The more I run, the more I realize my regular playlist isn’t cutting it. Even with some 150 hand-picked songs, I get bored hearing the same ones over and over. And although they’re among my favorite power-pop tunes, they’re quite diverse when it comes to tempo. I need songs of at least 128 beats per …
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It was barely two weeks ago that Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes made a wonderful iOS debut, and suddenly there’s another Lego-themed game in the App Store: Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. Woot! The bad news: This isn’t a port of any of the classic Lego Star Wars games that have appeared on consoles over the years. Instead, it’s …
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The race is on to build a better e-mail client for iOS, with apps like Incredimail and Mailbox all vying to deliver a better experience than Apple’s own Mail. The latest entrant: Evomail, which promises a better Gmail experience than Google’s own Gmail app. But does it deliver? Yes and no. Evomail closely resembles the latest Gmail app, which is …
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In my ideal universe, all meals are pizza, all pizzas make you lose weight, and every smartphone comes with some kind of kickstand. That’s because I like to read or watch videos while eating my magical weight-loss pizzas. Alas, very few phones can be propped up at comfortable viewing angles — not without some kind of DIY stand. Or this: …
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Not to gush, but I’ve loved Songza from the moment I installed it on my iPhone — way back in June, 2012. In fact, it has displaced both Pandora and Slacker as my music-streaming app of choice. That’s because Songza builds playlists based on whatever activity I’m currently engaged in (working, making dinner, fighting commuter traffic) or mood I’m in …
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You can take notes on meetings or lectures on an iPad, or you can record videos of meetings or lectures — but you can’t have it both ways. Kickstarter project MirrorCase aims to solve that dilemma. It’s an iPad case that uses mirrors to point the camera lens forward, while at the same time raising the tablet to a comfortable …
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We’ve all seen them: smartphones with shattered screens, the unfortunate victims of sudden outbursts of gravity. Your heart sinks a bit, watching your friends, loved ones, even total strangers slide their fingers over that sad, spidered glass, thinking, “There but for the grace of…” Knowing full well the costs and hassles of replacing a busted screen, I pressed a BodyGuardz …
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I have unabashed love for the Lego series of video games, which have adapted a wide range of movie series — “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “Lord of the Rings,” and more — into improbably excellent action-adventures. Alas, only two of them have been ported from consoles to iOS: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7. Great …
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Like most superhero fanboys, I’m pretty jazzed about “Iron Man 3,” which opens one week from tomorrow. And like most superhero movies of late, this one has an official game to accompany it. Gameloft’s Iron Man 3 just landed for Android and iOS. And it’s probably not what you’d expect. Indeed, based on Gameloft’s last movie tie-in, the Amazing Spider-Man …
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Admit it: Whenever you see someone using their iPad as a camera, you giggle. Maybe even snicker. That two-handed grip and big ol’ viewfinder screen, that’s just comedy. Especially when something like this happens. On the other hand, the iPad 3, iPad 4, and iPad Mini all have a respectable 5-megapixel sensor, an IR filter, face detection, and some other …
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