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Our first look at Classics by Andrew Kaz & Phill Ryu. Classics is an ebook reader that showcases natural digital reading experience with realistic 3D page flips. This application comes pre-loaded with 13 classics with the promise of more books to be added via future updates.
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Our first look at Fake Calls by Magic Tap. Fake Calls lets you simulate calls when you find yourself in situations where you need the perfect excuse to step out. Check out the video to see this application in action.
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Our first look at iStylist Makeover by Styler Design. iStylist Makeover is a fun and easy way to create new looks right on your iPhone / iPod Touch. Use an existing photo or take one with the built-in camera to try over a hundred different hair styles for both men and women.
If you like the Wii then you will love love iFun. SGN has just released iFun, which turns your iPhone into an accelerometer driven game controller, just like the remote used on the Wii gaming system.
Swing your iPhone around to hit some golf balls, sink some hoops or even knock down some pins. iFun was designed for gamers to use their iPhone as a controller, and not as the main screen, rather you use a desktop computer or laptop to display the gameplay. This application is great for those of you who are sick of being refined to the small screen on your iPhone.
iFun actually turns your iPhone into a larger gaming unit, and just like most other large gaming units, you have the ability to play other gamers over the internet. Invite your Facebook friends to play online or even invite friends with emails from your address book.
To start the fun you must obviously first download the free app at the App Store and second register at their website. This application is available for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, and the developers say to look out for more sports games coming soon.
Check out the video above to get a first look at how the app works.
It is a rare occurrence when a piece of consumer electronics can transform and redefine itself to change our expectations of what it can do for us. The iPhone has somehow been able to do this a few times now, and interestingly enough it has done it all through software updates and not hardware changes. The most notable example of this variety of transformation in the iPhone’s short history, is in the release of firmware 1.1.3, which all of a sudden gave the iPhone gps-like locating functionality.
Today marks another transformational point, and this advancement comes not from Apple directly but from their friends over at Google. As most readers already know, Google has their own 3rd party search application on the iPhone. It is called the Google Mobile App and has been available in the App Store for some time now. The Google Mobile App quickly created a buzz because it was created and designed by proven minds, like Nicholas Jitkoff (the creator of Quicksilver).
However until the latest update, this application fueled a very unconvincing argument that it provided more utility than simply launching safari and typing a Google search. That all changes today with version 0.3.142 of the Google Mobile App and its new Voice Search feature. To put it very simply, the Voice Search feature allows users to speak rather than type their google searches. And to the shock of anyone who uses this feature for the first time, it actually works! Check out the video or try it yourself, and your experience should differ very little, if at all.
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Our first look at Pocket First Aid & CPR Guide by Jive Media LLC. Pocket First Aid helps you stay prepared 24/7 for any medical emergencies that might occur.
mind Wave v2.0 | Published by Jakub Koter | Via App Store | $1.99 | Released: 10-31-08
Now here’s an app that has left me humming… mind Wave uses binaural tones to induce relaxation, increase concentration or aid sleep! You can find out more information about binaural tones here. Slip on some headphones, fire up mind Wave and listen your way to a different mood or state of relaxation.
Launching mind Wave brings you to some instruction screens, one of which urges you to use headphones for the fullest experience. I can vouch for this. Make sure you use headphones. It sounds terrible if you just listen through the iPhone speakers, and you’ll be tempted to immediately delete the app.
Once your headphones are safely tucked into your canals, you’ll see that the app has three main buttons across the bottom: Tones, Timer, and Visual Stimulation.
Tapping on Tones brings you to the list of tones provided with the app which include:
While I am only a reviewer and am certainly NOT knowledgeable on binaural tones, I would heartily recommend that you not tempt fate and try using “Sleep Induction” while driving.
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