They have been working on creating Ninjahit for the past 10 months and it has finally paid off, big time.

Ninjahit is the brain child of Alain Eav. He came up with the concept from a game he played in college called Marshmello Wars. He also loves paintball and so he combined the two to create Ninjahit

Ninjahit is a ninja assassination game played with friend and co-workers. The game is designed to be played on campus’s, in offices and anywhere people gather.

It’s a social and interactive game that turns your iPhone into a virtual weapon. Think tag, meets hide and seek, and paintball. You are the ninja and your assignment is to take out your target before someone eliminates you.

There are 3 different games to choose from on Ninjahit. You can set your timeframe at 3 hours all the way to 7days depending on the number of people playing. The server also tracks your score, hits and games player.

The game is ready for download through Apples app store, it costs $1.99.

The Object ID App: Imagine you’re out traveling the world and you see a gorgeous old Cathedral. You whip out your iPhone and take a picture. An instant later, the iPhone recognizes the geographical coordinates of the building you photographed and tells you the Cathedral’s name, age, and history.

Basically, Apple is looking to turn their camera into more of an augmented reality viewer. Possibilities include using the RFID reader to zoom in on and get more info about objects with RFID tags, using geographic locations to provide you with info about the snapshot you just took, and browsing area-dependent databases for further information on things like artwork, restaurants, or presumably even people.

Outgoing Voicemail Recording: Ever gotten a response to a voice mail that bewildered you because you were too drunk or busy to remember what you’d called to ask about in the first place? Apple wants to make an app that will save all outgoing voicemail to the contact information of whoever it is you called. When you wake up hungover in the morning after a long night’s bar crawl you can just scroll through your contact list to see who you drunk dialed and what you said! Also, if you’re a busy business man who makes a lot of calls this could also come in handy, but that’s way less fun to think about.

Pre-Loaded iPhones: Apparently, Apple might be giving up on their active packaging idea. They’ve come up with another way to pre-load iPhones and iPods with media and app suites so that customers can customize their smartphones before they buy them. Apple will either do this by installing metadata files on the phone during manufacturing, or by beaming the files to the phone upon purchase.

Two Changes To Texting: The first proposed change is to introduce parental safety settings to text messaging. This would allow parents to block their kids from texting certain words, and it would inform the parents when their kids try to send forbidden messages. This will work for about two weeks before the kids devise new lingo that isn’t blocked. Get ready for some ridiculous new abbreviations.

The second proposed change will allow users to see who didn’t receive a text message when one is sent in bulk. It will allow them to resend that same message to the users that missed it without the sender having to retype his message.

Media Content Sheet: This sounds more like a peripheral to me. Basically Apple wants to design a transparent sheet that users can overlay over their iPhone and manipulate to get information on media they are playing. Displaying song lyrics while media is playing appears to be the main purpose of this sheet.

[Thanks: http://www.i4u.com]

Select your favorite fish and teach it tons of tricks, including barrel rolls, karate chops and air guitar, for a bubbly, aquatic experience in your palm. Pocket Fish’s key features include:

• Choose from four different Pocket Fish, each with their own unique personalities.
• Change the aquarium’s camera angle from the top, bottom or side at any time as your fish frolics.
• Transition between various times of day and listen to serene and soothing music to create the ideal setting for your finned friends’ watery antics.
• New downloadable content every few weeks adds new tricks and functionality, continually expanding the range of fun and relaxing activities for you and your Pocket Fish.

Pocket Fish has been optimized for iPhone OS 3.0 and has been rated 4+ for distribution in the Apple App Store. To see a video of the game in action visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgvoSyaxDw&feature=channel_page.

About Controlled Chaos Media:
Founded and led by studio director Hunter Woodlee, Controlled Chaos is a self-funded, independent game developer located in the heart of the Dallas Design District. The company combines the impressive talents of SMU Guildhall alumni, including Woodlee himself, and games industry veterans from leading publishers and developers LucasArts, Gearbox Studio, Terminal Reality and Paradigm Studio. Visit http://cchaosmedia.com for further details.

Follow Controlled Chaos for the latest updates on upcoming projects:

Twitter
http://twitter.com/CChaosMedia

Facebook
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YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/cchaosmedia

[Thanks: http://wireless.ign.com]

- Incredible character art and animations
- Fun, relaxing interactions in a serene environment
- Choose between several fish
- Dynamic time of day changes, or select your favorite at will
- Change the angle you interact with the fish

Pocket Fish comes with several amazing fish that are ready to be your friend. The fish have cartoon-like features that allow them to show emotion, and interact with you in ways other apps cannot.

Make your fish do barrel rolls, play air guitar, or tons of other fun animations. Play with your fish by touching the iPhone screen and dragging your finger around on it. You can also burst the trick bubbles to make your fish do all sorts of tricks. Use the top menu to look at your fish from different angles, change the time of day, or change your fish at any time.

