Tag Archives: bjango

Every time somebody pipes up about iChat I end up wanting to try it out (again), but then I do, and I end up feeling disappointed with the it (again). Something about iChat just seems so messy and inefficient, especially when compared to many of the other gorgeous default Mac …

Now here’s a case where fast app switching is welcome, but simply not very useful for me. That’s because my cable and iPhone accounts on Rogers take a good 20-30 seconds for Consume to check even on wi-fi, so the extra 2-3 seconds of loading time I save are simply …

Bjango’s Consume is a great consumption counter for cell phone bills and monthly data allowances, or for tracking packages on FedEx. It’s not a complicated app, and it’s only $0.99 for unlimited usage. The only thing confusing about it was the cake icon (mentioned in my review, although I thought …

Consume, the excellent data usage tracker from bjango (review), was updated earlier today. The screenshot should be big enough to show you to read all of the new carrier changes, but I’d also like to add that I saw UPS, FedEx, and Apple package tracking as new “Global” provider settings. …

Kapowie is a game that made me so happy I almost bought a ticket to Australia. That’s where bjango headquarters is, you see, and I’d really like to thank them for making such a great, feel-good game. Kapowie is a shooter in the strictest sense of the word, but it’s …

Phew! At the end of my recent review of bjango’s Consume app, I said that the app “just worked”, and that the only problem was the inability to check my Rogers iPhone and Internet plans on a mobile data connection. Well, we can tick that off of the list of …

Design is what the iPhone is all about. You can argue otherwise, but elegance and substance is what Apple emphasizes in all of their products. Microsoft is utilitarian and “good-enough” for anyone who simply looks at their technology as an appliance to get things done.  I only mention these two …

You’ve probably heard about the Newsweek article about the realities of the App Store, and I’ve seen a couple of good responses to the piece from Ilium and Edible Apple. My favourite so far, though, is the one from bjango (iStat!). They reached out to various indie developers to try …

I reviewed Phases 2.0 a few months ago. Since then, my friends at bjango have released Phases 3.0 which brings some new features to the table. The most notable new feature is a new page of detailed information about the moon (and a little about the sun). The information displayed …

Our friends at bjango have done it again. This time they have made a musician’s dream app called Beats . I have no musical inclination whatsoever, and even I found Beats easy to use. The app is elegantly split into to three tools. Each with a specialized use. The first …