Article updated 1/28/2010 at 4:25 PM PT with clarification from Apple about the availability of the iBooks app. Apple We only got a glimpse of Apple’s new iBooks app when CEO Steve Jobs demoed it at the January 27, 2010 Apple event in San Francisco. What we saw was a stylish, crisp-looking, colorful e-book reader …
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Is Zagat trying to out-Yelp Yelp? Probably, and the app certainly offers new, competitive services while trying to accomplish its aim. Earlier this month we offered up a sneak peek of Zagat to Go 3.0 for iPhone. On Wednesday, the premium app for browsing restaurant and nightlife ratings ($9.99) became available in the App Store on iTunes and on your …
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The second permutation of Sharetones for Android 2.0 is here. But what is it? If you’re unfamiliar, Sharetones is an app that helps you coax ringtones out of songs you already own. At first blush, that sounds identical to Ringdroid, a free ringtone editor. What’s different here is that Sharetones caters to the lazy. Not everyone has the talent or …
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It would be nearly impossible to write about the forthcoming Zagat iPhone app without comparing it with Yelp’s newly released update. For starters, Zagat To Go 3.0 for iPhone will have augmented reality when it comes out (we received a sneak peek.) As with Yelp’s “Monocle” feature (video), first introduced as an Easter Egg in Yelp 3.0, Zagat To Go’s …
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DataViz and Quickoffice have long been racing for the glory of creating the most advanced office suite for iPhone. Their products, Documents To Go and Quickoffice Mobile Suite, have leapfrogged one another as they developed. This time, Documents To Go Premium pulls into the lead with version 3.0 of the $14.99 app that is now capable of creating and editing …
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Yelp’s first foray on Google’s Android phones wasn’t much to look at. The initial feature set of Yelp’s business review app for Android, which debuted December 7, was minimalist. It contained enough features–read-only access to Yelp.com, click-to-call, and a hyperlink to get directions from the browser or Google Maps–to avoid a user riot, but one would hardly call it the …
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Microsoft Snigger as you will over Microsoft’s decision to call Bing, its overhauled search engine, a “decision engine,” but those giggles should dissolve when you start up Microsoft’s brand-new Bing for iPhone (and iPod Touch). As a search app goes, Bing, which debuted Tuesday in the iTunes App Store, is the real thing. The Bing app has a slew of …
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We’ve long been fans of Photogene, a $2.99 image editor for iPhone and iPod Touch that faces heavy rivalry from apps like the free Photoshop Mobile for iPhone. We figured it’s time to take a closer look. While Photogene offers a lot to like, there’s still room for improvement. We outline the pros and cons in this First Look video.
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Frequent Yelp users will be pleased to see a Yelp for Android app take its place in the Android Market on Monday. Be forewarned, however, that the app contains the minimum services from Yelp.com in this iteration. There’s the usual search for restaurants and businesses nearby, which Yelp sniffs out using GPS or cell tower triangulation. Results records include ratings, …
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Fans of Midomi, the song-identifying app for iPhone, will still recognize the app when the iPhone prompts an update to version 3.0, even if they don’t recognize the new name: SoundHound. The app’s core remains the same with its outsize orange button you tap to sing, hum, or record a song you want to ID, buttressed by another button for …
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