Excellent story, beautiful illustrations, wonderful voice and overall great cause. Keep it up!
Although I like the concept of this app - an easy free way to check that pictures are hanging correctly - when I started using it I changed my mind. Here I was standing in my friend's kitchen watching her use my brand new iPhone 4 (that is glass on both sides) to balance on top of a not very sturdy picture she was trying to hang. I kept looking down at her tile floor thinking, if that picture (that she hasn't hung yet) leans one way or the other too much my phone is going to shatter. So while the app works great I'd recommend going to the dollar store and buying yourself a cheapo level instead of risking your fancy phone. I give it a 4 star because it does do what it says it should.
I would have been totally happy if this app simply allowed me to manage my netflix queue. Really, that in and of itself would be fantastic. But of course, as we all know, it does a whole lot more.
Sure, streaming movies to a phone size screen seems asinine to most people and I'd even agree were in not for one simple thing. Jury Duty. Yes, when I had that last I only had my phone with me and it was a life saver. Sitting forever waiting makes watching a movie on a tiny screen seem like a fantastic idea and likely there are other times when having a movie on your phone is better than having no movie on your phone.
My only complaint about this app is that it searches for titles only. A smarter search would be fantastic but it's not worth complaining about too much.
As all reviews have said, the graphics here are among the best, what this sequel brings is button controls, and as unique as the swipe to slash was, that all got in the way of seeing what was happening. It requires a bit of strategy to survive, and positioning yourself for a one slash kill without taking damage from other baddies seems the most effective strategy so far, which all means it's not just a button masher. If you're into hack'n'slashers at all, then this really should be a no brainer.
Facebook (FB) games are all the rage, none more so than Farmville, which was created by those capitalistic overlords of social gaming at Zynga.
If you’ve used FB even a little (and who hasn’t?) the chances are good that your News Feed is filled with FarmVille updates from your friends. Millions of people play the game everyday, planting and tending to their virtual crops, swapping gifts with others, and even chatting through the service.
And hovering above your sun drenched virtual fields, barns, and other do-dads are the Zynga developers, who this week launched an updated FarmVille FB app for your iPad.
The app itself may be perfectly free, but playing the game costs real money. And that means micro transactions to the tune of $4.99 to $49.99 to purchase in-game cash. This virtual green allows you to buy seeds, items, and gifts, and is generally a requirement to get the most out of FarmVille. And it goes without saying that your iPad must be connected to the Net at all times to play the game. (No offline farming for you!)
Add to this the central requirement of having an active FB profile just to open the game, and all but the FB faithful need not apply.
In fact, your first step once the app opens is to login to Facebook, and then watch as your iPad replicates your farm (or starts a new one) right on your multi-touch screen.
And that’s when things get interesting. Scrolling around your farm stutters at times, but is generally smooth and natural. The status update windows, which pop up when you harvest or plant items, seem crudely drawn. Pinching and zooming is also fairly clean, with some stuttering depending upon the size of your plots.
Clicking on your plots of land and other controls opens a series of menus that are far superior to their FB equivalents. Even receiving and sending gifts is a snap on the iPad, without forcing users to endure the multi-screened FB messaging system. A few finger presses and you’re done.
Push notifications help keep you in-the-know about your crops and other activities that need tending to every few minutes or hours. And, of course, the app makes it easy to post things to you and your friend’s FB pages to update everyone (who doesn’t know how to click Hide to stop the insanity) about your latest exploits.
After installing the app, I spent a fair amount of time visiting my FB friend’s farms, some so large the app crashed once or twice while I watched dozens (hundreds?) of individual, white “Loading” circles turn into grass, animals, barns, trees, corn stalks, and other assorted do-dads. (Really Mom, a dozen rainbow-colored cows? Acres and acres of corn that would make any ethanol producer blush? Plus a Farmer’s Insurance blimp floating above it all? It’s a crazy virtual mess in your world!)
This weeks updated version of the app offers graphical tweaks, a revised menu system to make it easier to get to certain tools and other resources, better support for all iDevices, and code enhancements to speed load times and reduce crashes.
These are welcome updates that will go a long way in keeping us addicted to FarmVille no matter where we may roam.
This is a fun game! if the first planet is too easy to complete, the other planets is more and more challenging.
I like it the bubble gallery in which you can collect bonuses and malus used in the game !
I like the graphics style, simple, but colorful and pretty !
I suppose that my girlfriend will love it !!
It is the typical game for a girl ! Simple, immediate to learn, and addictive !
A cute physics game that has the je ne sais quoi that iPhone owners love. Cut the rope to drop a candy into a frog's mouth. Catch a star on the way down, get extra points. Engaging illustrations and feature film-soundtrack-worthy sound.
I think this app idea is going to start getting ripped off with a quickness, and it should. Take a popular photo or video app (3D, hipstamatic, stop motion, panoramic) and make it social and easy to share. Done. I will consistently use this app more than hipstamatic and can't wait to start sharing my aged photos. Good work guys, as I said, this is retarded brilliant.
Our school recently purchased this for the iPods in the lower grades as a reward in technology! We love it, it has 6 subjects and lessons with games..the students love it as well!
