In the following in-depth look into the iMoodJournal lifestyle app by Inexika we will be covering many different aspects including graphics and navigation, the general app idea, app strengths and of course The App Magazine overall review and rating out of five stars. iMoodJournal is currently available on the App Store under the lifestyle category with a price tag of free.

Graphics and Navigation:

The graphics in the iMoodJournal app are user friendly and pleasing to the eye. The navigation within the app is very clear and easy to understand. Getting started with the iMoodJournal is a breeze and the app is easy to use for both kids and adults.

General App Idea:

The general idea behind the iMoodJournal lifestyle app is to help its users track and learn about their mood cycles and trends through an easy to use iOS application. The iMoodJournal can help identify what causes different moods and help to increase the overall moods of its users.

App Strengths:

The main strength of the iMoodJournal lies in its general idea. I have noticed trends within my own moods and have made steps to ensure I am always in the best mood possible. The app is very easy to use and a great addition to any iOS device.

Overall Review:

The iMoodJournal lifestyle app from Inexika is truly a remarkable app. If you find yourself struggling to control your mood or suffer from depression or being bipolar, the iMoodJournal app can help to create a positive impact on your life.

Download iMoodJournal for free from the iTunes App Store

In order to use the program, the entire process can be listed in four very simple steps:

1. Open the Application
2. Select the file, folder or drive that you would like to backup
3. Select the destination of the backup
4. Press Backup

Depending on what you selected to backup (folder, file or drive), Mac Backup Guru will automatically decide how to create the backup. If you chose to backup a folder or file, an identical copy will be created on the destination drive. If however you selected to backup an entire volume, such as your primary hard drive, a complete bootable backup will be made.

The first initial backup completed will always take a little longer to complete as every single file and folder needs to be transferred. However, after creating your first backup, all backups thereafter will only copy files/ folders based on three conditions:

1. The file size is different
2. The file was modified at a different date
3. If the file has changed

In our testing, we carried out two types of backup. Firstly, we performed a full volume backup of our primary hard drive. This successfully cloned our entire hard drive and we were able to boot from it right after with all our files / folders / applications intact and working.

The second test we performed was to backup a folder full of random files. This also completed successfully and we were presented with a folder full of identical copies. We then transferred a new file to the source backup folder and then performed the backup again. As we had expected, this second backup completed much faster than the original, therefore showing it only copied the new file into the backup. The final test we completed was deleting a file from the source backup, and then running the backup again. In this test we hoped that the file we had deleted from the source, would also be missing from our destination backup. Unfortunately it was still there, showing that although the program scans for modified files, if a file is deleted it will not delete it from the backup like we had hoped.

As a final conclusion, Mac Mackup Guru is a very simple backup solution for home / business users. It’s quick to use and removes a lot of the headaches from other backup applications. The drive cloning ability is a very useful feature for creating identical drive copies.

The only negative comment is that the application failed to detect a deleted folder and remove it from the backup.

All in all, Mac Backup Guru deserves a tidy 4/5.

18K Gold Blackberry Torch – Value: $13,100

Diamonds aren’t the only things used to glam up boring mobile phones. Recently, an 18 karat gold Blackberry Torch sold for almost $13,100. Alexander Amosu, who designed the phone, started a business off creating high-end custom designs for phones when a friend of his asked him to create a custom design to give to his wife as a present. Other designs from Amosu that make this list of the blingiest phones include:

Pink Diamond iPhone with Pink Case – Value: $4,355

Diamond Encrusted iPhone – Value: $24,540

Black Diamond Blackberry 9780 – Value: $26,000

Diamond Encrusted Vertu Cell Phone – Value: $73,000

Back in 2007, the most expensive phone, available from Neiman Marcus, was the diamond-encrusted Vertu phone. With both pink and colorless diamonds, this phone had a total of 7.2 carats and was sold for $73,000. Can you imagine carrying a phone in your purse worth more than your car?

VIPN Black Diamond – Value: $300,000

Valued at $300,000, VIPN’s luxury phone has two black diamonds including one on the front joystick. This phone features an interesting design with a raised touchscreen and keyboard.

Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot – Value: $1 Million

Combining black diamonds with 18 karat gold, the Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot phone is priced at $1 million. Other features that really shine on this phone include the keys made of crystal sapphire and the back panel that comes from 200-year-old African blackwood trees.

Diamond Crypto Smartphone – Value: $1.3 Million

Valued at $1.3 million, the Diamond Crypto Smartphone includes 50 diamonds — 10 of which are blue diamonds, which are deemed to be one of the rarest colors of diamonds. Rose gold is also part of the design.

100 Carat Diamond Encrusted iPhone – Value: $7 Million

Back in 2010, the most expensive phone in the world belonged to designer Stuart Hughes of Liverpool. Estimated to be worth around $7 million, this iPhone is blinged out with over 500 diamonds weighing around 100 carats. The biggest of these diamonds is the one fitted over the home key, which is 8 carats. It comes with a second interchangeable diamond that weighs 7.4 carats. The back of the phone is rose-gold plated with a diamond Apple logo.

