Oct 31

iPod foils potential kidnapping attempt in the hands of quick-thinking child

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Apple’s iPod touch can’t make cellular calls — at least, not without a special case — but it did look enough like the similar iPhone to foil one would-be predator. A Delaware suspect asked a 12-year-old girl to get into his van in front of her middle school, but quickly fled the scene, when the girl reportedly put her iPod against her ear and told him she was dialing police. The local authorities did eventually get called and are still looking for the suspect. If you see a “white male, 35-45 years of age, with a dark crew cut styled hair” suspiciously eying the headphone jack placement on devices in your local Apple Store, perhaps you’d best stay away.

iPod foils potential kidnapping attempt in the hands of quick-thinking child originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 29

12-yo Girl Prevents Kidnapping By Pretending iPod Touch Is a Phone [Creeps]

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This week in Stanton, Delaware, a 12-yo girl was confronted by a man driving a white van. He told her to get in. She held up her iPod Touch and said she’d dialed 911. That may have saved her life. More »

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Oct 29

The $45 a Month Verizon iPhone Hack [How To]

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Can’t wait for a Verizon iPhone? No problem—you can get one now. Cheaper than AT&T’s borked handset, too. Yeah, we’re being creative with the term “iPhone,” but who cares. It works. More »

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Oct 26

Sonos Wireless Dock for iPod and iPhone is out now for $119

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And now we’re at a crossroads. Apple is about to start hitting the wireless media streaming game hard with AirPlay and an armada of third party manufacturers. Meanwhile, Sonos is improving its already impressive streaming ecosystem with a now-shipping Sonos Wireless Dock (WD100) for your iPod or iPhone that can stream your device’s music digitally to any of your Sonos ZonePlayers. It’s not that bad a buy at $119, especially if you already have a big investment in Sonos. Plus, Sonos has plenty of other perks (like great support for online streaming music services) that it would be happy to point out to you. Still, we can’t help but wonder what this sort of product will look like in an AirPlay-contoured market, say, one year from now.

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Sonos Wireless Dock for iPod and iPhone is out now for $119 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

VLC downsized to fit on the iPhone and iPod touch, now playing in the App Store

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VLC gets downsized to fit on the iPhone and iPod touch, now playing in the App Store

If you like your players orange and portable but don’t have a tablet, you may be in luck. The VLC Media Player app, which recently made the iPad a little more codec-friendly, is now available in the App Store for the iPhone (4 and 3GS) and iPod touch. This new version is also said to support even more file types, offer better performance, and allows for the deletion of files right through its own interface. It’s available now, so get downloading — your classic cartoons await.

VLC downsized to fit on the iPhone and iPod touch, now playing in the App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 24

Reckless Racing review (iPhone)

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Developed by Swedish firm Pixelbite and released just a few days ago by EA and Polarbit, Reckless Racing is a game we’ve been following since it was known as “Deliverace” early this year — and honestly, there was a spell where we’d gone so long without having heard anything about it that we’d kind of assumed the awesome-looking project had been canceled. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case — it’s now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android — so we decided to take it for a quick spin. After all, top-down racers haven’t really made much noise since the heady days of R.C. Pro-Am and perennial arcade favorite Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off Road… and after playing Reckless Racing for just a few minutes, we’re not sure why that is.

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Reckless Racing review (iPhone) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 20

What It’s Like Using FaceTime For Mac [Video]

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FaceTime for Mac, which you can download right now, works pretty flawlessly so long as you have entries in your Address Book. Here’s how it looks doing Mac to Mac and Mac to iPhone. There’s even an iChat comparison. More »

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Oct 19

iPhone-controlled Acutouch HT-9500 massage chair now available

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Have you been struggling to come to terms with your non-iPhone-controlled massage chair ever since seeing the Acutouch HT-9500 back in August? Well, your long, comfortable nightmare could soon be over. The massage chair is now available for the low, low price of $4,999 — that’s a full grand off the MSRP. In case you missed it, the real selling point here (for some folks, anyway) is the accompanying HT-Connect app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which will let you wirelessly control the chair and give you “instant access to a world of resources, massage programs and expertise designed to improve your wellness and life.” Head on past the break for a glimpse of the app itself, and hit up the source link below to find a retailer near you (it’s unfortunately listed as out of stock online).

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iPhone-controlled Acutouch HT-9500 massage chair now available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 18

iPhone-controllable LED strip lets you take the rave with you for $300

Posted in: Apple, ipad, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, LED, Today's Chili, video, wifi

The iPhone can do many things, but “hypnotize passers-by with a dazzling array of colors” is not typically listed among its strong suits. That’s where the iGlo LED Set comes into play, bundling a WiFi-enabled strip of 120 multi-color LEDs — measuring some five meters in length — with iPhone and iPad apps that can control them. $299 is a small price to pay for this kind of portable party-making power, considering you just spent that much on a bottle of Blue Label for Steve’s birthday party last week… and that didn’t turn you into the most popular guy in the room. Follow the break for a full demo.

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iPhone-controllable LED strip lets you take the rave with you for $300 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 18

Tiny Dock-Dongle Adds GPS to iPad, iPod Touch

Posted in: Accessories and Peripherals, gps, ios, ipad, ipod touch, Tablets and E-Readers, Today's Chili

There’s not much to say about the Bad Elf GPS, and that’s a good thing. The tiny, plain plastic unit, about the size of a box of matches, plugs into the 30-pin connector of any iOS device and magically adds GPS capability. It has a green LED to tell you it is working and a MicroUSB port for pass-through charging/syncing of the host iDevice. It costs $99, $10 more than the TomTom car-kit for the iPod Touch, and half the price of the Dual iPod cradle which also adds a battery.

The Bad Elf won’t turn your iPad into a Google Maps machine – you still need an internet connection to use GPS with online services. If you have an iPod Touch or iPad partnered with a MiFi device, or you use apps that store their maps locally, then you’re good to go – just plug the dongle into the port, wait for a lock and your apps will believe they’re running on a GPS-equipped machine.

This little box is probably more useful with the iPad than the smaller iPod, if only because the iPad had a battery beefy enough to sustain a notoriously power-hungry GPS radio. If you’re planning on adding GPS to your iPod, then you should probably pick the Dual for its extra battery.

If you really want GPS, though, buy the 3G iPad. It’s just $130 more than the Wi-Fi-only model, and you have a SIM-slot so you can always choose to add a data-plan later.

Bad Elf GPS [Bad El. Thanks, Brett!]

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