Jessica Giggles

The life of an event manager, with crazy OCD tendencies, a love for all things sweet, and a #SexyShoes aficionado!


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Girl Guides: Review of the iPhone 5

iPhone5

QUICK LOOK
- 4-inch retina display
- 8MP iSight camera with panoramic feature
- Uses a Nano sim
- New EarPod earphones
- New Lightning connector for charging
- LTE technology

The newest iPhone was announced last year and clearly created a stir. I patiently waited for South Africa to get their stock so I could lay my hands on one of them and call it my own. What I was most excited about (besides getting the newest iPhone before my Apple-crazy husband) was trying out the new charging connector, and seeing whether it really was lighter and thinner compared to the iPhone 4 and 4S.

Click here to read my full review…


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Girl Guides: Review of Griffin AirCurve Play Amplify

QUICK LOOK
- Amplifies the built-in speaker of your iPhone up to 10dB louder
- No power requirements (batteries, cables, etc)
- Uses the battery of your iPhone
- Adjustable stand
- Compatible with iPhone 4 & 4S

The AirCurve Play Amplify says it’s “like a loud-speaker for your iPhone” and this could not have been put any better.

Go here to read the full feature review…


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Frametastic

I recently got hooked on Instagram. And after viewing other people’s pics, I came to realise that they had an app which allowed them to have two, three or more pics side-by-side in one pic. I had to have this app so I asked Twitter yesterday what it was called. Diptic. But Diptic was too expensive for my liking (at 99c) so the cheapskate that I am downloaded Frametastic which is free (for the time being I think). And I am loving it! I played with it a bit last night and today and have since suggested it to a few of my friends/followers and they’re loving it too. If you’re looking for a new app, see what you can create below and decide for yourself if you’ll be downloading it.

There are 18 unlocked frame options available which means countless ways to make your photos come alive. You can then choose one of five different themes to add a little something more to your pics.

Once you’ve chosen your frame, you then select a pic per section. I prefer to have taken all my pics so that I can choose from my Library, but you are able to take a pic on the spot too. Once you have chosen your pics the fun begins! If you touch a specific pic and select Apply Effects, you are taken to a menu allowing you to choose from a multiple of filter effects.

Once you are happy with the pics chosen and their filter effects, the last two things on your to-do list before saving is to choose the colour of your frame (A) and how rounded you want the edges of the frame to be (B).

The final steps include 1. select Save to Phone as this app does not save automatically to your Camera Roll, and 2. select Twitter, Facebook or Instagram to post directly to these applications.

So pic 1 is a singular “frame” with the edges rounded, pic 2 is two “frames” with the Museum theme, and pic 3 is three “frames”.

My creative side is super keen to try out every frame option, each filter effect, each frame colour… If your creativity is yearning for a fun new app, download this one and let me know what you think!

Hugs & Kisses
Jessica Giggles


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Girl Guides: How to change the language on your iPhone

Are you a spelling “nazi”? Do you throw a tantrum every time you see a word spelt incorrectly? Well if you’re like me, a South African speaking the Queen’s English, then you will feel appalled each time you have to change the predicative spelling of words on your iPhone.

As they are manufactured in the US, the iPhone’s predicative text includes US spelling – realized, color, neighbor, etc. But the good news is you can change your language option to the British English allowing your phone’s predictive text to spell the way you do.

Take a look here for the full How To…

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