An FM transmitter plugs into your car’s power socket (cigarette lighter) and then plugs into either your docking connection at the bottom of your iPod/iPad/iPhone, or into your headphone jack. You tune your FM car radio to a weak station and then set the FM transmitter to that same station. http://www.iphonefmtransmitter.net/
iPhone cases
01. Griffin Survivor
Price: £17
URL:griffintechnology.com
Works with: iPhone 4/4SProtection doesn't come much more robust than this: the Survivor is designed to meet or even exceed UK and US military standards of toughness! It'll make your iPhone 4/4S resistant to being dropped and offers some protection from sand and rain. There are also versions of this case for the iPod touch and iPad 2.
02. Incipio Feather
Price: £14
URL:myincipio.com
Works with: iPhone 3G/3GS or 4/4SIf you're not keen on adding much weight or bulk to your iPhone, check out these super-slim back covers. Available in shiny or matte finishes, the Feather leaves the connectors and buttons easily accessible, while keeping the back of your iPhone protected from knocks.
03. Knomo iPhone Wallet
Price: £35
URL:knomobags.com
Works with: iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4SWhy carry a phone case and a wallet, when you can combine the two in a stylish leather folder? Pop in a couple of important cards, slide your iPhone into the designated pouch and you're ready to go. You'll need to take your iPhone out of the case to use it, though.
04. Belkin Leather Pull-Tab Sleeve
Price: £11
URL:belkin.com/uk
Works with: iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4SIf you don't want to cover up the sleek lines of your iPhone when you're using it, but need some protection for it in your pocket or bag, this sleeve could be just the ticket. Extremely robust, it's got a gauze window to check the time, and a tab to get at your phone easily.
05. ArtWizz SeeJacket Alu
Price: £20
URL:artwizz.de
Works with: iPhone 4/4SThis aluminium case adds more protection than a plastic shell, without adding much extra weight or bulk. The inner rubber lining grips the phone and protects from bumps.
06. Pro/Tec Executive Leather Case
Price: £7
URL:kondor.co.uk
Works with: iPhone 3G/3GS or 4/4SA smart leather case doesn't need to cost the Earth: for under a tenner, you get a robust and business-like flip case. Make sure you get the correct one for your model of iPhone.
iPad cases
01. Apple Smart Cover
Price: £35/£59
URL:apple.com/uk
Works with: iPad 2We couldn't not include this, could we? A cover, automatic screen switch and two-angle stand, it's wonderfully versatile. Yes, it's pricey and doesn't protect the back of the iPad 2, but as a piece of engineering it's still the best iPad cover out there.
02. Belkin Verve Folio Stand
Price: £34
URL:belkin.com/uk
Works with: iPad 2It looks the part, the built-in magnet switches the screen on and off automatically, and it's relatively thin as far as leather folder cases go. What's more, it offers all-round protection for your iPad and will stand in landscape at a variety of angles. Pure class.
03. Orbyx Leather Folder case
Price: £29
URL:orbyx.com
Works with: iPadThis oozes class with a splash of fun thrown in: the black or brown leather exterior is complemented by a bright green or pink lining inside. It's a good fit, and will prop your iPad at a nice angle for typing or watching videos.
04. Incipio Destroyer
Price: £28
URL:myincipio.com
Works with: iPadIf it's solid protection you're after, solid protection you shall get. This sturdy shell bolts together, holding your iPad in a vice-like grip. It's for the original iPad only - for the iPad 2, have a look at Gumdrop's similar Drop cases.
05. iLuv Flex-Gel Case
Price: £11
URL:i-luv-uk.co.uk
Works with: iPad 2If you're after a gel back cover for your iPad 2, you've countless options. But this trumps them all, because it hugs your device so tightly where many others are a bit loose around the edges. The matt surface gives you a nice amount of grip, and there are five colours.
06. iLuv Smart Back Cover
Price: £27
URL:i-luv-uk.co.uk
Works with: iPad 2So you love the Apple Smart Cover, but want to protect the back of your iPad 2 as well - what do you do? Why, you get one of these, of course. It clips on, adding minimal extra thickness to your iPad 2, but excellent all-round protection.
07. Speck HandyShell for iPad 2
Price: £27
URL:speckproducts.com
Works with: iPad 2As well as a protective shell, this gives you a genius fold-out clip. It's clever because it does so many things: use it to grip your iPad, hang it up, or stand it in portrait or landscape orientations. Or if you're more musically inclined, flip the clip right out and you've got an easy way to hold your virtual guitar!
