Review: Double Dip hard case for the HTC One

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With the HTC One being made readily available in Canada, many users are going to want to opt for a good case that will protect this flagship smartphone's aluminum exterior from drops or bumps. I was surprised and disappointed to find that very few big box and mobile accessory stores carry cases for the HTC One and the ones that they carry are pretty average yet overpriced.  Thankfully HTC designs and makes its own cases.

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Garden-tracking made easy with Garden Organizer app

Upkeep of your garden doesn’t rely purely on labor anymore. The Garden Organizer app is a special tool to help you manage the plants in your garden.

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Fluid Notes promises smooth note-taking for the iPad

While it can’t promise to improve your handwriting, Fluid Notes will help make the notes you take on your iPad avoid looking like scribbles of a three-year-old kid using a crayon. Its intuitive interface gives you easy access to the tools you need to create your handwritten notes—switching from fountain pens, to ball point pens, and even to highlighters or crayons are all just a swipe away.

This app has its own bookshelf to help keep your notebooks organized in any way you want. It lets you work in a magnified view so you won’t need to pinch or squint at your screen as you write. You can export your notes to and from the cloud using apps like DropBox, Evernote, Box, and Google Drive. And you can even write on PDF files as if you were just writing on paper. If you want to find out more about this free app, click here.