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The Pedlar Lady for iPad Review
The Pedlar Lady for iPad Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Developer: MOVING TALES
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.01
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.01
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.42 out of 5 stars
I’ve never heard of the old folk tale(s) that The Pedlar Lady originated from, but the notion of reading this story in an enhanced ebook format was an opportunity I could not resist. Since the iPad appeared, the device has been hailed as the harbinger of a new age in publishing, but most of that has been in the form of periodicals and traditional print ebooks like those available for the Kindle and for Apple’s iBook store. A few experimental books have appeared, like Elements or Alice, and these push the boundaries of what books can and should do. The Pedlar Lady is another example of this sort of book app.
I won’t say much about the story of The Pedlar Lady except to say that it has a rustic charm that is fairly irresistible. The story is plainly and simply told, but it carries with it the aura of ancient legend. Credit goes to developer Moving Tales for not trying to make the story more than what it is, and instead focusing on accompanying the story with visuals that are deceptively complex.
The graphics are sophisticated 3D, but the color pallette is kept so limited it allows even these high-tech images to seem old and worn in a way. Color in general is limited to only a few objects (except for two gorgeously rendered traveling scenes that look like moving paintings), so the words take precedence over everything else.
Those selfsame words are wonderfully read by a narrator who affects a convincing and gentle Irish dialect (one version of The Pedlar Lady story originated in Ireland). You can turn off the narration if you wish, but I was charmed by it. Still, it might be interesting to read it aloud yourself, particularly to a young child.
If there’s a weakness to be found with The Pedlar Lady, it’s that it is not as interactive as I had expected. It is very much a moving book – nothing less and nothing more. Touching objects on the screen yields nothing (except occasional mistaken page turns) and the most interactive the app gets is when you turn the iPad from portrait to landscape mode – the narration stops and the letters tumble convincingly across the page.
This is a minor quibble, however, as a book is not the same thing as a game, and interactivity can also interfere with the flow of the story. Accept The Pedlar Lady for what it is – a beautifully conceived and designed childrens book that is bound to charm anyone of any age.
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Legs book
Legs book is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S AUTHOR, MIKE ARTELL, LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE CHILDREN’S BOOK APP FOR iPHONE/iPAD
NEW ORLEANS, LA, September 1 2010 ? Award-winning author/illustrator, Mike Artell, introduces his first iPhone/iPad app based on his lift-the-flap book titled LEGS. This delightful application features 11 pages of captivating content where the child can choose a reader, see text as it is being said, and watch small animations.
A narrator (Mike himself is one of three voices) guides the child through two lines of rhyming verse. The last word of the rhyming verse is withheld until the child touches an animated prompt which reveals a hidden animal and the missing word. The app is self-guided so parents can sit back and relax as the child learns to read. Artell notes, “This app engages all different types of learners – The kids who learn by seeing, those who learn by hearing and those who learn by doing. Plus, it’s great fun.”
The app also includes a link to a page on Artell’s web site with fun facts about each animal in the app and coloring sheets. There’s also video of Artell reading the hardcover version of the book to children. The app can be found by searching LEGS BOOK on the iTunes app store. The app costs $1.99.
Mike Artell has written/illustrated more than 40 books and hosted his own television cartooning show. He has won numerous awards for his work. Most recently, his book PETITE ROUGE – A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD- was named 2009 Read Aloud Book of the Year by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The book has been made into a play and has been performed around the world. Each year the author visits with more than 13,000 children at 50 schools across the U.S. abroad where he shares his techniques for thinking, writing and drawing more creatively. Information at www.mikeartell.com
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mike Artell, please call Stephanie Marshall at 512/803-7231 or email Mike at mike@mikeartell.com
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KaleidoBalls – iPhone App Review
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KaleidoBalls – © 2010 Croesus-Mode, Inc.
Version 1.0
$0.99
In the vast sea of apps in the App Store, it is often the most simple apps that are the most fun and get the most use. I’m always on the look out for something simple to play with, that doesn’t take too much thought, but is fun to goof around with, while watching TV or something.
Developer Croesus-Mode has released an app called KaleidoBalls. You can create color balls by touching the screen and dragging your finger across screen to create more color balls and animations. Ball color is based on screen position and varies as screen is touched multiple times. The balls are animated in the order they are created, and keep repeating, to get a kaleidoscope effect.
You shake the device to clear the screen and start over. Tap to add dots, swipe to make swirls, or whatever you want. Check out our video to see it in action.
KaleidoBalls is available in the App Store now, for $0.99. Go get it now!
written by Mike McKinnon
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SwingSwing Motion – iPhone App Review
SwingSwing Motion – iPhone App Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
SwingSwing Motion – © pointers, Inc.
Version 1.0
$2.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
We have seen many “tap” style music games come to the iPhone, since the App Store opened in 2008. Music games are a natural progression for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the tap style games a great. Pointers looks to bring something different to the genre, with SwingSwing Motion, using the accelerometer to play the game.
Similar to other music games in the App Store, the premis is to get through all the songs on each level of difficulty, to progress through the game. It starts you off pretty easy, but gets quite challenging, the further you get. Each song has three levels of difficulty, Easy, Medium, and Hard. There is also an Extreme mode to unlock, for a few of the songs.
