Supply Club: Don't…

olloclip lens kit   You have one of the fabulous olloclip lens kits for the iPhone that provides add-on fisheye, wide angle and macro lenses. But you have to remove your current case to use the lenses. That's a real pain. olloclip has solved that problem by launching its own iPhone case with a top…

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology will be demonstrating a proof-of-concept method of hacking an iPhone using a malicious USB charger. Billy Lau, Yeongjin Jang, Chengyu Song announced the demonstration for Black Hat USA 2013, an annual conference for hackers and security researchers that begins on July 27th in Las Vegas. The short version…

I recently enjoyed an all too brief two-week vacation to my native Italy. Normally, I like going once every year or two. But this time, I let the years slip by; the last visit being in 2007, a month before the original iPhone was released into the wild. This time, I wanted to do something…

Apple's next iPhone model will bump its Retina Display to be evenmore Retina by increasing the total number of on screen pixels from 727,040 up to 1.5 million while keeping the same display size. That rumor comes from anonymous sources talking with Weiphone. Those sources said (English translation) the next iPhone will include a subtle…

Apple is working on an inexpensive iPhone model that will come in multiple colors, according to Japanese site Macotakora. The same story also said that Apple was working on the expected iPhone 5S, and that this device might also be available in different colors. “I have [two sources of] information about color variation of cheaper…

Designed by M started the development of the AL13 aluminum bumper case as a Kickstarter project asking for US$20,000. Within one week US$86,250 had been pledged. The iPhone 5 purists who wanted to protect their phones without adding a clunky case were obviously interested. I asked Lester Mapp, the creator of this product, what prompted the…

The Pentagon approved Apple's iPhone and iPad for use on military networks Friday, a first for the Cupertino company. The U.S. Department of Defense approved Apple's mobile devices that run iOS 6, giving Apple the chance to play a greater role in future U.S. military information systems. Technically, the DOD issued a “STIG,” a Security…

T-Mobile's first fiscal quarter results are out and show the company's iPhone 5 sales hit 500,000 during the one month Apple's smartphone was available. The carrier began officially offering the iPhone on April 12, making it the last of the big cell service providers to get in on Apple's smartphone game. This marked the seventh…

I was asked over the weekend to jailbreak a friend's iPhone so they could use the camera flash for alerts. There was a time when hacking your iPhone was the only way to use the camera flash for visual alerts, but times have changed. Now that's just another system setting. Here's how to use your…

It's a good time to be a camping geek. There are scores of iOS apps to enhance your outdoors experience, from GPS trackers to star gazing apps to knot trying guides and more. If there's anyone out there still saying that tech has no place on a camping or hiking trip, they're just not paying…

Trygger has addressed the issue of unwanted reflections and glare in photos taken with your iPhone 5. Reflections and glare can occur with both indoor and outdoor shots and can be a real nuisance to the average photographer. Trygger Camera Clip attached to an iPhone 5 The Camera Clip is made from 1.88 mm hard…

The iPhone does so many cool things, and we get to decide which of those things we want to take advantage of so I thought I would cover some more of them in this column. In Case of Lost iPhone… Think you can never lose your iPhone because you paid so much for it that…

iPad owners know where the FaceTime app is. So where is it on the iPhone? The answers is: well, there isn't one. But you can, of course, still make FaceTime calls. Here's the explanation. ______________________ iPad (2 or later) and iPod touch (4G or later) owners are well familiar with the FaceTime app. However, if…