Review: DefaultCase for iPhone 4 & 3G(S)

DefaultCase is the answer that all iphone 4 users were begging for. It is stylish, protective, lets you feel the thinness of the phone, and FIXES YOUR SIGNAL PROBLEM!!!!! Yes, i said it correct. This case fixes your signal problem!(if your on an iphone4) Also at the price of 1 cent per case, you can have a good looking and good quality case without emptying your wallet. At the end of the day, no matter if your buying the case for your iphone4 or you iphone 3g(s), it is definitely the answer to all of our Apple prayers.

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Skype Video Calling for iPhone

FaceTime for the iPhone 4, iPod touch, and Mac changed the way we communicate with each other on a daily basis. It revolutionized human relationships. Not only can you ask the person your on the phone with, how they are, but you can actually see how they really are feeling. The only negative thing about Facetime is that you have to own an Apple product with a front facing camera. 

Skype is a website that made free video calling between computers with a web cam. Their intention was Apple's exact intention with iChat. Well now iPhone 4 and iPod touch users can finally get in on the action. After a long and anticipating wait, Skype has finally announced free video calling on the iPhone 4/ iPod touch Skype app. So now, we can all take the basis of Facetime, and use it with anybody that owns a web cam and a Skype account. All you have to do is make a free Skype account, and download the free Skype app from the App store.

Still didn't get someone a gift?

As we all know, Christmas has passed and most of us got the gift that we wanted, or at least a gift. Many stores still have their sales going on mostly for the people that got money for Christmas, but what if you still didn't buy your loved a gift? Maybe you were away on business trips during Christmas and you didn't have time to think about it or you just forgot about your relatives that are visiting this week. Should you go to those stores that are still having sales? Let me help you out here. Do not go to those stores! as much as you think they are not crowded because people are with their families, they are crowded! 

We are now going into 2011 and technology is at its highest point ever. So probably your gift-less family member has one of these amazing technological items. Find out what they have and buy an accessory for it. It is cheap and it shows that you really care about the protection of their expensive equipment, even though we know you don't.

If you don't know and really don't have an idea of what to get, remember one thing, people love music. Now CD players are way out so the only thing people really use is an MP3 or ipod sort of devise. For those kind of devices they have to buy each song separately so the best way to save them money and to keep you wallet full, is to get them a gift card. Whether it be an itunes gift card or any other, it gives them pleasure and saves you money. The best part is that all these products can be found on the internet and be shipped over night so your gift-less family member wont be disappointed and wondering where their gift is.

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iLife '11 — the all new iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand

Apple recently announced their latest upgrade to the iLife suite during the “Back to the Mac” event in October. iLife ’11 includes new releases of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand. Apple did a great job in adding more advanced features while maintaining their trademark simplicity. The upgrade is priced at only $49 USD and is definitely worth the price.

The incredible new iPhoto has added support for Facebook/Flickr and sharing photos through email. The changes to the full-screen mode allow you to utilize every pixel of your display to its fullest. Apple has also improved the slideshows feature with new transitions and themes. Their book/card-printing service has been updated and now allows for more customization of photo albums and holiday cards. iPhoto continues to keep its “Faces” and “Places” features, as well as its great image retouching tools.

The album view in iPhoto's full-screen mode looks amazing.

iPhoto's face recognition automatically recognizes faces in your photos and allows you to tag then.

The biggest change in the suite is in iMovie. Apple has added a “movie trailers” feature that makes producing short teasers for your films a breeze. Choose a series of clips you would like to use, fill in the credits, and choose a theme and iMovie will automatically stitch together a professional-grade trailer for you next movie.

Apple has also included more advanced audio editing tools in iMovie ’11. Audio clips are now color-coded and provide options for adding fades and filters. Another new feature is what Apple calls “one-step effects”. With the dozens of new effects, such as “instant replay” and color correction, your iMovie project will definitely stand out from other home videos.

iMovie ’11 has also included more exporting options, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, QuickTime movies, and more. You can also publish your videos directly to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and even CNN’s iReport. You can also create a video podcast and send it directly to Podcast Producer.

iMovie '11 give you more control over your audio.

Making professional trailers has never been easier.

Making great music in GarageBand has never been simpler. The iLife ’11 upgrade introduced Flex Time, a function that fixes timing issues when something sounds a little off.  Flex Time allows you to manually move, stretch, or shorten individual notes without changing the rest of your recording.GarageBand ’11 adds more guitar amps the Apple’s library and allows you to reproduce the sound of foot pedals with new stompbox effects. Apple also included many new instrument lessons with the update.

Flex Time makes it easy to fix timing errors in your music. 

Apple's instrument lessons make learning the piano or guitar fun.

More lessons can be downloaded or purchased from the Lesson Store.

iLife ’11 allows you to do more with your photos, video, and music than ever before. In iPhoto, you can enjoy your photos in the new full-screen modes. You can turn your home videos into professional films with the latest iMovie and create the perfect soundtrack within GarageBand. iLife ’11 is included with every new Mac, but every existing user should consider the upgrade. If you enjoyed this post, please check out MacDesign, a blog centered around graphic design and video production on the Mac platform.

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