Archive for 2009

Google has launched an optimized version of Google Books for the iPhone. This means that iPhone owners now have instant access to 1.5 million books, browsable by genre or searchable by, well, any criteria you like. And instead of serving scans of the pages as in the desktop version of the service, the mobile web app sends bandwidth-friendly plain text.

Here is a link to GooGle Books.

via wired

The iPhone earrings are just $22, while the BlackBerry earrings sell for $19 a set. And there is no 2-year contract, you can waer them whenever you want.

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All you need is:

- I/O Bridge with Servo Module
- Webcam
- 2 Servos
- Buzzer
- Laser Pointer
- Spare Electrical Components from parts bin (Transistor, Resistors, LEDs, etc.)
- X10 Module

Read here more instructions.

This is a wonderful 3d animation the Earth with the Moon and the Sun. Application is free in AppStore (link).

The new version of this app will be called Earth3D+. More planets will be added. It will appear in AppStore soon. Watch the video:

An effective hearing test that measures your threshold of hearing for sounds of different frequencies.
Find out just how far your ears can hear ranging frequencies.
Most of the people should be able to hear up to around 15kHz. From around 17kHz upwards, we get into a range that only the under 20's can hear.

• With this version, you will test your frequency threshold, using static volume tones.
• Using the iPhone headphones, you will be asked to adjust the iPhone volume, for clear and effective playback tones.
• Your left and right ear will be tested alternately with every frequency, from the above frequency ranges.
• After the test has been completed, you will get a report of your hearing frequency response.

App is $0.99 in AppStore (link).

Google announced a new location tracking feature of Google Maps that will allow you to share your current location with your friends and family. The new service is called Latitude.

While launching initially on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian S60, Google hopes to release an iPhone version soon.

via macrumors

This is one more tower defence type game. Lots of fun, good graphics.

It costs just $4.99 (AppStore link). There is also free lite version (AppStore link). Watch the video:

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This is a second application for Skype in AppStore. The first one is called Fring and it is Free. The new application is called IM+ for Skype, released couple days ago and costs $9.99 (AppStore link).

Users can chat, make calls, use SkypeOut, change status, see other's status, etc. Functionality is very close to Fring.

Here are some screenshots:

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We wrote about t9 on iPhone. MultiTap keyboard with T9 support is released, avaliable in Cydia.

via spazio

TimeLapse ($0.99, App Store link) uses your iPhone's camera to take photos at regular intervals. You can have one photo snapped as infrequently as every 24 hours, or as often as every 10 seconds. After you've collected all of your photos, you can easily dump them into iMovie or QuickTime Pro and make a simple time lapse movie.

via tuaw

Apple rejected iPhone application called iSutra. So it is avaliable via Cydia for jailbreaked iPhones for FREE.

Nice game for $4.99 (AppStore link), but you can try free lite version (AppStore link).

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ReflectiveDock is updated to version 1.4 ReflectiveDock is an extention to Winterboard, that makes dock look reflective:

Avaliable via Cydia (ModMyi repository) for jailbreaked iPhones.

Since the iPhone's launch, the lack of video capabilities on the handset has been a major complaint among customers.The patent, that Apple was given several days ago, shows company's plans to introduce video conferencing to future generations of the popular handset. Apple devotes a paragraph to explaining how video conferencing would work. Lens that can be rotated backward or forward, coupled with the touchscreen as a viewfinder.

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Google has just announced a new way to manage your Gmail Tasks from your mobile device or your iGoogle homepage.