From the publishers of great games such as Toki Tori, The Quest, CS.One, Zen Bound, SpIn and many many more, comes the next big "easy to pick up and put down" game, Knights Onrush 
. Knights Onrush is on sale now in the AppStore for $.99 or 80% off their normal price.
With Jugaari's iPhone apps JaaduRDP and JaaduVNC , your desktop or laptop computer is never too far away. Imagine being able to remotely connect to your computer anywhere and anytime. Have you ever forgotten to send a file or an email only to remember once you arrived at your destination? Well, JaaduRDP and JaaduVNC may be the answer to your needs.
I've been in the market for a pair of Stereo Bluetooth headphones..I've looked at and read reviews on headsets by Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorola, Nokia and many many more. I'm looking for something that I can use to listen to music and take calls at the same time, I don't want to be swapping out my headset for a particular function...I just want one headset to rule them all...
Ever wanted an app to keep track of your workouts and what you've done on certain days? Well, FitnessTrack is your answer...All you need to do is program the application for your needs and it will track your progress.
When Payback was released for the iPhone, I couldn't believe my eyes...Apex Designs had brought an excellent Grand Theft Auto clone to the iPhone/iTouch platform...I mean can you believe it, I am now able to play Grand Theft Auto on my phone. Simply Amazing...
When I first came upon this game, it seemed to have some sort of cult-like status/following to it and that's what drew me in and peaked my curiosity. is simple...However, don't let that fool you...the execution and gameplay is complex and deeply satisfying.
One of MY most anticipated games this year was Zen Bound . When I saw the preview movies of this game, I noticed how incredible the 3-D graphics and controls were. Taken from the publisher's description of the game: "Zen Bound is a calm and meditative puzzle game about wrapping wooden sculptures with rope." They go on to call it, "A game in which a high score is not the goal - instead it is something to focus on and enjoy at your own relaxed pace."
Sway is an amazing 3-D platformer where you, as Lizzie must use your swinging skills to save your friends while avoiding obstacles likes spikes and rotating barriers. What makes this game challenging is the way in which you need glide your fingers across your iPhone or iTouch in order to make the characters move. The right part of the screen controls the right and and the left side of the screen controls the left hand...It's really hard to explain but is easier to see in the video provided...Here's a hint: you must gently and patiently move your thumbs left and right to get the timing down right
I have to admit something...Normally, I'm not one to really get into Asteroids-type games, but I feel that Chillingo's CS.One has hit their marks on almost all areas.
On Wednesday, after what seemed to be forever in the techworld, Sling Media's SlingPlayer appeared in the iTunes AppStore. And, although the hotly anticipated app does allows users to watch TV over the internet, it does come at a heavy cost to the network and the wallet.
If you've ever gone into the Apple Store (who hasn't?), you've seen that many of the employees have mobile checkout capability. Using a Windows Mobile based system, the Apple Store employee can charge your credit card and even email the receipt to you. I surmised that Apple has been forced to use the Windows Mobile based system because at the time they didn't have a portable device to do the transactions. With the iPhone / iPod Touch, those days may be over. Enter iSwipe Credit Card Terminal
When I was a teenager I saw a guy named Bob Kilpatrick perform on stage at a youth camp I was at. He had only his acoustic guitar and two little silver plastic machines that he called his backup band. One of the machines I was familiar with was the Roland TR-606 drummatix drum machine. I knew about it because one of my friends had one and I had lots of fun programming drum patterns on it so we could jam to them when we played guitar. The other box was a Roland TB-303 which is highly sought after and revered as THE "acid" techno groove box to have. Both of these analog rhythm boxes gave me my first taste of playing with electronic music machines.
The TB-303 would later become very valuable. I've seen some of these things priced at $2500+ to this day! I suppose the reason for the demand is that these are classic analog synths and those sounds are wonderful to those in the know. When I saw that Audiorealism had released technoBox , complete with TB-303 and the ultra-popular TR-808 and 909 drum sounds and a built-in sequencer, I knew I had to try it out. I'd love to have those three rhythm machines right in my pocket to play with at any time!
TAITO, a Japanese company famous for numerous arcade classics, has finally ported one of their most successful games to the iPhone - Cooking Mama
Don't know how to cook? Don't worry! Mama will teach you - and it's easy as 1-2-3!
