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The iOS weather app has always been one that has offered the most basic information around. Although Nubilous’ mission is not to out-feature the stock Weather app, it, instead, plans to destroy it with a simplistic, minimalistic design that is sure to please. Although it succeeds in upping Apple with an even more simplistic, even more user-friendly UI, its price tag can weigh against it. Read on for the full review. (more…)
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For the past 60 years, Grado has been producing headphones that stand out to an extremely high quality standpoint. Mention the name Grado to any audio enthusiast, they will instantly picture a classic headset. Although the designs may not have evolved past the classic design, their audio has. For this reason, Grados are regarded as being legendary. Read on for the full review: (more…)
I began my insterest of mobile products with the Palm Zire 31. It was what I considered to be an amazing product, with its fancy color touchscreen, state-of-the-art Palm OS, and fantastic implementation and use of a stylus. I was in living the life, or so I thought.
This was three years before the iPhone would be unveiled, and Jobs would open the industry’s eyes to how silly stylus input actually was. The iPhone started the trend that eliminated the stylus as the principle input method for smart devices.
Five years later, it seems to be making a comeback. (more…)
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Last summer, I did an exciting battle between 5 pairs of wooden headphones. The ThinkSound TS02 came out the victor of that grand battle. Since then, ThinkSound hasn’t been asleep, hibernating gracefully in the background. Instead, they decided to release a new flagship IEM in their new monitoring series that they dubbed the MS-01. The MS-01 takes many of the problems I found with the TS02 and gives a good fix to them. Read on for the full review: (more…)![[IMG]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xKU3L7dpQW0/T3i_xAyEAtI/AAAAAAAADEA/GVQQ_IgORaQ/s256/banner.jpg)
Apple’s default music player is a great stock player, especially comparing it to other stock music players; Apple’s seems a little further ahead of the others. Although it’s a great music player, it still isn’t the best as it doesn’t intuitively take advantage of many gestures, and quick access features. Although Groove isn’t an exact solution to the stock iPod or Music app, it does offer some beautiful shuffling features. Read on for the full review: (more…)
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CES 2012 was filled with brands from accross the globe releasing their newest, loudest, and even shiniest headphones of 2012. While they ranged in price, many of them topped the $300 price point, some even going into the $1000 dollar price range. Philips, who also released a high-end headphone called the Fidelio L1 at 300 dollars, also released a line of reasonably priced headphones called the CitiScape Collection. Created for the urbanite who wants to stay part of the city’s buzz, but not be intruded upon the noise, Philips introduced 4 models in this collection: Uptown, Downtown, Metro, and Underground which range from 50 to 150 dollars. Read on for the full review: (more…)![[IMG]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Tdu4XgNR-dg/T2PuGUHotOI/AAAAAAAAC8o/7PnEJu49xIs/s256/icon.jpg){kind=icon}
iOS features a basic app, offering basic functionality, that had a matte yellow icon. We all know this app, and it has changed very little over the past half-decade. With 5 years worth of upgrades, and only seeing an additions of font selection and searching capabilities, it becomes well apparent that Notes will not become the notes app we all dream of. Byword is a competitor against the notes app offering a stress-free writing environment that is simple to the touch and offering a wide array of features… (more…)
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The crowd is screaming, chanting, cheering for the performance to start. As the musicians take their steps onto the stage, they each have one in. With many manufacturers to choose from, customs are becoming more and more common. Aurisonics, designed the ASG-1 to originally be a demo product. As more artists started asking for the demo product to be put into production, it became more than just a demo. Although its intention was for professional use, it still works well for personal use as well. Read on for the full review: (more…)
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Almost 3 years ago, Electronic Arts published the first installment of Mass Effect for the iOS platform. It was devastating to quickly find that, although it did help players in the main console game, it was 2D and really didn’t live up as well as it should have. BioWare, the developers behind Mass Effect, came back in the year 2012 to release the first, proper, 3D version of Mass Effect that users didn’t even know they fathomed for. This game does deliver well in the gameplay, but the replay can be a bit crippled. Read on for the full review… (more…)
