If you’re like most people, you stopped using docks back when Apple stopped including them with iPods. That’s exactly why we were so pleasantly surprised when we saw the Bluelounge Saidoka lightning charger for iPhone. It actually looks useful!
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Passwords are obnoxious, but until desktops start coming with a fingerprint/retina/any other type of body part scanner, they’re stuck dealing with the passcode security of yesteryear—or so it would seem. The new Knock app for iPhone, though, takes a more fun approach.
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Apple has high hopes for Bluetooth LE, planning to use it to oust NFC for mobile payments among other things, but meanwhile apps like Knock are using it for easy authentication when you get near your Mac. Released today for iPhone, Knock turns the iOS smartphone into a physical password for a Mac computer: when […]
Google has updated its Google Search app for iOS, boosting Google Now functionality including the “OK Google” voice search from Android 4.4 KitKat, new notifications that show up outside of the app, and a more streamlined UI. The app, for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, now delivers reminders for when to leave in time to […]
Oregon Scientific is the latest company to step into the wearable activity monitor segment. The activity monitoring wearable electronics category is constantly growing with products from a number of manufacturers, including Nike with its Nike+ FuelBand offerings and many others. A new fitness band is now available from a company called Oregon Scientific called the […]
Audiovox has announced a new spherical remote shutter control designed specifically for smartphone cameras. The remote control is called the ShutterBall and works with several the most popular smartphones on the market. The goal of the ShutterBall is to make it easy for users to take self-portraits using their smartphone. The round ball is designed […]
Nike has some of the most popular activity and fitness trackers that are available in the form of its FuelBand wearable devices. Nike unveiled its Nike+ FuelBand SE last month packing some interesting technology into a bracelet designed to be worn on the wrist. The biggest problem about those FuelBand devices is that they tend […]
Need to save that text message for proof in a friendly dispute? Something more salubrious? Here’s how to back up all the text messages on your phone.
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Good news, fitness freaks: Nike’s Move app, which brings Fuelband functionality to the iPhone 5s using its M7 motion-sensing co-processor, is now available in the App Store.
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All smartphones these days comes with an Airplane Mode, which basically disables the phone’s radios and in some cases turns WiFi off. This is great when you’re travelling on the plane and want to use your phone, or in situations where you want to conserve your phone’s battery, but what about a Car Mode? Designers Joey Cofone and Michael Vanderbyl have come up with a concept called Car Mode, which is basically a phone’s state in which it has been designed with road safety in mind. Car Mode will activate when your iPhone pairs with the car’s Bluetooth system and will offer hands-free calls and turn-by-turn navigation.
The kicker here is that all notifications will be disabled, meaning that sounds and alerts that you should be receiving when a call or message arrives on your phone will be turned off, thus keeping you more focused on the road rather than on your phone. Text messages sent to your phone will automatically be replied stating that you are driving and are currently in Car Mode, letting the other person know that you are unable to receive their call or reply their messages. Once the car stops and the ignition is turned off, your phone will then display all the notifications that you have received whilst driving.
As it stands a feature similar to this currently exists in Windows Phone devices and the Moto X, so we guess the ball’s in Apple’s court, along with other Android OEMs, to implement this feature. What do you guys think?
Car Mode Concept Introduces Road Safety For iPhone Users original content from Ubergizmo. 
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