Savvy iPod Touch users already know how to make phone calls on their devices: plug in a headset, find a Wi-Fi hot spot, and fire up a VoIP app like Skype or Fring. I can find at least two hassles in that process. Wouldn’t it be cool–no, awesome–if you could pop a SIM card into …
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Like iHound before it, Family Tracker was a fairly useless iPhone app until iOS 4 and multitasking came along. Now the app offers a fairly effective way for you to keep tabs on iPhone-carrying family members. The question is, should you? Family Tracker works much like the locator services carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have offered for years. In …
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If you have even a passing interest in sports (or just want to show off your iPad), get TheScore. Screenshot by Rick Broida When I see an app like TheScore for iPad, it forces me to think in big-picture terms, as in: this is how sports news was meant to be consumed. Not in some day-old newspaper or tiny iPhone …
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The game of global domination finally gets its iPhone due. Screenshot by Rick Broida When I think of Risk, the board game, I think of sitting around a table with a bunch of buddies, arguing loudly, cursing dice-rolls, and just generally being aggravated for several hours. Risk: The Official Game for iPhone, iPod, and iPad offers a wholly different experience–and …
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As most people in the known universe are aware, Apple recently announced plans to give a free case to any iPhone 4 user who requests one (and to refund the purchase price to those who already bought one–a process that is apparently now under way). What we didn’t know until today was how Apple planned to handle the giveaway. Would …
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Have you heard? Rumor has it the iPhone is coming to T-Mobile as early as this fall. That would be pretty huge, though not as huge as the long-rumored Verizon iPhone. It does, however, raise an interesting question: would you buy an iPhone from T-Mobile? I ask because I’ve heard more people than I can count say, “I’m not buying …
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Facebook and Twitter feeds have never looked better than with Flipboard for iPad. Flipboard iPad app Flipboard calls itself a “social magazine,” a way to browse Facebook and Twitter content with the same breezy effortlessness you’d browse the pages of a favorite periodical. I call it cool. Flipboard reminds me of Blogshelf, the awesome iPad app that gives blogs and …
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Can I be brutally honest? Much as I like my iPad, I’m just not using it much. (No, you can’t have it.) Turns out my iPhone is still my go-to device for e-mail, e-books, games, and other day-to-day stuff. Needless to say, it troubles me to see that beautiful (and expensive) screen just sitting there going to waste. Well, waste …
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The iHound app transmits your iPhone’s location at regular intervals so you can track it online. iHound If you’ve been thinking about subscribing to Apple’s MobileMe service just to get the peace of mind that comes with Find My iPhone, there’s an alternative that’s $84.02 cheaper. It’s called iHound, and it tracks lost and stolen iPhones. This app’s been around …
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There’s a reason Angry Birds has been the top-selling game in the App Store for so long. Clickgamer Technologies As you may have heard, the App Store just celebrated its second birthday. That means iPhone and iPod gaming is officially two years old as well. How in the world did I ever occupy my downtime before Flight Control came along? …
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