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AppZapp: Discover the App Store – iPhone App Review
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AppZapp – Discover the AppStore © 2010 ConIT AG
version 1.2.1
FREE!
AppZapp has been around for quite a while and has brought us apps like “Do Not Press The Red Button”, and many more. They have somewhere around 20 apps in their catalog for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and they have released a new app to try and sort through it all: Discover the App Store.
AppZapp has released a new app to easily guide you through the AppStore. “Discover the App Store“ is an easy walk through all the apps has to offer, with a simple easy interface. AppZapp also has a “PriceAlarm“ function, that will always inform you of sales or promotions of certain apps you love. You just set up a free account, and select the Apps you want to monitor.
“Discover the App Store” is a great tool to help you find what your looking for in the App Store. It features the same great descriptions and details you’ve come to know from the App Store. It supports App Stores in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
AppZapp Features:
- App offers, free apps and new apps at a glance
- Detailed overview of the apps with pictures and videos
- The feature “Preisalarm“ informs you about markdowns of selected apps
- Watch list for apps
- All changes and updates at a glance
- Browse through all the AppStore categories
- Top 100 list of the most popular apps, sorted by “iPhone“, “iPad“, “Paid“ and “Free“ Apps
- Browse the various AppStores
- Price chart history for each app (30/60/90 days)
- Share Apps via Facebook / Twitter / SMS / eMail
This is a great app for monitoring the App Store. Something the is missing from the actual App Store. Being able to keep an eye on certain apps that you may find a little pricey, and know when there are going on sale, is a terrific feature, that will probably never be included by Apple. The “Changes and Updates at a glance” feature is great, if you’re interested in knowing what has recently been updated, or want to ignore updates and focus on new releases only. Seeing as this app is free, there is no reason we cannot recommend this app.
You can get AppZapp: Discover the App Store now for free, in the App Store. Get it now!
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Get Navigon’s award-winning GPS app for free!
Get Navigon’s award-winning GPS app for free! is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
With the fall approaching and back to school in full swing Navigon has recently decided to lower the price for it’s GPS apps to $49.99 for the USA version and $29.99 for the region specific versions (East, Central, and West). To celebrate this and to help get the word out about their new great pricing scheme, Navigon has been kind enough to give me a promo code for each of their 4 GPS apps to give away!
There are two ways to enter. The first is to tweet the following message – “@appshouter Enter to win Navigon’s MobileNavigator app free. I want ((put your region here)) – http://bit.ly/av0R5z”, replacing the ((put your region here)) with the region of the app that you would like, should you win.
The second way to enter is to leave a comment on this post telling us why you love AppShouter and what region of the app you would prefer if you win!
I will be giving the apps away late Friday night September 10th so don’t forget to enter, and good luck!
~David H.
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ToucHotel – iPhone App Review
ToucHotel – iPhone App Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
ToucHotel (Free)
Version – 3.2
Review – “Find and book hotel rooms from your phone!”
Do you travel a lot? If so you’d probably be happy to have an easy way to book hotel rooms without talking to a hotel representative! ToucHotel uses an extremely basic search feature to quickly connect you with hotels in the area that you’ll be staying in!
When you open up ToucHotel you’ll see a search bar at the top of the screen. Below that search bar is a list of all of your recent searches if you have any yet. To find a hotel in your area all you have to do is type the name of the city in the search bar
at the top of the screen. Once you do a list of matching results will show up below, and all you have to do is touch one of them to view all of the hotels in that city!
When you touch a city to search inside you’ll be taken to a screen with two scroll-wheels. You can use these to select what day you’ll be arriving and how many days you plan on staying. Once 
you have it all set up just touch the “Search Hotels” button at the bottom of the screen.
One thing that I noticed pretty quickly with this app is that there is no way to specify what state you are searching for a city in. For example; there are 39 “Springfield”’s in the United States, but if you search for Springfield you’ll only be shown results for one of them.
With that said, if you do find a hotel that you’re interested in the city you’re aiming for all you have to do is touch it to bring up a screen full of information on it. At the top of this screen is a picture (which you can click on to see more), the name of the hotel, the Hotel’s rating, and four buttons to access info about the hotel, a map of where it is, photos and to share information on the hotel with someone!
