Airport Scanner Review
+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPadI never would've expected managing a line while hunting for illegal items in someone's luggage to be this entertaining.
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Posts Tagged airportAirport Scanner Review+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPadI never would've expected managing a line while hunting for illegal items in someone's luggage to be this entertaining. Read The Full Review » When devices that supported AirPlay started showing up at CES this year it left Sonos at a bit of a disadvantage. Airplay requires special hardware for it to be supported in a consumer device and the Sonos devices didn’t have that chip. But that’s not the end of the story. The engineers at Sonos put their heads together to find a way to make AirPlay work on Sonos devices like the S5 which we looked and loved at last year. It’s a bit of software and a bit of hardware. But if you have an Apple AirPort the you have all the hardware you need.
To make AirPlay work on the Sonos, you connect an AirPort Express directly to your Sonos S5, both the Ethernet and audio cable. Once connected and configured properly, when you play something on the AirPort via AirPlay, the Sonos will pick it up and switch to play the audio from that device automatically. Boom, instant AirPlay. Ok, it’s a bit of a kludge, but damn, it works great. AirPhonesiPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPadIf you have a super speedy router and need some wireless headphones to watch movies on a computer plugged into a TV that is across the room, this is the app for you. It would be hard to recommend this app otherwise, given the quality of some other apps that do similar things. Read The Full Review » Jetset: A Game For AirportsiPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPadWith Jetset: A Game For Airports, the author's intention was to create a game that air travelers could pick up and play while waiting at the airport for their flights. It makes good on its intentions by using location services that allow you to unlock location specific souvenirs, which can then be shared with friends via Facebook. The game definitely has broader appeal than just for travelers though, with fast paced game play that is humorous and interesting. Read The Full Review » |