Friday, February 25, 2011

Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

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Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must HaveAs many of you will know, capacitive touchscreen devices (such as the iPhone, iPod touch, Droid, Pre, Storm, etc.) require tiny amounts of charge from your fingertips to operate. Because of this, sticking a great big glove between your finger and the screen kills the conductivity. Check this Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have will get you those problems no worry at all.

Never fear! An entire industry has sprung up to stop you from getting cold hands when using your touchscreen phone outdoors. We’ve hand-picked (see what we did there?) the best six pairs of gloves for gadget-lovers this winter, so have a look through our choices below and let us know your faves in the comments.


1. Freehands Mens’ Gloves


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

Arguably the market leader in gloves for gadgeteers, Freehands offers a wide range of styles including cashmere, wool, ski styles and these warm-looking recycled, fleecy efforts. Every pair of gloves has a fold-back tip for the thumb and forefinger, and rather cunningly boasts a magnet to stop the tip from flapping around.

Cost: From $18


2. The North Face ETIP Glove


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

Perfect for those in really cold climates, The North Face’s contribution to the gadget-glove marketplace boasts fingertip-replicating “Xstatic fingercaps” so you don’t have to expose even the tippy tops of your fingers to the cold. With a gripper palm to ensure you have a firm hold of your favorite gadget, the ETIPs are available in a range of sizes, for men and women.

Cost: $40


3. Dots Gloves


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

Made from 100% merino lambswool, the Dots Gloves range is small but perfectly formed. Available in men and women’s sizes in just four colors, the classic-looking gloves are indistinguishable from “ordinary” gloves. However, they cleverly boast thumb, index, and middle fingertips that operate touchscreens with “skin-like responsiveness.”

Cost: $20


4. Etre Touchy Gloves


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

The funky, unisex Etre Touchy range is all about what isn’t there, namely the “missing” thumb and index fingertips, leaving you free to touch away while keeping the bulk of your hands warm. This design is best suited for climates that are “cold,” rather than frigid or frostbite-inducing. The range includes some great contemporary colors so it’s perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to sacrifice style in the name of functionality.

Cost: From around $32


5. Freehands Women’s Gloves


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

Freehands offers an equally diverse women’s range of gloves including wool, fleece, softshell, cashmere and these “microfur” options that were the most popular version for women in 2009. Available in a range of colors and sizes, if you’re looking for a glove with a flip-back index finger and thumb flap, you’re not going to go wrong here.

Cost: From $18


6. AGloves


Top Best Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Must Have

Although they may not be the most fashionable offering, the affordable, unisex “Agloves” are ideal for anyone with an iPad or other touchscreen tablet, as the silver-coated nylon fibers knitted into the fabric put the conductivity back in your touch for every single digit. Stay cool!

Cost: $17.99

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Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

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Top Best iPhone Accessories for TravellingSo you want to take your iPhone to a different continent? Taking your gadget for a long trip requires you to have the proper accessories with you just in case you are stuck in a foreign country. You never know what could happen in a foreign country. Besides, you want to make sure you have everything you need to enjoy your iPhone wherever you are. While I am not a big fan of carrying too many accessories around with me when I am traveling, here are Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling that you want to look at if you are taking a trip to a foreign country.

iPhone Accessory For Travelling

Over the past ten years taking a gap year has become increasingly popular, with thousands of restless young travelers set off to go travelling around the world, many of them armed only with a backpack, a toothbrush and a copy of Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’; this is all very well and good, but what about your iPhone?! Obviously you won’t want to leave home without your most treasured and trusted possession, so we’ve compiled a list of the best iPhone accessories that you can take with you on your travels, so go on Gulliver, give it a read!

Jivo World Power International Travel Charger

iWorld Price: £12.99
Buy From: Jivo World Power International Travel Charger

Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

First things first, the last thing that you want after you have set off on your travels is to be stuck with a dead battery because the charger that you have been using at home doesn’t happen to be compatible with the plug sockets of the particular country that you are in, so you are going to need a good travel charger. The Jivo World Power International Travel Charger seems like the best bet for all budding backpackers as it is sleek and small enough to fit into the teensiest of bags and comes with four international plug adapters, (US, UK, AU & EU) which will cover most of the countries on the typical trekker’s route map. It can also charge your iPod at the same time, as it has dual USB connections; perfect for when everybody is crowding round the only working plug in the hostel!