At the bottom of every hotel screen you’ll see a list of room types that are available with their current price. Touching any of them will bring up a confirmation screen that will tell you everything about the 
room and offer a link to a page where you can actually book the room! All you’ll have to do is enter a name and a credit/debit card to reserve the room, so do that and then touch
the “Book now” button at the bottom of the screen.
My overall impressions of this app were that it is very easy to pick up and use quickly. However, if you have difficulty locating the right hotel(s) in the right cities there is not really any way to do an “advanced search.” You’ll just have to scroll through the results until you can find what you’re looking for!
All things said, the app is free, and does do what it claims to do! If you’ve been looking for the easiest/quickest way to book a room this may be what you’re looking for. If; however, you’re looking for an extremely powerful tool to locate and compare hotel rooms worldwide you may want to check out ToucHotel for free in the App Store today!
- David H.
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iNomad App Review – Useful GPS Navigator For Iphone
iNomad App Review – Useful GPS Navigator For Iphone is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
A new tool designed especially for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3G S and 3G, is the iNomad which is a useful GPS application for a traveler.
It enables a user to draw a route with their fingers and then follow that route on their trip. After the trip, one would be able to view the trip on Google Earth or in an embedded player. In between the journey this software assists the traveler with odometer, speedometer, altimeter, odometer and other some other useful information.
Features of iNomad
This app provides one with the option of Key-point route planning i.e. key-points can be set by the fingers. While one performs their other activities on the gadget trips can be recorded in the background and all the recordings can be viewed later on the iPhone. All the Maps are of autorotation (map, satellite or hybrid) & finger rotation (in a free and follow mode). It supports Full screen mode and can be used for any type of transport one wants be it foot, car, bike, aircraft, paraglider, aerostat, etc. The measuring systems are in 3 standards imperial, metric, nautical. Its unique feature is that just with the use of two fingers on the voyage screen one can activate the ruler. Further moving of the fingers it’s easy to measure the distance between two points on the journey. People can download the Google Map for offline using them on their iPhones.
iOs4 is the platform that empowers the iNomad with a multitasking support.
It has a very smooth record playback supporting variable playback speed. One can reduce the level of power consumption with disabling the Magnetometer from the settings option.
Though it has so many advantages but it could be improved further with increase in speed, stability, usability & power improvements, because one of its drawbacks is that continued use of the GPS running in the background decreases the battery life.
iNomad is available at the Apple Store at $3.99.
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SoftAirKombatTeam Attempts Map Creation
SoftAirKombatTeam Attempts Map Creation is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $0.99 Score: 4/10 By M. Schusterman
Due to a lack of information in English about this app online, I have to confess I’m having a difficult time figuring out SoftAirKombatTeam by Giovanni Romano. I believe I understand the purpose; a GPS mapping app that allows you to create personalized maps to help you find places, remember spots for later, etc.
The actual design and look of the app is nice, and appears to have had some thought put into it. But I’m just not sure if the problem I’m having is that there’s a lack of instruction and clarity in how to actually use the app, or if the app itself is not working.
It opens to a screen where you are supposed to enter an “Identifier” (the name of the map) and a “Description” (details of the map). I did so, then hit “Create.” The app did find my longitude and latitude after a few seconds, but next to “Altitude,” it simply said “Wait….” And wait I did.
I didn’t move (as per the app’s suggestion) but the altitude was never recorded. I tried tapping “Fix” beneath it (the only option to tap at that point) and it just brought me to a search screen that said something about “Select Custom Miniature.”
I returned to the main menu and selected my “map” (although I never actually saw a map) and tapped “Nav.” (for navigate, I’m assuming). I was greeted with a green compass and the instruction to “Wait….” Which I did, again, to no avail.
Again, I’m not sure if the app simply wasn’t working or if the lack of instruction on how to set up a map meant I missed a step somewhere. Either way, I can’t say this app is easy to use, and seeing as the support page isn’t helpful to English speakers, I can’t recommend it.
SoftAirKombatTeam (iTunes Link) requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.
