Gadgetory

game controllers are arriving for the iPhone I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update for one hundred dollars you can buy the ultimate stocking stuffer for an iOS gamer it's the moga ace power gamepad a game controller and backup battery made for iPods and iPhones running iOS 7 once it snaps into a lightning connector dock it can be used to play hundreds of games but there's not really a complete list of games out there just yet you wouldn't buy this to play Angry Birds but there are several platformer games as well as racing and sports games that take advantage of the directional sticks and action buttons moga unveiled the gamepad this week and it'll sell it on this website at Apple stores you can check out our full review now up at cnet if your iPhone or iPad ever had water damage you can now still trade it in at an apple store for credit Apple changed its stance and will accept water damage phones and if you dried it out and got it to still work it just may lower the value by thirty dollars iphones ipods and ipads have an indicator that changes to red when it comes in contact with liquid in other Apple news the streaming video box Apple TV has new apps for Yahoo and PBS video Yahoo's app includes various videos including clips from Saturday Night Live the colbert report and the daily show the PBS have has full-length episodes and clips from New and Old shows including Nova and Downton Abbey the Yahoo app will be coming to more streaming devices soon not all young children need a cell phone but if a parent wants to send an emergency call or text message there's a new gadget sold by AT&T that could give some parents peace of mind it's the Philips SmartWatch it costs two hundred dollars and it functions as a location tracker it also displays text and has a speakerphone it requires a ten-dollar monthly data plan since it functions similar to a phone parents can use the GPS to mark approved areas on a map and they will get a text when the child has left a safe zone the Phillip goes on sale friday but older kids may want to go with a sprint phone at best buy because the retailer is offering students a free year of unlimited talk and text plus 1 gig of data the promotion is on now until January fourth and you just need to pay for the cost of the phone plus any activation fees and tax if students need more data they can pay ten dollars a month for unlimited data note to your contract is required for a student line that's your tech news update but you can get more details on the show blog sina com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey