SoundGrid
Brad H | Apr 26, 2010 Music
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(15 votes, average: 2.93 out of 5)
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A few months ago a friend of mine sent me the you tube promo video for the Novation Launchpad for Abelton Live. The device is a controller for making beats and loops. I fell in love instantly and even though I’m not in the music scene I totally wanted one.
Now thanks to mifki and their app SoundGrid I don’t have to spend more than five dollars to have my own beat maker only iPhone. It’s no Novation but this thing is AMAZING. This app is by far the best music app I have played with. It’s easy enough to pick up right away and hammer out some beats, and the mixing options are there to get complex with your beats.
Tags: $4.99, Entertainment, fun, Music
Kings Of Leon Revenge
Brad H | Mar 17, 2010 Games
User rating: (6 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)
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If I have to Use Somebody to Crawl out of The Bucket to Be Somebody who is On Call to be McFearless of the Notion that I could get a Black Thumbnail by following the True Love Way that leads to Sex On Fire…THEN I WILL!!!
I hope your asking yourself “What the heck is he talking about?” because if that run on sentence made complete sense to you shoot me an email. I’m talking about Kings Of Leon Revenge of course. The latest Tap Tap Revenge game from Tapulous.
If you are unaware of the Tap Tap Revenge franchise, it is one of, if not thee, leader in the music rhythm game market. With great songs always being added to their arsenal and beautiful graphic layouts all you have to do is play to understand why.
Internet Alert
Michael E. | Feb 27, 2010 Utilities
User rating: (9 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)
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Internet Alert, from Modern Digital Media AB, is about as straightforward an app as you can imagine. Its purpose is amazingly simple: to notify you whenever a web page is updated.
On the plus side: it will track up to 15 separate web pages. It’s also easy to set up and monitor; all you have to do is type in (or paste) the web page address you want Internet Alert to watch and then press “save”. From there, whenever the page is changed or updated, your iPod Touch or iPhone will make a cartoon spring sound (boing!) and a notification badge will appear on the Internet Alert icon. Open the app, select the web page that’s been updated and you have the option of viewing the script changes to the page or visiting the page in Safari.
Tags: $4.99
eBuddy Pro
Michael E. | Feb 27, 2010 Social Networking
User rating: (14 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5)
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Some apps you get, you use for about a week or two and then you delete them. I call those my ‘one and done’ apps. Games are a good example. Other apps you get and use over and over again, week after week. Social Networking apps for Facebook or Twitter are good examples. I have about two or three apps for these that I go back and forth between, though I occasionally try out something new.
Every iPhone or iPod Touch owner should have a good Instant Messaging app and while you could simply download Yahoo Messenger, AIM, GoogleTalk, MSN, or Facebook’s individual apps and use those, who really wants to clutter up their homepages with all those app icons and suck up precious memory space?
Not me. Plus, some of those individual apps cost money. If I’m going to pay for an app, it’s just more convenient to have everything I need in a single one.
Enter eBuddy Pro. I have to say, this is one robust IM app. Here are some of its features:
Tags: $4.99
Drool Radio
Michael (Admin) | Nov 5, 2009 Music
User rating: (18 votes, average: 3.06 out of 5)
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Call me crazy, but internet radio is pretty much the same no matter where you’re getting it. The content, that is… it’s the same! With the exception of apps like Pandora and Boombox that let you personalize your own “station”, straight-up internet radio is always just internet radio. There’s a gazillion internet radio stations out there, and it seems like there are just as many internet radio iPhone apps. So what makes one different from the other?
The answer is partially in features, but in my mind it’s mostly in the app’s style, just like if you’re buying an actual radio at a store. Do you want the radio that looks cool and has high-quality components, or do you want the one that looks like a cheap piece of crap? Drool Radio is the one that looks cool. It’s very retro, very slick, and has just about everything you could ask for in a pure internet radio app.
Tags: $4.99, internet radio, retro
sdk IQ for iPhone
Michael (Admin) | Oct 26, 2009 Reference
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I’ve always been curious about how iPhone apps get made so I downloaded sdk IQ for iPhone… and I still have no idea! My brain just isn’t wired this way, so understanding what’s covered in this app is way, way beyond my empty skull’s ability.
Even though I don’t understand anything in this guide, I can tell you that it includes walkthroughs and sample code for everything from basic stuff for early learners to SQLite to Cocoa Touch to getting your app into the App Store. It all seems pretty thorough to my very untrained eye… once again, I’m not a programmer so I might as well be looking at a guide written in Klingon… but one thing I’ve noticed is that there are various “Watch video demo” links throughout the guide that don’t seem to work. Edit: I guess they do work, but they look like they don’t due to a usability issue that will be fixed in the next update. See Cygen’s explanation in the comments for more.
