Category: iPhone
XperimentalZ Games has released an update to their popular iPad and iPhone runner game, Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword or DRWAPS. Version 1.1.2 adds a number of new features to the game and includes: – Revamped the objectives system in endless to add much more variations– Added an indicator in story mode, to let the player know when the section will finish– Added new leaderboards– Fixed several minor bugs The game is a high paced runner game with high…
The centerpiece of the iPhone 4S, Siri, is now the center of attention in a new class action lawsuit against Apple. The lawsuit, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, claims that Apple’s adervtising in relation to Siri’s capabilities is “misleading and deceptive” and does not perform the tasks as Apple shows in the ads. One Frank M. Fazio, an iPhone 4S users from Brooklyn, NY is feeling like Apple tricked him into buying the device and apparently…
Apple very quietly released a tool yesterday that gives IT managers control over 30 iOS devices at a time using a single Mac. The tool, Apple Configurator allows control over a host of items on a variety of iOS Devices, including: iOS updates Lock screen and wallpaper Device name Installed apps Installed documents Configuration profiles (including passcode policy, restrictions, Wi-Fi, VPN, and more settings) You can also create a backup of one device’s settings, data, wallpaper, and Home screen layout…
Rovio, in coordination with NASA, has made an announcement about the availability of Angry Birds Space, the latest in the Angry Birds franchise. They have posted a video of the announcement and a bit of the gameplay on they website at: http://space.angrybirds.com/announcement/ The anouncement starts with NASA Astronaut Don Petitit, and current International Space Station Resident, in a old school style announcement clip with cutesy graphics being added to his announcement. His demonstrates some of the physics involved in the…
Apple has released version 3.5 of the configuration utility used to allow users to “create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles” on the iPhone. You can download the latest version through the Software Update utility or from the Apple support page at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1465
Apple Inc. has released the latest version of their iPhone Operating System iOS version 5.1. The latest release of iOS includes the following fixes and enhancements: Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout) Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation) Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces Redesigned Camera app for iPad Genius…
Apple’s Tim Cook has announced that Siri will be available in Japanese and will be rolling out the software within the coming weeks. Siri allows users to control their iPhones with a series of voice commands getting information and instructions from the device. While Apple has rolled out the typical Germanic languages and romance languages, this will be the first of the asianic languages available on the iPhone 4S.
One of the simplest and the lowest tech devices made for the iPhone is the new “Love Box” for the iPhone 4 / 4S. The device is a grooved piece of wood with a sliding mirror allowing for both the back of the camera and the front view of the camera to be recorded at the same time, making The Love Box the first device to allow true split screen video mixing without all of the hassle. The Love Box…
Spectre Media announced that they will be introducing a new iOS based Starship Troopers game, done in cooperation with the movie house, Sony Pictures. The game will be announced at the Game Developers Conderence going on this week in San Francisco, Ca. The game will be released sometime later this summer with the timing of the release coinciding with the release of the new Starship Troopers movie also due out this year. This will be the dirst time the Starship…
Apple has finally announced that a user in China was the winner of the Apple Inc. sponsored prize for downloading the 25 billionth iTunes App. The user, one Chunli Fu of Qungdao, China downloaded the free Disney app, “Where’s My Water” to push the download mark over the 25 billion mark. He will receive $10,000 USD in the iTunes App Store int he form of a gift card. Currently, there are more than 550,000 apps in the iTunes App Store…
More than 25 Billion Apps and counting have been downloaded from the Apple App Store. Apple held a contest for the mark, giving the person who downloaded the 25 Billionth app a $10,000 USD gift card to the App Store, however, who that lucky person was still has yet to have been announced. This mark was reached in just over 3.5 years with the current pace of downloads reaching a staggering 15 million apps per year. There are currently 550,000…
A posting on Mobileread.com is suggesting that Version 3.3 of Requiem by the hacker “Brahms” is capable of removing Apple’s DRM from iTunes and iBooks. While the software has been capable of iTunes DRM removal for some time, this is the first time that it can also crack the iBooks format as well. This type of hack does not bode well for Apple or those authors who are trying to make money from the Apple Book Store, as users would…
A game originally found on Commodore 64 and Vic 20 computers in the 1980’s is now available for the iPhone. Grid Runner has been re-formatted by the original author of the game, Llamasoft Ltd., to the 1980’s coin-operated arcade style of play. Produced with high quality graphics of the iPhone, the game has a glossy arcade look to it and really could be in any arcade of the current generation. The game itself has two modes, novice and expert. The…
An iPhone user in Southern California, won their lawsuit filed against AT&T in small claims court for the throttling of “Unlimited” plan usage. The user, sued AT&T after being throttled each month after using 1.5 to 2gb of data. However, AT&T’s users with the 3GB plan receive no such throttling in spite of the fact that the plans cost about the same. The user, Matt Spaccarelli, won a judgement of $850 USD in the small claims court case after Judge…
A new trailer on you tube this shows a well known NASA clip from the moon walks of the 1970’s, in which one of the astronauts is preparing to launch a bird and the other one guiding him. It is a hilarious intro for the global announcement of the App coming on March 8th at 10am EST.
Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword (DRWAPS for short) is a high paced action game in which you are out to save the world from the alien invaders. You jump, slide, dive and run through the levels, gathering stars, killing the aliens, and avoiding the pitfalls of running on a path which is not conducive to running. While this game is not only addicting and invigorating, the sounds from the game make it as thrilling as any B science fiction…
The Beatles, the most popular band of all time, is now on your ringtone. That is that you can now download the ringtones from the iTunes store. According to the release statement, the ringtones will be available globally. The Beatles made their albums available in September 2011, quickly shooting to number one on the charts around the world. Now the Ringtones for your favorite Beatles is also available. Ringtones currently available on the iTunes store include: 1. “Love Me Do”…
Twitter has updated their App for iOS to version 4.1. The new version moves the App in line with the direction the website has been moving in recent months, adding more functionality including: Swipe shortcut Copy and paste for tweets and profiles Press and hold actions on links in tweet details Font size settings Direct Message improvements Confirmation alert for Find Friends Improved start-up time and general performance improvement Improved image quality in tweet detail Accessibility improvements Profile shows whether…
Program: AirServer Mac Cost: $7.99 Platform: Mac OS X 10.7.3 System: Mac Mini URL: http://www.airserverapp.com This month’s review is one of the more useful utilities we have found in a while. Not exactly new or the latest and greatest, however, the App does what it claims to do and we figured this one deserved a closer look. Over the past two months, we have used a number of devices trying to emulate the capabilities of AirPlay to Apple TV. Nothing…
While the preparations for Apple’s next major OS upgrade have gone on quietly for some time now, the way Apple is treating its latest addition to the Apps of Mac OS X is anything but quiet. Messages is Apple’s new app which allows users to “send messages to any Macintosh, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.” The app almost looks like something of a twitter clone, with some distinct differences. Messages replaces your iVhat client and it allows you to make…
