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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 30, 2008:

• Freeverse is offering 30% their entire online store. I mean, the items in the store. You can’t buy the store itself. Where would you put all the monkeys?
• LightWork Design is right, you know; light does work.
• Level 2 of the Logic Pro 8 tutorial DVD from ASK Video is ready, but you have to beat the boss at the end of Level 1 to get there.
• Those cave men...always losing their caverns. No wonder the Geico people make fun of them so much.
• Use your iPhone to track down chaos...Dr. Chaos!
• I had a friend who pledge Theta Poker back at ONU.
• rubiTrack is for runners, bikers, walkers, hikers, skiers and everyone else who logs GPS data. In other words, not me.
• Software to remind you to take a break from your computer? They call it MacBreakZ. I call it falling asleep on my keyboard.
• From “Murderdrome” to “Eye Candy,” Infurious Comics tones it down a few notches to get their first comic on the iPhone.
• What arcade game is available on the iPhone? Krull?! Ohhhhhhhh. Kroll. With an O. Gotcha. ...Too bad it’s not Krull.
• Griffin’s back with more cases for the nano 4G and iPod touch 2G. How do you feel about that?

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 23, 2008:

• iTrip Auto works in manual transmission cars, too. I just want to make sure we’re clear on that.
• WireTap Anywhere...because it’s easier to not get caught if you’re not confined to one room.
• iPod compatible sex toys? This is spam, right? Hey, Chet, look at this e-mail I just got. It’s spam, right? Not an actual press release? I think it’s spam.
• Who’s up for a little iPhone ScribBall?
• Oh, how the YouTube crowd will love themselves some FlashVideo Converter 2.0.
• Art Envi Deluxe, London Envi and Paris Envi are available for iPhone and iPod touch...proving that not only T-mobile customers have iPhone envy.
• Marware announced a new iPod case today...which, of course, means they’ve announced three. Pace yourselves, Marware. There’s a long race ahead.
• Why use your iPod for music and movies when you can instead read Word, PDF, Pages, RTF and text documents on it? Fun! 1,000 annual reports in your pocket!
• Learn how to use CS4 before it’s even available!
• Hey, when Creative Manager Pro get a name change? And who’s idea was it to go with Workamajig?
• Mac OS X for Unix Geeks is now available for all you Unix geeks. Geeks.
• Quark has announced a lot of products named after themselves.

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 17, 2008:

• Tell all the academics you know that the Sente academic reference manager has been updated to v5.6.
• If you buy Receipts for your iPhone, will you have to turn the whole phone in to your accounting department?
• I’ve tried using my Mind Map before. It leads to dark, creepy, lonely places.
• People still write scripts? Oh, they mean for AppleScript, Automator and such. I thought they meant for TV.
• A Better Finder Rename 8 will automatically resolve your file name conflicts before they get really ugly.
• Measure anything your iPhone can take a picture of. Legal in most states.
• Big Stone Phone has a Gesture for your iPhone.
• nova media may have passed iCON 401, but they learned nothing about how capital letters are meant to be used.
• Manipulate sound with Kenaxis 3, but be careful. If that kind of technology should fall into the hands of evil...
• You can use the Pogo Stylus with your new iPod touch and iPhone...because that finger of yours is nasty, dude.
• Amplify your iPhone without speakers? Add a lens to your iPhone for close-up photography. Sounds like the gang at Griffin Technology has been busy.
• Calling a rotary dialer for your iPhone “gorgeous to look at” is a bit much, but it is pretty cool.
• I’ve read Cellebrite’s UME-36 synchronization device for iPhone release a dozen times, and still have no idea what it means.
• Otterbox is ready to defend your iPhone 3G...to the death!

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 15, 2008:

• Too many letters and numbers on the those business cards for you type in? You could always just scan it, you know.
• Speck doesn’t have cases ready for the new iPods touch and nano, but they’d like for you to know they’re working on them.
• MacCover, on the other hand, has some sleeves ready now.
• Will you play 21 Pro: Blackjack for free with ads, or will you gamble and lay down some chips for the paid version?
• Marware has announced three new C.E.O. cases for the updated iPod line, but despite the name, Democrats can use them, too.
• World of Warcraft players will face the Wrath of the Lich King on November 13th.
• Plyxim moves from fighting Superman to developing video scheduling software for Mac OS X.
• Use GrandTotal to invoice your customers...but make sure you provide a service, first. It’s only fair.

