Review: Zing! - Promo Code Giveaway!
November 19, 2009
The Overview
Zing! is i5Labs first foray into the App Store. It allows you to insert audio commentary into everyday situations. Did someone say something particularly dumb? Add crickets. A bad joke? Play a rimshot. Then there is the "Bow chicka bow wow" of the pr0n button.
The Features
Zing! features 6 button types: evil laugh, fail, crickets, drum, shock and pr0n. These are grouped in three different categories: human, robot and audio. Each button produces a high fidelity audio sample appropriate for zinging people in different situations. There are also 6 hidden sounds you can access by shaking your device. Basically, 2 gunshots for each section.
The Breakdown
The Good
Zing!'s audio files are hi-fi and sound great played over loud speakers. Used with good timing, they can provide chuckles from your audience and/or embarrassment for a public speaker. The interface is quick and responsive with each new sound interrupting a previously chosen one in case you accidentally push the wrong button (except for the gunshots - these will play simultaneously while any other sound is playing).
The Bad
You have to know you are going to use Zing! You cannot just decide suddenly that a friend's comment deserved a "shock" reaction. It takes too long to turn on your iPhone, scroll to the app, start it up and then hit the appropriate sound button. However, if you know you are going to "zing" your buddies, you can have this app up and ready to go. The other issue with Zing! is that it does not have sound level control. Often, other people could not hear what I was zinging them with until everyone stopped talking, bent in close, and listened. At that point, the moment was gone.
The Verdict
Zing! is not for everyone. It is for those with a bit of the prankster in them. People who like practical jokes, whoopee cushions and exploding cigarettes. If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend it to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.
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If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.Overview
Zing! is i5Labs first foray into the App Store. It allows you to insert
audio commentary into everyday situations. did someone say something
particularly dumb? Add crickets. A bad joke? Play a rimshot. Then there is the "Bow chicka bow wow" of the pr0n button.
The Features
Zing! features 6 button types: evil laugh, fail, crickets, drum, shock and pr0n; in three different categories: human, robot and audio.
Each is a high fidelity audio sample appropriate for zinging people in different situations. There are also 6 hidden sounds you can access by shaking your device, basically 2 gunshots appropriate to the section you are in.
The Breakdown
The Good
Zing!'s audio files are hi-fi and sound great played over loud speakers. Used with good timing, they can provide chuckles from your audience and/or embarrassment of a public speaker.
The interface is quick and responsive with each sound interrupting each other in case you accidentally push the wrong button (except for the gunshots - these will play simultaneously while any other sound is playing).
The Bad
You have to know you are going to use Zing! You cannot just decide suddenly that a friend's comment deserved a "shock" reaction. It takes too long to turn on your iPhone, scroll to the app, start it up and then hit the button.
However, if you know you are going to "zing" your buddies, you can have this app up and ready to go.
The other issue with Zing! is that it does not have a sound level control. Often, other people could not hear what I was zinging them with until everyone stopped talking, bent in close, and listened. At that point, the moment was gone.
The Verdict
Zing! is not for everyone. It is for those with a bit of the prankster in them. People who like practical jokes, whoopee cushions and exploding cigarettes.
If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.The Overview
Zing! is i5Labs first foray into the App Store. It allows you to insert
audio commentary into everyday situations. did someone say something
particularly dumb? Add crickets. A bad joke? Play a rimshot. Then there is the "Bow chicka bow wow" of the pr0n button.
The Features
Zing! features 6 button types: evil laugh, fail, crickets, drum, shock and pr0n; in three different categories: human, robot and audio.
Each is a high fidelity audio sample appropriate for zinging people in different situations. There are also 6 hidden sounds you can access by shaking your device, basically 2 gunshots appropriate to the section you are in.
The Breakdown
The Good
Zing!'s audio files are hi-fi and sound great played over loud speakers. Used with good timing, they can provide chuckles from your audience and/or embarrassment of a public speaker.
