Qualche giorno fa, vi abbiamo mostrato delle immagini in anteprima relative ad un nuovo gioco gratuito che verrà pubblicato da Chillingo in AppStore. Si tratta di Quest for Knights Onrush ed è un titolo che suonerà sicuramente familiare a molti, dato che è stato sviluppato dagli stessi ragazzi di iDracula e Knights Onrush, un Tower Defense veramente ben riuscito.

Pur ritrovando gli stessi personaggi del titolo precedente, Quest for Knights Onrush risulta un gioco completamente diverso e ricco d’azione: Controlliamo un soldatino e il nostro scopo sarà quella di uccidere tutti i nemici utilizzando la nostra spada, i salti, e varie magie.

Di seguito trovate il primo inedito video in-game:

MewSeek Pro, l’applicazione che vi permette di scaricare e riprodurre musica direttamente sull’iPhone/iPod Touch, è stata recentemente aggiornata alla versione 2.0.1. Si tratta di un update tecnico che aggiunge la compatibilità con il firmware 3.0, portando, però, la disattivazione della funziona che probabilmente rendeva l’applicazione unica nel suo genere. Esaminiamo insieme il tutto:

E’ stata infatti disattivata la possibilità di importare i brani scaricati all’interno dell’applicazione nativa iPod. Errrick però fa sapere che sta già lavorando intensamente per risolvere il problema e che prima o poi arriverà un nuovo aggiornamento che re-integrerà tale funzione.

Per il momento, quindi, è possibile soltanto scaricare musica ed ascoltarla tramite il player integrato. Vi ricordiamo che l’applicazione è a pagamento: è disponibile un trial che permette il download di 15 brani, dopodichè bisognerà acquistare una licenza ad un prezzo di 9.99$ per poterla utilizzare senza limiti. MewSeek Pro è disponibile su Cydia tramite la repository di BigBoss.

MountainSheep, la software house che ha sviluppato Minigore, ha annunciato un gioco per iPhone e iPod Touch. Si tratta di HardGore e ricalcherà le dinamiche del capitolo precedente.

In HardGore ci troveremo catapultati in un mondo surreale dove vivranno furries, pecore, pinguini e anche Babbo Natale. Il nostro scopo sarà quello di difendere il villaggio dalle creature maligne utilizzando tutte le forze a nostra disposizione.

HardGore sarà infatti un Tower Defence in 3D e verrà rilasciato entro fine 2009 sempre dalla Chillingo; Stay Tuned per maggiori dettagli.

Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

It's been a long summer, and students everywhere are starting to head back to universities and colleges around the country. It's not easy to get back into a daily grind of classes, assignments and activities but a new application called iStudiez Pro [iTunes Link] is here to help!

Created by Andriy Kachalo and Michael Balashoff, iStudiez Pro is designed to help you take charge of your own schedule by always keeping you on top of where you need to be and what needs to get done. With an intuitive interface, the application promises to make sure "you never miss another course, lecture, and lab, track tasks and deadlines, plan homework, arrange assignments and much more."

Some notable features include:

• Smart day view that automatically displays summary of currently classes and tasks
• Detailed schedule planner to break down classes and assignments
• A view to suit everyone including expanded month and week views, with colored labels for each course
  
• Specific icons for different types of classes
• Supports iPhone features like touch gestures and device rotation
• Integrated address book keeps your contacts and professor's information close at hand
  

The application, available for both iPhone and iPod touch, is selling for $2.99 on the App Store. If you're looking to snag a copy of this app for free, the developers are currently offering a deal that if you see the demo version of iStudiez Pro being used in an Apple store and take a picture, they'll send you a free promo code!

Here's a couple images of iStudiez Pro in action:

TUAWiStudiez Pro helps to get you back on schedule originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Education, Deals, App Review

Over the last few years, the market has made historic my remembrances of going to the bookstore and paying whatever was marked on the shelf while often vainly trying to find used titles of popular books.

Things have changed: Bigwords.com and its little friend the Bigwords.com app [iTunes Link] are welcome additions to the quest of buying books and still having enough left over for food.

The Bigwords.com app tries to find the cheapest way to buy textbooks. Whether it's one book, or a long reading list, you will save money using this app. You can also make money by using it to sell unwanted books, but being a teacher, I have a problem with that, having never re-sold or thrown away a textbook. Of course,that's just me.

A good way to explain Bigwords is to take you through the process. The Bigwords.com app lets you set a bunch of preferences, each one reducing your options a bit. You can choose books that are new only, new or used, high quality new or used, set shipping preferences, consider eBooks or rentals (along with rental terms) and whether you require a guaranteed buyback from the vendor.

You further customize it by telling it if you are a member of B&N.com, Booksamillion, ECampus.com, whether you have used Half.com, and whether you are an Amazon Prime member. Amazon Prime is a service where for a yearly fee, most everything you buy comes with free 2nd-day shipping. The answers to all of these questions help determine your final price.

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TUAWBigwords.com app provides a cheaper way to buy textbooks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, iPhone

About two weeks ago I pledged to lose weight using my iPhone, AppleTV and Mac. Well, I'm happy to report that I've lost a whopping 6 pounds since then using my iPhone 3GS. Below is a short list of the apps I used as well as a mini-review of each.

LIVESTRONG

This iPhone app has a great feature set for calorie, exercise and weight tracking, although it is not without its problems. Overall, it needs a little "spit and polish." The foods I logged often failed to save correctly when I initially entered them. Instead, I'd have to save them, then go back and edit them in order to adjust time of day, or servings eaten. It wasn't a huge deal, but calorie tracking should be quick and easy to encourage me to keep doing it. If every entry takes twice as long because of editing, well, I'm probably going to give up eventually. Which I did.

In addition, the exercise trackers seem very skewed. LIVESTRONG tells me that a 2-hour bike ride burns about 1,600 calories, while Trailguru gives a much more conservative 750 for the same time and distance. When trying to lose weight, you should overestimate calorie input and underestimate calorie burning in my opinion. I learned pretty quickly to ignore however many calories it said I was burning.

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TUAWTUAW Fitness: An Apple a day update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - TUAW - Unofficial Apple Weblog - AppleTv

Visto il periodo estivo e i tanti viaggi, potrebbero esserci degli utenti ancora in partenza che vorrebbero utilizzare l’iPhone per collegarsi ad internet sul proprio portatile. Il nostro Jeegbot ha realizzato un piccolo video esplicativo che vi aiuterà a farlo:

Come vedete è davvero molto semplice. Buon Tethering a tutti e buon Ferragosto!