Has potential, but... UPDATE: – MG Lighting by Sharper Image Review

UPDATE: Downgraded to One Star since it's quite evident there will not be any upgrades to fix the various bugs and non-functional portions of this app. This original 1.0 version was uploaded almost 5 months ago, and there have been no upgrades, and none of the common complaints have been addressed. If you're lucky enough to be reading this prior to buying the Sharper Image LED bulb, don't do it. Look elsewhere. There are others similar to this one out there that probably offer better support. If you've just bought this bulb and are now downloading the app to control it - unless you're going to be satisfied with a neat bulb, but with a buggy, partially functional app, just return it and get another brand. ORIGINAL: I realize that this is somewhat new technology, so it's understandable that it hasn't been perfected. The bulb itself produces very nice colors across the full spectrum, and the dimmer function of the app is great, but the app doesn't allow accurate pinpointing of the exact color desired. The pic of the app on the box shows a color wheel, a sliding color spectrum, along with three additional slide adjustments: hue, saturation, and lightness. The app has none of those three, making color selection nothing more than just a stab with a finger on a touchscreen color wheel - not really accurate. What would make this app closer to what it should be is the addition of *real controls* over the colors using text box input for RGB and/or hexadecimal. For example, Pure Orange: Hex: #ffa500 RGB: 255, 165, 0 The app also seems to be a bit buggy, as when switched back from being in the background, it leaves little checkmarks all over the preset colors. The color picker from photo is a great idea, but also very erratic. Additionally, the scheduling page for iPhone is entirely non-functional. I originally bought 2 bulbs but had to return one for faulty Bluetooth. I'm keeping this bulb for the novelty of it, but withhold tracking down more until the app is improved to a satisfactory level. If the app is updated to fix the bugs and include direct color selection like I suggested above, I will buy additional bulbs. So for now, Three Stars, with the potential for Five.
Review by reydelaplaya on MG Lighting by Sharper Image.