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Ben Gribbin
About Ben

Ben Gribbin is the Editor at Apple Reviews, and is a freelance web & icon designer from the UK. Ben also loves to blog, and it goes without saying he is an apple nut through and through. You can find out more about Ben at bengribbin.com

My Latest Posts

Below are the latest blog posts from me that have been published on Apple Reviews.

Every so often, a product is delivered by the nice FedEx man that really makes us smile because of it's completely unique approach. You've seen iPhone cases and laptop bags, but have you seen one of these? A gadget holster for the Apple fan who loves to travel! This holster (which looks like a police issue gun sling) not only makes you feel like a super-sleuth spy but also allows you to carry a bag load of expensive gadgets discreetly. The ...

SousChef Review

SousChef Review April 1st, 2010

We review SousChef, the digital cooking assistant for Mac. SousChef is a fantastic addition to any cooking enthusiasts mac line-up!I don't know about you, but I love to cook! In fact, I love been in the kitchen full stop. All the excitement, pressure and passion in creating good, tasty food really excites me! But finding new and interesting recipes to cook gets a little dull. Plus, your forced to trawl through thousands of sites, each with their own unique interface and ...

No, we haven't had too much coffee today. We are reviewing an Internet connected scale. In fact, this clever scale will calculate who you are (between pre-assigned profiles), calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index - or how healthy you are in the eyes of a doctor) and fat mass - and then publish these measurements to a slick online interface that can be accessed on your Mac or iPhone. The Scales The Scales are made up of a plastic base mounted onto a ...

LogMeIn Ignition review

LogMeIn Ignition review March 28th, 2010

Today we review the remote login app for the iPhone - LogMeIn Ignition, available now on the App store and connecting you to your mac anywhere. With all the technology that whizzes around today pretty much anything is possible. Take a look at the App Store and you'll see some pretty exciting things happening with the iPhone. There's apps that solve Rubik's cubes and apps that will even unlock a hire car. No, this isn't turning into the latest Apple ad, rather, ...

Recently, a fan of the site recommended a clever little app called Sleep Cycle for the iPhone - an alarm clock with a huge difference. Basically, this app promises to monitor your current state of sleep and will only wake you when you are in your lightest sleep pattern. The idea is that this should leave you feeling less tired and more alert during the day. We couldn't pass up any sort of opportunity like this could we? So, we purchased Sleep Cycle ...

New videos

New videos March 22nd, 2010

We've got more video content for you, the hour long ustream 'Keynote' we carried out today, and a brief overview of the program we used to create it. As a side note, we did have an issue with the sound, in that at first it sounded great, but we 'fixed' it and made it worse. Oops. If it isn't broken, don't fix it :P Don't forget to follow us on twitter

Mophie Juice Pack Air review

Mophie Juice Pack Air review March 20th, 2010

Additional power for your iPhone is an absolute must. If you ever travel with your iPhone, even for just a day, you'll know what we mean. The Mophie Juice Pack Air in action Checking your emails, playing some light games and playing films suck your iPhone's battery quicker than you can say "Oh, where's my charger?". You might consider purchasing an external, top-up mobile charger for your iPhone or even a car charger. But the external battery is just another thing for ...

AppleReviews Review keynote

AppleReviews Review keynote March 18th, 2010

We get a lot of questions based upon our reviews. You know the sort of stuff "Will this hard drive fit on my desk", "Does this product work with product X?" e.t.c We love getting these questions because they make us think. Because we get so many of them, we've decided to run a special online 'keynote' that allows you to go along, ask your question via the chat-box, and receive a real time answer - in some cases using ...

Today we are looking at a truly exciting product, the Novatel Wireless Intelligent Mobile Hotspot 2352 as it is known in the EU, or in the US, simply the MIFI. If you've not heard of the 2352, here's the basic concept. You purchase the device and a 3G enabled sim card. You place the aforementioned card into the 'MIFI' and this acts as a portable WiFi hotspot, allowing up to 5 devices to connect and share the 3G Internet broadcast from ...

ScreenFlow review

ScreenFlow review March 16th, 2010

If like us, you often need to create screen casts (in our case for our YouTube video reviews) you'll want a solid, reliable and easy to use screen recording app. We've recently been using IShowU HD, but another app has come along - the fantastic Screenflow. The Screenflow start-up screen offers up quick recording options, and allows for quick changes. Yes that is a Steve Jobs style black polo neck :) We first tried Screenflow several months ago and loved it! It works ...

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