If you are one of the millions of people who has invested in the $99 Apple TV that amongst other things allows your to AirPlay you iPhone and iPad to your big TV then you are used to having the sleek black box sitting on your shelf.

Now though you don’t have to settle for what Apple thinks is stylish, instead you can add your own design to the little black box and it’s remote as long as it matches one of the 4 colors/styles that you can get from iCoverSkins.com.

Just like the skins that iCoverSkin.com produce for iPhones and iPads you can now skin your Apple TV and while you probably don’t need it to protect your device from knocks and scratches, making it stand out or even match you rooms style is another matter.

As with all of iCoverSkins.com’s products they adhere to the Apple TV snuggly and securely and have cut outs for all the inputs on the back of the devices and the remote sensors and power light on the front.

The kit also comes with skins to cover the Apple TV remote so that it can complement the Apple TV and again it fits accurately to expose all the buttons and the battery cover too.

The Apple TV skin kit from iCoverSkins.com costs $14.99 but that’s before you use the special 30% discount for our readers that the first 20 purchasers get to benefit from.

Rating: 4/5

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What we like

• Accurate cut skins
• Matches all your Apple devices
• Applies easily

What to know

• An easy way to make a statement

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The are more cases on the market than you can shake a stick at but for some people adding bulk to their iPhone is not an option, yet they still want to add some individual creativity to their iPhone to make it unique or add protection.

For those people there are skins, thin, sticky covers that adhere securely and can be as creative as any mind can be.

One company that provides such things is iCoverSkin who not only provide skins for iPhones but also for iPads and MacBooks as well as other non-Apple products too.

Their latest range of skins are the brushed metal and carbon fiber range which give a great look and feel to your iOS Device when applied. They also come in a range of colors, blue, black, titanium, steal and even brushed gold if you want to go for some serious bling.

Applying them is easy too, just four easy steps, clean, peel, align and apply will have your new skin on in next to no time. I use a screen protector with my iPhone and while iCoverSkin.com advises that you can apply the skin over the screen protector I chose not to and applied it directly to my iPhone 4S. An option to have a screen protector cut to fit or included with the skin would be a nice option.

The iCoverSkin’s use quality 3M products which provide great adhesion to your iPhone and yet if your placement is initially off a little you can easily re-align it with no problems and without spoiling the look. In fact this is exactly what I did and even after 3 attempts to align the skin correctly it still stuck securely and looks great.

What’s really nice about iCoverSkin is that you can purchase as little or as much of the skin as you need. You can buy just the back, back and front or the complete kit which will provide front, back and side skins.

As you would expect all relevant cut outs are provided including a cut out for the Apple logo on the back of you iPhone which is a nice touch and leaves everything accessible.

The skins change the texture of the iPhone and while it’s debatable as to whether or not it provides you with more grip it’s certainly a nice change to the naked feel of the ‘nude’ iPhone.

If you are looking for a stylish and easy way to customize your iPhone without the bulk of a case then head on over to iCoverSkin.com now and pick yourself out a style and design that suits you.

Prices for the iPhone Carbon Fiber and Brushed Metal skins start at $29.95 and can be purchased from www.iCoverSkin.com for immediate delivery.

What we like:

• Look great
• Stylish metal effects
• Purchase as little or as much as you need

What to know:

• No built in screen protectors

For a limited time readers of Touch Reviews can get 50% off of any skin from iCoverSkin.com. To redeem the coupon:

1. Visit iCoverSkin.com
2. Select desired products by clicking “Add to Cart”.
3. When finished, click “Checkout” button.
4. Provide shipping information and click “Apply” at the bottom.
5. Select Shipping Method.
6. Enter the redemption code TOUCHREVIEWS into the “Coupon code” field on the right and click the arrow button.
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8. Enjoy!

A source for Cult of Mac has revealed that Apple has been testing out wireless syncing with iPods for the past two years, and that Steve Jobs is pushing to get the technology into the next generation of iPods. While syncing a large collection of music over a Wi-Fi network smoothly has proven be difficult task for the Cupertino company, it seems carbon fiber may be the key to quicker wireless syncing.

Trouble with reliability, signal strength, case design and battery life, have all made syncing over Wi-Fi a little troublesome, according to the source, but Apple may have found the answer:

They’ve tried multiple different body designs and materials to get it to work well but it’s been slow going. They have however found many improvements using a carbon fiber design.

Apple has tested prototype carbon fiber versions of its iPod classic and last-generation iPod nano, and while the new material isn’t perfect, it has greatly improved Wi-Fi syncing. While there was no mention of other Apple devices from the source, such as the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, it’s expected these devices would also follow with Wi-Fi syncing capabilities.

Devices such as the iPod classic and iPod nano would need additional hardware to connect to Wi-Fi networks, whereas other devices already have Wi-Fi functionality and integrating the new technology should be as simple as a software update.

To help out with its carbon fiber testing, Apple recently employed an expert in the material called Kevin Kenny. A patent for carbon fiber cases was filed by Apple back in 2009 with Kenny’s name on it, and he recently joined the Cupertino camp after 14 years of building carbon fiber bicycles.

Wi-Fi syncing is a feature many iDevice users have been begging for for some time. It has been made possible using a tool called ‘Wi-Fi Sync’ available to jailbroken devices, which begs the question: if the hackers can do it, why can’t Apple? Well, this news proves Apple can do it – they just want to do it properly before rolling it out.