The interface is quick and responsive with each sound interrupting each other in case you accidentally push the wrong button (except for the gunshots - these will play simultaneously while any other sound is playing).
The Bad
You have to know you are going to use Zing! You cannot just decide suddenly that a friend's comment deserved a "shock" reaction. It takes too long to turn on your iPhone, scroll to the app, start it up and then hit the button.
However, if you know you are going to "zing" your buddies, you can have this app up and ready to go.
The other issue with Zing! is that it does not have a sound level control. Often, other people could not hear what I was zinging them with until everyone stopped talking, bent in close, and listened. At that point, the moment was gone.
The Verdict
Zing! is not for everyone. It is for those with a bit of the prankster in them. People who like practical jokes, whoopee cushions and exploding cigarettes.
If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.Overview
Zing! is i5Labs first foray into the App Store. It allows you to insert
audio commentary into everyday situations. did someone say something
particularly dumb? Add crickets. A bad joke? Play a rimshot. Then there is the "Bow chicka bow wow" of the pr0n button.
The Features
Zing! features 6 button types: evil laugh, fail, crickets, drum, shock and pr0n; in three different categories: human, robot and audio.
Each is a high fidelity audio sample appropriate for zinging people in different situations. There are also 6 hidden sounds you can access by shaking your device, basically 2 gunshots appropriate to the section you are in.
The Breakdown
The Good
Zing!'s audio files are hi-fi and sound great played over loud speakers. Used with good timing, they can provide chuckles from your audience and/or embarrassment of a public speaker.
The interface is quick and responsive with each sound interrupting each other in case you accidentally push the wrong button (except for the gunshots - these will play simultaneously while any other sound is playing).
The Bad
You have to know you are going to use Zing! You cannot just decide suddenly that a friend's comment deserved a "shock" reaction. It takes too long to turn on your iPhone, scroll to the app, start it up and then hit the button.
However, if you know you are going to "zing" your buddies, you can have this app up and ready to go.
The other issue with Zing! is that it does not have a sound level control. Often, other people could not hear what I was zinging them with until everyone stopped talking, bent in close, and listened. At that point, the moment was gone.
The Verdict
Zing! is not for everyone. It is for those with a bit of the prankster in them. People who like practical jokes, whoopee cushions and exploding cigarettes.
If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.The Overview
Zing! is i5Labs first foray into the App Store. It allows you to insert
audio commentary into everyday situations. did someone say something
particularly dumb? Add crickets. A bad joke? Play a rimshot. Then there is the "Bow chicka bow wow" of the pr0n button.
The Features
Zing! features 6 button types: evil laugh, fail, crickets, drum, shock and pr0n; in three different categories: human, robot and audio.
Each is a high fidelity audio sample appropriate for zinging people in different situations. There are also 6 hidden sounds you can access by shaking your device, basically 2 gunshots appropriate to the section you are in.
The Breakdown
The Good
Zing!'s audio files are hi-fi and sound great played over loud speakers. Used with good timing, they can provide chuckles from your audience and/or embarrassment of a public speaker.
The interface is quick and responsive with each sound interrupting each other in case you accidentally push the wrong button (except for the gunshots - these will play simultaneously while any other sound is playing).
The Bad
You have to know you are going to use Zing! You cannot just decide suddenly that a friend's comment deserved a "shock" reaction. It takes too long to turn on your iPhone, scroll to the app, start it up and then hit the button.
However, if you know you are going to "zing" your buddies, you can have this app up and ready to go.
The other issue with Zing! is that it does not have a sound level control. Often, other people could not hear what I was zinging them with until everyone stopped talking, bent in close, and listened. At that point, the moment was gone.
The Verdict
Zing! is not for everyone. It is for those with a bit of the prankster in them. People who like practical jokes, whoopee cushions and exploding cigarettes.
If it were a free app, I might keep it on my phone for the occasional laugh. But as a paid app, I only recommend to people who really get into making snide comments at their friends.
