Archive for May, 2009
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 116 views
Not too long ago we saw leaked images of the next generation Zune- today Microsoft has spoken on the details. The Zune HD will sport a 480×272 OLED multi-touch screen with a web browser over wi-fi. We do know that the browser it up and running since Skipdeez lays claim to the first Tweet from the Zune HD . It will embrace the HD badge with HD radio and 720p HDMI out with an optional dock. As far as features that is about all that has been said in the press release . We are still missing quite a few details such as capacities, pricing, games, additional features, ect. The official release is still fuzzy and is said to be “ this fall ”. In addition to the new hardware there are a few details on how the Zune will play into Xbox. Next week at E3 we will have a chance to see how the Zune brand integrates into the Xbox Live. [ Zune HD | ABI Zune HD Forum Discussion ]
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The Zune HD is Official
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 100 views
iKonstrukt has announced Educate, an app for the iPhone and iPod touch designed to support teachers. The software provides lesson planning and student tracking, as well as tools for strategizing and e-learning. Users can also connect to the companyis Facebook group to discuss ideas and suggest features. Using the app’s weekly planner, teachers can keep a timetable and schedule individual lessons… Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Educate for iPhone offers lesson-planning tools
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 113 views
Robo Riot! ($1) is an arcade puzzler where the players goal is to protect humanity from the rioting robots. Players can eliminate robots by dragging an electric zapper box around a group of robots where every corner is the same color. Groups of the same color robots within this square will create combos and unlock additional power-ups players can use to improve their score. BMW Z4 Experience ($1) includes four different driving games in which players can drive their own customized BMW Z4. The Driving experience lets drivers test their driving skills on five different obstacle courses while the Navigation experience is a traveling salesman style puzzle game. The Art experience and Free driving modes both give players a chance to recreate the BMW Z4 commercial in which the car is used as a paintbrush on a giant canvas. Quantum Pool (free) is described as being a blend between pool, pinball, putting courses and customizable physics. The goal is to knock all of the balls into the holes but the catch is one color ball can only be knocked in by a ball of the opposite color. Players can select any ball on the table and choose a direction and power to hit it. The players is awarded 10 points if a ball of the opposite color is knocked in, but loose 10 points if a ball of the same color is knocked in or 1 point if nothing is put in. The game includes 11 different tables to play on, each with its own features and challenges such as different shaped balls, pinball bumpers, and black holes. Deep Green Chess ($8) allows iPhone and iPod touch owners to play chess against a computer or a friend on their device. The game includes different difficulty settings for the computer player and will save the game state when switching between applications. Players can make all of their moves manually or get suggestions from the game. An undo option has also been included that allows players to back up move by move to the start of the game. pearPad ($2) allows an iPhone to be used as a remote trackpad or keyboard for a computer. The application allows users to map any key combination to a swipe-gesture or shake-detection control along with a customizable pad for the most commonly used key combinations. pearPad also includes large buttons, a divided qwerty-layout, a dedicated number-pad, and support for multi-touch input such as a two-finger secondary click. Filed under : iPhone apps Other story tags : App Store Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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iPhone apps: Robo Riot!, BMW Z4, Quantum Pool
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 148 views
Apple may soon allow the iPhone and iPod touch to directly access movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store, a leak suggests. In using an ad-supported version of Twitterfon, one user claims to have encountered a banner promoting not just purchases of videos from iTunes, but also movie rentals. At present the main means of shuttling iTunes video to an Apple handheld is through sync with a Mac or PC; the one exception is podcasts. Tapping the banner ad is said to bring up a browser similar to that for the mobile Music Store, with options viewing Featured, Top Ten or Podcast videos, as well as custom searches. A number of movies and TV shows are already listed as available, although attempting to load details on an item only produces an error message. The browser is similarly lacking in some key art assets, namely the promotional “squish” boxes that Apple uses throughout the iTunes Store. Should Apple indeed open up all videos to handhelds, it is likely that most titles will only be available through Wi-Fi, due to the intense bandwidth demand. The company currently limits all individual 3G iTunes transfers to 10MB. Such a limit could in theory be raised, however, if a next-generation iPhone supports bandwidth up to 7.2Mbps. Filed under : iPod , iPhone Other story tags : iTunes , iPod touch , video , TV , movies Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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iTunes movies and TV shows coming to iPhone?