Headphones
01. Apple In-Ear Headphones
Price: £45
URL:apple.com/uk
Works with: EverythingYou'd be forgiven for thinking, given how lacklustre the white headphones you get with the iPhone and iPod are, that we're mad for suggesting buying Apple's premium set. But actually, they're the best in-ear models we've tried at this price.
02. Sennheiser HD 518
Price: £72
URL:sennheiser.co.uk
Works with: EverythingBecause these over-the-ear cans are open-backed, sound doesn't bounce around inside the cup in the same way as with closed-back models - resulting in audio that is as crisp as it is gutsy. What's more, they're really comfortable to wear for hours at a time.
03. Sony MDR-NC200D
Price: £172
URL:sony.co.uk
Works with: EverythingThis is the only set in this list that includes active noise cancellation. Powered by a single AAA battery, the smart, three-mode noise cancellation works well on something like a train journey, and the overall sound quality from these headphones is excellent.
04. Etymotic hf3
Price: £100
URL: etymotic.com
Works with: EverythingThe super-clean, balanced and neutral sound from these in-ear buds may not be to everyone's taste, but if you like your music as uncoloured as possible, these are stunning. You could also treat yourself to custom moulded earbuds (shown) for an extra £70.
05. Sennheiser PX 210 BT
Price: £92
URL:sennheiser.co.uk
Works with: EverythingIt's difficult to fully grasp how liberating it is to have wireless headphones until you've tried them. This superb Bluetooth set - like its fancier brother, the MM 450 Travel - sounds terrific, and works great with everything except the original iPhone and iPod touch.
Input
01. Wacom Bamboo Stylus
Price: £25
URL:wacom.eu
Works with: EverythingWhether it's to write, paint or sketch on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, there are times when you need more precision than your finger can offer. And Wacom's 6mm tip is as small and precise as you can get with the screen on your device. It's beautifully weighted to feel like a pencil in your hand, and though it's costly as far as styluses go, it's the best there is.
02. Just Mobile AluPen
Price: £15
URL:xtand.net
Works with: EverythingThis stylus is solid, chunky and easy to hold. It's got a thicker tip than the Wacom Bamboo Stylus, making it perhaps more suitable for artists' use. It's also a good deal cheaper than the Bamboo Stylus, but doesn't feel it when you've got it in-hand.
03. ZAGGfolio for iPad 2
Price: £80
URL:zagg.com
Works with: iPad 2OK, so this isn't cheap, but it's our favourite keyboard and protective case combo for the iPad 2. A lovely detachable keyboard slots into a thin protective cover and stand.
04. KeySonic KSK- 3201MacBT
Price: £38
URL:keysonic.de
Works with: EverythingWhether it's a quick iMessage or longer piece of prose that you're writing, you'll almost certainly be quicker and more comfortable with an external keyboard than the on-screen one. This one gets the balance between compact size and ease of typing spot on.
05. Logitech Tablet Keyboard
Price: £50
URL:logitech.com
Works with: EverythingIf the prospect of typing on a compact keyboard like the KeySonic one doesn't thrill you, take a look at Logitech's excellent desktop-size offering, which comes complete with carry case that doubles as a clever stand for the iPad.
Power
01. Mophie JuicePack Plus
Price: £27
URL:mophie.com
Works with: iPhone 4/4SPop your iPhone 4/4S into one of these battery cases and you'll almost double the length of time you can use it for, thanks to the 2000mAh battery. The case helps protect your phone from bumps and scrapes as well, though it also adds some bulk.
02. Proporta USB TurboCharger
Price: £43
URL:proporta.com
Works with: EverythingIt may be big and a bit weighty, but the whopping 5000mAh battery in here should fill an iPhone several times over, and will also charge an iPad. A great companion to take with you if you're expecting to be away from power outlets for long periods.
03. Griffin PowerJolt Plus
Price: £13
URL:griffintechnology.com
Works with: EverythingMake sure you never arrive at your destination with a dead iPhone, iPad or iPod touch: plug one of these into your car's lighter socket and your device will charge. It's even got a feed-through socket on it, meaning you can connect more than one thing to a single socket.
04. Kensington PowerLift Back-Up Battery, Dock & Stand
Price: £33
URL:kensington.com
Works with: iPhone, iPod touchA bit of a multitasking marvel, this one - not only will it stand and sync your iPhone or iPod touch, but it'll charge it on the go thanks to its 1200mAh battery. It's perfect for FaceTime or other calls, so be sure to take it with you whenever you head out the door.
