Practically every year, we do a gift guide. Here’s how it works – we put a notice up on a web site for PR people, and they send us items to review. We tell them in advance that we can’t return the items. In the past year or so, we started doing giveaways – Broadway tickets, Six Flags passes, you name it. These contests have proven quite popular – and they prove our college readers love print newspapers!
In any case, we decided to be extra generous this holiday season – we will give you these items for free if you participate and win in our Page 1 photo contest. Just specify which item you are interested in when sending in your photo holding the print edition of this paper. Add your name, major and the name of the college you attend. Best photos, as judged by us, win! Send to pics@cccn.us.
Let’s start the reviews:
The kind folks at Boost Mobile sent us a smart phone: The Coolpad Legacy-S. We didn’t ativate it, but it’s neat. Big 5.45” screen, Android, sleek, modern looking, Bright display. Capable 8 MP camera. 17-hour battery life, on average. 16GB (expandable). An affordable unlimited plan is available. Costs about $100. Available on boostmobile.com, where, as of press time, it’s discounted half price.
It’s time to upgrade to a new phone. Why not this one? And there seems to be a Boost Mobile store near every campus we serve.
See more gift guide reviews inside our latest issue!
Your phone is a studio!
The SmartCine by Movo is about $100, no matter which site you shop on, but it’s well worth it. It’s a bunch of high-quality attachments for your smartphone so that you can turn it into a professional studio.
You hear about people shooting films and recording vlogs from a smartphone and wonder how is that possible? With the accessories that come in this package, you very much will be able to record audio and visual that normally could only be done with a much more expensive camera. 
This will work with any smartphone. The portable rig will give your video smooth movement, for that professional look. The built-in mic gives sound quality similar to what you hear in a high-end podcast. For $100, the SmartCine is well worth it! A must for the modern media maven!
We recently did a press interview with a local TV journalist — and she was using one of these getups, tied to her iPhone 8. The results were high-res TV-worthy.
This is high-quality and very fairly priced.
See more gift guide reviews inside our latest issue!
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