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Ballistic Cases drops Ballistic SG for iPhone 4

Back during the summer, I talked a bit about a new case from Ballistic Cases for the iPhone 4 called the Ballistic HC. Ballistic Cases is now back with another cool case for the iPhone 4 called the Ballistic SG that has three layers of protection and looks pretty cool to boot.

The case has an outer layer of soft TPU to help absorb shock when dropped. A second layer of impact resistant polycarbonate is integrated into the design and then the third layer is another shock absorbing line of protection as well.

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Multi-network iPhone SIM rumours at Apple

Fondle-slab to become naughty slut who’ll go with anyone?

Rumours are circulating that Apple intends to produce a future iPhone with a special SIM card - probably integrated into the handset rather than swappable - which would permit a user to swap at will between cellular networks.

The plans are reported on by GigaOm but not officially confirmed by Apple. According to the website, the plans would be aimed initially at customers in Europe, where most countries have no exclusive network-iPhone tie in as exists in the US.

In effect, the cunning switchable SIM would offer the same option as buying a SIM-free iPhone and then changing SIM cards to select an operator. Of course one can already do so, but this option removes the fiddle of physically swapping cards.

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