iPhone Guru

Siberian Strike iPhone App Game Review

iPhone Guru — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:12:49 +0000

Siberian Strike from Gameloft is a scrolling shoot-em-up designed similar to the classic 1942 arcade game. The controls are wonderfully intuitive. You just point and touch the screen and you automatically unleash rapid fire against swarms of enemy fighters as you pilot your aircraft through several well-rendered levels. There are anime/role playing elements in the game as you can choose from several different pilots who fly different types of fighters. This app is worth the price and I discovered it via the staff favorites in the iTunes app store on my mac… I highly recommend this game to anyone interested in classic arcade button-mashers like 1942 and 1943. Siberian Strike is available now from the app store.

F.A.S.T. (Fleet Air Superiority Training) App Review

iPhone Guru — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:38:51 +0000

F.A.S.T (Fleet Air Superiority Training) is a fun, quick-paced flight simulator that let’s you dive right into supersonic dogfighting air combat. You can play single player missions or dogfight other pilots online. The controls are tilt based and there are onscreen buttons to fire cannons and missiles at your foe. You can unlock other planes by completing missions. This game is a good value considering the replay options of playing online. There is even a top pilots leaderboard. The controls are fairly intuitive and can also be adjusted for sensitivity and you can also invert the y-axis for more realistic flying. I would recommend this game to anyone interested in air combat flight simulators. F.A.S.T. is available now from the app store.

See the world in a new light with Tiffen Photo FX filters for iPhone

iPhone Guru — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:57:47 +0000

Looking for a fun way to spice up those iPhone photos? Check out Photo FX from the professional photographic supply legend Tiffen. Photo FX adds 26 individually modifiable filters to photos you’ve already taken and you can also add filters on the fly. Be sure you don’t push the home button while editing a photo you’ve taken in Photo FX without saving it first or you will lose the photo, a feature I hope Tiffen can improve soon with an update. Tiffen Photo FX is available now from the App Store at an introductory price of $2.99. I’d say the price is totally worth it if you’re a mobile shutterbug snap snap snapping pictures away. This app is like a mini-Photoshop or mini-Aperture on your iPhone.

Clear iPhone Search History Autocomplete

iPhone Guru — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:01:24 +0000

If you use the Safari browser search bar on your iPhone a history of your searches is compiled over time. These searches are offered via autocomplete on any future subsequent search queries. You can clear your iPhone search history by tapping Settings then Safari. Clear history, cookies and cache. Then choose Yahoo as your preferred search engine and clear history and cookies and cache again. Choose Google as your preferred search engine again and your history of past searches will no longer appear in iPhone Safari browser.

Test iPhone bandwidth network speed connection with Speedtest

iPhone Guru — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:53:22 +0000

Speedtest from xtremelabs.com is a great native app for iPhone which tests and measures your network bandwidth by benchmarking your upload and download connection speeds. There is a nifty history feature so you can compare different locations on the fly. If you travel often you can use Speedtest to compare Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge data network speeds in different cities. Speedtest is available now for free from the App Store.

Search the web by talking with Google Mobile app for iPhone

iPhone Guru — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:42:05 +0000

Now it is possible to use your iPhone to search Google just by speaking your search query. Google Mobile app for iPhone added voice to search functionality with the latest version of the application that was just released on the App Store. Surfing the web by speaking is easy, simply launch Google Mobile and bring the iPhone to your ear and when you hear the loud beep just say what you are looking for. Google Mobile automatically detects your location so you won’t need to append your city or general location to the search query. With the Google Mobile app on your iPhone you will not have to type what you are searching for anymore. Give your fingers a break, let your voice do the searching! Google Mobile app is available now from the App Store.

You can has lolcats with I Can Has Cheezburger app for iPhone

iPhone Guru — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:51:21 +0000

Cats and captions, ah the fun never ends! Introducing the I Can Has Cheezburger app for iPhone. This app brings the content of any of the sites in the Cheezburger network to your pocket. Laugh at user-submitted captioned celebrity photos with RoflRazzi or visit the land of magical land of fail at Failblog. Witness comical mispelled product packaging with Engrish Funny or have some laughs with celebrity look-a-likes at Totally Looks Like. The laughs never stop with the I Can Has Cheezburger app for iPhone and it’s now available for free in the App Store.

Change keyboard size when writing email on iPhone with EasyWriter

iPhone Guru — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:25:32 +0000

Is the portrait style keyboard giving you a hard time when composing or replying to email? Introducing EasyWriter for iPhone, an app that finally gives you access to the widescreen landscape style keyboard when writing email. EasyWriter works great as a word-processing application because it saves your work as you type in the event of power loss or if the app crashes. The accelerometer driven interface provides both portrait and landscape keyboard modes. Replying to mail requires that you open your message you wish to reply to in mail on your iPhone and initiate a reply message then push the home button and go back to the main screen then launch EasyWriter and write your message then tap Send to Mail and your message is ready to send. EasyWriter is free for a limited time and is available now from the App Store.

Make high quality recordings of meetings or lectures with iTalk Recorder for iPhone

iPhone Guru — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:15:54 +0000

Looking to record voice notes or memos with your iPhone but want the recordings to be made in high quality and easily understood when playing them back? iTalk recorder by Griffin Technologies for iPhone has superior recording quality than any other recording app that I have tested. The sound quality at the medium quality setting had great clarity. For professionals seeking a serious minded recording solution for iPhone then iTrip Recorder is for you. iTrip does let you sync your recordings back to your Mac or PC but that process necissitates that you install another third-party app called iTalkSync onto your computer. ITalk Recorder for iPhone is free for a limited time and is available now from the App Store.

Cosmovox creates music with the movement of your iPhone

iPhone Guru — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:11:08 +0000

One of the coolest ways to make music is with Cosmovox for the iPhone. Cosmovox actually turns the movement of your iPhone into electronic music. It is a very good example of another theramin emulator for the iPhone as this time around the tones are created by the movement of the entire device. You can choose from many different frequencies and my favorite thus far is Mystic. You simply can’t ever go wrong with music apps, they hit the spot every time. All that I ask as your trusty iPhone Guru is that you be careful swinging your iPhone around being a 21st century Mozart! Your cat will flip out and scratch you if you take this app too far so keep it mellow, eh! Cosmovox is available now from the App Store for only $1.99.