Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Bad Ass iPhone Cases for Real Men

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Since the release of the 1st generation iPhone, people have been crazy over iPhone cases. Cases that were meant for protecting the iPhone have become a "fashion" statement for many users. While female iPhone users love heart-themed, red/pinkish iPhone cases, here are some iPhone cases for Bad Asses: via Oddee.com

1. Phoneballs Case

iPhone Balls

What could be manlier than an iPhone case with "balls"! It even protects your data connector from dirt. Give the bad ass iPhone some "balls" for only $15. Not only that, 10% of all proceeds will go to the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foudation.

Source: Phoneballs

2. Revolver Case

Revolver Case


Remember playing police/robber/cowboy as a kid? Or even secret agents that hide their handgun in their jacket with shoulder holsters? Here is an iPhone case you can tuck into your shorts (front or back), socks (ankle holsters) and answer calls with a really nasty look on your face. Unfortunately, it's not for sale. Fortunately, you can make one. For instructions, click on the link.

Source: Thingiverse

3. Dexter Case (Evidence Envelope)

Dexter Case

"Dexter" TV Series fans will be thrilled to get their hands on this Dexter-themed iPhone case by Speck. Now you can play detective with the Revolver Case and Dexter Case.

Source: TechFresh

4. Undercover Case
Undercover Case


Hesitant on leaving your new iPhone 4 on your desk? Afraid some rotten co-workers might get their hands on your new iPhone 4? Introducing the Undercover Stealth Cellphone Case. It's made of rip-proof, water-proof, writable material with Velcro straps to keep it secure. The authenticity is amazing! Just make sure nobody mistakes it for a real mail and send it to Mega Byte Co. Inc.

Source: PerpetualKid

5. Carbon Fiber Case

Carbon Case

Who said expensive carbon fiber accessories and upgrades can only be applied to your ride? To all rich bad asses who have tons of money to burn, here's the iPhone case for your bad ass iPhone. Featuring the iPhone iWallet. Made of your choice of carbon fiber, a mix of carbon fiber and Kevlar (both $600), or a lower-cost fiberglass model for a relative bargain price of $299. The iWallet has an alarm that goes off if you are 30 feet away. Cool!

Source: Telovation

6. Bacon Case

Bacon Case


An iPhone case especially made for Techno Bacon! The Fabric Bacon Case comes in different sizes, and one size fits the iPhone. It costs 25 Euro. Truly, everything's better with bacon! Techno Bacon <3 it!

Source: DaWanda

7. Heineken Case

heineken case


Enjoy your Bacon case with the Heineken case, the iPhone case for Real Men! The iPhone case from Etsy called the Heinecell is a Heineken-themed iPhone case that shows chicks your toughness and manliness. Etsy sells it for $25, pretty decent price for a bad ass iPhone case.

Source: iPhoneSpies

8. $108,000 Gold Case

Gold Case

Just like there are mobile phones covered in jewelries (i.e. Vertu Signature Cobra) that costs from $100,000 up to $3,200,000, we now have a $108,000 Gold iPhone case. Germany-based designers from GnG have now revealed what could possibly be the most expensive iPhone case. The Gold Delicious (dubbed by GnG) is only 1mm thick, is made from a special high-tech carbon fiber inlay, is covered with 140g of gold (18-carat) and packs nothing less than 600 diamonds. No wonder it costs a fortune!

Source: GnG

9. Cassette Case
Cassette Case
Go retro and relive your youth with ThumbsUp's Cassette iPhone Case. Instead of making mix tapes of all your favourites back in the days, the protects your iPhone (which may contain all your favourites back in the days, up to 32gb of bad ass mp3). This bad ass case can also serve as a stand for watching videos when fully opened. 2 thumbs up for ThumbsUp's Cassette Case!

Source: ThumbsUp

10. Recycled Cardboard Case

Recession Case

Even with the whole world under a financial crisis, Case-Mate took advantage of the situation and designed iPhone Recession Cases that cost only $7.99/10 cases or 30 cases for $14.99! You can get it personalized (using permanent markers), and on top of that it's environment friendly.

Source: Case-Mate

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Turn your iPod Touch to an iPhone. What?!?

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What!?! Is that even possible? Well, Yosion Technology has developed an adapter case that will turn your iPod Touch to an iPhone. Yes, you heard me! An iPod Touch that can send SMS, make calls, and has extended battery life. According to M.I.C. Gadget, Yosion Technology's Apple Peel 520 would probably cost around $388 RMB (about $57) and has an one-year warranty.

Apple Peel 520


You can watch the review conducted by Chinese technology website PConline.

Thanks to M.I.C Gadget for translating the review in English.

The Apple Peel 520 adapter case has 6 main components: SIM card slot, vibration motor, speaker for voice calls(ear piece), extended removable battery, Infineon baseband chip, and dock connector. 

Apple Peel 520

The Apple Peel 520 up close.

800mAh removable battery (adds up to 4.5hrs talk time)
Apple Peel 520

Power button and speaker (ear piece)
Apple Peel 520

Dock connector
Apple Peel 520Apple Peel 520

To be able to make calls and send SMS, we need both applications installed to the iPod Touch. So the iPod Touch must be jailbroken to allow these iPhone default application to be installed. 

Screenshot: Home Screen showing Yosion (iPhone's Phone App) and YsSMS (iPhone's Messages App)
Apple Peel 520

Screenshot: Yosion Calling App
Apple Peel 520

Screenshot: Inbox
Apple Peel 520

Screenshot: Edit Messages
Apple Peel 520

Screenshot: Add contact/View contact list
Apple Peel 520

The 3.5mm headphone jack located on the bottom-right of the iPod Touch has been modified to be used as the antenna with the dock connector. With the Apple Peel 520's antenna design, users will have access to the 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom-left of the adapter case.

Sadly, this marvelous adapter case is not yet officially available. Although sources say that Chinese customers can visit Taobao online store to pre-order it. Pre-order deposit will cost you around $100RMB or $15.

In my opinion, this innovation is really worth investing on. In the Philippines, an iPhone 3GS 32gb costs around Php37,500 or $835, while an iPod Touch 3rd Gen 32gb costs around Php13,400 or $300, and the Apple Peel 520 will cost around (Php2,500) or $57

Comparing Php37,500 to Php15,900 ($835 to $357), 'nuff said.

Kudos to China's Yosion Technology. If everything goes well, this will probably make a huge impact to the iPhone/iPod Touch world.

Just stay tune for updates and more reviews.

Sources: M.I.C. Gadget
  
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