Archive for December, 2010

Happy New Year to All Our Readers!

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Thanks for joining us throughout 2010 and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading our iPhone and iPad news coverage, app reviews, product reviews and comment; as we’ve certainly enjoyed writing it! We’re looking forward to 2011 and all the new Apple products it’ll surely bring, so we very much hope you’ll join us throughout the coming year

Versatile TabGrip iPad Case is Suitably Different

Friday, December 31st, 2010

There are plenty of ways to protect your iPad, but very few push the envelope in terms of design and versatility – offering instead a slight different take on an established theme.  While that’s fine, it’s always good to see a product that does things a little differently, and that’s why we like the look

Monster’s Tron Inspired Dock is Cool, But Expensive

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

With Tron: Legacy still doing the rounds in cinemas, and the visual style being what it is; it’s surprising we’ve not been inundated with Tron inspired products for the iPhone and iPad.  However, it looks like it’s quality over quantity in this case, as Monster – a company best known for their cabling – have

Skype Challenges FaceTime, Introduces Video Calling

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

If you had little interest in video-calling before Apple’s own FaceTime service was introduced with the iPhone 4, we’d be surprised to hear it changed your mind.  Good software and decent enough quality couldn’t hide the fact it was seriously limited, thanks to Wi-Fi only connections to other iPhone 4’s or Macs. Now, after a surprisingly

Burn the Rope iPhone App Review – Hot Stuff!

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

When you see an app with a similar name to an existing, and very successful, one, it can set the alarm bells ringing.  For example, if Pessimistic Birds arrived in New and Noteworthy, it would be easy to brush it aside as being an Angry Birds clone.  However, just as Pessimistic Birds may be entirely

HDMI Adaptor for iPhone 4 and iPad Appears in Japan

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

If you want to connect your iPhone 4 or more likely, your iPad, to your HDTV, but don’t own an Apple TV to take advantage of Airplay, then this little gadget will probably be of interest.  Made by Sanwa, it’s an HDMI adaptor which plugs into the 30-pin connector. Once you’ve connected the HDMI lead, you’ll

iBend XL iPad Accessory Review

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

We reviewed the iBend flexible stand for the iPhone back in March 2010, and still find a use for it now, so my interest was piqued when the makers of the iBend contacted me with news of an iPad version named the iBend XL.  If anything, the iPad is even more in need of a

The Most Expensive iPhone Apps of 2010

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Forget, for a moment, that this article is about finding the most expensive iPhone app and complete the following sentence: For $999, you can… Pay for five laptops for third-world children; Feed and intoxicate yourself and five friends at a decent restaurant; Buy a new wide-screen HDTV Pay rent or mortgage for a month in middle America; or Download an iPhone app. Surprisingly—nay, disturbingly—all five are correct answers. You can pay almost a thousand bucks for an app. But this fact merely begs the next question: why would you? The answer is not always “because you’re an idiot.” Lots of these pricey iPhone apps have specific benefits for those who need their particular features; others are just novel ways to spend that Trustafarian tax cut. To sort them out and understand what makes some of the most expensive apps worth the price, read on. Read the rest of The Most Expensive iPhone Apps of 2010 AppCraver.com, 2010. | Best iPhone Applications | Top iPhone Apps  

Twenty Apps You Need for Your New iPad

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Yesterday we suggested twenty apps to download for your new iPhone, but what if you received an iPad for Christmas?  You’ll be needing this list, than!  Here are twenty recommended iPad apps and although there are some repeat apps from the iPhone list, there are plenty of new suggestions too. As before, the first ten should

Twenty Apps You Need for Your New iPhone 4

Monday, December 27th, 2010

If you’ve been lucky enough to receive an iPhone 4 for Christmas, then you need to start downloading apps for it right now!  We’ve got two sets of 10 for you here, the first covering a general set of applications which every iPhone 4 owner would benefit from, and the second set suggesting ten apps