Creative Labs SoundBlaster ROAR SR20 Review: Much Better, Creative

Several weeks ago I took a look at the Creative SoundBlaster AXX 200 portable Bluetooth speaker and came away less than impressed. It's chockfull of neat features, but really falls on its face in the sound department. Creative has a new speaker out now, however: the SoundBlaster ROAR ($200). There's a lot to live up to right out of the box with a name like ROAR, so I had pretty high expectations from this one.

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Deal: Toshiba 13.3-inch Chromebook for $248.42

Today, Amazon has the Toshiba 13.3-inch Chromebook on sale for just $248.42, which is a good $30 off of the normal price which is $279. Now it’s not the most high-end Chromebook out there, but it’s still a pretty decent offering from Toshiba in the Chrome OS market. It features a Intel Celeron 2955U 1.4 GHz Processor, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, 16 GB Solid-State Drive, 13.3-Inch 1366×768 resolution Screen, Intel HD Graphics, Chrome, and Epic 9.0-hour battery life which is due to the Haswell processor inside.

It’s not the prettiest Chromebook around, but it’ll definitely get the job done, which is what you want. Right?

Toshiba CB35-A3120 13.3-Inch Chromebook

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Case of the Day: Incipio DualPro SHINE for Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Today’s case of the day is for none other than the Galaxy Note 3. This case from Incipio will fit all models of the Galaxy Note 3, just not the Galaxy Note 3 Neo, obviously. It’s available in black, black/silver, and white/pink. Starting at just $11.99. Brushed aluminum design adds a sleek style and finish. Hard shell Plextonium frame with shock absorbing silicone provide double the protection. Radio transparent materials do not hinder available signal strength. It’s a great looking case, in fact this line of cases are available on just about every flagship device out there. I’ve used it on the LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8 and even the Google Nexus 5.

Incipio DualPro SHINE for Samsung Note 3 – Carrying Case – Retail Packaging – Silver/Black

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Samsung Gear 2 now has a predictive messaging app, courtesy of Flesky app

Back in January Flesky showed off its small predictive keyboard on the Galaxy Gear, though the Omate TrueSmart was actually the first smartwatch to show off the app. If you’re the type that finds the idea of a keyboard on such a small space to be useful, Flesky is certainly delivers. One problem for Gear fans, though: it’s an Android app.

With the Gear 2 family running Tizen and even the original Galaxy Gear now switched to Samsung’s own mobile OS, those looking for a keyboard were left in the dark — until today.

Flesky’s new Tizen-friendly app is much more than just a predictive keyboard this time around, it’s actually a full featured messaging app. This means you can now send and receive messages without ever having to whip out your phone to do it. The new app is available directly through Samsung Apps, though it currently only supports the Gear 2 family.

Why would you even want a keyboard or messaging app on a smartwatch? That’s a good question, especially considering you will generally always have a bigger keyboard and better apps nearby thanks to your paired phone. Still, if you like the idea of communicating without pulling out your phone, Flesky looks to be a pretty solid choice.

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Fleksy Messenger aims to give you the gift of replying to texts on Gear 2 [VIDEO]

One huge problem with smart watches? You can’t type on them. Well, you’re not supposed to anyway — a 1.8-inch or smaller display makes that task quite hard. Fleksy is looking to eradicate that, though, with their latest app for the Samsung Gear 2.

Fleksy Messenger allows you to reply to text messages you receive using nothing but the smart watch (whereas before you were only able to view text messages). Fleksy’s impressive text prediction algorithm is put to work here, translating literal gibberish into clean English. The app makes keen use of gestures for the purpose of typing symbols and inserting spaces, leaving room for nothing but the bare QWERTY layout to take advantage of as much screen real estate as possible.

I honestly wouldn’t forego the ease of just whipping out my smartphone and comfortably typing the text out. Thirty seconds to type out a 5 word message seems pretty long. Still, should you find yourself in a situation where getting to your phone is impossible then this should be a very nice app to have handy. Find it demoed in the video above. You should be able to find the app in the Samsung Apps Store later today.

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eTools Private Search – indie app of the day

What is eTools Private Search?

As we all know, search engines keep an eye on what we search on. Generally it’s for things like targeted advertising but that doesn’t really make anyone feel any better about it. It also probably hurts their case that some people search for things they’d rather not let anyone know about. eTools Private Search lets you search major engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc privately.

This can be a really nifty application. There are search engines out there that focus on things like privacy. However, let’s face facts. The word “Google” didn’t become a verb because it’s pretty. It happened because Google Search rocks. eTools Private Search lets you use it without Google knowing who you are. This occurs because all searches go through the app’s server which is located in Switzerland and the results run back through there and are displayed to you.

It is also a very simple application to use. You simply open it and search for anything. When you find what you want, use your own browser to open the links and that’s that. Think of it like the Google Search app before it became Google Now. Just open and search then close and forget. The only real knock against eTools is the interface. It’s quite bland and it won’t be winning any design awards.

The only other thing worth mentioning are the search settings. Aside from searching a number of engines, you can also change your country of origin, language, safe search filter, and others in the settings. There isn’t anything overly powerful there but if you need to filter out potentially offensive content or you want to search from a different country then you have that option.

It works way better than it looks.

PROS

• Search Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc without leaving a trace.


• App is free to download with no in app purchases.


• The app has search configurations such as changing your country or language.


• Seems to be pretty stable. There are likely bugs but none that current users felt the need to complain about.


• Great for privacy minded individuals.

CONS

• The interface is very bland. It's not good or bad, just bland.


• It may lack some more rich features of other search engines.

8.0

Even though it’s a very simple application, it can still be quite the useful tool in your app drawer. Especially if you’re a privacy minded person who still wants to use sites like Google without leaving any traces. It’s free in the Google Play Store using the button below.

Check out the last indie app of the day: ReactionLab

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Samsung Introduces Korea To The Galaxy S5 LTE-A, The Phone's Impressive QHD Display, And Its Snapdragon 805 Processor

Being the successful multinational conglomerate that Samsung is, its products are known the world over. But some of its toys are destined for use just in its homeland of Korea. The newly unveiled Galaxy S5 LTE-A is one such product. We can drool over the device, with its support for LTE Advanced and data speeds that most of us in the States can only dream of experiencing (Samsung's advertising speeds of 225mbps down), but there's more of a reason for us to take notice of it than that.

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