Last week I reviewed some Invisible Shields by ZAGG. They are products for protecting you Macs, Phones, Cameras and other gadgets from scratches and wear.

Well, I was given 1 extra Invisible Shield to give away, it is for the iPhone first generation. The reason I decided to give away a first generation one is that the 3G users have been getting all the attention recently, so why not give some stuff to the early adopters of Apple’s iPhone?

So without further ado, Giveaway details;
-Winners gets the Invisible Shield for the 1st Generation iPhone
-Contest open to all residents of the United States and Canada (for shipping reasons)
-We will contact the winner after the giveaway and if we do not get a reply within 72 hours, a new winner will be chosen
-Contest open from July 16 2008 to July 23 2008 at 12:00am EST

And by signing up you recognize that these details can change at any time with no notice.

How do I enter?
Just post a comment and tell us the worst damage you’ve ever done to a device (bonus points for pictures!). Just a few lines about what happened (ie, I dropped my iPhone in the toilet), the result (ie, My iPhone broke), your reaction (ie, I was so mad!) and what you did about it (ie, Bought a new iPhone). (By the way, I never dropped my iPhone in the toilet, thats just an example)

Due to the lack of response so far, the giveaway will be extended until Saturday at 10am est.

Stay tuned though, we have some other giveaways planned.

What blew me away about this product is how durable it is. They were originally designed to protect the leading edge of helicopter blades. You can see how strong they are in this video.

The Invisible Shields went on very easily to both the Macbook Pro and BlackBerry. After waiting the suggested 24 hours, the one protecting the bottom of the Macbook Pro still had air bubbles around the sides despite following the instructions exactly.

If you are looking for durability, then look no further, but If you are looking to keep your product looking the same as it did when you opened the box, this might not be the right solution for you. On the Macbook Pro they add a glossy look to the case, and on the BlackBerry the dark grey case appears as a glossy black.

With the mobile devices, ZAGG, the makers of Invisible Shields advertise that by having one on, it adds grip. While this is true, it makes putting the device into a case a bit harder, as it doesn’t slide smoothly in.

Bottom line, I like the product, its a great idea and it is well executed. Since the time of my testing I have removed the Invisible Shield from the BlackBerry other then the screen, and from the Macbook Pro other then the wrist-rests and bottom.

Stay tuned to iAppblog later this week for a Invisible Shield giveaway!

“I’m a Mac, You’re a PC”. I thought it worked cause unless you are in an Apple Store, at MacWorld or WWDC, chances are, 95% (or so) of the people around you are pc users.

More shirts to come!

The result? Tons of iPhone Apps, tons of mac sales and tons of mac apps, all in the next few months.

Now I am not saying that loosing a couple developers from the Windows development market is going to kill Microsoft, and nor will it affect the quality of app for Windows, but it will get the developers thinking about the iPhone platform, which, like it or not for them, is very similar to that of the mac.

So what does this mean for Mac users? Well I can’t say for sure, but it seems to mean that there will be more developers, meaning more apps, which creates more competition, which will probably make these developers strive for higher standards, and this is where Snow Leopard comes in.

So as iPhone Apps begin to sell, and get ton of attention for Apple, Snow Leopard comes along, giving another reason for these overwhelming numbers of iPhone Developers to start developing for mac.

What does this mean in the long run though? Quite frankly, I am not sure, I believe it means there will be more iPhone Apps, more Mac Apps and more devlopers in the community, but what does it mean for the end user? I guess we will just have to wait and see.

What do you think? Smartest Thing Apple Has Ever Done? I think so. Post a comment and let me know what you think.

After a few minutes I had a simple solution, and I figured I would release it to readers of iAppblog, to save them from the same hassle I went through.

So here it is. iAppDMG. It is completly free, and if anyone wants to improve on it, send me an email and I’ll send you the source.

I beleive it is Leopard only, but I do not have a Tiger mac to test. I have tested it on both a new MacBook Pro and a PowerPC iMac, and it worked on both platforms.

Special thanks to Alex Woolley for the icon design.

Quick note, by downloading iAppDMG you agree that we will not be held responsible for any damages caused by iApDMG.

Download: iAppDMG 316KB

Watch for updates on the iAppDMG Page.

Take a look at the image for yourselves.

Mirror incase Apple Pulls it.

EDIT: a few more pics.

Apple seems to be pushing Twitterrific.

All the updates will be posted here below, so make sure to bookmark this page.