Tags: $4.99
Postage & Halloween Postage
Michael (Admin) | Oct 15, 2009 Photo & Video
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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What’s this… a competent greeting card app not called C@rds? I’ve only tried a couple of other apps in this category and, until now, C@rds was the only one that was truly worthwhile.
Postage by RogueSheep oozes quality in most areas and it also does things a bit differently. While Hot Chili Apps sells extensive greeting card sets both a la carte and via C@rds Master, Postage sports a collection of e-cards that span a bunch of different genres and all can be had for a single price. There are over 60 cards spread out over 12 card genres: Simple, Halloween, Frames, Cards (as in stationery-style), Love, Cutouts, Travel, Comic, Announcements, Organic, Letters (also similar to stationery), and Moms and Dads.
There’s a lot of variety in Postage and, even though the text handling isn’t all that versatile compared to what Hot Chili offers, it’s still a very good app that’s worth considering if this is what you’re in the market for.
Tags: $.99, $4.99, greeting cards, photo sharing
Dragon Portals
Swain Valasek | Oct 11, 2009 Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Dragon Portals comes to us from MythPeople (casual games brand of Finnish-based 10tons Ltd), the same folks behind the wonderful Azkend (reviewed here). At its core we have basic match 3 gameplay but the innovative play mechanics and slick presentation create a very different feel that stands out from other titles in the genre. I would have published this review weeks ago but I was waiting on an update that fixed a major crash bug. The developer was as good as their word though and the update finally arrived so here we are; onward to the review!
Tags: $4.99, match 3, Swain Valasek
Double Feature: Let’Em Ride Pro and Baccarat Pro
Michael (Admin) | Sep 24, 2009 Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Allow me to quote myself:
“[21 Pro] is still one of the best casino games I’ve ever played on the iPhone… and I’ve played a few. Maybe it would be more accurate to say it’s the best casino series I’ve ever played; 3 Card Pro and 4 Card Pro are built on the very same foundation as 21 Pro”
Guess what else is built on the same foundation? Yep, Avalinx has built a rock-solid foundation for their casino franchise and Let’Em Ride and Baccarat are two more installments in the series. These are the kinds of games you see in casinos but may be too much of a wuss to try and, since I’ve raved about all of Avalinx’s casino games to date, the thing I want to stress this time around is what awesome learning tools these games are.
The payouts might be a little different in these versions, but the gameplay is right on… as usual… and if you’re planning to go to Vegas this weekend like I am then I’d really recommend trying your luck (or lack thereof) on these games while you “get the hang of it” before perching yourself at an actual table where getting cleaned out is a lot more painful than tapping the restart game button.
Double Feature: 3 Card & 4 Card Pro
Michael (Admin) | Sep 8, 2009 Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5)
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364 days ago I reviewed Avalinx’s masterpiece 21 Pro: Blackjack and even now, a year later, it’s still one of the best casino games I’ve ever played on the iPhone… and I’ve played a few. Maybe it would be more accurate to say it’s the best casino series I’ve ever played; 3 Card Pro and 4 Card Pro are built on the very same foundation as 21 Pro, and they both come with the same slick graphics and smooth gameplay that the blackjack game features.
Some of you are probably wondering what the hell happened to good old 5 CARD poker like they play on TV, but if you play either of these games enough you’ll see why they’re so popular at casinos. 3 Card is vastly different from 4 Card, but both are easy to learn, fun to play, hard to win, and like most casino games, they can get pretty addictive even when you’re not playing for real money.
Update: IM+ Push v3.3
Michael (Admin) | Aug 7, 2009 Social Networking, Updates
User rating: (8 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)
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The folks at SHAPE Services keep on pumping out the updates and making their heavy-duty IM+ line of apps better and better! IM+ was originally reviewed here back in April when it was still on version 2.0 and now that we’re in the 3′s it supports Skype, sending video (3GS only, duh), has an in-app web browser, and does all kinds of Twitter stuff including link shrinking and retweets. Badaaaaaaaassssss.
iTunes Link – IM+ Push
Version 3.3
More Lingopal Codes!
Michael (Admin) | Aug 5, 2009 Travel
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The Favorites list is muy bueno
Hey travelers, the folks at Lingopal love you sooooooo much that they’ve provided some more promo codes!
In case you missed it, here’s the review. If you’re planning to travel in a place where they don’t speak your language… even if that language happens to be Afrikaans or Estonian or Icelandic or Tagalog… this iPhone phrasebook has you covered!
I’ll be posting some codes for the German and Japanese versions of Lingopal in a few minutes, so if you’d prefer a version that has ONLY those languages instead just hang on~
iTunes Link – Lingopal – Fun Multilingual Phrasebook
