April 14th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Pocket Doodle | Pocket Doodle Application Review - Pocket Doodle is an iPhone application that comes from the stable of Yin Ki Lau. It is priced at $ 1.99 and requires about 0.7 MB of the memory space of your iPhone device. For those people who are massive fans of doodling, this application is sure to awe them. You are presented with these classic magnetic doodle boards which is replete with a ‘ring’ tool and a ‘disk’ tool. You are also provided with a Pen that will allow you to draw your pictures with a grey lining. You also have a ‘sliding eraser bar’ that will enable you to erase the feature across your screen. This application is very akin to the manner in which we used to create funny arts as children.
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The sketches will appear as if seen through a honey-comb. Amongst the numerous features, you have the option to save the last drawing you have made for future replay. You can also obtain the replay in a stroke by stroke fashion, if you so desire. There are some amazing interactive sound effects to go along with it. You can switch off the frame color or alter them by tapping on the empty spaces on your iPhone screen. The user needs to remember that the stroke made following the last erasing action will only be saved for future replay. And the sketches that are left over after partial erasing will not be saved.
April 12th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
In case you missed any of the festivities, quick links to this week’s articles.
Apr 7: Cheap Bastards – advice, enjoy life and don’t sweat the small stuff
Apr 8: For Your Confident Life – a life changing app! it’s freaking amazing! don’t miss it!
Apr 9: Just Gimme A Beer - the iPhone is making us more anal, obnoxious and idiotic
Apr 10: Little Help Please – do you have some serious issue? maybe this app can help
Apr 11: Appy Newz Launched! – Appy Entertainment’s first app, find out our first impression
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April 10th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they’re fair game.
So who’s on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break!
Chad’s Pick: LogMeIn Ignition
I use LogMeIn for my Mac and PC already and this app for iPhone makes LogMeIn that much more useful. This is the BEST option out there that I have tried for remotely accessing your desktop. [$29.99 - iTunes link]
jamesus’ Pick: The Masters Golf Tournament
For those who follow golf, this is a great free app that gives you the leaderboard, couse video flyovers and streaming video from Amen Corner. [Free - iTunes link]
msbaylor’s Pick: TwittMS
An application that turns your Twitter account into an SMS-like application I never really thought of Twitter as using it as an “SMS” app, as for one, the interface didn’t feel right. But this application takes care of that. It acts just like SMS but with some cool features. [$1.99 - iTunes link]
Rene’s Pick: Delivery Status touch
Nothing’s more difficult than waiting for that glorious new box from Apple, but having an app — that doesn’t require a web registration — to count down and keep track of it’s progress helps. A little. [$2.99 - iTunes link]
Special Guest Pick from CrackBerry Kevin: Surf Report
Of course there’s no actual ocean nearby Winnipeg for me to get a surf report on, but it makes me feel less depressed about the snow outside knowing there are places in the world where people are actually surfing right now. Oakley’s Surf Report warms me. [FREE - iTunes link]
Your Pick?
Yeah, you’re part of team TiPb too, so what’s your pick of the week? What app was your absolute fav last week? Let us — and everyone — know in the comments!
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TiPb Picks of the Week: LogMeIn, Masters Golf, TwittMS, Delivery Status touch, Surf Report
April 10th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Back in January Rene made us all aware that the Apple App Store hit the half billion mark in terms of downloads. A few months later it seems like they will be doubling that number by hitting 1 billion app downloads. This is indeed impressive and Apple wants to celebrate with giving you a chance to win some really sweet prizes.
As of today, nearly one billion apps have been downloaded around the globe. So we just want to say thanks — a billion. Download an app and you’ll automatically get the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. Just go to the iTunes Store, browse the App Store, and download your best app yet.
Apple has even laid out the top 20 paid and free apps [iTunes Link] of all time with Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D and the Facebook app leading their respective categories. So what are you waiting for? Get your download on for your chance to win some sweet Apple goodness! (Just remember entries are limited to 25 per person per day.)
Good luck!
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Apple Says Thanks a Billion - Reaches 1 Billion iPhone App Downloads
April 8th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Ghent, Belgium - In the spirit of Easter, Gorillas, an iPhone port of the famous classic DOS game GORILLA.BAS, released a holiday edition with its second update. Introducing the new feature of player model selection, this update unlocks the first in a series of holiday models: the easter bunny.
Gorillas is an iPhone port of a game that was released together with MS-DOS 5 as a demonstration of the QBasic programming language. The original was basically a simplistic artillery game with a twist. Instead of artillery shooting missiles, gorillas were introduced that threw exploding bananas. The concept was very much in the spirit of King Kong and gorillas were placed in a city scape on top of buildings of arbitrary height. The goal was to find the right angle and velocity to throw your banana such that it would hit the opponent while dodging the surrounding buildings.
The iPhone port of this classic has kept most of the retro-feel which makes it very recougnisable. Improvements include, but aren’t limited to:
* Catchy background music
* Improved graphics such as fires, explosions and smoke
* Manual entry of angle and velocity was replaced by a single touch of the screen
* Camera can follow the action
* Game field can be zoomed for long shots
* Single-player gaming against an AI
The first update of Gorillas introduced a large set of improvements, most notably the addition of several different game styles. Players could now choose between the styles:
* Classic: One-on-one single or multi player gaming
* Dynamic: Much like classic but with adjusting difficulty and a throwing skill meter
* Team Game: This is a multi player exclusive where humans team up against the AIs
* Last Man Standing: A style where multiple gorillas battle it out to remain the last one alive
With the second update came the introduction of player models. Players can now choose to either play with gorillas or one of the unlocked models. The first model that has been unlocked is themed on Easter. Selecting this model will replace your gorillas by Easter bunnies throwing Easter eggs.
The development of Gorillas is an ongoing effort and in the spirit of the original, also completely open source. While many iPhone developers, primarily those starting in the field of game development, have found the resource to be vastly useful, it also welcomes contribution and allows anyone (even non-developers) to track the development progress and report any issues they might experience or ideas they have.
As for the future of Gorillas: Buying the game will not only get you this stunning port, but many features are still in the make. New models will be unlocked with each major holiday and we have great plans for more advanced multi player functionality with the coming of the next iPhone operating system. Moreover, players will be able to submit their scores to an online database and compete with other players or teams around the world.
Pricing and Availability:
Gorillas 1.2 for iPhone is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store. For under a dollar, this game will while away the hours in sweet reminiscence of the good old days.
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Located in Ghent, Belgium, Lhunath is a sole developer who’s been in a lot of places. Starting out in QBasic and .NET/VB, he quickly learned to expand his horizons. Today, Lhunath has developed applications in frameworks ranging from Java SE/EE, Bash, Perl, PHP and Objective C. While a very capable developer, he’s also evolved as a designer. Versed in graphic design and a professional in HTML/CSS, he has several homepages on his name. Currently engaged mainly in development of an identity management solution in Java EE, his past time is consumed by his passion for iPhone application development. All Material and Software (C) 2008-2009 Lhunath. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