Update: June 9 12:31:41 PM EST - A nice shot of a secret banner at WWDC on flickr

Update: June 9 12:34:35 PM EST - From MacRumorsLive: Line is moving.

Update: June 9 12:40:00 PM EST - 20 Minutes till it starts! I’m getting excited.

Update: June 9 12:50:00 PM EST - 10 Minutes till it starts!

Update: June 9 12:51:21 PM EST - Engadget reports that music is now playing

Update: June 9 12:53:46 PM EST - Engadet reports that people are still entering the hall

Update: June 9 12:56:30 PM EST - Engadget has posted a nice picture of the hall, including the faces of a couple well known people.

Update: June 9 12:57:43 PM EST - Less then 5 Minutes to go.

For up to the second updates, check out MacRumorsLive.

Update: June 9 1:00:00 PM EST - The keynote is due to start now.

Update: June 9 1:02:34 PM EST - MacRumorsLive reports that Al Gore is in the crowd.

Update: June 9 1:03:02 PM EST - MacRumorsLive reports that Apple Employees are working on settling the crowd.

Update: June 9 1:04:30 PM EST - An announcer has asked for all cell phones, pdas and iPhones to be turned off.

Update: June 9 1:07:11 PM EST - The lights have now dimmed. I’m ready!!

Update: June 9 1:08:26 PM EST - MacRumorsLive reports that Steve Jobs has taken the stage.

Update: June 9 1:09:20 PM EST - Steve says there will be 3 parts to Apple now, Mac, Music and iPhone

Update: June 9 1:10:31 PM EST - Steve says that Bertrand Serlet will demonstrate Leopard Snow (10.6) after lunch

Update: June 9 1:11:31 PM EST - Steve says there have been 4000 people in the iPhone 2.0 beta.

Update: June 9 1:12:00 PM EST - Steve has begun talking about iPhone 2.0

Update: June 9 1:10:47 PM EST - Steve says there will be 3 major parts to 2.0, Enterprise, SDK and end user.

Update: June 9 1:12:39 PM EST - Steve says that 35% of Fortune 500 companies have participated in the beta.

Update: June 9 1:13:20 PM EST - Steve says higher education has also participated in the beta.

Update: June 9 1:17:16 PM EST - Scott Forestell has taken the stage to talk about the SDK.

Update: June 9 1:17:58 PM EST - Scott Forestell is talking about APIs for the iPhone.

Update: June 9 1:18:34 PM EST - Scott Forestell says that Apple uses the same APIs when creating iPhone apps.

Update: June 9 1:20:06 PM EST - Scott Forestell is talking about Cocoa Touch.

Update: June 9 1:24:41 PM EST - Scott Forestell is making a demo app.

Update: June 9 1:23:19 PM EST - Scott Forestell is showing how easy it is to make UIs with drag and drop.

Update: June 9 1:25:16 PM EST - Engadget is getting a little bored by Scott’s demo.

Update: June 9 1:26:13 PM EST - Scott loaded the demo app onto his iPhone, and after 10 minutes, he has a fully functional location based iPhone App.

Update: June 9 1:27:02 PM EST - Scott is reading quotes from developers about how great the platform is.

Update: June 9 1:28:08 PM EST - A few developers have been invited onto the stage to demonstrate their apps.

Update: June 9 1:29:29 PM EST - Ethan Einhorn from Sega is on stage.

Update: June 9 1:30:03 PM EST - Ethan is showing Super Monkey Ball again, now with over 100 levels.

Update: June 9 1:31:39 PM EST - Super Monkey Ball will be available when the App Store launches for $9.99

Update: June 9 1:32:53 PM EST - Engadget has some good pictures of Super Monkey Ball.

Update: June 9 1:33:29 PM EST - Ken Sun from ebay is now on stage.

Update: June 9 1:34:09 PM EST - ebay’s app lets you see the auctions you’ve listed, or bid on.

Update: June 9 1:35:02 PM EST - The next app is Loopt, a location aware social networking app.

Update: June 9 1:35:33 PM EST - Loopt displays a map with pins representing where your friends are.

Update: June 9 1:37:06 PM EST - Loopt will have a log of where a person has been.

Update: June 9 1:37:21 PM EST - Loopt will be available for free when the app store launches.

Update: June 9 1:39:27 PM EST - TypePad is talking about their mobile blogging app.