05. Griffin PowerDock Dual
Price: £32
URL:griffintechnology.com
Works with: EverythingYou get three things in one, here: an iPhone/iPod charger; an iPad charger; and a tray for your keys or coins. The PowerDock Dual is the ideal place to leave your iOS devices to charge - both when you're at home or at work.
06. iDAPT i4
Price: £37
URL:idaptweb.com
Works with: EverythingIf you've got several devices - be they Apple or otherwise - the i4 lets you charge them all at once. By adding different tips to the unit (it comes with one dock connector, you can buy more from the website), you can connect three bits of kit, and the USB port allows you to charge a fourth, too.
Music making
01. Alesis iO Dock
Price: £139
URL:alesis.com
Works with: iPadThere are plenty of excellent accessories to add music input and output to your iPad or iPad 2, but the iO Dock brings them all together in a single package. The XLR and quarter-inch jack inputs mean you can connect a range of equipment, and these are complemented by MIDI inputs and outputs. Add a foot pedal socket, composite video out and two quarter-inch main outputs, and you've got a fantastic package.
02. IK Multimedia iRig
Price: £22
URL:ikmultimedia.com
Works with: EverythingForget buying lots of costly effects pedals for your guitar: get an iRig and the AmpliTube app for a whole range of different guitar sounds right there on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It's also a great way to record those guitar licks you've been perfecting straight into GarageBand. An absolutely essential add-on for any guitarist with an iOS device.
03. IK Multimedia iRig MIDI
Price: £46
URL:ikmultimedia.com
Works with: EverythingWhere the first iRig is designed for connecting guitars to the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, the MIDI version lets you hook up any MIDI kit - such as keyboards, synthesisers and foot pedals - to your device. What's more, because it uses the CoreMIDI system, it'll work with a whole host of iOS apps.
04. Numark iDJ Live
Price: £80
URL:numark.com
Works with: iPadMixing music like a real DJ no longer requires you to shell out hundreds of pounds on a set of decks, a mixer and lots of vinyl. The iDJ Live links to the excellent djay iPad app (£13.99), letting you control your tunes using a tactile pair of decks, with basic mixing controls in between. And while your revellers dance away to the playing track, the included splitter cable means you can cue up the next in your headphones.
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Odiogo launches Talking Netvibes powered by Odiogo, the first app that makes iPhones read personal news selections from Netvibes Dashboards
New York, July 20, 2011. Odiogo, the leading provider of cloud-based audio solutions on the go, has released in partnership with Netvibes, the global leader in dashboard intelligence, the ‘Talking Netvibes powered by Odiogo’ iPhone application. This app allows Netvibes users to browse their entire dashboards, tabs, and widgets to view and, most importantly, to listen to any story. Social sharing features also allow the user to share articles via email, Twitter or Facebook.
Marc Kawam, CEO of Odiogo says, “The information overload drives users to seek ways to access information in ‘eyes-busy’ situations, for example when driving, exercising and cooking. The Odiogo technology combined with Netvibes dashboards, allows users to create their personalized audio news bulletin with the news sources that they trust. Also, the audio feature proves itself to be extremely convenient for visually impaired users or for those experiencing difficulties reading on a small screen, as well as for language learners”.
“Allowing partners and third party providers such as Odiogo to connect with the Netvibes environment via a set of secured APIs, is at the cornerstone of our strategy. We are the universal platform that lets you Dashboard Everything,” said Freddy Mini, CEO of Netvibes “We salute Odiogo’s initiative to provide to our large community of both individual users and Fortune 500 brands, with an innovative and convenient way to access the content of their Netvibes dashboards on the go.”
The application is available on the Apple Store (http://bit.ly/TalkingNetvibes) for $2.99. A 6-month subscription is included with the purchase of the application. After the 6-month period, users can renew their service for another 6 months from within the app.
About Odiogo (http://www.odiogo.com)
Odiogo is a pioneer in the ‘media shifting’ space and is the leading provider of audio and vocalization services on the go. Odiogo provides a cloud-based intelligent and automated bridge that links text-content providers (mainstream media, internet news sites, and bloggers) with mobile phone and MP3 enabled device users (e.g. iPhone, iPod, tablets, other portable media players, PCs, etc.). Odiogo enables content providers to quickly and automatically generate audio from textual content, allowing consumers to easily ‘listen to’ their favorite online news/information on any device. The Odiogo solution is cloud-based and can be deployed on content sites very quickly.
