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iPhone/iPod Touch App Review: Apple Store

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, and OWC Mike H.

Every week the OWC Blog Staff picks a free iPhone/iPod Touch App to try out and review. This week’s selection is Apple Store by Apple, Inc.

Description

Tap the Apple Store app on your iPhone or iPod touch, and you can do all things Apple. Buy Apple products and accessories, read customer reviews, find an Apple Retail Store, stay up to date with in-store events, and make Personal Shopping, Genius Bar, or One to One appointments.

The Apple Store app is also the easiest way to buy or reserve your new iPhone — right from your current iPhone. You can do it in just a few taps, without entering your AT&T account information. Order your new iPhone from the Apple Online Store and it’s shipped to you free and ready to use. Or reserve your new iPhone, pick it up at an Apple Retail Store, and we’ll set it up for you in minutes.

With the Apple Store app, you can:
- See new and featured products from Apple.
- Shop the full selection of products available from the Apple Online Store.
- Find the latest accessories and software.
-  Read customer reviews and get answers to product questions.
- Buy or reserve a new iPhone with just a few taps.
- Locate any Apple Retail Store in the world, instantly.
- Make Personal Shopping, Genius Bar, and One to One appointments.
- Sign up for workshops and events at your favorite Apple Retail Store.

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Weekly Free iPhone/iPod Touch App – Tap Tap Revenge 3

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, OWC Mike H., and OWC Grant

Every week, the OWC Blog staff picks a free app for the iPhone/iPod Touch to try out and review. This week’s app is Tap Tap Revenge 3 by Tapulous.

App Description

TAP ALONG TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST BANDS IN THE WORLD INCLUDING KE$HA, BLACK EYED PEAS, METALLICA, AFI AND SMASHING PUMPKINS. With over 100 free songs and 100 premium bundles, why pay $7 for other music rhythm games when you can get the original and most downloaded music game on the iPhone and iPod touch for FREE.

BUT DON”T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT …..

“Absolutely marvelous.” 148Apps

“Pure awesomeness.” Gizmodo

“Tapulous is becoming a marketing force in the music industry.” BusinessWeek

“Does this game deliver a gaming experience that continues on with the amazing experience we have come to expect from Tapulous? In my opinion, YES!” iPhone Reviews 2.0

“Tapulous pretty much has the market covered in terms of getting great music playable on the iPhone.” TUAW

In several head-to-head reviews the FREE Tap Tap Revenge 3 has won over the paid Rockband ($6.99) hands-down. NO WONDER IT IS A 4.5 STAR GAME!

AMAZINGLY DEEP PLAYLIST ……

Take a deep breath and read this (partial) playlist. 30 Seconds to Mars. A Prefect Circle. AFI. Airborne Toxic Event. All-American Rejects. Angels & Airwaves. Asher Roth. Ben Harper. Blink-182. Bush. Coldplay. The Crystal Method. Dashboard Confessional. David Guetta. Depeche Mode. Duran Duran. Elton John. Evanescence. Fall Out Boy. Fat Boy Slim. Flyleaf. Foo Fighters. George Thorogood, Godsmack. Gwen Stefani. Hinder. The Hives. Ingrid Michaelson. JET. Jackson 5. Jane’s Addiction. Jimmy Eats World. Kaiser Chiefs. Ke$ha. Keane. Keith Urban. The Killers. Korn. LCD Soundsystem. LMFAO. Lady Antebellum. Lady Gaga. Lifehouse. Lily Allen. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Marilyn Manson. Maroon 5. Megadeath. Michael Franti. Motorhead. New Kids on the Block. Nine Inch Nails. No Doubt. Ok Go. OneRepublic. Owl City. Papa Roach. Phoenix. The Prodigy. Queens of the Stone Age. Rascal Flatts. Rise Against. Robbie Williams. Rush. Shwayze. Silversun Pickups. Smash Mouth. Smashing Pumpkins. Snow Patrol. Social Distortion. Spoon. Steppenwolf. Steve Miller Band. Sublime. Sum 41. The Temper Trap. Thievery Corporation. Thriving Ivory. Tiësto. Vampire Weekend. War. Weezer. Wolfmother. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. EVERY WEEK, WE FEATURE A NEW HIT TRACK FOR FREE DOWNLOAD IN THE GAME.

MORE THAN JUST A MUSIC GAME ……

- The funnest live chat system on the iPhone with hundreds of thousands of users. Connect with friends and meet people who share your musical interests
- A fun and addictive online game with insane weapon action
- A complete avatar system so you can show off your rocker persona
- Frequent contests where we give away signed artist guitars, signed albums and other prizes

This app is for users 13 and over.

