Sentinel 2: Earth Defense
Swain Valasek | Jul 5, 2009 Games
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(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
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Sentinel 2: Earth Defense from Origin8 is the sequel to the much-acclaimed Sentinel, now called now called Sentinel: Mars Defense and originally reviewed by Chris J here (let’s just call them S1 and S2 hereafter). The story goes that despite your valiant efforts defending the Mars mining colony you ultimately failed, the base was completely overrun, everyone died and now the aliens have their belligerent eyes fixed on another target…Earth. Pushing aside your prior job performance, top brass has again entrusted you with the job of defending a planet…just this time it’s your own (no pressure). You’ve got a little something extra to bring to the party this time though in the form of 4 orbital attacks from the spaceship Sentinel, 2 new barrier types and 1 new drone (more on this later). Add 4 maps, sprinkle in a new boss alien plus a new mission mode and you have yourself a sequel.
Tags: $2.99, Swain Valasek, td, tower defense
Clipboard Manager and History
Swain Valasek | Jul 4, 2009 Productivity
User rating: (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Anyone who’s used a clipboard manager on their computer knows it’s incredibly useful…well thank you OS3 for allowing this goodness to hit the iPhone, in this case with Clipboard Manager and History from Alessandro Pappalardo. The premise is simple, a piece of software running in the background that remembers everything you ever copied to the clipboard for instant recall. Wait you say, Apple doesn’t allow background processing…and you’re quite correct…so that feature is not present here (nor in any other 3rd party app). Let’s just see what we have left after taking away that important function and what enhancements might have been added to try and make up for it.
Tags: $0.99, clipboard manager, Swain Valasek
Happy 4th of July
Michael (Admin) | Jul 4, 2009 Website Stuff
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…and if you’re not American then ummm just have a nice day!
3D Fireworks 2
Michael (Admin) | Jul 2, 2009 Entertainment
User rating: (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Way back in November of last year I reviewed KDR Software’s original version of 3D Fireworks and it was pretty good! They’re back with this new version that incorporates a city skyline and a whole mess of settings to play with, one of the coolest being the ability to set the “auto-launch rate” which controls how often stuff explodes in the sky. You also get to choose what types of fireworks are shown and you can even throw in a UFO if multicolored explosions just aren’t enough for you.
Eric’s 6 Random Freebies
Michael (Admin) | Jul 2, 2009 Random Freebies
User rating: (2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
(2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Another round of untested free stuff hunted down by Eric! This one is a little heavier on corporate names than in the past but hey, you gotta eat and it usually helps to have a job.
RunKeeper Free by FitnessKeeper: Eric recently ran a marathon so I’m not surprised to see this app included! This app uses GPS to track your distance, path, etc. and is ad supported. Hate ads? Pay $9.99 for the non-free version.
Jobs by Careerbuilder.com: Get a job, iPhones ain’t free!
Whole Foods Market Recipes by Whole Foods Market: I prefer frozen burritos but if I ever decide to make something natural & organic I’ll be all over this one
Wild West Pinball by OOO Gameprom: To quote from this app’s App Store page: JUST PINBALL EVER
Stoneloops! of Jurassica Lite by PlayCreek: Swain loves this game!
AP Mobile by The Associated Press: Stay current with what’s happening in the world or be forever mocked by your friends, assuming you have some
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- RunKeeper Free
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- Jobs
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- Whole Foods Market Recipes
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- Wild West Pinball
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- Stoneloops! of Jurassica Lite
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- AP Mobile
Tags: free
July 4th – Independence Day
Chrisa | Jul 1, 2009 Entertainment, Reference
User rating: (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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This coming Sunday, we will celebrate the third anniversary of my 39th birthday – please, no gifts, unless they come in small blue boxes tied with white ribbon. But more importantly to most, on Saturday we will celebrate the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
In honor of this occasion, the gang at Core Coders Ltd. have created July 4th – Independence Day, a patriotic little application that entertains and informs us on this most American of holidays.
Tags: $0.99, Entertainment, Reference
Lyrics+
Michael (Admin) | Jul 1, 2009 Music
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
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I was planning to review a song lyrics app a while ago but it suddenly disappeared from the iTunes App Store and the developer never told me why! Oh well, no loss… Lyrics+ is far from perfect but it’s still pretty handy and has a lot of potential to become an “every day” app.
That other lyrics app was pretty run of the mill in that it would allow for searching by artist or song title. The thing that makes Lyrics+ so much more promising is that it will find, or at least try to find, the “now playing” song! There have been numerous times when I’ve been listening intently to Eminem rag on his mother but still couldn’t understand exactly how or why he wants to kill her, and I truly wished I could launch an app that would just show me the lyrics while the song is playing. That’s what this app does, and it takes just a couple of taps which is super cool.
Tags: $.99
