The Week in iOS Accessories: Back with a vengeance!

09.06.11

Twisted Bijou : Although it's been on the market for more than a year, the iPad still seems very futuristic. If you want your tablet to seem a bit more rustic, UK company Twisted Twee has created the I-Log for iPad , a stand, made out of a hunk of London wood, designed to display your device in either portrait or landscape orientation. The I-Log sells for £35, and oecumenical delivery to the United States is available.

USB Fever : If you want to connect your iPad to nearly anything without having to lug around myriad cables and adapters, USB Fever's $80 HDMI and RCA Acquaintance for iPad (iPad) may fit the bill. As its name implies, this accessory lets you connect your iPad to HD and standard-definition televisions. But it also sports a mini-USB jack for syncing and charging, as well as a example USB port for connecting a low-power external keyboard, a digital camera for downloading photos, or the included practical joker reader for downloading images from an SD or Micro SD card. In addition to the card reader, USB Fever includes an RCA-video mooring and a mini-USB-to-USB cable.

Source: Macworld

Threadless makes a case for an iPhone app

02.06.11

Threadless, a sales rep that creates and sells custom-designed tee shirts and accessories, has in the past sold iPhone cases with colorful designs. This year, though, it unwavering to let its community of 1.5 million members create designs for a new iPhone case. Members submit designs, other members franchise on the designs, and the winning design will get made into an iPhone case by case manufacturer Griffin to be sold on Threadless.com.

To promote the contest, Threadless was preparing an app. But as it got further and further into app incident, it came to the conclusion that a Threadless iPhone app should do much more than just center on a contest. Threadless is a shop, after all, and so shopping via the app became a priority. Then the retailer firm to include “Wacky Stuff,” tools that match the Threadless personality designed to maintain members and keep them coming back to the application for more.

The wacky stuff includes a doodle pad. Users can control the width and color of the marker and marshal on a tee shirt template, creating a rough draft of a design. Threadless also makes use of the iPhone’s camera by enabling a shopper to alertness a picture of her face and superimpose it on various Threadless designs. She can save the personalized picture in a photo library and from there also kelter a tee shirt with the image.

Source: InternetRetailer.com