News Archive for 09/07/08

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Epic Tilt launches TapStar rhythm game for iPhone

07/08, 11:40pm

TapStar iPhone rhythm game

Epic Tilt in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment has launched a new rhythm game for the iPhone and iPod touch, TapStar. The game consists of four differently colored arrows, one in each corner of the mobile phones screen, with a series of matching colored arrows that move upwards in the middle of the screen. Following the same basic principle as the Guitar Hero games, players listen to a song while tapping the colored arrow in the corner of the iPhone, at the very moment the same colored arrow appears at the top of the screen.

iPhone apps: Mark On Call, Word Solitaire, Cloudburst

07/08, 8:00pm

SurfBalance, Final Price

Mark On Call ($3) allows users to create and share detailed floor plans. The application can create rooms with detailed shapes and sizes, lay down flooring, and add and place architectural features, appliances and furniture. Additionally, colors and textures are automatically scaled onto items in the room using pre-set options, the iPhone's camera, or any saved picture from the user's photo library.

Third-gen iPod touch observed in testing

07/08, 3:30pm

Third-gen iPod testing

Apple is already testing a third-generation iPod touch, information from Pinch Media indicates. The analytics group has tracked a device using the "iPod 3,1" moniker online, which is in keeping with Apple's standard hardware versioning. The second-generation Touch, for example, is designated iPod 2,1, while the iPhone 3G is iPhone 1,2.

Audio-Technica rolls ANC7b headphones

07/08, 1:55pm

Audio Technica ANC7b

Audio-Technica grew its still-small noise-reduction headphone line today through the ATH-ANC7b, its main and only over-ear model in the category. It upgrades an earlier outgoing model with a purportedly more natural and richer sound. It continues to use an active cancellation process with dual microphones that pick up outside sound; the company believes about 85 percent of outside sound is eliminated before it reaches the listener's ears. Noise canceling demands batteries but can be turned off.