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 12, 2008:

• It may be frightening and ungodly in science, but on the iPhone, mixing faces is tremendous fun!
• Get your music, talk, weather, and traffic on your iPhone. Okay? Please?
• Spend real money to win fake money on your iPhone or iPod touch with Black Jack Pro.
• I once got my face slapped for saying “Twittelator Pro” in Sunday School.
• Manage your bookmarks visually with Webbla...you know, in case doing it by sound hasn’t been working out for you.
• MacSupportJobs is all well and good, but what about MacSupportGroup, for when your Mac is feeling sad and unattractive?
• BBedit has been upupdated to v9.0.1.
• In case real life isn’t enough life for you, you can now play The Game of Life on your Mac.
• Ultracool = great name for 50s greaser, Ultravelvet = great name for 70s pimp, Ultrasuede = great name for 00s iPod nano/touch cases.

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My first iPod was a 30GB iPod Video. I wasn’t exactly careful with it, and it soon became heavily scratched. I also never got around to getting a case. Now that that iPod has come and gone, and I am on my second iPod, I made a pact to treat it well, and get a case early on. After getting my iPod nano 3G about a month ago, I got a little lax about the case and didn’t purchase one until now. After much personal debate, I went with the Digital Lifestyle Outfitters HipCase over the Speck Runner. There were a few reasons why I went with the former, ranging from better feel, and what hopefully will be better protection.

Read on for the full review and product images.

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It’s safe to assume at this point that we’ll be seeing the 4G iPod nano at the September Apple event next week. And, with new iPods comes the inevitable flood of new iPod cases, leaving owners of the previous model behind. 3G iPod nano owners need not despair, however, as there’ll certainly be no shortage of cases available to them for quite some time.

After the break, we’ll take a look at two armband-style nano cases: Gadget Wrap’s nano Case Value Pack and the iSkin DuoBand.

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On the floor of the IFA, Engadget Spanish discovered a certain iPod case that seems to prove those Kevin Rose rumors. Looks like the Dark Tipper wasn’t lying after all. On a massive wall with thousands upon thousands of iPod accessories, a single case from Hama, a British company, was pecked out. The case says “For iPod nano 4G” (pictured above), and if a real item is a fake, then somebody really put a lot of money into pulling a prank on the iPod-loving community. It carries the rounded shape that was predicted by Mr. Digg, and seems to fit the dimensions shown in other iPod nano document that have been released.

From the information we received from Kevin Rose, and now this, a new iPod nano is all but confirmed. However, especially with Apple, the minor details are always still in the air, so check back here for more as it happens, especially on (the rumored d-day) September 9th.

Check out another pic after the jump.

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Last week, we reported on some rumors via Digg’s Kevin Rose about a possible iPod Nano redesign. MacRumors is providing some more evidence for that rumor with some pics and details from a semi-reliable Chinese website.

The website, iDealsChina, has been right before. They leaked the case redesign for the iPhone 3G. This time, they are claiming they have leaked 3D renderings of a possible 4th generation iPod Nano redesign. At right, you can see one of these 3D renders.

Details and a juicy iPod touch rumor after the break.

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Gadget Wrap—distributor of the KeySkin keyboard cover for MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Apple aluminum wired and wireless keyboards—has announced the release of the Nano Case Value Pak, the next product in its new line of high quality product offerings.

Designed for today’s busy, the Nano Case Value Pak is constructed from durable silicone to provide protection and a tailor-made fit. In addition to a silicone case, each Nano Case Value Pak comes complete with a custom armband, belt clip, neck lanyard, screen protector, and fashionable matching ear caps, and is available in white, pink, blue, black, and black with white accents.

Priced at $29.99 USD, the Gadget Wrap Nano Case Value Pak is available directly from the Gadget Wrap website.

Product [Nano Case Value Pak]