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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Techzium Gadgets has created virtual video glasses for your iPod, game device, DVD players or other devices with AV outputs. Called the I-Theater, it allows you to watch videos with 2 high resolution TFT QVGA displays up to 230K pixels. In addition to that, the 2 in-built earphones feature stereo sound quality. A one of a kind mobile entertainment unit, watching it will be the equivalent of viewing a 50″ big screen.

The price of the I-Theater is $239.99… not bad, considering real 50″ televisions costs close to $2000 or more. However, it does make one look little silly wearing it. To be used in a secluded area and in your own room only.

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For a long time the only downside I could find with the iPod Nano was the lack of recording. It’s slim, looks good and functions fantastically; but as a bit of an audiophile, the exclusion of any way to record sounds was sorely missed.

XtremeMac, a company who makes various accessories for the iPod, have come up with the right kind of solution that is affordable, slim, and compatible.

This attachable recording device [for 2nd Gen Nano, also available for iPod Video] allows high-quality audio, 16-bit audio at 44 kHz, recording on a Nano. A low quality setting, of 22.05 kHz, can also be set. Recording straight to MP3 format would have been nice.

All controls come from the iPod itself, using the iPod display, recording with any audio input device that fits the standard headphone jack size, 3.5mm-plug.

The MicroMemo comes in black and white and costs $59.95.

Product [XtremeMac]

It’s black, fits in your shirt pocket, offers 10-20GB storage and allows sharing of digital files via USB, Bluetooth or WiFi. It’s called DAVE, which stands for Digital Audio Video Experience.

Mobile telephony is undergoing a multimedia revolution, and the DAVE mobile content platform will provide even more fuel for the growth of new music and video services over mobile networks,” said Patrick King, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate’s consumer electronics business unit. “Products using DAVE technology will enable digital content, whether for business or entertainment use, to be stored, moved, and connected in ways never before possible. Mobile carriers can use this technology for creating value from their investments in high-bandwidth networks, and mobile handset manufacturers have another tool for turning the multimedia phone into the center of the mobile consumer’s digital life.

Battery life is up to 14 days on standby and 10 hours of continuous use. The little device comes in at 3.5 x 4.7 x .47 inches (61 x 89 x 12 mm) and weighs only 2.5 ounces (70 grams). Sorry, because it is so topsecret, there aren’t any pictures of it available yet. However, you could sit through Robert Scoble’s podcast (below) to have a glimpse of it.

Here are some ways of how DAVE could prove useful:

* Makes upgrading mobile phones easy - storing content on a DAVE-based device makes upgrading a mobile phone fast and easy. Simply pair the device to the new handset, and start enjoying digital content on the new phone in just minutes.

* Turns the mobile phone into a DVR/MP3 powerhouse - consumers can now download video from mobile phone networks; grab music from online, mobile, or PC libraries; load audiobooks or GPS data; and use all of that data as needed when on-the-go. The 10GB version will make 2,500 songs or 21 hours of video available to mobile consumers all the time, anywhere.

* Increases use of mobile entertainment networks and data services - with massive storage capacity, mobile network operators can now offer consumers the opportunity to download and enjoy large media and data files. With video files downloaded to products based on the DAVE platform instead of streamed through the mobile network, video can now be delivered without latency or coverage issues. DAVE-based products will also enable new business models for high-bandwidth networks, such as try-and-buy content, that offer real value for consumers.

* Enables mobile lifeblogging and other social networking applications - the ability to record massive video and photo files on the mobile phone, edit and annotate content, then upload to social networking sites such as YouTube or MySpace is now mobile and spontaneous. Consumers can also use the DAVE technology features to share the content with other mobile phones, PCs, wireless-enabled cameras, or even other DAVE mobile storage devices.

Seagate plans to launch DAVE devices through Telco and Cell Phone providers starting the second quarter of this year. Oh, did we tell you that DAVE technology will be Open Source ? Yes, I believe that has made all of the developers out there smile.

Via [Scobleizer] Press Release [Seagate]

Verbatim has announced that they are going to ship the first Colored Background LightScribe CD-R and CD-RWs. LightScribe is an innovative technology that uses a special disc drive, special media, and label-making software to burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs. Because the labels are laser-etched—not printed—there’s no ink, no smudging, and no peeling.

Compaq/HP computers are the leading manufacturers currently putting LightScribe technology onto their CD/DVD burners. Separate standalone LightScribe CD/DVD burners are also available.