Apple’s iPhone will be brought to India, Singapore, Australia, and the Philippines, as well as other six countries later this year.Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has declared today that the iPhone via SingTel will probably be available on the Airtel network in India. SingTel also claimed to have signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel and Globe Telecom with Apple to this effect.

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by admin
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I used to think that installing a skin on my iPhone was unnecessary. After all, I pretty much always keep it in some sort of a case and a skin takes away from iPhones natural good looks. Right?

I quickly changed my mind after my iPhone took an unfortunate four-foot fall onto pavement. While I was running. You see, it only takes one incident like that to realize that a case alone is not always enough. Every time I see the gashes (yes, plural) in the top corners of my iPhone it reminds me of the cruel reality of gravity.

The perfect combination of skin and holster appears to be the ToughSkin for iPhone from Speck Products (US$30). It combines a silicone skin (in a pretty innocuous black, I might add) that protects iPhone from most bumps and drops with a click-in holster that attaches to the skin so that you can wear it on your belt. The ToughSkin also comes in a less-likable clear.

The skin itself is super strong with extra padding on the corners and cut outs for the mute button and camera lens. While not super tacky, the silicone skin does attract its share of dust and lint, but utilizing the belt clip helps to keep the lint problem to a minimum.

The nice part about the ToughSkin is its 360-degree swivel clip/stand holster combo. Vertical holsters don’t work particularly well with me, so I like that I can orient the ToughSkin in a horizontal configuration on my belt. The holster itself keeps a fairly tight grip on the ToughSkin but it’s not immune to popping out if you catch it on something, so be careful. The stand configuration turns the holster’s belt clip into a pop-out leg for a better viewing angle for video content–but I didn’t find myself using it much.

When I keep my iPhone in my pocket, it’s harder to grab when someone’s calling but better protected. When wearing my iPhone on my belt, it’s a lot easier to answer when ringing but it’s also more susceptible to being introduced to the sidewalk when it’s fumbled. It’s a tradeoff folks. The ToughSkin isn’t perfect, but it’s the right combination of protective iphone case  and holster to meet my needs quite nicely.

There are also many awesome iphone themes and iphone wallpapers for you to free download.

From http://blogs.zdnet.com

Posted on September 4th, 2007 by admin
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Noreve made a new iphone case. It looks pretty nice, and it’s interesting that they created a flip that goes down instead of up– they say that the camera is still usable with the case on, which is super nice. The colored cases aren’t selling yet, apparently, but the black cases are in stock at €42.99.

And while my personal choice is probably to go with one of those cool wooden cases, if you really want leather, you’d be crazy not to take a look at the Vaja cases. Like TUAW’s Dave Caolo, I’ve got a nice one on my iPod, and it is excellent. Like the Noreve cases, they’re a little pricey but if you’re going go all out and buy an Apple cell phone, you might as well go all out on the case, too.

Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by admin
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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 iPhone cases: 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 TUAW

Posted on July 17th, 2007 by admin
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