It's a new app from a new company so there were some audio issues, but we were informed those are addressed along with more depth to the lessons in this months update (for free)...the app itself is only $1.99 which includes 28 games and 28 lessons now!
You can scratch the record by flicking your finger! It actually sounds pretty good and is really fun. I don't quite understand how the microphone feature works, and I can't figure out why some tracks allow louder scratching... But, I had a good laugh making believe I was a real scratching DJ for a while.
A no nonsense travel app. Lets me put my travel plans together in one place, really neat way of displaying my info that changes depending on which part of my trip I'm at - very clever.
Last time I used it it let me know my flight was going to be late before the airport displays let me know - the flight was still late but at least for once I knew what was going on. I even saved some money with an Amex currency voucher it sent me!
This app is just like Pandora but with (apparently) 4 times the music. Not sure how that's possible since Pandora has a TON of music but if it's actually true you may well find that obscure artist you love.
Across the board people like Slacker even better than Pandora. Mostly it seems both to me and to them that this app finds things you like quicker than Pandora.
One way or the other, with Pandora eventually not allowing you to fast forward through things you hate and sometimes closing you up if you spend too much time there having this app to help you get to your music is well worth it for your phone.
ePocrates can be downloaded for free to your iPhone, bringing one of the most popular PDA based medical references to the iPhone. The larger screen, compared to most PDAs, makes reading the information more comfortable.
I Was Here is a confusing mess of an app. Lots of sticky notes, cryptic messages, over half only accessible in premium version, only available on the iPhone. Why even waste the time putting this out for iPad? It's free, but that's about it!
I just bought a ton of furniture. New furniture. While the earth friendly person in me says I should have bought used after much too long searching through craigslist and garage sales I just simply had to get something.
So here I am stuck with a ton of cardboard. Sure, I can wait until the curbside pickup next week and in the meantime be surrounded by enough cardboard to build my house again in paper form but I'd like to get rid of it quicker and that's where this app comes in.
iRecycle asks you what you want to recycle and lets you know where you can take it. A simple search of cardboard turned up 45 places to recycle cardboard. Granted, the last one is a bit of a stretch being that it's in Dallas and I'm in Seattle but all the others were reasonable and close-ish.
The app lets you put in a number of things that you might want to recycle and seems to pull up just about every reasonable place you'd consider, but what's better is that it lists virtually every possible way to get in touch with the place in question. Do they have a website that will tell you more? The app will take you there.
For the local dump (which accepts and processes recyclables) it lists their website, phone number, lists what's accepted and restrictions and even shows you a map to the location.
In all this app is pretty perfect for what it's meant to do. Now if it'd come pick up that cardboard I'd be even happier.
You can enter your info via voice or text and get a translation of what you said out loud or on the screen in a pretty large variety of languages.
When traveling, I can imagine (given a good data plan or wi-fi access wherever you are) this app would be probably the most important app you could have with you. Amazing!
I absolutely love the fact that The World Bank opened up its data and removed pay walls around information that used to require a subscription fee. The open data initiative at the Bank is absolutely AWESOME. Afterall, as World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick said in a statement: “statistics tell the story of people in developing and emerging countries and can play an important part in helping to overcome poverty." Given how much I love mobile iPhone apps, therefore, I was thrilled when I learned about the World Bank Data Finder app. I'm giving it 4 stars just because it exists and because the data initiative offers great potential to solve important global issues. At present, the app itself though crashes each time I try to select the indicators I want to see. As soon as the app is fixed so that I can actually grab data on-the-go, you can bet I'll be upgrading the rating of this app review to 5 stars. Until then, if you want to access World Bank data, be sure to check out the web version at: http://data.worldbank.org/. Open data rocks!
idk what this guy said below me, but it probably went something like this:
"What is pizza without the real buffalo mozzarella? It is not only essential ingredient for pizza. Thank iMozzarella App created by Eurodata Communications, buffalo mozzarella arrives on the iPhone with its history and its recipes.
The application requires a connection to the web, and this is justified by a news section, a sort of blog with reports of precious food. Probably the section more "attractive" is related to the recipes. Are many and they range from tidbits to chop up the strudel cold. Perhaps this section would have liked to see some other picture, although some preparation on our curiosity can be satisfied through the video section with clips on YouTube.
And if you want to buy buffalo mozzarella? Click "Buy Now" show on the map places closer to purchase. During my tests I found a couple of outlets, but we are confident that the database is updated as soon as possible.
Summing up, iMozzarella is a good app, at least potentially. We would have expected more information, videos or photos. We'll see updates. iMozzarella necessarily require an internet connection and this could turn up our noses at someone."
This app is really awesome. Makes it so much easier to keep track of acts at the event. I have planned my schedule and have a map at all times. Sooo clutch.
I'm not a big game application user, but definitely appreciate the brainless distraction from time to time. Especially in a day and age we are becoming increasingly desensitized to violence, I am partial towards things that do not have guns, knifes, or fighting involved (Duck Hunt excluded!).
I'm also someone who likes to "figure things out" first, before reading the directions. Angry Birds was pretty intuitive, though good to know about the zoom in/out function starting out. (Pinch fingers together/apart to figure out what you're aiming at.)
There is a Lite version to try for free. Wouldn't say it's a must-have nor would I have paid more than .99 for it. But it is fun from time to time.
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