Warlords: Call to Arms
Tony Mei | Apr 11, 2010 Games
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(8 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
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The app store is filled with strategic warfare games by talented developers, the now obscure but once insanely popular game Cartoon Wars comes to mind, but it’s rare to finding such an exceptional and enjoyable game that is Warlords: Call To Arms by Greyhound Games. In short, everything about the app screams iPhone and iTouch gaming perfection, from the strategic and fast paced game play to the slick and pleasant graphics and sounds.
Q&F: QRANK
Brad H | Apr 7, 2010 Quick & Free
User rating: (11 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)
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Are you smarter than your friends? Here is your chance to prove just that. Ricochet Labs gives us QRANK the daily trivia challenge game where you try to beat no only your friends but the rest of the world.
Every day you are given 20 questions of which you must answer 15. The questions are divided by difficulty, eight questions worth 100 points, eight questions worth 200 points, and four questions worth 500 points. Three of the questions have multipliers to spice things up.
Each day has four separate categories of questions ranging from entertainment to government.
When you play you will notice some questions have a leaf on the tile , this means it is a current event question.
If all that isn’t enough slap on a huge list of achievements to get you jonesing for your next QRANK fix.
My only complaint is the game uses it’s own system for achievements and friending people, I wish they had gone with a system like open feint or the plus+ network.
If you would like to test your wits against mine, and I’m not about to put out my personal email, post a comment saying add me and make sure you put your email where it asks for it and I will add you.
Version 1.0.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS 3.1.3
Tags: Entertainment, free, fun, Games
Update: WiFiPhoto
Michael (Admin) | Apr 7, 2010 Photo & Video, Updates
User rating: (5 votes, average: 2.80 out of 5)
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Sweet! Slideshows are fun
In October of last year I was gushing about how cool WiFiPhoto is and how it’s the reason that I’ll never have to email a photo from my iPhone to my comp again. I still use it all the time, and I still love it enough to point out that it’s gotten even better than when I first got my greasy fingers on it!
Here’s the major stuff that’s changed over the past six months:
- Now you can adjust the quality of the images you’re transferring off the iPhone
- A slideshow mode has been added in case you’re more interested in showing off your pics rather than downloading them
- Landscape images are automatically rotated
- Option available to use cellular data network if wifi isn’t available
WiFiPhoto may not qualify as a “must have” app for absolutely every single iPhone user, but if you snap a lot of pics or do a lot of screenshots it’s incredibly useful to have around.
iTunes Link – WiFiPhoto
Version 1.2
The iPad Part Two : The Review
Brad H | Apr 5, 2010 Uncategorized
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5) Loading ...As I opened the iPad box I noticed two things. The Apple stickers are slightly different and there is no smudge cloth. I was slightly bummed about the cloth but oh well. All the excitment of holding and looking at the iPad made me forget the agony to come…syncing. I synced all my photos first and tested the photo app. Amazing. I love how they incorperated the events, faces, and places menus and the whole pinch to see a preview of the pictures is way cool.
Next I loaded one of my sons animated movies and the They Might Be Giants Video podcast (all 28 Episodes) to check the video playback. The animated movie will be used to show off the ooo and aaa factor when I show people the iPad. I sat my son down on the couch and turned on the podcast for him to which he fell in love instantly. He was able to choose a new episode as soon as the previous one ended. So when it comes to usability even a two year old can figure it out.
Next on the list to load up were apps. Being that I just dropped close to 550 on the iPad itself my options will be free apps for a while. I was pleased to see a lot of the iPhone apps I was planing on loading up had updates to optimize to the iPad or separate free apps built for the iPad. The new apps I picked up were
iBooks: it comes pre loaded with a whinny the pooh book. The interaction with the pages is another great show off tool.
ABC Player: which is for catching up on ABC shows and the streaming quality is great.
Aurora Feint 3: beautiful graphics, fun little time waster.
Labyrinth 2 HD Light: perfect for showing off the accelerometer.
Toy Story Read Along : Disney hit it out of the park with this one.
We Rule for iPad : The ultimate wife winner-over.
I could go on and on about each one but this is about the iPad.
Next on my list was music and surprisingly enough I still had room for the 1000+ songs I wanted to put on the device.
My wife was not impressed in the least with the iPhone, she hated how often I would go on it or look at something so the thought of a bigger iPhone like device was not her idea of a great purchase. That was before she held it and played with it, now she thinks it’s one of the coolest devices we own.
I am glad I got my iPad on day one and I do think it’s the revolutionary device it has been hyped up to be.
