Archive for December, 2009

Incase Slider Review

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Incase sent me their Slider case ($34.95) a few months ago, and I’ve finally gotten around to reviewing it. This is an excellent (but pricey) case with only a few noticeable flaws. Installation To be honest, I don’t think installing the slider case needs much explanation. Slide the larger piece of the case onto the upper-portion

Change App Review: Pocket Politics

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The last US Presidental election was possibly the most controversial ever. Both sides more different than ever before and expressing completely different opinions. Now the entire world has eyes upon President Obama to see if he will succeed and live up to the reputation he’s built for himself. Well luckily, we don’t have to be

iPhoneFreak Announcement: PhoneSuit Battery, Charger, Screen Protector giveaway winners

Monday, December 21st, 2009

With that we have concluded the three PhoneSuit review and giveaways. So without further adieu, here is a recap of all the winners; MiLi Power Pack: 3ruce3 Wall & Car Chargers: Jenn Ryan (car charger) and @wyzepro (wall charger) Screen Protectors: davidlyness and @Bluddering I need all of the winners to contact me by email (areyouageek at gmail dot

Apps that make me willing to jailbreak: ProSwitcher

Monday, December 21st, 2009

I have not been as vocal lately in my love for jailbreaking, but worry not, I still love and could not imagine using my iPhone 3GS in a non-jailbroken state. That said, I seem to have fallen into a place where I am happy with my current setup. Heck there was even almost a full

Apple is in the holiday spirit, releases the “12 Days of Christmas” iPhone 3GS commercial

Monday, December 21st, 2009

It looks like Apple has released yet another iPhone commercial last week, and despite trying to keep an eye out for these I seem to have missed it entirely. The latest is called “12 Days of Christmas” and that last word in the title may be the very reason I missed it. Yup, I will

Stunt Wagon Game Review: Sit down, Shut up and Hold on!

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

As a kid growing up, I was somewhat of a daredevil like most young boys. I remember setting up unsteady ramps in an attempt to launch my bike from it, only to land face first and run into the house screaming for my mom. Well even counting my numerous shinnanigans, its nothing compared to the

Saga Catapult Game Review: Ready, Aim, Fire!

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Prepare for battle, enemies are knocking at the gates! Surely you’ve seen one of the big summer blockbusters in which a giant stone wall protects an ancient city from a brutal marauding army. Well now you can step into that mythical world without actually having to place yourself in harms way, all through the wonderful

AT&T Keeps on Ticking After Operation Chokehold

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

We’ve covered Fake Steve Jobs’ proposal for Operation Chokehold, along with AT&T’s response, and now we can reflect on the outcome of the digital revolt. Basically, there’s not much to report. There were no reported AT&T slowdowns or outages during noon to 1pm PST on Friday the 18th, and one Brooklyn-based CNN blogger even noticed

Verizon Preparing Network for the iPhone

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Staying on cue with their attacks on AT&T’s network, Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer Anthony Melone recently spoke to BusinessWeek about upgrades that the company is making in preparation for the iPhone moving over. While we don’t know if the work they’re doing is more extensive than what AT&T did to prepare for the iPhone,

iKoto App Review: Japanese Harp Heavan

Friday, December 18th, 2009

There are very few sounds that we find in our daily lives that have the ability to calm us down and help us relax. Chances are the vast majority of us are forced to put up with annoying, angering and obnoxious sounds as we go about our everyday business. So it’s only natural that we