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Apple iPad and related items (part 2)

editor said:
As many as you like really, but ideally over 200 words. :)

Being able to share my enthusiasm about products I really like is one of the things that keeps me doing wirefresh (because the revenue it generates its teensy weensy!). If you get enough reviews under your belt you can usually start blagging/borrowing gear too :)
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*sits up and takes notice*

:D
 
sim667 said:
I know someone who does games, she gets £250 per article, and loadsa free stuff...... but it dont half seem looooooong....
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£250 per article is a *lot* of money for a game review. She must be penning long features. Who does she write for?


When I started Wirefresh I invited folks here to contribute but didn't get much of a response. The site's got enough credibility to be given good cameras on review and I've had a fair few freebies too, but the launch parties are the most fun!

If you post up a few articles it shouldn't be too hard to get related free software (unless you're asking Apple or trying to blag really expensive software) and maybe some hardware too....
 
editor said:
£250 per article is a *lot* of money for a game review. She must be penning long features. Who does she write for?


When I started Wirefresh I invited folks here to contribute but didn't get much of a response. The site's got enough credibility to be given good cameras on review and I've had a fair few freebies too, but the launch parties are the most fun!

If you post up a few articles it shouldn't be too hard to get related free software (unless you're asking Apple or trying to blag really expensive software) and maybe some hardware too....
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Oooooh I cant remember who's she's doing it through, Ill have a look next time she links one to me....... tbh, they're normally walkthroughs of RPG games, so looooooooooooooooooong articles.

I might try writing a couple of articles, how long is a good length for a review?

I was also thinking about writing some how to's........ setting up your own VPN on a router for using on public wifi etc....... I dont know if stuff like that would get any interest though.
 
sim667 said:
Oooooh I cant remember who's she's doing it through, Ill have a look next time she links one to me....... tbh, they're normally walkthroughs of RPG games, so looooooooooooooooooong articles.

I might try writing a couple of articles, how long is a good length for a review?

I was also thinking about writing some how to's........ setting up your own VPN on a router for using on public wifi etc....... I dont know if stuff like that would get any interest though.
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Anything over 200 words is fine, with illustrations being 580 pixels wide. Walkthroughs are fine too. To be honest, a lot of the time I'm just posting up notes to myself about interesting apps and stuff!
 
Would love to write for WF, have in fact started a couple posts a few times but never seem to find time to get something properly done...
 
Ive been planning on writing an article on how to set up a home VPN for idevices using ddwrt router firmware...... is that a bit too shit to write about?

(its very handy mind)
 
Crispy said:
I downloaded Garageband for ipad over the weekend.
Wow.
This is a very very capable multitrack music maker, with high-quality instruments and an incredibly slick and easy interface. It's no Logic or Pro Tools, but you can easily make very professional-sounding music with it (but you can always sync your project to the desktop version of Garageband, and from there into Logic). Add a USB audio interface for recording/sampling and you're even better off. In terms of sound quality and ease-of-use it utterly shits on every other music making app I've tried. And it's only 3 quid. Fantastic, 5 stars without a doubt.
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I'm tone deaf and almost totally a-musical.

Still, do you reckon it'd be worth a punt, for a bit of a laugh?

Given artichoke's reaction to my singing ("you only do it to annoy me :mad:" (I don't :()), I can only imagine what her reaction to my music would be. Still, whaddaya reckon, Crispy? Fun for an atonal musically stunted lulz?
 
if you use all the helper functions then it's almost impossible to make it sound bad. It's worth having just for showoff value tbh - anyone with a fraction of a gram of musical talent will instantly want to get one :D
 
Crispy said:
if you use all the helper functions then it's almost impossible to make it sound bad. It's worth having just for showoff value tbh - anyone with a fraction of a gram of musical talent will instantly want to get one :D
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I got grade 4 trumpet. I only discovered during my sister's Maids' of Honours' speech that the reason her viola had sounded so... samey... over the 8 years she 'learnt' it, is that she'd taken grade 1 8 times, and failed grade 1 8 times.

Out of interest, would it be relatively easy to knock out some, say, gabber? And / or a bit of happy hardcore?
 
No, it's not really suited to it. There's no drum programming (yet)
There are dance music apps but they're nowhere near as polished
 
This evening, put on some headphones, dim the lights, maybe a wee toke if so inclined, and lose yourself in Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery - pixel art, gorgeous music, witty self-referential dialogue, atmosphere in truckloads. I'm only 30% through it but it's already one of my favorite iOS games. Comes out on iphone/pod in a month.

 
Oh yes, I've been playing that. I find some of the dialogue irritates me a bit mind you and breaks the atmosphere. But it's generally very good (I'm about halfway through).
 
iPad looks like a winner when it comes to games, perfect for games like Carccacone (sp!) and Settlers of Catania.:)
 
Yeah, the first one. I took it back for a full refund after a month. I claimed I was a scientist who needed a device that could charge from usb for field trips. They grudgingly accepted the full refund :cool:
 
ChrisFilter said:
Yeah, the first one. I took it back for a full refund after a month. I claimed I was a scientist who needed a device that could charge from usb for field trips. They grudgingly accepted the full refund :cool:
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The iPad does charge from USB.
 
Ok, well, the first one only charged from certain Macs two years ago. I proved it in-store with a pc and a Macbook. It might have changed now that manufacturers are upgrading the voltage of their usb ports.
 
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