Fun Finance App at App Store

Fun Finance App at App Store

Category: Finace (Dev: Buster McLeod)                                   Price: $0.99 File size: 0.6                                                                           Download (from iTunes) It is actually a game that has been placed under the Finance category. Don't exactly understand the logic, but this is what it does: It's a game based on your lunchtime antiquates of paying the bill. Who is gonna pay the bill? Well, let the app decide that by simulating a game where people from a medium or large group of people put their cards. Someone hold this pile under the table and then someone else pulls one from them. This card is kept hidden, while the identity of the other Read More...

Full-fledged IM, coming soon for the iPhone

Full-fledged IM, coming soon for the iPhone

One feature that you wanted to have on your iPhone is a full-fledged Instant Messaging service. Though iPhone already had IMing, this app, BeeJive is believed to add much more functionality to the IM service on the iPhone. What is it supposed to do? 1. Beejive will support every existing IM services. 2. A neat, user-friendly interface. 3. Stable. 4. Time adjustment options. If you 'still' the accepted messages, then close the IM and then re-open it, you will find the messages listed for you. 5. Background notification services. The app is currently known as JiveTalk and provides the best IM program for BlacBerry. However, It will be Beejive for the Read More...

The “Enterprise”-ing Mac

The "Enterprise"-ing Mac

Signalling a somewhat unusual trend, it seems that the consumer demands are pushing the enterprise demands for the Macintosh: "Strong iPod branding and sales have led to greater consumer sales of Apple PCs...In turn, this has lured enthusiasts and small workgroups with supple IT departments beyond the standard domain of design and media." Benjamin Gray of Forrester Research Gray went on to report an incremental gain in enterprise Mac use among 2,500 organizations, representing 50,000 end users. And based on this iPod effect, he also predicted an  "iPhone halo effect" that is likely to boost up the  Mac sales even further. Welcome changes indeed in a sector Read More...

Comic Books to come to the App Store soon

Comic Books to come to the App Store soon

“We have developed an extremely simple iPhone Application that allows us to display comics that have been specifically formatted for the iPhone/iPod Touch.” said iVerse Media owner Michael Murphey. “What we’re doing is creating new comics, and adapting existing comics into a format that makes reading comic books an enjoyable and easy experience on these devices. The starting price of these comics will be $0.99 and each comics will be considered as individual apps.  Both existing ones and new comics from new developers are expected to be put up at the App Store soon enough. I am an avid comic book follower. And this sounded Read More...

Question: Can you print a message from the iPhone?

Question: Can you print a message from the iPhone?

Answer: Yes. There are two ways. 1. It is possible to take screenshots of the messages and then send them to your email. But if it is a particulalrly long message the thing becomes a bit irritating. 2. For longish messages you need Ecamm Network's PhoneView, the desktop companion for iPhone and iPod touch for that. This is how it works: A. Launch the $20 Phone View. B. Plug in the iPhone. C. Click the SMS entry on the left side of the PhoneView Window. D. Export the phone's SMS massages as text files and print. Now, that's nifty.

Apple pushing its 2.0.2 update

Apple pushing its 2.0.2 update

"The iPhone 2.0.2 Software Update is the latest version of iPhone 2.0. It’s available now and it's easy to install. Just follow the step-by-step guide below." That's how Apple is pushing their software upgrade, dedicating a pretty large section in their website for something that generally comes under the category of release notes.  Apple lists the following four steps for getting the update: 1. Sync the iPhone 3 G with your computer. 2. Select your iPhone under the devices in the Source List on the left when the iTines launches. 3. Click on the "Check for Update" tab on the iPhone summary tab. 4. Click on Download and Install. That's not all. Read More...

Business Apps at the App Store

Business Apps at the App Store

The smash hit at the App store box office so fas has been the Games Apps. However, as recent trend, as charted by the Wall Street Journal shows, the number of business apps are growing steadily at the app store. In a March meeting, Apple CEO Steve Jobs stated that iPhone was getting a software upgrade that is specifically targeted for making it more business-friendly. However, when the App Store was launched just about a month and a half ago there were just 23 business apps. However, as of now, there are already 64 business apps vailable and the number is growing Read More...

Change Everything: The App Store Ad

Change Everything: The App Store Ad

"This is going to change everything" That's how Apple's App Store ad runs -on TV and off course at the App Store. The ad takes three apps from three different categories - "Travel", "Games" and "Life Style" and highlights the 'how's and 'what's about the app store -i.e browsing, buying and launching apps in your iPhone.This is how the ad runs: 1. Lonely Planet (The Mandarin Phrase Book) - (Highlighting the use and importance of having a multilingual (smart) phoneat your disposal) 2. Cro Mag (Highlighting the downloading procedure and the use of iPhone as a steering wheel for game control) 3. Vicinity (Highlighting Read More...

iPhone “Hollow” gram?

iPhone "Hollow" gram?

But an astonishingly impressive one. This is the word from the David O Reiley site: Ive just finished coding an application for the iphone/ipod touch. It gives the illusion of a 3d hologram jumping off the screen...featuring the Cat from my award-winning but unfinished cartoon. The 3d scene perspective is warped by using anamorphosis. The cat moves along the flat iPhone surface, and creates smooth roational movements provided you are looking at it form a constant viewing angle of  (35-45 degrees). This is how it happens: 1. The software uses the ipod’s built-in gyroscope to calculate rotation on the y-axis. 2. Hence the user actually Read More...

Superstition goes hi-tech at the App Store

Superstition goes hi-tech at the App Store

Next time you are expecting some trouble from an apprehensive looking but attractive app you have a very useful, touch wood solution available right at the app store. There is this app called "Knocking on Wood" which, well, entertains you through digitizing supersition. Once you launch the app, feel "free" to do it, you get a: "...genuine picture of a wood...Knock on wood will give you a chance tempting fate, or to bring good luck" So far the good spirits used to live in the trees, now they are coming to your iPhone as well. The touch-screen is now all set to play Read More...