On June 9th, Apple Inc announced it had intentions to provide a viable solution to background processing on the iPhone and iPod touch. While taking a dig or two at Microsoft’s ‘Task Manager’ stating clearly that this wasn’t the way forward, WWDC08 also saw Apple announce it’s Push Notification Service. A solution which would save your battery, and keep a persistent connection to any applications which needed it. A service, which was promised, but is yet to be implemented … (more…)
Category: iPod
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Fuzzle: Do you Fuzzle?
Half price (today only) at $0.99/£0.59p, I take a look and Fuzzle, the chart-topping puzzler which took the App Store by storm. What was all the fuss about? How is it played? OK, it’s on sale, but is it worth it’s original price-tag? … (more…)
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Hot Pick: Liquid Pics [Briefly]
If you’ve ever want to make someone think their eye’s have left their body, or you just like the idea of turning your photo’s into a water like substance, then this is definitely the app for you. It has no real practical use, but it’s extremely well executed, and follows the one important factor of the iPhone’s design. Simplicity. (more…)
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Hedronism by CouchWorld Games
The guys over at CouchWorld Games (also the makers of Shards [App Store], which we’ll be reviewing shortly) have come up with a puzzler which uses a concept not too dissimilar to that behind the original Rubik’s Cube [Wiki]. Hedronism relies on your logic and your ability to assess spacial direction.
Hit us after the jump for a full look of what Hedronism offers … (more…)
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Air Sharing: The last piece of the Jigsaw … Or is it?
Since the introduction of the iPhone and iPod touch back in mid-late 2007, there has always been one feature which was noticeably absent from them both. It was apparent it was needed in order for the devices to become successful in the enterprise, and it was apparently highly requested for inclusion. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, Apple didn’t find it to be a priority, and consequentially it didn’t make the final cut into iPhone OS.
So what was it? What was this deal-breaking feature? – The ability to mount them as removable drives. Now, with the App Store in full swing, Avatron Software have officially filled the gap.
Cue, Air Sharing … (more…) -
CoolIris: The 3D Photo Browser, Now in Your Pocket.
Released onto the store last Wednesday, Cooliris for iPhone condenses a fairly popular browser plug-in, into a mobile application featuring multi-touch controls. With various options to search highly popular sites, and the ability to search by current location using GPS, Cooliris (cooliris.com) may become the only decent way to browse a large amount of photos on your iPhone or iPod touch … (more…)
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Google Earth Hits iPhone (and iPod touch)! [Video]
Hold the world in the palm of your hands. If built-in Google Maps wasn’t enough for you, last night to everyone’s surprise, Google started pushing a native version of their location software Google Earth out onto the App Store. Even better? – It’s Free.
Flying from the UK to Australia takes just a swipe of the finger.
Hit the jump for a full look … (more…)