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Otterbox Unveils 2 New iPhone Cases

Ken Allen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:51:17 +0000

When Otterbox releases a product, it’s known to be built like a tank. All of Otterbox’s products are built to provide maximum protection to your device, and or cigars. Today Otterbox released 2 new cases for the iPhone, both of which weren’t really designed to look good, but provide absolute full protection for your iPhone.

Coming in two styles, one of the cases is a sleek yellow and black, while the other case is fully black. Protection of the phone is definitely emphasized with 3 layers of protection, full surface protection of the phone while still leaving full access to the proximity sensor, speaker, volume buttons, and the sync/charge port.

At a respectable $49.95 for these monster cases, anybody who wants protection on their phone that’ll make their it look as if it was just taken out of the box should take a look at Otterbox.

FastMac iPhone Skin available for just cost of shipping

Chris Davies — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:15:55 +0000

I’m not sure if it’s a promotion or a site error, but FastMac seem to be selling their iPhone Skin for the grand sum of… $0. That’s right, it seems that as long as you’re willing to pay shipping, you can have a silicone skin to protect the edges and back of your iPhone.

One possibility is that they’re trying to clear out old stock: the website suggests that a new version of the case is coming in two weeks, with undisclosed changes.

Edit: Andy tells us in the comments that this case blocks the iPhone’s sensors, which is probably why they’re reduced to giving them away. He also kindly points out the MY iTablet Store, a great way to find equally great products for your favourite iPhone!

If you buy the skin, let us know if your order is honoured!

iPhone skinning guide for Windows users

Chris Davies — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:03:27 +0000

ModMyiPhone are really going to town on the skinning guides – the other day they released instructions for Intel-based Mac users to change their iphone icons, and now they’ve followed it up with a guide for Windows users. It’s the hard work of forum-member Loring, and requires the Jailbreak software and some repetitive copying and pasting!

As ever, if you try this out yourself make sure to send us some pictures of how your new iPhone icons look!

Skin your iPhone black & white, if you dare

Vincent Nguyen — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:47:04 +0000

Personally, the default Apple provided skin on my iPhone is damn sleek and really pretty to look at. However, this user created black and white version is also mighty sweet looking.

That being said loading the new theme isn’t rocket scientist but it’s no walk in the park either. Should you dare to load it, just remember you might risk turning your $600 iPhone into a $600 paperweight. The process isn’t drag and drop and it’s not straight coding.

Visit ModMyiPhone for details on how to install the black and white iPhone skin.

iPhone skin for Sony VAIO UX micro-PC

Chris Davies — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:57:31 +0000

I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether device skins that make your gadget look like something else are cool or not; some people love them, others think they’re ridiculous. But at least with Micro PC Talk forum member Alexium’s iPhone skin you get more than just mimicked buttons. His creation for the Sony VAIO UX micro-PC not only looks like Apple’s interface, but it also has some of the functionality too.

Check out videos of the skin in action, after the cut

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97tHgCtviQ[/youtube]

Now there’s no way to add Multi-Touch to the UX’s touchscreen, but the familiar slide-to-unlock is there, iTunes Cover Flow and – going one better than the iPhone – VoIP support with Skype. Right now it’s more of a launcher, though – tapping one level beyond the interface brings you back to WinXP on the UX, which is far less finger-friendly.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRQ4aYxRcOM[/youtube]

Alexium is planning a release version when he’s tidied it up a little, and hopefully had a chance to pack some more features in there. Ironically, there are probably fewer UX users than there are iPhone owners, so it’s likely even more of a niche product!

[via Pocketables]

OSX and iPhone theme on the crappy SLVR L7

Vincent Nguyen — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:44:12 +0000

No lame ass Motorola phone (especially the SLVR L7) deserves to wear such a sacred mark â€“ the Apple OSX and iPhone theme.

Shame on you cyclist14 for tarnishing the Apple brand with the likes of Motorola!

[youtube]VNbVc9cqIBo[/youtube]

Crap is a slang word meaning literally ‘feces’, and is mostly used to mean either this, or alternatively, ‘of low, but could be, on occasion, viewed as strongly vulgar by means of scatological and sensory-provoking use of the word. [via Wikipedia]

Other posts on My iPhone consisting of the word crappy can be found here. Do you see a common theme?

New iPhone skin for any WM5 smartphones

Vincent Nguyen — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:44:21 +0000

There are a number of iPhone skins floating around the Internet. This particular iPhone skin is designed for the application Wisbar Advance.

I havenâ€™t personally test this skin out, so for those planning on using it, please shoot me an email with images or provide some feed back in the comments. If itâ€™s not too much trouble, provide a rating from 0 to 5.

Check out the Guys Homepage for alternative downloads and additional info as well as instructions for installation. The links to the required files are listed below:

I believe this skin is the same as the one in the video below. This iPhone skin is the best one I’ve seen for the Pocket PC â€“ ever. Itâ€™s so damn good that Apple had the original copy yanked from Youtube.

[youtube]ROZG4he2cuE[/youtube]

Related: iPhone skins for other devices available here.
Apple iPhone Theme [forum.xda-developers.com]

Video: The best iPhone skin for Pocket PC – ever!

