Underground iPhone App Store Becoming More Popular

iPhone-DevelopersApple recently rejected the new Google Voice app in it’s app store which caused a bit of a stir in the industry. The FCC jumped in to this last week. All that aside, it has started to annoy developers that Apple have such a heavy hand on this matter. It appears that more and more developers are moving over to an underground app store for the iPhone called Cydia. This is the app store which is home to apps that Apple doesn’t approve.

The 5 month old store is run by Jay Freeman and is currently growing at a tremendous rate. About 10 percent of the 40 million iPhone/iPod Touch users have logged in to the store to download software. About 470000 users per day connect to the store which is an increase of just a few months ago that saw 350000 per day. [Read more…]

Spock Jr. USB Flash Drives

Spock-Jr-USB-Flash-DriveThese Spock Jr. USB Flash Drives are handmade, handstitched and have 2GB of storage capacity in a USB 2.0 format.

USB Spock allows you to store your data in his head for retrieval in seconds.

The flash drive is made of felt and is stuffed to pad it out a little. [Read more…]

LG Crystal GD900 Hands On

LG-Crystal-GD900LG recently created a video demonstration showing off the LG Crystal GD900. The Crystal is one of the next phones to be launched and it’s most striking feature is the transparent slide down keypad – hence the Crystal name.

The transparent keypad not only allows you to enter enter alpha numeric/characters, it also acts as a touchpad too that allows you to scroll through the S-Class menu system. [Read more…]

USB to SATA IDE Combo Kit

bdbf_usb_to_sata_idea_combo_kit_desktopWhen upgrading a hard drive on your PC you often leave files behind. I have several sat somewhere and just can’t be bothered opening up my PC to connect them up temporarily.

This is where the USB to SATA/IDE combo kit comes in to play. It allows you to dock almost any drive to it and connect it to your PC via USB so that files can be quickly transferred. [Read more…]

Hitachi 2TB HDD 7200 RPM Launched

hitachi-7k2000Hitachi have managed to create the worlds only 7200RPM 2TB hard drive. That’s quite an accomplishment. The key here is not only the massive amount of storage speed, but more so the speed that the drive spins. With it spinning 7200 times a minute it allows for faster read and write access than the other similar drives which only reach either 5400 or 5900 RPM. [Read more…]

Touchable Holography

touchable-hologramA Touchable Holographic display was on show over at Siggraph recently. As you will more than be aware, holography cannot really be touched. It’s just floating images that when you reach and grab them your hand slides right through them.

A company have been working on tactile feedback for holography and have created a system which uses 2 wii remotes to detect location of a real object (ie, your hand for example) and then an airborne ultrasound tactile display is used by giving feedback on the users hand. [Read more…]

iPod Nano Carved Cassette Cases

lg-casecSomeone has created some really nice cases for the 4th Gen iPod Nano. It looks like they were custom built and due to the fairly small size of the Nano, the iPod fits in quite well inside.

I guess if you went and got a Dremel you could possibly carve one of these out yourself but I wouldn’t be able to guarantee you’d get it to look as good as the ones pictured here. [Read more…]

Chrome Flip HD’s now Available

Flip-HDI just spotted this morning that Flip are now selling their Flip HD cameras in Chrome now. For an extra £10 you can get the whole back plate chromed out.

Although not the most exciting of news today that I could have mentioned it’s still an option for those who like that little bit of extra classy look to what they own. [Read more…]

iPhone 3G S 8GB Coming Soon?

iphone-3gs-8gbIt appears from rumours that Rogers in Canada is starting to ship 8GB iPhone 3G S’ to their stores.

It seems like the older iPhone 3G models at 8GB are slowly going to be replaced and the old version replaced with a new $99 version (at least we hope the price is the same). [Read more…]

Nintendo NES Controller Flash Drive

Nintendo-NES-USB-FlashDrive-ControllerThis NES original control pad has been carved up and now is a USB flash drive. All the buttons can still be pressed although it doesn’t function like it did in the past.

The NES USB Flash Drive controller comes supplied with a 3 foot USB 2.0 extension cable that allows you to put the controller on your desk rather that it being stuck to a USB port. [Read more…]

QwicKey USB Credit Card Swiper

qwickeyQwicKey is a USB device which is capable of scanning your credit card details. It’s designed for those who want to quickly enter their credit card details in to the computer. Custom software is provided which allows you to securely store credit card data along with PIN numbers and anything else is needed. Usernames and passwords can also be stored in the custom software.

The card reader sells for $49.95 and includes a 1 year subscription to an online version of the software which allows you to securely access your card details from any computer by logging in with a single username and password. [Read more…]

MouseBlister Reduces hand Fatigue

mouseblisterIf you mix a years worth of research and a mouse together you come up with the MouseBlister. MouseBlisters are a bunch of rubber bits that you stick on a mouse that prevent the mouse from getting slippy.

By making the mouse less slippy it reduces hand fatigue that can cause CTS and Tendonitus. [Read more…]