Technofriends is an interesting blog that presents a variety of tech news from an Indian perspective.
Lately there have been a few posts about free IOS games that play on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad (unoptimized).
Learn how to play chess with chess.com app.
I have heard a lot of praise before about the Angry Birds game but I didn’t know there is a free lite version. As addictive as I have heard it is it probably is very effective marketing to get people started with a free version.
Antennasys iphone-4-meets-the-gripofdeathinator
This is the most informative article on the iphone 4 antenna measurements that I have seen and it comes from an IEEE source. Certainly better than reports based on the bars which have been shown to be just approximate indicators with no standards on how they are displayed and what they mean.
This puts into [...]
If you are looking for one more reason to upgrade to an iPhone 4.
You Gotta See This! uses the new gyroscope capability which will also be featured in new games and other sensor applications.
Other possible reasons:
Retina display
Upgraded processor and twice the memory (faster)
Better camera front and back with flash
Facetime
high definition video with mobile editing
better antenna [...]
Canadian Apps This doesn’t include apps by Canadians that are not specific to Canada.
It is not taking long for creative productive applications to emerge for a device some people have categorized as only a media consumption device.
iPad DJ
Looks like a fun way to experiment with beatbox tunes as the next generation of garageband.
I also think the magical piano from the same Smule developers that came up with the [...]
It isn’t taking long for developers to get on board with developing iPad specific apps. Mashable has a list of 10 great apps worth checking out:
1. Twitterrific $Free
2. Magic Piano $2.99
3. Bento for iPad $4.99
4. Pandora for iPad $Free
5. Omnigraffle $50
6. MLB at bat $14.99
7. NetFlix for iPad $Free
8. Scrabble for iPad $9.99
9. Redux for [...]
Unfortunately these aren’t my first impressions – that will have to wait until “the end of April” which I have heard might be April 24 when the iPad and hopefully the one with ubiquitous cellular data capabilities will be available in Canada.
There are many first impressions now that the early adopters have picked up their [...]
Some really impressive updates to iPhone apps are being released to take advantage of the larger iPad screen.
A game video that makes a board game look fun to try is Scrabble ($10). This game is not available in Canada yet but neither is the iPad so many releases will probably happen in the month of [...]
Omnigraffle has been introduced exclusively for the iPad ($50) since the iPhone/touch screen is too small. Files are compatible with the Mac version of the program. Omnigraffle for iPad is very expensive especially when compared to other iPhone or even iPad apps but I can see myself using it constantly and being very creative with [...]
Zeldman weighs in on Flash and the iPad.
Adobe should see the opportunity.