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Air Display uses iPad Retina display as a second screen for your PC

Brad Linder — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:11:14 +0000

Air Display is an iOS app that lets you use an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad as a secondary display for a Mac. This week the developer added support for the new iPad's Retina display, which means that you can use Apple's new tablet as a 2048 x 1536 pixel Mac screen. You'll need OS X 10.6 Lion or later in order to take full... Read more »

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CardSwitcher 2.0 brings webOS style app switching to iOS 5

Brad Linder — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:26:27 +0000

Apple added limited support for multitasking to its mobile devices way back with the launch of iOS 4.0. But if you're not a fan of switching between apps by opening a dock and swiping between icons, there's another way. CardSwitcher is an app for jailbroken iOS devices that lets you view actual previews of currently running apps. Instead of looking at icons representing games, apps,... Read more »

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Sparrow launches email app for iOS (without push notifications)

Brad Linder — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:25:23 +0000

Sparrow is a popular email client for Mac computers. Now the company has launched an iOS version which supports any email service using IMAP including Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, and others. You can sign into multiple accounts and view all of your messages in a unified inbox. Gmail users will be able to access labels, and threaded messages. And you can sign into your Facebook account... Read more »

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Apple introduces iPhoto for iPad

Brad Linder — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:07:09 +0000

Apple is bringing iPhoto to the iPad. That's right, for some reason Apple already offered a $4.99 version if iMovie which let you edit videos on the iPad, but the company is just now getting around to releasing a photo editing app. The iOS version of iPhoto supports digital effects and editing. There's also a pretty nifty auto-enhance feature which can straighten photos, adjust colors,... Read more »

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Camera ICS+ brings panoramic photos to Android 2.2 and up

Brad Linder — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:58:26 +0000

The camera app that comes with Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich includes the ability to take panoramic photos. It also has a simple, attractive user interface. . Now you can have those same features on a phone or tablet running Android 2.2 or later thanks to an app called Camera ICS+. There's a free, ad-supported version available from the Android Market or you can... Read more »

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Avid Studio video editor hits the iPad, looks a lot like iMovie

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:42 +0000

Avid is one of the big names in audio and video production software. The company offers professional media editing software for prices as high as $2499, and the Avid Studio home movie-making suite runs $170. But now the company is launching a $5 version designed for the Apple iPad. Avid Studio for iPad is optimized for touchscreen input and the Apple tablet's small screen. The... Read more »

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All Gameloft games in the Android Market are 99 cents through 1/5/2012

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:38:21 +0000

Game developer Gameloft is running a massive sale for the next week. Starting this morning at 10:00AM Pacific, all of the company's games availabel from the Android Market will be available for 99 cents. The sale runs through 10:00AM PST on January 5th, 2012. Some of Gameloft's titles are always just under a buck, but some of the company's higher-end games such as Order & Chaos Online... Read more »

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Zephyr adds new multitasking gestures to jailbroken iOS devices

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:13:11 +0000

Zephyr is a utility for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch devices running iOS 5 and later. The app currently adds support for two new gestures: You can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal the multitasking app switcher without touching the home button. You can swipe from the left or right edge of the screen to switch between currently running apps without... Read more »

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Classic games Grand Theft Auto III, Sonic CD come to iOS, Android

Brad Linder — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:17:22 +0000

Every day dozens of new games are released for mobile phones and tablets -- but every now and again you don't want a new game. What you want is to relive a truly great classic game that you first played on a Playstation or computer. Recently two of those classic games found their way to iOS and Android. The first is Sonic CD, a Sonic the... Read more »

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Legendary RPG Chrono Trigger now available for iOS

William — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:36:54 +0000

Chrono Trigger has arrived for the iPhone and iPod Touch, bringing one of the most popular epic role playing games to iOS. The game was originally released for the Super Nintendo in 1995. The iOS version features optimized graphics for the Retina display and touch controls. For example, in a battle, you can employ a the "slide and tap" control cut through enemies and select your... Read more »

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GarageBand app now jams on iPhone, iPod touch too

