Archive for November, 2008

We wrote about Google Mobile App. Here is a demo video:

This nice game will be avaliable in AppStore soon.

Cube is a singleplayer and multiplayer first person shooter. This opensource game is built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine.

The game is free, here is AppStore link.

More photos:

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Google Mobile App (AppStore link) is updated with voice control support.

Features include:

1. Voice search - Speak your queries instead of typing them.
2. Search with My Location - Search for nearby businesses and more without specifying where you are.
3. Saving suggestions for web site shortcuts, like Wikipedia articles, search history, word completions.
4. Fast access to Google services like Mail, Earth, Photos, Talk, Reader and more.

Voice Search is supported only on iPhone, and works best for North American English accents. Other languages coming soon.

Control your computer wirelessly with the multi-touch features of the new MacBook line!

For both Mac and Windows:

• Wireless touchpad
• PowerPoint clicker
• Control your media
• Multi-touch access to Task Switcher
• Automated discovery

Specially for Mac:

• Zoom your Mac screen
• Multi-touch access to Expose

No install required on Mac, although free modified Vine Server will give you access to media keys (Play/Pause, etc.). For Windows, free modified TightVNC server will also give you access to media keys.

The price is dropped for a limited time from $4.99 to $0. AppStore link.

Avaliable via AppStore (link) for $4.99. Take a look at the video:

Check your blood-alcohol level with Avvo Last Call!

Avvo Last Call allows you to calculate your blood-alcohol level to determine if it’s safe for you to drive after drinking. If not, use Last Call to call a cab. Last Call also provides a list of top local DUI lawyers on Avvo to call for help if you need it.

How it works:

• Log your alcohol consumption as you drink.
• Keep an eye on your blood-alcohol level as Last Call instantly updates it.
• Find nearby taxi services if your blood-alcohol level is too high.
• Contact a top local DUI attorney on Avvo if you need one.

Last Call is provided for entertainment purposes only. Use another method to more accurately determine your BAC level. Don't drink and drive.

The app is free. AppStore link.

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Citrix is porting XenApp to the iPhone. XenApp is a remote Windows application that is presently available for Mac, Windows and some mobile platforms. XenApp allows users to remotely log into their corporate networks to access their Windows applications.

The functionality seems similar to existing VNC clients for the iPhone, but Citrix's XenApp apparently transmits window display information rather than the raw graphics (wikipedia link). This is much better than VNC over network connections such as 3G and WiFi.

Michael Koppelman is an iPhone developer and model rocket enthusiast. He decided that combining his two hobbies together would be a good idea. He created an app that constantly polled the iPhone’s GPS and accelerometers, logging them to a file and then transmitting the data from the GPS over the web so that the unit could be located if it became lost.

Here is a 3D plat with data from GPS:

More graphics and video:

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VoxBot is a retro speech synthesis robot. Type in any text and VoxBot will say it out loud. App is free for a limited time. Normal price is $1.99. Here is AppStore link.

Features:

• It talks!
• Full screen retro oscilloscope display when VoxBot talks
• Easily create, test and edit phrases for VoxBot to say
• Store phrases for quick VoxBot wisdom in the phrase list

This game will appear soon in AppStore.

Many users want to turn iPhone's autocorrection off. There is a good solution we wrote about: Auto-correction - solution to turn it off. The bad thing is that it works only with english keyboard. If you want to disable autocorrection for Russian, Spanish, German or some other keyboard try ACtoggle.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for my russian keyboard - after turning off KB-autocorrect russian keyboard just disappeared. Hopefully this will be fixed in future versions.

SwirlyMMS, application to send and receive mms, is updated to v1.2.9. Several bugs are fixed. See the changelog below.

Avaliable in Cydia for jailbreaked iPhones.

Limitations:
Uploading music and movie to iPhone is now disabled on devices with firmware 2.x.