Alright folks, it’s time to clean out my small review sample coffers, I have 4 cases, a Speck Cases Armor Skin, a Speck Cases TechStyle Classic, an OtterBox Armor case, and a Belkin Leather Folio, and I am giving all of them away. They ship out Monday the 12/24/2007 at noon, by which time the competition will be over.
Among the many cases I got in the mail today, I got this one as well, its from Speck Products, and is called the TechStyle Classic case. Essentially it’s a pouch type case that has an open front and a belt clip.
So I got this case in today with a bunch of others, and I had been sort of wanting one of these for a while, and then I got it, and it looked even nicer than it does in the product image. Even better yet, my concerns of still needing a screen protector even with this were alleviated by the fact that it comes with one that’s the perfect size for the screen.
I received a batch of cases today, and other than a case that I already had one of, and had previously reviewed, this one was by far my favorite. Part of that is probably because I am a big fan of flip cases, part of it is due to the functionality of the case.
This case was kind of cool, mainly because of the grid-shaped bumpy texture on the back side of it. But it was also functional; it protected all the edges with only a hole for the dock connector and headphones.
So I got this case kind of late last night, so I chose to play with it for a while before reviewing it. You’re probably wondering how you “play” with an iPod Case, well I had my methods, but they claim its “waterproof, dustproof, dirtproof, sandproof, and drop-proof” and I can personally assure to that all of those are true, that’s how you play with an iPod case.When I got it, I looked it over, figured out how to put my iPod in, and then closed it up, from there, every time I would have normally placed my iPod somewhere; I threw it there, which was so much fun. Then I took it in the bath with me and threw some (a lot) water on it, none got inside, but I didn’t feel like submerging it because I though that might be pushing it, and they may have sent me the case to try out, but I had to supply my own iPod which I don’t feel like ruining.
They have a rubber, sealed button that works with the “home” button, or the little round button at the bottom of the screen, it works flawlessly. The touchscreen is covered by a rugged transparent material that has survived my beating, and I can still use the touchscreen through this material, in fact, I’d go so far as to say my typing has improved, likely due to the lack of slipping fingers onto other keys.
Hah! Apple, Conceited has beat you to the release of another great piece of software, internet radio for your iPhone or iPod Touch. It works great on the iPod Touch with a WiFi connection, and reports are it works well with the iPhone’s EDGE connection as well.
(Thanks Ken Allen!)
The streams are MPEG streams, but hey, it’s a step in the right direction. It starts fast, works fast, sounds good, and will continue playing even when the iDevice locks, just like the iPod app.
This Bluetooth speaker system is overly reminiscent of the Apple Hi-Fi, but black, with cool sound graphics on the front, and Bluetooth. I have to admit, the black box with red LED graphical EQ is something I am a bit of a sucker for myself.
Does it use some proprietary Bluetooth technology to transfer the audio? Nope, A2DP, which means you, might already have a phone that works with the speakers.
Surely someone out there has used the Remember The Milk application to help ease their OCD symptoms or better their tactfulness. Not me, I am too much of a slacker/procrastinator.
Regardless, the online to-do list has made it to the iPhone and the iPod Touch with a customized mobile Safari version of their site. You can use almost all of the same features as you have access to on your PC, but in order to do that you have to get a Pro account.
Yet another addition has been made to the library of iPod Touch bashing reviews. Only I respect this reviewer for being smart enough to review it from two different perspectives, one of how it performs as a run of the mill iPod and another for how it does as a mobile platform device.
As an iPod, he likes it, nay, he loves it, but that’s about as far as the love goes. As a mobile platform, he isn’t much of a fan thanks to all the crippling Apple did to both the OS and the Safari browser.
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