Contact: press@odiogo.com
About Netvibes (http://business.netvibes.com)
Founded in 2005, Netvibes pioneered dashboard publishing, user personalization and universal Web apps (UWA). Today, Netvibes is the leading dashboard intelligence platform for the real-time Web.For consumers, Netvibes.com is the most awarded dashboard engine that helps millions of people around the world instantly dashboard everything that matters to them most. For organizations and enterprises, Netvibes Dashboard Intelligence solutions transform the chaotic real-time Web into tangible business information, expert knowledge and automated business processes.
Netvibes powers dashboard intelligence and Web apps for more than 1,500+ of the world’s leading brands, interactive agencies, government organizations, non-profits and enterprises–serving more than half a billion Web apps every month. Netvibes has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.
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Odiogo partner with Netvibe to provide an iPhone app that reads your personal news to you and share via email, twitter or facebook all from your iphone.
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New iPad 5 Rumored To Launch In April 2013
The purported new iPad 5 is rumored to be announced by Apple in April, according to a report from Apple Insider.
The report claim that Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster had reported that Apple will hold a showcase event in early Q2 to launch a new version of the iPad, which will feature an all-new design.
In a note to clients, Apple Insider reports Munster said, "We believe that looking at history of time between Apple product launch events suggests that the company will introduce something new in March or April." "Over the past two years, the spring event has been iPad updates."
Aside from the likely scenario of an Apple event happening in March or April of this year, and the hint of the upcoming iPad 5 having a redesigned body, the above report didn't say anything about the possible specs of the said Apple device.
Meanwhile, another technology and gadgets news site also has a very interesting new report about the possible features and specs of the new and upcoming iPad 5 tablet. You may also want to read that site's in-depth report here.
However, these iPad 5 reports are simply speculations that may or may not come true. Apple has always been known to be very secretive on the details of their upcoming products, whether it's a new phone or a tablet. But of course, Apple being Apple, will always create a buzz and a stir in the blogosphere whenever rumors of an additional device pops out that may possibly be added to their products lineup.
Are you ready for the next generation of iPad?
Apple [AAPL] published two new iPad ads ('Alive' and 'Together') last night. In both ads, the company focuses on what the product can do -- the company hasn't yet stooped to respond to its competitors with ads campaigns that mock them.
Apple's app attack
The two ads are the customary laid-back Apple ad spot. With a white background and well-chosen backing music, the spots show multiple apps running on the iPad's screen, with words popping up between spots to reinforce some of the positive associations of the product.
The ads are cool, relatively inoffensive, and discreet -- the company just takes a few seconds to suggest what an iPad can do, with a particular focus on apps.
Given Apple CEO, Tim Cook's reference to the 170,000 apps already optimized for use on an iPad, it looks like the company intends taking on competitors by stressing just how many apps are available for its tablet, in comparison to others.
"So what happened last year, everybody that was in the PC industry and everybody that was in the phone industry, everybody decided they had to do a tablet. By some estimates, there were a hundred tablets put on the market last year. Everybody was kind of aiming at iPad 1, and we were trying to innovate quickly to get to iPad 2. So, by the time they had something that they thought could compete with iPad 1, we were on iPad 2. We wound up with 170,000 apps, and I'm not sure there's 100 yet on the other platform," he told Goldman Sachs last week.
Apple's ad campaign claims 300,000 apps.
Forbes loses Apple religion
Apple being Apple, Forbes, which seems to have become a haven for anti-Apple sentiment in recent weeks, almost immediately published a deeply subjective op-ed in which the author asked, "What's wrong with Apple's TV ads lately?"
My first reaction to this report was to ask "What's wrong with Forbes?", but the author's point (other than attempting to annoy Apple fans) seems to be to bring in a spurious mention of Google while calling for Apple to "get back to its (advertising) roots," whatever that means. He thinks these latest Apple ads are "ordinary".
The Forbes' author's motivation may smply be to attract criticism and traffic from Apple fans, but he may have inadvertently struck a chord -- despite their market-leading position and incredible popularity, Apple's tablet ads just aren't much loved by the US TV-viewing public.
An Ace Metrix review of the top tablet ads of 2012 (published in September) claimed ads for Apple's iPad didn't even make it into the top ten tablet ads last year. All ten slots were occupied by clips from Samsung, Google and Amazon, proof that the three company's weren't completely wasting their huge investments in product marketing.
