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Props Power and Keyboard Case for iPad: review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Jun 12th, 2013)

Remember my last keyboard case review where I told you it was going to be the last one for awhile? Well, that was before yet another manufacturer knocked on my virtual door and handed me a keyboard case. But this, my friends, is a keyboard case with a difference -- it also has a huge built-in ...

Win a Netatmo weather station for Father's Day

by Steven Sande (Jun 9th, 2013)

Does your dad -- or do you -- have a fascination with the weather? Is he always checking his iPad for local weather conditions, sending precipitation reports to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or obsessively watching storm chaser videos on the Weather Channel app? If ...

Mophie Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5 hands-on, plus a giveaway

by Steven Sande (Jun 6th, 2013)

Finally we've received the third in the Mophie Juice Pack trilogy. First, it was the slender and lightweight Juice Pack Helium (US$79.95). Next, it was the classic Juice Pack Air ($99.95). Now Mophie has filled out the Juice Pack family with the ultra-big-capacity Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5 ...

Scosche BoomBOTTLE brings big beats to bikes, beaches

by Steven Sande (May 28th, 2013)

If there's one major problem I have with most Bluetooth speakers designed for use with iOS devices, it's that they share a boring design. Let's face it; most of them look like bricks. Accessory manufacturer Scosche has broken out of the design doldrums with a new rugged wireless speaker called the ...

ECBC Dart Laptop Tote review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (May 27th, 2013)

There's nothing quite like the abrupt ending of a three- or four-day weekend to slap you back into reality, and that's what a lot of TUAW readers here in the US will experience this morning. One thing that might soften the blow of heading back to work would be a new laptop case courtesy of ECBC ...

Element Case Sector 5 Black Ops Elite: The tactical case for your iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (May 23rd, 2013)

Element Case is one of the few iPhone case manufacturers we talk to on a regular basis that continues to innovate with impressive designs that are entirely different from the mainstream. Whether it's their wood, aluminum and leather Ronin or the original Sector 5 case, you can be certain that an ...

Weekend giveaway: Pad and Quill Aria iPad cases -- and discounts

by Steven Sande (May 4th, 2013)

Mr. and Mrs. PQ, proprietors of Pad and Quill LLC in lovely Minneapolis, Minnesota, are apparently trying to keep themselves sane in this year's wacky spring weather (it was crazy in Colorado yesterday, too). They're warming things up by offering a giveaway of Pad and Quill Aria iPad cases -- one ...

Win a collector's item: a Behringer iNuke Boom Junior speaker dock

by Steven Sande (Apr 30th, 2013)

I'm usually very good about turning around reviews; usually within a week or two of receiving a review device or accessory I've had a chance to try it out, take photos, and write it up. But there are two things that have been sitting in my office unopened for a few months, and I finally decided to ...

Ballistic's new Aspira case line for iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (Apr 29th, 2013)

This will be a rather quick review, not just because silicone iPhone 5 cases are quite commonplace, but because there are mainly just good things to say about these new cases from Ballistic Case. They're all members of the Ballistic Case Aspira series for the iPhone 5 (US$34.99), and three ...

TUAW Giveaway: Win a copy of Tabular for Mac

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 27th, 2013)

Thanks to the guys at Chromatic Labs, we've got three copies of Tabular for Mac to give away, worth US$19.99 each. Tubular is a comprehensive application for reading, editing and writing tablature music on a Mac. If you're a musician, music teacher or composer of music who's looking to use ...

Just Mobile's HeadStand, AluCup and AluFrame: Accessories that organize, protect

by Steven Sande (Apr 25th, 2013)

As the Northern Hemisphere of the planet wakes up from winter, accessory manufacturers are coming to life with some new or revised products. One of those companies, Just Mobile, has released a crop of accessories that can help to organize your workspace and protect your iPhone 5. There's the ...

Pelican ProGear Vault Series case for iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (Apr 22nd, 2013)

Pelican is well-known by professionals in photography, the military, and government for their incredibly strong carrying cases. Now they've brought their expertise to the iPhone 5 with the new Pelican ProGear Vault Series case (Model CE1180, US$79.95), which appears to be one of the first ...

TUAW Giveaway: Win a set of RHA MA450i in-ear headpones

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 17th, 2013)

We've teamed up with RHA, the Glasgow-based audio company who creates and manufactures fantastic, high-quality audio gear, to give away a wonderful set of MA450i noise-isolating in-ear headphones, worth US$49.95. Utilizing RHA's own aerophonics design, the MA450i are machined out of solid ...

OGIO's gorgeous 13-inch Covert Shoulder Bag: review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2013)

Apple's smaller notebooks -- the 11" and 13" MacBook Air and the 13" MacBook Pro -- are incredibly popular, so it's not surprising that accessory manufacturers are now turning out some beautiful and functional products especially for these computers. Today we'll be looking at OGIO's 13" Covert ...

Props Power Case for iPad and iPad mini: Review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Apr 15th, 2013)

One of the big questions I always hear from newbies to the iOS world is "Why are there battery pack cases for the iPhone but not for the iPad?". That's a really good question, and one that I couldn't honestly answer. Now Digital Treasures has done the inevitable and created the Props Power Case ...