The basic concept behind Nao Symphony is to offer a speaker with simultaneous wired and wireless connectivity options for iPod and iPhone users: two 4” drivers deliver properly left-right separated stereo audio regardless of whether a device is connected via the traditional iPod dock on top, the auxiliary audio port on back, or wirelessly via stereo Bluetooth. Notably, the system is supposed to be iPhone compatible, but iPhones put up the classic…

Rather than pairing with the iPhone 3G using wireless Bluetooth, Fone-Doc initially appears to be achieving speakerphone functionality through a less than totally impressive workaround, asking users to connect a headphone port cable to the iPhone and physically dock it inside the accessory, which then rides on the car’s visor like an elongated, flat speaker system. You could conceivably place your iPhone somewhere other than in Fone-Doc’s…

The idea here is to combine a power adapter with a battery and a Dock Connector cable, stuffing all three parts into a very compact, roughly 2.3” by 2.88” by 0.75” glossy white plastic shell. Cable included, it’s the smallest such item we’re aware of that’s fully capable of charging an iPod or iPhone with or without the benefit of a currently available wall outlet; you switch between battery power and wall power…

DLO has released a new wall charger that lets you charge your iPod or iPhone without the need for cables. The WallDock is a wall-mounted charger with a built-in dock for iPod or iPhone. The WallDock ($25) features a pivoting, 30-pin dock allowing any iPod or iPhone to rest against the wall for support and claims to charge in less amount of time than other standard, less powered chargers. ...

Incase has released yet another new case design for the iPhone 3G/3GS. The Perforated Snap Case is made of a plastic, snap-on hardshell and features perforations throughout, making the case lightweight. The Snap Case comes in black, white and pink and a S-Stand is also included for $30. ...

Hudson Entertainment has announced the release of Aqua Forest 2, the sequel to its popular Aqua Forest game. Aqua Forest 2 builds on the unique and innovative puzzle game experience from the original version, focusing on realistic physics and fluid dynamics of water across fifty new game environments to challenge players. It is available from the App Store for $5. Stella Artois has released a new augmented reality app, Le Bar Guide, which uses augmented…

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Interestingly designed, the new Sparkz Dock Projector for iPhone + iPod ($459, aka Docking Charging Projector) is a small, egg-shaped combination video projector and dock that includes its own tripod, power adapter, and twin video cables for attachment to composite or VGA video sources. With stereo speakers and a 3M projector inside, the unit boasts 640x480 and 1024x768 modes, a 15-lumens lamp, and a lithium-polymer battery, designed to let the unit…

Motorola has released a new ad for the Motorola Droid that likens the iPhone to a “tiara-wearing digitally clueless beauty pageant queen.” Although the commercial does not specifically mention the iPhone by name, it shows images of an iPhone-like device being admired by superficial stereotypes such as a blond woman holding a phone in front of her as she crosses the street and applies lip gloss. The ad contrasts this with the Droid by suggesting…

A Swiss iPhone developer has published research that indicates that security vulnerabilities affecting the iPhone are not limited to jailbroken iPhones. Developer Nicholas Seriot has created a proof of concept app called SpyPhone as a demonstration of how Apple’s own APIs could be misused to read or edit a user’s address book or gain access to a user’s web surfing history or recent location information. For such attacks to succeed,…

Welcome to this week’s second catch-up edition of iPhone Gems. We’re continuing to work through a large number of recent game releases for the iPhone and iPod touch, and today have three new titles to share with you: the three-dimensional airplane shooter Ace Combat Xi, the ball-and-maze game Labyrinth 2, and the tank warfare game Project Phoenix. The clear pick of this bunch is Labyrinth 2, but the other games are worth hearing about,…

First, a little background: Mantis was originally debuted back in January of this year under the different and more female-targeted name Jewelbox, referencing a major change in its design relative to Ladybug: the speaker-containing wings of this unit open to reveal a large, flat surface that could have been hollowed out to hold jewelry. On a positive note, when Mantis is closed, it’s the fanciest speaker Vestalife has ever produced: whether…

First things first: though Firefly doesn’t exactly reinvent the aesthetic formula that Vestalife used for Ladybug, the changes from model to model are non-trivially positive in Firefly’s favor: the new model has roughly the same dimensions as the newer Ladybug II when collapsed, with a 6.25” diameter, but its wing-shaped speakers expand to a narrower 10” width for a softer, more refined look, while its subwoofer retains a similar…

Electronic Arts has introduced a novel way of distributing in-app content with its new game, Surviving High School (iTunes link), which casts the player in the role of a new high school student who needs to make smart choices to succeed socially and academically. For the initial $3 asking price, EA includes a single story called “Football Season” that gets players started; the novelty is in shorter individual new episodes that appear on…

Like Ladybug, Ladybug II includes a wall adapter, auxiliary audio cable, five Dock Adapters, and an Infrared remote control—essentially the same remote as last time, with color tweaks. It can be run off of wall power or four AA batteries, which you need to provide yourself, and has grown an inch in diameter from its predecessor: the prior ball was 5.5” wide and had a roughly 13” wingspan, while the new version is 6.5” wide…

Following last month’s official launch of the iPhone on China Unicom, China’s most popular online retailer is reporting much lower than expected sales of official iPhone units in China. Taobao.com, the largest Chinese e-commerce web site reports that it has sold only two 8GB iPhones and three 16GB iPhones since it began selling them on Nov 22nd. Although China Unicom is also selling the iPhone directly, Taobao is considered to be China’s…

With over 2,700 votes from iLounge readers, our latest poll—“Would a $30 monthly iTunes TV subscription service be enough to make you buy an Apple TV?”—has ended. Readers had positive options for indicating that they would consider purchasing an Apple TV if iTunes introduced a TV subscription service that included all or most of the shows that viewers enjoy watching, or if Apple changed the Apple TV hardware or pricing. Alternatively,…

The reason we ultimately decided to cover the PMP Seat Hanger was that we actually tested it on a series of international flights last month and found it to be legitimately useful, albeit with some additional caveats that are worth noting. What Flightstrap has done is to assemble a ballistic nylon carrying case with several components—arguably unnecessary sleep mask and ear plugs, plus an elastic band that wraps around the seat in front of you,…

Dw-c has released Timelapse Pro, its latest application for the iPhone. Timelapse Pro lets users create, edit, and share timelapse movies directly on their devices, and features a built-in camera timer, the ability to view and change the order of pictures in the project, the option to export projects as MOV Quicktime movies, an integrated webserver for transferring movie to a computer, and more. Timelapse Pro is available now and sells for $1. Following…

Square Enix has revealed that it will be releasing its strategy role playing game Sole Summoner: The Unsung Heroes - Encore for the iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store tomorrow. Based on the Click Wheel iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes, the game has users play as a “conductor” who creates warriors out of music, and features the ability to transform songs stored on the device into “Tune Troopers” to combat the enemy; a Lite version…