Archive for September, 2009

Keep your diet on track with Foodscanner for the iPhone

Friday, September 25th, 2009

DailyBurn has released a new iPhone app that helps track the calories you consume by scanning bar codes of over 200,000 packaged and jarred foods. It’s called FoodScanner, and we like the idea, even if the price and implementation of it isn’t ideal. But it could make a dieter with an iPhone track their calories

TomTom app/device does the posting shuffle

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone 3GS isn’t going to be fully baked until October according to the company brass, but all of a sudden it was posted yesteday to a few European Apple online store sites, and then it was suddenly gone, with little explanation. Nothing like a little iPhone app controversy to

TomTom app/device does the posting shuffle

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone 3GS isn’t going to be fully baked until October according to the company brass, but all of a sudden it was posted yesteday to a few European Apple online store sites, and then it was suddenly gone, with little explanation. Nothing like a little iPhone app controversy to

GMail get pushed officially for the iPhone

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Despite the fact that it wears on the battery quite a bit, there isn’t anything as cool or convenient on mobile phones than push email, and GMail is among the most popular free email out there today. Before now, many apps tried to simulate and fill in the gap that was official GMail push support, some

GMail get pushed officially for the iPhone

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Despite the fact that it wears on the battery quite a bit, there isn’t anything as cool or convenient on mobile phones than push email, and GMail is among the most popular free email out there today. Before now, many apps tried to simulate and fill in the gap that was official GMail push support, some

App update alert: GPush now at version 1.1 and offering Google Voice notifications

Friday, September 25th, 2009

As I mentioned the other day, there are more options available now that will instantly alert you of a new Gmail message than anyone can keep track of, however one that I have purchased and used for a little while was recently updated and it seems worthy of a mention. The app is GPush, and

TomTom offers an update on the nicely priced car mount and app bundle

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Remember back just a few days ago when the UK Apple Store showed a listing that was offering the TomTom car mount and the navigation app for a nice price? Well it would now seem we can forget, because that price was not accurate. Since the news of a good deal began spreading around the

While we are waiting for MMS support, check out the Notepod notepad

Friday, September 25th, 2009

It is Friday the 25th of September and for those of us who are AT&T customers that means it is finally MMS day. Ultimately that means I can now receive a picture message and not have to deal with any silly links and passwords from AT&T. It also means I can stop asking family members

My Brute Game Review

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Humans have and always will love watching massacre, mayhem, and dismemberment. Although most people won’t admit it, it’s fun to watch two brutes tear each other apart in a fight to the death. Think about it, we love boxing, football, and hockey. Three sports in which people get bruised and bloodied up in. Yet we

Share your coffee addiction with your device: Starbucks releases an iPhone app

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Starbucks has introduced a new app for the iPhone (and iPod touch as well) where you can apparently customize and order drinks right from your iPhone, which will save time and avoid lines at your favorite Starbucks location, and enable you to sip that life-giving brew that much more quickly. The myStarbucks app allows you to