JBL Ontour iPod Speaker System

Amazon Price: £29.99
Buy From: JBL Ontour iPod Speaker System – White

Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

One of the most common icebreakers in communal hostel rooms, (after, “Is the queue for the toilet really this long?!”), is, “So, what sort of music are you into?” Obviously you will get a wide variety of responses, ranging form the staples of indie rock and roll through to hip hop, jungle and drum and bass and maybe even a bit of world music, (but let’s hope just a little of that…), so you will need some good speakers for everybody to play iPod DJ on. The small and manageable JBL Ontour iPod Speaker System is fairly cheap at £29.99, and it comes in both a black and a white design, (n.b., go for black, it is more forgiving with mud and dirt stains!) It can sound a little tinny when it is played at its highest volume for too long, however, with the cramped living quarters that you will be sharing, anything above a medium setting will sound like a party!

iFlyz

Price: $29.99
Buy From: iFlyz

Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

If you are dotting from country to country, the quickest and easiest way to get around is by plane. Catch a flight to Kuala Lumpur and the world is your oyster, with Asia on your doorstep and Australia just a quick hop across the pond. However, seeing as you will be taking so many flights around the globe, you are bound to get stuck watching the same old Rom-Com where a quirky but cute Jennifer Aniston character just can’t decide which man to go for…well, not anymore! IFlyz can clip onto your seat tray and will prop your iPhone up at eye-height, enabling you to watch whatever movie is playing in your iPhone's library. OK, so it’s not the most essential piece of travelling equipment, but as iFlyz can also clip onto other objects, you can just sit back anywhere in the world and watch whatever you desire, with or without Ms. Aniston!

Nitrox iConn Plus Extended Battery Case

Amazon Price: $69.98
Buy From:Nitrox iConn Plus Extended Battery Case for iPhone

Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

Some travelers are braver than others and there will be certain jungle treks and mountain climbing adventures where bringing a plug adapter will be about as useful as an underwater hairdryer. But what about all the amazing pictures that you want to take with your new Hipstamatic App?! The Nitrox iConn Plus Extended Battery Case is designed for iPhone 3G and 3Gs and doubles your iPhone’s battery life, thanks to the Li-Polymer battery. With a sleek leather case, this Apple certified product gives you that little extra window of time when you are away from a power outlet, should you want to make a call, take a photo or finish that game of ‘Angry Birds’…


Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
BestBuy Price: $49.99
Buy From:Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot

Top Best iPhone Accessories for Travelling

Wherever you are in the world, you will always appreciate a good Wi-Fi connection. Whether it is to update Facebook with photos and videos of your exploits, email your friends back home to make them turn green with envy or book the next flight out of whichever country you are in, a decent Wi-Fi connection will be incredibly beneficial. The Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot uses a 3G signal to share Wi-Fi with anyone with your personal access code, (a great way to make new friends in hostels!) and is compatible with iPhones, touches and notebooks. It certainly isn’t cheap, as you have to pay for the monthly line rental which can be anything up to $60, but it does mean that you can cut frustrating rants at dilapidated computers in Thai internet cafes out of your trip.

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Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music Lovers

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Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music LoversMost Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music. “Music is power…” Ah, Richard Ashcroft, that fine lyricist, poet, and all round cool rock star who was sitting on top of the world as the front man of The Verve, before the Rolling Stones’ manager drained every penny from the band’s bank account for nicking a loop from an old Stones song…anyway, I digress. Over hundreds iPhone Accessories out there, we present you the Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music here.

