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Send Out A Message In An iPhone With Distant Shore
Entertainment

Send Out A Message In An iPhone With Distant Shore

February 16, 2009 | David Potts

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Distant Shore is a very cool iPhone app that modernizes the concept of sending out a message in a bottle. Upon opening the app, a user finds themselves looking at a top down view of a beach hut complete with ambient…

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Tweetie Does Twitter Right
Social Networking

Tweetie Does Twitter Right

January 26, 2009 | David Potts

In the AppStore, one of the big subcategories that have popped up is clients to interact with the messaging service Twitter. There are a lot of them out there (both free and paid) and different ones appeal to diff…

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SlotZ Racer Falls Just Shy Of Greatness
Games

SlotZ Racer Falls Just Shy Of Greatness

January 21, 2009 | David Potts

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SlotZ Racer is an iPhone racing game based on toy slot car racing. Basically, cars race around a track on a set path (defined by a slot which would power the car in real life) with the player only controlling the car…

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The Weather Channel Does iPhone Weather Right
iPhone Apps

The Weather Channel Does iPhone Weather Right

January 13, 2009 | David Potts

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While I think Apple designed a great product with the iPhone, there are a few  things that frustrate me. High on that list is the weather application. It was great to be able to quickly pull up the temperatures thr…

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Apple’s Macworld Keynote Unveils DRM-Free iTunes Plans
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Apple’s Macworld Keynote Unveils DRM-Free iTunes Plans

January 6, 2009 | David Potts

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Apple’s last MacWorld keynote speech brought with it a new MacBook Pro, but it also had a few things to appeal to the iPhone crowd. First off, iPhone 3G owners will now be able to download music from the iTun…

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TapDefense Provides A More Traditional Tower Defense
Games

TapDefense Provides A More Traditional Tower Defense

January 5, 2009 | David Potts

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A few days ago I reviewed FieldRunners, a game heavily based in the tower defense genre. I mentioned in that review that I had tried other tower defense games to give myself some perspective, and this was the only…

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FieldRunners Will Get You Hooked
Games

FieldRunners Will Get You Hooked

December 31, 2008 | David Potts

Price: $4.99 Links: Developer | iTunes A few days ago I saw a friend mention this iPhone game he’d been hooked on called “FieldRunners” and decided to try it out for myself. Basically, the premise of this game is t…

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With Stanza, The iPhone Crashes The Kindle Party
Entertainment

With Stanza, The iPhone Crashes The Kindle Party

December 19, 2008 | David Potts

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Price: Free Links: Developer | iTunes A few weeks ago I read Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”, but there was no paper involved. I also didn’t go out and spend a ton of money on the Amazon Kindle or another devi…

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VLC Remote Is Every Couch Potatoes Dream
Entertainment

VLC Remote Is Every Couch Potatoes Dream

December 17, 2008 | David Potts

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Price: Free or 99 cents Developer: Hobbyist Software iTunes Links: VLC Remote Free | VLC Remote For those who don’t know of it, VLC is cross-platform audio/video player with an enormous amount of codecs built i…

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Boardwalk Bowl Puts An Arcade Classic In Your Pocket
Games

Boardwalk Bowl Puts An Arcade Classic In Your Pocket

December 15, 2008 | David Potts

Price: $.99 Links: Developer | iTunes I’m usually pretty skeptical when it comes to 99 cent applications, but when I saw this on the new release list last night I bought it instantly. Surprisingly, I’m not regre…

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