String Labs’ augmented reality showcase app for iPhone
Want to see one of the ways that you're going to use that iPhone in the future? You should do yourself a favor and check out what String Labs is doing with their new augmented reality engine, String. What is AR, you ask? It's the merging of both your r...
Turn an iPod touch into an iPhone with its own packaging
Here's a nice bit of ingenuity. Lifehacker reader Kevin explains how he used a VoIP app (Viber and Line 2 are two nice options) with his iPod's packaging and earbud speakers to create a DIY handset.
After smoothing the edges of the plastic backing an...
Flash-friendly Skyfire browser for iPad gets updated
After the initial iPhone, iPad and iPod touch version earned $1 million in its first weekend in the App Store back in November, the third party iPad-specific web browser Skyfire for iPad (US$4.99) has been updated to Version 2.1.1 and is available for ...
Apple II game Oregon Trail is turning 40 this year
You may not have heard about it lately, but the classic game Oregon Trail is turning 40 years old this year. Initially developed as an educational game for a history class in Minneapolis, Oregon Trail was released to the public in 1971 for the Apple ...
XBMC now running on jailbroken Apple TV or iDevice
The open source home theater software XBMC has made the jump from the desktop to both the Apple TV and Apple's mobile devices running iOS. Getting XBMC to work on iOS required hacking into some private Apple APIs, though,...
Project HiJack uses iPhone audio jack to make cheap sensors
Making accessories that tie into an iOS device's Dock connector is an expensive proposition: it requires getting certain components from Apple and applying for a costly "Made for iPhone" (or iPod or iPad) license. However, it is ...
Hands-on with Magic Cube Bluetooth portable laser keyboard
The tech in laser-based keyboards has been around for a while, and when we first saw them we thought, "the future is here!" because what could be cooler than having a laser keyboard on any flat surface? I'll suggest something cooler: a keyboard that w...
Why Apple won’t yet ditch the home button on the iPhone and iPad
iOS 4.3 has gained new four- and five-finger multitouch gestures for the iPad, which have great potential to replace some functionality of the device's "home" button. The rumor mill now suggests that these new gestures are design...
Gear4′s Pocket Loops keyboard creates music with your iPhone or iPod touch
Gear4, maker of the Unity Remote we saw at CES last week, also designed the Pocket Loops keyboard, which represents something I think we'll see a lot more of: devices designed to work only when paired with a smartphone or tablet device. iPhones and iP...
TUAW’s Daily App: Gravity Wars
Last week while we were at CES, I asked our editor-in-chief, Victor Agreda, for one of his favorite iPhone games, and he told me one that I'd never heard of: Gravity Wars. It's a very retro affair -- the idea is that you control a pixelated ship and f...
Native Union introduces Bluetooth handset and speakerphone for iPhones at CES
Native Union was at CES offering an intriguing lineup of handsets that'll turn your iPhone, iPad or even iPod touch into a more traditional handset-style phone. One model even morphs into a speaker for music or speakerphone. Unfortunately audio qualit...
Seen at CES: iDevices through the years
We saw these displays over in the actual iLounge booth (they also have a deal to sponsor some of the iPhone-related displays here at CES), and thought you readers would enjoy a look. Basically iLounge went back and obtained a version of every single...