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When it comes to iOS, one of the ways to make a big hit is to make an arcade game that is essentially never ending. The sheer addictiveness of the game itself is enough to push it to the number one position. Many try to hit this mark, many fail, some succeed, others fall somewhere in between. Cut the Buttons may sound like a knock-off of Cut the Rope, but its gameplay differs greatly. Although a great concept, it doesn’t entirely work well on the iPod and iPhone which puts it somewhere in between. Read on for the full review: (more…)
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Style, sophistication, and sleekness have been pushed so greatly in the last few years with the introduction of so many artistic headphones. Moshi has been one of those companies that have always been keen to this aspect of design. Like every other manufacturer, Moshi promises to offer great audio quality; they deliver it as well. Read on for the full review: (more…)
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From the off-road chaos of Reckless Racing to the wild cop chases in Reckless Getaway, Pixelbite returns with a sequel that’s just as reckless. Their trademark top-down perspective makes another appearance along with a face-lift for just about every aspect of the game. Reckless Racing 2 is mobile racing done right, as its unpredictable, addictive gameplay will have gamers jumping in behind the wheel again and again… (more…)
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Walking away from the active noise cancelling technologies, AblePlanet goes out to produce a product that not too many companies have endeavored to do. Dual-Balanced-Armature IEMs are well known, and used a lot. Dual Dynamics, on the other hand, is a different story. AblePlanet comes out with the SI1050 to create a competitive dual-dynamic made to fight in the 200 dollar range, does it succeed or does it crumble to its upon itself? Read on the for the full review: (more…)
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All dumbphones have one. All smartphones have one. All iDevices lacked one until iOS 5. The use of a simple tasks list has always been overlooked. Clear aims to bring the simplicity of a task list and add the natural feel of iOS gestures to make this one of the best apps on the app store. Read on for the full review… (more…)
Big numbers, it seems today that this is nothing more than a huge marketing ploy. A bigger number is associated with better quality in the US; however, this isn’t always true. Although late to the game, Sony releases a new line of balanced armature headphones to get back in. They offer the XBA series with 1, 2, 3, and 4 drivers respectively. The XBA-4 has 4 drivers, making it the second universal ever to have 4 balanced armature drivers; the first being the Westone 4s I reviewed earlier. Read on for the full review: (more…)
Sleek Soul Beats… At first glance, this statement will make no sense. Digging deeper, you’ll find that they are all names of headphones endorsed by 3 rap artists. Sleek by 50 Cent, Soul by Ludacris, and Beats by Dr. Dre by Monster have all made a huge impact on the audio industry when each artist has their own line of headphones.
Many of these, however, boost more looks than sound. Earth, Wind, and Fire, the legendary band, has come out and endorsed the Monster Gratitude. Unlike many of the artist endorsed lines of headphones, however, the Gratitudes actually boost great sound with top notch design. Read on for the full review: (more…)
While all the companies are introducing new IEMs that you’d have to give an arm and a leg for, NUForce thinks the opposite direction. With the introduction of the NE 770X, it takes many design aspects from its bigger brother, but shapes the sound in a much clearer fashion. Fixing up many of the sonic characteristics that the bigger brother had, the 770s still contain minute problems in the build but improve on comfort and value. Read on for the full reivew: (more…)
I’m going to be straightforward with my review, and say that the iControlPad may look like a shabby piece of plastic, but using it tells me quite a different story. It is compatible with a variety of iOS and Android games. Although this is an independant, small company, everything, from the designing to the development, is done with high standards. Read on for the full review: (more…)
You turn on the channel 3 news and see a live police chase happening right in your back yard! You look out the window, feel the pleasant breeze, and look forward. That’s when you realize, you’re the cop in chasing the non-law-abider! While the caption on the news reads, “Police Officer Can’t Catch Red Sedan” you feel embarrassed and work to destroy that red sedan. Smash Cops offers any player just this type of intense, fun gameplay that is simple to jump straight into. Read on for the full review: (more…)
It has stood the test of time and lives on. It is regarded as one of the best, all-time fighting games. It is timeless. This is Soulcalibur. 12 years ago, Namco developed and released the first installment of Soulcalibur as a sequel to Soul Edge to continue the long, ever-lasting story. Since then, the game has received quite a few ports to newer devices including Dreamcast and Xbox. However, it wasn’t until January that it has iOS seen its port. Soulcalibur allows players to relive, once again, the great aspects of the legendary fighting game. Read on for the full review: (more…)
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