Apple iPhone HD Prototype’s Sealed Affidavit Now Available Now Available to the Public

Possibly the largest story to break this year, or many years before this in fact, has snowballed into what many would consider a ridiculous scenario that’s unnecessary, for both sides of the fight. While many of the details regarding the iPhone HD prototype’s existence outside a particular site’s hands have been hidden by red tape, most of that has now been cleared up, thanks to a push from other sites like Wired and CNET. Through their pressure, judge Clifford Cretan has issued a ruling Friday that made the affidavit and search warrant of Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen’s home available to the public. Below, you’ll find some of the details of what those documents revealed.[slashgear]

BT planning home media tablet with video calling & apps

When is an iPad rival not an iPad rival? Why, when it’s “the telephone of the future” of course. UK telco BT stirred controversy recently by demonstrating a touchscreen tablet device at their annual strategy day, prompting speculation that they were looking to take on Apple’s iPad with a device of their own; however, according to Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT, the tablet is actually a home-centric communication device rather than a true “mobile computer”.[slashgear]

Creative HS-930i headphones review

The Creative HS-930i headphones are designed with the iPhone in mind - they even picture the iPhone on the box and the inclusion of an in-line mic and a control button make them appear to have everything the discerning iPhone owner would need. But do they deliver once out of the box?

The first thing that surprises us is that the HS-930i is yet another design from Creative, yet carry the same price as the EP-3NC and Aurvana In-Ear2, which leaves us sort of wondering why there couldn't be some sort of crossover - after all, the admirable performance of the Aurvana In-Ear2 is equally valid on this type of headphone.

That aside, they offer up metal bodies with a swivelling bottom plastic section which means you can change the way the cable points out at the bottom. The main aim here is to allow you to wear the HS-930i's either conventionally, or routing the cables over the ears, as to your preference.[pocket-lint]

Solid gold iPad - a snip at £130,000

It was only a matter of time, but Goldstriker's Stuart Hughes, the designer behind the £2million gold iPhone is at it again; this time with the iPad.

The gold iPad SUPREME Edition is encrusted with 25.5cts of 'IF' Flawless diamonds - 53 in total, individually set within a solid 22ct gold Apple logo. Additionally, the rear and screen surround are made from a single piece of solid 22ct gold.

Of course, considering the company's history, it doesn't come cheap, but at £129,995, it is markedly less expensive than the previous gold iPhone. And, at least, you get the 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G version of the iPad.

Footballers and Saudi Princes will have to hurray though, there's only 10 available globally. And we've got our eye on one... Erm...[pocket-lint]

Sceptre to release a 24-inch LED PC monitor with sensitive touch control

CALIFORNIA, USA (AVING) -- Sceptre has just announced the newest addition to its LED series of PC monitors, the sleek and stylish 24-inch 1080p model in United States. It features 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, ultra-fast 2 ms response time, lightweight/slim design and groundbreaking sensitive touch control.

This 24-inch monitor is just over eight pounds and only an inch and a half thick, of which the screen itself is only 16.8 mm, allowing this lightweight, slim unit to be used in any PC gaming environment for enhanced stylish entertainment. Plus, users can enjoy the extra eco-friendly benefit of having this Energy Star 5.0 complied monitor to play their favorite PC games.[aving]

iPhone HD Prototype Showing iPhone OS 4 Went Through Photoshop First

At least, that’s what some people have noticed over at the Vietnamese forum. And, as unfortunate as it may be, from the image that goes along with the Photoshop reports, they may be on to something. The torrid affair of the iPhone HD’s life in the public sector, well before launch, is obviously not going to slow down, and even though we brought these latest images to you earlier today (with an update that they could, indeed, be fake), it seems that it may be laid to rest.[slashgear]

Acer Could Bring Chrome OS Device to Computex 2010

Looks like Acer’s goals of being the first netbook on the market with Chrome OS installed are closer to becoming a reality. According to a report coming out of VentureBeat, it looks like the company is all ready, willing and able to get the Google Operating System out of the gate, and they want to do it as soon as humanly possible. What does that mean for the rest of us? Just a few short weeks.[slashgear]