The iPhone has just gone up about three levels in my book because of this application. The TGI Black Friday app is here and it is incredible. While the sales on Black Friday are great, it is tough to know if a deal is really a deal. While the price may by marked down, it

The excitement of this battle has quickly worn off and it is time for everyone to move forward. If you are to look over the Internet publications since the release of the Droid, everyone and their mother has done a comparison. While that was to be expected, the overflow of information that continues to be

I mentioned the iGmail app a while back and received a pretty mixed bad of comments, but personally I liked it because it was not expensive, it offered an overlay that gave me some additional controls to move through my mail easier and because it ran in full screen which gave me a little more

The other day I mentioned that TomTom was planning to release a car kit designed specifically for the iPod touch, and it looks like it is now listed on the official TomTom website. Unfortunately it is not yet available for purchase, nor does it give a date as to when it will be available. In

Navigon has decided to offer a temporary discount on their MobileNavigator app. Effective immediately, new users can purchase the MobileNavigator app for $69.99 which is $30 off of the normal $99.99. Additionally, the Traffic Live add-on has also been discounted and will set you back $14.99 as opposed to the regular price of $24.99. Basically this

TechCrunch reports on an interesting new startup, Hot Potato. It’s a micro-messaging service that allows people to connect over live events happening right now, as well as to keep tabs on what their friends are up to. They have an iPhone app on the way which will use GPS to show you events happening near

In news that will surely annoy the Google Android team, French game developer Gameloft has announced today that they’re significant cutting back on Android development. Finance Director Alexandre de Rochefort stated at an investor conference that “Google has not been very good to entice customers to actually buy products. On Android nobody is making significant

It seems like half of the news today is centered around the environment in one form or another. Whether you’re a strong advocate for the environment, a non-believer in the theories, or just an average joe the reality is the news is important. What happens in the environment today can drastically affect your life tomorrow.

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are six new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: CatPaint. There is not one picture in the world which wouldn’t benefit from having at least one cat added into it, and now all your own dull pictures can have an injection of cat awesomeness

FaceCall , a new photo-based dialer for iPhone, is a neat enough concept. The app adds direct-dial photo icons to your home screen. And, unlike the scores of one-tap dialers in the past, FaceCall will add as many speed dial icons as you want. The dialing  scheme works and while some might find it convenient, if your goal is to save time the app falls short for price. The purpose of FaceCall is to create photo icons on your home menu for one touch dialing (or emailing). I can see the benefit of having a photo icon stored amongst the apps on your iPhone home screen for frequently called or emailed people, especially if your contacts list and favorites is inundated with names. Setting up and using FaceCall is simple. Once installed, you simply open the app, select a name from your contacts, choose either a phone number or email address, and then assign a photo. You can use one already assigned or take a new one. FaceCall does not give you the option of selecting multiple numbers or a number and an email, so it is rather imperative that your photo contact only have one preferred method of contact. This isn’t a problem if your friends are always attached to a single phone, but if you find yourself dialing home, cell, work to hunt down your contacts, then FaceCall isn’t going to help solve your problem. Regardless of how easy it is to create a photo contact icon on your home screen with FaceCall, there is one major draw back to its success. It is rather slow at accessing the contact once you tap the icon. There is a considerable delay in pulling up the number and another delay to initiate the call. In most cases, I would say it is faster to find the name and number through other means – whether through your contact list, your favorites, or speed dial. For the $2.99 price, FaceCall falls a bit short of value. There are certainly people who could find it useful, especially for very frequently called numbers. However, because it ultimately has to access the information over the web via the created link before providing the information and initiating the call, it really it is faster to find and select a number from your contacts. FaceCall starts off with a cool idea to put photo icons of your favorite people on your home screen, and it works pretty much as described. But with a $3 price tag, you’ll have to decide if it’s a feature that’s worth paying for. rating: 6/10 app_name: FaceCall © AppCraver , 2009. | FaceCall Puts a Face to Contacts on iPhone’s Home Screen | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !