Warning: Now before anything this review is going to be my personal opinion and not a huge technical or professional review. I, a personal consumer, and a person who loves to purchase new gadgets am reviewing it for those who wish to know what my experience has been with this device. So if you don’t like it or think it’s too “Apple-y” then just close this and move on ;)
So, on March 7th 2012, Apple held their event to announce the next generation of the ‘iPad’ many thought that the device was not worth the upgrade and didn’t offer any “wow” features but in my humble opinion it brought more than enough punch to the game. I immediately pre-ordered my White 64GB 4G+Wifi model and unfortunately due to the strike wasn’t able to get it yet (it’s on its way shipped from Sister #3′s apartment) instead mother got one for Mother’s Day this year from Pops and I used and abused that model. So want to know what’s the major difference? Well here goes:
For those of you who have been complaining about these past few weeks well I have news for you! is the lesser of all evils! At least I know that when I have a problem I can contact them via their Social Media and get instant answers (that happened with me when I ordered my iPhone 4S) also I know that once I order something it will come to Kuwait most likely on time and not like these losers!
SUCKS MAJOR BUTT!
Seriously the worst service I have EVER EVER USED! Once you hear my story you will just be outraged by how bad their service is. So here goes:
Back in August I decided to subscribe to them after hearing some (and by some I mean 1-2 ) good reviews and there were no bad reviews out there. I thought “Wow! This might be a service which I can get behind and actually use, its fast and cheap!” And boy was I wrong! The sign up process was easy but the rest was horrible. The only good thing that came out of the whole ordeal is that my bill is the lowest ever!
[WARNING: Long post rant ahead!]
I am the most gadget-crazed girl I know of, but I think my mom can join that race as well. But I love great deals more than the gadgets themselves so earlier last week when I posted about that awesome iPod Shuffle 4th Generation deal I had already grabbed a few, I actually purchased 3 and had a complimentary coupon from to try their service in which I got the 4th iPod Shuffle.
The service is awesome and easy, you just sign up, find a deal you love which is available for 24 hours or until the stock is sold out, and within 1 business day you will have your package waiting for you at your door step. Small packages get charged 1 KD shipping via DHL and big ones get charged 2 KD shipping. If you’ve tried then you know how great their delivery service is!
Not only did I grab the 4 iPod Shuffles, I also grabbed the Konica Minolta printers that were offerred for 25KD each the next couple of days. They were an awesome deal and I loved it.
I highly recommend you all to head on over there and grab whatever deal that tickles your fancy, be sure to stay on the look out at midnight :D
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P.S. Not all the iPod Shuffles are for me, the Silver is mine, Blue is for Isous, Green is for Toons, and Pink is for the birthday girl Lujain :D
Last year I had bought a Sony WX1 for my birthday, I loved it but one thing you should know is that my camera never stays with me for long because of my father’s job he travels a lot and requires a camera for those trips. He constantly borrows it and loves it because of the size and quality of pictures. So earlier in November he had come to me requesting me to order him a new camera and after research I saw the WX5 it looked awesome and felt amazing, so I went ahead and ordered it.
One thing I want to say about the WX5 is that ITS AN AWESOME CAMERA! I used to have some trouble with the WX1 where the photos get a shady black spot there but with this new WX5 I didn’t get any trouble with the pictures. The pictures all come out looking crystal clear.
Some awesome features available in the camera: 3D Shooting (which is amazing btw!), Sweep Panorama, Background Defocus, Intelligent modes and so much more! The only downside for me is the battery life as it can actually run out during the day if you use the 3D feature a lot! Overall if someone is looking for a compact point and shoot camera that has awesome DSLR features I would highly recommend this one. The price is awesome as well since it’s available at Amazon for the price of$298 [].
P.S. All upcoming pictures I post will show the awesome coolness of this camera!
[Movie Review] Tangled
As I mentioned earlier three weeks ago I celebrated my 27th birthday and on that weekend two of my favorite movies were being released (unfortunately “The Tourist” was released a week later) and so I thought I would spend that time pampering myself as well as my little kiddie cousins and sister. So on that weekend we went to Marina Mall and saw “Tangled” Toons, Issous, and Lujain with my Aunt. We saw it in 3D and it was fun! I loved the effects in the movie and the story well it was the typical Rapunzel story with a twist I believe.
