App Review: World Series of Poker

Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Great amount of game play, multiple game styles, realistic betting and hand outcome
Cons: $5 price tage, multi-player takes a long time due to people not paying attention
Overall: This is a necessity for any true poker player, at $5 it definitely is a better purchase than Apple’s Texas Hold’em app.

App Review: Babo Crash

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Pick up and play type of game, excellent replay value, open feint, addictive, $.99
Cons: I can’t think of any, so heres a stretch….a better home screen icon!
Overall: This is one of my all time favorites, great twist to bejeweled.  I can’t wait to play it on the iPad and at $1 anyone can afford this great game.  Pick up and start playing, pick up where you left off after closing the application.  I give this app the editors choice award for creativity, graphics and gameplay.

This app can be purchased March 29th in the iTunes App Store.  Check out more here.

Video Review: MeElectronics M6 earphones

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Comes with lots of extras and a hard pouch
Cons: It’s possible that the flexible wire at the ends may loosen up and not keep it’s shape after some time
Overall: I really liked these headphones and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of sound they delivered. I especially like the hard flexible wire at the ends that allow you to secure the earphones around your ear during active use. I would definitely recommend checking out the M6s from MeElectronics.

This product retails for $49.99 and can be purchase at MeElec.com

App Review: AppZilla

Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: 50 apps for $.99, many useful apps for daily life
Cons: A few apps are redundant
Overall: For $.99 this is a great app, offers many useful tools, many of which you will not need. Some definitely will let you pass time like the whiteboard drawing applications

Tour of Speck Headquarters

Enjoy the video and tour of Speck Headquarters in Palo Alto, California with our hosts Director of Marketing, Brent Baer and Senior Industrial Designer, Bryan Hynecek. A special thanks to Edith Yang for setting up our visit.

“The iPad Song”

This is an original song written by our very own Senior Editor, Pashyn, to the music of Owl City’s “Fireflies”. I think Pashyn’s been holding out some other talents from us. Lyrics are after the jump. Enjoy

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Video Review: Case Mate Fuel Lite

Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Very nice slim battery backup in a slider case design. Great that it can still sync while still inside this case.
Cons: The soft touch finish is nice but can develop small scratches, Also the On/Off button is very sensitive.
Overall: This is a great slim case style battery backup that adds about 2 hours of additional talk time for those people who just need a little more talk time then normal. Minus the finish being able to scratch easily and the on/off button being a bit too sensitive this is a great product.

Case Mate Fuel Lite can be purchased at Case-Mate.com for $ 49.99

Video Review: Simplisim Crystal Cover

Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: A very nice clear back snap style case with anti scratch coating
Cons: No front protection and limited drop protection
Overall: This another nice back snap style case. Just like many other back snap style cases it offers limited protection and is more for looks however this case does have a nice anti-scratch coating.

Simplisim Crystal Cover can be purchased at the Simplisim.jp

Video Review: Incipio Honu Case

Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: The case provides excellent protection for your device & it’s easy to hold especially when gaming as the shape & silicon material offers a nice grip. Its got a great looking design & it comes with a bunch of extras like a screen protector & video stand.
Cons: It has a ridiculously high attraction to dust. Not only is it almost impossible to keep dust away but also clean the dust off.
Overall: It’s a great case with a great design. It supplies superb protection & all the cut outs, ports, & buttons are easy to access. It comes in a variety of colors. Check it out.

You can purchase the Honu from myincipio.com for around $24.99

New Proporta Colorful Leather Cases

Colorful aluminium lined leather cases for your iPhone 3GS and 5G iPod nano

Protect your iPhone 3GS and 5G iPod nano in the finest possible style with Proporta’s Aluminium Lined Leather Cases (Apple 5G iPod nano & Apple iPhone 3G/3GS).  Handcrafted from the finest quality leather to the exact specifications of each device, both cases feature Proporta’s trademark “Screen Saver” System, with a sheet of lightweight, aircraft grade aluminium built in to protect against even the worst impact damage and crushing.

And just to make them that little bit more appealing, they are both now available in mulberry and teal as well.