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iOS App Review: Stanza

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Each week, the OWC Blog Staff picks a free iOS App to check out and review. This week’s selection is the Stanza book reader by Lexcycle.

Description

Read books on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad! Lexcycle Stanza brings the digital book revolution to your pocket with a reading interface that is unrivaled in its clarity and ease of use. With over 4 million downloads around the world, Stanza has become an iPhone phenomenon, and is featured as one of the top three Apple favorites in their “App Store Turns 1″ celebration.

Purchase popular new books from a selection of over 50,000 contemporary titles available in various partner stores, or choose from an additional 50,000 free classics and recent original works available from Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and many other sources. Store and categorize hundreds of books in the organizer, and transfer your own ePub, eReader, PDF, Comic Book Archive (CBR & CBZ), and DjVu books from your Mac or PC to Stanza by dragging & dropping the files into the “File Sharing” section of the “Apps” tab of your device in iTunes.

Your entire summer reading, your class syllabus for the whole year, all the reference material you will ever need: all at your fingertips. Literally.

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WWDC 2010: Pretty Much What We Thought It Would Be.

Monday, June 7th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Ever since the leak of the iPhone 4 prototype a few months ago, we all sort of knew what Steve’s keynote presentation at this year’s World Wide Developer’s Conference would center around. After all, the WWDC has traditionally been where the latest model iPhones have been introduced.

First, though, Steve started talking about Apple’s newest line, the iPad. Apparently, Apple has moved over two million units already, making it about one iPad sold every three seconds or so.

He then went on to talk about iBooks, a key component of the iPad. There’s been over five million books sold (approx. 2.5 per iPad) and the iBooks Store has about a 22% market share.

They’ve made some enhancements to iBooks. Now, not only can you highlight text, but you can add what looks like sticky notes to a page, and add bookmarks with just a tap now. The biggest change, though is now iBooks can read PDFs.

Then Steve went on to talk about the App Store, where there’s over 15,000 apps submitted a week; 95% are approved within seven days. He also talked about why some apps may be rejected. Not working as advertised and apps that crash are obvious. The other main reason is the use of “private APIs.” I think we all know that was a dig at Adobe Flash.

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Free iPhone/iPod Touch App Review: iChapaev Lite

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, and OWC Grant

Every week, the OWC Blog staff picks a free iPhone/iPod Touch application to check out and review. This week’s selection was iChapaev Lite by MaxNick.

Description

The legend of Chapayev lives on in the iCapaev app. Chapayev is the most popular board game in The Soviet Union. Dynamic and exciting, it’s like a dashing cavalry attack and gambling game.

Rules of the game are diabolically simple. Shoot enemy checkers from the board while ensuring that as many of yours stay on as possible. If yours is the last man standing, you win. You’ll need a keen eye and strong hand to be the victor in this app but more than that, you need clever strategy.

Each iChapaev player gets 8 checkers to start, which are placed on opposite ends of the game board. Go ahead and use your finger to pull back your checker, then let go to shoot toward your opponent’s game piece. Little arrows indicate the direction and stroke power of your shot. The player with at least one checker left on the board wins the battle.

The war is not over with the first battle, though. A second battle starts with the first game’s loser playing with one less checker. Does that ensure that you’ll win this round? No. If your opponent has found an excellent strategy, you may find it challenging to overthrow him in the second game. All is fair in love and war and that includes iChapaev. You never know who is going to win.

If you want to give yourself a game playing advantage, fine tune your skills and hone your moves by playing against the app initially. After you’ve developed your game playing skills, invite a partner to join you in a war game. If you’ve practiced and perfected your game, you’re bound to win more than you lose.

Just to keep things interesting, there are three levels of complexity:

* Easy level — the arrow showing the direction and the force of strike has depicted

* Medium level — just the arrow showing the direction of strike has depicted

* High level — the arrow hasn’t been depicted at all

So, who will you be, The White Army with at least one checker left on the board, or the poor hero Chapayev? There’s only one way to find out. Better grab the iChapaev app now so you can start practicing.

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iPhone/iPod Touch App Review: Space Monkey

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | Author: OWC Michael, OWC Grant, and OWC Chris S.

Each week, the OWC Blog staff pick a free application from the iTunes App Store to review. This week’s iPhone/iPod Touch app is Space Monkey: Free by Glu Games.

App Description:

“Out of this world.” – PocketGamer, Silver Award, 8/10. Do your part and help Space Monkey keep our cosmos clean! Face off against big, bad space enemies who just want to keep the cosmos cluttered

Take this award-winning action-puzzle game for a spin!

