UPDATE: Are you interested in being a part of the Lima beta test? If so, then RT or tweet this article on Twitter using the #GadgetsteriaRocks tag to enter! I’ve got several codes to giveaway, and I’m sure we’re going to see lots of activity so good luck to all of you! What’s special about today? Well, aside from being payday here at GS, it’s a day that I get to review something for free! Among other things, it was the day that the…
Cygnett is one of the more obscure, lesser known iPhone/iPad accessory manufacturers, though we’re not sure why. When we stumbled upon them via some random Twitter user’s tweet, we were instantly excited to try out some of their gear. A few tweets and email exchanges later, several cases were prepped and shipped to our humble abode. The cases: Apollo (iPhone), Metalicus (iPhone) and Alumni (iPad). Apollo The Short Story: The Cygnett by Apollo is the case to…
Some time ago we received an offer to test a new accessory for the Xbox Kinect. It was unique from the rest of the accessories that the Kinect has out already such as magnifying the area in which it sees or stands to hook onto the back of your TV. No, we enjoyed the category that this device covered as not many people pay attention to it, yet most people are the most concerned about it; Privacy. The Pritect Sensor cover is designed to keep privacy in your home when you…
iPhone cases litter my drawers like pens do at a normal persons house. You can probably look in any inch of my apartment and find an empty beer can and an iPhone case. So when I review them, I am usually pretty tedious in my testing. I will use them for a longer period of time to see if anything noticable stands out that I wouldn’t catch in a short 3 day use. So when Mike and I were trolling the iLounge at this past January’s CES and stumbled across a guy…
Short version: Rip off and throw away any screen protector you have now and replace it with the Glas.t. Expanded Version: This tempered and oleophobic coated Glas.t screen protector is like a second display on your device. Now before you go worrying about added thickness and bulk, let us be very clear: You cannot see the Glas.t installed (if done properly) nor can you feel it. Well, you can feel the difference between how awesome smooth glass feels as opposed to grippy and…
Instagram has always been somewhat of a popular iOS app. I remember when it was first released, every hipster on the street with an iPhone was snapping crappy pictures of their dull lives and ‘filtering’ them into a work of art. Since then, the photography app turned social media powerhouse is a household name. Those without iOS devices longed for a chance to snap pictures and create something to brag about. With the recent purchase by Facebook, for a wimpy 1…
