THE MOBILE HORNET … for those who get turned on by mobile devices

YOUR CELLPHONE IS TOTALLY:
WATER, DIRT, MUD, PAINT, SWEAT, BLOOD AND SNOW PROOF !

It weighs less than a candy bar and we either carry it with us or we keep it within easy reach, around the clock. Try getting through the day without your mobile phone! Your trusty companion is in constant danger. The threat of damage from dirt or moisture is one of the most serious threats to your cell phone, but not only to your phone, to your social life as well! With Skins, you can now protect your cell phone - and all the numbers it contains - against damage from water, dirt, mud, paint, moisture and much, much more!

WITH SKINS, NOTHING WILL STOP YOU
FROM CALLING! ANYTIME AND ANYPLACE !

It’s all in the name, Skins protects your cell phone against water, dirt, mud, paint, sweat, blood, snow and much more! Now you can carry your phone wherever you go and you can make and receive calls anywhere, at the beach, in the shower, even in pouring rain! Skins also protects your phone against dust, sand and cement. Skins helps you avoid even minor damage to your cell phone, simply and easily.Did you know that on a global scale last year around 68 million mobile phones have been damaged due to water or dirt? Keeping in mind that there are 1.7 billion mobile phones in the world, this means one out of every 25 mobile phones! Thanks to SKINS this is now a thing of the past. The extremely transparent and protection mobile cover protects your phone under nearly all circumstances. Skins are always tight around your phone thanks to the 75 micron thickness and a maximum stretch of 7 times its own length!

I believe this will also be good for the HTC Advantage/U1000 when you are not carrying the keyboard and without the leather case.  Owners of iPhone will love this skin protection too !

Features:

• 100% Water Resistant
• For Most Cellular Phones
• Disposable Mobile Protection
• Color Varies
• PRICE : 3 PACK FOR US$4.99 (RM16.00)

9to5Mac reported:

“We just got a tip that Apple is planning on dropping the prices again on the iPhone and iPod Touch line within the next month or two - perhaps at the late February event, perhaps as late as mid-April.  Our tipster says that Apple will drop the prices by $100.

Also, the 8Gb iPod Touch will be dropped from the lineup according to the source.  It might also make sense that the 8Gb iPhone would get phased out as well, but it wasn’t mentioned in the tip.  Inventories will likely be a big factor in the timing so we’re keeping an eye out for shortages.

The price drops are likely to make some price spacing for the newer 3G iPhones that are expected to be released later this year - perhaps with the tablets.

The price cuts will also likely spur on iPhone sales which have either been good or bad depending on the week and the source.  iPod sales have been brisk but Apple’s forcasts have been cautious.

Prices on memory have been plummeting significantly since the current pricing model was revealed to mixed reactions in September - six months ago.  Also, admittedly inferior devices like the 32GB Creative Zen have been dropping in price ($299).  While not really comparable to the iPod or iPhone, it does illustrate the  falling prices of flash storage - the only differentiator between iPod and iPhone models.

For what it is worth, Forbes is also advising its readers to hold off on buying iPhones as they think the 3G model is right around the corner.  May?

No specifics were given but the iPod Nano line might also be the beneficiary of decreased memory pricing and might see capacities double in size.

The new prices are expected to be:

8Gb iPod Touch  $199    8Gb iPhone - $299
16Gb iPod Touch $299   16Gb iPhone - $399
32Gb iPod Touch $399 “

Apple® today announced that its iPod® shuffle, the world’s most wearable music player, is now even more affordably priced at $49 and that it is introducing a new 2GB model of the iPod shuffle for $69. The popular iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs just half an ounce, features an aluminum design with a built-in clip and comes in five colors—silver, blue, green, purple and a (PRODUCT) RED special edition.

“At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle.”

The iPod is the world’s most popular family of digital music players with over 140 million sold. The lineup includes iPod shuffle, the world’s most wearable iPod; iPod classic holding up to 40,000 songs*; the incredible iPod nano with video playback and the breakthrough iPod touch with a revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPod owners can choose from a vast ecosystem of accessories with over 4,000 products made specifically for the iPod including cases, fitness accessories, speaker systems and iPod connectivity in over 75 percent of US automobiles.

Pricing & Availability
The new 1GB iPod shuffle is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $49 (US) through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 2GB iPod shuffle will be available later this month for a suggested retail price of $69 (US) through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

iPod shuffle requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X 10.4.8 or later and iTunes® 7.4; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 7.4 or later.

Romping home after a fantastic year in tech, Apple take on all comers at the T3 Awards.Apple swept the board at last night’s T3 Awards, struggling home with an armful of six awards for some of the finest tech products known to man.The iPhone scooped Most Anticipated Gadget for 2008, as voted for by Sky News online readers, while the iPod romped home with the titles of Best Commuter Gadget, Best Music Gadget and Best Gadget of All Time, as voted for by readers of thesun.co.uk.

As if that wasn’t enough, iTunes claimed its place as the year’s Best Download Service, while the Macbook Pro smeared icing on Apple’s celebratory cake, scooping the Drop Dead Gorgeous Award from right under LG Prada’s nose.

It’s clearly been a fruitful year for Apple (sorry), and the T3 Awards show just how well regarded they are, not just by us hacks, but by readers too. Apple, enjoy your success, it’s clearly well deserved.

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