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iPhone App Review: Best Biking Roads
iPhone App Review: Best Biking Roads is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
I am not a biker, and some of you may say that disqualifies me from having an opinion on this app. Some of you may even be right, so I won’t try to critique the actual content of Best Biking Roads. Even if I were a biker it would be impossible for me to actually go out and ride all (or even some) of these routes before writing a review, so I’ll stick to just reviewing the app itself.
Gotta love the straightforward start screens.
Best Biking roads is the companion app to the website of the same name. It boasts that it is the largest motorcycle routes site on the web, and has an impressive list of routes to back up that claim:
- 1306 European routes
- 215 American Routes
- 29 Australian Routes
- 10 African Routes
- Thousands of route reviews and photos
While the app gives you access to the same information available for free on the website, it is intended to be easier, faster, and of course more mobile to access it in app form.
Features
The Best Biking Roads app features all of the same content as the website, including:
- Ability to browse routes by text search, pinpointing an area from a map, or just searching your current area
- Ability to create a route by dropping waypoints on a map
- Commenting on already established routes in the database
- Info on each route like length, visibility, hazards, and “police presence”
Pros
The app is quick and easy, starting up with just a few essential buttons on the main screen (Browse Routes, Create Route, Login, plus a tiny info link and link to the website).
Actually not a good ride. Take 280 instead.
The options to browse are simple and intuitive: tap to search your immediate area, search by entering text, browse a list of areas in the world, or drag crosshairs around a world map and drop it where you want to find routes.
Route details are just like on the website. You can view detailed ratings and comments from riders who have been on the route more recently than when it was first entered in the database. You can also view most routes on a map (though the app currently includes no photos).
Creating a route is actually brilliant. You are first located on the map using location services, then invited to drag the map and drop a pin to start the route. You can drag the map freely and place as many waypoints as you like, then drop an endpoint. As you drop pins the app calculates the appropriate roads to travel to get to those locations, so be sure to drop as many waypoints as necessary to keep your route accurate. After completing the map portion you are then presented with an opportunity to rate the route’s criteria and enter comments on the ride.
Cons
The invisible box covers most of Europe, west to Nova Scotia and south to the Equator.
The app currently has some bugs that do not render it unusable by any means, but do make it sometimes a frustrating experience.
- Selecting a route by country: this is the option that gives you a map and crosshairs and invites you to drag and select a country. The crosshairs however are bounded by an invisible box that roughly covers the Atlantic Ocean and Europe. As you zoom in closer you can drag around to more of the world map, though the box never quite goes away entirely. It just seems to get bigger.
- The option to select routes “near me” should have a setting for distance. No routes turn up “near me” in San Francisco, though one of the best routes in the world begins just about 120 miles south from here, in Monterey. If I’m looking for a weekend ride I would probably be willing to start that far away.
- When you bring up the route list “by area”, then select United States, the resulting list of routes sorted by state name is not quite sorted alphabetically. It almost is, but not quite.
- Selecting “Washington DC” on the list of state names when viewing routes “by area” brings up a random list of routes from other places (scattered throughout the Midwest and the South).
These are strange little text-handling bugs or quirks that can be squashed easily I’m sure in an update, but right now they’re just strange sauce in an app that otherwise is well thought out and has very useful information.
Overall
Best Biking Roads is a great resource for any biker wanting to find routes nearby or when planning a weekend ride; or for letting the other 11,000+ registered users of the website know about that great new route you just created. Once the bugs are squashed (and maybe photos added?), it will only get better.
VNC Viewer – iPad App Review
VNC Viewer – iPad App Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Version 1.9.4B
Review – “Official RealVNC App for Remote Desktop Viewing”
App developer: RealVNC
Website: http://www.realvnc.com/products/iphone/index.html
I’ve used nearly every single iPhone remote desktop viewing App there is. It used to be a very important part of my home theater/computer set up, and the entire time I’ve owned an iOS Device, I’ve had an App that works with the VNC Server, so I was delighted to finally try out the newly released RealVNC Viewer for the iPad (which is a universal App which also works on the iPhone).
For those of you not familiar with VNC, they are the leading software developers for remote desktop viewing on the PC, and Mac. You can connect to your PC or Mac Desktop from any web-enabled computer, via either the web interface or the VNC Viewer software, so long as you’re running the VNC Server on your home computer. There are three different levels of the software, each which offers different features and OS Compatibility – Check here for details. For the simple user – the Personal Edition is perfect, but for businesses and Mac users, the Enterprise Edition is best.
