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  • Visitor or Regular – Leave your mark … [Briefly]

    Something a bit fun, and on-going. We’re still small fry compared to some blogs, and we know we are, however we are receiving steady traffic and in excess of 210 unique hits and 300+ page loads a day. Tonight, I thought it’d be pretty cool to see which part of the world YOU, our readers, are actually visiting us from.

    In association with Platial, developers of the location based app Nearby [App Store], you can now add your location to ‘The RazorianFly Community’ map with just a few clicks. (more…)

  • Tap ‘N’ Slide: Fast Paced, Addictive Fun – [Updated]

    Illustrated by Joe Snow and developed by Mobile Pie Ltd, Tap ‘N’ Slide is a fast-paced test of reactions, but not in the usual way. Usually reaction games consist of interacting with the application on a sudden change (for example, sudden colour changes) … (more…)

  • Star Smasher or Venger?

    Both looking suspiciously like Apple’s March event demo of Touch Fighter, Star Smasher and Venger are two competing products on the App Store, using the same basic concept, and taking advantage of the iPhone’s built in accelerometer. 3D graphics, 3D positional sound, and control of a craft using a 3-axis accelerometer – But which one of the two is worth plunking down for? … (more…)

  • iPhoneOS: Where is Push Notification?!

    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…)

  • 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…)

  • Classics: The Stylish eBook Reader, Now Available – [VIDEO]

    [Update] – See Classics in action, with our brief video walk-through. Just added.

    Let me first say I’ve never really been the reading type. I went through a spell while on holiday one year of picking up a book and not being able to put it down. The most prominent of these two being ‘Digital Fortress’ [Wiki] and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ [Wiki] by Dan Brown. Two amazing reads if you ever get a chance to look at them.

    Anyhoo, for the purpose of this review, I last night bought Classics. Not because I like reading (although I can feel I probably will again, after using this app for a while), I wanted to talk to you about it’s clearly leading user interface … (more…)

  • iPhone 2.2 is Shaping up to be one Major Update – [Updated]

    With Apple seeding the latest beta of iPhone OS 2.2 to developers, there are now emerging details of feature additions which some users have been requesting since it’s initial introduction. Some of the features that will be added will set a new president for mobile mapping capabilities, while others may set up the road for future, more interesting, feature-full applications further down the line … (more…)