Update: June 9 1:40:06 PM EST - TypePad will be available for free as well when the App Store launches.

Update: June 9 1:40:55 PM EST - It will let you take photos and blog on the go.

Update: June 9 1:41:22 PM EST - Benjamin Mosse from the Associated Press is now up.

Update: June 9 1:42:45 PM EST - Using the location API, it show relevant stories to where you are.

Update: June 9 1:43:36 PM EST - You can even report news yourself on the iPhone with the Associated Press app.

Update: June 9 1:43:57 PM EST - It will be available for free when the App Store Launches.

Update: June 9 1:44:37 PM EST - Next up, Pangea Software, Brian Greenstone takes the stage.

Update: June 9 1:45:16 PM EST - Brian is showing off two games, Enigmo and Cro-Mag Rally.

Update: June 9 1:46:26 PM EST - Cro-Mag Rally will use the iPhone as a steering wheel for the game.

Update: June 9 1:47:20 PM EST - Both games will be available for $9.99 each when the App Store launches.

Update: June 9 1:48:16 PM EST - Next up, Mark Terry from Moo Cow Music.

Update: June 9 1:48:29 PM EST - He is demonstrating an app called Band.

Update: June 9 1:49:41 PM EST - Band is a collection of virtual instruments.

Update: June 9 1:50:37 PM EST - Jeremy Schoenherr will demo a baseball related app.

Update: June 9 1:51:17 PM EST - It will show the latest scores, and real time videos from every game.

Update: June 9 1:52:06 PM EST - It will be available when the App Store launches.

Update: June 9 1:52:17 PM EST - Next up, Modality.

Update: June 9 1:52:42 PM EST - It is a medical learning app.

Update: June 9 1:54:53 PM EST - Engadget reports that Apple’s Stock is down $5 since the beginning of the keynote.

Update: June 9 1:56:19 PM EST - Another medical app. MIMvista.

Update: June 9 1:58:28 PM EST - It lets you see CT and PET scans.

Update: June 9 1:59:17 PM EST - It will be available when the app store launches.

Update: June 9 2:00:22 PM EST - Digital Legends is making 3D fantasy adventure game.

Update: June 9 2:00:43 PM EST - It has only taken them 2 weeks so far.

Update: June 9 2:01:08 PM EST - It will be ready by September.

Update: June 9 2:02:09 PM EST - The developers have been requesting background support.

Update: June 9 2:03:06 PM EST - The problem with this is that it is bad for battery life and performance.

Update: June 9 2:03:47 PM EST - Apple has come up with a better solution, a push notification service for developers.

Update: June 9 2:06:07 PM EST - It won’t be available publicly until September, but will be seeded to some developers soon.

Update: June 9 2:06:48 PM EST - Steve has retaken the stage.

Update: June 9 2:07:54 PM EST - Steve is discussing iPhone 2.0.

Update: June 9 2:08:09 PM EST - First off, contact search with live searching.

Update: June 9 2:08:26 PM EST - Second, Full iWork document support.

Update: June 9 2:08:41 PM EST - Third, Full support for office documents.

Update: June 9 2:09:04 PM EST - Forth, bulk delete and move for messages.

Update: June 9 2:09:34 PM EST - Fifth, the ability to save images.

Update: June 9 2:09:48 PM EST - Sixth, a new calculator with scientific mode.

Update: June 9 2:10:06 PM EST - Seventh, parental controls.

Update: June 9 2:10:22 PM EST - Eigth, more language support.

Update: June 9 2:10:43 PM EST - Full asian language support.

Update: June 9 2:10:59 PM EST - iPhone 2.0 will be available in eary July, free for iPhone, $9.99 for iPod Touch.

Update: June 9 2:11:43 PM EST - App Store, a way for devs to reach every single iPhone user.

Update: June 9 2:12:04 PM EST - Available in 62 countries, if it is less then 10mb it can be downloaded via the cell network, otherwise it will need to be downloaded through iTunes or Wifi.

Update: June 9 2:13:04 PM EST - Enterprises can have apps distributed just to authorized iPhones within their enterprise.

Update: June 9 2:14:00 PM EST - There is a new way to distribute apps as well, Ad hoc, apps can be distributed to upto 100 authorized iPhones.

Update: June 9 2:14:44 PM EST - Somethign new, MobileMe, exchange for the rest of us, Phil is on stage to demo.

