After the Beep! has a quality found in very few apps: it provides a set of features, then leaves it to you to dream up countless uses. The features seem straightforward at a glance. The user simply records a short message with his or her voice, “tweaks” the message with a variety of pre-set distortions and background noises, then sends the message off to friends through Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, or even a clever direct-to-voicemail feature. Straightforward enough, right? This is where After The Beep gets interesting. Some of the tweaks are obvious and benign, like the “Happy Birthday” theme, which will place your voice before a chorus of people singing the Happy Birthday song. You could use this tweak to send a friend a happy birthday message, for example. But what about tweaks like “Airport” and “Work,” which will make it sound like you’re calling from an airport or a bustling office environment? These themes seem to be built for deception. If you need to trick your boss or significant other into believing you’re someplace other than the bar or couch, this app is for you.(…) Read the rest of After the Beep! Turns Your iPhone into a Lie-Phone AppCraver.com, 2010. | After the Beep! Turns Your iPhone into a Lie-Phone | Best iPhone Apps | Best Free Apps

If you’re browsing the App Store this weekend for some spooky applications to compliment your Halloween fun, or to occupy the little ones before going trick-or-treating, here are ten worth taking a closer

In the midst of a rapidly growing international mobile phone market, Apple have eased ahead of RIM and Sony Ericsson to cement their position in the top five manufacturers in the world in terms of market share.  Although this represents a significant move, Apple still have a while to go until they catch up with

We’re huge fans of CrossRoads and CrossRoads HD, two previous titles from Fabulapps, so were excited to try out their latest game entitled Kiko: The Last Totem.  Kiko was in charge of looking after a Totem that protects his island home, but unfortunately, the totem is stolen from Kiko by Yaru the Lord of the

Version 3.7 of Kobo’s eReader application has been released in the App Store, bringing with it a selection of newspapers and magazines, which currently have a two-week free trial attached, but will go on to have a monthly subscription service. The app is free to download and is suitable for both the iPhone and the iPad,

When we covered the news that Apple had once again delayed the release of the white whale iPhone 4 until spring 2011, we wondered why they didn’t just cancel it instead.  Of course, the PR nightmare of a canceled Apple product would be far higher than the fallout caused by an extended delay, however a

The Fighting Fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone were a constant companion of mine during the mid-80s, occupying my free time whenever there was space to roll some dice.  Although the Fighting Fantasy brand can be found inside the App Store, there is another series of books keen to satisfy my inner adventurer. An

With the news that Little Tommy will probably be asking for an iPad, an iPhone 4 or an iPod Touch over the more traditional gifts this Christmas, Apple have added their engraving service to the iPad range this week. Engraving has been offered on the iPod range for a while, but now the free service can

First it was July 2010, then it was ‘later in the year‘ and now the white iPhone 4 will not go on sale until spring 2011.  We’ve seen the pictures and have agreed that it looks fantastic, but how many people will be prepared to hold off for at least another six months?  When they

It’s hard to categorize CosmicPainter , unless you’re familiar with the world of VJing. That’s a special place where it’s deemed important to be able to create patterned artwork in motion, because sometimes you just need peoples’ eyeballs glued to a screen displaying no representative visual content. Just as music can simply be sound with no meaning, images can just be images. Keep those images in one spot, and you’ve got abstract art. Set them in motion, and you’ve got Cosmic Painter. This app may be what Timothy Leary was raving on about when he said computer graphics would be the next LSD. CosmicPainter supplies motion to the canvas as you “paint” using a variety of tools, creating real-time (and very cool) animations. With a comparatively simple palette of painting tools, you create patterns against the moving background, producing ever-changing eye-candy effortlessly and intuitively. It’s painting for someone who doesn’t want to paint anything in particular. You’re just choosing whatever aesthetic effect you think will please your eye at the moment. In a word, CosmicPainter is Art with a capital “A”: inherently meaningless, useless, and endlessly pleasing. (…) Read the rest of CosmicPainter: Create Moving Art With Multi-Touch (Video Demo) All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | CosmicPainter: Create Moving Art With Multi-Touch (Video Demo) | Best iPad Apps | Best Free Apps