Category Archives: Application Review

Comments and recommendations regarding iPhone applications.

You Gotta See This!

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 [...]

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Great Canadian Apps

Canadian Apps This doesn’t include apps by Canadians that are not specific to Canada.

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Musical iPad

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 [...]

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Great iPad Apps

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 [...]

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How Tablets will change the World

The April 2010 edition of Wired has a series of articles on how the tablet will change the world.

Wired is known for its bold prognostications and this article is no exception:
the tablet will eventually replace laptops
people will carry around an iPhone and iPad (or Google equivalent), using the cloud and home computers for syncing
tablets like [...]

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A few new iPad details

March 12 the date for American pre-orders for the iPad has arrived and some new details have come out. Nothing big but some additional clarity on how the more flexible American data plan ordering will work, confirmation that free epub ebooks can be read in iBook, and identification of a screen lock switch. The key [...]

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Don’t like the iPad then Get a JooJoo

For a device that hasn’t yet even been released there was yet another critical article about the iPad by ZDNet. Despite all the iPad’s supposed flaws apparently it generates more web page traffic to do another iPad critique and it worked since I checked to see if there was anything original or enlightening. Unfortunately it [...]

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iPad Apps

It will be really interesting what new kinds of apps will be created for the iPad.
I am already jazzed about Omnigroup’s announcement that they will be introducing OmniOutliner and enhanced OmniFocus for the iPad. Omnigraffle touch would be awesome.
Brushes will be great with a bigger screen.
I can’t wait to pay my $30 for iWork touch. [...]

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iPad/iPhone: Thinking of multitasking in a new way

Tailored Multitasking
One of the criticisms of the iPad is the assertion that it doesn’t support multitasking. Of course the facts are that it really does but it is restricted to some core Apple apps. For performance, battery and other reasons it is likely that a new form of multitasking will be enforced with tradeoffs optimized [...]

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iPhone Storyboarding App

One way to unleash your creativity is to have a fast and easy way of visualizing your stories. Previously this has mostly been done with pencil and paper sketches but now it can be done with your iphone or ipod touch portable device through the Cenemek Storyboard composer. The product which also is identified as [...]

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