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iQue For iPhone A Great App

When people say that technology is becoming revolutionary, boy it is so true. The iQue application for the iPhone is truly remarkable and once you use it, you’ll never know how you lived without it. To think, that you will never have to forget something again.

You’ll always remember your first grade teacher’s name, the street your cousin lived on, and even the name of a hard to find movie. It’s all right here in this application. You may find it impossibly challenging to remember a license plate number, or remember which Ealing flats and houses for rent you looked at last weekend? Well, with this application it’s easy as cake.

Upon using the application, I was simply blown away. It’s easy, fast, and virtually endless. I can literally type in “Movie with the spiders”and what do you know, I get the title of a movie that used to terrify me as a child, “Arachnophobia.”And what makes this application even better, it’s free. So if for some strange reason you’re not satisfied with it, you can always delete it, and not lose a dime. Free is normally good, but in this case, its mind boggling.

If I had to recommend one application to a new iPHONE user, this would most likely be the one I’d recommend. And if you don’t believe me, try it! I’m nearly positive you won’t be disappointed. And for new users, don’t worry. It’s not hard to use one bit. It’s so easy, a caveman can do it! One more thing to keep in mind though, you will have to take the time to put most of these reminders into the application, but 2 years down the road when you forget someone’s name, and you can flip through the application and find it with relative ease, you’ll thank me. And I’ll go ahead and tell you that you are welcome ahead of time. Because you are. Have fun and enjoy your new app!

FIVE reasons why you should buy an iPod Shuflle

The iPod Shuffle is the forgotten sibling of the iPod range. Often overshadowed by its largely popular siblings iPhone, iPad and iPod touch the iPod Shuffle isn’t as popular as the rest of the iPod family. Yet the iPod Shuffle has features and attributes worth noting, and if you are planning on purchasing a new MP3 player, these are the reasons as to why that MP3 should be an iPod Shuffle:

1. The iPod Shuffle is the smallest iPod of the range. If you like compactness, this is definately the iPod for you. It weighs just 0.38 ounces with the aluminium cover, (0.61 for the stainless steel cover) either way it is pretty light. It is 1.8 inches tall, 0.7 inches wide and o.3 inches thick, I think you’ll agree that that is pretty small.

2. Despite it being smaller than a battery, it certainly does better for playback. When fully charged, this tiny Shuffle gives you up to 10 hours of playback, with its built in polymer lithium battery. No faffing around with batteries as with older MP3 players.

3. The iPod shuffle may be tiny, but its controls are easy to use, which are found on the earphones as a remote control. It beats any other MP3 because you don’t have to take out your Shuffle to change the track or volume while running or on the train, you can control it all from your earphones.

4. The iPod shuffle now has a feature called ’VoiceOver'which tells you the name of the song that is to play as well as the name of the artist. With the iPod Shuffle’s large capacity of 4GB or 1,000 songs (5th reason why you should buy the Shuffle) you’re bound to listen to a track you’ve forgotten the name of. If you press the centre button of the remote control on the earphones, the VoiceOver function tells you the name of the track and the artist, without interrupting the song itself. You can also hear the titles of your playlist if you continue to hold the centre button.

The iPod Shuffle may lack a screen which most other MP3 players including iPods have, but it makes up for its deficiencies with its unique features like VoiceOver and its easy to access controls. The iPod Shuffle is a compact yet robust MP3 player which comes in a variety of colours including a modern stainless steel finish.

Top FOUR iPad apps:

So you are now the proud owner of an iPad. You’ve seen all the press info regarding the iPad and its release and two days after it has been released, you couldn’t wait to buy one. Now it is all about filling your new iPad with apps, and here are five essential apps for your new iPad:

1. Scrabble is an all time favourite. But you can’t play it on the move, even if you invested in a travel version. But the new iPad Scrabble app can be played on the move, and all with the touch of a finger. Being on the iPad means you can play your old favourite without faffing around dropping and losing tiles, as well as get hints, customisable levels and rules, plus you can play with friends either with you, or on Facebook. Just try that with a conventional Scrabble board! It only costs £2.99 too, much cheaper than the board game price. Scrabble

2. Nigella Quick Collection turns your iPad into a cookbook. No more messing about with old cookbooks that end up damaged and soaked with tomato sauce, use your iPad to cook smart with a leading UK chef. You can learn to cook her dishes with innovative recipes, videos which are more helpful than an old cookbook and even a shopping list for each recipe so you can find out beforehand what you need for the dish in question. At £4.99, it is cheaper than a cookbook from a bookshop that is soon covered in sauces and spills only a week later. Nigella Quick Collection

3. Isn’t is boring when you are studying Chemistry and you have to look at that old periodic table which is ultra small and hard to read? There’s an app for that too, called ’The Elements'Not only do you get the 118 elements with atomic numbers and masses, this is the next level as you can see what the actual element looks like, its origins, discovery and importance. You get a lot more info compared to the old periodic table. It costs £7.99. ’The Elements’

4. If you love reading Marvel Comics like Spiderman and X-Men, you can do it with the touch of a finger with the iPad. The Marvel Comics app allows readers to read digital comics with ease, zooming in to see pictures, great for those who may find it hard to read. The app itself is free, although a subscription to Marvel Comics may be required. Marvel Comics