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Akai MPC Fly turns iPad 2 into portable beats center

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [17]

Akai has launched a new Music Production Controller that turns an iPad 2 into a full track producer, the Akai MPC Fly, the latest in a series of docking multimedia add-ons for Apple's best-selling slate. Officially launched at the NAMM this week, the MPC Fly docks with the second-gen iPad with a double-hinge, allowing it to sit upright, lie flat or clamshell closed for travel, and has sixteen backlit MPC pads and support for the MPC App. Read The Full Story

Asus MeMic slips through FCC for approval

Shane McGlaun, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last week at CES, we spent some quality time with the slick little Asus Eee Pad MeMo. That little 7-inch tablet rocks the ability to make phone calls. I think many will agree that the thought of holding a big 7-inch tablet to your face to make phone calls isn’t ideal. At CES, there was not a lot of detail on official accessories for the MeMo tablet, but we have one here crossing the FCC that looks interesting. Read The Full Story

Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case heals grazes

Chris Davies, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [6]

Nissan may not be a name you traditionally associate with iPhone 4S cases, but the company's Scratch Shield model promises self-healing magic to keep your iOS smartphone scrape free. Using the same clever scratch-healing paint as used on Nissan and Infiniti cars, the Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case can actually repair any blemishes, the gel-like flexible finish changing back to its original form. Read The Full Story

GEAR4 Renew SleepClock for iOS devices hitting stores this March

Cory Gunther, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

GEAR4 is back with another awesome iOS accessory and has just announced their Renew SleepClock will be hitting Apple's retail stores in the US starting in March for just $199. Their alarm clock offers a few unique and special features that make that price seem not so high. They've added two sensors for monitoring breathing and movement, allowing the free iOS app to log sleep cycles. Read The Full Story

Kanex outs slick Sydnee iOS recharge station

Shane McGlaun, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [4]

There are a lot of folks out there that have a slew of iOS devices in the home. It's not uncommon for some folks to have an iPod touch, a couple iPhones, and a couple iPads floating around. It can be tricky finding a good place to plug all those gadgets in for a charge if you are using a lot of the outlets in your home. Read The Full Story

D-Link outs new Cloud Camera 5000, Wireless N Day/Night camera, and Mobile Companion at CES

Shane McGlaun, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

D-Link has a whole slew of new gear that it is showing off at CES 2012 in Vegas. Among the new offerings that the company is pushing are a couple new surveillance cameras. The new cameras include the cloud Camera 5000 DCS-5222L and the Enhanced Wireless N Day/Night Home Network Camera DCS-942L. Read The Full Story

Kogeto ICONIC adds 360-degree video to Galaxy Nexus

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Kogeto is hoping the ICONIC 360-degree camera adapter will do for the Galaxy Nexus what the DOT did for iPhone 4S photography, a stick-on lens that allows the smartphone to capture all-round video. Clipping to the back of the third-gen Googlephone, the ICONIC - along with the companion Android app - will shoot 360-degree video and then piece it together into a playable, draggable clip shared online. Read The Full Story

SolarKindle case packs sun-charged battery and reading lamp

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

E-Ink's power-sipping frugality makes it an ideal partner to solar panels, and so it's hard to believe SolarFocus' SolarKindle idea hasn't been offered before. A combination case, recharging system and LED light for the Kindle ereader, the new accessory is fronted by a bank of solar cells that recharge an integrated 1,500 mAh battery pack. That battery can be used to top up your Kindle's power, turn on the flip-out LED lamp, or both. Read The Full Story

Blue Microphones outs iOS Spark Digital and Mikey Digital mics, plus intelligent Tiki

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

Blue Microphones has outed its CES range, a trio of mics targeting both computer musicians and - thanks to iOS device compatibility - Garageband musicians. The Spark Digital leads the range, a USB and iPad compatible studio-grade condenser microphone suitable for vocals, drums, guitars, piano, speech, location recording and other uses, with a zero-latency headphone output, volume/gain control and its analog predecessor's "Focus" control. Read The Full Story

AT&T Galaxy Note leaker backtracks after accessories blunder

Chris Davies, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [2]

Back-tracking this morning on the apparent confirmation of the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note by an accessories company yesterday, with Anymode's third-party PR team now claiming the pre-announce info had not been approved by either AT&T, Samsung or indeed Anymode itself. The info - that Anymode was an OEM vendor of Galaxy Note accessories for the AT&T variant - "contained inaccurate information" and has been retracted. Read The Full Story

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 offers 1080p Skype chat

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Logitech knows it would be letting us down if it didn't have a new webcam for CES, and so there's the HD Pro Webcam C920 with Full HD 1080p Skype support to reassure us. Offering 20-step autofocus and Carl Zeiss optics, the C920 also packs twin microphones for stereo audio recording with automatic noise reduction. Read The Full Story

Logitech Cube makes mouse square

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [2]

Logitech has revealed its latest mouse, the Logitech Cube, and it seems someone in the peripheral company's design has been left with nothing but a ruler to design it. A palm-sized box doubling as a mouse and a wireless presentation controller, automatically switching between the two when you lift it off the desk, the Cube's entire top surface is a touch-sensitive scroll pad. Read The Full Story