iGamer “For fuck’s sake, Mum. I asked for the appBlaster; not the fucking appWheel. You’ve totally fucked Christmas. No wonder dad’s shacked up with that 26-year-old stunner. I fucking hate you!”
I can picture it now. Christmas morning 2011 – surly, ungrateful teenager versus distraught, nonplussed mum. Not that I’ve even tried the appBlaster, but a cursory glance at manufacturer apptoyz’ website, and it appears the more promising of its two iOS gaming peripherals.
I’ve never had much truck with gyroscopic controls for iOS first-person shooters – extending both arms out and moving around real space looks and feels weird. But I imagine circling around my living room – I don’t do this sort of thing in public, you understand – with the iPhone seated as an iron sight could actually enhance the experience.
The appBlaster also implements a nifty physical double-triggers-to-touchscreen function, which might do the trick for those FPSs with adjustable button schemes, such as N.O.V.A 2. Read the rest of this entry »
Android App of the Week Turning your Android phone into an impromptu picture frame can be the perfect source of escapism during a dull day and while there’s nothing actually wrong with the basic slideshow feature of the standard Android gallery it’s just that, basic.
Floating Image: rally your sources, apply your settings…
Floating Image is altogether more visually appealing and lets you lose yourself in a multi-layered cascade of images that drift across your screen like leaves floating down a brook on a summer’s evening.
Poetic imagery aside, Floating Image is a very flexible little app. To start with, you can source pictures from either selected local folders on your phone, or from Picasa, Flickr and Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
While we may not know exactly what item we’re looking at in the photo above, we do know that we like it. This hot Peripheral showed up on lenovo‘s photostream without any explanation, and from the image it seems pretty much like a keyboard-lover’s dream; it looks to be wireless, psychotically thin, and boasts an integrated trackpad and numpad. If you’ve been itching to find a stylish companion to that ThinkPad USB Portable Secure HD, this may just be the keyboard for you. As expected, no info on pricing or availability, but we’ll definitely keep our eyes out for more as it becomes available. Read the rest of this entry »