Do your part and help Space Monkey keep our cosmos clean! Grab, dodge and deflect a nearly endless barrage of space junk…batteries, coffee cups, yo-yos, toilet paper rolls and much, much more!  Snatch up rubbish and score huge points!  Face off against big, bad space enemies who just want to keep the cosmos cluttered. Article Continues…

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iPod/iPhone App Reviews: VehiCal

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Mike H., and OWC Michael

Each week, the OWC Blog staff pick a free application from the iTunes App Store to review. This week’s iPhone/iPod Touch app is VehiCal by Red Cube.

App Description:

VehiCal makes it easy to record and manage vehicle mileage and expenses for personal and business use. Track fuel consumption information, including fuel economy, gas prices, and pump totals, as well as vehicle expenses with customizable lists such as repairs, highway tolls, and parking costs. This provides you with comprehensive information of your vehicle’s operational costs and can help you keep tabs on fuel efficiency and keeping your vehicle well maintained. VehiCal’s flexible calculations give you a controlled view of your vehicles fuel consumption which is increasingly important as fuel costs continue to rise.

Maximize potential tax reductions by keeping convenient records of business and personal trip mileage with customizable categories and notes. Email yourself and your accountant selected entries of your choosing based on date, type, cost, etc. in HTML or CSV (text) formats. The CSV format option can be used in all spreadsheet applications while the HTML format option provides a rich table of your selected data.

VehiCal’s interactive lists allow you to sort data by touching column headers and select which entries to include in your calculations by using the calculation bar. Sort and select entries by specific dates or categories giving you a touchable spread sheet in the palm of your hand. Track fuel economy information on pump entries of your choosing so that results aren’t skewed if you forget to input an entry. Supports all relevant unit conversions in real time so unit settings can be changed on the fly. Experience VehiCal’s innovative design today!

FEATURES

  • Supports multiple vehicles
  • Calculates: fuel economy, average gas price, total gas cost, vehicle expenses, trip distances, and more….
  • Features interactive tables where specific entries can be selected, grouped, and sorted for flexible calculations
  • Email selected data entries in HTML or CSV (spreadsheet) formats
  • Supports all relevant units and fuel economy standards (MPG, L/100km, km/L, km/Gallon; US & Imperial)
  • Change units in real time when traveling to different regional areas
  • Take photos or use saved pictures of your vehicle for customization
  • See a summary view of your vehicle’s stats while scrolling through multiple vehicles

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iPod/iPhone App Reviews: Distant Suns (Lite)

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, and OWC Mike H.

As we’ve mentioned a couple of times here on the OWC Blog, astronomy and space travel have a firm place in the history of OWC. With that in mind, it was kind of a natural choice for this week’s Free App Review: Distant Suns (Lite).

App Store Description:

Sporting a database of thousands of stars, nebula and galaxies, Distant Suns has earned the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy programs available for the most casual sky watcher and serious telescope jockey alike.

Here’s what people said about the original Distant Suns:

  • 5 Stars from ituneappreview.com
  • 5 Stars in iphoneapplicationlist.com
  • 4 Stars from AppVee.co

Features include:

  • Best tech support in this and parallel universes
  • Thousands of pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand (but not nearly as scratchy)
  • Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
  • All 88 constellations with articles on their mythology
  • All 9 planets (yes, we feel that little Pluto got a bad rap so in the Distant Suns universe it is still a planet)
  • Sun and Moon
  • GPS aware
  • What’s Up? Gives a quick snapshot overview of where all of the important stuff is
  • Easy one-handed operation.
  • Point and Identify mode reveals the hidden data for each of the stars, planets and deep-sky wonders
  • Planetary data and information
  • IM the author with astronomical questions. And he may answer if he’s not napping. AIM Handle: lazyastronomer. Also on Twitter at distantsuns.

What does the full version have that this doesn’t?

  • The ability to change date/time and accelerate time to study the heavenly motions
  • Over 130,000 stars, down to magnitude 10
  • Mythical figures for all constellations
  • The ability to fine tune the star’s sizes and images from simple to stunning
  • Be able to filter out dimmer stars to match your local sky
  • Compass support for iPhone 3GS users, just aim the phone at the sky and see what you’re looking at.
  • Augmented Reality: displays the stars on top of your phones video image
  • Nightvision mode keeps your eyes dark-adapted when outside at night
  • Smoothly slews to each object when selected
  • Limits the current-event alert to one showing.
  • Additional landscape images
  • Third toolbar for ease of navigation
  • Extra in-depth data about each object

The Universe just got, well…uh…”smaller.”

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