Author Archives: Thomas

I haven’t gone quite as case crazy with my iPad 2 as I have with my various iPhones, and while I very much enjoy using the Adonit Writer 2, my tablet still spends a good 80% of its time with just a Gelaskin on the back and a Smart Cover …

Today is one of those days that sometimes felt like it would never come. I’m talking, of course, about the announcement that the Things Cloud Sync is now in public beta. This has been a while coming. Things Cloud isn’t iCloud syncing through Apple, but it works beautifully. You simply …

This is a team post discussing cases, or the lack thereof, in everyday iPhone and iPad usage. Some people, like our own Alex Jordan, are purists when it comes to appreciating Apple’s hardware designs and don’t want to cover any part of the original design. Then there are those who …

VLC 2.0, the traffic cone-iest open source media player ever made, is now available for download on your Mac. There are a ton of technical highlights of the 2.0 features on the VLC homepage, but I’d actually recommend reading this VLC 2.0 MacStories post instead, which sums up the more …

I reviewed the Waterfield Travel Express a few months ago, but I wanted to post a quick update and say that this little iPad bag is still performing beautifully. At full capacity, the TravEx can house an iPad with Smart Cover, Apple Bluetooth keyboard, a folded pair of Sennheiser PX-200 …

There are a number of great features headed to OS X Mountain Lion. Notification Center, Messages, and AirPlay are all going to play prominent roles in the Mac desktop experience later this summer, and that is nothing if not awesome. But when I read this morning’s announcement, I actually got …

Clear for iPhone is a pretty big deal for a buck. It’s a list manager and, as you may have heard, its designers have gone out of their to present you with as little UI chrome as possible. The result is a dead-simple, gesture-driven task manager that strives to rival …

Playing Beat Hazard Ultra is like having fireworks explode right in front of your eyes as you listen to all of your favourite song. I bought the 2D dual-stick space shooter (think “Asteroid”) after reading about it on Joystiq, and I dig the dynamically generated levels and enemies that are …

 Grazing Browser is the first third party iOS browser to have successfully held my attention for more than a day. I’ve already taken a look at other interesting iOS browsers (Portal for iPhone was pretty awesome), but I never made a more permanent switch because iOS 5 will not allow …

I’m not usually the type for elaborate wallpapers, but I find this one from Jeff Huang absolutely stunning. It’s got a bit of a steampunk look to it, and the addition of those glowing runes on the gears just make my iOS device seem far more exciting to unlock.  There …

I’ve decided to turn iTunes Match off on my iPhone today. I’ve been enjoying the cloud service thus far, but have discovered a very unfortunate shortcoming: it has a lot of trouble syncing lyrics. It doesn’t seem to matter whether my content is a matched song, which iTunes acknowledges is …