Apps & Technology

Gift Idea: Wrapp App Free Digital Gift Cards from Top Brands!

April 24, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife Leave a Comment

Have you heard of Wrapp yet? It’s a free digital gift card gifting site that has hundreds of top brands to choose from so you can easily give a gift card electronically to anyone!

Wrapp is full of free gift cards of value (starting with preloaded amounts between $5-$20) from partner brands – Clarins, Major League Baseball, Zappos, Sephora, Banana Republic, Gap, Rent the Runway, H&M, Levi’s, Dockers, Adidas, multiple digital magazine subscriptions and so many more! You can send facebook friends gift cards from their favorite retailer by posting to their Facebook wall (this allows others to add value to your gift), or privately through email.

I decided to give it a try and send a gift card to my friend Sonia for her birthday!

I just picked out the gift card I wanted to send her, added a personalized message, and that was it! DONE! You can choose to add more to the gift card if you like or others can add to the value of the gift card as well, which is even nicer.

As you can see, I already have a few gift cards all neatly filed in my electronic wallet. Isn’t it cute? The website is designed really well, very user friendly and so many brands to choose from. I don’t think I will ever go any place else when I want to send a gift card to a friend. Wrapp makes it so convenient and I love using the app on my phone too.

There are two ways to redeem the gift card.

In-store: Bring up the Wrapp app on your phone, open your digital wallet and show to the cashier. Viola! They take the gift card amount off your purchase total.

Online: Open the Wrapp app, choose your card, use the promo code. Done!

And I know you’re wondering… Don’t worry!!! Wrapp is available both on iOS and Android. I have been using it on my iPhone 5 and I love it!

Great news! The first 50 readers who click on this link and sign up for Wrapp will receive a $10 Clarins gift card! Click here to get started: http://www.wrapp.com/p/fashionablehousewife

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5 Reasons To Get a Windows 8 Tablet

March 23, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife Leave a Comment

I’ve been using the Acer Iconia W510 Intel Tablet as part of the Intel #tabletcrew for almost 3 months now. This tablet has become a part of my daily life and I can’t even imagine how I ever got by without it.

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I started by Getting Acquainted with my Intel Windows 8 Tablet and was absolutely over-the-moon when I discovered that Windows 8 still has a DESKTOP! *choir of angels sing*

Within a couple weeks I realized that there were many Productive Windows 8 Apps On My Intel Tablet and I am downloading more apps all the time. (Continue reading for a list of my favs!)

I’m not just having fun on my tablet though, I am getting work done on it too and being quite productive! I downloaded and browsed a Windows 8 App called “House & Home” to find an inspiration room for my Spring Bedroom Makeover!

Overall, I’m loving my tablet! Here are 5 reasons why I think YOU should get a Windows 8 Tablet and how it could improve your life.

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1. Convenient

It’s the perfect size to just throw it in my purse (it even fits in my clutch!) and go out the door. So if I need to run out the door with the kids for whatever reason and I also need to meet a deadline, I know I have a reliable device I can depend on to get my work done. I can get caught up on emails while I’m in a waiting room, read a book while I’m in the car (with someone else driving obviously!) or keep my almost 6 year old entertained with some of the cool apps for kids on Windows 8. (Almost all of the apps we downloaded for the kids were free!)

2. Powerful

Don’t let it’s size fool you, this thing is powerful. It’s packed with an Intel Atom Dual Core Z2760 Processor 1.5 GHz (1 MB Cache), 64 GB Internal Memory, 2 GB RAM Memory. You can even run big programs on this thing like Adobe Photoshop.

3. Battery Life

It also has an amazing battery life of 9 hours of continuous use and up to 3 weeks of standby time! Need more? You can get up to 18 hours of battery life with the detachable Keyboard Dock.

4. Great Camera

I had a Droid phone for 4 years and all I ever did was complain about how horrible the camera was. I mean, that is, if it actually loaded, didn’t crash the phone and took a picture… Thank goodness for the amazing camera in this tablet! The 8MP rear-facing camera and front-facing camera take amazingly clear, lifelike images and then I can edit and crop the images right on the tablet before uploading to Facebook, Pinterest or whatever. I also figured out that you can do high-quality face-to-face chats with Windows 8 Apps like Skype.

