News Archive for 09/01/02

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Gaming 5-pack on App Store

01/02, 4:15pm

Crypto Games Mix 1 launched for iPhone

Cryptocybernetics has launched Crypto Games Mix 1, a five-game combo-package for the iPhone. Word Hunter and Word Scramble are combined with three recent apps, Observation, Cupid and Hexapawn. Word Hunter is a word-square game, challenging players to find the words in a square matrix of letters. Word Scramble presents gamers with mixed-up words, with the goal of unscrambling the words in the shortest amount of time. Both titles have English, Spanish and Russian word lists, with a total wordcount over 110,000.

Mathomatic app arrives

01/02, 12:10pm

Mathomatic for iPhone solves symbolic math

Gotow.net has launched Mathomatic, a symbolic math calculator for the iPhone. Mathomatic goes beyond regular calculation to solving algebraic problems, ranging from basic algebra to complex polynomial and multivariate systems. It works through systems of equations, showing intermediate steps and all possible solutions, while simplifying and factoring expressions. Mathomatic works with derivatives, indefinite integrals, laplace transforms and taylor series expansions, as well as imaginary numbers.

iPhone-ready glove patent

01/02, 10:30am

Apple looking to patent iPhone-friendly glove?

Apple may be exploring the idea of gloves more friendly to touchscreens, an application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals. A problem common to iPhone and iPod users in colder areas, such as Canada and the northern US, is that they must wear gloves when going outside. Because Apple handhelds use capacitive touchscreens however, it may be difficult or impossible for the electrical signals from a person's fingers to pass through glove fabric.