What Richard is singing will ring true in the ears of any music fan, who will agree that there is nothing quite like the awesome power of music that can transport you away from humdrum of everyday life. However, if you are always on the go, it can be hard to truly appreciate your music if it is coming out of tinny radios or old car speakers. So, why not use your iPhone to harness the power of music and check out these top 5 accessories that can help you listen to the music that you love wherever you are in the world?!

iPhone and iPod Bubblegum FM Transmitter
Link: iPhone and iPod Bubblegum FM Transmitter
iWorld Price: £12.99

Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music

Whether you’re a fan of X Factor or think that is the tool of the devil, you just can’t beat that countdown on Radio 1 to see who is going to be Christmas number one…will it be the latest manufactured pop star or will it be a subversive rock band, like 2009? (Well, this year it was a mixture of the two, but let’s not go into that…) Well, wherever you are in the world you will never be far from the radio if you have your iPhone and this handy FM Transmitter with you, with its ability to tune your phone into any FM frequency. Great if you want to keep up with the charts, or listen to static in order to drown out Matt Cardle’s latest TV appearance…

Wiki Wireless iMusic Pillow
Link
: Wiki Wireless iMusic Pillow
iWorld Price: £24.99

Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music

If you have trouble drifting off to the sound of the traffic outside or your partner’s snoring, then this is the iPhone accessory for you. Instead of wearing headphones in bed to make sure that your dreams are soundtracked by the music that you love, then replace your old pillow with a Wiki Wireless iMusic Pillow that will gently pump tunes into your ears as you lie down to sleep. As this is the wireless version of the innovative sleeping accessory, then you can transmit your music from any audio source, ensuring that you don’t push your music tastes on other people joining you in the land of slumber!

WESC Headphones
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WESC Headphones
Price: £25-£90

Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music

Any music fan will tell you that sound quality is the most important element of the way in which you play your music; being able to hear the depth, ambience and correct tone of any style of music is paramount to an optimum listening experience. Plus, it’s also important to look cool. That’s why I recommend WESC headphones; not only do they get the balance of the audio output just right, you also look uber-cool wearing the enormous wrap-around headphones as you strut down the street, even if what you are actually rocking is Daphne and Celeste’s Greatest Hit(s). They can be a little on the pricey side, but hey, accessorize any old outfit with this and you will be the cat’s pyjamas!

Goodmans Clock Radio Alarm iPod Speaker and Dock
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Goodmans Clock Radio Alarm iPod Speaker and Dock
iWorld Price: £27.99

Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music

Sure, sure, the radio alarm clock is nothing new, especially in this wonderful world of ever-changing technology…however, this is a neat little accessory that will charge your iPhone while you sleep and can wake you up to the sound of your favourite tunes. No more will there be that frantic battle between plugging your alarm clock and your iPhone charger in the same socket while you think of some dramatic new excuse as to why you are late for work…just hum along to your iTunes collection as you enjoy your breakfast!

iDuck Floating Wireless Speaker
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iDuck Floating Wireless Speaker
iwantoneofthose Price: £24.99

Most Wanted iPhone Accessories for Music

Now, playing with a rubber ducky in the bath may not seem like the ultimate cool thing to be doing when you are past the age of, say, three; however, this little rubber ducky has a difference. The iDuck Floating Wireless Speaker will play the tunes that are loaded on to your iPhone while joining you for a dip in the bath, all the while ensuring that your iPhone is a safe 10 metre transmitting distance away from you. A wonderful little extravagance…quack quack!

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10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

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10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011Every year brings new Apps breakthroughs for our trusty iPhones, and 2011 is looking set to be no exception. In this list of promising Apps for 2011, I’ve gone for a variety of games, utilities and just outright brilliant Apps that will enhance your relationship with your phone in various ways.

 

1. Instagram – By Burbn Inc, Updated 27th January 2011, FREE Instagram - Burbn, Inc.

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

Photo-altering app that has effectively become an image-based social network

Spearheading the recent social networking trend of sharing images rather than words is Instagram. This app allows you to take photos, enhance them with a series of effects, and seamlessly share them on social networking sites.

What makes Instagram stand out from other photo-sharing apps is that it has effectively become a social network unto itself. You can build up a network of friends and contacts whose photos you appreciate within the app itself, making it a pure image-based social network.

