I now turn my attention to honorariums of the Star Wars franchise. And by that I mean apps that try to rip off the iconic images and themes that George Lucas used in his original trilogy. Even the name logo of the app shamelessly steals from Lucas’ movies.
Star Words is a marvellous way of simulating the "scrolling text" beginnings of all the Star Wars movies without actually paying George Lucas any money. Naturally, since no license fees are paid, the text and backg…Read More
Most of us grew up with picture books of animals. As children these books help us learn about all kinds of different animals. Animals’ World is basically a picture book on your iPad, but the great thing is that it costs a fraction of what a physical book does, and it also offers a lot of other great features that you won’t find in any animal book!
When you download this app and open it you’ll see a screen with a bunch of animals on it. You can scroll through all the various animals that are available by dragging your finger across the screen. When you find an animal that you’d like to take an in depth look at just touch it and the app will zoom in on it.
When you have an animal selected there are four buttons you can press, one in each corner of the screen. In the upper right corner of the screen is a “zoom” button. Touching this will zoom in so that you can see all of the detail of the beautiful high-res images. Most of these images are large enough that you have to drag around the screen to see the entire thing.
In the lower left corner of the screen is a button with a ruler on it. Touching this button will show a silhouette of an average sized man next to the animal. This gives you an idea of the relative size of the animal.
In the lower right corner is a button with a globe on it. This button will show you a map of the globe with all of the areas where that particular animal lives highlighted. You can rotate and view other ares of the globe by touching it and dragging around. At any time if you want to go back to a previous screen, the upper left corner of the screen is a back arrow that will take you back.
The strength of this app definitely lies in the both the quality of it’s images and in the large amount of animals that is included. A couple of things I noticed on the other hand are that the globe is a little bit confusing to rotate, and it would have been nice if the app pronounced the names of the animals for small children that can’t read.
All things considered though, I could definitely see this app being a great way to expose your young child to the world of animals! While it would be nice to maybe see a few new features added, the interface is clean and simple, and there really is a lot of content.
As with a lot of “HD” apps for iPad I think it is probably a little overpriced. With that said, it is definitely cheaper than buying a physical book with animal pictures. If this app sounds interesting then what are you waiting for? Click the link below and check it out for yourself today!
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The iTunes App Store is chock full of options. No matter what you’re looking for, there truly is an app for that. And, with so many developers creating similar apps, all trying to fill the same needs, their greatest task is to attract attention, making their product the one you simply cannot function without. For those who are truly confident in what their product has to offer, the ideal (and easiest) way to attract new buyers is to offer a free sampling.
HiBye Free by shani hajbi, like its paid version ($0.99), is designed to help you organize your temporary contacts list so you do not accidentally delete important phone numbers from your already jumbled call list, allowing users to save numbers they may need to reference later, complete with timer and note functions.
With the timer function, users can add a temporary contact to their list, setting a specific expiration date for that contact. This will ensure that these mainly extraneous phone numbers, email address and various other bits of information will not remain on your list too long and clutter the rest of your official contact list because, conveniently, HiBye Free syncs directly with the rest of your contacts. When the life span of the contact is just about up, the timer will alert you so you can choose to permanently delete the contact or extend its life span.
Upon startup, users will see that the main screen is also the ‘Contacts’ tab, where they can find the list of all those temporary contacts they have added. This is also the very place they can add more contacts to their list by using the ‘+’ icon in the top right corner. When entering a new contact, users can enter the same types of information they normally do under the general contacts list on their device. HiBye Free recommends adding a note so you always remember exactly why a given contact was saved to your temporary list.
In the top left corner, users will find the ‘Settings’ button. Here, users can set their timer specifications. With HiBye Free, users can only assign a timer of up to a week, while they can save a contact for up to a year with the full version. However, this gives users a nice taste of HiBye’s capabilities. Users may also enable the HiBye Dummy, which shows up in your regular contacts list. Using the dummy, users can enter temporary contact information right from their contacts list, never having to launch HiBye Free to do so.
When contacts are about to expire, users will find their information under the ‘TimeOut’ tab, where they will be able determine the contact’s fate. HiBye Free suits the iPhone user best because iPod Touch users would need to juggle two devices to maximize the app’s usefulness, inputting the information manually instead of extracting it directly from your log.
Users may access all these conveniences within the paid application, as well as advanced services including: setting the timer for up to one year; archiving your contacts with the ability to restore them with one click; creating custom contact categories. However, HiBye Free does a great job of supplementing the main characteristic of the paid version, while dangling the appealing traits of the full version within a tempting distance of the consumer’s nose.
To view my original review of HiBye (paid edition), click here.
