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Tales2Go provides iPhone and iPod touch users with access to thousands of audio stories designed for children. The app features stories from a variety of audio publishers including Recorded Books and Audio Bookshelf. The stories are intented for children ages 3-11 and covers a wide range of genres from folktales to fairytales.
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Running Method has announced Run Coach, a new personalized training app for people trying to get in shape. It provides users with a series of running related tools such as GPS mapping and a customizable training plan. Within the app users can view detailed reports on their progress and choose music from the playlist selection to listen to while running.
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BravoBug Software has introduced a new memory game for the iPhone and iPod touch, SimonSez. Designed to challenge the user’s audio and visual pattern recognition skills, the player is given an increasingly difficult wave of sounds and light flashes which they must try and duplicate. Also included is a score board and adjustable game speeds.
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SonicPics provides a variety of tools for creating and narrating customized photo slide-shows. Users can add images from either the iPhone’s library or camera and combine them with up to 60 minutes of recorded audio. Support is included for uploading movies to YouTube or transferring movies via Wi-Fi, as well as sending videos by e-mail.
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MobiMind is a new puzzle-based iPhone game where players try to guess a hidden color combination by sliding color counters into designated areas. It offers four different difficulty levels to choose from and allows users to pick from different colored counters and background themes. A worldwide “Hall of Fame” is also included for comparing scores.
ZoomMediaPlus has introduced the ZoomIt memory card reader for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new dock-connecting accessory works with the company’s ZoomIt application that provides access to content stored on SD cards. Support is offered for all file types recognized by iPhone OS 3.0, ranging from photos and videos to PowerPoint documents. The accessory allows users to upload all stored media for use at a later time, or share files with other users via e-mail, Facebook or Flickr.
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nova media has released a new sync application for the Mac, FoneSync for LG phones. The utility syncs Address Book and iCal information with a variety of LG devices. Support is currently present for just the HB620T, KF750 and KU990, but more models should be added in the future. In hopes of speeding up the the process a free tool has been released that checks if a phone can be added. FoneSync for LG phones is available online for $20, and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6.1, plus a Bluetooth-enabled Mac.
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The iPhone 3.1.3 firmware has introduced problems for some people even as it has fixed them for others, say complaints on Apple's support forums. Most critical is an issue with battery life, which can suddenly become erratic. A phone's battery meter may potentially swing wildly, for instance going from 25 to 7 to 10 percent, then jumping back up to 24 percent.
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The unofficial iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.5, an updated version of its jailbreaking tool for iPhones and iPod touches. As is normal with Apple firmware, the official iPhone 3.1.3 distribution undoes any jailbreaking or unlocking if installed on top of hacked v3.1.2 code. The PwnageTool update allows some devices to retain their hacks while gaining the advantages of the new firmware.
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Mon February 8, 2010 | Posted in iphone apps
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WolframAlpha 1.1 is a new version of the company’s scientific calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch. The latest version brings the total number of usable keyboards up to four, consisting of a Greek, Math, Symbol, and default keyboard. Additionally, a new substitution system and improved graphics rendering have been included.
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Trunk Notes 2.1 is a wikipedia-style personal database used for creating and managing notes. With the upgrade the app now supports voice wiki entries and enables users to add images directly from the library or built-in camera. Additionally, entries can now be tagged with the user’s current location, which is displayed on the integrated map.
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Smart Recorder 2.0 provides users with an interface for recording and playing-back audio files. Version 2.0 is now designed to compress audio files before exporting them and includes a new direct e-mail feature that enable users to send recordings that are up to an hour in length. A series of interface and performance improvements have also been included.
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ZTak Software has introduced a new puzzle game for the iPone and iPod touch, Marble Burst. The object of the game is to remove groups of same colored marbles until the playing field is completely cleared. Players are awarded medals for obtaining high scores and can upload their score to the game server in an attempt to win the high score plaque.
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The new Food Guide app provides users with detailed information on most of the common food products in Europe. Containing approximately 1,500 food products and ingredients, the app spans 18 chapters and includes 1-5 star ratings on each item. Features include built-in photos and translation assistance for English, German, and Spanish.
The release of the promised Logitech SqueezeBox Touch has again been delayed, according to a Thursday post by a Slim Devices developer on the official Logitech forum board. The last delay promised the touch media server would arrive this month, and Logitech is still keeping mum about why the device has been delayed. Forum members speculate Logitech ran into major software or hardware problems.
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Fri February 5, 2010 | Posted in iphone apps
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iPhotoFit is a new photograph manipulation application that enables users to mix different facial parts of celebrity photos. With a total of 156 facial parts to choose from, users can move, rotate, flip, or bend each part in order to develop the desired look. User’s can also add photos from the iPhone library and post the final product on Facebook.
