Author Archives: Touch Reviews Team

Pocket CFO Guide to Investing: the Portable Mobile Learning Solution

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Chicago based Intersog LLC today released Pocket CFO – A Complete Guide to Investing 1.0 for iPad. Pocket CFO Guide to Investing is a full-featured business course logically divided into 3 distinct sections: course, flashcards and tests. The full-text course book contains 14 chapters which cover everything from technical analysis to portfolio diversification. And to help users with terms they may not understand, a course glossary is provided for easy access to definitions from within the app.

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Look Like a Spaceman with Mirror Cam for iPhone 4 Free

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UK based Intelligenti today announces Mirror Cam 1.0, a free, brand new app for iPhone 4. Designed to make full use of the iPhone 4 front facing camera, Mirror Cam allows you to look at yourself while surrounded by many different frames. See what you look like in an antique frame, as a Spaceman, and more. Imitate a fighter pilot, a medieval knight, or a famous celebrity with your own backstage makeup mirror. Just swipe left or right from frame to frame, tap the screen and then save the picture.

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Skype for iPhone Updated To Support iOS 4 Multitasking

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Skype for iPhone has just been updated to version 2.1 and brings with it the ability to run in the background with iOS 4 and continue conversations even while switching away from the skype application. Skype release notes state: Run Skype in the background with multitasking in iOS4. Receive Skype … Read the Full Story →

iPhone 4 Free Bumper Cases Will Cost Apple $175M

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Apple’s “generous” move to fix the iPhone 4 antennae issue will cost the company $175 million dollars the company announced during their earnings conference call yesterday. Apple will expense the cost of the cases as deferred revenue in their 4th quarter balance sheet. What is not clear is how Apple … Read the Full Story →

Gravity Runner – iPhone Game Announced

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UK based developer, We Are Colin announced today their brand new title ‘Gravity Runner’ will soon be coming to the App store. Gravity Runner is a game with a similar style to the popular ‘Canabalt’ and ‘Chop Chop Runner’. The player runs across the screen in order to reach the goal at the end, while avoiding various obstacles along the way. The unique twist being that the player can flip gravity, so they can run on the ceiling of the level, adding much more excitement to this genre of game.

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Pinch iPhone App gets overwhelming response from users

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Affle today announced that Pinch has received stellar launch reviews and has registered thousands of users in the first weekend of launch. Pinch lets users communicate with friends by sending rich animations, pictures, emoticons, push notifications, location and all these can be done without any SMS/MMS/roaming charges. Pinch is also now featured by Apple in the New & Noteworthy section in the U.S., U.K., Australia and many other app stores.

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Did Apple’s iPad Help Amazon Sell More Kindle eBooks?

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About six and a half months ago (January 27th, 2010 to be specific), most technology bloggers and analysts chose the casket for the Kindle. The iPad was going to kill the Kindle device and distribution model. iBooks was going to take over as the de-facto eBook marketplace just like iTunes … Read the Full Story →

iLookFunny – The fun photo booth for iPhone. Fun App But With Limitations

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iLookFunny – The fun photo booth for iPhone Rating: The iPhone 4’s new front facing camera brings with it a slew of new possibilities in photography applications. While there is no doubt that its main usage will be for chatting applications (such as FaceTime), many apps have been popping up that … Read the Full Story →

Apple engineer warned about iPhone 4 antenna issues

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Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Apple engineer Ruben Caballero warned Apple CEO Steve Jobs about issues with the iPhone 4 that could potentially lead to dropped calls. Ruben Caballero, whose a senior engineer and an antenna expert, Informed Apple’s management that iPhone 4 design may cause reception issues. The … Read the Full Story →

iPhone 4 Bumper Case Fixes Antenna Issues – Consumer Reports

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Consumer Reports today announced that the Apple Bumper Case helps in resolving the antenna issues with the new iPhone 4. Consumer Reports tested an iPhone 4 with the bumper case and found that covering the lower left hand portion of the case did not affect the signal strength the same … Read the Full Story →

Microsoft to Apple: The iPhone 4 is your Vista

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Who could forget Microsoft’s PR nightmare with Windows Vista? It seemed like everyone had something bad to say about Vista. Even Microsoft fan boys joined the party when it came to mocking Microsoft over Windows Vista. Over the last several weeks, however, the same atmosphere that existed during the Vista … Read the Full Story →

Apple Releases iOS 4.1 Beta to Developers

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Apple today released to developers the first beta version of iOS 4.1. This beta release is only targeted for the iPhone and iPod devices and does not include the iPad on the list of supported devices. Apple has still not stated when they will release iOS 4 for the iPad. … Read the Full Story →

New Kobo iPhone 4 eReading App Now Available on the App Store

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Press Release Kobo, a global eReading service, today announced the availability of its new iPhone application, built specifically for iPhone 4 and the iOS 4 operating system. The application features additional reading format options, automatic syncing, multiple bookmarking and faster navigation. In addition to iPhone, Kobo is available on iPad, … Read the Full Story →

iOS 4 to be Available For Apple iPad In November

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This Thursday, iAds will go live on iOS apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iAds, as Steve Jobs put it, will deliver “interaction and emotion,” to the mobile advertisment experience. Advertising Age reported that “a check-in with declared iAd advertisers found that many are still in the early stages … Read the Full Story →