Tag: iphone
New York, New York – Developer Dr Robert Belluso’s first game, Little Bird combines current technology, exotic landscapes, objects, and contraptions, allowing the player to interact with the game in ways they’ve never seen before! Unlike games that rely on tapping, sliding or swiping, Little Bird 1.0 takes advantage of the latest iPhone technology. The user tilts the device to the right or left, using gravity and speed to build momentum to get through each level. Before long you will…
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…
As long as mobile devices such as my 3rd generation iPod touch still require me to squint at everything, and require me to jab at a glass screen to “type,” the desktop computer is still worlds easier to use for so many tasks. Sarah Purewal at PCWorld thinks so, too. It’s an intriguing proposition, but don’t count on mobile devices killing off your desktop PC any time soon. While mobile gear is certainly convenient when you’re trying to conduct business on…
Just a few months ago, in June, Apple announced the latest major version of its operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It finally became available this week, though not all of the new and improved features are being welcomed by all of the new users. One point causing the most uproar in the online discussions is the completely redesigned Maps application. Since the beginning, the Maps app used Google’s satellite and map data. Now, Apple is using…
Apple’s Store is now back online and taking orders for the new iPhone 5. Apple’s Partners including AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are also taking pre-orders on their respective websites. The iPhone 5 starts at $199.00 USD for the 16gb model and is scheduled to be available in 21 countries on the 21st of September. You can order the iPhone 5 directly from the Apple Store online at: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone
Apple has finally put an end to months of speculation concerning the iPhone 5. With many different rumors and fake images swirling, Apple has announced that they will hold an event on the 12th of September. The event will take place at 10am PST at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. This has been the location of all of the recent Apple events outside of the Education event held in New York. While apple generally does…
It is possible that an iPhone 5 prototype has made its way out of the unknown labs at Apple. According to a Gizmodo article, it appears that a Chinese manufacturer of iPhone cases is showing an iPhone 5 in one of their cases, complete with the miniaturized dock connector. The question now: is it really a prototype, or is it just a simple mockup? If we look to history, we know that prototypes from Apple have made it out into the wild,…
Google, Inc announced today that it has developed an iPhone and iPad compatible version of its popular Chrome web browser. The browser, which is available now in the App Store, offers many of the same features from the desktop version of Chrome, including synchronization across devices of bookmarks and tabs, as well as private “incognito” browsing. Google Chrome currently has over 310 million active users. The announcement was made on the second day of the Google I/O conference in San…
The introduction of Passbook in iOS 6 this month was interesting in that it brought Apple up to the level that many companies have already been at with their offerings. While this introduction was good in one respect, it also left me once again pondering what this means for the world of personal information security. It has a number of us actually pondering what Apple is thinking about other than ease of use. Passbook gives the user a really easy…
XperimentalZ Games has released a second update this week on the iOS game Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword. This latest update was released to address an issue with resolution being a bit fuzzy on the New iPad and also a bug we discovered here at A.P.P.L.E., freezing of the game if you exited during screen loading. You can download version 1.1.4 of DRWAPS from the Apple iTunes store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dont-run-with-a-plasma-sword/id479907900?mt=8
Dont Run With A Plasma Sword, the runner game from XperimentalZ Games has been updated to Version 1.1.3. This version of the software was released to address a number of bugs, several of which were discovered by A.P.P.L.E. Staff in our testing of the game, including a bug which caused objectives to be auto completed in one particular level of the game. DRWAPS is a high speed runner game that pits the user against a number of levels of play…
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 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…
