Author: Nick Guy

The shell itself is very simple, although it’s at least protective for the style. Plastic extends almost all of the way to three of the tablet’s four edges; the left is open so a Smart Cover can be used. Instead of leaving long openings for access…

The core of Workmate is a soft rubber skin that wraps around the body of the tablet. It’s raised in some areas and lowered in others to accommodate the hard plastic outer layer. In addition to the aluminum back, the rubber covers the Sleep/Wake and …

Apple’s switchover to the Lightning connector, and the subsequent tightening of its hold on the electronic accessory field, has resulted in a delay of battery cases for the iPhone 5. uNu has taken a unique approach to this issue with its Ecopak Detach…

Luma13 is offering protective stickers for a number of Apple’s portable devices, including the iPad mini and iPhone 5. LumaGuard for iPad mini ($24+) is a single sheet that covers 90{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} of the device’s aluminum. It comes in a range of colors, including …

One thing TechSlinger definitely got right is the materials. The two 6.5” x 11” pockets that hang at either side of the body are made of really high quality ripstop nylon, available in nine different colors, and we liked the material a lot. The po…

Setting the stage for a material combination other companies are very likely to follow, More Thing has chosen a rubber and hard plastic combination for one of its early iPhone 5 cases. Para Duo ($27) is composed of a cloudy silicone case and an “I” sh…

Welcome to this week’s edition of iOS Gems! Today we’re taking a look at a two new puzzle games, an Unreal Engine-powered action-RPG, a free concert app from Apple, and a new Google-developed version of the YouTube app, launched just before Apple

Welcome to this week’s gaming edition of iOS Gems! Today we’re taking a look at three new games: one is heavily based on the Infinity Blade series but features Marvel’s Hulk as the main character, the second is an attempt to bring aspects of Pok…

Wait a second—a new peripheral for the Mac Pro? It’s been ages since we’ve seen virtually anything designed for Apple’s workhouse tower, but NVIDIA apparently hasn’t given up on the big old Mac yet. Announced today and coming later this year…

Of the pair, Campfire is arguably stranger. The case portion is a straightforward hard plastic shell with long openings along the top and bottom edges, something we’ve seen plenty of times before, with all of the inputs and outputs on the edges expo…

The lid is made of real leather, although it’s thin and flattened—definitely not the nicest stuff we’ve seen. Running down the two creases that allow it to fold are repeating patterns of small and large dots, framed by stitching. Although intend…