New Company DomeSkin

Oten Inc., the parent company of Sena Cases, today introduced a new product line under a new brand name, DomeSkin.

DomeSkin Debuts Its First Collection of Innovative 3D Skins for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod Classic and Blackberry Curve. The new product collection masters the marriage of protection and interchangeability with hundreds of designs and customization options at only $14.99.

DomeSkin designs are protective skins for mobile devices utilizing a new 3D ‘dome’ patented technology used in the construction of the DomeSkins. Created to enhance device style with modern flair-DomeSkins provide a unique 3D look, slim profile and enhanced device gripping which prevents slipping.

DomeSkins come in hundreds of exciting modern designs for every personality, while providing excellent value and the perfect blend of protection and contemporary style. DomeSkins are available for immediate purchase at: www.DomeSkin.com and Amazon.com.

1 Billion Apps, Holy @#$%^!!!

As I was driving home from work today I received an alert on my iPhone that the Apple App Store had reached 1 billion downloads in a mere 9 months. So for the rest of the ride home I tried to comprehend what exactly constituted a billion. We hear about a billion virtually everyday, every government bailout is in the billions but we are really kind of numb to that. Let’s really put this into perspective: 1 billion seconds ago it was 1959 and to travel 1 billion miles you would have to circle the globe 40,000 times.

For Apple customers to download 1 billion apps in the last 9 months we needed to download approximately 3.7 million apps a day or 42 Apps every second and if the average app cost 50 cents that would have generated $500 million. I can’t imagine anyone in Cupertino would have thought that the App Store would have been such a huge success. With that being said I congratulate Apple and it’s customers on 1 billion downloads. Now I will start attempting to figure out how I am going to visualize a ten billion, which Apple should hit in about 7 years.

Video Review: Contour Surface Sound Compact

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: It’s very slim and doesn’t take up much space on your visor
Cons: The volume and hang-up buttons are difficult to distinguish
Overall: This is one of the nicest Bluetooth speaker systems that I’ve used with my iPhone. I love the slim form factor and the long battery life. If you don’t like holding the phone to your ear while driving, or like to use bluetooth headsets, then this is the perfect product for you. I think that Contour has done such a good job with this product, that I’m going to award them the Editors’ Choice Award.

You can buy this product directly from Contour for $99.95

Video App Review: iDracula

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Awesome graphics and fun game play
Cons: I think it would be nice to have more levels and maybe a story mode
Overall: This is a really fun game and offers pretty good replay value with the different types of gameplay modes. This is one of my favorite action games for the iPhone.

You can buy this product directly from the App Store for $2.99 but there is also a FREE lite version as well.

Video Review: Scosche passPORT charging adapter

Rating: 10 out of 10
Pros: Very simple to use, just plug it in and start charging
Cons: There are none
Overall: If you have a vehicle with a dedicated iPod connector, it probably doesn’t charge up your iPhone 3G, if this is the case for you, then you need to buy the Scosche passPORT adapter.

You can buy this product directly from Scosche for $29.99

Laptop Hunters: Homeless Frank

[youtube width="560" height="340"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJSuduTrPs[/youtube]

Video Review: Woodees earphones

This is a video review by our Monthly Guest Reviewer Arielle

Video App Review: qTweeter

[youtube width="560" height="340"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGH6s7OVpgw[/youtube]

Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Donation ware – so you decide how much you want to pay for it. Works very well and can update both Facebook and Twitter accounts at the same time. Very easy to use, works without any problems, customizable, Music QuickTweets, YouTube QuickTweets, Safari QuickTweets
Cons: If you have the jailbroken SBSsettings app installed, it may act buggy. Copying & pasting with Clippy doesn’t work with it
Overall: Very solid product, useful if you constantly use twitter and facebook.

Music QuickTweets
Loving the song you are currently listening to on your iPod and want to share it with your followers and facebook friends? You can use Music QuickTweets. This awesome feature will automatically fill your tweet with the artist and song title. It gets even better. It will automatically generate a link so that your followers and facebook friends can preview and purchase the song.

YouTube QuickTweets
What of the time when you are watching that hilarious video on YouTube and you just have to spread the word. Simply slide down qTweeter and tweet this video while still watching it.

Safari QuickTweets
Reading something insightful on Safari that you would love to share with your facebook friends and followers? Safari QuickTweets, lets you instantly share the site you are reading with them.

Video Review: iPodArt’s iBuds

[youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XIkIMnt38[/youtube]

Rating: 3 out of 10
Pros: cheap, soft
Cons: very unpleasant in ears, they tend to fall off and stay in your ear when the headphone is no longer in it, they do not amplify music or enhance the bass
Overall: Not really worth checking out, iBuds was completely disappointing but we can’t expect much from a $3 product.

App Review: Field Goal Frenzy by Skyworks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgiBtfe5rk[/youtube]

Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Gives you your football fix, realistic feel to kicking field goals from 3 different angles and various yardages, balls even bounce off the posts instead of just missing wide or short. Local and Global high scores.
Cons: Subsequent levels could have been developed further: right now you go from short field goals and get deeper as you progress.  Another level with random distances would give the game another dimension and yet another level with defenders would give me the ultimate desire to reach the upper echelon of the game play.
Overall: Another great game from Skyworks that gives you the feel that you are on the field kicking field goals for your favorite team.  High quality graphics, local and global High Score boards make this and virtually every game Skyworks develops a winner.  The price is also right at $1.99.

Click here to purchase Field Goal Frenzy from the App Store.