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Fans of the JRR Tolkien novel series Lord of the Rings will remember the mystical metal known as Mithril, rare and precious as the finest diamonds, as strong as the hills themselves. Here in the earbuds known as Mythro from the folks at Moshi, the excellence in the name is called upon to present a pair of sound blasters that are surrounded by a durable metal casing, bring on high-quality sound, and don’t cost a mint doing so. Have a peek at what the makers of fine accessories have conjured up!

With the Mythro you’ve got a collection of color choices at your hands including gunmetal gray, jet silver, tyrian purple, satin gold, rose pink, and burgundy red. You’ll be picking these little monsters up for a cool $29 USD, which should throw up a red flag for you quality seekers out there – but no worries! These buds are for you!

– DR8 Neodymium drivers (15Hz-20kHz / -10dB@1kHz) in an anodized aluminum casing.
– Integrated microphone with universal button control.
– Hybrid injection silicone earbuds in three sizes for superior noise isolation and comfort.
– A convenient Velcro HandyStrap cable manager.

The strap you get with the buds wrap around the cord real hand-like, keeping everything in order for transport. The color of the different sized buds you get in the package reflect the specific color of the buds you’ve purchased, and you’ve got a unique application available for your experience right out of the box as well. With the unique “Burn In Tool” app available for free from the iTunes App Store you’ll have a curated series of sounds played from your iPhone through your new set of earbuds that’ll break in or “burn in” the phones for a more satisfying experience from the start.

By playing back a curated list of tones/frequencies, the Moshi Audio Burn-In Tool allows the headphone diaphragms to relax and reach their optimal level of sonic performance. Simply install the burn-in tool on any iOS device and select the headphone and desired burn-in period. The burn-in tool is customized for all Moshi Audio headphones, but also includes support for any third-party audio headsets as well.

These little buds will be exactly what you need if you’ve got a twenty dollar bill, a ten dollar bill, and a love of fashionable audio accessories for your smartphone or tablet. Grab them right this minute – and have a peek at the timeline below for more Moshi excellence as well!

Moshi Mythro Earbuds offer high-end sound with Tolkien twist is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Earlier this month, Cablevision announced it would be offering live TV anywhere through its Optimum for iPad application, although the channel selection were extremely limited. It looks like another cable provider will soon be offering the ability to stream live TV while away from your home as Time Warner Cable is expected to launch an update to its TWC TV app.

Just like with Cablevision’s offering, the channel lineup for Time Warner Cable’s live streaming of channels outside of your home network will be extremely limited as only the following channels will be able to be watched live: (more…)

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If you’ve been waiting all this time for Mailbox to open up to you for your iOS device, wait no more! The line-keeping outside the door for this app is finally over, with the ultra-popular means of keeping you interested in the app before you had access being axed this week. If you didn’t know there was an app simply called “Mailbox” for your iPhone, well: now’s as good a time as any to get onboard!

According to the developers behind Mailbox, they’re ready to take on the massive amount of users that will come with the opening of the doors that’s happening this week. If you’re not able to jump onboard today, you’ll be able to by the end of the day. So they say.

The added bulk of users – they acceptance of them in the door this week – may have been helped by Mailbox’s acquisition by Dropbox back at the end of March. If anyone can handle massive amounts of users, it’s Dropbox – that’s for sure. The newest version of Mailbox (version 1.2.0) has added a collection of user interface improvements while the reservation system has been pushed to users across the board.

Have a peek at our review of Mailbox from the first week it was out and take a peek a the timeline below for more information on this massively popular app. The app’s newest edition is ready for your perusal right this minute for free, top to bottom. If you’re all about Gmail and don’t like Google’s offerings for your iPhone or iPad, you’ll want to check this out – it’s got a system of read later bits and piece for your enjoyment!

Mailbox app for iOS now open to all: reservations axed is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Now that the fourth-generation iPad has been around for several months, it’s high time we had some rumors and tips surrounding the generation that’s up next! The iPad 5 case mold that we’re seeing today has been passed on to some case-makers who suggest that this iteration of the tablet will have a 9.7-inch display as it’s had before, but that its body will be slimmer with a smaller bezel – strange, isn’t it?

With this version of the iPad we’ll once again be seeing the Lightning connector on the bottom of the tablet, a microphone hole up top on the back, and speaker holes on the bottom too. This model has the same display lock, same location for a headphone jack, and same placement of a volume button. It’s as if this version of the iPad hasn’t change at all for the basics. Even the camera appears to be the same size.

The big differences come in the thinness of the body and the wideness and tallness of the overall tablet design. This leaked mold suggests that Apple might be taking the same approach Sony has taken with their updated design of the Xperia Z with the Xperia XL. Tossing out everything that’s not absolutely essential in the design, here we’ve got a display that will appear much closer to an edge-to-edge situation than in previous tablets.

Have a peek at a couple of shots of cases courtesy of Engadget and let us know if you feel Apple should be cutting down on the bezel for the next-generation hero iPad design. Have a peek at our reviews of the iPad 4 and the iPad mini as well and see what you think – will you be picking up an iPad in the near future if they change the body?

Supposed iPad 5 cases found in Hong Kong is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Rumors of an upcoming iPad sporting a similar design as the iPad mini go as far back as late January this year, when our reliable friends at 9to5Mac shared some clear photos of a leaked chassis (check them out at the “More Coverage” link below). This was followed by an alleged photo of the front panel sent around earlier this month. But as before, cases for this unreleased “iPad 5” have also been making the rounds in China, and we’ve managed to get our hands on one at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair earlier today. It’s the same old story according to a staff at the booth: the case is based on a leaked mold. Oops!

Compared to a similar case made for the two latest generations of the bigger iPad, this case again suggests a slimmer and narrower iPad is in the works, which would mean that this mysterious tablet is likely to have the same screen size but thinner left and right-side bezels — just like the iPad mini. Similarly, the straighter edges support 9to5Mac’s earlier leak of the iPad mini-like body. Let’s just hope that Apple will still have a few surprises up its sleeves then, eh?

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