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SGP Linear Mini Series case for iPhone 4S / 4 review

team@okaygeek.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:35:09 +0000

SGP has no shortage of cases for iPhone or iPad, and their Linear Mini series, while being their budget line, is far from being comparable to a generic means of protection for your precious mobile. The accenting colors, glossy finish, and comfortable hold would make just about an iPhone proud to don this, but how would an owner feel about that?

Features

3-piece unit
Packaged with Steinheil Ultra Crystal LCD Protector (x1), Micro-fiber cleaning cloth, and Mini Lens Hood (x1)
Available in 4 colors (Yellow, Blue, Pink, Green)

Our Impression

The Linear Mini Series comes in 4 different colors — ours, provided by our friends at CreTouch, gave us the classic Reventon Yellow —, and is made up of 3 separate pieces that come together to built the unit.

Installation is a breeze; slide the U shaped piece over the phone (making sure the cut-outs are on the right side), then slip in the rear backing onto it, and finally finish it off by locking in the case with the buttom piece that goes over the dock connector and speaker ports. Scratches and damage are a non-issue during installation due to the smoothness that this case provides.

Design

Constructed out of durable materials and coated with a glossy finish, the Linear Mini series case is actually quite tircky to handle. Picking it up while it lays flat on the desk can be a little difficult as the sides are pretty slippery. Not to mention that this particular type of design is also prone to more noticeable scratches.

The bezel of the case is also microscopically raised so the iPhone’s screen isn’t flush with a surface if laid face down, but we’re talking about the thickness of a single hair foliclle. Interiors of the phone are not lined with any sort of rubber or foam padding, so if your phone takes a dive you have only the construction of the non-specific materials the Linear Mini is made out of to comfort you.

Accessibility

The headphone jack is slightly recessed into the case and the same holds true for the power button atop the phone. All other buttons, switches, and ports are openly accessible, though the speakers down at the bottom are given deep cut-outs which actually enhance sound.

The rear-facing camera on the iPhone is given a generous amount of space so that the Linear Mini doesn’t get in its way, although the provided Mini hood lens set should do the trick to reduce contrast issues when using the flash.

Comfort

Holding the phone is really comfortable and it’s also visually appealing, accenting either a white or black iPhone perfectly no matter which set of colors you choose. The edges are rounded to provide further ergonomics and comfort when gripping the phon and makes manipulating the handset with one hand a breeze.

I also decided to add in this section the peace of mind you get with the case despite it being 3-piece unit. Once the final piece locks in the entire case comes together and never feels as if it’s going to come apart.

Additional Accessories

Also packaged with the Linear Mini is a micro-fiber cleaning cloth, a Steinheil Ultra Crystal LCD Protector, and one set of Mini Lens Hood liners which are designed to reduce interference between the case and when taking a photo with the LED flash. Definite bonuses and a convenience SGP offers with every case they ship.

Overall

While the Linear Mini is beautiful to look at and easy to handle the case is really, really slippery. Yeah, I’m not joking. As I’m writing this review I’m getting notifications from team members and every time I try to pick up the phone I think it’s going to fall flat on its back. Yes, it comes with goodies and feels great to hold but just trying to reach for it can be a pain.

Pro’s

Visually appealing with accenting colors
Very comfortable to handle
Affordable and comes with extras

Con’s

Glossy finish causes pick-up issues
Scratches are easily visible
Bezel raises the case a hair above the screen

Where to buy

CreTouch Store — MSRP: $24.99

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This review was done by Ricardo Trejo, who was provided a Linear case by CreTouch Store.

Okay Geek Show 8 - Captain America review, 3DS price cuts and low batteries!

team@okaygeek.com — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:41:52 +0000

This week we talk some pretty important stuff like Anime Expo 2011, Captain America (is it good, bad, ugly?), MacBook Battery hacking, 3DS price cuts (now just $169), Battlefield 3 Alpha testing and Apple now has more money than the US Government. It’s a pretty fact-paced show due mostly to the fact that Brandon discovered he had about 5 minutes of batteries left on his MacBook Pro (which was capturing the main recording of the show) so we had to blast through the news — and we really dig the fast pace! Listen to the show after the break and grab a link to all the stuff we talked about, plus the song at the end!

