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TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: What's 'appening?

by Steven Sande (Nov 2nd, 2011)

While watch the snow fall here at the TUAW studios in Colorado, you can watch and enjoy a conversation about some new products made for your favorite Apple devices. I'll give you a hands-on look at Twelve South's new PlugBug for iPad/iPhone, Scosche's caribiner-laden clipSYNC Charge & Sync ...

New OtterBox Reflex Series case for iPad 2

by Steven Sande (Sep 29th, 2011)

Over the years, I've had the opportunity to try out a number of products from OtterBox. The company, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, is well known for their protective cases for iOS and other devices. The company has four main series of products: the Defender, a multi-layer design which is ...

Daily Update for September 23, 2011

by Steven Sande (Sep 23rd, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the ...

Is Otterbox promising support for new two iPhone models? No.

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd, 2011)

Seen that banner ad (above) on the Otterbox website today? It's certainly creating quite the buzz. Is Otterbox promising the debut of two new iPhone models? It turns out that no, they're not. We gave Kelly Richardson of Otterbox a call today and she clarified the matter. "We're not even quite ...

OtterBox Reflex Series case for iPhone 4: First look

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2011)

When it comes to smartphone cases that can stand up to almost anything, OtterBox pretty much defined the market. Starting with the multi-layer Defender Series and then moving on to the more sleek Commuter Series, Colorado-based OtterBox has always made iPhone cases that can stand up to a lot of ...

Early access to Verizon iPhone: One guy got his already

by Kelly Guimont (Feb 7th, 2011)

9 to 5 Mac has linked to video of someone who managed to finagle his package out of the local UPS distribution center and get a hold of his Verizon iPhone on Saturday. This guy's camera operator flipped between portrait and landscape orientation, so if you want to get a really good look at all of ...

Otterbox's Reflex Case shown off at CES ShowStoppers 2011

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2011)

Mobile device case manufacturer Otterbox was at the ShowStoppers event here at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, and the company showed us its new Reflex series of cases. The company borrowed some pretty solid tech to make this protective case -- they called it a "single layer, dual density" product, which ...

TUAW review and giveaway: OtterBox Defender case for iPhone 4

by Steven Sande (Jul 27th, 2010)

Judging from the number of entries for our recent giveaway of two OtterBox iPad cases, most of you are familiar with the excellent products made by the Colorado company. Shortly after the end of the iPad case giveaway, I was surprised to find another box at my door from OtterBox containing one of ...

TUAW review and giveaway: OtterBox Defender / Commuter for iPad

by Steven Sande (Jul 17th, 2010)

Right off the bat, let me get the record straight -- I am a huge fan of OtterBox cases. I've used them on my last two iPhones and had used them pre-iPhone on a number of handheld devices. If you're into leather or style, then you probably won't be excited about the design of OtterBox products. But ...

TUAW Review & Giveaway: OtterBox Commuter / Commuter TL iPhone cases

by Steven Sande (Oct 5th, 2009)

After the debacle earlier this year when I lost my iPhone 3G, I decided to not only protect the new phone -- my lost 3G had been "naked" -- but make sure that whatever I used to protect it had a bit of heft. My choice of case was the locally-grown (Fort Collins, CO) OtterBox Defender, which fit ...

Don't try this at home

by Mel Martin (Jun 28th, 2009)

Or at the pool, or at the beach. It seems a French fellow was proud of his new iPhone 3GS and was taking pictures around the pool when the sort of inevitable happened. Yup, in the drink. Amazingly, the iPhone survived the underwater ordeal, and even recorded [YouTube link] the trip. Allegedly. I ...

Road Tested: Otterbox's serious iPhone case

by Dave Caolo (Apr 20th, 2009)

I bought my 4GB iPhone way back on June 29th, 2007, release day for the US. Upon removing it from its box, all shiny and smooth, I thought, "I need a case for this thing." I'm what you call scratch-phobic. But then I saw the rigorous torture test that PCWorld subjected their unit to, and was ...

Otterbox: Waterproof goodness now for 5G iPod

by Fabienne Serriere (Feb 1st, 2006)

If you've been dying to go swimming with your 5G iPod (maybe you just need to watch Steve Zissou underwater), there is a more appetizing option than the fugly H2O swimbelt. Luckily Otterbox has released an iPod 5G waterproof case as an update to its line of iPod waterproof stuff we've reported on ...

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