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Even Checking the Weather Can Be Fun with Outside for the iPhone

Even Checking the Weather Can Be Fun with Outside for the iPhone

If you’re still using the limited default weather app for the iPhone, it’s time to move on. You’ll find hundreds of weather apps on the App Store (there’s even a whole category dedicated to them) and they all do a pretty good job of telling you the weather conditions. There is, however, one app by Robocat stands out from the rest. Outside ($2.99) is a beautiful weather app which displays the current weather conditions as if you are looking out a window. Watch a review of the app after the break!

Solar Calculator Review

Solar Calculator Review

It is a basic solar toolkit for calculations and conversions that will help you decide if solar panels will benefit your personal situation.

System Panel for Android App Review

System Panel for Android App Review

There are a lot of task killers in the Android market. In fact, just a few months ago, the most popular apps in the Android market were task killers. That was until Froyo came out and provided better memory management on the system side. That doesn’t mean a task killer isn’t needed, it just means that the task killer you are using needs more features. System Panel is just that, but on the expensive side of the market, at $2.99.

Chrome to Phone for Android Review

Chrome to Phone for Android Review

Chrome to phone is one of those small features that once you get used to using, it is really hard to live without. The whole premise of Chrome to phone is exactly what is in the title. You send something from your web browser directly to your phone. What is the point of Chrome to phone? It is a simple concept. When viewing a web page, map, YouTube videos, numbers and text currently selected, you can send it directly to your phone.

Have Your Own Planetarium in Your Pocket with Star Walk for iPhone

Have Your Own Planetarium in Your Pocket with Star Walk for iPhone

Star Walk is an app for the iPhone that lets you study the night sky by simply lifting your iPhone up at the sky. The app motion tracks with your iPhone and shows you what stars, planets, constellations or satellites you are looking at. Filled with educational and entertaining information and with a fantastic interface, Star Walk is one of the best apps on the iPhone today. Watch a review of the app after the break.

Wunderlist for iPhone – The Gem Under The Trash

Wunderlist for iPhone – The Gem Under The Trash

Task management apps are a dime a dozen. Some specialize in list making, others in check lists. Some sync with there own servers while others allow cloud access. Here is my problem with most Task Management apps, the price. Don’t get me wrong, apps like Things work really well and offer lots of great functionality but the price for iPhone app plus the cost of the desktop app really add up. I recently stumbled upon Wunderlist and man, it has really blown me away. The best thing about its price tag is that it’s free!

Word Lens: You Gotta See it to Believe it

Word Lens: You Gotta See it to Believe it

If this new app, Word Lens, does not convince you that mobile technology is changing the world, well then, I don’t know what will. The app is now only available for English to Spanish and vice versa, but other languages are on the way.

Dialvetica for iPhone – The Easy Way To Call, Text, or Email Your Contacts

Dialvetica for iPhone – The Easy Way To Call, Text, or Email Your Contacts

With every great feet of technological break through comes the desire for things to just work faster. Every new computer comes with more and more RAM, smart phones come with bigger and more powerful processors and apps come with more and more clever ways to get you to what you need to do faster. Dialvetica for iPhone is all about speed. Simply put, Dialvetica is an app that you can use to talk to your contacts much faster. It does something your iPhone should automatically do for you – put your most contacted contacts at the top of the long list of others, and allows quick access to it. Dialvetica is not a contact manager, but rather steroids for your contact book.

Kids Eat Free for iPhone – The Cheap Way To Dine

Kids Eat Free for iPhone – The Cheap Way To Dine

Eating out can be expensive. If you have kids it is even pricier. Lots of restaurants offer deals for kids such as kids eat for free days or
kids get a free drink. The problem is knowing what deals are available in your area and what day or days they are good for. The iPhone is information at your fingertip quickly, with that said, I cannot believe it took someone this long to develop an app like KidsEatFor. What’s even better about it is that it’s only $2.99, so it pays for itself back in just one meal!

ZAGGmate Might Just Be the Coolest iPad Accessory Ever! (VIDEOS)

ZAGGmate Might Just Be the Coolest iPad Accessory Ever! (VIDEOS)

There are some companies that make products you can always assume will be awesome. Zagg is one of those companies. Their Invisible Shield, which I personally use on my iPod Touch, iPad, and iPhone, has become a huge success for many different mobile devices, and the company continues to innovate and impress. I stumbled upon one of their newest products, the ZAGGmate and while I do not generally do product reviews here, this one blew me away.