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CamKewl Makes iPhone Photos More Fun
CamKewl Makes iPhone Photos More Fun is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $.99 Score: 7/10 By Anna Papachristos
Taking pictures with your iPhone 3GS can be both fun and convenient. With your device always at hand, you can capture any of life’s sudden and wonderful moments with a single tap. However, with the limited features of the Camera app that comes standard on the iPhone 3GS, creativity is also limited. Users may only take photos in standard color, not allowing them to branch out into other color schemes or other photo manipulations. But with CamKewl by Pannag R Sanketi, users can spice up their photo library with an array of options.
Though the name may seem a bit silly and juvenile, don’t let it fool you. CamKewl combines many of the features you wish the generic camera had, packaging them together in one convenient app for the surprisingly low price of $.99. With CamKewl, users can zoom, vary the color scheme and activate the self-timer all within the app’s simple and fairly intuitive interface.
With the integrated multi-touch technology, users can navigate throughout CamKewl with various gestures. To utilize the 5x zoom, use two fingers to pinch/stretch the screen or slide up/down for a gradual adjustment. Also, a single tap will cause the picture to zoom in or out immediately. A two-finger vertical swipe will reveal the menu, which allows users to access their photo library, the various camera options, and the extensive Help menu. While each of these categories can be found using other methods as well, users will want to remember this motion in order to access the Video Camera option.
Users will also find the Shake gesture both handy and amusing as this movement allows you to easily bounce around CamKewl with minimal effort. This characteristic allows you to return to camera mode from basically every part of the app.
CamKewl offers many simple new functions to your iPhone 3GS camera, which can be found in the dock at the bottom of the screen, such as the capability to take Black-and-White and Sepia photos, as well as use a self-timer. Another thoughtful function is the Date/Time capability, which stamps your photos with the date, time and location your photo was taken. However, if CamKewl fails to pinpoint your exact location, it will not allow you to even utilize the date and time part of the feature.
Blitz, another feature found in the dock, allows you to take three color pictures in a row so you get precisely the right shot you were hoping to obtain. However, despite the fact that the shutter noise goes off three times, every attempt resulted in only one photo being taken, making this appealing feature still only an idea. Two other lovely, yet unreliable, features are the One-1 and One-Z features. One-1 takes two photographs in a row – one in color and one in black-and-white. This way, if you are unsure, you will have a copy of the picture in both formats. One-Z takes one photograph of your subject zoomed out, then another of the subject zoomed to 2x. Unfortunately, these features seem temperamental, making them enticing attributes that cannot, however, be depended upon.
The most interesting aspect is CamKewl’s accenting mode. Simply go to your photo library by shaking the device and choose a photo you’d like to use. Then, tap the ‘Accenting’ button in the bottom right corner. With this, users can use their color photos and, just by swiping their finger, turn any part of the photo black-and-white. Discover simple, quick and easy photo manipulation right there in the palm of your hand. Use the ‘Save’ button in the upper right corner to save the changes you’ve made to your creation. And, while you are accenting pictures, or merely looking through your accumulated photos, use the arrow button in the bottom right to email your photo or post it to Facebook.
For a YouTube video demonstration of what CamKewl can do, click here.
CamKewl requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone 3GS or higher. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.
Save iPhone 3GS, 3rd Gen iPod touch or iPad SHSH Using Windows
Save iPhone 3GS, 3rd Gen iPod touch or iPad SHSH Using Windows is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
When Apple releases a new firmware they don’t like people using older firmware. Sometimes jailbreaking new firmware takes a while and if you ever need to restore to your older firmware it won’t work unless you have your SHSH info. This only applies to the iPhone 3GS, 3rd Gen iPod touch and iPad because they all have a ECID in them which stands for “Exclusive Chip ID”. So, to restore to an older firmware you need the SHSH info for that info and for your device. To backup this info from your device there is a sweet little program called AutoSHSH. This is a Windows only program.
Once downloaded just follow these easy steps:
1. Open iTunes
2. Connect your device to the computer via USB
UrbanCompass Tells You Where to Go (But Not Quite How to Get There)
UrbanCompass Tells You Where to Go (But Not Quite How to Get There) is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: Free* Score: 5/10 By Anna Papachristos
Everyone, at some point or another, has needed directions. Whether you’re traveling in unfamiliar territory or simply looking for something new and exciting in your own area, one can’t know where everything is at all times. With UrbanCompass by The Good Life, users are supposed to be able to do just that – find directions. However, these “directions made easy” may be a bit more misleading than promised.
UrbanCompass is designed to guide users to their destination with only a compass and a map (but only for iPhone 3GS users). You can use the search function to enter what you’re looking for, including a specific address if you desire, or you can choose from the list of quick-search buttons: bar, restaurant, coffee, grocery store, bank, shopping, hotel and gas station. (Simply tap on the ‘x’ on the compass to access this menu.) When using the quick-search buttons, UrbanCompass sorts results by distance, allowing you to choose which nearby spot you’d prefer.
UrbanCompass will then provide a map labeling your current location, the location of your destination, the distance you must travel and a compass to set you off on your way. Users can change the appearance of their map from Standard to Hybrid view a la Google Maps and vice versa under the ‘Settings’ menu by tapping on the icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. This menu also allows users to auto center their location on the map and use UrbanCompass Connect.
UrbanCompass Connect allows you to send their your location to a friend so they can find you using the app as well. As long as you are within range of 3G coverage, you can access UrbanCompass anywhere in the world.
However, claims that UrbanCompass provides “simple but useful navigation” that is “as intuitive as possible” and “easily accessible” have proven somewhat questionable when put to the test. When searching for local restaurants, of which I already know the exact location, I found that UrbanCompass had failed to update their information recently because places that had changed names or closed were still listed as hot spots. With users depending on this app as a supposedly useful tool, it would be a shame to see people being misdirected to non-existent places.
Another issue is simply finding your destination. When using the map feature, I was unable to zoom in to see exactly which streets I should be using to reach my ending point. Each time I would pinch or stretch the screen for a better view, the screen remained stuck for only a moment before it returned to its indistinguishable self. Attempting this too often then made the map glitch and turn to grid form, which was only reversible by exiting the app and reloading it again. I will acknowledge that the developers recently issued an update to fix a supposed bug, but it certainly was not to correct this particular problem.
Also, it seems UrbanCompass will only be of use if you are able to walk to your destination, for one must constantly be looking at the directional arrow of the compass and exactly which street to turn onto despite the tiny scale used on the map itself. The last thing we need is another reason for drivers to be distracted in their cars! The texting epidemic has been terrible enough, let alone an app that specifically requires you to keep your eyes on it (not the road) at all times. Bring a companion if you really have the need to use this app so they can navigate for you.
*The price noted is a special release price, which ends March 20.
UrbanCompass requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with the iPhone 3GS.
Apple to Sell $99 8GB iPhone 3GS?
Apple to Sell $99 8GB iPhone 3GS? is a post from: Best Iphone App Review Website
There’s not much info for this rumor, but someone started it, so here it is: Apple will sell an 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS for $99. Currently you can only get the 3GS is sizes as low as 16GB. Having 8GB of space on the iPhone 3GS is pushing it. You have your music, videos & apps. Then you add pictures using the bigger 3MP camera & videos of 640×480 at 30fps you’re going to eat up space quick. Either way, a cheaper iPhone with all the power will be a better choice versus the competition.
