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Try to not feel bad for the guy while watching this video. He’s showing a 3G iPhone running the latest iOS 4 software and trying to demonstrate the features of the iPhone as Apple has shown us in their TV commercials. Watch it and tell me you, if you are an iPhone owner, have experienced these slow-downs just today. I know I have and it’s bullshit and I’m not even on 4.0, I’m still rockin’ 3.1.3! Watch, enjoy, comment, share.
For those loyal Tekbru readers out there, you may be familiar with my opinions of Otterbox and their Defender line of cases. I love them. I really do. They are amazing cases and do a great job at really protecting your beloved I-Device. I received my first Defender case for the original iPhone several years back and it was amazing. That video review has over 40,000 views and a ton of comments too. It was a great case, the first of its kind too.
When I got the 3G, I got the 3G Defender case, and while not as good as its older brother, it was still the best case out there for the 3G (and still is to be honest). For some time now, almost a year, I’ve been using my iPhone out of the Defender case to reduce bulk and weight. Well, this morning I go to grab it out of my drawer of cases only to notice that the silicon casing around the hard outer shell had started to feel less supple. Mind you, this case is inside my house, which is air conditioned, and hasn’t been used in about a year. So, I put my iPhone in the case, carefully, and then put some headphones in only to see a tear. I then notice the dock connector flap has a tear too. I remembered the last Defender case had a similar problem but that was after months and months and months of consistent use and abuse.
Knowing that Otterbox has an outstanding warranty, I sent a warranty request in. Now, I haven’t received any email or call back, but I expect something positive from this all. The last time I was sent a replacement silicon skin and new screen insert (oh yeah, my screen is starting to separate from the adhesive on the inner shell, that’s bad, very bad).
I’ll be sure to post pictures when I can and provide an update to the warranty request too. So yeah, that’s it. Like the post title says, this was just an update.
There are a ton of iPhone games out there that really are terrible. Some are so bad you would have wondered if the person who wrote the game was from the past, from a land where computers didn’t exist. Well despite the tons of bad apples (no pun intended toward Apple), there a few game developers who are really redefining the sector.
The first company is Electronic Arts. They have released some amazing games for consoles in the past and with their iPhone development house kicking out franchise games like Madden football and Tiger Woods golf, it’s hard to see them not be in the top rung of quality apps. I am a huge fan of the Madden football games and being able to kick the cowboys ass with my bears makes it even more fun to travel with my iPhone and not my DS Lite.
Other smaller companies, such as Donut Games, have made really great time killers. For example, got 10 minutes before your food arrives? Then go download ANY of the Donut Games games in the app store. Most all are free or next to free and all are spectacular.
With so many free games to choose from, the need for a console like a DS or PSP [Go], isn’t necessary anymore. While there will always be a market for consoles, the vast majority of people are looking to kill five minutes here and 10 minutes there and providing them with an easy way to get their fix is where the biz is going, at least in this guy’s eyes.
So what’s my point? I don’t even know, I started this about an hour ago and have come back to it a dozen times and I’m on my iPhone. So this is what I’m saying, games are good. Free games are better. Free beer is best.
The time is 5:44pm and the temperature is 111F. How does technology survive in this heat? On the bright side though, look at how beautiful that sky is!
I am reviving Tekbru.com. It will be better, faster, stronger, and more awesomer. Stay tuned!
What a question huh? Where the hell have I been? Truth be told, I don’t even know where the time has gone but in the past year and a half I bought a house, went to Thailand, made several trips within the USA, took a few road trips, and ended up clocking in about 20,000 miles on my car (that’s a lot considering I usually only put about 11k mi/yr). So between all the trips, and my nine-to-five job, and a few relationships, I didn’t really have the time to dedicate to Tekbru.com. But, now it’s a new era-time-whatever you wanna call it and I’m starting over. This is a new website for a new Sammy. I know that sounds really cheesy but I feel like a new man with a clearer vision and a direction that I didn’t see before. Maybe this clarity is just a sign that I am getting wiser (also known as losing the rest of my hair and hearing more creaking noises from my back and knees).
What’s changing? Well, for starters, the site itself. I am no longer using Joomla; I am using Wordpress. I like it too. It’s easy and, the real reason why, I can do a lot more from my iPhone. What else is changing? The content, but not much, I promise. I’ll still be doing video reviews when I can but I will be focusing more on brain dumps, first impressions, initial reactions, and so forth. I want to start capturing the initial excitement or possible disappointment when I review a new product. I used to spend weeks testing a product, writing notes, making observations, and then writing a review based on extensive tests. Instead, I want to see if it’s true that a products worth in design and functionality can be noticed almost immediately. I want to know, is it good to go from the start or is it a product that doesn’t seem to be right on point?
What isn’t changing? I still work for you, my readers. I will always be honest with you. I will never lead you down the wrong path. I will always tell you if a product is worth spending your hard earned money on. The methods for receiving Tekbru.com will be the same. You will have this website, you will have access to my Twitter, and my YouTube. I also encourage you to see my past video reviews.
What else? Nothing really. I make this shit up as I go along. If you like or don’t like something, tell me. If you want to see something on the site or want me to review something, let met know and I promise I will do my best. I won’t make any radical surprise changes (like the idiots did at thesixtyone.com).
So that’s it. Keep reading, subscribe to the RSS, tell your friends, search YouTube for my videos, or just google “tekbru” and see what happens.