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The Icon: Charge Up Your iPhone and Your Personal Style

June 16th, 2010

If you have several iPhone connoisseurs in your family and are looking for the perfect gift for them, well you may light up their world with this new product.

Essential TPE’s “The Icon” battery pack is not only an effective way of reviving your drained iPhone battery pack, it also manages to look good while doing it. The Icon got its name from, well, the battery icon located in our beloved Apple gadgets. It is simply a piece of art and Apple also deems it so, giving it the “Work with iPhone” license and certification. In short, it has the company’s seal of approval which is definitely hard to achieve these days.

Aside from that, it also got a Taiwan Good Design recognition due to its very unique, eye catching design.

Of course it does not simply look good, the best part is that it is able to indicate the remaining power of your “The Icon” pack with its very own set of EL indicator lights. What this does is to show you in real time how much more you can charge, making use of the familiar greenish glow of the battery indicator.

Using it is like how you would expect it. Simply plug it into the Dock Connector and you’ll be charged in no time. It is able to give an additional talk time of up to 3 hours, 5 ½ hours of web surfing and 18 hours of music playback for your listening pleasure.

iPhone 4 compatibility is still up in the air for now, but at least it is guaranteed to work like a charm on your 3G or 3GS iPhone.

Head to their site to see the latest on The Icon. If you are an international retailer, Essential TPE indicated that they are interested in global distribution as well.

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Broken Bottle for iPhone Gets a Sequel

June 3rd, 2010

It seems that people are already raving mad about the new Broken Bottle app (which is basically named Broken Bottle 2) and ironically, not much has changed from the original game.

Now, the reason why that statement is so ironic is based on the fact that the original Broken Bottle achieved very good reviews. It was considered to be “cool” and “addictive”; and the customers who reviewed the app gave full marks in terms of ratings. Now, just because there has been some ad media hype, people are bashing the sequel app –not because of the graphical elements or gameplay changes, but simply because they are following the popular trend. And right now, the popular trend is to hate Broken Bottle 2.

So what is there to hate?

The game play is actually simple. Users get to swing around the iPhone (just be careful about hitting people) and simulate the concept of swinging around a bottle as a weapon. Eventually, the bottle will break and users will be holding the more iconic bar-room melee weapon of choice (next to the pool cue that is).

Oddly enough, people find this mechanic offensive. Even if the bottle starts getting stained with blood, it is simply a realistic depiction of a broken bottle being used as a weapon. Some parents have felt that the simulation could make children violent –another ironic consideration since games like Zelda for the Wii has children swinging around the Wii-mote as a virtual sword and effectively killing enemy on the way.

The biggest change in Broken Bottle 2 over the original is the inclusion of several new bottles to break and also, new bottle physics –bottles now change in they break, this factor is affected by the swing and power of the user. The app is still available for download for free from the iTunes store.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Gives What You Have Been Waiting For

July 15th, 2009

iphone-3gsIt was announced at the WWDC or Worldwide Developer’s Conference of Apple that Phone 3.0 Operating System will be made available for iPhones from the end of June. This new software will come with many new as well as earlier features. Engaged.com has latest information on the system.

There has been a lot of discussion why Apple took so much time to integrate MMS or multimedia messaging in their phones and finally it is here. Other then storing pictures you will also have the option to send contacts, photos, map locations and audio files. In fact the iPhone will be able to do which many other mobile phones have been doing.

Several features which the iPhone users have been waiting for a long time can be seen in iPhone OS 3.0. Owners of iPhone can download the software without any payment from iTunes. It is also available for the users of iPod Touch, but they will have to make a payment of, but for a fee of 6 pounds, similar to the previous OS update. There are several functions in this update which other mobile phones have been using for some time. You will get multimedia messaging, renting and buying TV shows or movies option, voice recording, complete system search, push notifications and more.

The software also has stereo Bluetooth and the ability to produce applications exclusively for using with the third-party hardware. This will eventually result in accessories for the iPhone and iPod Touch flooding the market. Apple has also included more features such as virtual landscape keyboard for some applications, parental controls and something known as Find My Phone.

Remember it may take some time to download the software as there are numerous people who are trying to do it at the same time. Even if you refresh it will not get the 3.0 update for your iPhone any faster.

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