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Review and Giveaway: UniQXcess remote access app for iPad

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If you have an iPad and are usually on the move with it, you might have faced a situation where you wanted to access a file on your PC back home. The folks at LiniQue have developed an iPad app which can help you in such situations. UniQXcess is a $2.99 iPad app which, coupled with a free PC based server software running on your computer back home can let you access any file you have shared on your iPad anywhere in the world as long as you are connected to the internet.

The app works as follows:

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The Best Video Recording App on iPhone [Capture]

I’ve always been a big fan of one-touch mobile apps done right. They fix one problem, fix it well and fix it without making you fiddle through complex UIs. This is the only reason I like widgets on Android. They provide a great one-click interface for doing basic things. Not many apps on iPhone are like that and the ones that exist, are  not famous enough to be used widely. Today I’ll tell you about one of them – Capture.

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Tuk Tuk Meter Calculates Auto Fare Using GPS [Android App Review]

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Tuk Tuk meter has a simple aim. It wants to prevent people from being conned by auto-rickshaws around the country. How? They provide mobile apps for Blackberry, Android, Symbian and Java based phones that allow you to calculate the correct fare. In their words:

Transport within a city is cumbersome and slow, especially after a full days work when the cities erupts into a hub of endless traffic. Resorting to autorickshaw’s is not just a convenience anymore, to the crowds, it is a necessity. While in a rickshaw, the customer is at the mercy of the driver. Well, not anymore. Fair Fare ensures that :
- You can identify a faulty/ tampered meter
- Determine the correct fare that is to be paid to the driver
- Can be at a better bargaining position

I decided to take the Android version of the app along with me on a ride.

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Untangle Space Out Pro for iPhone/iPod Touch [Review]

Untangle Space Out Pro belongs to the most popular genre of games on iPhone – the puzzle genre. While this genre is full of dated styles like Jigsaw Puzzles, once in a while you see some really interesting games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope that get you hooked and can challenge the brain. Although not an instant classic, Untangle Space Out is fun, challenging and one of the better puzzle games around.

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Review: Green Day Tour Guide for iPad

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Green Day Tour Guide for iPad is an amazing app for Green Day Fans. Specifically designed for the iPad, it is the go to guide for all the info you will need for Green Day tours.

Here are the features:

  • Setlist of all the concerts
  • Search within the App for YouTube videos of concerts
  • Search within the App for photos of concerts on Flickr
  • Info about tickets availability and links to buy them

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Read Comics on your Mac [iStrip]

Do you love comics, especially Web Comics? You’re gonna love this. Joar’s iStrip is everything you expect from a good Mac software. It’s simple, it’s awesome, it just works!

iStrip does a really simple task. It shows you the comics you love, without any hassles. It has a list of 561 comics (Yes 561!) and you can see any of them form any of the published dates. It features a simplistic interface with a window pane displaying the comic, arrow buttons to go next and back (mapped to the corresponding arrow keys), date/issue selector and a drop down showing the list of comics. Once you select the comics you follow regularly,  they are shown in a drop-down and can also be selected using the Up and Down arrow keys.

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LG Optimus One (P500) Hands-on and Review [With Pics]

Our rating:
(3.5/5)
A decent budget phone from LG, though lacks a few features. It’s a good first Smart phone with Android 2.2 with auto focus camera.
Approximately a year after releasing it’s first first Optimus phone (GT540), LG has learnt on how to build Android phones which won’t suck.

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LG Optimus One is a good shot at it, here’s some pros and cons on why it’s a decent budget phone.

The phone comes with these accessories

  • Phone
  • 2GB SD card pre-loaded
  • In ear headphones
  • Power adaptor
  • USB Data cable (A separate USB Cable)
  • A pouch/cover (Although you’d want to order one)
  • A free WiFi card valid for 2 months (I couldn’t detect it’s signal from my home at least)

Here is a list of pros and cons.

Griffin Slap vs. iWatchz – iPod nano watch straps

When Steve Jobs introduced the 6th generation iPod nano in his keynote, he mentioned that one of the Apple’e executive is planning to wear them as watch on his wrist. I am sure it was that statement that probably inspired case designers to come up with the iPod nano watch straps. There are a couple of them in the market now. We are going to look at two – Griffin Slap and the iWatchz.

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Get Fresh Local News and Deals – TaazzaGo for Android

There are so many ways to get the News fix on your Android phone. You can download the NDTV app, IBN Live app, one of many unofficial newspaper apps; you can subscribe to the popular News feeds; there is Google News for India and you can always visit the various newspaper websites. But Taazza wants to provide you with a better and more localized experience of News for many locations in India. Ahead is a small description of what they do in their words.

Taazza is about getting you closer to the news story that matters to you. We bring this fresh perspective by connecting you  to three important aspects of news:

  • Who wrote the story? (Author)
  • Where is the story relevant? (Location)
  • What is it talking about? (Topic)

How we are different?

  • Cutting edge NLP & classification algorithms
  • Popular newspapers, citizen journals & niche neighborhood papers
  • Easy content API for developers to build on

We downloaded the app for a quick review. See the gallery below for all the images.

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Capdase Soft Jacket 2 Xpose Case For iPod Touch 4G

If you have an iPod Touch 4G and are looking for a good case, give the Capdase Soft Jacket 2 a try. The frosted case looks great and the list of accessories is amazing. The bundle includes a frosted case (White, Blue or Red), 2 screen protectors, 1 soft pouch and 1 movie/video stand. All for Rs. 699!

The case is made of a toughened rubber like material, covers the iPod really well and has an excellent grip. The video stand works surprisingly well but you may or may not find it useful. The screen protectors are decent and the soft pouch can be better used to store your earphones and charging cable. The images ahead shows the bundle contents and the case/video stand applied to the iPod.

I found the case while strolling through Chroma. It should be available in other places as well.

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