Like I’ve previously said, there are quire a few remote desktop Apps on the App Store, and most of which actually connect to the VNC Server – having an official product from the Real VNC Crew is a treat, this App is built from the ground up for ease of use and functionality, and runs beautifully on the iPad. Not only does the wider iPad screen offer a better view of your desktops, but it’s much easier to work on files and projects with the larger space. One of the features I really appreciate, that some of the other Remote Desktop Apps don’t have is that it lets you select how to interact with your desktop either by keeping your mouse fixed – and moving the screen around it, or by allowing your finger to both move the mouse as well as the desktop view – my personal favorite method. The Zoom (by pinching) works perfectly, and the entire time I was testing (several times over the course of several days) I never once crashed. Which brings me to another point – VNC Viewer can automatically change and configure your resolution and performance based on your connection speed.
As for typing, there is also not only a full keyboard (which includes ctrl, alt, arrows, esc, and more), but also a command or shortcut keyboard which takes up just a small area of space so that you don’t have to keep using half of your screen when you want to do things like use the F-Keys or Arrow Keys. One feature missing on the App that the regular PC Viewer has is document transfer, which would be absolutely brilliant – but I understand why they didn’t include it (as it might be data heavy and/or a memory hog). The App however does have a text copy/paste transfer, which is so much more convenient and useful than you might even think. I used it several times to copy urls, and email addresses to save onto my iPad.
Overall though, you should trust the experts in this field, the Official Real VNC App is built with the power VNC user in mind. People who use multiple computers, on multiple OS’s with Multiple screen resolutions, etc are going to find this a real treat. This App was made for power business use – but even Free Edition users are going to love having access to their computer from anywhere – I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t find this useful.
While, yes, there are cheap or even free Remote Desktop Apps on the App Store – I highly recommend VNC Viewer for professional and even personal use. The price is really very reasonable for this powerful trustworthy tool, a reflection on the quality of software that you are getting.
~ChantelleJoy
Tweet Me: @ChantelleJoytwt
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Make Traffic Jams an Interactive Game With Waze
Make Traffic Jams an Interactive Game With Waze is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: FREE Score: 8/10 By M. Schusterman
Sometimes combining existing ideas is even more brilliant than coming up with one new idea. Waze, an app designed by Waze Inc., takes three very popular app platforms – games, GPS tracking, and social networking – and morphs them into one incredibly unique free app.
Waze finds your location and allows you to add to the online database as you travel. You can contribute information on current traffic, accidents or police activity. Obviously, this isn’t the only iPhone app out there with these features. But Waze is a little different.
When you download the app and open it for the first time, you set up your account and a short profile and avatar. You can even choose a different little icon to represent your mood, which will be visible by other Wazers on the map and when they search for someone in their area.
Because that’s the other thing about Waze – it’s a community. You can view the map, select a user, view how vary they are from you and “ping” them, or message them in a chat room. (More cautious users can set their profiles to private, as the possible dangerous issues here are obvious.)
Waze makes sitting in traffic a game. Watch your car on the map as a little Pacman icon adding a new road to the Waze interface, all while chowing down some cherries and other items in the road for a few bonus points.
Really getting use out of Waze requires some effort – it’s not really the app for you if you just want something to open and check on the traffic nearby. But if you’re interested in joining and connecting with other users, as well as taking control of the content available by contributing your own, it’s worth taking the time to learn. And hey, the price is right – download this free app and check it out for yourself.
Waze requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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TomTom Updated for iOS4, Background Voice Navigation
TomTom Updated for iOS4, Background Voice Navigation is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
TomTom today released version 1.4 of their iPhone application. This version adds the ability to continue to get spoken turn-by-turn navigation instructions while having other applications on your screen.
In addition to the iOS4 compatibility updates, TomTom have added a slew of other new features. This update also allows you to continue to talk on a phone call while using the TomTom application. A likely usage scenario when you are driving in the car, getting directions to a location from TomTom, and talking to someone on your iPhone. In addition, the maps in the application have been updated and include over 1 million miles of roads in the US that competitors don’t have.
Grab the update now or download TomTom USA now.
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