Review: Livespeakr proves good things come in small, rotating, rechargeable packages
Filed under: Opinion, Product Reviews, iPhone, iPod Touch
If you’re looking for a pretty cool last minute gift for that iPod touch or iPhone user in your family, I would highly recommend the Livespeakr iPod/iPhone speaker by Livespeakr.
Costing only $40 and available in both White
Design
The Livespeaker consists of a rotating cradle/dock which can accommodate both the iPhone and the iPod touch (due to the different headphone jack placements between the devices, the cradle pops off and flips so you can change the orientation of the speaker wire). Sound is handled via a standard mini stereo jack as opposed to a dock connection, which is good for a couple of reasons. First, it means you can use the Livespeaker with pretty much any device, including a DS or iPod shuffle (although they will not fit well in the cradle). But the biggest benefit of a mini jack over the dock connector is you can use the Livespeakr to play the sounds and music from your iPhone’s GAMES as well as music and Read more
Dictator Defense: The Most Addictive Defense Game since Fieldrunners
As a reviewer, one of the best indications that you should write about a game is that you do not want to stop playing the game long enough to write about it. Dictator Defense ($2.99 iTunes) by Digital Chocolate is just such a game for me, and it basically ate my entire weekend.
Meet the dictators
Digital Chocolate is one of my favorite, if not consistent, iPhone game developers. When they hit it, they knock it out of the park, and when they miss, they really blow it. But they definitely hit a big one with Dictator Defense. At its heart it’s a castle defense game, with just a hint of tower defense thrown in. The idea is that over the course of 40 levels (spread over 4 different dictators) you must defend your wall from being overrun by the various enemy forces. As the game progresses you unlock the ability to use different weapons as well as upgrade the ones you already have. Read more
Review: PowerPak iPhone charger is a double-threat
Probably the #1 drawback to most iPhone wall chargers is that they require a wall. As we all know, walls are large and unwieldy, making charging your iPhone while on the go somewhat difficult, not to mention severely limiting your travel options. However Technocel has come up with the PowerPak, a neat little USB wall charger that has something other, more wall-centric chargers don’t: a built-in 1000mAh battery.
The PowerPak is at its heart a USB cell-phone charger, and comes with a huge assortment of adapter tips designed to accommodate 95% of of all mobile devices out there, including Blackberry, Motorola, Palm, Sony, LG, etc… In fact, the only tip they DON’T seem to include is one for the iPhone/iPod. But hey, you have a couple of those lying around anyway, right?
Design-wise, the PowerPak was built with portability in mind and has a fairly low-profile design, with a fold out AC plug on the rear of the device. The surface is a sort of super smooth, almost soft plastic material similar to what I have felt on some iFrogz iPhone cases - must be the cool new thing. Aside from a charge status button and set of Red LEDs on the front, Read more
Review: Totemo – My New Time Burglar
As odd as it may seem, not all iPhone games begin life on the iPhone. Game maker Hexage seems to have an “Android first” mentality that while seemingly a ludicrous waste of time from a business standpoint, at least lets them iron out most of their games bugs before porting to a “real” platform. One such game is their newly released Totemo, a sort of match 3 (or 4) puzzler that has become a true time burglar for me recently, so I decided to share my love/hate (but mainly love) relationship with the game.
The idea behind the game is fairly simple, although I’ll do my best to confuse you. There are two modes of gameplay – the misnamed “Story” mode, and the addictive, timed “Survival” mode – but the rules are the same for both. Basically you start each level with a series of colorful, Read more
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