Logitech Unveils New Protection+ Case and +Trip Car Mount for iPhone 5s and iPhone 5 [iOS Blog]
Back in May, Logitech announced its new Case+ product for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5, which contained a metal case and multiple magnetic attachments for different uses. Today, the company unveiled two new products inspired by the line: the new Protection+ case for iPhone 5s/5 and the +Trip accessory for mounting an iPhone to a car’s air vents for easy viewing.
Logitech’s Protection+ case
The Protection+ case for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5 features a slim design with a protective outer shell and internal impact-resistant materials. The case’s corners each hold impact resistant polymers to minimize forces of impact, while the accessory’s insides feature a thermoplastic rubber (TPR) layer to absorb energy from drops. Logitech’s Protection+ case also comes with a raised bezel edge to protect the iPhone’s touch screen and is tested for drops from up to 1.8 meters (about 6 feet) in height.
Logitech’s +Trip car mount
Logitech’s +Trip car mount is also being sold alongside the original +Drive accessory that attaches to a car’s dashboard or windshield and came with the original Case+ system. The Protection+ case as well as the +Trip and +Drive mounts also all contain magnetic mounts to support the other Case+ attachments.
The Protection+ case will launch next month for $34.99, and will come in colors of Winter White, Gunmetal Black, Scarlett Plum, and Pacific Blue. The +Trip and +Drive accessories will also be released next month and sell for $29.99 and $49.99, respectively. Interested customers can pre-order all three now on Logitech’s official website.
[DEALS & STEALS] A bunch of Google Play Edition (GPE) devices are on sale at Expansys USA, up to 46% off
Google removed Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One (M7), Sony Xperia Z Ultra and LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition device from Google Play Store recently. People have been complaining ever since, but this actually turned out to be a good thing. All of these devices are now available at Expansys USA at a heavily discounted prices:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GPE $399.99 (
$649.00), 38% off - HTC One (M7) LTE GPE $399.99 (
$649.99), 38% off - Sony Xperia Z Ultra LTE GPE $349.99 (
$649.99), 46% off - LG G Pad 8.3 Wi-Fi GPE $224.99 (
$329.99), 32% off
These are all still very powerful devices and the fact they have pure vanilla Android inside is a huge plus, at least in my opinion. All three of these smartphone offerings are of course unlocked. These are some very affordable prices for these devices so if you’re in a market for one follow the link(s) above and get yours today because the supplies are limited.
Source: Expansys USA
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Samsung may turn to Under Armour to rival Apple’s relationship with Nike
In a bid to expand wearable sales, Samsung is reportedly entertaining the idea of teaming up with US sports apparel maker Under Armour. According to Yonhap News, Lee Jae Yong, the son of chairman Lee Kun Hee and heir apparent of Samsung Electronics, met with Under Armour CEO Kelvin Plank earlier this month, reportedly to discuss ways to counter the burgeoning collaboration between Apple and Nike.
While Samsung has already released second-generation Gear smartwatches and is rumored to be developing its own version of Google Glass, a tie-up with a sports clothing maker would give the Korean smartphone maker greater access to the health and fitness industry, which it’s doubled down on in recent hardware and software launches. Under Armour, of course, already develops its own performance trackers and Nike has a long history of Nike+ fitness accessories. However, Nike did recently cull its FuelBand team and shift its focus to fitness software. Neither company has confirmed the talks, but if true, it appears Samsung wants to ensure it’s not left behind by its biggest rival.
[Image credit: University of Delaware, Flickr]
Filed under: Wearables, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Yonhap News
Google now tells you how much your Bitcoin is worth
Let’s assume that you’ve just spent more than $200,000 on some of Russ Ulbricht’s Bitcoin fortune — but what do you do with it now? If it were us, we’d sit on our couch, constantly referencing Coindesk to find out how much our stash had gained (or lost) across the day. If, however, you’d prefer to source your information via search engine, then Google’s now offering live currency conversions for the cryptocurrency. Like the states and nations that took their time to take a stance on Bitcoin, Google’s taken its time to add the feature, which has been available on Bing for the better part of five months. Or, if the idea of sitting at home watching your cash doesn’t feel like fun, you could always sponsor an NCAA game.
Filed under: Misc, Internet, Google
Via: Coindesk
Minuum’s Android Wear keyboard makes smartwatch typing a fidgety reality
If you thought talking to your smartwatch was awkward, how about a tiny keyboard? Minuum’s single-line keyboard app (which even made it to Google Glass) is coming to Android Wear — and the beta sign-up sheet’s right here.
Via: Techcrunch
Source: Minuum
FiftyThree’s Pencil iPad stylus arrives in the UK
Are you a Briton who’s been itching to try out Pencil, FiftyThree’s Bluetooth-connected iPad stylus? Until now, the only way to get hold of the device would be to order it from the US and bracing yourself for the inevitable barrage of paperwork and annoyance from customs. Thankfully, the company has decided to end our suffering, and is commencing sales of the device to the UK, Germany and France from today.
