As you may (or may not) have known, Apple released their iPhone software update 1.01 security patch yesterday.

Here are some useful links around the blogosphere:

iPhone software update 1.0.1 released (updated) by Znet
Installation and update process (visual pictures included) by Znet
Tuaw’s analysis of the iPhone update
Information about the security content of iPhone v1.0.1 Update (Official Apple article)
Apple’s Security Download Page

Waterfield Designs has announced 3 new cases for the Apple iPhone:

* The iPhone Smart Case
An inch thin case sporting a smooth, eye-catching material that easily slips in and out of your jeans pocket. It has rubberized textile flanks each side for easy grip. The unique, multi-layered padding system combines a high-impact, rigid insert with a soft, scratch-free Ultrasuede™ liner to keep the iPhone protected. It comes in 3 different case styles with multiple carrying options; attach it to a strap, clip it on a belt, or slip it in a pocket.

* The iPhone Travel Case
A case designed to keep the iPhone and its accessories all together and tangle-free. Custom-sized, padded interior compartments keep gear organized and separated. Zippers are self-locking to ensure the contents doesn’t spill out accidentally. The cases come in three sizes and can easily be stowed in a backpack, purse, or messenger bag.

* The iPhone Suede Jacket
This Ultrasuede™ case offers protection from scratches without bulk and fits the iPhone snuggly doubling as a screen cleaner.

All three products are now available for shipping from www.sfbags.com. Pricing starts at$9 for the iPhone Suede Jacket and up to $39 for the Smart/ Travel cases.

About WaterField Designs

WaterField Designs manufactures custom-fitted, high-quality cases and bags for a full-range of laptop computers, cameras, and other digital gear. All products are manufactured to exacting standards in San Francisco.

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I stumbled upon Tumblr not to long ago. At first, I dismissed it as yet another online blog software. However, looking closer, it has many subtle differences. The analogy that they give is perfect, “if blogs are journals, Tumblelogs are scrapbooks”.

Tumblr is not meant to be a blog (or to replace it) but an unorganized compilation of quick short messages, links, photos, quotes, dialogues used to share author’s creations, discoveries or experiences without any commentary. It is meant to be simple way to quickly publish things you run across in the web or in your daily life.

Created by a web development company in New York called Davidville (also the creators of Senduit), I see Tumblr as something you would use before you write a post on a blog - a creative scrapbooks with links, photos and RSS.

Instead of using the old pen and paper to jot things down, you can write it up informally and know that it won’t end up under that pile of papers or in the trash.

The blackbox, a known device in airplanes designed to provide the final record in the event of a crash. Enter the Roadbox, the automobile’s equivalent.

Designed by PLK Technologies under Hyundai Motors, this device records your car’s diagnostics like speed and acceleration while visually monitoring your driving through a wide screen [120 degree] video camera.

“The RoadBox captures crucial accident data at the moment of crash by recording accident images and vehicle acceleration data 14 seconds before a collision and for six seconds after impact,” says Abu Sharkh, PLK General Manager.

Now while PLK state that the Roadbox can withstand temperature of up to 85 degrees Celsius, they don’t mention the device’s strength - which when talking about anything like a blackbox, is the most important spec.

We do, however, acknowledge the function of such a device after any car accident. Imagine having proof, on video, you weren’t in the wrong?

The Roadbox fetches around US$175.

Via [CoolestGadgets] Product [PLK]

The iPod/Nike Sports Kit that enables your Nano to gauge statistics about your workout via a Nike shoe sensor is under attack by wireless sporting company, PhatRat. PhatRat, based in Niwot, Colorado, is known for extreme/ hi impact sports performance devices like the airRat, a device for measuring sports performance while snowboarding, skiing or riding a BMX bicycle.

PhatRat claims in a lawsuit that both companies are infringing on technology developed by them in transmitting data from footwear to wireless devices, in their case a watch. The patent at issue is entitled “shoes employing monitoring devices, and associated methods.”

PhatRat is seeking a cash compensation and a court order prohibiting Nike/Apple’s production.

“Nike is aware of the complaint and is reviewing the allegations alongside our own intellectual property rights,” a spokesman for Beaverton, Oregon-based Nike told Bloomberg.

Read [Bloomberg]