There are 17 songs in total. There is no licensed material, but the songs included are well known classics. The list as as follows:
1. Chopsticks
2. Wild West
3. Turkish March
4. Dancing Cat
5. Twinkle Little star
6. Hokey Pokey
7. Ten Little Indians
8. Dance of The Swans
9. Habanera Tango
10. San Sebastian
11. SwingSwing
12. La Campanella
13. Pathetique
14. Thunder Cat
15. Extreme Notes for Turkish March
16. Extreme Notes for La Campanella
17. Extreme Notes for Dance of The Swan
Each level and each song has uniquely designed backgrounds, making the game visually fun, as well as fun to play. The design is simple and easy to follow, so anyone can pick up this game and start playing.
SwingSwing Motion is available in the App Store now for $.99. Get it now!
written by Mike McKinnon
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Pop’s musics box
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Pop’s Music box is a nice music box to make your babies sleep and to entertain them with then rattle, shaking your iphone or ipod. Touching and pulling the chain one of the 11 available melodies will play.
Enchanted Forest – iPad App Review
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Enchanted Forest ($4.99)
Version – 1.0
Review – “”
One of the first types of games to hit the App Store during its beginnings was the “brick-breaker” game type. Since then there have been a variety of different approaches and variants of these games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Enchanted Forest takes a few concepts from these games, adds in a basic storyline progression, and is written exclusively for the larger screen of the iPad!
Now this is your fair warning, if you are not a fan of cheesy “fairy” art in games 
then you may want to give this game a pass. If; however, you can get past the fact that the game’s art looks like it came out of a book of fairy tales though the game itself is pretty good.
The main menu offers several different options. Among these options is a “Community” button. Before you get started you’ll definitely want to go here and log in to your OpenFeint account if you have one already. If not you can quickly and easily sign up as well if you like. A side note here; it would have been nice if the game just asked you to log in to OpenFeint the first time that you open the app.
Once you are ready to start your game just touch the “Play” button in the upper left corner of the menu. You’ll need to create a profile to get started by typing in your
name and then it gets right to the game. You’ll see an overview of the game map with your current location pinpointed on the map.
Once you touch the screen from the map you’ll be taken to the game screen. There are two different control schemes to use, and the default one is to use the accelerometer to move your paddle. I personally found this method to be a bit jerky though and changed it to where you touch the screen to control the paddle.
To get started you just touch the screen above your paddle and ball will start moving. as you bounce the 
ball off the various blocks some of them will drop items that you can pick up. Some of them give you extra points, while others will either help you or make it more difficult as you continue. There are also coins that you can collect by making the ball run over them.
At the end of each level you are taken to a screen where you can use the coins you’ve collected to buy up to 3 different potions that will give you some of the various abilities you can get at the beginning of
the next level. As you complete level you’ll continue to see your progress on the map in-between levels. When you reach a new “chapter” there is a totally new look for all of the levels.
My initial impressions were that the “story” aspect is a little bit cheesy, but the game itself plays well and offers enough variety to keep it interesting for most people. As with a lot of apps for the iPad it seems a little pricey to me when compared to the variety of apps available on the iPhone, but I did find it to be pretty fun. There is also a free version if you’d like to try it out before you decide to buy it. So what are you waiting for? Head to the App Store and check out Enchanted Forest today!
- David H.
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Developer – Magic Games
URL: http://www.magic-games.net
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Spiderly HD – iPad App Review
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Spiderly HD ($0.99)
Version – 1.0
Review – “Stop the invading spiders!”
If you’re looking for a game that is simple to learn but almost impossible to master you might want to check out Spiderly HD. The basic game concept is keeping the falling spiders from invading the house at the bottom of the screen. You do this by scaring them away and eating them!
The basic concept sounds simple, but it quickly gets more complex. On the first level there are only one color of spiders so you only need one bird. As you progress through the game there will be up to 4 different colors of spiders falling from the sky
and you will have to eat them with a bird that matches their color!
As you get even further into the game you’ll start to notice clouds that block your vision, and storm clouds that can actually change the color of the 
spiders that are falling! This can be especially frustrating if you have several spiders that are almost to the bottom of the screen and they change color!
The final twist that is thrown at you is a bomb that will roll across the bottom of the screen. The bomb is a random color and when you touch it all of the spiders of that color will be destroyed at the same time! While it may be tempting
to touch it as soon as it enters the screen, oftentimes waiting just a few seconds will yield much better results.
While the gameplay itself is very fun and hectic, the competitive drive within me started wishing that there was some type of score tracking, or at 
least a more competitive nature to the game. You are allowed to let two spiders across without failing a level, but this does not regenerate when you win a round. It does reset when you lose though, and there are really no consequences to losing because you can retry as many times as you want.
In summary, if you just looking for a challenge and little distraction then you might want to check out Spiderly HD. If, however, you are very competitive and like to compete for high scores this game may not interest you as much as most. With that said there is a Lite version of this app if you’d like to try it out before you buy it, so what are you waiting for? Head to the App Store and check it out for yourself today.
- David H.
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