Although the Real Housewives of the OC may be tempted to buy these phones, it might be better to just find deals on the latest prepaid smartphones, bling-free, and leave the diamonds and sapphires to the jewels on your neck, wrists, and fingers.

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With the summer period coming to an end, what better tech companion could you have than a nice shiny netbook for watching all those movies and surfing the net while escaping the dreary weather? Luckily for you, we’ve teamed up with Argos to bring you this competition to win a HP Mini 210 Netbook.

All you need to do to win this brilliant little netbook is follow the below steps.

What is the screen size of the HP Mini 210 Netbook?

How to enter:

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This competition is open to UK residents only and is open to all ages.

The competition will end on the 30th September at 5pm GMT. The winner will be announced on Facebook, Twitter and here on the website on the 1^st October at 9am GMT.

For more information on the latest HP Laptops from Argos check out their site and while you’re there, take a look at their wide range of netbooks and computer equipment!

Good Luck!

The game begins with prompting you to “pick your colour” from a selection of different coloured rectangles. Up to 8 players can play the game (one for each colour) and once you have finished choosing, you simply tap “Go!” to begin playing.

The format of the game is that you have to tap the screen when your colour is displayed. This is made more difficult with images positioned in the centre of the screen that are a different colour to the background.

To begin with, the game begins slowly in order for each of the players to familiarise themselves with the gameplay, but as it progresses it keeps increasing in speed – becoming very difficult. The score is shown in the bottom right corner and if you miss a go you aren’t given any retries, you simply lose.

Bam Jr is a fun game to keep children occupied with their friends. It’s simple objective and increasing difficulty means it is very fun and stimulating to play. For only £0.69 on the app store, I recommend you give it a try.

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Thank you for all of your entries, the winners of the competition will be announced on Monday 14th May! We’ll be giving away more great products soon!

We’ve just teamed up with MEElectronics, the guys behind the brilliant RX11-BK headphones, to give you guys a chance at winning a pair of the brand new MEElectronics RX12 Sound-Isolating In-Ear Headphones!

Style meets substance with the RX12 Rhythm Series in-ear earphone. Combining a tangle-free flat cable, sleek form factor, and two-tone color scheme with great sound from the proprietary dynamic driver, the RX12 offers enhanced bass and a clean sound at an affordable price.

The Rhythm Series in-ear headphones produce rhythmic, spacious sound with added warmth and plenty of bass invigorating your music. The RX12 replaces the RX11 in the MEElectronics lineup.

FEATURES:

• Spacious sound with powerful bass
• Tangle-free flat cable design
• Flush-in-ear design is sleek and comfortable
• In-ear design provides passive noise cancellation
• Compatible with iPod, iPhone, MP3/CD/DVD players, computers, and all devices with a standard 3.5mm jack

MEElectronics, being the great company they are, have given us three pairs of headphones to giveaway, and all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is follow the simple instructions below.

How to enter:

1. Like Tech-Reviews and MEElectronics on Facebook
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And that’s it! Just two simple instructions and you could be in with a chance of winning a pair of the brand new RX12 headphones from MEElectronics!

This competition is open to UK residents only.

The competition ends on Friday 11^th May at 5pm.

The winner will be announced on Monday 14^th May at 9am.

Good luck!

If you’re looking to purchase an Apple iPad, there are a few things you need to consider. Are you going to really notice the Retina Display, use the upgraded 5-megapixel camera or use the new 4G connectivity? If you answered no to any of those, then you might want to take a look at this guide on choosing the right iPad.

First off, why do you need an iPad at all?

Well, the iPad has been around for a few years now and offers a lightweight and easy-to-carry alternative to carrying around a MacBook.

Also, with the ability to download thousands of useful applications, which can range from games to productivity applications, the iPad is becoming a very popular device that could potentially replace your MacBook or laptop.

Obviously that would depend on what you use your laptop for, but with Apple’s new iPhoto application, even things such as graphic design are becoming much easier to do whilst using a tablet.

The iPad is also an excellent device for watching movies aswell so why not check out all the different online streaming services out there such as LOVEFiLM or Netflix. By doing a bit of research you can find which best suits you by signing up to a LOVEFiLM or netflix free trial today.

What are the differences between the first-generation iPad, second-generation iPad and the new iPad?

Well, to put it simply, not much at all really. The first-generation iPad is still a brilliant device that runs extremely well.

The only features that it lacks, when compared with the new iPad, are things such as the Retina Display, it weighs a little more, the design is different and the hardware is slightly less impressive than the new iPad’s.

However, even the first-generation iPad has specs that are better than some newer tablets; it still features a 1GHz single-core processor, 256MB of RAM and is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB options.

If you’re not too bothered about gaming and would just be using your iPad to be browsing the web, checking email, playing the odd game of Angry Birds, then the first-gen iPad would be a great choice.

If you’re interested in all of the above, as well some slightly hard-core gaming and graphics editing, the iPad 2 is where it’s at. A new design, dual-core 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM are what have been changed here.

