Review: Pocket Legends for iPhone

The MMORPG genre gets a major kick start with the 3D fantastical Pocket Legends from Spacetime Studios.

iPad mounted in kitchen cabinet = totally awesome

Take a look at this amazing set up — an IPad installed into a kitchen cabinet. The fully visible front panel lets you surf the web, find your favourite recipes and listen to music (though not all at the same time). It is a great idea and would make time spent in the kitchen so much more fun.

The iPad is firmly held in place by a wooden 2×4 and can be removed by unplugging it and lifting upwards. (So you are still able to sync to your computer and charge it at a secondary location.)

You could of course just place your iPad on a counter or on a stand somewhere but this is so much cooler. It almost makes me want to pick up a new cabinet door, grab a jigsaw and dremel sander and do it in my own kitchen. How about you?

Video after the break!

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Did AT&T iPad deal delay Verizon iPhone until 2011?

An analyst has suggested that AT&T provided those “breakthrough” cheap and flexible iPad data plans in exchange for a brief extension in iPhone exclusivity, delaying the launch of iPhone (or iPad) on Verizon until 2011.

Of course, with analysts we never know how much of what they say is based on actual information and how much is based on supposition, but here’s the crux:

“AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad,” said Brian Marshall, a Wall Street analyst at BroadPoint AmTech. AT&T’s move was to discount their normal wireless data plans by 50% to iPad customers.

As part of the tit-for-tat, AT&T got what it wanted. “For that pricing [on the iPad], AT&T was able to negotiate a six-month extension on the iPhone exclusive,” Marshall said.

Rumors of AT&T outbidding Verizon aren’t new. Before the iPad, we heard Apple and Verizon had the technology in place but were apart when it came to money — not surprising with both companies being so utterly controlling. Still, many believed they’d work it out and 2010 was finally the year iPhone would hit Verizon.

Despite success with Android, Verizon continues to want the iPhone. Verizon users also still want the iPhone. We daresay, users of other networks (some of whom already have iPhones) want Verizon to get the iPhone.

All that remains is… the deal.

[Computerworld]

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Carcassonne board game coming to iPhone, iPad

Popular tile-based board game Carcassonne is on its way to the iPhone and eventually the iPad, featuring several multiplayer modes.

MyTown updates to version 3.1, adds collectibles and social features

Filed under: iPhone

MyTown is one of the hottest things going on the App Store right now in terms of social apps. As we mentioned in the interview with CEO Keith Lee a while back, they've actually got more users than Foursquare. The company has just released version 3.1 of the app, which introduces more collectible rewards earned by checking-in to certain local, real life locations (which you can then use to customize the properties you "own"), as well as more social features. You can now browse through the top trending properties, see your most frequent check-ins, and browse through where your friends are going out to and checking-in from.

Additionally, Booyah tells us that the app is growing by over 100,000 players each week. They're suggesting that the average player of the game spends "more than an hour a day within the app." That's kind of incredible, but if it's true, that's one heck of an attachment rate. In fact, those are exactly the kind of usage stats that Ngmoco's Neil Young would drool over. Considering that MyTown just made an appearance in Ngmoco's We Rule splash screen, odds are that the two companies are at least sharing notes and, at most, possibly primed for a partnership. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

MyTown updates to version 3.1, adds collectibles and social features originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 06 May 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MyTown updates to version 3.1, adds collectibles and social features originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 06 May 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Analyst Suggests AT&T May Have Gained iPhone Exclusivity Through 2010 With iPad Data Deal

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TUAW’s Daily App: John Enock’s Quaso

Filed under: iPhone

We've been spotlighting a lot of quick and easy action games in our Daily App feature lately, so here's something a little more cerebral. Quaso is a new kind of Crossword-style puzzle game, except that instead of guessing words, you're trying to figure out numbers in math equations. The game was created by an English mathematics teacher named John Enock, and has been brought to the iPhone by a developer as John Enock's Quaso, now available on the App Store for free.

Here's how it works. For every crossword line on the board, you're given a set of math equations with the numbers missing. There's one total number for every puzzle (say, 6), and then for each equation, you need to figure out how another set of numbers fits in to complete the clue and make the equation equal to the total number. In other words, given the clue (*+*) x (*-*), and the answer of 6, you'd eventually work out that the numbers should be (1+2) x (5-3), and then put 1, 2, 5, and 3 in each spot on the answer. But that answer line has to match up to any that it intersects with, so you may need to switch the numbers around -- (2+1) instead of (1+2) -- for it all to work.

It's fiendishly clever, and it really puts your brain to work, especially if (like me) you're not that great at casual math. But there are a ton of puzzles to work through, and then you can even buy a puzzle pack via in-app purchase for more. Especially at the current price of free, Quaso is a mathematical brain teaser that you shouldn't miss.

TUAW's Daily App: John Enock's Quaso originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 06 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s Seamlessly Embedded Heart Rate Monitor could turn the iPhone into a new-age mood ring

Nike is making millions from its Apple-friendly wares, designed to turned technophiles into fitness freaks. Imagine the possibilities if the iPhone could not only track your running stride but also monitor your heart rate while doing it. That's one of a suite of potential uses for this patent app from Apple, a Seamlessly Embedded Heart Rate Monitor. The design is for a series of electrodes that are, well, seamlessly embedded into the shell of a given device in such a way that they are "not visibly or haptically distinguishable on the device." The device could then, with a touch, measure heart-rate, uniquely identify a user, and even "determine the user's mood from the cardiac signals." Just imagine the new flood of EKG-related apps: iPalpitate, Murmur Maker, Cardiac Arrest... the possibilities are endless.

[Thanks, Staska]

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Review: Manuscript for iPhone

This creative writing app lets you outline, take notes, research, and write on your iPhone or iPod touch. In a limited fashion, you can import and export your work to Google Docs or to your e-mail account.

Clamcase will turn your iPad into a netbook

With the iPad’s support for keyboards via Bluetooth, the dock, and even low-power USB, we all the “turn your iPad into a netbook” accessories coming, right? Clamcase seems to be first out of the gate, with renders of what they claim will be shipping later this year.

The concept is simple, the “case” holds your iPad like a screen and is hinged to a Bluetooth keyboard. There’s no Bluetooth trackpad functionality for the iPad, however, but that means you get extra space to rest your hands between screen swipes and pinches.

Since iPhone OS 4 includes keyboard support for the iPhone and iPod touch as well, I’m guessing we’ll see similar products offering to turn those into clamshells or sliders as well.

Check out the video after the break and let us know — you want?

[Clamcase via MacRumors]

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Apple Leverages App Store Data for iAds

As noted by TechCrunch, Apple appears to be leveraging their unique position as App Store curator in their upcoming iAds service.

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Clamcase Laptop-Like Shell for the iPad

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