[appreview] title=RelationTips image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/picture-124.png price=$3.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=306421823&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] Music, Internet, Google Maps, telephone calls, taking photos, and now fixing your broken relationship… is there anything the iPhone can’t do? For most of us, the iPhone makes life better — it’s like a gorgeous bio-mechanical addition to our bodies: augmenting almost everything. And, in an odd… Read More »
Apple
[appreview] title=AudioBoo image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/picture-28.png price=FREE url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305204540&mt=8 rating=silver [/appreview] Do you tweet? Then maybe you should Boo! It’s like a multimedia Twitter, designed especially for iPhone users. Over in the UK back in 2008, Channel 4 (Britain’s edgy TV channel) launched a unique funding program entitled 4IP. Cut to 2009 and, having just announced a dedicated… Read More »
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title=Tumblr
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rating=bronze
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Developed by Mobelux, and formerly known as Tumblrette, the official Tumblr iPhone app has now arrived.
Tumblr is essentially the short ‘n sweet side of blogging: Posts are ultra-snappy, comprised of mixed-media uploads such as images, quotes, audio and video. The service is free, via
[appreview] title=Daniel X image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/picture-118.png price=$9.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305402305&mt=8 rating=avoid [/appreview] Increasingly, geeky pasttimes are seeping into the mainstream. Like creatures in a Neil Gaiman story, the boundary between the dimension of the fantastical and the land of the normal is blurring. And with that blur, faithful adaptations of heroes and villains have made the leap… Read More »
[appreview] title=Streaks image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/picture-111.png price=$2.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298996512&mt=8 rating=silver [/appreview] A calendar specifically designed for tracking your goals, Streaks aims to join the pantheon of excellent iPhone productivity apps. Both the touch and the iPhone, the latter in particular, are ideal platforms for productivity tools. The connected nature of the pocketable Apple devices means we can be… Read More »
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title=Smack Me
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rating=bronze
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These days, gaming is all about getting physical: tilting and shaking, shouting and whispering and now apparently the occasional bit of pinching and smacking. Sounds like fun!
All this talk of touching reminds me of a great toy I had, back in my student days:
