New iPhone Apps for Friday, January 16, 2009

Where To Golf ($.99) by Carpe Diem Ventures. Where To Golf shows information on golf courses and how to get there. An extensive collection of over 19,000 golf courses in the United States provides info about a particular golf course. I believe Ryan will be doing a review on this one ...

iFlyz is rather useful, portable iPhone mount

Sometimes watching videos or movies on your iPhone or iPod Touch can be tedious, especially when you’re sitting at home, on a plane or riding the bus. Awkward neck positions and tiring hands tend to take away from the overall experience of watching a film. Now thanks to the iFlyz you ...

iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 3 2009

Rumors that AT&T’s iPhone tethering plans have stated that they will cost anywhere from $30-$50, but now rumors are stating that it may cost as little as just $10 per month.  Data plans for the iPhone alone cost $30. We managed to get a good hands-on with the new Wilson ...

U-Haul developing iPhone application

Lately a lot of different companies have been jumping on board and creating an Apple iPhone application. There are thousands of applications to choose from but what a lot of us want are licensed official applications. It appears that U-Haul is the latest to recognize the opportunity. In a recent job ...

Chop Sushi for iPhone

ITS SUSHI MANIA! Get caught up in sushi-matching mayhem with this innovative puzzler which is destined to become an iPhone classic! Sink your teeth into hours and hours of match 3 puzzle action as you conquer over 40 unique and challenging levels. Use the device’s touch screen to literally pick up your ...

Cocktails Made Easy for iPhone and iPod Touch!

  COCKTAILS MADE EASY For iPhone, iPhone3G & iPod Touch The latest title from Glenfiddich Award Winning writer Simon Difford is now available as both a book and a fully featured iPhone application. This does indeed make cocktails very easy - allowing over 500 different cocktails to be made with just 14 Key ...

Ustream hits iPhone App Store

Yeah, just in time for the Obama inauguration! Apple has just approved Ustream for its iPhone live video viewing application. You can download the application, which requires an open wifi connection to show video, here [iTunes link]. And please share your Ustream experience on iPhone here, we're glad to hear from ...

Take clear shots by Clarifi iPhone case

Ah, yes. You can use this case to take crystal clear shots  of secret documents, business cards and any other close-up item. It's great for use with applications like Snappr and Evernote and works only with the iPhone 3G. [via ThinkGeek]

Dropship Review

If you enjoy space/shooter-type games, you'll be pleasantly surprised with NGMoco's Dropship. The gameplay is challenging yet easy enough to pick up for the casual gamer. The object of the game is to navigate around the map while picking up passengers and packages. While it seems easy enough, add complex maps and ...

Copy-paste coming to jailbroken iPhones

It's another application which helps us to have copy/paste function on the iPhone. The similar app called MagicPad, which has hit the App Store August last year, can only copy and paste text from within the app. But now, an app called Clippy, which has no problem with cross-app copy ...

Quick App: Black Out for the iPhone

Black Out by 1026 Development is an iPhone homage to the classic Tiger handheld puzzle game, where your goal is to turn all the lights off, even as every light to touch switches all the lights around it. Why Black Out and why for the iPhone? Said developer Jeremy Curcio:

I loved the handheld game and was cleaning out my attic when I saw it sitting there. I then realized how smoothly it would port to the iPhone platform. That day I started writing this app. I’m really proud of how it turned out, and I think many others will enjoy it as well.

Black Out will be in the iTunes Store soon(ish?) for $0.99. Check out the video above and let us know if you’ll be picking it up…

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Quick App: Black Out for the iPhone

Organization offers iPhone development courses online

Accelerated Internet Strategies is offering five iPhone development courses as webinars.

Bouncetrap review and interview with Playscreen

Filed under: Gaming, iPhone, iPod touch

Right before Macworld I had a chance to try out Bouncetrap from Playscreen, and talk to the team behind it. Bouncetrap [App Store link] costs $.99US, and fans of simple, fast games will probably love it. I'll go into the mechanics of Bouncetrap first, then get into what the Playscreen team had to say.

The graphics are retro in way, calling to mind the sprite-based animation found on the GameBoy Color. But the animation, effects and (most importantly) mechanics are tightly integrated to provide a fun game. Your goal is to drop or bounce balls into available holes on the screen. The placement of those holes appears random, but that's where the hidden beauty of this app becomes clear: there's strategy involved in playing Bouncetrap. Balls roll across the top, and you tap to release them onto the board. Either they fall in a hole, or they bounce on a resting ball or "spinner" (like an old pinball table). There are bonuses, and there is definitely a method to the madness. If you spent hours playing Bubble Bobble, Puyo Pop or Bust-a-Move then you will love Bouncetrap.

There's nothing in Bouncetrap that makes it a spectacular iPhone or iPod touch game, however. It only takes advantage of tapping on the screen, and I could easily see playing this on any other handheld. That doesn't detract from the fun, it's just an observation. But Playscreen, the people behind Bouncetrap, do have a lot of experience beyond the iPhone. More on that in the second half of this post.

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No Serial Number Required for iWork ‘09 Retail Box

Apple recently posted a support document revealing that retail boxes of the new iWork '09 suite do not require users to input serial numbers to activate the product. Users who download the iWork '09 30-day trial from Apple's site, however, will stil...

iPhone App - Clippy is an Impressive Attempt to bring Missing Copy and Paste Feature to the iPhone

Clippy: Another Jailbreak Cut/Copy and Paste App

Well here is yet one more attempt to get cut/copy and paste going via a Jailbroken app from iSpazio. Clippy inserts two buttons into the iPhone system keyboard, one for copying and the other for pasting. One major gripe is that it only accepts user-entered text and copies over one line at a time. So there is no copying any text from web sites or emails, etc…

It’s very easy to use this app. Once installed, start typing text, then select it with your finger, and tap the “123″ key to show a new line at the top of your keyboard. Now tap copy and then enjoy yourself to paste your text in every other app you want!

Again, this app is available for free if you have a Jailbroken iPhone. To try it out, simply go to the iSpazio Repository in Cydia and download it straight to your phone. While this app is not perfect, it is a much better attempt than the previous tries.

[Via iSpazio]

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Clippy: Another Jailbreak Cut/Copy and Paste App

Midway plans five iPhone game releases this month

Game publisher Midway plans to release five new iPhone and iPod touch games later this month, each priced at 99 cents.

Cisco brings conferencing to the iPhone

Sounds impressive. Cisco just brought its Business Collaboration solution to the AppStore, extending its web conferencing and collaboration capabilities to the iPhone 3G users. The free application allows users to simply click to join and actively collaborate in Cisco WebEx meetings. I think it's a cool solution for corporate to optimize ...

Apple allows 3rd party browsers into the App Store

It appears that Apple has finally caved in a bit to their treatment, and will be allowing a handful of 3rd party ‘browsers’,  to set sail in the App Store starting this week.  The fab four include: Squeaky - a browser that leaves behind no trace of your presence.  It’s history, ...

Touch Physics Review

As the AppStore matures and developers get familiar with the SDK, the quality of the games available have just been improving by leaps and bounds. Like some of the other games I've been reviewing as of late, Touch Physics is a well-polished game that has a simple concept: move/nudge the ...