I don’t remember the old version of the movie since it wasn’t one of my favorites at the time, my old time classic Disney movies I loved to watch were The Aristocats, Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, Snow White & Seven Dwarfs, and some others but I steered away from some of the earlier originals oh wait I just remembered DUMBO! I loved that one! This movie bedazzled me with its effects which helped bring the story to a new light however it will remain my favorite Disney movie of the year and not favorite animation since that is taken by this years “Despicable Me” that was something to reckon with! I simply loved that one and wouldn’t mind watching it over and over again.
So, for the classic Disney loving person go ahead and check it out, it’s a great movie and I enjoyed every second of it!
P.S. The lizard soooo reminded me of Issous hehe and I kept teasing him about it throughout the movie!
[Movie Review] Life As We Know It
Three weeks ago was my birthday weekend, I dedicated the entire weekend to myself and whatever I wanted I did. One of the things I wanted to do was go and see the new Josh Duhamel movie “Life As We Know It” and I can literally tell you I was laughing throughout the movie and about to really spill everything from the strength of the laughter.
The saddest thing though in Kuwait is that the movie is heavily censored so the first few minutes I was constantly shouting at the screen “What the HELL!” I didn’t get the beginning because of the censorship but that didn’t stop the movie from being funny. The story tackles two individual best friends to a couple, the couple tried to set them up a few years earlier but that didn’t work, the couple is married and had a daughter whom they appointed said best friends to be that child’s godparents. An unfortunate accident occurred and both parents are dead, however their last wish was to have their best friends Katherine Heigel and Josh Duhamel raise their daughter as their own. That probably isn’t the most ideal story however the funniest bits happened when both were trying to deal with a baby without having prior experience. Heigel played her usual neurotic self where is a control freak (a la “The Ugly Truth” and “27 Dresses”) whereas Josh Duhamel plays the goofy aloof guy which is sometimes his typical role. For me Josh made the whole combo work and because of him I laughed my head off in most scenes.
I would recommend you to watch it on a DVD simply because you would avoid the censorship available here in the cinemas.
Due to my geekiness in loving technology I have decided to let friends and guests really review some gadgets and I would post about them in order to give everyone a chance to check out what others think of a certain gadget that’s in the market therefore today I will be starting with letting our local celebrity “” a chance to review the new XBOX 360 Kinect, he was one of the first to get the device earlier this week and already he has some ideas to talk about in that regards so please find the review below and let’s give him a warm welcome. – Jacqui
Since I heard about this technology back in 2009 in E3 “Electronic Entertainment Expo” I was fascinated about this hardware called “Project Natal” which was later changed into “Kinect” early 2010. Kinect launched in the US on November 4th for the game console “Xbox 360″ to compete with the “Wii” and “Playstation Move” and as it happens my device arrived here in Kuwait earlier this week therefore I’m going to give you my honest review as a gamer first then as a consumer.
KINECT: You are the Controller.
When you first hook up your Kinect to your Xbox 360, you’ll notice that it transforms your 5 year old console into something new, clever and amazing. To start using your Kinect you have to do the most common thing we as humans do to introduce ourselves to anyone in this world, which is by “waving our hands”. Kinect will then recognize you, your voice and gestures as well as be able to differentiate you among other people in the same room. This interaction creates a different dimension between you and the device. It is simply… Magic!
Kinect comes with a free full game which is “Kinect Adventures”; a light and family oriented game that gives you a full picture of how Kinect is a game changer in this motion-controllers war.
What I liked:
Kinect is responsive, accurate and a completely new experience.
I spent 3 hours playing with my new tiger cub “JoJo” in the game “Kinectimals” without even noticing how the time flew. Your dashboard will transform into something that looks like Tom Cruise’s console in the 2002 movie “Minority Report” Total Awesomeness!
What I didn’t Like:
It’s either you play by yourself or with someone who knows how to play with Kinect, I had my kids running around me while playing and the game play ran from smooth to a disaster because Kinect was interrupted by their crazy gestures!
Other notes:
Kinect needs at least 3 meters to work perfectly, clear everything in front of your TV if you’re thinking of getting one soon.
