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Weekly App Store Picks: November 14, 2009

Written on November 14, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 1 person has commented

As the weekend arrives it’s time to take another look at the latest iPhone apps to hit the store. As ever, I’ve selected four of the freshest picks for you to check out.
This week I’ve gathered a random assortment of app goodness for you to look at. There’s a great new sound toy, a tool [...]

EyeTV on the iPhone: In-Depth

Written on November 09, 2009 by Andrew Bednarz and 7 people have commented

Recently, Elgato released EyeTV for the iPhone (AppStore Link). At a cost of $4.99, its marketing blurb offers the following functionality:
With the EyeTV app, you can watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. At last, you don‘t have to leave all your great TV shows at home; the EyeTV [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: November 7, 2009

Written on November 07, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 2 people have commented

It’s time to delve in to the App Store and take a look at a select few releases that could find a happy home on your iPhone. This week I’ve selected four games that I’ll be zoning out with this weekend.
Of course there are scores of games out for the iPhone, but we’ve been lucky [...]

Quick Look: Warhammer Online Mac Edition

Written on November 05, 2009 by Mark Crump and 4 people have commented

Over the years, I’ve been forced to redefine my definition of “native” game clients for OS X. At first, I was a die-hard, nothing but true native code for me, thanks. Then, as the harsh reality of understanding that true native code is about as likely as Congress putting aside their differences and acting on [...]

Command & Conquer: Red Alert Brings the Red Menace to Your iPhone

Written on November 04, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

It’s a game series that’s gotten much love over the years, despite, or perhaps because of, the cheesy live action cut scenes featuring actors like Tim Curry. Now, Command & Conquer comes to the iPhone with Command & Conquer: Red Alert ($9.99, iTunes link), named after its PC and console counterpart released in 1996.
How well [...]

Review Update: AT&T 3G MicroCell

Written on November 02, 2009 by Charles Jade and 12 people have commented

As an iPhone user held hostage in AT&T’s network by the exclusivity agreement with Apple, the arrival of the AT&T 3G MicroCell felt like being rescued. Four weeks later, I now realize only Verizon can do that, but my updated assessment of the 3G MicroCell is still positive, mostly.

During the first three weeks of operation, [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 31, 2009

Written on October 31, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 3 people have commented

As another week passes, the seams of Apple’s App Store have been stretched even further with a deluge of new releases. Digging through the latest apps, I’ve selected four fresh picks for you to check out.
It’s Halloween and so my top pick for this week is Alive 4-ever, a top-down zombie shooter with plenty [...]

Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow: Creating Your First Screencast

Written on October 28, 2009 by Matthew Bookspan and 26 people have commented

If you have need to visually demonstrate your product, and you have the resources, then it just makes sense to produce a screencast. With the release of ScreenFlow 2.0, I thought it’d be useful to perform a real-world comparison review of the screencast heavyweight champ versus the relative newcomer (at least to the Mac), Camtasia.
Getting [...]

Cult Hit Settlers of Catan Comes to the iPhone

Written on October 26, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 8 people have commented

If you are or ever have been the board gaming type, you may have run across Settlers of Catan, or at least heard of it from a fanatic friend. The game, which is a bit like Risk but without the war (at least in its basic incarnation), is all about resource gathering, trading, and colonization.
Fans [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 23, 2009

Written on October 24, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 6 people have commented

The long-awaited weekend has finally arrived and with it comes the opportunity to consider purchasing some shiny new Apple hardware. If you’re looking for a distraction from those wallet-emptying new Apple toys, I suggest you check out my picks from the App Store.
This week’s picks are all about distractions, I’ve selected four apps to take [...]

ReelDirector: Full-featured Video Editing Comes to the iPhone

Written on October 21, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 14 people have commented

Despite some predictions to the contrary, the iPhone 3GS launched without a portable version of iMovie for editing of clips. Yes, you can scrub and trim video you shoot on the device in the native Camera app, but beyond that, you can’t do much. New app ReelDirector changes all that, for the relatively low price [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 17, 2009

Written on October 17, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 6 people have commented

Welcome to the weekend, a time for rest, relaxation and, most importantly, downloading the latest releases from the App Store. As ever, I’ve selected four fresh picks for the iPhone for you to check out.
This week’s picks are all about getting the most out of your iPhone. My top pick is Boxcar, an excellent push [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 10, 2009

Written on October 10, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 8 people have commented

It’s the weekend and I’m over in London investigating a host of new iPhone apps out later this year. In the meantime, I’ve hand-picked four of the latest releases from the App Store for you to check out.

This week I’ve selected a smattering of fun games. My top pick for this week is Canabalt, plus [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 3, 2009

Written on October 03, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 5 people have commented

Fueled by a burning desire to bring you the latest iPhone app recommendations, I’ve kept a keen eye on the new App Store releases this week. As ever, I’ve hand-picked four apps for you to check out.
This week I’ve given my picks a social twist, whether it’s tweeting, traveling or just talking. My top pick [...]

RjDj to Sell Whole Albums as Interactive Sound Experiences for iPhone

Written on October 02, 2009 by Wagner James Au and 2 people have commented

RjDj, the exceptionally cool “reactive sound platform” app from Reality Jockey, which turns the iPhone’s microphone into an audio synthesizer, just got even cooler: Now available in the App Store is “Kids on DSP,” an entire album featuring collaborations from two well-known techno artists — Carl Craig and Acid Pauli — converted for [...]

Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell

Written on October 02, 2009 by Charles Jade and 39 people have commented

AT&T’s latest solution to improving network coverage, making the customer pay more and leeching off broadband providers, also known as the AT&T 3G MicroCell, is now in public trials.
While the tiny cellular base station, or femtocell, is not yet available in places like New York or San Francisco, where the call drop rate is rumored [...]

Dungeon Hunter: Gameloft Continues Its “Homage” Hit Parade

Written on October 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

I’m going to get this out of the way right now: Dungeon Hunter is Gameloft’s version of Diablo for the iPhone. No need to insult anyone’s intelligence by dancing around it. Now, does that mean I enjoy playing it any less? It does not.
In fact, Gameloft was very wise in porting this game to the [...]

Colloquy Brings IRC to the iPhone

Written on October 01, 2009 by Lisa Hoover and 4 people have commented

Even though services like Skype, Gtalk, Yahoo, AOL, Twitter and Facebook make it possible to instant or direct message just about anyone online these days, some folks still swear by Internet Relay Chat (IRC). In fact, for many die-hard geeks and software development teams, IRC is the only way to fly.
There are plenty of Web-based [...]

Tweetie 2: The Complete iPhone Preview

Written on September 30, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 41 people have commented

The sequel to Tweetie, the Twitter client that earned itself the much-coveted Apple Design Award earlier this year, is on its way to the App Store as you read this.
For the past few weeks I’ve been part of Loren Brichter’s Tweetie 2 beta program, testing out new features as the former Apple engineer constructed his [...]

Dropbox: Now Native on Your iPhone

Written on September 30, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 14 people have commented

Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox users can now rejoice as the Dropbox team is at [...]