Samsung product marketing
While many Apple critics love to claim the success of Apple's products is down to "marketing", the truth is very different -- Samsung spends far more on ads than Coca Cola and coughed up four times the ads spend Apple did last year, according to Asymco.
Clearly then the success of Android products can also be attributed to marketing -- except, in the case of tablets, this hasn't yet worked.
Apple's move to point to the strength of its apps ecosystem for tablets in its latest ambient ad campaign is an attempt to illustrate one of its biggest advantages against others at the tablet table: the apps.
You could argue that a wide range of apps has been crucial to the development of the smartphone industry. Apple hopes that, by maintaining the lion's share of the iPad maket, it will be able to continue to keep developers developing for iOS users. The latest ads show the diversity of the available solutions to people choosing the market-leading tablet.
Ace Metrix CEO, Peter Daboll, predicted Apple's move to attempt to subtly differentiate itself within its product marketing last year, when he said:
"Apple is faced with a real challenge in how to differentiate and articulate its benefits, like a retina display, for example."
Playing to unique strengths
Apple knows that display quality can be imitated. The latest campaign shows it is ready to stress its unique advantages. The company's hard to emulate apps ecosystem gives it the chance to explain how much more useful an iPad can be in comparison to any other tablet. This message sits at the heart of this latest wide advertising push by the company.
AppleInsider this weekend confirmed the company has launched a new billboard campaign promoting the apps empire. Each billboard shows apps running on an iPad, with an adjective (as used in the TV spots) and the slogan, "300,000 apps for everything you love".
Ads campaigns like these take time to build and this one's clearly been in the works for a while. Launching the iPad last year, Apple's marketing chief, Phil Schiller (who would probably love to spend a Samsung-like marketing budget) noted the "night and day" difference between apps optimized for an iPad and those stretched smartphone apps that don't work so well that people using other tablets need to endure.
Rise above
Unlike Samsung, Apple hasn't so far stooped to name-calling its competitors, or their fans. Were it to choose to do so, it may wish to take a look at the security (or the lack of it) that afflicts users of Google Play.
A report the search giant acted to control last week pointed out that every time an Android user purchases an app on Google Play, that users name, address and email is passed on to the developer.
The report was originally published with the headline: "Massive Google security flaw puts users' details on display for all to find." Google objected at use of the word "massive", and argued that this sharing of personal data without knowledge of Google Play customers was not a flaw, as it was by design.
Nonetheless, it is interesting the company moved to get the headline changed, but has so far declined that report's author a statement explaining the issues raised.
(Signing off, does anyone else out there think that claims Apple plans an iWatch make its November 2012 decision to pay $21 million to Swiss national rail operator, SBB, for use of its famous clock face with the iOS Clock app a little easier to understand?)
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Apple want the world to know that iPad is not just the amazing hardware, but the real star of the iPad is the Apps that is available.
Nothing shallow here.
(Credit: Apple Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)If you're sitting at Apple HQ, you must be very aware of Samsung.
There must be such a temptation to offer a public swat or two at the fly that has cleverly positioned itself as the challenger to your own emotional supremacy.
Yet, with two new iPad ads that Apple has just released, Cupertino is stoically continuing to pretend that its tablet exists in a world all of its own.
Here, to vaguely jazzy music, we see words flash across the screen at lightning speeds. Not one of these words is "patent," "lawsuit" or "rip-off."
Instead, in one ad called "Alive," we see all sorts of educational and entertaining excitements. They are accompanied by words like "alive," "loud," and "surprise."
In the other, called "Together," we see, well, more or less the same. Here the words include "beautiful," "phenomenal," and "brilliant."
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How odd to see Apple boast quite this much.
Apple simply wants you to understand -- as if you haven't grasped this already -- that it enjoys so many apps through its beautiful, phenomenal, and brilliant ecosystem.
It stands on its superior pedestal and doesn't deign to look down.
Still, I wasn't convinced that through two ads there wasn't one solitary jab at the competition.
So I slowed the words down to see whether a small, subliminal jest might have been inserted.
I think I may have found one. In the "Together" ad, there appears one solitary word that those who love Apple believe will always distinguish the brand from any other.
That word is "taste."
This is Apple's way to let the world know that Apple is still the best and most popular tablet. It is still "the Tablet" for the children around the world.
