Thanks to the guys at Pulse for giving me three promo codes for their iPhone app, Pluse Mini. To enter please follow me on Twitter.com/connerowen or @connerowen and then you are automatically entered. I will put all of my followers into random.org and the top three people will get the promo codes DM’ed to them on Twitter.
We are also giving away codes for their iPad version as well, please look here to see how to enter the iPad contest.
If you’ve been following the site since I’ve came aboard my main job was to be in charge of app giveaways (that is not all my job consists of but that is what I love the most :) ) So if you have been following the site, the giveaways that we have are normally not that well know or popular because our website isn’t all well known. But the other day I was looking at pulse because I wanted to buy it (let me give you a quick tip, the apps I want but I don’t want to buy, those are the developers I email first! :) ) and I thought what the (excuse me) he** I’ll email them and see if I will get a response, and to my surprise within an hour I did! Thanks to Cristina Cordova – VP of Business Development at Pulse gave me three codes (one for me to review for the site) and two for you guys! The codes are for iPad only. Once they get more codes for the iPhone version they will email me and I will give those away as well.
So to enter all you have to do is follow me on Twitter @connerowen or Twitter.com/connerowen and I will tweet when the contest is up and I will update this post when the contest it up. Then I will enter all of my followers into random.org and the top two people will get a code for the iPad version of Pulse.
Now don’t complain because there is no end date to the contest. Promo codes only last for four weeks but there’s know telling if I will end the contest tomorrow or in two weeks, so enter A.S.A.P.
Hey guys, so we have a new giveaway for you all. This time it’s an iPhone application called Elasticr. It’s a really fun game and it’s a lot more addicting than it looks and we can give away 5 promo codes for the app.
To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter, @connerowen, and then in one week from now (August 15, 2010) I will send the winners a Direct Message with the promo code. In order for me to send a Direct Message, you have to be following me.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment or email be at conner@techgeec.com.
The Giveaway is officially over! No more people can enter. I will be contacting the 6 winners on Twitter! Hope you won!
[stextbox id="grey"]Our Senior Editor, Conner, will always be doing application giveaways. Be sure to continue following him on Twitter (@ConnerOwen) to know when the next giveaway will be.[/stextbox]
Thanks to bitAlpha, the developers of Taska, they have sent 3 promo codes to TechGeec for Taska for iPhone and 3 more codes for Taska for iPad. So we will be giving these apps away starting now! This will be all based off of Twitter.
In order to enter, all you have to do is follow me, Conner, on Twitter. I’m @connerowen on Twitter and everyone who is following me is automatically entered into the giveaway. You don’t have to @reply me or DM me. All you have to do is follow me.
This is going to be a very random giveaway and there won’t be an end date so there’s no telling when I will send out the 6 codes. It could be tomorrow or in 2 weeks. I will use random.org to pick my followers randomly and once random.org picks the followers I will send you a Direct Message (DM) with the code (in order to receive the DM, you must be following me or else I can’t send you one). The first three people will get to choose if they want the iPad version or the iPhone version of the app, but one once the sets of codes are gone, you will get what’s left.
If you have any questions either leave a comment and me or David will get back to you, or email me at conner@techgeec.com.
UPDATE: We now have more promo codes to giveaway! We still have the three promo codes for the iPhone/iPod touch version and we now have an additional 23 promo codes for the iPad version!
TheiPhoneFix, developer of the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad game, Defend Your Universe, was kind enough to provide TechGeec with three (3) promo codes to get his application, Defend Your Universe, for free. This giveaway will only be open for one week. After that, the developer will release a new update for the application which will provide better graphics. We will have more promo codes to give away once the update is released as these three promo codes that we currently have can only be used to redeem the current version of the app.
Defend Your Universe Description: Earth’s in trouble, what will you do? do you have the skills to keep it from falling into the hands of aliens????? In Defend Your Universe your job is to destroy enemy ships that are headed towards Earth, or at least for as long as you can. But, you also have defenses, as time goes by you will build up shields to protect you against aliens
All you have to do in this game is tap the ship to destroy it, or as time goes by, you may find swiping works just as well, what ever your method see how long you can last while trying to defend your planet in Defend Your Universe.
