As CES 2012 continues, more new products are discovered for the iPhone and iPad.  If you haven’t already, take a look at part one of our announcement round-up to see another collection of accessories debuting at the show, otherwise standby for part two: Olloclip. A new quick-connect camera lens accessory for the iPhone 4/4S, the Olloclip has

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Part Two: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement News Round-up

While Apple themselves shun CES, many of the manufacturers who produce accessories for the iPhone and iPad use it as the platform to launch their latest products.  With the event in full swing, here’s part one of our round-up of the top announcements to come from the show. Wrapsol Grip Pad. Known for their range of

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Part One: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement News Round-up

A company called Kanex has shown off a cool new charging station for iOS devices at CES 2012. The charging station is called the Sydnee and will launch this quarter and charges four devices with one cord. TomTom has unveiled an updated navigation app at CES for the iPhone and iPad. The update will be here soon and allows you to directly navigate to addresses and check-ins on invites from twitter and Facebook. Rumors are flying that Apple workers are at CES 2012 even though Apple has no official booth. Rumors also claim that the new iPad launching this year is at the show too.

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Kanex Sydnee charger, TomTom update, iPad at CES?

Ford has announced that it has added new features to Sync with Sync Destinations . The Destinations allows the driver to shoot driving direction to the car and get traffic and accident notifications using their voice as they drive. The ability to ask for accidents near you while driving your pre-planned route is cool and the driver can also report accidents so other Sync Destinations drivers can avoid them. The other cool unveil today comes from D-Link and it is called the Mobile Travel Companion . This device will work with iOS and Android devices and allows mobile storage on the go. It has internal storage and a USB port onboard for synchronizing video and storing files. The device also has an integrated Ethernet port. It interfaces with the devices using an app. The device will launch in April for $75.

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D-Link outs Mobile Companion and Ford Sync Destinations app

If you are a fan of Star Wars or Lipton Brisk tea, a new app is out for iOS that you might want to check out. Lipton and Star Wars are teaming to advertise the coming Phantom menace flick in 3D. To celebrate the tie up the app is called Brisksaber and it is available right now for download. The app has Darth Maul speaking, which is odd considering he rarely speak in the original. He hops around talking and playing with his lightsaber until he drinks a tea and gets happy. Apparently, Yoda and some other Jedi are in the ads too. I’m not sure what to think of the 3D treatment on the films. I wasn’t a huge fan of the new films to start with. Obviously, any fan will have to see the 3D flicks if for no other reason than to be able to complain about how bad they suck. [youtube LwabxgoSGZY] [ via SlashGear]

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According to an independent source, the heavy use of the iPhone 4S and Siri is putting a strain on mobile networks. The report claims that the data load with Siri has nearly doubled . HTC has announced its first profit dip in two years. The finger is pointed at the iPhone as part of the reason HTC is having trouble. The iPhone has used Corning Gorilla Glass for a long time and the glass isn’t as strong as some of us wish it was. Corning will be unveiling Gorilla Glass 2 at CES.

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Siri strains networks, HTC dives thanks to iPhone, Gorilla Glass 2

Apple introduced the Smart Cover with the iPad 2 last year, saying that rather than let owners cover their beautiful tablets in unattractive cases to protect the screen, they’d made a good-looking, Apple certified one themselves.  It’s clever too, as it not only attaches to the iPad 2 using magnets, but uses one to activate

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Choiix Wake Up Folio for the iPad 2 Review

If you are a Chinese iPhone fan, the smartphone is coming to China on January 13. Along with the launch in China, the device will also be coming to 21 other countries as well. The 4S has likely already been in China thanks to the gray market where the smartphone has been cheaper than the official device in the past. The official price for the smartphone in the other countries is unknown at this time. Apple is optimistic about selling the smartphone in China, it is a huge market. The growth of internet and smartphone uses in China is predicted to be higher than most other countries. You can see the full list of countries that will get the phone on the 13th below. Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Uganda. [ via SlashGear]

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iPhone 4S Lands in China January 13

Analytics firm Flurry reports that between iOS devices and Android the week of Christmas there were 1.2 billion apps downloaded. That over a billion downloads a week mark is expected to come several times in 2012. Nintendo is reportedly getting a Wii U book store ready and is looking to coax some iOS devs over. I hope that this might mean some Nintendo games heading to the iOS platform in return. A creepy 12-inch tall Steve Jobs action figure has surfaced. It will sell for $99 and come with his trademark glasses and clothing.

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1.2 billion app downloads in a week, Nintendo courts iOS devs, Steve Jobs action figure

Samsung makes no bones about wanting to take market share from Apple and the iPad with its tablets. Samsung is trying everything to get its tablets to sell better, including hiring the same actor Apple uses in commercials. If you have the GTA III game on your iPhone and are jailbroken you might like this. It has been found that the mods used on the PC version of the GTA III game will work on the iOS and Android versions. Apple design chief Jonathan Ive has been knighted . As a British citizen he can now go by Sir Jonathan.

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Samsung uses Apple actor, PC mods work on iOS GTA III, Apple design chief gets knighted