Designed for parents, iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer is an iPhone application meant to turn your phone into a time-out aid. A fairly decent concept, iTOT features some good ideas in terms of design, but unfortunately the execution is a bit lacking. The settings features include the ability to turn sound and movement detection on or off, set a password for ending the time out, and save session statistics for multiple children. These features demonstrate a bit of thought regarding the design, but it is all undermined by the simple inability to stop the timer once it begins. Time-out for kids is supposed to be a form of behavior modification by demonstrating a single consequence for undesired behavior. As a parent, I know the challenge involved in implementing consistency in discipline, so the idea of an innovative time-out timer that resets itself at the detection of noise and reinforces accomplishment with an audible cheering section could be promising. However, I was not terribly impressed with the user-friendliness of iTOT or its intuitiveness. Primarily, because once you start the timer, you can’t stop it at will.(…) Read the rest of iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer by Jennifer | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

Looking back at gaming on the Commodore Amiga reveals a period when games were fun.  They weren’t all complicated, sprawling affairs needing hours to play – although some were – but instead they were quickly picked up but tough to master.  Many were also the products of small studios or even the brainchild of one

A recently published article on Reuters gives an interesting, albeit slight look at what Apple retail employees get in terms of hands on with the products. Without worrying much here about giving a spoiler, it should be described more as a hands off. Did anyone really believe that Apple employees got to play with new

Yesterday Apple gave us iTunes 9.1 and with that came support for the iPad and more. But mixed in with all of the goodies, they also gave us something that is not as welcomed — an syncing issue. First things first though, this issue is not widespread and will only affect a select group of

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s CheckMates iPad app comes the Air Harp, another new iPad app.  This is a musical application from touchGrove, who are also responsible for the classic Mattel handheld game ports, which emulates the sound and experience of playing a lap harp. Based on early 15-string examples of the lap harp, the

iPhone OS 3.2 SDK, the software that allows developers to produce top-notch apps for the iPad, is now in the hands of some developers, but the end-user licensing agreement leaves me a bit, shall we say, vexed. As many of you know, iPhone OS updates are, and always have been, free (although it did cost money

In anticipation for this Saturday’s U.S. iPad launch, Apple has made iTunes 9.1, the first version of iTunes to support the iPad, available for download on their  website. iTunes 9.1 comes with several new features and improvements, including: - Sync with iPad to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on the go - Organize

Belly Bums - When you think of beach volleyball, typically the image that comes to mind is athletic, toned players diving for the ball in the sand. Prepare for that image to be demolished with Belly Bums . Instead, the game’s characters look like The Biggest Loser contestants—week 1 and without shirts. The game certainly has some comic value considering that you launch the ball over the net with the player’s oversized stomach. But while some of the game’s nuances are a bit comical, the gameplay is quite thin. The controls take some getting used to—tapping the screen catapults the ball with your belly. By swiping on a volleyball icon in the corner you can control the spin. With a little practice most players should be able to get a handle on it and master some of the decent spin and targeting moves that you can perform with the volleyball. (…) Read the rest of Belly Bums: Casual Gaming that’s Comical but not Compelling All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | Belly Bums: Casual Gaming that’s Comical but not Compelling by Derek Walter | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

Doodle Kart –  Doodle games, with graphics that appear to have been hand drawn, are hot. Lima Sky’s Doodle Jump , for example, is currently sitting in third place in the best-selling apps column. Among the latest of these games is  Doodle Kart from j2sighte , a novel top-down racing game that pits cleverly crafted racers on a graph paper background. j2sighte says Doodle Kart was inspired  by Sauce Digital’s Nano Rally , a similar game also with hand-drawn graphics. There are five stages with 25 unique tracks in all, providing for hours of track time.  To begin , you’ll choose between single race and championship modes. In single mode, you have the option of going solo or playing against a CPU opponent. In Championship mode, you have the option of taking it easy, normal, hard or nightmare. (…) Read the rest of Doodle Kart Draws Out the Race Car Driver In You All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | Doodle Kart Draws Out the Race Car Driver In You by Michael Alexander | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

Animal Hide & Seek Adventure for iPhone is a game for young children featuring colorful animation and friendly music built around a simple seek and find premise. Choose from three adventure themes – jungle, circus, and ocean – and find the animals hidden in each image. Most appropriate for young children and preschoolers, Animal Hide & Seek Adventure by Awesome Giant is a quality kids app and an ideal companion for those situations where you need a quite distraction. Animal Hide & Seek Adventure was obviously designed with kids in mind. The graphics, animation and music are very kid-friendly and the seek and find premise is presented in a customary way. (…) Read the rest of Take Your Favorite Tot on an iPhone Animal Hide & Seek Adventure All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | Take Your Favorite Tot on an iPhone Animal Hide & Seek Adventure by Jennifer | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !