A new puzzle game that goes by the name Cuboid has been launched for iPod, iPhone and iPad. Rumors are that it is one of the most mind-boggling puzzle games of this era and has been developed by HeroCraft which happens to be a developer of mobile applications as well as games in Russia. Cuboid will be a 3D puzzle game where the players will have to wander across majestic environments and archeological ruins and passing through rectangular blocks towards an exit which seems to be totally mystical. ...

Two Greenpeace activists who were protesting against usage of dirty energy for powering data centers were arrested after being taken out of a giant iPod in front of Apple’s headquarters. Although Greenpeace confirmed the arrests, the environmental organization did not confirm the charges. The two protesters had apparently locked themselves inside an 8-ft tall, 10-ft wide survival pod which had earlier been used during protests against oil drilling in the Arctic regions. The two Greenpeace activists ...

Warning: If you can’t stand the thought of insane self-surgeries, this news might be a bit too hardcore for you. Dave Hurban, a tattoo artist working in Newfield, N.J., apparently performed a surgery on his own hand to insert magnets under his skin, which will hold his iPod Nano in place on his wrist, like a wristwatch. Obviously, he remains oblivious to the fact that you can get straps to do just that! Hurban is a tattoo artist working in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Kreative, an advertising ...

iPod owners who had purchased their iPods directly from Apple between September 12, 2006 and March 31, 2009 are beginning to be notified about a case dating back to 2004. Though no ruling or settlement has been reached, Apple has been accused of creating a monopoly with iTunes Music Store. This case was recently green-lighted for class-action status and includes everyone who had purchased iPods during that 2.5 time period. It all began in July 2004 when RealNetworks introduced a new product called ...

123inkcartridges.ca, the Canadian maker of printer supplies has recently expanded its portfolios to cover iPod accessories and iPad cases as well. Known for the affordability of its products, the iPod accessories and iPad cases will also be offered at attractive prices. The Montreal-based company, that primarily serves customers in Canada and the United States, is trying to keep up with the change in technology and the subsequent change in customer needs by making new products that cater to wider ...

The ODOC iPhone and iPod dock is a pretty exciting product and suits the general style of most, if not all, Apple iDevices. Built of cast aluminum alloy and laid glass in addition to stainless steel, this iPhone and iPod dock has recently been launched on Kickstarter. The device showcases a cylindrical body that can easily be twisted to provide 5 different viewing angles. It also comes with an o-ring to give you a better grip while you’re locking the device onto a certain position. This feature ...

Try this experiment: play a song on your iPhone by itself- i.e., no headset and no dock. You will find that the sound quality is not good at all. The iPhone is built to play music either on a headset or on an iPhone dock, of which the latter provides almost endless possibilities. Altec Lansing has introduced yet another new portable iPhone/iPod speaker to its steadily increasing product portfolio with the inMotion iMT630 Classic and Sport, available for $149.99. Taking forward Altec typical design ...

  Remember those times when the iPod used to create so much excitement in the entire neighborhood just because it was an Apple product? Well, apparently, times have changed. According to a report titled “Apple Ecosystem Study” by market research firm NPD, the more-recent iPad is slowly replacing the age-old iPod as the average household’s first Apple product. The report investigates into what kinds of consumers are buying which kind of products and why. Considering the fact that the ubiquitous ...

As you enter the restaurant, a smiling waiter approaches you, greets you, and pulls out a chair for you. When you are ready to order, the waiter returns to you and whips out an iPod to take your order. Wait. iPod? Even before you raise your eyebrow, your order has already reached the kitchen and your dish is half ready. Incredible, isn’t it? Several restaurants in Kerala, India have begun to use customized iPods with some software that lets waiters send orders directly to the kitchen and the billing ...

Gmate’s brainstorming has finally yielded results and this time it seems legit. The company claims to have made dual-SIM capability to an iPhone. Another one of their crafty technology allows for iPhone functioning to be incorporated into an iPod Touch. The second feature is what bewildered us, but it is nonetheless true that the iPod can make voice calls, send SMS and have web surfing capabilities. The net browsing capabilities have been made possible through the help of Gmate’s GPRS/EDGE technology. We’re ...

Apple has been found guilty of a technical flaw in its first generation iPod Nano resulting in a disastrous incident where the Apple product burst into flames burning the hands of a Japanese lady. A fine of ¥600,000 (about £4685) has been imposed on Apple by a Japanese judge in the Tokyo district court. This compensation includes medical treatment, legal costs as well as compensation for the pain suffered. At the end of last year the company had admitted its faults as far as the first generation ...

Samsung and Apple have been vying for the same spot though Apple has been leading the race all along. Samsung has also been doing everything possible to attract users. A recent attempt in this way was the launch of a device called the Galaxy Player that looks like an iPod, earlier this year. The 3.6-inch version of the Galaxy Player is already available at Best Buy for $149.99 and it will be soon followed by a 4.2-inch version. A press release from Samsung said that gaming, videos and music were ...

According to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, a video on organ donation that can be viewed on their iPods while waiting at the Department of Motor Vehicles might inspire them to become donors. This could be the solution to the gap in the demand and supply of the various organs especially amongst the minorities in the US. The video had a greater effect on African Americans, with 76 percent of viewers agreeing to become donors against 54 percent of those who didn’t watch the video. This ...

The grapevine has it that Apple is testing the new iPhone with the next-generation hardware platform. Sources say that iPhone4S with the A5X variant has been circulated by Apple for testing purpose. Also sources have said that iPod Touch might also get some hardware upgrades in its newer avatar. The new iPhone will probably have 1 GB RAM instead of the 512 MB RAM. The processor of the A5X is similar to the A5 processor being used in the latest iPad. It remains to be seen whether putting an A5X in ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued 17 patents to Apple Inc. for technologies ranging from wireless synchronization between the Mac and iOS device to the Apple logo that lights up on the back of a Mac. In fact, the patent also relates to any “illuminable portion” on a computer’s housing. The patents, listed by Patently Apple, also include the technology behind the iPhone camera and the manufacturing technique of the iPod. Even Apple’s iPod Shuffle design, boasting ...

iPod Nano Touch concept intends to give an extended reformed avatar with some smarter functions. The device intends to bring together, the sleek and smart styling of the cute little music player with the features of iPod touch and that also with a little twist. The concept actually hosts the Apple’s current design with some extended version, without stating anything about features, although the designer has planned for a Wi-Fi and a front facing camera for FaceTime along with other features. The ...

If you are a HTC fan then there is something new cooking by the HTC. There are some news that HTC is planning for an upcoming device, (which is not a smartphone to be precise) rather is basically designed to counter Apple’s iPod touch and if believe the rumors it is expected to deliver much better sound quality than Apple. The patent design has recently been revealed at the patentbolt, which shows HTC’s design of some incredible multimedia device. The patent is rumored to be filled back in the ...

Are you looking for a set of killer kicks? The shoes with the Fallout theme, which is known as the Vault Dweller Dunks is the one you are most probably looking for. Emmanuelabor and Jacob Patterson are the two brains behind the pair of these shoes. So what is so worth mentioning about it? There certainly is. The shoes carry a couple of jailbroken iPod Touches as their tongues. Each of them has the Pip-Boy theme. The iPod Touches which have taken the place of the traditional tongue of the shoes makes ...

In the world of the young adult, films which have been inspired by hugely popular fiction have had a few things common. Like the Twilight series or the Harry Potter series the latest entrant is the Hunger Games. These have seen the use of mobile devices become a part of the hysteria. At the various releases and in the never ending queues one could see youngsters using iPods, especially the iPod touch, to click pictures and stream the likes of cast interviews and pre-release reviews. Using the Face-Time ...

Apple’s seven year old first generation of iPod Nano failed to get praise from the users, as over a million people has took up the last year’s product recall. One of the Nano owner claimed that the customer service representative has stated that his product replacement might take over a few weeks’ time as the replacement call was proving to be far more popular than the apple has earlier estimated. According to the Apple representative, they were expecting around, 25,000 to 30,000 pieces but ...