#NRMPresents 'SIMPLcase.' A Minimalist iPhone Case For Travelers
Anybody who regularly travels will know the pain of international data costs, or keeping track of international SIM cards to dodge these charges. Luckily, 'SIMPLcase' is an iPhone 4/4S/5 case with a solution that is, as the name suggests, simple.
Grove Leather Back Review
In the grand scheme of phone cases, it would seem natural to assume that a stick-on leather back for a phone would seem rather pointless. An all-round needless accessory of style over substance that sacrifices too much of its protective qualities.
But in the case of the Grove Leather Back, this is where you'd think incorrectly.
iPhone 4 Vs HTC Desire HD. Which Makes A Better Skipping Stone?
So we look at smartphone comparisons on Youtube, and they cover the usual suspects of specifications: camera, speed, build quality, etc. The last thing we (and probably you) expected to see was a test of just how well these handsets skip across a lake.
That's exactly what this Chinese fellow did on Youtube.
Siri steps into the rap game, laying down lyrics to Notorious B.I.G
We've seen many Siri protocol hacks that have innovated and pushed the concept of voice control further beyond what Apple currently allows the software to do. But not even we could envision that robotic voice making for a pretty sweet rapper.
The Round-up: Half-life 3, exploding iPhone 4 and condoms
So this week's been pretty mighty in terms of the sheer amount of news we've had to write about, so allow us to condense it all into a handy set of links which will help navigate around the week's digest. There was McGruff the Crime Dog, Carrier IQ (mobile phone tracking), a little printer, an iPhone 4 mysteriously blowing up, Facebook receiving all kinds of privacy-related hell, and a urinal gaming system...honestly. Let's begin.
So why did that iPhone 4 combust? Can it happen to you?
So the news has (understandably) gone massively viral overnight, as the report came in of a Regional Express flight passenger's iPhone 4 going a bit beserk: presenting "a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow."
Nobody was harmed and the flight attendant did his duty by promptly extinguishing the glow; but the big questions here need to be answered before I go anywhere near a plane with my iPhone: what happened? And could the situation be symptomatic of all the iPhone 4s out there?
iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts
It was your pretty standard Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney...well up until a passenger's mobile phone self-combusted shortly after landing.
Luckily the phone wasn't in the passenger's trouser pocket at the time, and no people on board were harmed. After the plane landed, the iPhone started to glow red and emit a dense cloud of smoke, which the Flight Attendant was quick to extinguish.
See how the iPhone camera has improved over the years
So the iPhone started as a phone that didn't really break a sweat over making an effort on the afterthought they called a camera. Fast forward to the 4 and we have something that takes stunning photographs, and actually has a flash! But how much has the camera improved since the first inception? This is a question that Lisa Bettany has answered.
iPhone 4S review
To be perfectly honest: nothing's changed. This is simply the '3GS' to the iPhone 4. It was the natural progression that we all expected; but all that builds up to creating the same impact felt when we first opened the 4S's predecessor.
iPhone 4S Deathgrip test
So we got the new iPhone 4S in yesterday, that was announced just last week, and have been testing it ever since for our review which will go up tonight. In the memory of the previous generation, we decided to put it through it's deathgrip paces...sarcastically.