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Happy New Year to All Our Readers!

Thanks for joining us throughout 2010 and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading our iPhone and iPad news coverage, app reviews, product reviews and comment; as we’ve certainly enjoyed writing it! We’re looking forward to 2011 and all the new Apple products it’ll surely bring, so we very much hope you’ll join us throughout the coming year [...]

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Versatile TabGrip iPad Case is Suitably Different

There are plenty of ways to protect your iPad, but very few push the envelope in terms of design and versatility – offering instead a slight different take on an established theme.  While that’s fine, it’s always good to see a product that does things a little differently, and that’s why we like the look [...]

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Monster’s Tron Inspired Dock is Cool, But Expensive

With Tron: Legacy still doing the rounds in cinemas, and the visual style being what it is; it’s surprising we’ve not been inundated with Tron inspired products for the iPhone and iPad.  However, it looks like it’s quality over quantity in this case, as Monster – a company best known for their cabling – have [...]

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Skype Challenges FaceTime, Introduces Video Calling

If you had little interest in video-calling before Apple’s own FaceTime service was introduced with the iPhone 4, we’d be surprised to hear it changed your mind.  Good software and decent enough quality couldn’t hide the fact it was seriously limited, thanks to Wi-Fi only connections to other iPhone 4’s or Macs. Now, after a surprisingly [...]

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Burn the Rope iPhone App Review – Hot Stuff!

When you see an app with a similar name to an existing, and very successful, one, it can set the alarm bells ringing.  For example, if Pessimistic Birds arrived in New and Noteworthy, it would be easy to brush it aside as being an Angry Birds clone.  However, just as Pessimistic Birds may be entirely [...]

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HDMI Adaptor for iPhone 4 and iPad Appears in Japan

If you want to connect your iPhone 4 or more likely, your iPad, to your HDTV, but don’t own an Apple TV to take advantage of Airplay, then this little gadget will probably be of interest.  Made by Sanwa, it’s an HDMI adaptor which plugs into the 30-pin connector. Once you’ve connected the HDMI lead, you’ll [...]

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iBend XL iPad Accessory Review

We reviewed the iBend flexible stand for the iPhone back in March 2010, and still find a use for it now, so my interest was piqued when the makers of the iBend contacted me with news of an iPad version named the iBend XL.  If anything, the iPad is even more in need of a [...]

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Twenty Apps You Need for Your New iPad

Yesterday we suggested twenty apps to download for your new iPhone, but what if you received an iPad for Christmas?  You’ll be needing this list, than!  Here are twenty recommended iPad apps and although there are some repeat apps from the iPhone list, there are plenty of new suggestions too. As before, the first ten should [...]

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Twenty Apps You Need for Your New iPhone 4

If you’ve been lucky enough to receive an iPhone 4 for Christmas, then you need to start downloading apps for it right now!  We’ve got two sets of 10 for you here, the first covering a general set of applications which every iPhone 4 owner would benefit from, and the second set suggesting ten apps [...]

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iPhone/iPad Starter Guide – How to Set Up Find My iPhone

Now you’ve unwrapped your new iPhone or iPad and had a play about, you may be wondering if there is anything you really should install or set up.  We’ll address what you should install in another article, but one of the first things to set up is Find My iPhone. If you’re new to Apple and [...]

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