How To Train Your Dragon- Kids Book
Brad H | Mar 28, 2010 Books
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When I was growing up my Dad would always read me stories at night before bed. I believe this played a major role in my love for reading even to this day. Now that I have two boys of my own I have made it a point to read to them every night before bed. We have a decent sized collection of books to read but it seams like I just rotate reading the same five books. This is where FrogDogMedia LLC comes in with their iStory Time line of children’s books.
I was able to review the “How To Train Your Dragon” book. The book is based off the movie with the same name. The story follows the viking teenager Hiccup as he tries to make it in the world of brawn and muscle. Being a small lad he uses his brain power to invent tools to help him in the ways of dragon fighting. This puts him face to face with a dragon whom he befriends. Let the drama ensue. I wont go into any more of the story but be warned this book goes through the whole movie so if your worried about spoilers you might want to wait.
Tags: $.99, Entertainment, good for kids
App Sale: Classics
Tony Mei | Jan 27, 2010 App Sale Alert, Books
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Classics is on sale for free – normally $2.99
Classics is an extremely impressive book library for your iPod Touch and iPhone.
Classics is streamlined, quick, and doesn’t lag, unlike many other book apps. The library to choose from is pretty unique, ranging from The Call of the Wild to The Art of War, and the selection is pretty beefy, clocking in about 20 full-length works.
The books are a joy to flip through, and the app has a set of rather neat features (bookmarks, reading multiple books at once) that set it apart from other mobile bookshelves.
Andrew Kaz and Phill Ryu created an impressive app that’s already a favorite in the app store, and is a fantastic deal right now.
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- Impressive display of literature. Show offs.
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- Let's play: Guess What Book This Is
Edit: Almost forgot this link again, but I caught myself. I’m learning.
Apotheosis 2012 Volume #1
Chris J. | Oct 30, 2009 Books
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Just in case you haven’t heard that the the world is ending in 2012, let me explain it for you. The Mayans developed a calendar in approximately 3000 BC which will end in 2012. Of course as any logical person must conclude, the only reason that the calendar would end is because the world will too, or something like that. This is the basis for the storyline of Apotheosis 2012, of which I was able to read the first chapter.
Before I get into the storyline, let me first address the functioning of the app. The creators have drawn and designed the comic book to fit the screen of an iPhone, which means there is no scrolling to see the whole page or expanding text. A simple swipe or tap advances the story, much like every other book or app out there. Unlike a standard comic book, however, Apotheosis does not change the entire image with each swipe. Often the text may change while the image remains the same, and sometimes parts of the image may change as well. I believe this is what the creators are referring to when they mention the iPop-up feature.
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B-Day Giveaway: Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets
Michael (Admin) | Jul 30, 2009 Books
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Hey good idea! I hadn't thought about using Spotlight Search this way
I just posted an update for this app yesterday for Intelligenti Publishing’s recent expansion of Tips & Tricks that includes OS3.0 and iPhone 3GS.
Normally I’m not a big fan of ebooks, but this is one that you really can’t go wrong with. There’s a lot of great info here that you might be surprised you don’t already know, and if this app keeps getting updated with every new iPhone firmware release and every new iPhone version… well, it’s pretty easy to do the math! $1 is a pittance.
iTunes Link – Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets
Intelligenti Publishing website
* Today is iPhone App Reviews.net’s birthday *
Update: Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets
Michael (Admin) | Jul 29, 2009 Books, Updates
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Earlier this summer I gave everyone a run-through of Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets, an iPhone cheatsheet of sorts. It lays out a whole mess of iPhone functionality that a lot of casual users are clueless on and a few things that even the most hardcore iPhone nerds probably don’t know.
Since then we’ve seen the release of the iPhone 3GS and the release of OS3.0, so naturally the folks at Intelligenti Publishing got to work and nearly doubled the number of geeky iPhone secrets from 38 to 70. They were even nice enough to label the tips with little icons that tell you if you’re looking at something that’s improved in 3.0, done differently in 3.0, or completely new in the latest iPhone firmware.
Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets
Michael (Admin) | Jun 2, 2009 Books
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I think I’m a pretty hardcore iPhone user – I mean, I run several iPhone-related websites for crying out loud! – so when flipping through this ebook I wasn’t really expecting to learn anything new. I figured it would tell you how to do a screenshot, how to save battery life by shutting off 3G, yadda yadda yadda. Tips & Tricks - iPhone Secrets does cover all of the most basic things that most of us already know, but I was pretty surprised to find several items that were genuinely new to me.
Truth is you could probably find all the info contained in this app by googling and reading your iPhone owner’s manual, but (a) you probably have better things to do with your life than spend hours to save $.99, and (b) you’ve probably lost or tossed your owner’s manual by now.
The Terminator: Death Valley
Michael (Admin) | May 5, 2009 Books
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I just got done writing about an app called Ballerina, so now I need to overcompensate with something far more manly: Dark Horse Comics’ Terminator comic book!
The Terminator: Death Valley was just released in the App Store yesterday and if waiting for Terminator: Salvation to hit movie theaters is killing you, this is your chance to get a little robot fix to tide you over for the next couple of weeks. As an iPhone app it does just about everything right… you can jump to any of the 87 pages in this first installment, you can change the page transitions as you swipe from screen to screen, and you can auto-play the story if you’re not in the mood to swipe. The one thing you can’t do is zoom in on the artwork… not a big deal for me, but I was kind of thinking that would be built in. Hmm.
Tags: $.99, comic books
Credit Secrets Investigated by Tony D’Andrea
Lee | Mar 12, 2009 Books
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AppEngines has put forth a book in iPhone/Touch format titled Credit Secrets Investigated by Tony D’Andrea. This is an $8.99 application. At it’s core it is a book. The author’s website has the same verbage as is posted in the AppStore description. On the website the book is $29.
Eight chapters cover:
1. General Credit
2. Credit Reports
3. Credit Cards
4. Financial Institutions
5. What You Can Do If You Are Too Far In Debt
6. Collection Agencies
7. Bankruptcy
8. Investing
As an application, it’s sole function is to present the pages of the book. Page movement is as simple as a flick in the direction you want to go or a touch on the screen to make the page turn in the reading direction. A setting change can be done by touching the upper left hand corner. You can change from black text on white background to white text on black background. You can enlarge or shrink the text with typical pinching gestures. Moving around in the chapters can be done by touching the upper right hand corner. A page with the major divisions will appear. From there you can scroll up or down to the place you want to go.
That’s it.
Content
This is not an exciting application or topic. What you are paying for is the content, words on the page; not the bells and whistles of the application itself.
I have 12 years in financial services. The information in this book is nothing new to me. I had to step back from my experiences to see if this book would have an appeal to someone looking for financial help.
My conclusion: for $8.99, I don’t think so. I have no problem with the information, it’s standard fare. At best this is an okay reference guide. However, I’d rather spend my $8.99 on a couple productivity apps, a game or two, and put the rest toward paying down my debt… if I had any. The rest of the information can be found on the web for free.
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- It's A Book
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- White on Black or Black on White Text Options
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- Z'List of Credit Chapters
