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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

iPad Mini Review

Merry Christmas to all! This is going to be a fairly quick review, but I just wanted to get it out there. Many people have been making fun of the iPad Mini when it was announced. "Its just a huge iPod", "Whats the difference", "I don't understand the difference", "Whats the point?!". Well, I never had my doubts. I am a die-hard Apple fan and I rarely think their choices aren't without a purpose or intent. The same goes for the iPad Mini. When you hold it, you really don't want to let go. It fits so perfectly in your hand and you just love having it with you all the time. The setup was very easy without having to use a computer. Now, one thing that people have been talking about a lot is how there is not a Retina Display on the device. Well, I don't think it matters. With an iPhone, generally things are smaller so you hold it (somewhat) closer to you. With an iPad, everything is larger and wider so you place it on a table, further away. Because of that extra distance, the lack of Retina is less noticeable. Now, I do say "less". It is noticeable, but it is NOT distracting. Siri works great, I love it. The Maps is fine, some people in some places hate it, but thats them and people are entitles to their opinions. I, personally, love the maps and have a blast using the Flyover. Overall I give the iPad 5 ingredients. I hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy New Year! Feel free to post your thoughts down below, as always, see you next time!

Linus Schill–––––––13
BLT Films Rating-5/5 Ingredients

Looper Digital Early Release

Back in November, I got the Amazing Spiderman on iTunes. Now, it was a "digital early release" surprisingly, it meant it was released digitally early. That is, earlier than the DVD copy. This is a really smart decision because today is Christmas, so people will be getting holiday cash and their impluse will be the same as mine: to buy it right way. Now I was really surprised when I saw this appear on iTunes because it was so early after release. However, after looking into it more, I saw that it is going to be released on Amazon on the 31st of this month. Now, some people would preorder the Blu-Ray and then get it by New Years, but honestly, it is not worth the wait. Its MORE expensive on Amazon AND you have to wait longer! Apple is doing a really good job with the digital early releases because the movie is always cheaper and it gets to you RIGHT AWAY. Another thing with using iTunes, is that the price remains constant. With Amazon, they are sending you a physical product so the supplies could change and the prices could flux. With Apple, unless there is a sale for some reason the price will remain constant so you know that buying the movie when you did, was a smart decision. No one likes that feeling of "why didn't I just wait until the price lowered?". Thats all for now, thank you for reading, tell your friends about the blog, and I'll see you next time!
Linus Schill–––––––13

Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review

On Thursday, I saw the Hobbit at midnight. Now some wonder why people do this. Why they see movies at midnight, why they don't wait until the next day, etcetera etcetera. However, I am really glad that I DID see the Hobbit at midnight. This was the third time I had been to a midnight premiere. The first being Harry Potter 7 pt. 1, the second being The Avengers. It really isn't a waste of time. There is something about the thrill of getting to see his movie before anyone else that just makes the experience so great. Now, onto the review. I read the Hobbit for the first time over the summer and I loved it. I only read the book because I knew the movie was coming out. I also heard that Peter Jackson was going to make it into three movies. I didn't know how he was going to pull that off until two nights ago. The movie was fantastic. It was funny, full of action, and downright amazing. Some people thing that having all of those dwarves would make draw the attention off of each one and you would never see some, it would be unbalanced because there where so many, but that is just wrong. The movie did a great job making sure each one was seen just enough. Also if you do great job at showing how each of them is great in battle. All of the action sequences were great, and well paced. Gollum was fantastic, the visual effects on him were incredible and out of this world. It is amazing the things that can be done these days. He was also extremely creepy, a lot scarier, yet funnier, than the Gollum from Lord of the Rings. The movie ended great, with a perfect cliff hanger. Another thing, the movie didn't just END and say, Bilbo Baggins will return December 2013, no. It wrapped up very smoothly and very well. Now, there is one thing that I must mention, and this is what I didn't really like. They added this villianous orc that was supposedly Thorin Oakenshield's arch enemy. I won't say anything else though. Besides that, this movie was great. My rating of it is 5 ingredients. Thank you for reading, feel free to post your thoughts down below, and I'll see you next time.
Linus Schill–––––––13
BLT Films Rating-5/5 Ingredients
UPDATE: 12/16/12 6:52- Just saw it again! Still amazing!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

iTunes 11 Review

Does Not Belong to Me
Last Thursday, iTunes 11 came out. Now some people were suspecting it would be "another Maps". This is implying that Apple will make a large change and expect people to love it but everyone hates it. Now it is one thing to "hate" something just because it is "different". It is a completely different thing to "hate" something because there are actually faults. Now I sense that this will be an example where people complain solely because it is a different UI then iTunes 10.7. Now I was very nervous when I saw the announcement video back in September. It looked very different and I didn't know if my songs would be compatible because I got them off of the internet. However, when I did get it, I just couldn't close my computer. The UI is so friendly and easy that you just want to keep using it. Now don't be thrown
off by the fact that the side bar is gone. As shown here, you can simply add it back. I know, I was upset at first, but quite honestly, I just got used to the new view. There are a lot of good things about this new version, and there really is only one thing I don't. This was iTunes DJ. It was really fun to play around with. Now I don't care that much to go and download some other DJ app of the Mac App store. It was just a fun thing to play around with with friends. However, Up Next really is great. I use it all the time and I think Apple did a great job with that. Now for those of you who don't know what iTunes DJ is, it is basically a way for you (and your friends) to add music to a "playlist" that would play out. Access to this could be obtained view the Remote app and could be optionally password protected. Like I said, it was just fun to play with, don't mind its loss that much. Well, thats all for now. I hope that you download the free update from Apple.com. As always, see you next time.
Linus Schill–––––––13