Category: iTouch

Captions that take photos further with Typic Pro

Medelln, Colombia – Hi Mom S.A.S is thrilled to announce the release of Typic Pro 1.1, their new photo captioning app for iPhone, and iPod touch. After Typic’s huge success, the company decided to offer their users a lot more than what they expected with a Pro version. Words can take your photos further, and Typic Pro is the best tool to take them even further than you ever imagined. People love to take and share photos, and by adding…

Apple Releases iOS 6.1.3 Update

Apple Inc. has released another update to the iOS Operating System.   Version 6.1.3 is meant to fix a number of bugs and increase security on users iOS devices.  The update included the following specifications:  Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the passcode and access the Phone app  Improvements to Maps in Japan The update is available through the General Information panel on your iOS device.  Should you require more information about how to  update your iOS device,…

Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword Now Free Download

Xperimentalz Games has announce that the popular runner game, Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword for iOS devices is now a free download.  The game, which features five level of story and boss levels as well as five levels of endless play, allows the user to gain points through the play and upgrade the runner’s abilities, outward appearance and revivability.  This game has been featured on Call-A.P.P.L.E. a number of times and is one of our favorite games for the…

Apple Event Introducing iPhone 5 now online

Tim Cook, in an invitation only event in Sanfrancisco, introduced the iPhone 5 this morning.  The event which was held at the Beuna Yerba Center had a bevy of new announcements in regard to the iPhone / iPod series including the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and the iPhone 5.   Apple has posted the event in its entirety on its website  here: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2012/

New Apple Configurator Gives Small Businesses Control Over iOS Devices

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…

Apple Announces Winner of $10,000 USD Prize for 25 Billionth Download

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…

A Public Sneak Peek At Messages from Mac OS X Mountain Lion

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…

New Coating Waterproofs iPhone and other Smartphones

A new coating produced by Liquipel, a company in Santa Ana, California, totally waterproofs the iphone.  The process, being displayed at CES 2012, cost $59.95 to have done, and the user must ship the iPhone to the company to have it waterproofed.  This process can be applied to any smartphone and apparently will protect the phone even if it is totally submerged in water. For more information about Liquipel, check out their website at: http://www.liquipel.com

An A.P.P.L.E. Review: Pigeon Palooza for the iPhone

Game: Pigeon Palooza Publisher: Blast Applications / BoonDoogle Cost: $0.99 cents Website: http://www.pigeonpalooza.com/ URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/pigeon-palooza/id492151739?mt=8 This week, Pigeon Palooza came to the iPhone and iPad.   While much has been made of this program being the next Angry Birds, we found that the game was anything but that exciting.  And after plunking down out $0.99 cents for the game, we were left with a game that really isnt all that much real fun. The concept of Pigeon Palooza is that you…

Version 1.0.1 of Google Currents Released But has Issues

Google has released an update to their Google Currents application just a week after the introduction of the package.  Version 1.0.1 is intended to resolve some of the stability issues with the Application as well as to fix scrolling issues on older versions of iOS 4.   There are also some library issues that have been resolved. While this upgrade will work for some folks, several users are complaining about their feeds disappearing from their library.  Also errors in the interface…

Donut Games’ Ruberth’s Kick n’ Fly Now Free for a Limited Time

Donut Games has just released their free iPhone game of the week and this week’s game is the a very “just in time for Christmas” type game, Ruberth’s Kick n’ Fly.  The game puts the player as Santa in the position of being kicked into the air by a reindeer.  Using various platforms to bounce higher or bounce mushrooms to really get a kick, Santa much collect as many of the ornaments on the particular stage as possible.  Each stage…

The Editor Bytes Back – Reasons to update to a iPhone 4S

Well, we finally broke down and upgraded our iPhone 3gS and there are many impressive things about iOS 5 on the iPhone 3gS.  Yet, there is something missing.  We couldn’t quite place our hand on it but we figured we would break it down piece by piece. While the introduction to iCloud was nice and simple, allowing us at the end to simply not use it if we so desired, it was sort of, shall we say, commanding in the…

iOS 5 Update Released — Ton’s of Updates!

The iOS 5 Update for the iPhone and iPad has finally been released and the only thing we could say here was WOW!  It is massive and the difference between iOS 4 and 5 is like comparing Apples and oranges.  The update ran and re-booted nicely and we were back and running with our 3gS as we await the 4S.  Included in the update is the following items: •    Notifications ◦    Swipe from the top of any screen to view…

A Slew of Updates this week for Apple

This week is scheduled to be one of the biggest update weeks in the history of Apple, Inc. with a slew of program and product updates coming.   On the agenda are: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 iTunes 10.5 iOS 5 iCloud iPhone 4S (HD Video, 8MP Camera, 64GB) iPod Touch (Pricing Change, new white edition) iPod Nano (Pricing change,  new built in sensors) With all of the updates happening at once, it is easy for some of the items to…

Akalabeth – A blast from the past

Many eons ago, or maybe it just seems like that, a man named Lord British (A.K.A. Richard Garriott) released a software package to the world which forever changed the manner in which computers and games were thought of. That game from so long ago (actually 1978) was Akalabeth, the predecessor to the now famous Ultima series of adventure role playing games. Now, when it seemed safe to emerge from the darkness safe from the threat of attack by an Orc,…