We are supporting Pocket Fish with new content including animations, environments, and new fish. If you have anything you would like to see, please let us know!

Optimized for iPhone 3GS

[Source: http://forums.toucharcade.com ]

Those wanting to learn all the ins and outs of the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3.0 OS and the iPod touch can get the newly updated iPhone Superguide from Macworld. The guide promises to help users master the new 3GS and the 3.0 software update quickly.

Among the things that are covered in the guide are new, classic, and hidden shortcuts, best methods for data synchronization, and iPhone troubleshooting. The guide also covers cool accessories and applications to enhance the devices.

[Thanks: http://www.phonemag.com]

Indeed, they claim the iPhone 3GS will top out its uploads (sending videos to YouTube, emailing photos, etc.) at a comparatively anemic 384 Kbps.

Perhaps not a big deal in North America where, as noted, the GSM networks are still building out their speed. (Hold your laughter, CDMA, your upload speed is faster but it’s not like you’ve flipped the switch to Rev B yet either — you all have your hidden shames!).

In Europe, however, where HSPA networks are as mature as their coffee is good, well… they’re going to suffer senselessly slower upload speeds.

We’ve asked you in the past how fast your downloads were, now let us know how your uploads are doing, and how much HSUPA — or the lack thereof — matters to you.

[Thanks: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/]

The networks tested belonged to Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T. PC world reports that Sprint bested AT&T for reliability and that Sprint was more reliable than Verizon in the tested areas. A strong connection was available 90.5% of the time.

I would like to see this sort of test performed for areas outside of major markets. The real challenge for a network isn’t inside major cities, but in rural areas. There are large portions of rural America where you can’t get a signal.

[Thanks: http://www.i4u.com]

Search has been extended to taxi companies and the biggest new feature is the new map system that is powered by Apple’s MapKit. This new map is far more precise than on the older version and lets the user interact with it. Moreover, i addition to the estimated fare, Rocket Taxi 2.0 now shows you the best route between your starting and destination points.

“Rocket Taxi has been a hit since it’s release and we’re very happy to release this new version. With the new integrated map, the app is a lot more useful and when Apple announced MapKit, we were quickly at work to improve our best selling app”, said Luc Vandal, founder of Edovia Inc. “We have also fixed a lot of bugs and polished the overall user experience and feel that the app is very solid and a must have update.”

Minimum Requirements:
iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availabilty:
Rocket Taxi 2.0 is available on the App Store now for $1.99 (USD).

[Thanks: http://prmac.com]

Topics covered include the following:
* Using the Xcode IDE and Interface Builder
* Objective-C basics
* Foundation classes
* Memory management techniques
* Cocoa Touch design patterns
* Custom drawing and animation
* Touch screen user interaction
* Working with interactive controls such as buttons, text fields, etc.
* Using table views to present and manage data
* Navigation and tab bar controllers
* Working with web content
* Persisting user and application data
* Working with accelerometer input, location data, and other core services.
* Working with .nib files

The iPhone Programming Workshop is taught by noted developer and author Jonathan Lehr. Jonathan has over a decade of experience developing software in Objective-C for Apple platforms, and has trained hundreds of developers in these technologies.

About Objects also provides training on a number of related topics, including the following course titles: ANSI C Programming, Objective-C Programming, Objective-C for Beginners, and Cocoa Programming Workshop. All About Objects courses are available for onsite delivery as well as for open enrollment in our classrooms.

About Objects is a leading source of training and development in Objective-C on the iPhone OS and Mac OS X platforms, and was the first company in the world to offer public developer training on the iPhone SDK. Headquartered in the Accenture building in Reston, VA, About Objects offers public training at multiple locations, including Cupertino, CA, as well as onsite training. The company also provides development and consulting services for the iPhone OS and Mac OS X.

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One technology blog in the U.S. is moving form the world of telling readers about new gadgets into the world of telling the users about gadgets to actually making and selling gadgets to users. Michael Arrington form TechCrunch has been talking for a while now about the CrunchPad that he has been working to bring to market.


The most recent photos of the nearly finalized design are very slick. The device looks much like a larger iPhone. The CrunchPad is said to be a mere 16mm thick, and have a screen that is at least 12-inches in size and flush with the aluminum case. The CrunchPad will also come in different colors and run an Intel Atom processor.

Strangely, the device will reportedly have no storage built-in and there is no word on if the device will offer a memory card slot for storing digital content. No keyboard will be offered with the device, which will instead use an onscreen keyboard like the iPhone. Unlike the iPhone, the CrunchPad will support Flash says Arrington. The price for the finished device is promised to be under $US300 ($AUD381).

The New York Times reports that Arrington is set to bring the CrunchPad from the realm of vaporware to reality. Arrington has reportedly now incorporated a new company called CrunchPad and has said that the company will hold an event at the end of July or in early August where the device will presumably be launched.

[Thanks: http://apcmag.com]