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Filed under: Accessories, Peripherals, Odds and ends, iPhone

TUAW and Mophie team up for a great giveaway

You remember Mophie's Juice Pack Air, don't you? It's a cool little "backpack" battery for the iPhone 3G and 3GS that adds life to your talking, texting, gaming, video, music, or surfing fun. We gave one away back in June, and it was a very popular giveaway.

Now Mophie has added a new product line, the Hip Holster series. These are padded premium leather holsters just the size to hold an iPhone dressed in a Juice Pack or Juice Pack Air. Each Hip Holster is priced at US$29.95, and they're available now through Mophie's website.

Mophie and TUAW would like to give away a matched set -- one Juice Pack Air and one Hip Holster -- to one lucky reader. You can enter the drawing by leaving us a single comment below; tell us what will you do with the extra battery power you'll get from the Mophie Juice Pack Air.

Here are the rules and a link to the obligatory legal statement:
  • Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
  • To enter leave a comment telling us how you'll use the extra power you get from a Mophie Juice Pack Air.
  • The comment must be left before Friday, October 2, 2009, 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
  • You may enter only once.
  • One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
  • Prize: One Mophie Juice Pack Air valued at US$79.95 and one Mophie Hip Holster valued at US$29.95.
  • Click Here for complete Official Rules.
Good luck!

Filed under: Hardware, Retail, Apple, iPhone

Louis Vuitton releases first luxury iPhone cases


This wasn't on the iPhone Bingo card, but it should have been. Where there's an extremely coveted gadget, there'll be an extremely expensive luxury case for it. Louis Vuitton has announced a set of four cases for the iPhone: Monogram Canvas, Taiga Leather, Epi Leather and Alligator Skin. The Taiga Leather one has a belt attachment on it, but all of the cases are pretty inconvenient, because you've got to pull the iPhone all the way out to actually use it.

Oh, and we've saved the best for last. Want to guess prices? The Monogram Canvas case will only set you back a measly $225, while the Alligator Skin case is twice the price of the actual iPhone: $1120. All the cases will be available tomorrow at Louis Vuitton's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan.

Thanks, JW!

Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family, Odds and ends

Alligator iPod speakers

Nothing says, 'I love you,' more this holiday season than an iPod Hi-Fi wrapped in Alligator skin. What iPod toting excotic skin lover wouldn't be happy to find this Dunhill Alligator iPod Speaker with their name on it? This is a one of a kind, made to order, item which means it is pricey, but it does use real Alligator skin which is more than I can say about Belkin's iPod accessories.

Sadly, Dunhill's website is mostly Flash, so I can't link directly to the Alligator speakers. However, they are the 21st item on the Perfect Gifts list.

Pricing starts at £500.

[via bookofjoe]

Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family

Orbino: hand stitched leather iPod cases

I have never heard of Orbino until today, and I'm becoming perplexed as to why. They make what look like stellar hand stitched leather cases for all three of the current model iPods, offering a choice of styles, colors and unique clip and lanyard designs. Quickly browsing through their site, it looks like most of their cases run a respectable $39, which is a good price for a leather case (*ahem* Apple) that actually lets you use the iPod while it's wrapped up.

Check out Orbino's offering, and if any of y'all TUAW readers have already snagged one, feel free to post your thoughts.

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