5. Windows 8 Apps

I never saw it coming, but I find myself hooked on Windows 8. *insert shocked-looking face here* I know it, I was like everyone else thinking that Windows 8 was going to be a flop but boy was I wrong. It’s not only expertly designed, but it’s fast, intuitive and useful. The app I use the most is probably Mercury so I can stay in touch with gtalk and yahoo friends. I use Allrecipes weekly to find recipes I can make with the ingredients I already have laying around. My favorite shopping app is most definitely Amazon. I use it constantly! Last but not least, my daughter’s favorite app is Flow Free – a neat little game that is great for young and old alike.

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Enter to Win SOL REPUBLIC tokidoki Headphones (RTV$149)

March 18, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife 29 Comments

Enter for a chance to win a brand new pair of SOL REPUBLIC tokidoki Headphones!

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One lucky reader will win a pair of tokidoki headphones worth $149.00!

Not only are these headphones super cool, but the sound quality is absolutely amazing. My mom has a pair of SOL REPUBLIC headphones and she’s always raving about them. I was so excited to receive a pair of these tokidoki headphones so I could try them out for myself. I was blown away! They are incredible and I’m going to use them in place of my little earbuds from now on.

If you enjoy music or movies on your computer, like privacy listening to anything on the computer at work or just want a great pair of headphones to listen to your iPod, then you will want a pair of these headphones. If I didn’t even know about the amazing sound quality, I would buy these for the design alone. I love tokidoki artwork!!!!

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5 Fashionable Windows 8 Tablet Cover Cases #TabletCrew

March 15, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife 2 Comments

When I first received my Windows 8 Tablet as part of the #TabletCrew I could not find a cover or case for my precious device. I was so afraid it was going to slip out of my hands and crash to the floor, that I didn’t even want to walk with it unless I had both hands firmly grasping it.

The back of my tablet is a smooth, shiny grey metal which is super sleek and chic, but not exactly great for gripping. Before I managed to find a cover for the tablet, I bought a Audrey Hepburn Sticker for the back of it. I think Samantha likes it… (I named my tablet “Samantha”)

Now there are a bunch of cases on the market that perfectly accommodate my 10.1″ Acer Iconia W510 Intel Tablet. Many are just tablet sleeves for transporting the tablet, but luckily I found one that protects the tablet while I’m using it.

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There are many companies like Casemodo and Caseable that let you custom design and personalize the cases for your specific device whether it’s a kindke, iPad or tablet. Other companies like Plus Motif offer a wide array of designs with interchangeable face plates so you can switch the design to suit your mood. With so many different places to get cases and covers now (and so many different price points) it’s hard to choose just ONE fashionable tablet case.

If you are looking for a fashionable tablet cover for your device, here are a few cool options I’ve found during my search…

KattWolf Slim Stand Leather Case for Acer Iconia W510 Tablet – $10.95

Caseable Create Your Own Custom iPad, Tablet, Kindle, Laptop and Phone Cases – prices vary ($45 for above design)

Acer Iconia W510 10″ Tablet Carry Case Protective Bag – $55.00

Design your own case with your own images with Casemodo!

Casemodo Custom Canvas and Leather Cases – prices vary

Plus Motif Interchangeable Designs for iPad, Tablets and Kindles – prices vary

Check out my other favorite laptop, phone and tablet cases on The Fashionable Housewife’s Technology Board on Pinterest

Disclosure: The Acer Iconia W5 was gifted to me by Intel as part of their Tablet Crew program. All opinions expressed above are my own. Check out #tabletcrew on Twitter for other bloggers’ honest thoughts on the tablet.

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When Will Winter Finally End?

March 10, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife Leave a Comment

Spring begins on March 20th this year (2013) but I’m wondering when will winter finally end? It seems we just keep getting one snow storm after another here in New Hampshire and I’ve just about had it! I want sunshine! Warm air! I want to open my windows and clean my house inside and out! I want to plant flowers and play outside! It seems like Spring will never get here…

I am not into outdoor winter sports like skiing or snowboarding, so the winter months drag on and on for me. I feel like I spend 4-5 months out of the year just waiting for better weather so I can go outside!!! I’m really not suited for New England weather at all. I think I belong in California… as far as the weather goes anyway!

I’m trying to pass the time catching up on emails, writing posts and reading books while I’m stuck indoors, staying warm. I wish I had more time to read because I have about 12 more books to read before I can become a certified Birth Doula.

I’ve been reading Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds by Cynthia Gabriel on the Kindle app in my Acer Iconia W510 Windows 8 Intel Tablet. I always thought I would want a hard copy of a book so I could highlight and take notes and have the satisfaction of closing the last page of the book when finished. However, I have found the convenience of being able to have dozens of books on my tablet that I can read anytime, anywhere, to outweigh my need for a hard copy of every single book I want to read.