HiBye Free requires iPhone OS 3.0 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.
For over 40 years, the Quarks and Tulans have been at war and you have just been recruited as a gunner whose mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use the Quark’s cannons to destroy the Tulan barricades and save the devastated planet.
The premise of BoxBattle Lite by MaxNick puts users in the middle of this fictitious war, requiring them to utilize the Quarks’ artillery to destroy as many green boxes as possible, while avoiding red boxes and conserving ammunition at the same time. Users must develop their own strategies for demolishing the barricades, completing the specific level’s goal, all while using the least amount of ammunition possible, for running out will cause you to have to repeat the process because cannonballs are limited and will cost you points in the long run.
Upon startup, users are asked if they would like to enable OpenFeint, an Internet leaderboard that allows you to compare your scores to the scores of other players from all over the world. You will also be able to track your own personal statistics within BoxBattle Lite in order to review your progress at any time. After this, users will then have free reign of this application’s Lite version, which provides 12 free levels to give users a taste of what BoxBattle has to offer. (Those who love what they say can simply upgrade to the paid version within the application, providing over 120 new levels of game play.)
In general, BoxBattle Lite offers a great sampling of what the full, paid version promises. As you proceed, you can unlock achievements, receive medals and weapons upgrades, accumulating points along the way that not only help you advance levels, but also help you on your journey toward the ultimate rank – First Cannoneer of the Quark Empire.
Though the concept is simple, BoxBattle Lite provides not only a comprehensive ‘Help’ section, but users will also find a guide right within the ‘Help’ portion that provides a visual aid as to how users should maneuver their weapons, what each icon means and the different types of ammunition available.
However, when it comes to playing games on a small device, such as the iPhone or iPod Touch, the tiny screen does not lend itself well to precision and patience. With BoxBattle Lite, users must develop a careful technique, combining aim and force on a playing field that is extremely sensitive to the touch. To move the cannon up and down on its track, users should use two fingers to drag the weapon. Then, to shoot, users use one finger to aim at the boxes, pulling back further and further to increase the force of the cannonball. But, as one pulls back, the cannon’s touch sensitivity causes the aim to shift, leaving your cannonball falling in the wrong direction, completely missing your target. This leads to wasted ammunition, making even Level One a tricky task for the impatient or unskilled.
With such a small screen, even users with the smallest fingers will find this sensitivity and need for precision a challenge all on its own. And, assuming that Level One is supposed to represent the easiest level difficulty of them all, perhaps users should be greeted with a slightly less daunting test in order to draw them in quicker, because anyone who becomes discouraged after the first level will surely never make it through the 12 free levels, longing for the paid version and more game play.
For a YouTube video demonstration of what BoxBattle has to offer, click here.
BoxBattle requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. A small fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.
Plunderland, a unique pirate adventure game by JohnnyTwoShoes, is now available from the app store. This unique game lets you take a pirate ship across the open seas from port to port, battling British sailors, encountering islands full of natives, and of course, plundering as much treasure as you can. With cute graphics, intense battles, [...]
Preschool Storybook Piano – iPhone App Review ($0.99)
Version – 1.2
Review – “Encourage your young child’s musical talents!”
If you’re looking for a great way to keep your young child entertained, this app may be just what your looking for! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Preschool Storybook Piano is an app that uses visual aids to help teach your child to play piano!
Preschool Storybook Piano has four different modes of play: Play and Sing along, Learn the Song, Karaoke Mode, and Free Style Mode. In Learn the song mode your child will see the notes being played above a keyboard. As the song plays the keys will light up to show you which ones are supposed to be played. To start the song you just touch the “start” button on the left side above the keyboard.
In each of the four different play modes there are several different “keyboard sounds” to choose from. To switch between them just touch the little keyboard icon to the left of the “Start” button. There are all kinds of instrument sounds from piano, guitar and banjo all the way down to animal sounds!
Another thing you can do with this app is record yourself playing and listen to it again! It works great, but I found it to be slightly confusing the first time I used it. There is really not any description of how this feature works. To record yourself playing you have to touch the “Record” button so that it’s highlighted and then start the song to record.
In play and sing along mode you’ll see a story in the background as you play the song, in Karaoke you’ll see the words to the song, and in Free style mode you will both see the words and also the background from play and sing along mode! When you view the words with the song you have the option of viewing them in English, Spanish, or French as well!
If you have a young child in your life that is showing signs of talent/interest in music this app is a great way to encourage that! While it would have been nice to maybe have a few more songs included, the app is only $0.99 and it functions well. So what are you waiting for? Check it out in the App Store today!
