so your old iPhone or iPod touch just became a hand-me-down for your kids? well, don’t just let them fiddle with the cold, hard, emotionless gadgets. get them a Ubooly and give them the childhood they deserves. so what’s this oddly named plush is all about? for starter, Ubooly is a cuddly, plush toy but instead of those boring non-reciprocating plush you have when you…
tablet and smartphone users all have one common fear and that’s the constant worry of hitting a flat battery. hence, we look towards portable batteries and lug along our charger or chargers at the same time in preparation for this inevitable outcome that usually strikes us midway through our busy day. however, if you have a car, then you can count yourself being better off..
all hands went up when iPhone 5 was announced without the support for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. personally, we are not quite sure what’s the biggie about that but as for the rest, if you have an undying crave for this technology and yet wouldn’t for the world, give up your iOS device, then the FloJack from Flomio (a Techstars Cloud company) is the…
when Apple announced the iPhone 5 with a larger 4-inch display, we couldn’t help but to be disappointed. 4-inch isn’t a lot of real estate to shout about, especially if you love to watch movies on it (actually, we don’t but anyways…). so what do you do then? stream to your big HDTV or iPad or whatever devices with larger display that you can hold of or you could simply pray…
love firing off your shutter at unsuspecting folks? then you will love HiLO Lens, the world’s first right angle lens for iPhone or iPad. of course, the designer has good intentions – intentions for iPhonegraphers to take their iPhonegraphy to a greater lows or higher highs, literally – all of which previously couldn’t be done. well, technically the highs and lows could be done but those…
kudos to Apple for letting white into the gadget world and as far as we can recall, soon after, almost every handsets that turn out in the market has the option of white but one thing is still missing: most juice packs are still in black and that doesn’t really go very well with your pretty white & silver iPhone 5, does it? but fret not, cos’ our favorite juice pack specialist has finally…
we can tolerate scratches anywhere on our iPad or iPhone except for one very sacred place: the beautiful Retina display. yeah, we know Gorilla Glass is awesome in offering more than reasonable protection against scratches on these devices but for the extra cautious bunch, they opt to use screen protectors for that…
the market is certainly no shortage of purpose-built rig to turn your iPhone into a full-fledge videoing rig. we ourselves have seen plenty of them but you know what’s missing from these rigs? a good, big pro-grade microphone to capture the pristine audio to match with the iPhone’s beautiful full HD 1080p video recording. this is where the marriage between Apogee’s MiC, a studio…
clearly, you would want to be able to monitor your precious little one while you are busy with other tasks but do you really need to ‘see’ them? if there is anything we learn from our experiences, is that visual is the last thing one would pay attention too when you are busy working on something else, therefore, what you need is a baby monitor that offers audio cues, and do it…
accelerometer and gyroscopes have changed how mobile games are played but honestly, they are novelty factors that will wear out and in time, we will be back craving for the tactile touch of a handheld game controller. apparently, iOS game accessories maker, Duo Games and Game Publisher, Gameloft understand this eventuality and has offer up the Duo…
there’s something particularly alluring about handmade items, especially when the item in question is made for the gadgets you love, such as the new iPhone 5. what’s even better is the accessory, in this case, iPhone sleeves, are crafted by Nashville-based tie and hat maker Otis James entirely by hand and backed by reputable iDevice accessories maker…