Jelly Belly cases make your iPhone smell edible, come in BlackBerry flavor

There are 53 «official» Jelly Belly flavors available at present, few (if any) of which are MP3 compatible — strange, really, in an era where pretty much everything else is capable of music playback. The company’s new gadget cases are perhaps the next best thing, though despite the fact that they’ll add a candy-like scent to your iPhone, iPod touch, nano, or BlackBerry (sadly not this guy), biting into them will almost certainly void your warranty — and raise your dental co-pay. The cases are currently available and will run you $15 apiece, the same price as the new Jelly Belly-branded headphones, which are similarly recommended for external use only.

ESI Cases Introduces Two New Jelly Belly® Products: Scented Line of Cases for iPhone, iPod and Blackberry; Earbuds in Classic Jelly Bean Shape

New York – June 15, 2011 – ESI Cases and Accessories, and licensing partner, Jelly Belly® have launched a comprehensive line of phone cases for iPhone® 4, iPod Touch®, iPod Nano® and Blackberry® with five of the most popular flavors of the Jelly Belly candy line represented. Each case is made of durable TPI plastic and scented with the Jelly Belly smell from each of the five flavors represented; Strawberry Cheesecake, Very Cherry, Blueberry, Licorice and Berry Blue.

«Jelly Belly candy is an iconic brand in American homes, especially among households with children,» said Elliot Azoulay, president and CEO of ESI Cases and Accessories. «In addition to children who identify with these scents, many adults grew up with them and are thrilled to outfit their iPhone, iPod Touch or Blackberry with a durable case that protects their devices from scratches and damage.»

Jelly Bean-Shaped Earbuds
Additionally, ESI has also added a line of jelly bean-shaped in-ear headphones in the same vibrant colors that match five of Jelly Belly’s top jelly bean flavors. The earbuds, while unscented, make a fun complement to the scented cases.

«These jelly bean-shaped headphones are ideal for any consumers that want to make a fun impression with their friends and as they walk down the street,» noted Azoulay. «While their unique shape is hard to miss, selecting one of the five colors can be either used to blend in with something traditional such as black (licorice) or bright and bold with deep red (Very Cherry).»

The Jelly Belly Cases for iPhone, iPods and Blackberry and headphones are available at numerous retailers across the country including F.Y.E. (For Your Entertainment), Hudson News and ShopKo with new stores continually being added. All products have a MSRP of $14.99 each.

Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video)

We’re not sure proper air guitarists would ever consider adding a bonafide pick to their cherished imaginary pastime, but what if a petite plastic plectrum could turn those strokes into stringed acoustics that more than just you can hear? That’s the idea behind Air Guitar Move, a $50 motion-sensing guitar pick that pairs with a dedicated iPhone app using a single dock-connected string. The minds behind Move aren’t new to product design — Colin Karpfinger created Thumbies, a suction cup-based gaming control accessory for iPhone, and Ronald Mannak has launched other freestyle electronic toys, including the V-Beat AirDrums and AirGuitar — so if they meet their $25,000 funding goal, we imagine that we’ll have a very solid iPhone accessory on our hands.

A $39 pledge gets you a single Move with a 20 percent discount, and a pledge of $49 will net you a pick from the first shipment, so you’ll be strumming away a month before folks in the first group. The creators have yet to commit to a ship date, but head over to Kickstarter if you’d like to make a pledge, or jump past the break for the intro video and an update on our last featured product, ZionEyez.

Previous project update: ZionEyez video-recording glasses, our last Insert Coin project, has tripled its funding goal of $55,000, and is on track to ship in late summer. There’s still 42 days left to pledge $150 for your own pair of the 720p specs, which are expected to retail for $199. Check back for our full review later this summer.

Friendthem – app de iPhone que convierte las personas cercanas en amigos en Facebook

En los últimos tiempos estamos viviendo una explosión de aplicaciones sociales para terminales móviles donde nos permite compartir desde imágenes de lugares donde nos encontramos hasta añadir gente cercana físicamente a nosotros, ofreciéndonos esta posibilidad Friendthem, una aplicación para iPhone que estará en pocas semanas para terminales Android.

La idea es que cualquier usuario se identifique en esta aplicación con sus credenciales de Facebook e indique aquellos datos de su perfil que desea dejar a simple vista, pudiendo ocultarse completamente en aquellos lugares donde no desea ser encontrado.

De esta manera, en cualquier lugar donde haya más personas con dicha aplicación instalada, cualquier usuario pueda conocer las personas que tiene cerca y tener la oportunidad de añadirlos como amigos en Facebook. Esto evitaría que aquellas personas que se conozcan en cualquier evento de cualquier índole luego realicen una búsqueda en Facebook para encontrarse con resultados infructuosos, bien porque la persona a encontrar no comparte datos libremente en Facebook o por la cantidad de personas existentes en los resultados de búsquedas bajo el mismo nombre.

Sin duda es un paso más en la socialización a través de los terminales móviles, aunque también un paso más en facilitarle las cosas al “gran hermano”.

 

Una selección de aplicaciones educativas para iPad y iPhone

Como cada semana, os divulgamos algunas de las aplicaciones que más nos han llamado la atención, tanto para dispositivos Android como iOS, tocándole ahora al iPad y iPhone y con enfoque en el público infantil.

