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Turn Your iPad Into A Music Studio With Griffin’s New MIDI Gear

8:00PM January 15, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

The iPad offers great promise in terms of music making, and I’m not talking about karaoke or strange virtual guitar concepts: artists like Gorrilaz have managed to record full songs using them. Now you can, too, thanks to Griffin. More »

Gadgets

Griffin’s Beacon Universal Remote Now Takes Orders From Android Devices

8:10AM November 9, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

When we reviewed Griffin’s Beacon back in July, we found it to be one of the easiest to use smartphone universal remote solutions on the market. As long as your smartphone was an iPhone. Android users have had a bit of a wait on their hands, but the Beacon is now available for use with phones and tablets running Android OS 2.3.3 or greater. More »

Gadgets

Griffin’s Faces Case Rips Off A Certain Mr Potato

1:00AM October 16, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Since the idea of jamming humorous facial features into a non-descript vegetable turned out to be one of the most popular toys of all time, Griffin must’ve figured the same thing could happen with their new customisable Faces cases for the iPod Touch. Unfortunately, lightning rarely strikes twice. More »

Gadgets

Stylus/Pen/Laser Pointer Is The Greatest School Gadget Ever

2:40AM September 2, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

You thought you were pretty awesome in grade school when you’d pull your laser pointer out of your pencil case and pretended to use it like a pen. Admit it, you did. I did. Well yeah, Griffin’s Stylus + Pen + Laser Pointer makes that thing look like an outmoded unitasker. More »

Computing

Griffin’s IntelliCase For iPad 2 Does The Smart Cover Smarter

5:20AM August 4, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Seriously, how hard can it be to make a case that works like the Smart Cover, covers the back of the iPad, and doesn’t look like complete crap? Griffin’s IntelliCase seems like it might do the trick. More »

Entertainment

Griffin Beacon: This iPhone Universal Remote Doesn’t Suck

2:30PM July 30, 2011 | Casey Chan

Remotes are stupid. Stupid stupid and/or stupid expensive. So why bother dealing with stupidity when you already have the perfect device to control your system: an iPhone. See, smartphones are not stupid. With the Griffin Beacon, you can control everything with your phone. More »

Entertainment

Griffin StompBox: Make Your iPad Go Wah-Wah

3:03AM July 26, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

GarageBand on the iPad is pretty great, but it’s kind of hard – and really unwieldy – to cram all of the necessary controls onto an iPad screen. Griffin’s new StompBox foot controller for iOS makes things easier. More »

Gadgets

No One Will Know You’re Controlling Griffin’s Helo TC From Your iPhone

9:39PM July 14, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Costing a damn sight less than the $US300 Parrot AR Drone, Griffin’s Helo TC helicopter can be flown by an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using a free compatible app. More »

Entertainment

Griffin’s DJ Cable Makes iPad DJing Significantly Easier

7:40AM June 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

DJing on an iPad is an interesting, if gimmicky, concept. But unless you’re just using an iPad as a MIDI controller, simultaneously outputting sound while cueing up the next track isn’t possible. Except now it is. More »

Mobile

Will Griffin’s Beacon iPhone Universal Remote Be The First To Not Suck?

9:12AM June 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

Griffin, maker of a ton of Apple accessories, just released a universal remote system for iOS devices. It’s not the first iOS remote around, but we’re hoping it can be the first to not suck. More »