- David H.
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Review – “A great guide for nurses that is truly pocket sized!”
There are good things and bad things about electronic references. The good thing about them is the fact that you can have a virtually limitless amount of information packed into a very small device. The problem with them tends to be that the more information you pack in, the more difficult they become to navigate. Informed Publishing has addressed this by integrating great information with a simple interactive interface!
When you open up the RN Pocket Guide you’ll see a small menu bar at the bottom of the screen with four buttons. The button on the left of this menu will bring up a list of all the topics that are covered within this app. There are all kinds of topics covered from Cardiac and Respiratory down to Mental Health and Gastrointestinal.
When you find the topic that you need information on, touching it will bring up a list of articles to read. What really makes this app great though is that the information itself is interactive. If the article you’re reading mentions a test that you might want to perform it will give you a link to that test within the app, or if it references a phone number it will give you a link to dial that phone number directly.
Besides the articles full of information, this app also offers a variety of different medical calculators. You can access the full list of them by touching the “Calculators” button at the bottom of the screen. Many of them are also available from within various information in the “Topics” section as well.
Another great feature of this app is the “Search/Bookmarks” feature. Anytime you find and are reading an article that you think you might need later, you can add a bookmark to it by touching the “+” button at the bottom of the screen. You can then access your list of bookmarks either from the main menu or by touching the bookmark button from within an article.
You can switch from bookmarks to the search feature by touching the icon in the upper right corner of the screen. As you type information into the search bar you’ll see live updates of information below. Touching any of the articles that pop up will take you straight to them. This makes it extremely easy to quickly find information on a particular topic. No hunting through topics and subtopics, just type one good key word and head there directly!
If you’re a nurse and you have or used to carry a pocket guide of some sort, this is an app that you should definitely check out. For just $9.99 you can have all kinds of great information literally at the tops of your fingers! So what are you waiting for? Head to the App Store and check it out today!
- David H.
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As technology continues to advance, life gets more and more complicated. The programs and gadgets designed to lighten our load have become a burden themselves, causing the general public to have to constantly learn new methods and advance at the same rapid pace. But then there are programs – in this case, applications – that attempt to ease this problem by combining everything in hopes of making the all-in-one concept seem simple and more enticing to the crowd.
Yet, when it comes to social networking, we fail to realize that half the tasks we take on are completely unnecessary. However, Pinch – iMessenger, iContacts & iLocation Sense by Affle Pte Ltd takes a plethora of these pointless actions and combines them into a single application that may or may not put your mind into overdrive depending on how much information you can take in at one time.
While Pinch most definitely does a decent job of combining multiple types of social networking and mobile communication into one application, one also has to account for the fact that such an application will only work to the fullest extent if all your friends are using the app as well. Luckily, Pinch features cross platforms messaging support, meaning iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Web and Facebook users can access the same services, slightly increasing your chances of finding friends who use the application. Otherwise, once you create your account, be prepared to send a lot of invitations.
Upon startup, all users will first need to access the Profile tab, which will allow existing users to log in and new users to register. While users can either create a new account or sign in using their Facebook account, all will have to provide their mobile telephone number and email address in order to proceed. Pinch promises that such information is confidential and used to simply provide users with their messages and archived information, for Pinch offers free unlimited storage of your message history.
With the iMessenger component, Pinch hopes to redefine texting by ridding users of roaming or data charges. Their idea is to eliminate the need to pay for SMS and MMS messaging and data by taking advantage of your device’s Wi-Fi capabilities. Users can also customize their messaging layout with personalized themes and wallpapers available under Preferences. To compile all your contacts in one place, the iContacts portion works to organize and auto-discover your friends from your phone’s contact list, Twitter and Facebook (assuming you give Pinch the permission to connect to your accounts).
However, the most unnecessary (and unsafe) aspect of Pinch would have to be the iLocation Sense aspect. Acting as a built-in stalking system, more or less, iLocation will find fellow Pinch friends and users nearby, while also sharing your location and tracking your personal journey with directions and miles traveled. To encourage check-ins, points are awarded every time you inform the world of your location. These points can then be used in Pinch’s leaderboard contests, including their current iPad giveaways. Of course, I do know that users can control who sees their location, but encouraging such forms of social networking is irresponsible considering the potential dangers sharing such information may lead to when in the wrong hands.
But, if you are truly into such forms of social networking, then you best get to work on inviting all your friends (anyone with a Smartphone, that is) so they can join you on your journey to make Pinch semi-practical in a world run by Facebook, Twitter, Four-square and all those other social networking sites that have come to control our daily activities already.
Pinch requires iPhone OS 3.0 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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