TAITO's Cameltry was originally released as both an arcade game and platform game for the Super Famicom in Japan in 1989, better known as "On the Ball" as it was released here in the US in 1992. An updated version was released a few years ago and now there's a brand new version - just for the iPhone!
The concept is simple, rotate a labyrinth board around a moving ball, collect artifacts and reach the goal. Sounds simple enough, right? It's a lot tougher than it sounds!
For the avid photographer, lighting is key to getting the perfect shot - especially when one contends with nature. However, nature may not be as totally unpredictable as we may think.
Vela Design Group come up with an all-in-one app that allows you to hold time in your hands - Vela Clock
It's a world clock, yes - but it does so much more!
When Stairways software announced that they had released an iPhone application called Aragom Space War that was reminiscent of the original TRS-80 Star Trek game, I was quite excited to try it out. I remember playing the game during my high school years and loving every minute of it. Stairways was kind enough to allow me to review their app and so I took some time to really get to know the game and see how it stacks up to the original.
When I was in highschool, I saved all of my money to buy a Tascam 4 track portastudio so I could learn how to record my own songs. One of my friends had one and was creating some really cool music using it. Buying that 4 track machine was my first real adventure into jotting down musical ideas and working on individual arrangements with sound. Everything was recorded onto affordable cassette tape utilizing the 4 channels of the tape in one direction (hence 4 tracks). I learned so much about recording audio and it made me a better guitar player. It was money well spent.
Fast-forward to today: digital recording is everywhere. No longer are we confined to the analog limitations and 4 tracks has been replaced by 16 tracks minimum and unlimited tracks if you desire. Many recording studios take the form of a Mac or PC and a I/O box that converts the analog audio signal to digital. Most of the time, these setups require a lot of time and effort to set up... no where near as easy as my old 4 track analog recorder. Even the portable recorders aren't really all that portable. Most are the sizes of a small box and still require AC power.
Loyal Skype users rejoiced yesterday when the official Skype client for iPhone became available in the AppStore yesterday afternoon HST. Skype if you weren't aware is a Voice Over IP (VOIP) service that allows users to place phone calls for free over the internet.
Have you ever needed a quick and easy way to transfer your contact information from your iPhone to another iPhone user? Well, EasyContact might just be the app you're looking for.
I have a confession to make, I'm always searching for a better case for my iPhone 3G. At times, I find myself being obsessive...not wanting a case to be too thick, too thin, rubbery or not too rubbery...and to top it off, I like change.
Fans of the hit Japanese anime series Evangelion can now enjoy the world of Evangelion on their iPhones with these two applications from Appliya.. Now you can pull out your iPhone and impress your friends with this Evangelion-inspired clock. Imagine yourself at the NERV headquarters watching the time countdown. Also included in this app is a timer mode with authentic sounds and all.
In my opinion, one of the premier Twitter applications for the iPhone is an application developed by Stone Designs called Twittlelator Pro
. Twittlelator Pro, developed by Andrew Stone is a full-featured twitter client that brings desktop quality features to a mobile application.
From developer Takuma Mori comes a lightweight, fast and simple twitter client called NatsuLion. I have had NatsuLion on my iPhone on and off since I got it but depending on the situation, I like to fire it up. For example, if I want to do a quick post or see who I need to reply to, I may fire up NatsuLion especially if I have limited time.
One of the more noticeably missing applications from Apple's wunderphone, the iPhone is a solid instant messenger client. Thankfully, since the iPhone SDK was released, third-party developers have more than stepped to the plate and provided iPhone owners with an dizzying array of options. for the iPhone. Beejive Inc., the developer of this instant messenger aggregator for the iPhone has put a lot of thought into this application and has packed many iPhone-friendly features into it.
For fans of location-based (GPS) restaurant and business finder applications, Yelp is one of the more polished apps available in the Apple iTunes AppStore. This program works best with the iPhone 3G although I'm pretty sure it works with first generation iPhones and iTouches. If I'm incorrect, please let me know.
Did you enjoy the iPhone's lightsaber app and are you a fan of badly dubbed kung fu movies? Well, who isn't! Now you can relive your favorite kung fu movies with iFu . Punching, kicking and taunting sounds are all included.
If you aren't downloading it in iTunes yet, we've included a video demonstration to show you how this app works. Video after the jump.
Have you ever wanted to print a picture from your iphone without hooking it up to your computer? Well, Air Photo Wifi is the answer and a very good one at that...With Air Photo, you'll be able to print to your networked printer as long as you have the server application installed on your desktop or laptop machine.
