Elan Form: Cork Coat for the iPhone
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Even if the prices of iPods and iPhone are rumored to drop soon, I have not stopped looking for a nice case to carry my future iPhone. This time, I am not looking for any pink case or blinged out accessory because they already make me dizzy. And I’ve learned my lesson: not because it’s cute, it’s always reliable.
I might get the cork coat Elan Form iPhone case because it will hold the phone just right. It protects the iPhone on two layers and with hard-shell polycarbonate. Sure it doesn’t look attractive and people may mistake it for a cork board but such high-tech phone needs all protection in the world. So forget about how it looks. Besides, it’s from Griffin. (more…)

La reciente solicitud de patentes de Apple apunta a transformar al iPod en un sustituto del GPS. Según la revista AppleInsider, el concepto de Apple es un software que incluirá a 4 componentes esenciales que permitirán a los usuarios pedir direcciones desde un punto de partida hasta un destino. La respuesta a tales pedidos será dada en forma de “podcast”, lo cual significa que las instrucciones serán habladas, además de los mapas visuales que serán enviados.
Other World Computing developed a new Superdrive optical drives for basically all Apple computers. Áccording to the company, they designed the newest, fastest, and quietest SuperDrive technology from Pioneer, including 20X DL SuperDrive DVR-115D to read and write DVDs, CDs, and dual-layer DVDs. Capacity for dual layer DVDs is 8.5GB at speeds of 10X; regular DVDs for 4.7GB capacity at 20X; and CDs for 700MB at 40X. For most Macs, teh upgrade should be fairly easy.

Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing. Apple(R) today introduced Aperture(TM) 2, the next major release of its groundbreakingphoto editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, Aperture 2 also introduces new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition, soft-edged retouching, vignetting and RAW fine-tuning, and lets users directly post their portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery* for viewing on the web, iPhone(TM), iPod(R) touch and Apple TV(R).