I’m not particularly loving this book so far, so that hasn’t made me want to set aside time to read it either. Having self-paced school work is nice, but when it’s something you really don’t want to read or learn about, procrastination can be a huge problem. At least it is for me!

I’m hoping I can finish “Natural Hospital Birth” before the end of the month, but I’m finding out that if I have 5 minutes to sit down with my Intel Tablet that I am much more likely to try to catch up on emails than I am to read a book. There are SO many things to do on my tablet that it’s hard to stay focused sometimes! I have downloaded a lot of really useful and fun Windows 8 apps and my daughter is totally hooked to Windows 8 now. I was tired of sharing my tablet with her so her computer genius uncle helped us put Windows 8 on her laptop so she can download and enjoy all the apps that I am using. I think Windows 8 is a lot more kid-friendly than any other version of Windows which is making them serious competition for the iPad now. I’m really impressed with the latest version of Windows and it runs seamlessly on my Intel Tablet.

I hope it really does start to look like Spring soon because I can’t take this winter weather another second!!! I love sitting out on my back deck in the afternoon while the kids are napping and getting some SUN! I can’t wait to do that again.

What do you like to do during the winter months? Do you engage in outdoor winter activities or do you like to stay inside and keep warm like me?

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Disclosure: The Acer Iconia W5 was gifted to me by Intel as part of their Tablet Crew program. All opinions expressed above are my own. See #tabletcrew on Twitter for other bloggers’ honest thoughts on the tablet.

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Productive Windows 8 Apps On My Intel Tablet

February 15, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

As you know, I’ve partnered with Intel to promote their brand new Acer Iconia W510 Intel Tablet. I was unsure how I would feel about the tablet because I had heard awful things about Windows 8, but I said it last week and I’ll say it again… I love Windows 8 now.

I hate it when they make a new version of Windows and change the user interface and functions… BUT for the first time since Windows XP, I actually appreciate and am embracing the changes. There are a few things about Windows 8 that annoys me, but the advantages way outweigh the annoyances for me at this point. I am ADDICTED to the Windows 8 apps! The addiction is so great at this point, that I’m unsure as to whether I want to get an iPhone or a Windows phone. There are so many useful apps and they are so much more convenient than bulky programs.

It’s like they married the convenience and fun of an iPad with the genius and power of Windows and created the most addictive piece of electronics I’ve ever owned.

Here are just a few things I love about the Intel Acer Iconia tablet…

Windows 8 Apps: Easy, convenient, safe and FUN! I’ll show you some of my fav apps below.
Long Battery Life: The Iconia boasts 9 hours of battery life with up to 3 weeks of standby time. Get up to 18 hours of battery life if you get the Keyboard Dock with the Tablet.
Convenient Size: Slides easily into most of my handbags so I can take it with me wherever I go.
Crystal Clear Display: It’s easy to see pictures, text and movies on this amazing screen.
Power and Speed: Need I say more? This thing is more powerful than my big Toshiba laptop!
FUN: It’s fun to use because of the touch screen and the endless amount of games are exciting to sort through!

I had a hard time finding a leather case that was specifically designed for my model tablet. I didn’t want just a standard case for a 10″ tablet. I was looking for one that would act like a book cover as well as transform into a stand. I found the KattWolf Slim Stand Leather Case for Acer Iconia W510 Tablet (With Stylus Loop and Elastic Handstrap) for $8.95 on Amazon.com

I was happy that it had all the right openings to allow easy access for charging it, adjusting the volume, etc. For the price, I was extremely happy with this purchase. It’s not perfect and it’s not ideal, but it works and will protect my little gem.

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Gift Idea: Necomimi Brainwave Cat Ears

February 13, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Now this isn’t the perfect gift for just anyone… I can definitely imagine guys getting dumped on the spot for getting their gal this as a Valentine’s Day Gift, but there are others that would score big time so be sure you know who you are getting this for!

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The geeky, tech-geared girl would absolutely love Necomimi Brainwave Cat Ears. A totally unique and thoughtful gift for the right girl, these Brainwave Emotion Controlled Cat Ears by Necomimi show the world what’s really on your mind with some of the most advanced brainwave technology available!

Necomimi’s cat-like reactive movements show how interested or relaxed you are in real-time. It’s a fun, quirky addition to parties, cosplay, bachelorette weekends and tailgating at your favorite sporting event. Anytime you want to entertain your friends and family, wear Necomimi! Not for the girl that wants to blend in, that’s for sure. These are an attention-getting accessory that I think you’ll get hooked to!

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