Chocolate or Vanilla ice cream? Burger King or McDonalds...Worldwide Coin Toss (WCT) aims to help you make those tough decisions in life by randomly or NOT falling on heads or tails. Worldwide Coin Toss simulates the tossing of a real coin, except you have a choice of coins from over 19 countries...not to mention that all those coins would be really heavy to carry around.
as well as their 99 cent app, "FLIP! Puzzle" , and a nice extra stage for good measure.
Over the next few days, I'm going to go through my list of favorite iPhone apps. First on my list is Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T iPhones. The premise of this iPhone app is very simple: It logs you into any AT&T hosted wi-fi hotspot location and it does it really fast too!
When the app store first launched, there were a pretty nice variety of beat box / drum machine type apps. Some of them good, some not so good. Then I started seeing a few keyboard based synths that used the iPhone's touch screen and had some really great sound. But to take things to the next level, Smule developed Ocarina, an actual instrument you can blow into on your iPhone.
Back in the 80's when the synthesizer was were gaining popularity was the first time I had ever seen a wind controlled synthesizer. Basically, it allows the musician to use any synthesized sound and control it using their own breath, just like a real wood wind instrument. I never dreamt that this technology would be found in the phone that I carry around in my pocket! Enter Ocarina from Smule.
While the Apple iPhone doesn't have the worlds best camera, it takes decent photos and I do use it quite often. It's also very frustrating as there are absolutely no controls for the camera except orientation and the ability to snap the photo. What is especially frustrating is that it's sometimes impossible to hold the camera steady and press the shutter button to take a photo in bad lighting conditions. Pressing the shutter button causes the camera to shake, and I end up having to retake the photo over and over again. 
I've been waiting.
Waiting and hoping for someone... anyone to port Crystal Quest to the iPhone. I'd search for it almost everyday in the iTunes App Store but nothing even close was introduced. Well the wait finally ended!
Crystal Quest [click takes you to iTunes Store] by Hands-On Mobile is here and I couldn't be happier.
For those who regularly sync their iPhones to their computers for updates or the occasional recharge, having a cradle is a must. Sure, it's easy enough to just link via the USB cable, but having a designated spot to rest the phone is a real advantage. Instead of laying your phone down on your table where it's prone to scratches and getting lost in the clutter, prop it up where you can see it.
Many of us would love an easy way to keep track of our credit cards, passwords and serial numbers on the go. There have been many times that I've needed access to a serial number during a software install at my job, but I end up writing it down on a piece of paper because storing it on my iPhone in the Notes app isn't an option. It's just too insecure! 
I've had the Kensington Mini Battery Extender and Charger since the first week I had my iPhone 3G and it's become a very handy accessory for me. There are many ways to save battery life on the iPhone 3G and first generation iPhone, but lets face it: eventually, you will have a day where you've used all of your iPhone's juice and you'll have no way to plug it in to recharge. Apple's design doesn't allow for a user replaceable battery, so until they design an iPhone with one, this is probably one of your best bets. 
So I got up at 5:30 am and got down to the AT&T Store down the street at 6 am. There was a small line of 17 people there. My wife and I were numbers 18 & 19. Before I could blink there was a line going around the parking lot of at least 100 or so people. Luckily we got there early enough to wait in the shade.
These days, just who doesn't have access to a Nintendo DS Lite? With great games for all ages and gamer types, just about anyone can get their hands on this console and have fun with it. Case and point, my mom has borrowed my Nintendo DS Lite for the past 3 months and has been playing all my puzzle games. What better way to spend your retirement?
The cover is first slipped over the top lip and pulled over the bottom, held in place with 2 flaps that fit over the keypads. All of the accessory slots are readily accessible and the only buttons fully covered are the L and R buttons on the outer edge of the console. (The material is thinner there, so there is no difference to response time.)
I immensely enjoy the look and feel of the product and would definitely look in to other protective cases made from BoxWave's FlexiSkin, especially for my iPhone - which comes in a variety of colors. As for the Nintendo DS, the product may not be suitable for its design, although it makes for a comfortable gaming experience!
For folks who enjoy their iPhone as their choice MP3-player, receiving calls can be a pain. The process of answering the call is much more graceful than ex-phones I've used in the past, but pulling out the phone to speak through the speaker can still be a clumsy process. I prefer to use my own earphones, rather than the supplied Apple Earbuds with attached microphone. 
