Archive for March, 2010

Dual Electronics XGPS 300 for the iPod touch now available and shipping

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

The last of the news that we heard in regards to the XGPS300 navigation device for the iPod touch was the is should have begun shipping in late-February. And as I am sure everyone realizes that the late-February time frame has turned into later-than-February. But in a little bit of good news, well good news

The Jerky Boys Prank Caller for iPhone

Friday, March 19th, 2010

The Jerky Boys Prank Caller is one of two recently released Jerky Boys apps for iPhone, with the other being The Jerky Boys Pinball. This app that lets you set up your friends to receive an inbound prank call on your phone. The Jerky Boys Prank Caller is a logical ancillary to the cult status Jerky Boys albums, also available on iTunes, and the app even throws in some unreleased material to quell its fan base. For those who don’t know The Jerky Boys, it’s a former comedic duo gone solo with routines that feature various characters making prank phone calls to unsuspecting recipients. Several albums have been released over the years as well as a 1995 movie based on the act. The movie didn’t receive rave reviews, but the albums were popular enough, with two going double platinum. The Jerky Boys Prank Caller app is the epitome of The Jerky Boys, featuring three characters – Frank Rizzo, Jack Tors, and Sol Rosenberg.(…) Read the rest of The Jerky Boys Prank Caller for iPhone © AppCraver , 2010. | The Jerky Boys Prank Caller for iPhone | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

Amazon gives brief mention of Kindle for the iPad in recent press release

Friday, March 19th, 2010

It seems to me that most people expect the current Kindle app to work just fine on the iPad once it is released. But at the same time I cannot remember seeing anything official on that yet. Anyway, recently Amazon released a Kindle app for the Mac and they gave a mention, albeit brief, to

Lifehacker app now available for the iPhone, iPod touch

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Lifehacker is one of my favorite websites, and although I follow all of the posts by way of an RSS subscription in Google Reader I was excited to see they now have a dedicated app. If nothing else it just gives me quick access to check the site. Feature wise the app will allow you

Lightsaber Unleashed Sequel Coming in April

Friday, March 19th, 2010

For Star Wars fans, Lightsaber Unleashed was an essential app to have on their iPhone and for everyone else, it was a great way to demonstrate exactly what an accelerometer was.  But amazingly, Lightsaber unleashed was released in 2008, so an update is well overdue. THQ Wireless will be rectifying the situation with the release of

This Week’s App Store Updates – 19th March 2010

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are eight new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: Left Alone: Zombies. A variation on the tower defense theme, this time with your mission being to guard a church from the invading hordes of the undead until

Landscaper’s Companion Gets You Ready for Spring Planting

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Spring is finally here and with it comes an app of great proportions for amateur gardeners and botanists. Landscaper’s Companion is a reference guide to more than a 1,000 plants in every category – perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, groundcover, ornamental grasses and more. Designed to be a comprehensive resource for gardeners, Landscaper’s Companion contains thousands of pictures, and a search function for searching out plants by growing conditions. Many plant pages include details about the plant, such as planting suggestions and other useful information. The premise behind Landscaper’s Companion is obvious – create a mobile reference that can help the casual gardener select plants based on growing conditions, type, and appearance. This goal is accomplished and executed in a simple to use format. Users can scroll through categories to view suggested plants or can search for plants appropriate for their growing conditions like shade, sun, partial sun, growing zone, and water needs. Other features include the ability to create a favorites list and browse pictures of included plants.(…) Read the rest of Landscaper’s Companion Gets You Ready for Spring Planting © AppCraver , 2010. | Landscaper’s Companion Gets You Ready for Spring Planting | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

My five favorite iPhone games

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

5. Stay ($0.99) [App Store Link] “Stay is a game about action and reaction, a balancing game. The concept is simple, keep your red object on the seesaw for as long as possible. You keep things balanced by dropping more blocks onto the seesaw, but be careful because some blocks will behave badly and try to

WSJ: Apple has pre-sold “hundreds of thousands” of iPads

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has pre-sold “hundreds of thousands” of iPads, just days after opening up pre-orders to the public. To put this into perspective, Apple sold its first million iPhones just 74 days after release. If the iPhone’s success is any indication of the iPad’s success, Apple may very well sell

Square Enix’s Chaos Rings Gets Spectacular Trailer

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Square Enix are best known as the team behind the massively popular Final Fantasy franchise of games, so fantasy RPG fans should be getting excited about the prospect of Chaos Rings, their exclusive iPhone game expected to be released very soon. According to producer Takehiro Ando, who spoke to Pocket Gamer, Chaos Rings is ‘almost fully