The iPhone may not have the world’s best camera, but when it comes to having fun with photos, there’s no better device. The App Store offers countless apps devoted to tweaking, morphing, framing, sharing, or just generally improving your snapshots. I’ve rounded up five I think any iPhone owner will enjoy. 1. Framed You know …
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It’s already getting cutthroat in the young world of iPhone navigation apps. Facing increased pressure from the likes of ALK, which recently dropped its CoPilot Live North America app to $19.99, TomTom just slashed the price of its eponymous navigation app by 50 percent. Well, kind of. The new TomTom U.S.A. app ($49.99) provides maps for just the U.S. (including …
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A glorious electronic makeover and new gameplay modes breath new life into the classic Battleship board game. Free of messy pegs and full of clever touches, Battleship for iPhone and iPod Touch ($2.99) gives the classic board game a terrific 21st-century makeover. In addition to Classic mode, the game offers two new options: Salvo and Superweapons. In Salvo, you get …
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This year may have been a disaster economy-wise, but app-wise it was awesome. I mean, consider just a sampling of what 2009 brought us: a wealth of GPS apps (most of them quite good), some way-cool barcode-scanning apps, voice-morphing, auto-tuning (still not sure what that is), and, lest we forget, bobble-head politicians–(OK, maybe that wasn’t so much awesome as weird). …
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Somewhere, Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) is smiling. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” for iPhone turns the classic tale into a superb interactive e-book, one that’s as much a learning tool as it is an entertaining diversion. With all the fuss over Kindles, Nooks, and other e-book readers, I’ve often wondered why there’s been so little focus on children’s books–arguably …
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With Ustream Live Broadcaster, you can share real-time video with the world. The race is over. Ustream Live Broadcaster is the first app that can stream live video from the iPhone to the Internet. It’s free, and it works. Will society ever be the same? History may well record that Knocking Live, which debuted with some fanfare last week, was …
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It may look a little strange, but Pranayama does a great job guiding you through stress-reducing breathing exercises. The holidays can be a stressful time. So can the weeks that follow. And Mondays, Mondays are always tough. The Swine Flu won’t go away. Who’s ready for financiapocalypse 2010? Glenn Beck says the country’s ruined. Locusts! Ahhhhhhhh!!! Whew, I need to …
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The Colossal Short Story Collection includes more than 2,000 stories–all for 99 cents. Great news for fans of short fiction: The Colossal Short Stories Collection just landed in the App Store packing a whopping 2,222 public-domain works. There are, of course, other story collections available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but this is by far the largest one. You’ll …
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Call me a sucker for the holiday season, but at this time of year I just can’t get into mowing down zombies and blasting TIE fighters. I need games that put me in a more, well, merry frame of mind. Thankfully, the App Store has no shortage of holiday-themed entertainment. I’ve rounded up five festive games for players young and …
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Where’s the Grinch? In this uninspired game, only his hand appears. Grinchmas, indeed! Oceanhouse Media Maybe I’m feeling extra Grinchy today because stupid iTunes keeps timing out when I sync my iPhone, but I don’t like Grinchmas. In this new game from Oceanhouse Media, you’re a disembodied Grinch hand that flings snowballs–or presents, if you’re in more of a “Merry …
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