News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Games remain the biggest section of apps available for download from the App Store, and one of the most popular segments. Here are some of the ones that have come to our attention just in the past few days.
Peter Cohen | Nov 19, 2008
For those who have to deal with Imperial measurements on a regular basis, River Studio Design has introduced InchCalc, a new calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available for purchase and download from the App Store, in an entry level version and a pro version, for $2.49 and $8.99 respectively.
Peter Cohen | Nov 18, 2008
Adding fuel to the idea of Flash on the iPhone, Adobe announced Monday that it had struck a deal with chipmaker ARM to bring both Flash and Adobe’s runtime environment AIR to devices that use the ARM-chips. The iPhone uses undisclosed ARM processors in its hardware.
Dan Moren | Nov 18, 2008
Houdah Software has announced the release of ACTPrinter for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available for $1.19 from the App Store.
Peter Cohen | Nov 17, 2008
Aspyr Media, the popular Mac game publisher behind titles like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero Aerosmith, have stepped into the iPhone arena. Their first game is called Buggled and it’s now available for purchase from the App Store for $2.49.
Peter Cohen | Nov 17, 2008
When Apple opened the doors to developers to write and sell products for the iPhone and iPod touch, it began a veritable gold rush for unknown companies. Here, developers could write programs quickly, distribute them to the market via the iTunes Store and find eager customers waiting to snap up their offerings. Even so, some programs still have to prove themselves.
Chris Barylick | Nov 17, 2008
By the first half of 2009, Citrix will make its XenDesktop and XenApp client and server software for remote access to Windows applications available for the iPhone.
Ephraim Schwartz | Nov 17, 2008
Freeverse Software on Thursday announced the release of Burning Monkey Casino for the iPhone and iPod touch. Available for download from the App Store, the game costs $1.19.
Peter Cohen | Nov 14, 2008
iPhone and iPod touch game vendors have released a slew of new games in recent days; here's a roundup of some of the ones that have caught our attention.
Peter Cohen | Nov 14, 2008
When civilisation began, mankind documented the events of its days with pictures rather than text. Now, some 35,000 years later, the minds behind the pictorial browser Cooliris believe there’s still benefit to the image as a means for relaying information. That benefit comes in the form of Cooliris’ 3D Wall—a three-high, ever-expanding string of related images and videos that link to locations around the Web.
Christopher Breen | Nov 14, 2008
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 will go on sale in the U.S. next week, but at $US800 the touch-screen phone may be a tough sell, particularly because it will most likely be used on AT&T’s network, the exclusive distributor of the popular and far less-expensive iPhone.
Nancy Gohring | Nov 14, 2008
Armado — the 3D platform action game from Tricky Software, originally developed for Mac OS X — is now available for the iPhone. Armado costs $5.99.
Peter Cohen | Nov 14, 2008
It seems there’s a bug of sorts in the 10.5 Finder that makes drag-selecting items with large icons quite slow, especially if the window contains a large number of icons....
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