The iPad Part One: The Journey
Brad H | Apr 5, 2010 Uncategorized
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5) Loading ...My journey started bright and early saturday morning. The alarm was set for 5:30 am but my brain woke me up around 5:15. There was no way I would be able to get back to sleep for that last 15 min. so i got up, got ready and went down stairs to brew up some coffee. I was out the door at around 5:30 coffee in hand and on my way. I sort of figured the Apple store would be a mad house so my destination was the only other place I knew that would have them. As I pulled into the parking lot I realized I was the first one there. I walked up to the store and an employee opened the door with a puzzled look on his face. I asked if they were getting iPads in and he said “oh yea you can start a line over here and we will be out at 9:30 to give out tickets.” I then started wondering how crazy I was to get there so early and If I would be the lone loon waiting for his iPad. I sat on the ground and started to zone listening to some podcasts. Around 6:00 another buyer pulled up asking if I was the iPad welcoming committee to which I thought thank goodness I wont be out here all by myself till the store opens. If my last count was correct eight people showed up to get in line. At 9:45 the nerd patrol came out with the tickets exclaiming they didn’t have any in stock and the tickets were used as preorder slips that would be reserved until 5:00 pm and we would get called when the shipment came in but of course the demo units were on display so we could come in to play with them when the store opened. Not what I wanted to hear but this is my trade off for not dealing with the crowd at the Apple store. I got my ticket, gave my phone number, went home, and got ready for work. I told my wife the story and she was then designated to get my iPad when I got the call.
Here is her story
With the kids loaded up my wife heads over to pick up the iPad. She asked an employee where she could pick up the held iPad and was sent to two places before ending up at that wonderful nerd patrol counter where they were being held. At this point the nerd asks my wife “You do know what this is right?” at which my wife replied ” No I usually spend 500 dollars on things without having any idea what it is.” and since the nerd in question doesn’t understand sarcasm he goes on to tell my wife that she NEEDS to buy the extended warranty and blah blah blah. So finally she gets it payed for sans warranty and tells my two year old he can hold daddies toy when they get into the car. This obviously infuriated said nerd to no end because he got real stern with my wife and said ” No No he cant play with that, don’t you know its GLASS.
So when I got home I was greated with an iPad and no my son didn’t break it as a matter of fact he has had more screen time with the iPad than I have.
App Sale: Tubulous 2
Michael (Admin) | Apr 5, 2010 App Sale Alert, Entertainment
User rating: (2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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FYI, 'feed television' usually means podcasts
Tubulous 2 is on sale for free – normally $1.99
Yay, another way to waste valuable time at work and school! Tubulous 2 bills itself as “the world’s largest feed television network”… read that carefully… “feed television”, which means a lot of video podcasts, plus there are some audio podcasts mixed in, plus some content providers do provide real TV shows that you can watch. I was just watching NBC Nightly News via Tubulous, for instance, and it was their actual broadcast from the other day.
Tubulous 2 categorizes video content and search is also available, and even though it crashed on me a couple times after installing it seemed to stabilize and was very watchable during the short test I just conducted on it here on my couch. Will it work on 3G? I dunno, but I wouldn’t count on it since most video content apps seem pretty spotty on anything but wifi.
If you’re looking for some “feed television”, give Tubulous 2 a try while it’s free.
Tags: streaming video
Hey, got an iPad?
Michael (Admin) | Apr 5, 2010 Website Stuff
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I used to post a ton of free codes for iPhone apps, then I moved them to this site, and someone just submitted some codes for an iPad-only app called Paints. If more iPad codes start coming in I’ll start posting them on iPhone Promo Codes.net (or possibly on an iPad-only site), but it’s all just so new that I’m posting these right here.
Since I’m way too poor to buy an iPad there’s no way I can try this app myself, but you can probably guess what it’s for… painting! And hopefully painting on an iPad is way easier than it is on an iPhone.
Codes are listed below. Please use one ONLY IF YOU HAVE AN iPAD!!
Q&F: Hologram 3D Ultimate
Michael (Admin) | Apr 1, 2010 Entertainment, Quick & Free
User rating: (26 votes, average: 3.15 out of 5)
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Legions of Star Wars nerds have been waiting for this technology since 1977 when a sassy little droid first played a holographic recording of a soon-to-be-homeless princess! You know exactly what I’m talking about… something that creates a real, live holographic projection. I honestly never thought it was possible but in this case seeing IS definitely believing.
Hologram 3D Ultimate is pretty minimalistic in its design… basically all you have to do is select an image from your camera roll and press the “BEGIN TRANSMISSION” button and, voila, there’s your pic hovering over your damn iPhone!! Yes, I said it.
HOVERING. OVER. YOUR. iPHONE.
This isn’t some crappy holographic joke app, it’s the real deal. First I tried it with a photo of Darth Vader just for kicks, and when I saw it work I tried it again with a pic of my dog because Sith Lords are just so cliché.
The original source image for my holographic adventure
"You must go to the Dagobah System and get me some beef jerky"
