Digital Lifestyle Curators
Vimage is an interesting app. It’s not exactly a video editor, but the types of edits it allows you to make to photos add video like motion to pictures in a unique way.
Vimage give you the ability to add 3D animation to photos.
Cinematography is Vimage’s forte, combining complex effects like animating the sky or movement to water in your images, allowing you to create truly stunning visuals in the process.
There is really no need to extensively cover a device as popular and household tier as the iPhone – everyone knows someone who owns one if they don’t own one themselves. And if you don’t happen to know anyone who owns an iPhone 14 Pro, you can guarantee any cellular store or electronic department has them on display in their mobile section.
And although seeing a device in person and fiddling around with a display unit isn’t the same as actual day to say usage of a smartphone, it’s safe to say iPhones aren’t going to give you any performance or reliability issues. They are in fact the de facto standard for quality regarding all things mobile.
Which is Apples biggest strength and weakness, they are the company that plays it safe. Incremental hardware updates, tried and proven concepts. This is why although I admittedly DO see the appeal of iPhones everytime I get a new one, I grow bored quickly with iOS – and consequently the iPhone after a few months.
(Review In Progress)
| Specs | iPhone 14 Pro |
| Screen | 6.70″ LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED, Ceramic Shield, 20:9 Aspect Ratio, 120Hz Refresh Rate, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (HBM), 1290x2796px resolution,19:5:9 aspect ratio, 470ppi; Always-On Display |
| OS | iOS 16 |
| CPU | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm): Hexa Core (2×3.46 Ghz Everest + 4×2.02 Ghz Sawtooth); Apple GPU (5-core graphics) |
| RAM | 6GB |
| Rear Camera | Wide (main): 48 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, 1/1.28″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS; Telephoto: 12 MP, f/2.8, 77mm, 1/3.5″, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF; Depth: TOF 3D LiDAR scanner. |
| Front Camera | Wide (main): 12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm, 1/3.6″, PDAF, OIS (unconfirmed); Depth: SL 3D. |
| Storage | 128GB,256GB,512GB, or 1TB |
| SIM Card | Tri SIM (Nano-SIM + Dual esim) |
| Cellular | 5G, 4G LTE (with VoLTE), 3G HSPA+, 2G EDGE & GPRS Networks |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 |
| NFC | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Positioning | GPS with A-GPS (dual band), GLONASS, GALILEO, and BeiDou |
| Security Sensors | Face ID |
| Battery | 4323mAh; Fast charging, USB Power Delivery 2.0, Magsafe fast wireless charging v15W, Ai wireless charging |
| Misc | Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer; NFC; stereo speakers; Ultra Wideband (UWB) support, Emergency SOS via satellite (SMS sending/receiving);, Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified). |
| Launch Date | September 7,2022 |
Conclusion
I like the iPhone, and the iPhone 14 Pro is Apple best iteration of their smartphone yet. But their incremental updates and lack of innovation leaves a bitter aftertaste.
(Review In Progress Until This Tag Is Removed)
KORG. One of the most recognizable brands in synthesis and biggest electronic instrument manufacturers, is one who’s name speaks for itself. The company has been creating keyboards and electronic organs since 1962. They created their first synthesizer, the miniKORG – in 1973. They are most known today for their music workstations like the M1 (1998) and Triton (1999-2004), which helped shape the sound of several modern music genres today.
This goes to say, when a company of this magnitude chooses to parlay decades of expertise in synthesis into music production software – musicians from all walks of life should take notice. Enter Korg Gadget 2.
Initially developed for the iPad and iPhone,Korg Gadget 2 is a music production DAW with a collection of gadgets that span from synthesizers and samplers, from drum machines and guitar amps, to audio recording gadgets to acoustic drum modules to ROMplers. And that’s before you get to the add-ons purchased and instrument unlocks. Their are 39 Gadgets in total. THIRTY-NINE.
Unlike traditional linear DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), Gadget 2 uses a tracker styled UI where your sequences play from top to bottom. This may or may not appeal to users at first glance, but the workflow is easy to adjust to in a session or two. The Mixer View is an icon away, which integrates with the Arrangement View a’la Ableton or Logic, giving Korg Gadget a pop-up window-free workflow. From the Mixer View you can insert up to five effects onto each track/Gadget, which are only limited by the power of your device.
Beathawk, is a music production app for iOS is far from a toy. From none other than UVI, developer of software instruments and effects that have been used to produce the music in quite a few blockbuster movies and AAA games. Known for the impeccable sonic quality and sound libraries of critically acclaimed Falcon software synthesizer, which is powered by their UVI Engine – music makers sit up and take notice when a company of this stature makes an iOS music app.
Which is why we have made it our business to introduce this awesome music production app for iPhone and iPad – Beathawk. If you like what you see and hear, click the link below to visit UVI to learn more.