Instagram is great for those wanting to (literally) share their visions with the world and track down people with similar outlooks. Instagram is certain to continue growing throughout 2011 as the relative anonymity of photo-sharing is proving to be a popular digital pastime.

2. Star Walk – By Vito Technology, Updated 4th January 2011, £1.79 Star Walk - 5 Stars Astronomy Guide - Vito Technology Inc.

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

A deep but accessible astronomy iphone app

Ok, so not everyone is interested in astronomy, but for those who are then this is a beautiful app to get lost in. Whether you just want to do some star-gazing, travel through time, or look at Meteor showers in deep space, Star Walk has it all.

The great thing about this app is that it is accessible to astronomy beginners while also being useful for those specialised in the field. The Telrad feature allows you to measure angular distances between stars (not that I understand astronomy enough to know the purpose of this), and there is a considerable catalogue detailing objects in both deep and shallow space. All of this presented through an intuitive and sleek interface that never distances you too much from the wonders of space.

Star Walk received design awards in both 2009 and 2010. Its regular updates should ensure that it remains the most comprehensive, visually pleasing and enjoyable astronomy app to indulge in throughout 2011.

3. Schedulicity – By Schedulicity Inc

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

For the uninitiated, Schedulicity is a web-based service that allows individuals and small businesses to manage their appointments and schedules online.

Now, the popular service has found its way to smartphones and tablet devices, allowing appointments to be managed from the palm of your hand. Edit client accounts, receive appointment reminders and organise you calendar whenever you like! Of course, this could spawn a generation of workaholics who, having their business in the palms of their hands, obsess over their schedules every waking moment of the day, but it certainly makes businesses more manageable. Everything you do in the mobile version will, of course, be streamlined with your web-based account.

Already recognised as an important trend in streamlining business operations and customer services, Schedulicity looks likely to catch on as an integral aspect of managing small businesses.

4. Blackstar – By Spacetime Studios,Release Date: Q2 2011, Price TBC

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

From the makers of Pocket Legends, Blackstar is likely to be the next big thing for iPhone MMOs

While a Massively Multiplayer Online game a.k.a. MMO is certainly not a must-have App for everyone, there certainly is a niche crowd of geeks who’ll be drooling over this one.

Blackstar is the successor to the popular iPhone MMO Pocket Legends. However, while that was based on a world of elves and pixies, Blackstar takes place in a conflict-filled 41st Century.

Few details have been disclosed so far, except that the developers are promising that it will not be ‘content-light’ and that it will support just about every relevant technology out there (EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, 4G). It’s safe to assume that this will address the various issues raised with its fantasy predecessor, and reel in the sci-fi-geek masses.

5. Kindle – By Amazon, Updated 14th February 2011, FREE Kindle - Amazon.com

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

Will Kindle succeed on the iPhone?

So the Amazon’s digital-book-reading App has been around for a while, but 2011 will be a crucial year in finding out whether it will catch on on Apple’s devices. Its case will not be helped by the recent revelation that Apple have forbidden Amazon from providing web links for purchasing their books.

Politics aside, the Kindle App is probably the best book-reader App out there. It allows you to synchronise all your e-books between devices, meaning that as long as you have a device, you always have access to your books; stick in the mud that I am, I don’t see how carrying an actual book around is such a burden, but then this whole e-book craze seems to be catching on quite nicely so I’m obviously just wrong in my cynicism.

Among the neat features on the Kindle App is the option to look up words on Google and Wikipedia and also tap words into an in-built dictionary. While 2011 seems destined to be a good year for the Kindle device, whether it will catch on with Apple’s devices is not so certain due to the recent changes to Apple’s terms of use. Either way, it will be an interesting year for the Kindle App!

6. Dead Space – By EA Mobile, Released 25th January 2011, £3.99 Dead Spaceā„¢ - Electronic Arts Nederland B.V.

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

One of the most intense horror games has arrived on the iPhone

Most gaming enthusiasts will know that Dead Space is probably the most terrifying game to play on the big consoles. Naturally, this fear is hard to translate to the small iPhone screen, but that doesn’t stop it from being EA’s best mobile offering to date.

