Year: 2010

iFrogz announces line of protective iPad cases

iFrogz (http://www.iFrogz.com) has expanded its collection of protective cases with a new line for the iPad. The line includes six designs with pricing ranging from US$24.99 to $39.99.

The six iPad cases offered by iFrogz include: Silicone Wrapz, SoftGloss, Luxe, Luxe Lean, Envoy and NeoFirm Burst. The company also offers two styles of screen protectors for the iPad: mirrored and anti-glare. Both retail for $19.99.

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iPhone tops smartphone survey in customer satisfaction

In a new ChangeWave (http://www.changewave.com) survey of 1,009 smartphone owners who have purchased their phone within the last six months, the iPhone topped the list in customer satisfaction.

Seventy-seven percent of new Apple owners said they were very satisfied with their purchase. Motorola came in second with 64% of their customers being very satisfied.

Only 7% of iPhone owners said they were very likely to return the device. That compares to 12% for Motorola, 15% of HTC, 18% for Samsung, 21% of RIM and 36% for Palm.

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Apress releases ‘iPad Made Simple’ book

Apress has released “iPad Made Simple” (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430231297), a new book that explains all of the key features of the iPad, introduces what’s new, and reveals dozens of shortcuts and techniques.

The book has over 1,000 screen shots and is written by Martin Trautschold and Gary Mazo. Trautschold is the Founder and CEO of Made Simple Learning, a provider of BlackBerry, iPhone, and other smartphone training videos and books. Mazo is a writer, a college professor, an ordained rabbi, and a gadget nut who has co-authored 13 books in the Made Simple Series.

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Yojimbo for Mac OS X gets a Sidekick

Bare Bones Software (http://www.barebones.com) has released Yojimbo 2.2, an upgrade to the information organizer for Mac OS X. The upgrade introduces Sidekick, a new feature that exports most types of data in a portable web page format, available for delivery to an iPhone, iPad, or any other mobile device with a modern web browser.

Yojimbo 2.2 also offers several usability enchancements, such as a flexibly sized comments field, and placing the top search result into Yojimbo’s find pasteboard for convenience. There are also fixes to reported issues and other refinements.

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