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Guru Inspection: GelaSkins

April 27th, 2010 Nic Ball No comments

The good folks at GelaSkins hooked us up with a 17" laptop lid skin. Working with a skin this large can often be a nightmare. Check out the video and see how this one held up.

The ability to do custom design and artwork really makes this  pop out too. You’re ability to skin almost any consumer electronic product allow for this to be a real option in personalization for a price that anyone can afford. Below is an example of a custom 15" PC laptop skin.

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In the end I really love this product. I think the price is spot on. You can see in the video just how easy it is to install and use. The ability to remove and reapply means you can swap out skins to match your moods. Win! Check out more at GelaSkins.com where you can skins almost anything!

 

Beautiful Widgets for Android Review

April 17th, 2010 Nic Ball No comments

Mobile Mike gets down and dirty with Beautiful Widgets from Level Up Studios for the Android OS.

Features:

- Nice looking clock with 12/24 hours support
- Multiple layouts and skins support
- Weather with realistic icons
- Celcius and fahrenheit temperature
- Automatic language detection
- Geolocation for the weather city, or the ability to enter the city name
- Automatic sunset/sunrise calculation
- High res graphics for WVGA Devices (such as the Motorola Droid or Nexus One)
- 1×1 beautiful Wifi/Bluetooth/Plane mode/Silent/Vibrate widgets to easily enable or disable them
- 1×1 GPS widget that act as shortcut to enable or disable location in the settings.

Market Link:

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Apple iPad – The Guru Inspection

April 5th, 2010 Victor Webb No comments

I got my hands on the iPad and managed to create a video review (in HD, of course) of Apple’s latest device! Check out some of the slick features of the iPad and why it’s a must buy, in my opinion.

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Guru Inspection: T-Mobile HTC HD2 Review

March 28th, 2010 Victor Webb No comments

The T-Mobile HD2 is out and I decide to take it for a test spin. Check out the Guru Inspection and see if this is worth picking up!

Guru Inspection: Budsock

March 13th, 2010 Nic Ball 2 comments

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I think we’ve all been in a position where we’ve pulled out our headphones from whatever darkness we left them in only to find a rats nest of wire. Sure you can spend a couple of seconds pulling them apart and go on with life. It’s often thought of as one of those ‘things’ you just have to deal with. Well not any more.

Budsock girlBudsock is a small bag like device that keeps your ipod headphones in tangle free bliss. This no frills product does one thing and doesn’t have any quams about it. With a super low price point of $3.99 you can go wrong. Plus those audiophiles who own a lot of headphones get discounts when ordered in lots of 3 at Budsock.com

The question I’m sure everyone is asking is do they work? Yes. But really, did you need a ‘guru’ to tell you that? Here’s the thing, they don’t really work great after you’re wearing them. Honestly I think the time spent dealing with it is almost equal to the time spent untangling your headphones. It’s like you’re adding time onto putting them away to reduce the time you spend taking them out.

My other beef is just how freaking ugly this thing is. It’s like someone bought up all the scrap sail material in a Taiwan sweat shop, sent it to China to be silk screened and sewn into a cone shape. Boring! Nevermind what you’ll look like wearing what I’ve dubbed “headphone gstring” in public. Could you rock these in the gym, or on campus? Granted Ms. Budsock is wearing a very distracting red hat and by the time I make it to her headphones I’m already thinking about something else…but I digress. It’s ugly and so will you be if you wear them. (did I just talk in Yoda speak?)

Guru Inspection rating: Must own for three reasons

  • They’re great at doing what they claim. Keeping headphones from getting all tangled up.
  • The price point is too low to worry about it
  • They offer a FULL REFUND if you’re not happy