Apple recently relaxed it’s guidelines for iOS developers and since then we have been noticing some really cool apps making their entry into the App Store. Google Voice apps GV Mobile + and GV Connect were recently made available for the iPhone and the C64 emulator which uses the BASIC interpreter was also approved. These type of apps had been rejected by Apple prior to the change in … Read More
ReaddleDocs for iPad adds new PDF reader, FTP/SFTP support
The developers of the best document manager app called ReaddleDocs for iPhone and iPad , today announced yet another update for the iPad version. It is always great to see that the developers are committed to make the app even better by offering free updates for everyone who uses their app. Some of the cool new features in version 1.6 are: a … Read More
Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad
Splashtop Remote Desktop Rating: If you are a Mac user (and have more than one computer) you will undoubtedly be familiar with Screen Sharing between machines. In a nutshell that is what Splashtop Remote Desktop does. Except in this case it is for connecting your PC to your iPad so you can use your iPad as a remote viewer and controller … Read More
Live Notes for iPad : Audio-Visual Sketch Pad
Live Notes Rating: Live Notes is a colourful sketch pad, with a refreshing User Interface and a neat twist. Rather like the Live Scribe pen it allows you to take notes and record audio at the same time (There is no relationship between the two companies who make the pen and the app, by the way). So, how does Live Notes … Read More
App Layout : Design Your Dream iPhone App’s User Interface
App Layout Rating: App Layout allows anyone to mock up iPhone or iPad User Interface designs on their iPad. You can then save the design as an image and share it with others. Is this something you might be looking for? App Layout has hit the iTunes App Store at a price point which certainly makes it worth investigation. Similar packages … Read More
Calcbot for iPhone and iPad App Review
Calcbot Rating: The app store has hundreds of different calculator apps. The specialized calculators such as the graphing calculators, builder’s calculators, and engineering calculators all provide features not found in the native iPhone calculator app. The rest of the apps which seems to be nothing more than different user interfaces for the same basic calculator have always made me question the … Read More
F1 2010 Timing App for iPhone. The entire Formula 1 Circus in your Pocket
F1 2010 Timing App – Championship Pass Rating: I have to be honest. I am a complete petrol head! Not only that but I have been following Formula 1 since the days of Senna, Mansell and Prost. My Mother calls me Fangio if she ever hears of me driving too fast on the road. A nickname my wife has now irritatingly … Read More
World of Sand Zen-like Sandbox App for iPad (Review)
World of Sand Rating: Not all apps in the app store have to be about killing, racing or winning, in fact there are many that are just about the experience and that’s what World of Sand attempts to do. World of Sand provides a sandbox in both the literal and actual sense of the world as you are provided with an … Read More
Sideways for iPad. Magazine App which Could Push the Print Media Alternatives for Some Market Share
Sideways Rating: One of the things discussed when the iPad was launched was it’s impact on the print media. Would the iPad save it by enabling magazines and newspapers to utilize the new features to earn more revenue to stabilize the falling revenues of the print media or would it be the death nail in the print media’s coffin as … Read More
Apple axes iPad and iPhone apps that act like Desktops
An Australian App Store developer who previously espoused the virtues of Apple’s App Store model in a blog post with the title “Sorry Media, But Apple Isn’t Evil,” is today eating his words. It seems that Apple are carrying out one of their purges of the App Store, but this time it seems that it’s somewhat unusual. Reading between the lines … Read More
Spanish-English Translation Dictionary for iPhone, iPad. Translating Has Never Felt So Good
Spanish-English Translation Dictionary by Ultralingua Rating: Ultralingua’s tag line is ‘For people who love language’ and I can’t argue with that as long as your language is English or Spanish as it is a quality English/Spanish dictionary. If you’re looking for an iPhone/iPad app to specifically learn Spanish then this is not the app for you, however if you are … Read More
‘Sobees for facebook’ iPad App Now Available
Many new iPad users have complained about the lack of Facebook apps that are currently available. Social networking is becoming more and more popular and you would think Facebook would be hurrying along an app designed for the eager iPad user. Luckily there is now an application to keep us going until the official facebook app is launched. Mashable reported … Read More
Synth: Nice iPad Music App but not for Serious Musicians
Synth Rating: Any application that can make me feel like I have any musical talent must be pretty good and I’ve found that many iPhone/iPod Touch apps can do that and now on the iPad a plethora of musical iPad apps are coming out which will hopefully make me feel even more like a musical maestro. This time it’s Synth … Read More
Alice in Wonderland iPad Book. Beautiful Representation of the Classic Novel
Alice for the iPad Rating: A Beautiful Representation of the Lewis Carroll Classic Novel! One of the selling points of the iPad was it’s ability to act as an eReader and the iBook Store was released to sell books to be read on the iPad. While the iBook Store is packed to the virtual ceiling with books they are all … Read More
PixelMagic for iPad. Mobile Photo Editing Application. App Review
PixelMagic Rating: A Great Mobile Photo Editing Application! PixelMagic is a professional photo editing application for the iPad which enables you to edit and manipulate your photo’s using the large screen of your iPad. The irony of this is the fact that the iPad itself doesn’t have a camera so you’ll have to get any pictures you want to edit … Read More