Vincent Nguyen — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:00:36 +0000

This video of the E-TEN M600 Pocket PC is literally pr0n for all Windows Mobile fans hard up for an iPhone UI look-a-like (tops the “Best damn iPhone skin for WM5 (almost)“. As you will see in the video, the icons are just shortcuts to applications. However, thatâ€™s really nothing compared to the screensaver and scrolling.

[youtube]ROZG4he2cuE[/youtube]

Just like the iPhone, the screensaver lets you slide your finger to the right to unlock the phone.

Download the iPhone skin for Wisbar Advance here.
Watch the iPhone interface running on a Pocket PC [Via iPhoneBlog.de]

iPhone Motorola Skins for V3c, motokrzr, motorizr, V3x, motomaxx and ringtones

Vincent Nguyen — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:06:01 +0000

News Flash 6/3/2007:

There’s a big thread over at motox.info discussing everything there is to discuss about skinning Motorola’s crappy ass phones. The links below are direct downloads for specific models. Make sure you read up on the thread Skin Installation Guide, before you begin.

The final version – iPhoneMoto by Woody:

This one comes with 36 WPs, 8 CLs, DRM Icons and iPhone ringtone as extras. 9 Icon Main Menu is also available in the pack.

Downloaded the iPhone skins for Motorola Phones after the jump!

iPhoneMoto – Final (Mirror Download)
iPhoneMoto – Final (V3c/KRZR Version) ported by Alex-t
iPhoneMoto – Final (KRZR Version) ported by kruejl (Mirror Download)
iPhoneMoto – Final (RIZR/KRZR Version) ported by fldodger
iPhoneMoto (V3x Version) ported by MarinerMoose241
iPhoneMoto (MAXX V6 Version) ported by SW_UpGrade
iPhoneRingtone remastered by shadow_cruiser
iPhoneDRM

Get more iPhone skins for other handsets @ http://www.myiphone.com/iphone-skins

Send your iPhone skins / theme / template tips to send tip or tipline@gmail.com. Thanks!

iPhone Skin For Blackberry 8100

Chris Scott Barr — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:11:02 +0000

Still stuck with a Blackberry until you can get your hands on an iPhone? Well, the 8100 has joined the ranks of countless other phones that can now pretend to be Apple’s killer phone.

You can head over to iPhoneworld.com and download your very own iPhone skin. It’s still a far cry from the real thing, but it’s definitely an improvement over the plain old Blackberry interface.

If you have an 8100 and download this skin, send us some screen shots, we’d love to see it in action.

Blackberry 8100 Perl iPhone skin [via iphoneworld]

Apple’s iPhone “Cover Flow” UI for your crappy MotoQ

Vincent Nguyen — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:33:27 +0000

News Flash 6/3/2007:

There’s the iPhone copycat skin for the Motorazr, and now it looks like a bunch of smarty-pants at a Scottish company managed to duplicate the same UI right down to the effects, style and animation for the MotoQ. So they claim. The anonymous tip I got in went on to say that the animation isnâ€™t done using Adobe’s “crappy Flash Lite,” and left it at that. You can browse and flip through the album with the 4-way navigation key.

So if this indeed true, how are they doing it? Anyone with more info, please email me.

Now, if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, is it a duck? Nope. I don’t care how similar the UI of another phone resembles the iPhone; it’s still not the iPhone.

iPhone skin for Miranda IM

Vincent Nguyen — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:11:55 +0000

Anyone using the Miranda IM may want to check out this iPhone inspired skin â€“ created by manicho.

Miranda iPhone skin – Updated [deviantART]

Apple iPhone Skin for the SE K750 and others!

Vincent Nguyen — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:53:25 +0000

Hallelujah, the iPhone theme is available for the KE 750 phone. Enjoy. More themes for other phones here.

Direct links to skins for other Sony Ericsson phones, categorized by model numbers.

iPhone theme for SE K750 Download@deviantART [via OSXCN]

iPhone Theme for your crappy Motorola RAZR

Vincent Nguyen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:29:58 +0000

News Flash 6/3/2007:

I don’tt personally think that the Motorola RAZR deserves to wear the iPhone skin period. The skin features icons such as Bluetooth connectivity, Safari launch, and phone launch. Just remember that installing a custom skin may void Motorola’s warranty. If you still want to do it, it’s available for you to download should you still want it.

iPhone Theme for Motorola RAZR / Image above courtesy of MacOnlySource.com [via macnn]

More images and info after the jump…

Image above courtesy of MacOnlySource.com

Download the Skin / Download the DRM [additional images and info via iPhoneforum.info]

Update: Check out this thread on motox.info for more resources on how to skin your sorry ass RAZR.

Apple iPhone skin for the Sidekick III

Vincent Nguyen — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:03:31 +0000

iPhone skin here, iPhone skin there, iPhone skin everywhere! This is utter madness that just about every single phone on the planet is outfitted with the iPhone theme! The latest is the Sidekick III. The whole suite even has the iPhone ringtone integrated into it. You can the Apple iPhone skin for the Sidekick III here, until further notice.

Yes bored. So I iPhoned out my Sidekick [Via Gizmodo]