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Savoy Software has introduced a new image processing app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Liquid Scale. The program makes it possible to scale images both vertically and horizontally without distorting the content. It allows users to pick a specific section of a picture for resizing and includes three different resolution qualities to choose from.
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ACTRocket works as a web-search accelerator, providing shortcuts that can be used to reduce the amount of time spent browsing web sites or search engines. It comes with built-in popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo, along with a wide range of websites. Users can also add their own websites to the list and customize the shortcut options.
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DigiArty has unveiled Graves Robber, a new zombie-shooting game for the iPhone. The game contains approximately 500 zombies for users to kill, including six boss zombies. It uses the accelerator to control the run direction and supports first or third person views. Throughout the game players can purchase different weapons, bullets, and equipment.
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Pigs VS Wolves is a new strategy-based tower defence game designed in 2D. During the game players control the pigs and are required to defend themselves against 11 different kinds of wolves. Features include up to 15 characters to choose from, 16 different battle levels, and a variety of different game modes including Classic, Survival, and Normal.
The Consumer Electronics Association has announced that the 2011 CES iLounge Pavilion will feature the largest display of iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Mac related products and services in the shows history. The iLounge Pavilion was a new addition to this year's exhibition, with more than 100 companies. For next year's show, the Pavilion will feature 50,000 square feet of floor space with companies such as iSkin, Mophie, and Scosche displaying new products. The 2011 show will take place in Las Vegas from January 6th to 9th.
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Thu February 4, 2010 | Posted in iphone apps
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World Surfer 2.0 provides users with access to information on specific points of interest including restaurants and parks. The upgrade adds the ability to view areas in Augmented Reality, providing GPS data on places the user is currently looking at. Also included is additional freetext support and a feature for saving categories and freetext to bookmarks.
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Cute Logic has announced Lexo, a new hidden-word game where users try to unscramble mixed letters in order to reveal a word. The game includes three difficulty levels to choose from and provides users with four different game modes to play through. 4000 words are included in the game, which are spread out over the three difficulty settings.
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It’s On My Way 2.0.1 is designed to display convenient stops that are located between the users starting point and destination. With the latest version new satellite and hybrid map views have been added, as well as support for one-way or round trips. Additionally, users can now save their favorite search terms, e-mail route directions, or add contacts.
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GroceryList is a new interactive checklist that contains over 1,500 items commonly found in a typical grocery store. It provides tools for creating and editing grocery lists, along with multi-index scanning for searching through built-in items. Other features include the ability to add custom grocery items, and VoiceOver support for accessing lists.
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Freeverse has launched a new adventure game for the iPhone and iPod touch, Parachute Ninja. Throughout this arcade-style game players take control of a rubber-band slinging, parachuting ninja who is on a quest for revenge. The game consists of a Story Mode complete with 30 different levels spanning four regions, as well as a Survival Mode.
Apple has again expanded the functions of iTunes Preview, the web-based showcase for material at the iTunes Store. In addition to music, site visitors can now see previews of iPhone apps; when opening an app link in a web browser, people will see details and screenshots without having to own iTunes. Actually downloading an app requires following a link back to iTunes.
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Wed February 3, 2010 | Posted in: Investor, Apple, iPad
Apple will likely sell 2 million iPads in FY 2010, with another 6 million coming in 2011, says Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf. The firm has completed its first assessment of the tablet's potential, which is said to founded on several assumptions. Because of a $500 base price, the iPad is expected to attract a "non-trivial" number of the 75 million iPhone and iPod touch owners in existence, as well as more buyers in the form of netbook shoppers, schools and hospitals.
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Accessory maker Scosche today put out the solBAT II as its second wave of solar-powered external batteries. The pack gives iPhones, iPods and most handheld USB devices a 1,500mAh lithium-ion pack whose sun recharging lets it provide "free" energy to keep a device going. A single charge is estimated to be enough to power a typical cellphone twice over, though it's not known how efficiently it works for smartphones; Scosche says the add-on behaves like a maximum 5V wall adapter.
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Wed February 3, 2010 | Posted in iphone apps
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Football Toss 2010 is a new 3D sports game where the player’s job is to throw a football through a swinging tire. The game includes both customized illustrations and a physics engine designed to provide football trajectory and bouncing animations. Three difficulty levels are available to choose from and points are tracked via the animated scoreboard.
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iFlashcards 1-to-30 provides children with a series of colorful flash cards that can be used to teach both Spanish and English numbers. Designed for kids ages 2-to-5, the app combines both video and audio teachings with quizzes in order to develop and determine the children’s understanding. Categories include numbers 0–10, 11–20, and 21-30.
