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Review: Ticket to Ride (iPad)

25 Aug

Ticket to Ride (Days of Wonder, Inc., $6.99)


As far as iPad games go, this is a fun game to get especially if you like board games. The problem is (like a lot of iPad games) it can get old playing it, and so even though it is at the top of my list now, give it some time and it may be gone. Nonetheless it is a great game to play, a lot of fun, easy to learn (if you are new to it) and with many multi-player options you can keep it exciting for a while. I looked at the reviews for quite a while before deciding (finally) to purchase it, but made the decision to go ahead and do so in part based on various high ratings online as well as reviews indicating that it took no time at all to learn the rules and get up and running. After purchasing it, I can indeed confirm that it takes no time at all to learn and it is definitely a lot of fun to play. Sorry folks, this game is iPad only.
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Review: Catan HD (iPad)

19 Aug

Catan HD (USM, $4.99)


One of the things the iPad has turned out to be really good at is porting over board games. It turns out that this is the perfect environment for such games, whether through pass and play modes or multiplayer online mode or even a solo, play against the computer mode. Catan HD, the iPad version of Settlers of Catan is no exception. The makers of this app did a great job of incorporating it into an iPad app and creating a quite pleasant user experience for anyone playing this game. There are however a few issues with the game, such as problems that I have with pass and play mode and unfortunately no online modes that make this game less useable than a lot of others in the app store and for that reason, at this time I can only give it 3 stars. However, if in the future they fix these issues, this is easily a 5 star app. This app is iPad only.

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Review: Lifelike Craig HD

30 Jul

Lifelike Craig HD – Craigslist for iPad and iPhone (Lifelike Apps, Inc. $1.99)

Another mobile client for using craigslist on your iPhone/iPad, Lifelike Craig is well designed and organized in a way that makes it easy to craigslist on your mobile devices. This app is a universal app and works virtually identical on both the iPhone and iPad with obvious differences in the UI to work with each individual device. This is definitely one of the better apps that I have seen for using craigslist. It is very well designed and provides very useful functionality for this type of use. This is a very good app with active developers that are working hard to improve it on a regular basis.

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Slashtop announces partnership with major chip manufacturers to enhance app performance.

14 Jun

Some times I get a little too set in my ways that I don’t necessarily try out new apps and new products. I tend to like the ones I already have and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it right? Well Splash top may just be the app that shows me what I currently use *is* broken, I just didn’t know it. Not only are they offering this app for an incredible price compared to iTeleport, but they are now beginning to create partnerships with chip manufacturers to ensure that their product runs well in just about any environment. Get the app now for a special low price of just $1.99, but hurry, they will soon go back to $9.99.

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Developing For iPhone vs iPad

13 Apr

Recently at work I was tasked with the development of an iPhone/iPad app for a demo of our products at NAB this year. Although I have tinkered with iOS apps, writing a few things of my own, I am still relatively new to it so this was quite a task with very little time to complete it. I was able to complete the task and put together the apps for our demo, even if the apps don’t exactly look nice and are minimally functional, but for less than two weeks of development what can you expect right? At any rate, there is a lesson I learned through out this process that I wanted to touch on briefly here.

While writing my reviews here, on more than one occasion I have made a statement to the effect of: they have a good iPhone app, but why don’t they port it over to iPad, how hard could it be. Well, I just wanted to correct myself as I have been working on this I now see that there is so much more that must go into the process than just porting it over to the iPad. Te process is complex and lengthy to say the least. A new UI must be designed as things work differently on the iPad, not to mention the sheer difference in display size. And while it is easy to say that it should run on an iPad I can see from my little bit of experience just how hard it can be to really make that happen. So I official rescind that statement.

 
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Review: FaceTime, Photobooth and Camera for iPad

28 Mar

I am lumping these three apps together as there isn’t a whole lot to say about them other than a few notes on how they work, additionally they are all now native apps on the iPad 2 and generally I don’t review the native apps but in this case given that these apps are newly introduced to this device, I felt that they were worth mentioning. If you have an iPad 2 then you don’t have to do anything to get these apps, they will be present when you first turn it on. If you do not yet have an iPad 2, then it is time to get one. If you have an iPhone 4 then you are probably use to using the FaceTime and Camera app, Mac users are likely familiar with the Photobooth app. All three of these apps function virtually identical to their counterparts even if they look a bit different.
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More Reviews To Come

26 Mar

I know that I have not posted much later, but I do have more posts and more reviews to come shortly. I have been pre-occupied lately with my new iPad 2 and haven’t had a lot to write about. But I did want to make sure that yo all know that I have not gone anywhere and I’ll be back soon with even more!

 
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I am an Apple Geek

21 Mar

I am an  geek, that much is obvious, I obsess over my apple gadgets and of course generally I must have all the latest and greatest. At home it is just my wife and myself yet we have more apple computers and toys than a normal household of 4 would. My co-workers have taken notice to this obsession and even have placed bets on my ability to go without apple gadgetry. I personally like my devices too much to indulge them, but recently a co-worker made a video based on his experience with me that is oddly quite accurate and so I wanted to share it with all of you. This video is inspired by my recent 25 hour wait in line (and camp out) for the iPad 2 *WARNING: BRIEF OBSCENE LANGUAGE AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT*:

 
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Updated Review: iMovie (Universal App)

21 Mar

iMovie (Apple inc. $4.99) Universal App

iMovie was updated with the release of the iPad 2 last week and with the changes they have made to this app I am changing the rating from a 3 star to a 4 star app. There are many changes that come with this update including the ability to use iMovie on multiple devices. Although technically speaking it is a universal app, it doesn’t actually install on the first generation iPad. There are ways of getting around that and getting it to install on a first gen iPad but part of the reason  left it off that device was because of the slow CPU and lack of memory. There are a few minor differences between the iPad and iPhone versions of iMovie but for the most part it is identical. This review covers both versions of the app.

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Review: SpeedTest X HD (iPad)

15 Mar

Speedtest X HD (VeeApps FREE)

Since the SpeedTest.net iPhone app is not designed for the iPad, I don’t really like the look and feel of it on my iPad. So I set out to look for another app that I could use for the purpose of checking my Internet connection speed from my iPad. In particular I wanted to be able to check my connection speed when on WiFi networks that I am unfamiliar with as well as when connected to my iPhone using the Personal Hotspot feature of iOS 4.3. The history feature of the SpeedTest.net was of particular importance for this as it helps me to gauge the locations where I’d get the best speeds when using the Personal Hotspot. I started using this app and am fairly happy with it although it is severely lacking compared to the SpeedTest.net app. But as a free app it works and does the main job that I need.
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