Update: June 9 2:15:07 PM EST - “It works like ActiveStink… er… ActiveSync” Push email, contacts and calendars, everything is up to date.

Update: June 9 2:16:02 PM EST - Everything stays in sync between iPhone, Mac and PC.

Update: June 9 2:16:42 PM EST - Changes are displayed immediately, works with Mail, iCal and Adressbook on Mac, and Outlook on Windows.

Update: June 9 2:18:32 PM EST - Includes web 2.0 applications to provide a desktop like expirence on the web.

Update: June 9 2:19:01 PM EST - Me.com

Update: June 9 2:19:09 PM EST - Unbelievable looking Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Gallery apps.

Update: June 9 2:19:32 PM EST - iDisk is integrated into Me.com.

Update: June 9 2:19:52 PM EST - Phil is demoing.

Update: June 9 2:20:33 PM EST - The mail apps lets you do everything inline.

Update: June 9 2:21:22 PM EST - The contacts integrate lists, live search and google maps.

Update: June 9 2:21:50 PM EST - The calendar has day, wekk and month views. Drag and drop events.

Update: June 9 2:23:17 PM EST - The gallery allows drag and drop as well

Update: June 9 2:23:30 PM EST - The iDisk app allows you to send files within the app to others.

Update: June 9 2:23:56 PM EST - Phill is demonstrating over-the-air functionality.

Update: June 9 2:24:39 PM EST - Phill shows that a push email appears on the phone and web interface at the same time. Same with contacts.

Update: June 9 2:26:18 PM EST - He added a meeting through the web based calendar, and immediately it appears on the iPhone.

Update: June 9 2:27:51 PM EST - He pushed a gallery to Mobile.Me, it appeared it right away.

Update: June 9 2:28:48 PM EST - A free 60 day subscription will be available with the iPhone 2.0 software in early July.

Update: June 9 2:29:15 PM EST - MobileMe replaces .mac, subscribers will be upgraded.

Update: June 9 2:30:23 PM EST - Steve is back on stage, talking about the iPhones first Birthday.

Update: June 9 2:30:43 PM EST - He says user love them, 90% customer satisfaction.

Update: June 9 2:31:19 PM EST - In the first year, 6 million iPhone were sold, but Apple ran out a couple weeks ago.

Update: June 9 2:32:06 PM EST - 1, 3g support, 2, enterprise support, 3, third party app support, 4, more countries, 5, more affordable.

Update: June 9 2:32:49 PM EST - Introducing the 3G iPhone.

Update: June 9 2:33:33 PM EST - Even thinner, black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same display, flush headphone jack and dramatically improved audio.

Update: June 9 2:35:52 PM EST - Pictures shown.

Update: June 9 2:35:57 PM EST - Faster downloads, perfect for mail and dafari.

Update: June 9 2:36:56 PM EST - 2.8X faster, approaching WiFi speeds. The iPhone is 36% faster then the Nokia N95 and Treo 750. And better looking.

Update: June 9 2:38:16 PM EST - Now demoing an email download, 5 sec on 3G, 18 sec on EDGE and 3 sec on wifi.

Update: June 9 2:39:19 PM EST - 300 hours of standby time, 2G time-time is 10 hours, 5 hours of 3G talk time.

Update: June 9 2:39:59 PM EST - GPS support now integrated into the iPhone.

Update: June 9 2:42:06 PM EST - Full exchange support, secure VPS, check off full enterprise support.

Update: June 9 2:42:44 PM EST - It will be available in Canada, Mexico, Norway, Sweeden and many others.

Update: June 9 2:44:22 PM EST - 70 countries total. Rollout over the next few months.

Update: June 9 2:45:43 PM EST - Affordability - The 3G 8GB iPhone will be $199.

Update: June 9 2:46:22 PM EST - $299 for 16GB, a white version will be available in this size.

Update: June 9 2:47:22 PM EST - The 3G iPhone will be available July 11 in 22 countries, maximum price around the world is $199 usd.

Update: June 9 2:47:50 PM EST - Steve is showing an ad.

Update: June 9 2:48:51 PM EST - Steve shows the ad one more time.

Update: June 9 2:49:20 PM EST - Steve has the crowd thank the iPhone team.

Update: June 9 2:51:11 PM EST - Steve overviews the sessions and labs at WWDC.

Update: June 9 2:51:31 PM EST - He thanks the crowd and leaves the stage.

Update: June 9 2:51:51 PM EST - Show appears to be over.

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