With the exclusion of the of new iPad’s Retina Display and quad-core graphics (the iPad 2 features the dual-core SGX543MP2 GPU, which is the same one that’s found inside the iPhone 4S), the iPad 2 is pretty much a new iPad. And seen as though the CPU has not changed, from the 1GHz dual-core processor found in the iPad 2, you won’t see any performance increases at all really.

With all of this in mind, you might be asking “Why would anyone buy the new iPad then?”

Well, even though the hardware upgrades in the new iPad aren’t too impressive, it still has a lot to offer including a 5-megapixel camera, capable of recording in 1080p HD, an improved battery to cope with the Retina Display so you still receive 10 hours of battery life, quad-core graphics for even more impressive gaming and 4G capabilities (only really useful for US customers at the moment).

So, if you’re actually going to be using the camera on the new iPad (which is actually very impressive compared with the iPad 2’s very poor 0.7-megapixel camera), be playing a lot of graphics heavy games and would actually prefer an insanely high-quality display, then you might want to consider purchasing the new iPad over the iPad 2.

However, we’d recommend purchasing the iPad 2 for now and waiting until the fourth-generation iPad next year, which should feature a whole new design and some very impressive hardware upgrades.

You can check out what we thought of the new Apple iPad by reading our review here.

Take a look at the next couple of pages to find out more about the pricing for the Apple iPad 2 and new iPad on UK networks.

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From listening to your favourite playlists to streaming catch-up TV, a smartphone is now the perfect pocket-sized essential for entertainment on-the-go. With all this content available at your fingertips, you need access to plenty of data.

That’s why we’ve teamed up with Three, the only network offering all-you-can-eat data on pay as you go and pay monthly, to offer one lucky reader the chance to win an LG Optimus 3D (available now for £449.99 on pay as you go).

Budding movie makers can try their hand at making 3D and HD videos, on the 4.3-inch display, to share with their friends using the phone’s 5 megapixel cameras. Plus, in-built social networks mean that you never need to miss your contacts’ latest updates.

With the ability to expand the default 8GB of storage to an impressive 40GB (up to a 32GB microSD card slot), you should have no trouble at all storing all of the HD videos, photos and music. You can also download applications to your heart’s content via the Android Market.

The LG Optimus 3D comes pre-installed with Android 2.2 (Froyo), but can be upgraded to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

The winner will receive this new handset complete with £50 of Pay As You Go credit from Three, the UK’s fastest growing network (UK winners only).

To enter the competition, and to be in with a chance of winning a prize worth £500, all you need to do is complete these three simple steps:

1. Click the Facebook ‘Like’ button above.
2. Like the Three UK Facebook Page and Tech-Reviews Facebook Page.
3. Leave a comment on this Facebook picture.

Competition ends: April 5th, 2012 @ 5pm

The winner will be announced on April 6th @ 9am.

Unfortunately, this competition is open to UK readers only, but, for all of you guys outside of the UK, keep checking back because you’ll have many more opportunites to win some great prizes!

For high end publishing, the Pro version of the software comes with plug-ins for QuarkXPress and Adobe Design.

Here are some of the key features of ‘personal-edition’ of the software:

1. Easy Use Interface
2. Wide Range of Quality Fonts
3. Productivity and Compatibility
4. Optimized for high-end Desktop Publishing
5. Customizable
6. Comparison Chart

The mathematic equations created in MathMagic can be exported straight into Microsoft Word or Mac’s ‘Pages’ and a number of other word processing suites simply by drag and dropping. Their website is very useful and even includes a very informative 10-miniute video explaining the software and documenting tasks which can be carried out.

Upon starting up the software, it prompts you to enter a serial key (which you get after purchasing the software). Once registered the main program opens up for you to fulfil your needed task.

Although the program looks and feels rather complicated, after a short time spent playing around with it, it becomes entirely natural and difficult equations can easily be created.

For more information about the software and to watch a 10-minute video, visit this site.

I have tried many file recovery applications before, with no luck and simply being £50 or so out of pocket, so trying Data Recovery Guru I was slightly sceptical. However, they offer a free trial, which allows you to trial the software before by scanning your hard drive and showing the files that can be recovered. Moreover, if you’re not totally satisfied with the application they claim to give your money-back 100%. With nothing to risk, I decided to give Data Recovery Guru a try.

I tested the application by using it over a 30-day period, deleting files as I went a long and noting what I had deleted. I then ran the application after the 30-days to see what could be recovered.

To try and recover the files the application scans through your whole hard drive, with over 400GB of data on mine this took a little while. Once the scan had started it begins to present the files I had deleted in a window similar to the default Finder. You can then begin analysing each file while the scan is still completing. Although the original filenames were not the same, you can quickly browse each of them with Preview and also check their file size.

Once you have found the files you wish to recover, you simply select the file and click “Recover”. A prompt will then open to ask you where to save the recovered file.

Unlike other data recovery applications, this really is a very simple application to use and does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s well worth giving the free trial a go. Visit Data Recovery Guru to learn more.