IPod Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Une Bobine: A Kickstarter succeeds, expands to another market

by Steven Sande (May 26th, 2012)

Une Bobine is a stylish and handy iPhone cable that went from zero to 1000 percent funded on Kickstarter in just 19 days. I covered the device on an episode of TUAW TV Live a few weeks ago, and just love the way that the flexible-but-somewhat-stiff Une Bobine works with an iPhone or iPod touch ...

US TSA eyeing Macs, iOS devices to assist mission

by Steven Sande (May 25th, 2012)

America's favorite frisking and body scanning team -- the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) -- is about to go Apple. NextGov is reporting that the TSA has put out a request to possibly purchase any number of Apple products to "support specific areas of TSA's Risk Based ...

HAND Stylus jumps from Kickstarter to your iOS device

by Steven Sande (May 24th, 2012)

While the bloggers here at TUAW are of varied opinions about whether or not one should use a stylus with a touchscreen, we love to see the products that innovative manufacturers come up with. A recent Kickstarter project that is now 514 percent funded and in production, the HAND Stylus (US$25) ...

AIRbudz: A safer way to listen to your tunes

by Steven Sande (May 20th, 2012)

While the world seems to be beating a path to the door of manufacturers of noise-canceling earphones, inventor Tammy Erdel has a much better idea that could save some lives. AIRbudz replace the removable earbuds on your favorite set of earphones and allow the sound around you to mix with the ...

Wicked Audio Metallics Earbuds Giveaway

by Steven Sande (May 14th, 2012)

Sometimes we don't even need a reason to do a giveaway of some fun swag. Our friends at Wicked Audio were in the giving mood, so we teamed up with them to give away three pairs of their new Metallics earbuds. The Metallics (US$12.99) are noise-isolating earbuds that are extremely lightweight ...

Kanex ATV Pro connects Apple TV to VGA projectors

by Steven Sande (May 10th, 2012)

Kanex has just released the US$59 ATV Pro HDMI to VGA adapter. This little video adapter may well be a hit with teachers and presenters who want to mirror their iPad screens to VGA projectors -- without tethering the iPad to a clunky VGA cable. Up until now, if you intended to display your ...

New York restaurant adopts iPads, saves money

by Steven Sande (May 10th, 2012)

The next time you're at the Brooklyn (NY) Tap House choosing from the wide variety of beers on tap, don't be surprised if you see iPads at the bar or an iPod touch in the hands of your waitperson. The gastropub has installed a point-of-sale system from Albuquerque-based POSLavu that uses the ...

Poll: Which music streaming service are you using for iOS?

by Matt Tinsley (May 2nd, 2012)

In light of Spotify launching its long awaited iPad app, and iMore's recent in-depth look at the top three music streaming services available for the iPhone, we thought we'd take a little TUAW poll to see just which music streaming services (if any) TUAW readers use on their iOS ...

Study: One in four iPad customers are new to Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 27th, 2012)

Remember the early generation iPods - they were so popular and it seemed like everyone, even non-Mac users, had one? A recent NPD report about the iPad suggests the tablet device is slowly replacing the iPod as the device that gets people into the Apple ecosystem. In its Apple Ecosystem Study, ...

Bracketron Power Dock Pro Flex keeps iPhone secured and powered in your car

by Steven Sande (Apr 26th, 2012)

When it comes to car mounts for the iPhone and iPod touch, there are a lot of 'em available. I personally despise windshield suction-cup mounts, as every one I've tried has fallen off my windshield as soon as it heats up in the strong Colorado sun. When I saw Bracketron's new Universal USB ...

Mophie juice pack powerstation PRO: A big gas tank for your gizmos

by Steven Sande (Apr 26th, 2012)

We test a lot of external power packs here at the top-secret TUAW labs, most of which are just powerful enough to top off an iPhone or iPod touch. But what if you need enough juice to top off a couple of iPhones or an iPad? That's where Mophie's new juice pack powerstation PRO (US$129.95) comes in ...

BRAVEN SIX portable Bluetooth speakers sound great, charge your iOS device

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2012)

There are a lot of portable Bluetooth speakers on the market that can work with your iOS devices, but not many that deliver high-end sound and can also charge your favorite Apple product. Utah-based BRAVEN has announced the SIX line of Bluetooth speakers that offer a lot of power -- both the ...

CordCruncher headphones: A sound way to keep your life tangle-free

by Steven Sande (Apr 14th, 2012)

Kickstarter has launched a number of innovative products, and one caught my attention a few weeks ago -- the CordCruncher headphones. The inventor, Jay Johnson, claimed that he'd come up with a way of keeping headphone cables from tangling. Sure enough, his product works amazingly well and the ...

Photojojo unleashes a trio of Belkin iPhone camera accessories: review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2012)

One of the best places to get 1) fun, 2) useful, and 3) fun (did I already say that?) photo accessories is Photojojo.com. Since the advent of iPhoneography, Photojojo has become the go-to spot for those little attachments and goodies for your iPhone photography pleasure. I recently had the ...

Sound Sofa is a sofa with an iPod dock

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 11th, 2012)

If you want to use your iPod in the living room for ambient sound, but abhor the look of a black, plastic dock, then you should check out the Sound Sofa by CSL. The Sound Sofa is a sectional sofa that houses a built-in audio system with an iPod dock. You can pick among different combinations of ...