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Mobile DJ Apps has released a new DJ application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Mobile DJ Sampler Pro allows users to upload and play hundreds of sound samples, and includes tools for continuous looping and transitioning between tracks. It features over 50 built-in sound samples, six different presets, and the ability to upload background JPEG images.
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Mobomo has launched ExpenseBooks, a new iPhone app designed to log FreshBooks expenses. It offers a full history of FreshBooks expenses, and provides tools for deleting, editing, and creating entries. Users can view details or create expenses while in offline mode and then sync any changes with FreshBooks once an internet connection is available.
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iChalk Mobile is a new drawing application that allows users to develop pictures using chalk-style colors. Features include four different backgrounds to draw on, up to eight chalk colors, and three separate chalk sizes to choose from. When a picture is finished users can shake the iPhone in order to erase, or save it to the library. All pictures can be e-mailed to friends or posted on Facebook.
Tue February 2, 2010 | Posted in: iPod, iPhone, hacks
The new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware wrecks any previous unlocking or jailbreaking efforts, warns the unofficial iPhone Dev Team. Both the PwnageTool and redsn0w tools are noted to be incompatible with v3.1.3, with the exception of the latter when jailbreaking a first-generation iPhone or Touch. In those cases, users can point the software to an existing v3.1.2 IPSW.
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French developer and publisher Gameloft generated $25 million off the App Store in 2009, according to the company's newly-released financial statement for the period. The figure represents a 231 percent increase year-over-year, and helped to push the company's mobile sales up by 12 percent. This in turn helped to boost the company's overall revenue, which was up 11 percent to about $170 million.
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Sony may be close to holding a 'second launch' for the PSP Go to shore up its sales, a claimed leak indicates today. The gaming giant is supposedly unhappy with the slump in performance of the redesigned console and is gearing up for a second marketing campaign. Other steps are said on the table and are speculated by Gamervision to include a price cut from the current $250 price tag.
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Apple has pushed a new firmware update, v3.1.3, out to iPhone and iPod touch owners. The release is a minor one, fixing bugs rather than adding any substantial features. Key among the changes is better battery meter accuracy for the iPhone 3GS, addressing a long-standing complaint. Also fixed are crashes when using the Japanese Kana keyboard, and a problem preventing third-party apps from launching.
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Lexcycle's Stanza e-book reader for the iPhone and iPod touch has been stripped of USB book sharing, at the request of Apple, the developer says. Stanza 2.1 is now being distributed through the App Store, and makes the removal of USB sharing the only change. App owners were previously able to transfer ePub or eReader books into Stanza through a USB cable.
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Tue February 2, 2010 | Posted in iphone apps
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Zentity has teamed up with the Indian Film Company and Studio 18 in order to release a new Striker Edition of Touch Carom. The new version provides a Striker movie-theme where players control a young carom champ who is forced to play the game for financial reasons. Additionally, users can play as the character Surya and add an avatar image.
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Partial Sums Addition is a new educational math application that can be used to learn the partial sums addition method. The app supports working with two to three numbers at once, each with two or three digits. Users can customize the color of the interface, change the animation speed, and highlight specific sections within the app.
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App Genie provides users with 26 different applications packed into one software suite. It features a wide range of apps including Talking Clock, Weather, Tip Calculator, and Barcode Scanner, all built into one interface. While most apps work with both the iPhone and iPod touch, some have specific requirements such as GPS or camera integration.
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A new Carpet Flight game, which is designed to utilize the mobiles devices accelerometer controls, has been released for the iPhone and iPod touch. The object of the game is to fly through the sky while avoiding golden orbs that can knock the player down. The game is presented with 3D graphics and offers bonuses such as orbs to help speed or mana.
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Ideal Binary has launched 3D Bookshelf–Classic Literature Collection, a new e-book reader for the iPhone. The app allows users to manipulate books in an interactive 3D interface and allows users to navigate between pages by using a swipe gesture. All books are stored on the 3D bookshelf and display details regarding what’s inside.
Mon February 1, 2010 | Posted in: iPod, iPhone, audio
TDK Japan on Monday released its TH-WR700 headphones that use Kleer's wireless technology. A sender unit connects to an iPhone, iPod or other device with a 3.5mm headphone jack and transmits 16-bit/44.1KHz audio using the 2.4GHz frequency to a built-in receiver in the folding headphones. Both phone calls and music will pass through from any compatible products.
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Logitech has recently published a second app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Touch Mouse. Users can navigate a cursor on a Mac or Windows PC by treating the app as a trackpad. Portrait and landscape views are supported, and scrolling is possible with two-fingered gestures.
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