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 117 views
Zenonia ($6) is a role playing game where players are able to choose a character from different classes and develop them to their own playing style. The game includes both a main story line and several side quests that allow players to gain extra experience and increase their characters level. As players level up they can upgrade their characters skills which determine the characters effectiveness for different aspects of the game. ToneTune ($3) is a tool for tuning instruments to different pitches. The application includes over 60 different tunings that cover standard guitar tunings along with tunings for several instruments from around the world. Users can set how long each pitch will play for and how long of a pause their will be in between tones. Trip Cubby ($10) is a tool for tracking mileage for tax deductions or corporate reimbursement purposes. Trip Cubby features predictive input, auto-entry, auto-calculation, and access to frequent trips. Each trip is fully customizable and allows users to enter any data that they deem to be important. Data can then be exported to a computer through an email which contains a CSV file attachment compatible with most spreadsheet applications including Excel and Numbers. short hand ($1) is a tool for quickly writing messages through the use of typing shortcuts. The application allows users to build their own list of customized shortcuts. The shortcuts can be used to insert frequently used words, phrases or paragraphs. Currently messages can be exported to Mail, Twitterrific, Tweetie, Appigo Notebook, and Appigo Todo. When iPhone OS 3.0 is released the included copy and paste functionality will allow messages to be moved to any application. Cam 3D ($3) can be used to create 3D images on an iPhone. Users can capture the left eye perspective of an image then move the camera slightly to capture the right perspective. Cam 3D then turns one image into an overlay allowing users to properly align the right image. The finished 3D picture can then be viewed as a color anaglyph, which requires the red/cyan glasses. The application also includes the ability to view the image with wiggly 3D which quickly cycles through the two images and allows the 3D image to be viewed with the naked eye. Filed under : iPhone apps Other story tags : App Store Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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iPhone apps: Zenonia, ToneTune, Trip Cubby
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 163 views
Apple has once again overturned one of its decisions on approving an iPhone app, the developer of Eucalyptus says. The software is an e-book reader with an emphasis on physicality, mimicking the experience of turning a real page in addition to providing more print-like fonts. The fonts can be resized through pinching commands, which preserve proper formatting. Eucalyptus was initially rejected however as a result of access to Project Gutenberg, a service which offers free books in the public domain, such as titles by Charles Dickens and the Baron d’Holbach. Among the other books available is the Kama Sutra , which an Apple employee identified as having “inappropriate sexual content.” The work is centuries old, though, and one of India’s most famous pieces of religious writing. Apple has changed its mind on a number of “offensive” apps in recent weeks, for instance approving the submissions of Tweetie 1.3 and NIN Access 1.0.3. Still banned is Me So Holy , an app which let users insert their own photo into a painting of Jesus. It is believed that Apple may use future ratings on apps to permit the sale of controversial titles, without engendering developer frustration. Filed under : iPod , iPhone , developer , iPhone apps , Apple Other story tags : iPod touch Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Apple reverses decision on Eucalyptus app
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 0 views
One of the big technological advancements in the last few years has been the introduction of touch screens into consumer electronics, such as MP3 players. If you really look at the specs of the most popular players today, you see a lot of old tech with a touch screen on top and a few UI tweaks to go with it. While some people love this new method of controlling a player, there are also a lot of people who can’t stand it and swear by hardware controls for all it’s worth. Slow, clumsy and superfluous are some of the accusations that come from that side of the camp. Are touch screens really that bad, or is it time to let go of the static plastic knobs sticking out of everything? Read on for the pros and cons of the various control methods.
