Metal Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Researchers create pixels eight times smaller than the Retina Display

by Mike Schramm (Aug 30th, 2010)

You might be pretty proud of your iPhone 4's Retina Display, and those teensy pixels 4x smaller than the already good-looking usual Apple displays. Or maybe you're looking forward to seeing the Retina installed in some of Apple's other products at the event later this week. But like most consumer ...

iPhone body armor case looks cool

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2010)

Speaking of iPhone cases that look ... different, here's an interesting metal case for everybody's favorite smartphone. A company called Ltd Tools has created a metal, cage-style case that adds a flip cover to the phone and gives it a pretty distinctive look. I don't think it will be for everybody; ...

Review: Joule iPad stand by ElementCase

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 16th, 2010)

The iPhone cases from ElementCase have always impressed me. Made to last from sturdy materials, they are beautifully designed and a joy to use. I've used a lot of iPhone cases and after so many wound up treating my phone badly, I felt the case we covered a while ago did possibly the best job of ...

Macworld 2010: What is it? Apple Campus edition

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2010)

While we were walking around the Apple Campus yesterday, we spotted this strange device planted in the ground. The picture above is the only one we took, but we'll give you a few hints: the two holes in the metal box are upside down trapezoids, and inside of them, you can see a metal grating just ...

iMac design vs. Audi

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2007)

We've already seen the iPhone's influence on the new iMac, but the Audi? A British ConceptCar site claims the aluminum and glass casing of the new iMac reminded them of another chrome, aluminum and glass design-- that of an Audi. As you can see in the picture above, the comparison kind of works. ...

Apple sites worldwide gain the new metal look

by David Chartier (Aug 9th, 2007)

We're receiving reports that Apple sites around the world have been updated to the new 'metal look' that the US site received last June at the start of WWDC '07. Since I live in the US, I'm less familiar with Apple's international sites. However, TUAW reader Graham points out apple.com/nz/ which ...