Consumer Electronics Wins

By comparison with the FLOS/Philippe Starck D’E-light we reviewed last year, Satechi has taken a substantially different approach with the LED Desk Lamp. While each design was intended to be minimalist, FLOS chose expensive-looking materials, grafted a Dock Connector plug onto the top of the lamp, and seriously limited both […] Read the original post…

It took longer than anyone would’ve liked, but once Apple added copy and paste features to iOS, it picked the right implementation. Since then, a number of contextual options have been added when you highlight text, as well. Pilotmoon Software’s PopClip ($5) brings the same sort of features to the […] Read the original post…

Highwire is a bit bulkier than many modern cases because of its dual-layer setup. The plastic frame simply snaps in place over the rubber layer, covering the iPhone’s sides and fitting between three raised columns of rubber. Not surprisingly, the inner rubber skin is quite soft, and imprinted with a […] Read the original post…

Folio FR comes in black, tan, camel, and brown variations. As usual the quality of Beyzacases’ leather is really impressive; there’s no question that it’s high-class material. It’s flat, rather than some of the textured leathers we’ve seen from the company, and lined with a suede-like material called Alcantara inside. […] Read the original post…

Apple’s Passbook app is great for letting you store a digital wallet for everything from your Starbucks card to your airline boarding pass, and by default includes location- and time-based notifications, allowing passes to come up automatically when you’re near your favourite store or your event is about to start. […] Read the original post…

Fresh from its acquisition by Funai, the consumer side of Philips is adding Lightning connectors to the lineup of speakers and clocks it previously rolled out for Dock Connector-based devices. Based on the earlier DS3020, the new DS3205 Docking Speaker for iPhone 5 ($90) is a small audio system with […] Read the original post…

Selling for a $10 premium versus its Dock Connector predecessor DS1150, Philips’ new DS1155 ($80) is a UFO-shaped speaker and clock with a Lightning connector. Armed with two speakers and an upgraded 6-Watt amplifier, the DS1155 is less powerful sonically than its Lightning-equipped brother DS3205, but it’s also smaller and […] Read the original post…

Apple has taken the unusual step of issuing a press release in response to a lawsuit filed today by Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn, who has pressured the company to create preferred stock that will distribute additional cash to shareholders. Indirectly addressing the lawsuit and a related open letter Einhorn published […] Read the original post…

Q: Is there an easy way to share an ebook with my wife? I purchased it with my iPad and would like to share the book with her so that she can read it on her iPad.  Can she log in under my account to log in as we do […] Read the original post…

Complete with quotes and previously confidential images provided by Monster, a new article at Gizmodo paints a surprisingly negative picture of Monster’s relationship with Beats Electronics, discussing how Monster lost virtually everything it had built when Beats left for HTC. Interviews with Monster CEO Noel Lee and his son Kevin […] Read the original post…

Though Philips sold its consumer electronics business to Funai, the brand name and products live on — seemingly unaffected for now by the transition. To that end, we present the In.Sight Wireless HD Baby Monitor ($170, aka B120), a Wi-Fi-enabled video monitoring solution targeted at parents. The camera ships with […] Read the original post…

If you video chat on your Mac, you’re probably using Apple’s Messages or FaceTime apps. But even though Messages includes multi-person conferencing and a Theater for sharing files, the features are limited and somewhat buggy. Rabbit, Inc. is setting out to update video chat on the Mac with its new […] Read the original post…

When Sega ported the latest version of its classic arcade jet shooter After Burner to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for $10, we downloaded it immediately. Now After Burner Climax has arrived as a universal iOS app for only $3, and though it doesn’t quite live up to the […] Read the original post…

Q: I’m looking for a solution that will allow me to store and play my entire iTunes library from my iPad, without my laptop being switched on. I have considered using the Apple TV, but would much prefer not to use cloud storage for this purpose. My iTunes library greatly […] Read the original post…

TheCover is covered in a printed paper with one of eight different graphic designs. Closed, it measures 7.5” wide, 9.5” tall, and 0.75” thick. Instead of the wooden frames we’re used to seeing in these cases, TheCover holds your tablet in a hard plastic shell that’s quite tight around the […] Read the original post…