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Touch Screen vs Tactile Controls
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 146 views
One of the big technological advancements in the last few years has been the introduction of touch screens into consumer electronics, such as MP3 players. If you really look at the specs of the most popular players today, you see a lot of old tech with a touch screen on top and a few UI tweaks to go with it. While some people love this new method of controlling a player, there are also a lot of people who can’t stand it and swear by hardware controls for all it’s worth. Slow, clumsy and superfluous are some of the accusations that come from that side of the camp. Are touch screens really that bad, or is it time to let go of the static plastic knobs sticking out of everything? Read on for the pros and cons of the various control methods.
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Touch Screen vs Tactile Controls
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009 124 views
Numbrix ($5) is a puzzle game where players must fill a grid so that there is a path of numbers from 1 to 81. The game includes 100 different puzzles and additional ones can be downloaded from the internet. Each puzzle starts out with a couple of numbers filled in and players must then create a path of numbers that moves vertically and horizontally from 1 to 81. The game is timed and a users 10 best times for each puzzle are placed on a local leaderboard. Lion’s Play ($1) is a strategy game that is based on the famous Indian game Puli Judham, or Gamble of Tigers. The game consists of two players, the lions and the buffaloes. The goal for the lions is to eat all of the buffaloes, and the buffaloes are looking to escape. The game is played on a board that consists of a triangular formation with two crossed rectangles. Players move their respective chips around the board and try and restrict the movement of their opponents chips. The game includes three different levels of difficult and 18 additional game boards made up of different geometric shapes. GhostCamera ($1) allows users to add ghosts to the photos they take. The application includes 11 different styles of ghosts to choose from and are automatically added to the right side of the photo after it is taken. The developers are currently working on additional ghosts that will be added as options in future releases. StoneLoops! of Jurassica ($1) is an arcade styled game where players have to eliminate groups of colored stones before they reach the end of a path. The player can shoot additional stones into the moving group and if they create large enough pairings of one color the stones disappear. The game includes 75 different levels, two modes of play, and several different power-ups. Countdown Calendar ($3) can be used to set up a countdown calendar for any important date. It can be used to count days, weeks, months or years and can also count up from dates in the past. The application also provides access to a database of countdowns for things like movie release dates, sporting events and important dates in Apple history. Filed under : iPhone apps Other story tags : App Store Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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iPhone apps: Numbrix, Lion’s Play, Ghost Camera
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009 111 views
Equilibrio ($2) is a ball rolling game that is gravity based and requires players to tilt their iPhone or iPod touch to guide the ball the to end. Players have to be careful though as if the ball begins to move to fast and hits something it will shatter, but if it isn’t moving fast enough it may not make it over the different jumps. The game includes 60 different levels, five different balls each with their own properties and gameplay characteristics, and three game play modes, conquest, challenge and random level. Trixel ($2) is a puzzle game where players must flip tiles on the board to match a given pattern. Players can only move one space at a time and moves are limited on each puzzle. The game includes 100 different puzzles and three different difficulties. As players progress through the levels they become more difficult and special “super tiles” are introduced that each modify gameplay in some way. Walt Disney World Secrets ($1) contains over 180 commonly missed locations and more than 200 fun facts related to the park. The application includes a series of guides that lead people to some of Disney World’s secrets such as hidden Mickeys. The guides direct people around the park and points out little things that are commonly missed such as pictures with moving eyes and talking trash cans. Saqqarah – Temple of Isis ($1) is one of the temples in a seven part series with each temple featuring different modes of gameplay. Each temple includes 72 different puzzles meaning there are just over 500 puzzles to solve across the seven temples. The Temple of Isis includes a series of token swap puzzles while others focus on logic puzzles, chain puzzles, and thinking puzzles. Global Impact ($1) provides users access to facts and information on a worldwide basis. Users can look up data such as the worlds total oil production, total number of spam emails spent compared to real messages, and global crime rates. Each category includes dynamic charts and options to view results from different time perspectives including yearly, monthly, and weekly. Global Impact also includes some interesting facts and links to pages that provide information on how an individual can make a difference. Filed under : iPhone apps Other story tags : App Store Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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iPhone apps: Equilibrio, Trixel, Disney World Secrets
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