The Verdict:
Kinect is a winning technology and the games available right now are amazingly fun but if you’re looking for hardcore games, I think you need to wait a little longer, since Forza 4 and other cool games are coming out in 2011.
I give it 8.5 out of 10.
A big thank you goes to for giving me this opportunity to review Kinect in her blog.
The Fall TV Season is on to us and we’re starting to see those new TV Shows filling our schedules or rather mine, this year I’ve got a whole bunch and around 49 shows is what I’m going to try to follow, I am seriously thinking of starting a sister blog to this one in which I talk all TV Shows, what do you guys think?
Anyways, let’s get back to the point, I find that my guiltiest pleasure in the world is following those cheerleader movies/tv shows. I mean we all watch them and think “damn if only I could bend like that or have abs like that..” or if it’s guys then it’s a different story. But that’s not the point, the point is that The CW has added a new show to their Fall Schedule list and in a way they’ve brought in a rival to Fox’s Glee in which you get to see similar stories happen in two different areas the only difference is Hellcats takes place in College, the girls are definitely hotter, and when you see them doing their routines it takes greater courage not to jump out of your seat and do the same moves and injure yourself in the process.
This new show stars Aly Michalka as Marti Perkins (our heroine), Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) as Savannah Monroe, Heather Hemmens as Alice Verdura, Robbie Jones (One Tree Hill – as Quentin) as Lewis Flynn, Matt Barr (One Tree Hill – as Psycho Derek) as Dan Patch, with Sharon Leal as Vanessa Lodge and Gail O’Grady as Wanda Perkins.
I definitely will put this one out there as recommended for those rainy days and definitely a MUST watch for cheer leading fanatics!
I will not give you a full review or anything, if you’ve watched the trailer below and found that it was funny then I highly recommend you watch it in 3D because I went on Thursday with my dad, aunt, uncle, and my aunt’s 2 kids issous and toons and trust me we were laughing throughout the movie, tears were coming down our faces from how funny it was, and I can’t help but love the new phrase of the year “oh poop!” LOL! Seriously this movie just blew out every single animation I have seen in my entire 26 years of existance! And I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! I give it a million stars if possible but I guess 5 out of 5 is the highest I can go here. Seriously just go watch it! I don’t want to tell you what it’s about just go and watch it!
And think of me when you see the oldest girl with her glasses she looks totally like me! :P
I’ve been meaning to order something from “The-Manhattan” and yet I kept putting that off until recently when I saw that they had the famous “FootzyRolls” available at an awesome pricing scheme and available ahead of their re-launch of their website (sad that the website was down once we got paid LOL!)
Anywho, so late one night I decided to hell with it, I want a pair and I always always get stuck when going out in my heels since I hate walking in them, so let me paint you a regular picture that I experience most of the time.
Every other Thursday after work I decide to go to the movies with my Aunt and sister (sometimes we include the kids) after work. Anyways so I don’t get a chance to go back home and change out of my work clothes but since most of the time I’m in smart casual it’s fine. But my only problem is that I wear heels to work and I can’t really work in flats because (it’s against the dress code HAH!) anyways back to the main story. So I go to the mall and start walking to reach the cinema and that really is painful and so I keep on wishing I had some of my flats to wear but where would I stuff them.
[Footzyrolls enter the scene]
That’s where the Footzyrolls show their true colors, and that’s where they did, a few weeks ago in 360 Mall I was walking in painful shoes I got fed up and luckily enough I had my Footzyrolls in my bag, I took them out, unrolled them slipped them on, and I was in instant heaven. It was really awesome walking in them! I could go on for ages. It was right then and there that I decided this was the best invention ever and I have kept those shoes in my bag ever since!
So, back to The-Manhattan, I placed the order late one night, and I got a confirmation email earlier the next morning saying they would be delivered that same day at 4-8 and for me to provide them with an address. And literally that was it. It was so simple so easy I loved it! So to The-Manhattan team I would like to commend you on a job well done and I’d love to tell you to please go ahead and keep up the great work! And to my Footzyrolls I wanna say “I love you soles!” :P
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a 28 year old Kuwaiti Gadget Freak who is obsessively in love with Apple Products so much that she probably has everything made by Apple. Currently she's being a lazy bum and putting off writing and everything else but when she does this is her space where she likes to vent and release everything, so welcome to it.
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