Vaja Cases is an Argentinian company that designs luxurious genuine leather accessories for many different Apple products. Their accessories come at a hefty price, but it is money well spent. All of their accessories are handmade. Many of their products, including the Ivolution Top for iPad, are arguably the best on the market.
So, just beaten Angry Birds? You’ll only be the champion for a little while longer, because Rovio Mobile is going to be releasing another Angry Birds game in March.
The game will be a tie-in with the 20th Century Fox animated film Rio, which in turn is based off of the battle between pigs and birds Rovio Mobile created. The movie follows birds who were kidnapped by other birds as they escape to freedom, which is a bit of a twist from the traditional theme. It’s fair to assume that the game will follow a similar storyline.
The game will be released sometime in March, while the movie will be out April 15th.
Check out the trailer for the game (and movie) after the break!
The Dev-Team has announced via Twitter that they plan on releasing an untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak that uses the 4.1 SHSH blobs (versus the dev-only 4.2b3 blobs that previous versions used). The updated redsn0w will first be released on Windows, followed by a Mac version. Please keep in mind that the jailbreaking process on Windows will be very slow, since it uses the iDevice’s filesystem (instead of RAM) while shifting the required jailbreak files around. Post-pwn, the device will function at a normal pace.
via @redsn0w_testers
Since Apple still serves the 4.1 IPSW (not blobs!), we’ll do a Windows redsn0w release for untethered 4.2.1 via Monte-4.1
@iFrank0 the Mac Monte-4.1 will follow the Win version (because there’s already Mac Monte-4.2b3 for devs)
Redsn0w’s recent switch to Monte-4.1 will allow all users to jailbreak their devices legally, since Apple still publicly serves the 4.1 IPSW.
The iPod Classic (yes, it still exists) is the de-facto device for true audiophiles, since it offers over double the storage capacity of its flash memory-based brethren. Toshiba, the manufacturer of the Classic’s 1.8″ hard drive, has just rolled out a disk with 220 GB of storage—enough for 55,000 songs (and 60 GB more than any current iPod Classic).
Hard drives on mobile gadgets may seem antiquated by today’s standards, but even the lastest-and-greatest SSDs don’t offer the same size to storage to cost ratio, so clunky HDDs will continue to live on until the speedier alternatives come down in price and go up in space.
Apple may continue to neglect the elderly jukebox, but hopefully we will see an update come September.
[9to5Mac]
FrappeDesign’s Executive Folio for iPad, launched in October 2010, is a combination of stylish design, protection, and functionality. The folio comes in packaging that is made of 100% recycled paper in partnership with Rabbit’s Tale. The same innovation that FrappeDesign has showed in their packaging is evident in their folio, and you’ll soon find out why.
Griffin Technology is well known for its iDevice accessories, ranging from cables, chargers, FM transmitters and
armbands to more complex items such as the Beacon remote or CarTrip car monitoring system. Griffin recently offered me the opportunity to examine their LightBoard for the iPad. It is an iPad case with accompanying app directed towards kids with an artful bent.
The name LightBoard is a bit of a misnomer, as the case itself doesn’t illuminate anything. It is basically a hollow clipboard with a space to insert an iPad. The case protects the device and its screen surface as the child traces images projected by the iPad. Once assembled (no small feat) the LightBoard works well to protect the iPad and is appealing to a range of ages.
Does it offer any real advantages over paper and pencil, or is this technology overkill? Read on for my field test of the Griffin Technology LightBoard.
Tilt to Live, an accelerometer based dodge-shooter, will be getting a rather exciting multiplayer update in the (hopefully) near future. The objective of the game it to avoid being blasted to smithereens by your enemies while frantically collecting power-ups to fight back. Multiple game modes are already available, and cooperative/competitive multiplayer modes will certainly add to the games playability, and give even more value to the already essential game.
via @OneManLeft
A taste of things to come for Tilt to Live’s next update: http://yfrog.com/h7sjkp #tilttolive
Make sure to check out our interview with Tilt to Live developer Adam Steward.
It’s been one year since the iPad was announced. The device was shipped without any multitasking, and was received with heavy, heavy skepticism. Most analysts and tech journalists said that it would be a success, but not one that could compare to the iPhone or iPod.
Well, once it started shipping it was met with some pretty mixed reviews: some argued that it did less than a netbook, while others were very impressed with the overall experience and how much better it was than on an Atom netbook. Most analysts were still predicting low shipments. iOS 4 was announced just a few days later, and the iPad was slated to receive multitasking in 2010, but not until November.
Well, the iPad has been out for three full quarters, and it has already surpassed Mac sales. It has outperformed absolutely every estimate by the ‘professionals’ that call themselves analysts, and people who buy them are generally thrilled with the device.
I’d say that, for a first generation device, the iPad has not only blown off the doors for the tablet market (and is, as a consequence, going to be met with waves of competition), but has also proven itself to be a worthwhile replacement to a Windows netbook (or really any computer, if the needs are web browsing, some gaming, social networking, and emailing). With an Apple experience, at a price people can stomach, I can only see iPad sales skyrocketing in the future.
Here’s to a great first run, and to the hope that the second will be even better!
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (iTunes link) is a name synonymous with titles such as Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. In the past, it has delivered to its audience realistic destruction, hectic gameplay, and addictive multi-player action. You play as Private Preston Marlowe, a member of a task force consisting of 4 hardened mercenaries. A server containing vital information on the Russian enemy is stolen, and it is up to you to find and retrieve it. This is Electronic Arts’ (EA) first real attempt at creating a First-Person Shooter (FPS), so in a market where this genre is still developing, how does it set itself apart from the rest?
Apple has just released an update for iTunes which brings support for CDMA (Verizon) iPhones, as well as a ”number of stability and performance improvements“.
iTunes 10.1.2 syncs music, movies, and more with iPhone 4 (CDMA model) and provides a number of important stability and performance improvements.
Users can either update their current iTunes software, or download the program directly from Apple.
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