Stuff we talked about

Anime Expo 2011

Captain America (Spoiler: end of the movie)

MacBook Battery hacking!

3DS Price Cuts - Dropping to $169 on Aug 12th

Battlefield 3 Alpha invites

Apple has more money than the US Government

Song — The Killers - When you were young (8bit)

Okay Geek Show - Ep 7 - Black Ops Annihilation DLC Giveaway and OS X Lion news

team@okaygeek.com — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +0000

This week, we have a special show because we’re giving away a copy of the new Annihilation DLC for Call of Duty Black Ops (Steam, PC). We’ve done Giveaways before, but we’ve never done a giveaway for DLC, so this is a first! — What did we talk about this week? Well, we talked about OS X Lion, new MacBook Airs, the white MacBook disappearing, new Thunderbolt displays, the Amazing Spiderman trailer and more! Details on the giveaway after the break!

Download — Episode 7 of The Okay Geek show!

Annihilation DLC Giveaway - For PC via Steam

We are giving away the latest, greatest (and un-released) Annihilation DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops — The DLC will be available on July 28th 2011 and that’s when our giveaway will end (total of 3 days). Just to make sure we’re clear, this is for PC only and we’re using Steam for the giveaway, so if you win the giveaway and you don’t have a PC or Steam, we will choose another person. Now, onto the details!

How to win Black Ops Annihilation DLC

Re-tweet this page — Make sure you are signed into Twitter

Follow Okay Geek — We’re on Twitter, sharin’ our articles

Like Okay Geek — Because we like you too!

You will need — Valid email address, Steam (PC) account and a PC able to play Black Ops

How we choose a winner

We randomize Tweets containing this URL and find a winner, completely at random. We then verify they liked us on Facebook and followed us on Twitter. Then we contact them, friend them on Steam and Gift them the DLC to add to their copy Black Ops. After everything is done, we remove them from our friends list and delete any contact info we have, but we will sure keep in touch on Twitter and Facebook!

Giveaway ends - Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Rules and guidelines

By entering you confirm that you understand the rules and guidelines - This contest is for PC Steam users only. Okay Geek will pay for all shipping costs, but any charges presented to you when it arrives is your responsibility. The prize cannot be substituted for cash. The winner will be randomly chosen which is a secure way to draw a contest winner. If you are the winner, and you do not respond to us within 48 hours, we will choose another winner. You will receive your Prize once they are available to be bought (if they’re not sold out). Sorry to be so boring, have fun!

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 6: Facebook Video chat and New Youtube

team@okaygeek.com — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:21:20 +0000

On this week’s show, Connor and Brandon talk Facebook Video chat, cereal and milk, Bioshock Infinite, Quadrotors, the new Youtube, Spotify coming to the US, Connor gets his iPhone hacked and oh so much more! This is a jam-packed episode so ensure you have an adequate amount of snacks, grab a drink and sit back — it’s time for the Okay Geek Show!

Stuff we taked about

Facebook Video Chat

Bioshock Infinite 14 minute gameplay

The new Youtube layout

Fantastical calendar App for Mac

Controlling Quadrotors with a Kinnect

Spotify coming to the US

The Nastyass Honey badger

Okay Geek Show - Episode 5: We go to Russia!

team@okaygeek.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:27:56 +0000

Special thanks — to Connor for filling in this episode!!!

On this installment of the Okay Geek Show, Ricardo is away at the 2011 Anime Expo spreading the joy of Okay Geek with his bros, so we have our resident social media geek and Contributing Editor, Connor on the show this time around. What’s interesting about this episode is that Connor had been in Russia for about a month and a half and he got back just in time to record the podcast, so there are many stories to tell about Russian McDonalds, roller-blades and sushi smoking — it’s a fantastic episode, so don’t miss it… listen now, or subscribe and save this one for later!

Stuff we talked about

Connor in Russia

The Big N’ Tasty at Russian McDonalds

Google+ and everything we love and Hate

Lytro re-focusing technology

Wikileaks Parody Mastercard Commercial

How big tech companies got their names

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 4 (E3 Special)

team@okaygeek.com — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:03:23 +0000

We have been underground bashing our keyboards and inhaling coffee for the past two weeks covering E3 2011 which has been a blast, but a lot of hard work. We haven’t released a show in a while, so we only thought it was fair to present an E3 2011 special (we talk about Apple stuff near the end) full of analysis of everything that happened, and a breakdown of everything that was released… also, OnLive is awesome.

