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Check out macally for the "naked" look

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For those of you who like the “naked” iPad look, macally makes a number of snap-on shells that provide back and corner protection, while maintaining the iPad’s original appearance. All the connections and controls remain open for easy access. Made from rubber for secure grip or hardshell plastic. Colors range from crystal clear to silver or black. See the macally website for styles and colors. 



Review: Pro Zombie Soccer by Chillingo

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Average zombie games may come and go, and there’s not much you can do with a traditional soccer game.  Combine the two, however, and you have pure iPhone gold.  Pro Zombie Soccer takes zombie wars to a new level with a humorous story, intense soccer kicking action, and an awesome special weapon.  The visuals are wonderful, there are a variety of different zombies to contend with, and the controls are spot on.  Not really a whole lot more you could ask for.



Apple, bring back the Field Testing mode and display decibels not bars

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The iPhone used to have a Field Test mode which displayed decibels, and you could set that to replace the bars.  I used it to write this review of the Sleek booster from Wilson.



"Do not touch the antenna" - Nokia, 2005

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In today's press conference, Apple made a point of reminding attendees that every smartphone has an issue when people touch the antenna.  Apple says their fault was putting a bullseye on the very spot that you shouldn't touch.  So I checked to see if Steve Jobs' claim was correct.

I Googled the following phrase and saw some interesting results:  Nokia "Do not touch" antenna

Here's a quick link so you can see for yourself:  http://tinyurl.com/25ubre9



Look under your chairs, everyone get a free iphone bumper!

Ok, well the iphone conference didnt quite go that way, but basically Steve explained that dropped calls and poor reception is a common issue with all cell phones.  He also called this antennagate mostly referring to how over blown this is.

I dont think so.

Speaking from a personal point of view I think antennagate is more about the inial reaction of Apple to the issue and less about the issue itself.  Most of the people I know that have the 4 have not been having any more trouble with dropped calls then us 3 users and a few have said it works better.  Only one person I know could get the single drop to work well enough to actually drop a call. 



New iOS out for iPhone and iPad

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Yesterday Apple release iOS updates for both the iPad and iPhone. (Read the details on Yahoo for iPad and iPhone.) The iPad upgrade may be the more important, in that it fixes the WiFi issues. The iPhone upgrade fixes the issue with the signal-strength bars. 



Twitter Contest Winners - Week 3

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Our Summer Issue Twitter Contest is now over - and what a wonderful time we've had running this Read More



Elgato Releases New HD Video Encoding Software

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 Back in May, I reviewed the Elgato Video Capture device (read it here), which is a very easy way to encode and record old VCR tape video on your Mac for iPhone playback.



My Favorite Apps

This is a list of some of my favorite apps that I just have to have on my iPhone just in case I need access to them when I'm out and about.



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