Brad Linder — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:37:57 +0000

Apple's GarageBand app for iOS lets users create and edit music on a mobile device. When the app launched last year it was an iPad exclusive. But now Apple has released a major update which allows GarageBand to run on an iPhone or iPod touch as well. You can use the app to tap out tunes on a virtual keyboard, strum a virtual guitar, tap... Read more »

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SlingPlayer app for Android tablets now available (for $30)

Brad Linder — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:00:03 +0000

Sling Media has released a new tablet-friendly version of their Android app which allows Slingbox owners to stream live or recorded TV over the internet. Like the smartphone app, the new version of SlingPlayer for tablets costs $29.99, which makes it rather expensive for an Android app... but rather cheap for a portable TV. The new app works on tablets running Android 3.0 and up and has... Read more »

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N64oid 2.4 turns your phone into a multi-player Nintendo 64 console

Brad Linder — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:50:43 +0000

While you may not find many in the Android Market these days, there's no shortage of video game console emulators for Google Android. These apps let you play classic GameBoy, Nintendo, or even Playstation games on your phone -- assuming you have the video game ROMs, which I'll just go ahead and assume you obtained legally. Last week developer Yonzh released an updated version of... Read more »

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RIM launches BBM Music: $5 per month social music service

Brad Linder — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:44:51 +0000

Research in Motion has launched a new subscription-based music service called BBM Music. The good news is that at $5 per month it's one of the cheapest music subscription services available for any mobile device, and there's a strong social element that allows you to hear the songs your friends are listening to. The bad news is that if you don't have many friends you... Read more »

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Agile lock clones the HTC Sense 3.0 lock screen

Brad Linder — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:39 +0000

HTC uses a new lock screen on the HTC Flyer Tablet and HTC Sensation 4G smartphone. There's a ring at the bottom for the screen that you can pull to unlock your device -- but there are also four icons for apps that you can launch by dragging them into that same ring. This lets you launch some apps without first unlocking your device and then finding... Read more »

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Verizon announces new version of V Cast, now called Verizon Video

William — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:50:28 +0000

Verizon has released a major update to its multimedia service, V Cast Video, and announced that it will now be rebranded under the title Verizon Video. The new version offers higher-quality video content, although how much higher-quality isn't specified. You'll have unlimited access to more than 250 full-episodes of TV shows from most major networks. This includes the latest local and national news, as well... Read more »

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NoteSync for Android syncs your notes with Google Docs

Brad Linder — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:02:40 +0000

Google released a Google Docs app for Android a few months ago letting you view, create, and edit documents in your Docs account from an Android phone or tablet. But it only works when you have an internet connection, since the mobile app is pretty much just the mobile Google Docs website in app form. But if you're looking for a mobile app that lets... Read more »

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Sixaxis Controller: Use a PS3 controller with Android

Brad Linder — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:12:54 +0000

There are some pretty awesome games available for Google Android phones and tablets. Unfortunately while some are optimized for touch controls, others make you mash your fingers all over the screen which obstructs your view. This is especially a problem when you're using an emulator to play Nintendo, GameBoy, or even Playstation games. Enter Sixaxis Controller. It's an app that lets you pair a Playsation... Read more »

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Photo Stats for iOS generates infographics from your photos

William — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:19:34 +0000

A new photography app for iOS called Photo Stats brings statistics to your photo collection by creating detailed infographics on your device. Photo Stats designs infographics that visualize your photography habits. For example, infographics can be generated based on the specific time of day that photos were taken, your most productive photo-taking days and months, and location-based information on where you took your pictures. The app... Read more »

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Weekend iOS Bargains: big discounts on Infinity Blade and Gameloft, EA games

Brad Linder — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:34:16 +0000

Sure, the weather looks great this weekend and it would be nice to spend some time outside. But some mobile game developers have other plans. There are some great deals on iPhone and iPad games in the App Store this weekend. Epic Games is selling the popular (and graphically impressive) Infinity Blade role-playing title for $2.99, which is about half price. And EA Mobile is... Read more »

