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This week in Crave: The Facebook phone home edition

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Too busy buying Facebook stock to keep up with Crave? Here’s what you missed while you were tracking Facebook’s IPO, which, it turns out, didn’t quite live up to the hype.

• When the grid fails you, Sony’s hand-crank charger will juice your devices.

• Relive . . . → Read More: This week in Crave: The Facebook phone home edition



First Looks: Bowers & Wilkins P3 Headphones

British audio house Bowers & Wilkins has made some of the sexiest iPod, iPhone, and iPad accessories we’ve seen over the past several years — generally at premium prices — so its just-announced P3 Headphones (0) will be a welcome sight for sore pocketbooks. With the same styling and general feature set as . . . → Read More: First Looks: Bowers & Wilkins P3 Headphones



iPhonography Accessories: Which Gadgets Are Best?

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By Alexander George. This article was originally published on The Wirecutter, a “list of great technology” curated by Wired alum Brian Lam.

The iPhone’s camera is good, but we spent a good amount of time searching for the best gear to make it better.

On top of the homework, we also spoke to some friends from Instagram, like Jessica Zollman, one of the original members of Instagram’s community team. And photographer Cole Rise, a designer of some of the filters (including the “rise” filter) and the Instagram app icon itself.

We started out with a list of a few dozen accessories, but since most of the value of the iPhone comes from its apps, there are very few accessories that will really improve your shots, and honestly, only the Olloclip — first up in our gallery, and described below — is the must-have device in this list. The rest are good, useful and novel, and if you have a specific need in mind, proven technology.

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News: DataMan update adds per-app data usage tracking

XVision has released an update to DataMan, its real-time data usage tracking app for iOS devices. DataMan allows iPhone users to keep track of their Wi-Fi and cellular data usage. Users can view usage by date and time and location and even plot usage on a chart or a map and set alerts . . . → Read More: News: DataMan update adds per-app data usage tracking



iSkin’s Fuze cases: Full iPhone protection in a sexy package

The Fuze SE ships soon and is on sale till May 24 for .99.

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Otterbox has built a booming business out of its ultraprotective iPhone cases but today has a lot more competition — and it’s only getting fiercer.

Case in point: iSkin’s just-announced Fuze . . . → Read More: iSkin’s Fuze cases: Full iPhone protection in a sexy package



Sprint aggressively promotes iPhone 4S unlimited plan

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Sprint today is shouting its unlimited iPhone 4S data plan from the rooftops, hoping to attract Verizon customers who are hopping mad at losing their unlimited data.

Starting today, you can trade in your current non-Sprint iPhone for the carrier’s own model, and get at least 0 off when you . . . → Read More: Sprint aggressively promotes iPhone 4S unlimited plan



News: iSkin rolls out Fuze, Fuze SE for iPhone 4, 4S

iSkin has rolled out its new Fuze and Fuze SE cases for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Both the Fuze and Fuze SE are hybrid-style cases, featuring a soft inner core and a hard exterior, as well as push-through protection for the sleep/wake and volume buttons, a removable 30-pin port cover, and . . . → Read More: News: iSkin rolls out Fuze, Fuze SE for iPhone 4, 4S



News: IK Multimedia ships iRig Mix

IK Multimedia has announced that it is now shipping its iRig Mix DJ and audio mixer for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Recipient of an iLounge Best of Show award at the 2012 CES, the iRig Mix features full EQ adjustment, a crossfader, a headphone cue and a mic input, dual stereo . . . → Read More: News: IK Multimedia ships iRig Mix



News: iTalk Recorder Premium adds SoundCloud support

Griffin Technology has updated iTalk Recorder Premium adding support for uploading records directly to SoundCloud for sharing. iTalk Recorder Premium is a full-featured voice recording app for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows users to quickly and easily record audio, including the ability to append to existing audio recordings and choose from . . . → Read More: News: iTalk Recorder Premium adds SoundCloud support



Forget the iTV, Steve Jobs wanted an iCar

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Televisions weren’t the only product late Steve Jobs wanted to revamp. According to one of Apple’s current board members, Jobs was eyeing automobiles too.

That tidbit came during an interview with J. Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler . . . → Read More: Forget the iTV, Steve Jobs wanted an iCar



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