Vans x Belkin team up for iPhone 5 and iPod touch cases

On the hunt for something edgier and more colorful to protect your iPhone 5 or iPod touch? Vans and Belkin team up to release four Apple iPhone 5 cases and three iPod touch cases. 

Each case is inspired by Vans’ iconic designs, such as vulcanized rubber waffle (a slimmer version is available for the iPod touch) and the classic black and white checkboard pattern (available for both the iPhone 5 and the iPod touch).  The two other designs include a Sticker Collage case for the iPhone 5 and a Jungle case for the iPhone 5 and the iPod touch. You can check this link to view all the cases.

Apple sells 100 million iPod Touches, intros entry level model for $229

Apple is said to have sold 100 million iPod Touches. Launched in 2007 and a key product category for Apple as it is essentally the iPhone without the phone component, the iPod Touch is famous for being a multifunctional device. A pocket sized music and video player, a portable game device and an excellent Internet communicator with access to the web, iMessage and Facetime. The iPod Touch is popular among younger users who eventually rack up a collection of apps and eventually move to the iPhone. Apple recently added a $229 16GB iPod Touch with no rear facing camera.

Source: The Loop

‘Haunting Melissa’ app to spook you on your smartphone

If Sadako of the Japanese film Ringu fame were brought into your mobile devices, this might be what this new app is going to look like. Haunting Melissa, an iOS app from Hooked Media and co-executive producer of the US version of The Ring and The Ring 2, is going to deliver a ghost story to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch in a new way in hopes of keeping up with how technology has altered the way stories or movies are consumed today.

It’s like you’re watching a TV show on iTunes with the film broken into segments of varying length. The app can be downloaded for free and you can opt to purchase per episode (no word yet on the amount of episodes) or get a season pass at $6.99 for SD and $14.99 for HD. You’ll then get to find out what happened to Melissa and her mysterious disapperance after warning her friends about the ghostly presence in the isolated farmhouse where she lived.

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