News Archive for 08/12/04

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iPhone apps: Babelingo Travel Phrases, iCompta, iDrum

12/04, 11:05pm

Photo Brush, Stage Hand

Babelingo Travel Phrases ($6) is a language translation tool for the iPhone and iPod touch that contains more than 300 useful phrases and words. Babelingo can translate to and from 10 different languages, including English, Spanish, French and Japanese. Each category, phrase, word and screen can be presented in any of the supported languages. Users may add commonly used phrases to a favorites list or perform searches for phrases using key words.

iPhone apps: Voice Dialer, Units calc, DaysFrom

12/04, 11:40am

iPhone apps: iCam, MemoCar

Voice Dialer (free) is a voice dialing application for the iPhone that allows users to search through their contact book using voice commands. Users press and hold the onscreen button, then speak a name and command such as "call." After a contact has been found, users can choose to call, e-mail or send a text message to the person. If an address is associated with the contact, a map of that location can also be displayed.

Weezer, Daft Punk come to new Tap Tap games

12/04, 11:20am

Daft Punk, etc. in Tap Tap

Several major musical acts have found their way into new App Store games based on the Guitar Hero-like Tap Tap Revenge, developer Tapulous has announced. The first, Christmas With Weezer, includes six original Christmas songs by the rock band, as well as two singles off the most recent studio album. The second game, Tap Tap Dance, features a host of electronic dance acts such as Moby, Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers, with artwork tailored to each group.