Pencil is the companion device to the company’s free iPad sketching app Paper, which was born from the ashes of Microsoft’s Courier project. Rather than undergo any needless pairing operation, you simply have to hold the tip of the device onto the logo in the artist’s palette, and the technology will handle the rest, normally within about three seconds. The company promises that Paper will charge from empty in around 90 mins, and will, apparently, last for up to a month with “normal use,” whatever that is.
I’ve never used it for anything more than doodling, since you’re only able to use a single, pen-style brush and the eraser before being required to pay for more functionality. If you introduce Pencil to the equation, then any and all features that are available in the app come alive. When we tried this the first time, a pop-up told us that the extra brushes, like blend, watercolor and marker would stop working as soon as we disconnected the device, although after turning off Bluetooth and restarting the iPad, those extra brushes are still working — something we’ll take advantage of until the company inevitably fixes it. Naturally, the rubberized tip will still work as a stylus even when powered off, but you won’t be able to take advantage of any of the other features until you activate it.
Like its transatlantic cousin, Pencil will also be getting the same pressure sensitivity update that US users will receive whenever Apple deigns to release iOS 8 — which is expected at some point in the autumn. If you’d like to snap up the hardware today, you can do so from Amazon, with the Graphite (unibody aluminum) version being priced at £50 and the Walnut (hewn from sustainable wood) at £65. Admittedly, that’s a little pricer than if you, somehow, were able to snag them in the US, since the former is costs $60 (£35) and the latter is $75 (£44), but just imagine that part of the extra fee is not having to deal with tedious missives from the HMRC.
The Wii U tears itself apart so you don’t have to
YouTuber Vsauce3 is at it again, and this time he’s tearing down Nintendo’s latest console via the always neat-looking stop-motion animation. The Wii U’s hardware specs are pretty well known by this point, but what this video does is gives some context to the silicon. The console’s 2GB of RAM is much less impressive compared to both the PlayStation 4′s and the Xbox One’s 8GB, but that’s 23 times the amount of memory that was packed into the original Wii. Similarly, the Wii U’s 32GB hard drive sounds pretty paltry on paper, but it’s apparently big enough to hold every NES, Super NES and N64 game. Pretty cool, right? The video below has a few more bits of trivia contained therein, and watching it will make the wait for the next Legend of Zelda exactly two minutes shorter.
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, HD, Nintendo
Via: Kotaku
Source: YouTube
Almost 40 Windows Phone games get updates to work with newer devices
Microsoft made a big fuss over Windows Phone’s gaming abilities right from the start, but it’s hard to appreciate that if you’re a newcomer; many classic titles never made the leap to Windows Phone 8, or were never tuned for budget devices. Not all of those releases will be consigned to the history books, however. In a sudden revival, nearly 40 older games (according to WPCentral) have been updated to either run on Windows Phone 8 in the first place or else support devices with a modest 512MB of memory, like the Lumia 630. You may know some of the upgraded games off-hand. Microsoft’s relatively recent Halo: Spartan Assault is the highlight, but we’ve also spotted earlier gems like Hexic, ilomilo and even Minesweeper. This renaissance probably won’t lead to any Windows Phone converts, but it should give first-timers a warmer welcome — and veterans a trip down memory lane.
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Mobile, Microsoft
Source: WPCentral
You can now inhale shots like air for just $700
Drinking is great, but there are so many drawbacks — the calories, the glass that’s cramping your dancing style, the half-hour wait for the buzz. Fortunately, Vapshot can solve all those issues (apart from the alcoholism) with its Vapshot mini machine by letting you inhale your liquor at home instead of drinking it (see the video below). You can grab one in white for $700 or stainless steel for $899, and extra bottles are $9 each. As we saw last month at our Austin, Texas Engadget event, it’s simple to operate: you just insert your booze of choice, vaporize it into a serving bottle and inhale with a straw. You can even combine the “air shots” with regular shots or mixed drinks. Though it may sound sketchy, Vapshot says their machine is the only model lab-tested for vaporizing alcohol, and is “well within” the acceptable levels for that purpose. We’ll have to take its word for that, but if you’re curious and living in Seattle, guess what? You can check it out for yourself at our Engadget Live Seattle event this Friday, July 18th. We’d recommend getting there early for, er, reasons.
Filed under: Misc
Source: Vapshot
DARPA picks the first companies that will work on its unmanned spaceplane
Slowly but surely, DARPA’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane is becoming more than a bundle of nice ideas. The agency has just chosen the companies that will square off in the first phase of the unmanned craft’s design program, most of which are recognizable names in the space business. Boeing is partnering with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on one version of the ship; Masten Space Systems is teaming up with XCOR on another, and Northrop Grumman is cooperating with Virgin Galactic. All three groups will have to submit initial designs before DARPA can move on to a second phase, so we’re still far, far away from seeing an XS-1 in orbit. But hey, it’s progress — and the companies involved are skilled enough that a cheap, highly reusable spaceplane should become a practical reality.
Filed under: Transportation, Science
Source: DARPA
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