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January 23 | by Sara

Geek Wishlist: Music Lovers Edition

For all of you aspiring musicians & audiophiles, this Geek Wishlist is dedicated to you! There have been a ton of great apps and accessories designed for listening and creating music on iOS devices recently, from Garage Band to Pocket Guitar. You can even stream popular music apps like Pandora & iheart Radio through a new feature in 2012 model Fords called Sync! With all these new music apps & technology I thought I’d take a minute to call out a few of my favorites! Take a peek and let me know about your favs in the comments…

Shazam Player

For those of you that haven’t used Shazam’s other apps, they are well known for their music recognition software. With the original Shazam App, your iPhone can identify songs playing in a room through the built-in mic and instantly reveals the title and artist of the song. The new Shazam Player goes one step further! Now you can play music, create playlists, and stream lyrics for your favorite songs as they play through the app. Plus, find out more about each song with links to reviews, tour dates, and YouTube videos. The new App was released last week and is available for free on the iPhone.

Alesis DM Dock

For the aspiring drummer, you can turn your iPad into a MIDI drum module with the Alesis DM Dock! Tap out beats on the touch screen or unlock your iPad’s full potential by hooking the dock up to multiple trigger pads & a hi-hat control pedal (sold separately). The DM Dock sports 13 ¼-inch inputs so if you already have an e-drum you can plug it in and have more flexibility with your set-up. Another plus is the docks 1/4-inch stereo AND USB outputs! The DM Dock will be available the second quarter of this year for $249.

iHome Boombox iP4

What is more eye-catching than this large, neon pink jukebox by iHome? Make a statement with these rockin boomboxs that says you aren’t ready to leave 1980’s fashion behind. If you think your really ready, blast “In Your Eyes” while holding the iP4 over your head in a show of affection for your lady, à la “Say Anything” or put on your dopest threads and rock it on your shoulder like Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing!” The iP4 comes in two stylish colors, hot pink and grey, and retails for $199.99. The hip boom box features SRS TruBass digital signal processing technology, 5 band EQ coupled with 4″ carbon composite woofers, and 1″ ferro fluid cooled tweeters for truly audiophile worthy sound quality.

So what do you think? Are you impressed by the amount and quality of the music apps available for the iPhone and iPad? Have you found cool Android music apps? Share your favorites in the comments below!

And check out Gameloft’s music based iPhone games, Guitar Rock Tour & Guitar Rock Tour 2! Both are available on the App Store for $4.99.

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January 21 | by Sara

Playful Minds: Math

Put your noggin to the test in our brand new iOS game, Playful Minds: Math! Playful Minds is Gameloft’s first foray into educational games and I think parents will be pleased! It covers 3 grade levels: kindergarten, first, and second grade, and gives kids a fun way to learn mathematics. And for only $6.99 the first year & $0.99 for each additional year, it’s available at a great price. To sweeten the deal even more, you can get Playful Minds: Math for only $2.99 for a limited time! So start your children off on the right foot & get it on the iPhone & iPad today!

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Come to the island where learning is fun! Your children are going to love learning math from fun animal professors on a tropical island. Playful Minds: Math features 300 exercises to help your children learn math using the US & UK’s math curriculum. Plus, you can track their progress through 5 categories (numbers, measurements, data, algebra, & geometry) with progress reports. Playful Minds allows up to 5 different profiles, so your children can create their own avatar & study at their own pace. You can even customize each child’s experience by adjusting the difficulty!

If you think your child would love learning Math in a fun new way get Playful Minds: Math on the iPhone & iPad for a limited time at $2.99!

Note: Make sure you have a wifi connection when first starting up the game to create a parent profile. Once created, you no longer need a constant wifi connection to play.