The Apple Peel 520 is an iPod touch case that essentially turns your iPod into an iPhone. The case has a dock connector, a battery and a slot for a SIM card. Go Solar USA will be the American distributor. They claim that you can expect almost 5 hours of talk time with 120 hours of standby time. The only caveat - you must jailbreak your iPod Touch. Go Solar USA hasn't yet set a price, but in China the device sells for 520 Yuan, which is about 75 bucks USD. Check out...

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It can - but only with the new magic case that Apple just patented. Apple applied for a accessory transceiver. Essentially it's a case that has a SIM card in it that allows for voice and data to travel over a cell network. Apple's patent doesn't seem to be aiming at adding voice to the iPod touch, but more towards allow the iPhone to use a CDMA network (for those keeping score that's Verizon and Sprint). It seems like a lot for Apple to be actually coming up with this device, but knowing Apple it's probably...

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After nearly 20 years of being anti-Mac, Autodesk is finally bringing back AutoCAD, the very popular 2D/3D design software, to the Mac. Autodesk ditched the Mac OS back in the early 90's (as did many other software manufacturers and users) Starting this October, you too can pay $4000 for AutoCAD on your Mac. So nany-nany poo poo to the PC users who say they only use PC because of AutoCAD. Autodesk is also reportedly working an a version of AutoCAD that will work on the iOS. Clearly you aren't going to be building the Sears...

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No need to wait till Sept 1 to see what the new iPod design will look like - just scour the internet and you will find yet another batch of leaked iPod cases. In today's leak, the new case seems to fit the iPod Touch, and has a cut out of a rear facing camera. The form is nearly identical that of the current version, with the transparent rear being curved just the Touch is now. Your thoughts? Read More

Apple's annual iPod event will be held this year on September 1st. Reports are coming in that at the event, the new iPod Touch 3 will be released, with the front facing camera, and the new AppleTV (now dubbed iTV) will be released. The new iTV device has been a hot topic for some time now. Apple is trying to move the iTV in a new direction, such as having plans for 99 cent TV show rentals, running iOS 4, and being as small as an iPhone. Bloomberg has recently reported that Apple is in...

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A Chinese online store seems to be selling components of what people believe will be the new iPod touch. This one with a front facing camera. The panel, which sells for $95 USD/650 Chinese Yuan, has a cable on it that depicts "Apple (c) 2010". The front facing camera would allow the iPod Touch to use FaceTime, Apple's Wifi video chat software. On line at the 5th Ave Apple store in NYC many people were excited about the FaceTime feature (to watch that video click here). Jobs has said that Apple will ship tens...

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Well its that time of year again. The Summer is coming to a close, people everywhere are trying to get their last hurrah before the warm weather goes away, and children all around the country squirm at the thought about going back to school. But Back to School has another meaning for us here at The Big Apple Blog... Apple's annual iPod event. There have been a couple of rumors floating that this years Back to School iPod event can happen as early as next week. So keep your eyes glued to the blog for more news and you can...

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Well not really the wireless carrier has recently submitted a new iPod touch case to the FCC. This case will provide your iPod touch with a WiFi hot spot, via sprints 3G network, allowing you to use internet on your iPod touch no matter where you are, assuming you have service. Couple this with Skype and you have yourself an iPhone on Sprint. Now I don't know if its worth it but if you have a 3G or a 3GS and are not planning on getting an iPhone 4 this is a viable option to get you off of AT&T,...

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John Lewis, a retail giant in the UK has leaked the details of the new iPod Touch. Not surprising Apple will make the iPod Touch look just like the iPhone, just without the phone part. The details include a release date in September (which is standard for Apple), a 5MP camera, a front facing camera, a gyroscope and FaceTime over WiFi. A UK Tech Blog (Pocket Lint) grabbed a pic of the information. "Uh, hello...this is John Lewis" "John, Steve...remember what we did to gizmodo? You are next!" ::click:: Read More