Dead Space looks and plays brilliantly, utilising the minimal interface of its big console counterparts. There is a plethora of brutal weapons, varied scenery, and the gameplay utilises the touch-screen very smoothly.

At £3.99, Dead Space can be considered one of the more pricey iPhone games, but with a 5-hour storyline and some intense action sequences its price tag (which, let’s be honest, isn’t that high anyway) is perfectly justified.

7. CoPilot Live 9 Release date: Q2 2011, Price TBC

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

The social-network-friendly GPS App

A relatively unexpensive Sat Nav App for the Facebook generation. The latest version of CoPilot is set to feature an overhauled interface and provides multiple routes to your selected destinations.

Aside from these functional upgrades, CoPilot 9 will also feature an integrated Bing search engine made for tracking local businesses and services. And for those hopelessly addicted to the trivial activity of letting the whole world know where you are through Facebook Places, this App will feed your habit by letting you post updates to Places in real-time; after all, everyone wants to know when you’re stuck in rush-hour traffic in London, don’t they?

Other unique features include the option to save the exact location of your car, driving directions to ‘geotagged’ pictures taken by your smartphone, and a walking mode which helps you navigate cities on foot. Yes, CoPilot is making our dependency on our own sense of navigation a thing of the past.

8. Bear Grylls – Bear Essentials – By Chillingo, Updated 6th January 2011, £3.99 Bear Grylls - Bear Essentials - Chillingo Ltd

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

Bear Essentials is a functional and substantial app for those interested in their own survival

People often say that their iPhone is a ‘lifesaving’ device, helping you find your way from A to B, work out train times and general assistance with other such urban activities. But with Bear Grylls’ heavily branded ‘Bear Essentials’, your iPhone can save your life more literally.

In the admittedly unlikely case that you find yourself in a Bear Grylls-like scenario of being stranded up a mountain or in a jungle, or shipwrecked on a desert island, this App gives essential advice in surviving these situations.

As well as offering videos and interactive diagrams, there is a whole wealth of extremely useful survival information for you to refer to. At the end of each section you look through, there is also a quiz to test your survival knowledge; granted, you won’t be quizzing yourself while hunting for snakes and making camp-fires using flints and sticks, but it’s good to be prepared. Essential for the more adventurous iPhone owner.

9. Hipstamatic – By Synthetic Corp Updated 10th February 2011, £1.19 Hipstamatic - Synthetic Corp

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

Hipstamatic allows you to choose from plenty of vintage looks for your photos

Retro is always ‘in’, so it seems natural that an App would come along that lets you take photos with a distinctly retro make-over. Hipstamatic is an extremely fun App that allows you to take photos using various lens, flash and film types to give your photos that Analog feel.

Such is the popularity of this App that it even has its own ‘Hipstamart’, where you can purchase further flashes, films and lenses for your omnipotent analog camera. There is even a monthly competition where the community votes on the best ‘HipstaPrints’, giving you the chance to win ‘fabulous’ prizes.

The fact that Hipstamatic has managed to create a community around itself and even have its own store for additional content suggests that the ball has only just got rolling on this one, and it will be interesting to see how it develops throughout 2011.

10. The Shadow Sun – By Ossian, Release Date: Q2 2011

10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011

The Shadow Sun looks tear-jerkingly beautiful

While the iPhone has slowly established itself as a worthy gaming platform, it still lacks an immersive, epic RPG experience. Initially, it was thought that this was due to the technical limitations of the iphone, but The Shadow Sun looks should put that theory to bed.

The Shadow Sun promises in-depth character development, a varied game world and, as you can see, beautiful graphics of the sort rarely seen on the iPhone. Your choices affect the story, the gameplay is fast-paced, and you can even take on party members. In other words, this isn’t the ‘Lite’ RPG experience iPhone users have come to accept, but the full-on thing.

Ossian have delayed The Shadow Sun until Spring 2011, suggesting that they are striving for perfection with this ambitious project. Could this be the RPG that iPhone gamers have long been waiting for?

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