The JVC N-BX3.

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Like to recharge your iPhone overnight? Listen to tunes while getting dressed? Set the mood during a romantic evening? Are you, perhaps, a fan of monochromatic art-deco furniture?

Also, do you have more money than you know what to do with?

JVC has the product for you: the N-BX3 iPhone /iPod nightstand speaker. No, it’s not a speaker that sits on your nightstand; (more…)

See where the iPhone is placed? This is an excellent example of using the rule of thirds. It also happens to be a gorgeous photo, courtesy of Christopher Wesser.

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I hate to admit it, but my iPhone is always the first thing I reach for when I spot a photo-worthy scene.

Sure, I own a digital camera, but my iPhone is always with me, packs an excellent (more…)

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As more and more people turn to e-books and tablets for their reading needs, there are stacks of books gathering dust on shelves or even worse, being tossed into the trash. (For shame!) Thankfully, one Californian couple is out to rescue these neglected and unappreciated treasures.

Richard and Brenna Neeley from Cerritos, Calif., take old and vintage books, as well as some new, and convert (more…)

The Geneva XS is very good-sounding portable Bluetooth speaker with a rechargeable battery and built-in FM radio. It folds up into its case.

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Led by products like the Jawbone Jambox and Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile Speaker, compact Bluetooth speakers are hot little items these days, and Geneva Lab has placed itself in the middle of the fray with its Sound System Model XS, which retails for (more…)

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Those of you disheartened because your older iPhone or iPod Touch won’t support iOS 5 have an “unofficial” alternative.

Available for free, a piece of software dubbed Whited00r can install a custom edition of iOS 5.1 on the iPhone 2G and 3G as well as the iPod Touch 1G and 2G. The software works by tapping into the Restore feature directly through iTunes. And it automatically (more…)

The Kungl iPhone Tripod Mount sells for $20 and pulls double duty as a pocket-friendly bumper case.

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Want to mount your iPhone on a tripod? There are lots of third-party accessories that can help, but few are as practical or affordable as the Kungl iPhone Tripod Mount.

Lest you think it sounds crazy to connect a smartphone to a tripod, consider this: the iPhone 4 sports a 5-megapixel camera (more…)

So you’ve got an original iPhone and you’re hanging on to it for sentimentality’s sake. I get that. But that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice all the cool, new goodies that accompany the latest versions of iOS.

Whited00r allows its users to multitask on older iOS devices.

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If you’re hanging on to your little piece of Apple history (whether because you (more…)

Shazam Player visualizes song lyrics while you listen. Cool!

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I’m a sucker for cool visuals, which is why I’m gaga over the new Shazam Player app for iOS. It takes something fairly straightforward–song lyrics–and presents it in a visually stimulating, impossible-to-look-away way.

Shazam, of course, is best known for the eponymous app that listens to and identifies (more…)

The Aladdin is just one of many cool iPhone /iPod speaker systems from Lanchiya.

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LAS VEGAS–These are not your typical iPhone /iPod speakers, and that’s the way Lanchiya, a Chinese digital audio company, likes it.

We’re guessing you’ve probably never heard of Lanchiya, but you might already be familiar with one of its products, the iPig stereo dock. The cute pig-shaped iPod speaker (more…)

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So you decided not to spring for the in-dash DVD player and flip-down screens. No problem: your passengers can still watch movies on the road, using your iDevice as the source.

Launching at CES, as reported by Ubergizmo, the Philips PV7002i and PV9002i come with a pair of LCD screens designed to be mounted behind car-seat headrests. Meanwhile, your iPhone , iPod Touch, or iPad sits up front in a (more…)