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Apple released the iPhone 3GS during the summer of 2009, but it continued to be sold for $99 after the iPhone 4 was announced last summer. Radio Shack’s holiday deal last month also knocked $50 off the price of the iPhone 4, but prices for the current-gen smartphone seem poised to remain where they previously…

iRig Mic can mount to stands, tooThe IK Multimedia team told The Mac Observer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas they expect iRig Mic to be handy for podcasters on the go, as well as musicians looking for a light weight recording setup when they aren’t in the studio. The kit includes a…

I recently wrote a Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle that was about clever product designs. Among the products I singled out for cleverness beyond the call of duty were new iPhone and iPad cases from ZeroChroma. To quote myself, “I’ve tested hundreds of cases, folks, and I thought I’d seen it all until…

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and fourth generation iPod touch owners can conduct two-way video chats, while iPad and iPod touch owners can receive video calls even though they can only participate via audio. The app also supports mobile to computer video calls with Skype 2.8 and higher on Mac OS X, or Skype 4.2 and…

Word Lens uses the video camera feature in the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the fourth generation iPod touch and supports translating printed text. Translated text appears in place of the original text in captured images.Translate text with Word LensSo far, English to Spanish and Spanish to English translation packs are available, but the company…

“Our Take On The Timing Of iPhone At Verizon. Our model assumes Verizon launches the iPhone in early- or mid-calendar year 2011,” Mr. Munster said. “While we do not know the timing of the launch we have modeled it to occur midway through the March ‘11 quarter.”Verizon iPhone? Munster’s Magic 8 Ball says “Yes.”Rumors have…

The new Kensington iPhone 4 battery case offers a straightforward design, color options, and a slot plus card that function as a stand. Kensington PowerGuard Battery CaseThe first thing I noticed when I picked up the case was how lightweight it is compared to similar cases I used with my iPhone 3G and 3GS. It…

mophie’s juice pack plus for iPhone 4The juice pack plus includes a 2,000 mAh rechargeable battery, rubber grips to help avoid accidental drops, a pass through USB port for simultaneous charging and syncing, and a standby and charging switch for controlling when the case’s battery is used. The case is also designed to redirect the…

Kensington has a winner in it’s new PocketHub. It is inexpensive at US$39.99, and it lets you charge and sync your iPhone and iPod touch without losing a USB port. It works with iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4, and first and second and third generation iPod touch. It comes with a hard plastic travel case…

There are a number of window pedestals, cradles, and holders on the market now that allow you to mount your iPhone or iPod touch to your car window, or perhaps your dashboard. This unit, like most others, mounts using suction. The mounting pedestal is very high quality and the knob that attaches the cradle to…

Word that Apple won’t be using embedded SIMs in the iPhone 5 comes as good news to Europe’s cell service providers who had been threatening to stop paying subsidies for iPhone sales if the company started using the new cards. Embedded SIMs, they argued, would let Apple step between carriers and customers — a move…

Published by French magazine Fubiz, the photos are of iPhones, iPods, iPads, and MacBooks that have been shot, smashed, sawed, and scattered, and then photographed by Mr. Fairchild. An example is the iPhone below. At least we think it’s an iPhone, judging by the scale of the Home button and display. There are many more…

Apple had rejected the app for some time, an issue that cause its fair share of hoopla on the Internet. Its appearance today was not specifically anticipated, but CNN noted that Apple had begun approving third party apps that interfaced with the service in recent weeks. The app is currently available only in the U.S.,…

Skyfire for the iPhoneInstead of displaying Flash videos on iOS devices, Skyfre intercepts and converts them to HTML 5, then streams them to back out to users. The process works around the inability to play Flash content natively on iOS devices, and it took about two months of work with Apple to get Skyfire approved for…

Canalys pitched its results as Apple taking the lead in the U.S. smartphone market. According to the firm, Apple now has 26.2% of that market, ahead of #2 RIM’s 24%. On a global scale, Apple now has 17% of the worldwide market for the #2 spot, while Nokia claimed #1 with 33% and RIM came…

Recording The company has added in-app recording in two ways. The first comes with the app out of the (virtual) box, and allows one track recording on your iPhone. For a US$9.99/€7.99 in-app purchase, however, you can add a four-track recorder that allows you to record four layers of music. Those readers old enough to…

Jason Chang, Pegatron’s CEO, also said he expects to see a sharp increase in revenue during the first quarter in 2011.Word that Pegatron will start building CDMA iPhones made its way to DigiTimes via parts suppliers, and not from within the company.Apple’s iPhone 4: Is CDMA on the way?Building CDMA-compatible iPhones would let Apple branch…

The movie is about a former agent being drafted back into service to solve an international crisis. Majek is releasing the film in eight episodes through Vimeo and YouTube (two episodes have been released so far), and the company has released an iPhone app that allows you to view both movies and get push notifications…

The phantom white iPhone 4When Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 the company showed of both black and white versions. By the time the next generation iPhone shipped, however, only the black models were available along with a promise that white models would be available soon.So far, the only explanation Apple has offered for the delay…

The iPhone 4 Flip Case from iKit is designed to offer solid protection for the iPhone 4 and also provide a built-in stand for watching, say, videos in landscape mode. It delivers. This case is just a bit thicker and wraps around the iPhone a little more than the minimalist Incase Snap Case that I…

You could also get a job at a big company, and if you worked hard and helped the company grow, the company, in turn, would take care of you and your family. It was one of life’s unwritten guarantees. Maybe in our next life we should get that guaranty in writing. We have become a…

The app includes 17 filters such as negative, sepia, old photo, comic, pencil, and black and white. It includes 12 effects like fisheye and mosaic, and also ships with eight masks such as frame, garden sign, monitor, and cork board.Camera illusion is priced at US$2.99 and is available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

At issue is a shortage of iPhone 4 units in China, combined with the fact that Apple’s retail locations are the only place to buy an iPhone 4 without a contract in the country. China doesn’t have the same tradition of carrier subsidies as the U.S., and it would appear that many Chinese customers want…

The iRetrophone is hand-sculpted and hand-cast in urethane resin, and the base is a half-inch thick for stability. It is designed to work with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS , and iPhone 4. It docks at the bottom, with the cable sliding down into the housing, as you can in the second image. iRetrophone iPhone Dock…