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Vers announces $80 wooden iPad case

You're probably already familiar with Vers' signature line of wooden cases for the iPhone and iPod Touch. No surprise in the wake of the iPad's announcement, then, that they have just announced a new wooden iPad Case, which (for $80) will ensconce your tablet in dead cedar flesh.
It looks pretty good, and I like [...:]

27% of e-reader owners wish they had an iPad instead

A few short months ago, the Kindle seemed completely unassailable. While Amazon's e-reader was hardly a tech revelation, before the iPad, it didn't need to be: Amazon's gigantic e-book store engorged with millions of $9.99 titles and free online connectivity through Whispernet was a huge wager that other companies struggled to meet.
In the wake of [...:]

Jobs says iPad won't allow iPhone tethering

In his emails to Apple customers who take the time to write him and ask him questions, Steve Jobs usually comes across as a really busy guy who, despite his workload, is really trying his best to maintain a human, one-on-one connection to his customers.
On some other occasions, though, Jobs will occasionally comes across [...:]

Apple Shows First iPad Ad During Oscars

Apple just premiered the very first iPad commercial during the first ad break of tonight's Academy Awards. It was very good, just a rock song and demoing every imaginable feature while continually rotating from portrait to landscape. We'll post as soon as Apple or Youtube does. Embed from Engadget now in post. Real Apple version [...:]

Five Fun Games: A Tour of the President's House, A Crime of Fashion Murder, Real-Time Island Living and More

Happy Friday! I hope you like this week's selection by Mac Games and More of fun casual games you can play into the weekend. The games include a "crime of fashion" murder mystery game, a mystical adventure using your own magical powers, a tour of the president's house and more.




Virtual Villagers 4 The Tree of [...:]

iPhone Weekly Digest: Very Angry Birds, Vector Running, Eno Musical Doodling, And More

It's time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
This time, we review Angry Birds, Bloom, FallDown!, Icy Escort, RandomPlay, Sir Revs-a-Lot, SteamPunk Hockey, Vector Runner

APP OF THE WEEK
Angry Birds: Artillery game w/ suicidal pig-hating birds. Low replay value & frustrates, but fun [...:]

Wrapster Earbud Holder: the New Pocket Protector?

Design collective Quirky just launched this earbud detangler that looks like a pocket protector for the aughts.
Cute, colorful and just $5, Wrapster is made out of bendable rubber. It keeps your wires uncrossed when you're wearing an iPod and stores them when you're not.

Perhaps if nerds start wearing what look like 4-inch safety scissors in [...:]

iBreviary Prayer App Now Gratis in iTunes

The Italian priest who launched prayer app iBreviary has now slashed the price from $0.99 to gratis.
Given the popularity of the app, Don Paolo Padrini decided to give the current version away for free. (Profits from the app previously went to refurbishing a parish shelter.)
Available in English, French, Spanish, Latin and an  Ambrosian Rite version [...:]

Improve Your Laptop's Sound With Clip-On Speakers from Logitech

Have you ever been in this predicament: you're on the road with your laptop and you want to listen to some tunes, but don't want to haul out the external speakers that will give justice to your music? Or, maybe you are traveling and all you have is the laptop's built-in speakers? Why compromise between [...:]

Daily Deals: 22-inch 3.06GHz iMac, $849 MacBook Pro, Mac Pro Xeon

We close out another week with a trio of hardware deals. In the spotlight is a deal on 3.06GHz 22-inch iMacs from ExperCom. The desktop computers are outfitted with 8GB of RAM and AppleCare for $1,399. (There are other iMacs available in today's deals.) Also on tap: MacBook Pro laptops, starting at $849. We round [...:]