Last year, the Apple Peel 520 came along, a neat little kludge of a case that would turn your jailbroken iPod Touch into something a little more iPhone-ish thanks to a build in cell modem and SIM card slot. All told, the Peel 520 would allow you to make and receive calls and texts, while even giving a small boost to your Touch’s battery life.
The only problem? The Peel 520 was a bit bulky. Luckily, it seems like the makers of the original Peel did well enough with their product that they’re going ahead with a second-generation version, which is so noticeably sleeker that it could even be mistaken for a regular iPhone 4.
The improvements don’t end there, though. The Peel 520 couldn’t do data, but the new Peel gets GPRS. No one’s going to mistake EDGE speeds for the real iPhone’s 3G, but even so, it’s certainly nice to have in a pinch.
The next-gen Peel don’t have a price or release date yet, but give it a month or two and you’ll be able to find it through the usual Hong Kong importers soon enough.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
14 responses to “Next-Gen Peel 520 Turns Your iPod Touch Into A 2G iPhone 4”
this is sick but what Sim cards will it take and what gen of ipod dose it use also
can i use my 3G internet connection because i have it on my phone
im with telstra prepaid
I bought this via http://www.slickgate.com/_p182… for $119.99 and it worked perfectly on my Ipod touch 4.
You can easily get it working in three simple step. (Detail instruction can be found in the attached software and user manual)
1. Jailbreak your iPod Touch 4
2. Install Cydia
3. Install Yosion App through Cydia ( Source yosion.net/cydia2/ )
i also bought one from http://www.minicasesdeal.com/y…, it fits my Ipod touch 4 perfectly, easy to use.
This is my first time to order items from China. http://www.slickgate.com/yosio… , it took about 15 days to come to US, considering it is from China with free shipping, and the apple peel really works as it advertised, there is nothing to complain. Highly recommend this store.
I bought the iPod2iPhone,which is a new wireless device that adds mobile voice and text messaging capabilities to the iPod Touch.
http://www.pludeal.com/ipod2ip…
 Used for Ipad wireless video &audio transmission tools, imirrorplay.http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.Wir…
 Used for Ipad wireless video &audio transmission tools, imirrorplay