Battery life is the iPhone’s kryptonite. It sucks away all of Apple’s supergadget powers so you’re left with a pocket-sized brick after less than a day’s use. The Dexim S7 is like a Kryptonite shield for your iPhone, adding a heap of battery life, while also doubling as your iPhone’s very own ice palace (it has a kickstand so you can watch movies handsfree).
It’s not like there’s a shortage of Apple-specific publications around the world and on the Internet, but the latest one is actually worth a bit of your time. Mac The Mag is an online magazine, edited by former Australian Macworld editor Mathew JC. Powell, and it has officially launched its first issue.
So now that Polaroid’s dead (despite attempts to revive it), it seems that there’s a void in the market for slightly blown out photos in a solid white frame. Enter Rollip, a web service that will convert your normal digital photos into a polaroid-like shot.
I remember when I first started working in this industry, one of my first jobs was to review a pair of wireless RF headphones from some low-end Chinese manufacturer. They were terrible. Interference that manifested itself as random bursts of static blasting through the headphones, they showcased both the need to buy better quality, and the shortcomings of RF technology as a wireless audio standard. These new Sennheisers are all digital though, which should mean static is a thing of the past.
Instead, here’s a picture of a a boy riding a turtle. You’re welcome. [Img: Superpunch]
$130,000. That’s how much Waldo—an autonomous underwater robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida—costs. Now they have to find it, and the bloody thing doesn’t even wear a white and red striped sweater.