Archive for October, 2009

OWLE Bubo now available for purchase

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Those who were waiting for the OWLE Bubo — today is the day that you can make your purchase. As I mentioned in a previous post, the OWLE Bubo will be selling for $99.99. Sales will begin as of 9am this morning (October 27). As to what you can expect for your 100 bucks, you will

Don’t Blame it on the Weatherman, Use an iPhone Weather App Instead!

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

With the rain streaming down the window pane as I write, the thought occurred to check the outlook on my iPhone to see what the remainder of the week had in store.  The standard weather app that comes pre-installed provides the basic information, but nothing more, which simply doesn’t satisfy my craving for as many

Amazon Throws Some Neat Features into its App

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Attention online shoppers, Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, has launched a new free iPhone App which will be called the Amazon Mobile App. Like the name suggests, the app allows users to search the online retailer’s database of products, compare prices and read reviews through a nice simple interface. Now here’s where things get

PocketArnold Review: Terminator Talk

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Have you ever tried talking like the Terminator? Chances are you have, because I know I have! Well that accent is hard, no nearly impossible to grasp. Well now you don’t have to master the strange dialect to give a good Arnold impression. With today’s technology you can carry on an entire conversation in Terminator

Picto-Mail: Can You See Me Now?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

(Editor’s Note: This Review has been updated to correct a factual error.) Picto-Mail — Emoji are all the rage, but not everyone has the ability to see the miniature pictograms. Sure there are plenty of apps to unlock emoji on your iPhone, but what about your non-iPhone buddies? If you consider this a dilemma, then Picto-Mail wants to solve your problem. Picto-Mail is an email program that uses “pictos,” or icons, to replace 2,500 common words. After you type a message, Picto-Mail will scan your text and any words it recognizes will be replaced with a picto. The resulting message can be cute or confusing. If you’re familiar with the iconography, then it’s a fun way to send a semi-encoded message. … [ finish reading this app review ] rating: 7/10 app_name: Picto-Mail © AppCraver , 2009. | Picto-Mail: Can You See Me Now? | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

App Store: 100,000 approved apps mark passed

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Apple’s now famous App Store has passed the 100,000 approved iPhone app mark. Truly amazing to think about. The mark is an “unofficial” milestone of sorts, however, as the count of currently available apps stands at only 92,000 or so. The difference results from the removal of applications from the App Store by either Apple or

AT&T stating 3.2M iPhones activated last quarter

Monday, October 26th, 2009

AT&T published its much-awaited earnings report for the third quarter 2009, where they activated an astounding 3.2 million iPhones,the highest such number in the iPhone’s brief history. AT&T even stated (in a figure that must be scary even to them) that 74% of their “smartphone device” activations last quarter were iPhones, and 40% of those

TwitBird Pro Twitter app now free; down from $3.99

Monday, October 26th, 2009

TwitBird Pro is one of those apps that I had purchased and ended up not using, only to later rediscover it after an update came down. Once that happened it became my go to app for Twitter, well that and now Tweetie 2 — but both are sitting installed side by side. That said, one of

TomTom Car Kit officially available in the US Apple Store

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Despite a few false starts and some funny pricing information, the TomTom Car Kit is now available in the Apple Store. Per the listing, the TomTom Car Kit is selling for $119.95 and will begin shipping in 2-3 weeks. Feature wise there was nothing surprising, after all we have seen enough about the car kit

The Oregon Trail Game Review: Calling All Pioneers!

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

There was one computer game of the past that conquered all others. A game that one could invest hours upon hours of time in and not realize the time pass. A game that could transport the player back into a time and place hard to imagine. That game is Oregon Trail. If you haven’t played,