The sound quality of the microphone is dependent upon the earphones you are using, however the volume can be adjusted with the remote. The volume will not exceed the sound limit you have set up on your iPhone, so if the maximum level is too soft for your taste, you may need up the sound manually.For a person on the go, tangled earphone cords are a pain to deal with. Boxwave has taken it upon themselves to design a convenient set of earphones for people just like me.
The earphones come in either black or silver white and come in both 3.5mm and 2.5mm headphone jack sizes to accommodate a variety of smartphones, MP3 platers and cellular phones. The retractable cord extends up to 41 inches in length. The earphone cords, are "glued" together when first opened and feature a zipper-like mechanism that both cuts open the cords to your preferred length and neatly aligns the cords when retracting. The earphones are standard in shape and size and come with an extra pair of "cushions". The back of the retracting mechanism is a metal clip to attach to clothes or belts.
The retractable cord is a great idea - saving me time and effort when I need to put away my earphones. With just a simple tug on both ends of the earphone cord, the retracting mechanism quickly pulls both ends in like a yoyo. The earphones are very compact, light-weight, and portable - ideal for students and commuters! The earphones themselves sit outside the ear canal and are a little large for my ears, but fit well for another reviewer.
The sound quality of the earphones is good. Midrange tones are prominent while the bass is somewhat drowned out. The overall sound is best described as "mellow".
At this time, miniBuds do not have headphone jacks that are compatible with iphones, but this can easily be resolved with an affordable adaptor.
Boxwave's miniBud headphones are a clean and efficient alternative way to avoid the usual mess of earphone cords!
Design: **** (Great)
Sound Quality: *** (Average)
So many electronic peripherals are a part of everyday life and keeping the screens clean help to maintain our accessories' longevity. Although these little, light-weight screen cleaning "puffs" may not be anything new, the JAVOedge screen cleaners stand apart from the rest with a stretchy bungee cord and lint-free, non-abrasive microfiber cloth backing. They even come in a variety of tech-wary colors: black, blue, silver, and white (with orange text). Each are individually packaged.
The puffs do a wonderful job at cleaning off dirty surfaces with minimal effort. I tested this on both my glasses and my iPhone. The results were spotless - lint-free and clean. The only downside is that my iPhone doesn't have a lanyard slot for me to attach the puff to directly.
JAVOedge Micro Swipes come in a handy 4-pack for $5.95. Perfect to share with tech-savvy friends, additions to goody bags, or to keep handy around the house for all your peripheral cleaning needs.
First of all, I have to apologize for the delay in doing this review! 
Ever since the iPhone was released with its proprietary headset jack, people have been looking for ways to use their existing headsets with their iPhones.
Well now that the iPhone is out we'll do some rumor coverage to see who was telling the truth and who was... well not entirely truthful, or had bogus "inside sources".
Let's hop in the way back machine and take a look:
FALSE / iPhone Rumors and iPhone Lies
- CNET reports: iPhone Release Date: June 11, 2007. Start your countdown now!
CNBC: iPhone to be Available on June 20
- Jim Crammer from TheStreet.com reported that Cingular (the new AT&T) was going to give away 1.5 years of free service when purchasing an iPhone. (source)
- WR Hambrecht & Co: AT&T shops to have less than 40 phones each
- A Wall Street Journal article reports that Apple will be including Flash, Adobe/Macromedia's de facto standard media plug-in with the iPhone.
- Anything WordPress blogger "vim3" said:
TRUE Stuff
- iPhone will have no Cingular / AT&T branding
- AT&T soon have an "Unlimited" package for iPhone users.
- Leaked iPhone training manual
- iPhone to REQUIRE data plan
- Gizmodo: Insider has Hands-On with iPhone
There were probably more but we just couldn't cover it all. Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Let's hope the news has less gossip and more facts now that the iPhone is here.
Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg (affectionately called Uncle Walt by the Mac community) had a few minutes with the iPhone and had this to say in his review of the new Treo and Samsung Blackjack:
"Of these two phones, I prefer the BlackJack. But if you're in the market for a smart phone and can afford $499, you might want to wait until June for the Apple iPhone. The Apple entry is so full of promise that anyone buying a smart phone in 2007 should at least wait for the full reviews and a chance to try it out."
Read more of Walt Mossberg's article here.
We can't wait for Apple to send Uncle Walt the final version of the iPhone for review!