How to Enter the Giveaway:
1. Leave a comment on this post. Your comment must begin with “#DYU” and then you may write your comment.
Ex.: “#DYU I want to win!”
2. Your comment MUST contain either your YouTube account name or your Twitter username. This is so that if you win, we have a way to contact you. If you’re leaving your YouTube account name, becign it with “YT: “, if it’s your Twitter username, begin it with “@”.
Ex.: “#DYU I want to win! @TechGeec”
“#DYU I want to win! YT: iPT2gGeec”
That’s it! That’s all you have to do to enter the giveaway – just leave a comment. In one week, on August 5, 2010, we’ll announce the winner here on TechGeec in a new post. The three winners will be listed there and we will contact the winners and give them a promo code for Defend Your Universe.
I was given the opportunity to review Core Cases’ Aluminum Slider case for the iPod Touch 2G. Core Cases does make this case for other Apple products such as the iPhone, iPod Classic, as well as the iPod Nano (4th generation). Core Cases does, however, make another type of aluminum case for the iPod Shuffle. There is no doubt that all of their cases will protect whatever device you may be using.
The Aluminum Slider case for the iPod Touch 2G is a great case… one of the best in fact in terms of protection. It does fall a bit short, though, functionality wise. Because the case is made from 100% brushed anodized aluminum, it can withstand almost anything that get’s in it’s way. The inside of the case is fully lined with EVA foam to add a snug fit along with some shock protection from unexpected drops. The exterior holds up fantastically against scratches and dents while the interior keeps your device from getting any type of scratches. As you can see in the image to the right, the case has cutouts for the volume rockers on the left, one for the power/sleep button on the top, another one to reveal the WiFi antenna on the back of the case in the upper left corner, as well as one long cutout on the bottom to expose your 30-pin dock connector along with the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. There is also a small, curved cutout on the bottom, front face of the case to better display the home button.
I have found that due the curved shaped of the iPod Touch 2G, the case did not form to the device as well as I would have liked. Of course this is understandable considering the fact that it is hard to shape solid aluminum around a curved piece of technology. Because of this, at times it can be hard to access the volume rockers as well as the power/sleep button. From personal experience, this was much better on the first generation iPod Touch. The front section of the case does cover some of the front of the device as seen in the pictures above. Because of this, if the device is dropped face down on a flat surface, the screen will not be affected unless of course it happens to fall on a corner or elevated rock, as is with all cases. The 30-pin charging cord along with the 3.5 millimeter headphone input fit in to their designated inputs without flaw thanks to the bottom cutout. There is also two very small cutouts on the bottom right-hand corner so that a lanyard/string may be attached.
The case is applied to the device by simply placing the back half of the case onto the back side of the device. Once that is done, the front half of the case can easily slide onto the front part of the device. This is better explained and demonstrated in the video review below. The case features one small metal “bump” on the bottom of both sides of the back half so that the front half of the case can stay securely fastened. I have found a minor flaw with this, though, where if the bottom of the case is not resting on any part of your hand, the bottom will slip out slightly if too much pressure is applied while pressing the power/sleep button, again, featured in the video review below. I also noticed this flaw in the first generation iPod Touch model.
Overall, for being made from aluminum, the case will protect the device indefinitely along with providing for a nice design. The case is priced at $24.95 $14.95 (you save $10) and comes in brushed silver, brushed black, or deep purple. For the price being relatively low and the amount of protection you get from this case, I would recommend this case to anyone who primarily is concerned with protection over functionality. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this case or Core Cases please feel free to leave a comment below or contact us at contact@techgeec.com.
Giveaway
It is extremely simple to be entered into the giveaway for a Core Cases Aluminum Slider case in deep purple. Here are the rules: 1. You must be subscribed to iPT2gGeec’s YouTube channel which you can find HERE 2. You must be following iPT2gGeec on Twitter HERE 3. You must leave a comment on the video review, HERE, starting with your Twitter name followed by your comment. For example, “@iPT2gGeec – I want that case”
The winner will be chosen at random and will be announced on August 31, 2009. Comments posted on this web page will not be eligible.