Archive for the 'iPhone Reviews' Category

Five of the Best and Funniest Spoof Siri Videos

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Siri, the virtual assistant introduced with iOS 5 and exclusive to the iPhone 4S, has already become a household name. This is not only due to the iPhone’s huge success and its mainstream acceptance, but also for videos like the ones you see below – clever spoofs and parodies featuring the software. This list is inspired

Five Great-Looking Retro iPhone Games Coming Soon

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Retro games remain very popular, especially on iOS, and there are plenty of great games in production at the moment that fans of the genre should know about. We’ve gathered together five retro games that are coming soon for iOS, mixing some remakes of old classics with some ‘retro-inspired’ titles from developers with an established history

iPhone/iPad App Review – Smash Cops

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Smash Cops is a brilliant idea. It’s based on those thousands of police pursuit-type TV shows that feature nothing but the cops chasing down a suspect, all shot from a police helicopter.  They’re trash of the highest order, but compelling and exciting trash nonetheless.  Making a game using that exact formula is inspired, and Smash

Reckless Racing 2 Released on February 2nd

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

It has been more than a year since the release of Pixelbite’s excellent iOS racer Reckless Racing, and the team has now provided a release date for the sequel.  Reckless Racing 2 will be sliding onto your iPhone and iPad on the 2nd February. Announced in October last year, the new game will once again feature

Apple Releases iBooks 2.0, iTunes U and iBooks Author Apps

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

At a special event held at the Guggenheim museum earlier today, Apple released several new applications all related to education, school textbooks and bringing students and teachers together through a single device. Introduced by Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue, with demonstrations by the VP of iTunes Jeff Robbin and the VP of Productivity Software Roger Rosner,

iPhone App Review – Ant Raid

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

This is an early review of Ant Raid for the iPhone, it’s released on the 26th January. Originally an iPad-only game, Ant Raid has now been shrunk down to fit on the iPhone by developers Prank Entertainment.  At its heart, Ant Raid is a tower defense game, but with real-time strategy overtones; however the attention to

Part Three: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement Round-up

Friday, January 13th, 2012

We’re back for our third and final round-up of the various new products related to the iPhone and iPad announced at CES 2012.  You can catch up with part one and part two by following the links, otherwise sit back and enjoy part three. iCade. We start with one of the most exciting reveals of the whole

Part Two: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement News Round-up

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

As CES 2012 continues, more new products are discovered for the iPhone and iPad.  If you haven’t already, take a look at part one of our announcement round-up to see another collection of accessories debuting at the show, otherwise standby for part two: Olloclip. A new quick-connect camera lens accessory for the iPhone 4/4S, the Olloclip has

Part One: CES 2012 iPhone/iPad Announcement News Round-up

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

While Apple themselves shun CES, many of the manufacturers who produce accessories for the iPhone and iPad use it as the platform to launch their latest products.  With the event in full swing, here’s part one of our round-up of the top announcements to come from the show. Wrapsol Grip Pad. Known for their range of

Choiix Wake Up Folio for the iPad 2 Review

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Apple introduced the Smart Cover with the iPad 2 last year, saying that rather than let owners cover their beautiful tablets in unattractive cases to protect the screen, they’d made a good-looking, Apple certified one themselves.  It’s clever too, as it not only attaches to the iPad 2 using magnets, but uses one to activate