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Final Fantasy Tactics to finally hit the App Store on Thursday

William — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:08:02 +0000

Update: Final Fantasy Tactics is now available for iOS in New Zealand, and will arrive in the US at 11pm EST. It appears as though the wait for Final Fantasy Tactics on iOS is coming to an end. In a post on Square Enix's Europe Blog, the company announced that Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions will be available in the App Store... Read more »

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UberMusic: New skinnable Android music player from maker of LauncherPro

Brad Linder — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:47:05 +0000

UberMusic is a new music player for Google Android with one key strength: It's prettier than Google's default player. It's also more customizable, because UberMusic can wear skins -- including a Metro Skin that mimics the look and feel of Microsoft's Zune Media Player from Windows Phone 7. You can find skins for the music player by searching the Android Market for "UberMusic Skin." The... Read more »

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Skyfire VideoQ brings Flash video to iOS

Brad Linder — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:09:59 +0000

The Skyfire web browser for iOS offers an alternative to Safari which features social sharing features and easy access to web video -- even Flash video. That's unusual, because the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad don't actually support Adobe Flash. But Skyfire gets around that little problem by using a remote server to convert Flash into a format your device can handle and streaming it to... Read more »

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TweetCaster launches Twitter app for iPad

William — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:54:11 +0000

Tweetcaster already offers one of the most popular Twitter apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. Now the developers have introduced a new version of the app which plays well with the iPad as well. The iPad user interface was designed to utilize the iPad's 10" screen, meaning you'll find Trends, Nearby, Who to Follow and Search boxes all in the real estate of a single... Read more »

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Myth Defense LF is one of the best-looking tower defense games for Android

Brad Linder — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:51:46 +0000

There's no shortage of tower defense-style games for Google Android. These are sort of the real-time strategy games of the smartphone and tablet world. Instead of sending your forces out into the world StarCraft-style, tower defense games offer a more touchscreen-friendly style of game play where you set up a series of towers to prevent enemies from crossing from one side of the screen to... Read more »

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SoundHound shows live lyrics as you listen to music

Brad Linder — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:00:03 +0000

SoundHound is a music identification app that lets you discover the name of the song and artist you're listening to on the radio, on TV, or in a club or other real world environment. Just fire up the mobile app, tap a button, and SoundHound will listen to the music and identify the track for you. For the past few years the company has also... Read more »

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Hive Player for Honeycomb tablets puts all your music controls in a widget

Brad Linder — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:10:36 +0000

While there are a number of excellent alternatives to the Android music player for smartphones, the tablet space is a little more barren. Honestly, the default music player for Android 3.x Honeycomb tablets is pretty good -- and it includes one killer feature: Support for Google Music Beta, a service that lets you upload songs from your PC to the cloud and stream them to... Read more »

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SwiftKey X keyboard now available for Android phones, tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:53:42 +0000

SwiftKey has launched two new keyboard apps for Android: SwiftKey X for phones and SwiftKey X for tablets. The apps stand out from the crowd thanks to a powerful text prediction engine which doesn't stop at guessing what word you're trying to type right now -- but also predicts the next word you plan to enter. When it works, this can make text input an... Read more »

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Remote Potato Windows Media Center companion app coming soon to the iPad

Brad Linder — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:49:26 +0000

Remote Potato is an iOS app that allows Windows Media Center users to scheduled recordings, view pictures, and even stream music or videos from your PC to your iPhone. Now the developer is preparing to launch an iPad app. It's expected to hit the App Store on July 12th. Windows Media Center is Microsoft's 10-foot interface for controlling a PC. It's built into most consumer... Read more »

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Fieldrunners HD for Android tablets coming this evening

Brad Linder — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:48:43 +0000

Popular iOS tower defense game Fieldrunners launched for Android yesterday as Fieldrunners HD. As promised, the developer offered the app for free for the first 24 hours to anyone that downloaded the game from the Amazon Appstore. It was also on sale for 99 cents from the Android Market for customers outside of the US. But if you tried running the app on an Android... Read more »

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