By now the drill is familiar. Apple rolls out the next iPhone. It has a few hardware upgrades that make it better, faster, and more feature rich. And then we wait and see what hardware features make it into the next iPads, which Apple should unveil in October if you believe all the rumors and …

As anybody who’s ever shopped for an Apple product knows, Apple is a master at pricing products so you end up torturing yourself over whether to spend the extra money on a feature upgrade, even if you know it isn’t really worth the premium Apple is asking for it. Often that upgrade involves more memory, a faster processor, or a …

Some Apple parody videos are better than others, and the one going viral right now, simply titled “Introducing the iPhone 5S,” ranks a solid 8 out of 10 with some pretty amusing lines. Some of the better quotes include: “To create the new iPhone, we started with a design we really loved and…stopped.” “We have found a way to sell …

Not a day seems to go by without some new leaked image of an iPhone 5S or 5C part, which has taken a lot of the mystery out of what Apple will unveil on September 10. But that’s a good thing for accessory makers who want to have cases ready to go at launch (if you remember, Apple didn’t have …

When we reviewed Sony’s $299.99 MDR-R1 headphones last year, we gave them high marks despite their high price tag, saying they were “highly accurate-sounding headphones with style and substance.” That model can now be had for closer to $200, which is where the new MDR-10 Series will start. The new models aren’t quite as swanky as the MDR-R1. Nor do …

Last year, Casio G-Shock dipped a toe into the smartwatch arena with two Bluetooth models, the GB-5600AA and GB-6900AA ($199), that communicated with your smartphone and offered some limited notification features when an e-mail or call came in. The new GB-6900B, modeled after the “classic” G-Shock DW-6900, and the larger GB-X6900B, up the Bluetooth ante a bit, with a version …

CNET’s Eric Franklin recently reviewed Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet and had some pretty nice things to say about it. “Pound for pound, the Nexus 7 is the best small tablet you can buy,” he said in his intro while reiterating that point in his bottom line: “Thanks to its stellar performance and affordable price, the Nexus 7 is the …

Whenever a new iPad is announced, it’s quickly followed by a flood of accessory manufacturers announcing new cases for it. With the new Nexus 7, the number of case announcements is more of a trickle, but we expect to see lots more in the coming weeks. Of course, plenty of sleeve-style cases for the old Nexus 7 will fit the …

Updated June 25, 2013, with three new cases (Ballistic, Cascade Designs, and Lifeproof). Waterproof smartphone cases used to be bulky, ungainly contraptions, but they’ve been trimming down lately. That said, building a truly waterproof case is not easy (a waterproof case is defined as one that can be fully submerged underwater for at least 30 minutes). Often there are trade-offs …

Tim Hickman, founder and CEO of Gumdrop Cases, has made it a tradition to announce cases for major Apple products ahead of their launches. He’s currently batting 4 for 5, only whiffing badly in 2011 when another of his companies — Hard Candy Cases — released an iPhone 5 case in advance of the iPhone 4S launch and it didn’t …