Stuff we talked about

Featured — Best of E3 2011 games, trailers and conferences

Our crazy best of E3 2011 video

OnLive is pretty sick, and we’ve been playing hardcore

Apple’s iCloud, everything you need to know

Wii U, what we know about Nintendo’s new console

PS Vita could be the stupidest name ever

The new Tomb Raider

Halo 4 is risky risky…

New Spiderman game is great! (no it’s not)

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 3

team@okaygeek.com — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:20:33 +0000

This week on the show, Ricardo and Brandon sit down and talk about the widest veryity of topics ever discussed before… we start with Basketball and end up talking about Portal 2 somehow. We also talk about some crazy awesome cartoons by Exloding Dog and some of the crappy experiences with Miro 4 running on Windows. It’s our best show yet, so stop by and listen!

What we ended up talking about

Exploding Dog

Portal 2 Soundtrack

Miro 4 download

Lebron James Miami Heat

Zuckerberg killing animals and eating them

Uncharted movie director cut

Crazy new Gmail app coming!

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 2

team@okaygeek.com — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:44:45 +0000

This is our first video podcast, and we’re so proud we managed to do it live on Friday, all in one take. This episode, Ricardo and Brandon start the conversation talking about The Office season finale and how well it held up. Then they move onto some talk about Batman, Microsoft’s new “free Xbox” deal and the very sad passing of “Macho Man” Randy Savage. So get ready for an awesome episode, and please leave suggestions on how we can make the video episodes better — audio version is still available to download as MP3 and in iTunes.

Stuff we talked about

The Office Season 7 Finale

Kidrobot Raku day and night giveaway

“Free Xbox 360” Microsoft deal

Bane from the new Batman film

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 1

team@okaygeek.com — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:58:09 +0000

This week, we are talking about a veryity of topics that are strange, just as they are awesome. We’re talkin’ Bear Grylls, Piss, Thor, vocaloid raves, and a bunch of other stuff that peaked our interest this week. This week we have Jason in our sidecar on this motorcycle of justice and we (as usual) have an epic ending song. As a bonus we’ve opened up our T-shirt store and we are also giving away a copy of Pulse for iPad!

How to win a copy of Pulse for iPad

Use the comments to create the most creative situation you can where Bear Grylls would have to drink his own piss. We will read through the comments and search for the most creative one, and once we find it we will send the winner a code to redeem a free copy of Pulse for the iPad! — Note: You most give us a way to contact you (preferrably Twitter).

Also, be a bro and follow @OkayGeekShow will ya?

What we talked about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 0

team@okaygeek.com — Sun, 08 May 2011 14:52:00 +0000

You remember the our old podcast right? Well that was somewhat of a test. A test to see if our readers would enjoy hearing us and listening to what we have to say (and you did!), and after 19 episodes, we decided to cut the cord while we could, change our name, write articles like mad and then finally launch The Okay Geek Show today, a re-worked podcast about everything to do with what we write about — If it’s not on our front page, we’re probably not going to talk about it.

Download - this Episode as an MP3 audio file

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SGP Linear Mini Series case for iPhone 4S / 4 review

Features

Our Impression

Overall

Where to buy

Okay Geek Show 8 - Captain America review, 3DS price cuts and low batteries!

Stuff we talked about

Okay Geek Show - Ep 7 - Black Ops Annihilation DLC Giveaway and OS X Lion news

Annihilation DLC Giveaway - For PC via Steam

How to win Black Ops Annihilation DLC

How we choose a winner

Rules and guidelines

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 6: Facebook Video chat and New Youtube

Stuff we taked about

Okay Geek Show - Episode 5: We go to Russia!

Stuff we talked about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 4 (E3 Special)

Stuff we talked about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 3

What we ended up talking about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 2

Stuff we talked about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 1

How to win a copy of Pulse for iPad

What we talked about

The Okay Geek Show - Episode 0

Stuff we ended up talking about