Archive for aprile 17th, 2009
We’re clearing out our mailbox of some recent stuff that’s come our way, such as an aerobatic racing game, a new title from the maker of Galcon, football/soccer management game and an imaginative game involving flatulence.
ReceiptWallet, the shareware receipt management app, is being rebranded as Paperless and will be released later this month.
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
Got a hankering to fly through some pylons? Red Bull Air Race World Championship Lite Version [App Store link] might be just the ticket. The $0.99US game puts you in air races in either San Diego or Abu Dhabi. Red Bull Air Race is not a flight simulator like X-Plane, but more of an arcade game. It uses the iPhone accelerometer for steering. and is pretty responsive. The course, said to be an accurate representation of the real locations, is rendered in nice 3D. On-screen markers point you in the right direction if you get off course. You will.Flying the race is a good challenge, and happily you can choose to turn off the background music if you want to. You can choose a cockpit eye view, or follow along behind your plane.
In the hangar you can chose from 2 planes to fly, but you have no options to configure them further. An options screen allows you to change the volume, the vibration and sensitivity of the controls. There is also a calibration screen if things get off a bit.
The game is the lite version, with a more full-featured version coming. It runs on both the iPhone and the iPod touch.
My only complaint is that the game has a slow load time, made even slower by seeing an animated logo from the developers, then a video from a real race. It takes about a minute from the time you launch the app until you are flying. As they used to say around the flight schools, 'Got time to spare, go by air.'
Screen shots are here:
TUAWRed Bull Air Racing on the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Video-streaming site Hulu may be in the process of developing its own iPhone application, according to reports.
Tweetie is a new Mac desktop client for Twitter that shares the same name (and developer) with its iPhone counterpart. It won't be available for download until Monday, but we have a first look for you.
7 Giorni di Apocalisse è un shooter 3D che presto entrerà in AppStore. Il gioco dalla grafica sembra promettere davvero bene.
Una innovazione che porta “7 Giorni di Apocalisse” è il controllo su “due ruote“; infatti come si vede dallo screen-shot attraverso la rotellina di sinistra controlleremo i movimenti del personaggio, con quella di destra la traiettoria e la mira della nostra arma.
Ecco le caratteristiche:
- Intensa azione 3D
- Molte armi differenti
- Modalità Storia
- Modalità Sopravvivenza
- Possibilità di muovere la telecamera di gioco
- Supporto all’autosalvataggio
Ed ecco un video che mostra il gioco:
“7 Giorni di Apocalisse” sarà disponibile su AppStore ad un costo di 1,79 euro a partire dalla prossima settimana.
Google is bringing movies and TV shows to its YouTube video-sharing service, inking deals with Sony, CBS, MGM, and others.
E’ disponibile un nuovo aggiornamento di InstallerApp che risolve un problema abbastanza consistente che non permetteva il corretto aggiornamento di alcune repository (come quella di BigBoss per esempio).
Per aggiornare l’applicazione vi basta lanciare la versione precedente, oppure procedere con il download manuale, cliccando qui.
Nel Week-end o al massimo all’inizio della prossima settimana, verrà anche rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento per Icy.
Filed under: WWDC, Found Footage, iPhone, App Store, SDK, iPod touch
In anticipation of the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference coming up June 8 - 12 in San Francisco, Apple has posted four videos highlighting developers who are creating apps with the iPhone SDK. Each video shows how the developer is creating a unique app with the iPhone SDK, using the tools and frameworks, and then selling the app through the App Store.
The videos highlight:
- Dr. Ge Wang of Smule, the developers of Ocarina and Leaf Trombone: World Stage (clicks open iTunes), among other apps. He is an assistant professor at Stanford who researches
- Christina Wick, who is part of the Mac software team for AOL (parent company of Weblogs Inc. and TUAW). Christina's team is using the SDK to develop iPhone versions of many of the AOL Mac applications, including AOL Radio
- Werner Jainek of Stuttgart-based Cultured Code, the developers of Things for Mac and iPhone. Things (click opens iTunes) is an amazing task management app that is a favorite of several TUAW bloggers.
- Steve Demeter of Demiforce is a lifelong gamer who saw the potential of the iPhone as a gaming platform and who has had great success with his app Trism (click opens iTunes).
TUAWFound Footage: iPhone Developer Profiles originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.