The Week in iOS Accessories: Lightning!
At long last, third-party Lightning-connector accessories, for the latest generations of iPhone, iPad, and iPod, are starting to hit the market, and those add-ons form the bulk of this week’s accessory roundup.
Fender's Squier USB Stratocaster guitar.
Fender: There are many, many accessories out there that let you connect your guitar to your iPad and make sweet, sweet music. Now Fender has launched the $200 Squier USB Stratocaster Guitar, which skips the middlemen—er, middleaccessories?—altogether by letting you plug the guitar directly into your Apple devicce. A built-in analog output also lets you use the Squier USB as a traditional guitar. Rock on!
iHome's iW3
iHome: The $300 iW3 is an AirPlay-enabled wireless speaker system that streams music from your iOS device or Mac, though you can also dock and charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with the speaker system. The iW3 is portable, thanks to a rechargeable battery, and is available in black, silver, or red.
iLuv: This week marks a pair of new Lightning cables from this company: The $45 iAD 1530 EnergySeal is a car charger for your Lightning-connector-equipped iPhone, iPad, or iPod; and the $30 iCB261 Premium Coiled Charge/Sync Cable with Lightning Connector is a six-foot, coiled USB-to-Lightning cable for—as you’ve probably guessed—charging and syncing. Neither was available for shipping as of this writing; iLuv didn’t say when the products would be available.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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