Recordad que estas listas se desactualizan rápidamente, con miles de nuevas apps cada día es fácil que nazcan nuevas joyas capaces de hacer sombra a las destacadas hoy, motivo por el cual, como siempre, os invito a actualizarlas en los comentarios.

– ICDL- International Children’s Digital Library

Una fantástica colección de miles de libros infantiles de la International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) , estando disponibles en varios idiomas. El contenido es excelente, aunque el formato es el mismo que su web es.childrenslibrary.org, sin darle especial atención al formato de la tableta.

– MapsofWorld Atlas HD

Un mapa del mundo actualizado, con opción de hacer zoom en las diferentes regiones, conociendo más sobre los países de nuestro planeta. Se trata de la versión móvil de http://www.mapsofworld.com

– PuppetPals

Los niños podrán hacer obras de teatro con diferentes personajes, moviéndolos con los dedos y grabando la voz. Al final podrán exportar el resultado en vídeo

– Vocabulario inglés

Tarjetas de vocabulario y actividades para aprender más de 4500 palabras en inglés. El creador de esta aplicación tiene versiones para otros idiomas.

En la misma categoría también tenemos lingupingu, pra niños pequeños.

Y ahora dos no gratuitas lanzadas recientemente por Nickelodeon, responsables por personajes tan carismáticos como Bob esponja o dora la exploradora:

– Nickelodeon Juegos de Memoria

Para permitir que los niños memoricen las tarjetas en las que aparecerán los personajes de la empresa, existiendo tres niveles diferentes de dificultad.

– Nickelodeon Puzzles

Atractivos puzzles de los personajes, todos ellos con menos de 10 piezas, estando indicados para los más pequeños.

Ping iPhone cradle can lower your handicap, but you’re still on your own with the gophers (video)

New iPing putter app targets consistency for better putting

PING®, a company with a legacy of putter innovation and success, introduces the iPING™ putter app – a free, wireless, go-anywhere putting improvement tool that identifies a player’s stroke type, analyzes their impact angle, and measures their tempo. After a series of putts, the iPING app records the golfer’s consistency in each area and establishes a Putting Handicap™ (PHcp™), which gets lower as the player improves their consistency, the key to holing more putts.

The iPING app is a free download from the iTunes® App Store™ for the iPhone® 4 and the smaller iPod touch® (4th gen). The iPING app works in conjunction with a PING cradle ($30 MSRP), which holds the mobile device and clips onto the putter shaft just below the grip. Cradles are available for either the iPhone 4 or iPod touch (4th gen) due to the different sizes of the devices.

The iPING app will be on iTunes on June 20th. PING cradles will be available on the same date through key golf retailers’ websites. Other PING retailers will offer the cradles in early July.

The iPhone 4 and iPod touch (4th gen) are the only mobile devices that contain both accelerometers and gyroscopes – the key technology features that allow iPING to measure and record data. The accelerometers measure linear acceleration, while the gyroscopes detect rotational speed.

«Innovation takes many forms,» said John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. «My father, Karsten Solheim, started PING with a single putter design. The engineering principles of that design and subsequent models ignited a revolution in golf club design and putter fitting. The Anser putter, which he designed in 1966, still dominates the Tours today more than 45 years later. The iPING app continues in our long tradition of innovation by allowing golfers to analyze their putting strokes more closely than ever. It works like a launch monitor for putters by measuring key aspects of your stroke. It will help every level of golfer see better results by adding more consistency on the putting green. Besides that, it’s a lot of fun to use and has several other features.»

The iPING app analyzes and displays a golfer’s consistency onscreen using three criteria:

STROKE TYPE: Stroke type is the classification of a player’s closing angle, the amount of rotation of the putter face during the forward stroke. PING’s research found that golfers can be categorized as one of three stroke types: Straight, Slight Arc, or Strong Arc, measured in degrees of face rotation. (Straight has very little or no rotation; Strong Arc has the most.) The research shows that players tend to be most consistent with a balance of putter that matches their stroke type. Face-balanced putters work best for Straight strokes while toe-down putters are most effective for a Strong Arc.

IMPACT ANGLE: Impact angle is the putter’s face angle at impact, relative to address, measured in degrees. PING’s data shows that even the best players in the world do not necessarily have a 0 impact angle average, but all are highly consistent.

TEMPO: Tempo is a measure of the duration of the backswing relative to the forward swing and is expressed in a ratio: 2 to 1, for example. The average tempo will vary among players, but the best putters have extremely high consistency in tempo.

MEASURE MODE: In Measure mode, the golfer hits five putts and their stroke type, impact angle and tempo are displayed for every putt in that session and stored. The iPING app calculates a consistency score, and then averages the scores over time to build a Putting Handicap (PHcp). As the player improves their consistency, they’ll watch their PHcp come down.

PRACTICE MODE: In Practice mode, the user can isolate one aspect of their putting that’s lacking in consistency – tempo, for example – for extra attention. Stroke type, impact angle, and tempo are displayed for individual putts.

COMPARE MODE: In Compare mode the player can compare their results with previous sessions or with those of their friends. They can even do side-by-side comparisons with several PING tour pros, whose results are pre-loaded into the iPING app.

Users can also share and compare their results through social media, Solheim said. «The social aspect and the ability to form a community around it is another exciting feature of iPING,» he said. «Golfers can share their results by emailing friends and posting sessions on Facebook® or Twitter®. We expect golfers to fully embrace these features as they develop fun and friendly competitions using iPING and their mobile devices.»