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Half way through the Couch to 5k program, I’m already looking at taking my game to the next level. But good running apps are difficult to find for the iPhone, and they’re even worse for the iPod touch since you have a lack of GPS capabilities. You see, while you have niche running apps geared towards specific programs, the majority of running apps usually involve tracking distance, elevation, time, maybe speed, and maybe calories burned. I think a good example of a running app that solely focuses on your performance would be Nike’s. But the problem is, apps like this are geared towards people who’ve been running for a while, and just need a tracker. Finding an application that helps you reach a goal or hit a milestone is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
To solve this problem, Run Mate lets you build your own running programs. If you come across a new routine online, simply add it to Run Mate, do a couple stretches, then press the start button. It’s that simple.
When Digg’s official app came to the iPhone, it was really stunning. It just pops with color and is incredibly functional. I feel the same way about Beatport, whose new app for the iPhone & iPod touch oozes with brilliant pixels.
Technology applied to real life can be awesome. Most of times it can be weird and dangerous. I really don’t know what to think about the Winscape, but it’s interesting for sure.
Basically, it’s a software running on a Mac Pro that creates fake, 3D landscapes in fake windows. There are two plasma televisions that receive the signal from the Mac Pro and “play” beautiful landscape on screen. The whole thing comes with an iPhone remote app and a sensor that checks your position in front of the screens and tells the software to rotate the scene when you move.
Seriously, check out the videos after the break.
Some applications make more sense on the iPad, some don’t. When I first reviewed Articles from Sophiestication in its iPhone version, I said it was the best Wikipedia app for iPhone out there. I still think it is, as no other application has managed to get even near to the sheer amount of quality Sophia has put into that tiny Wikipedia client. But one could argue whether the iPhone is any good for reading, and that’s a complete different story. Once you try an iPad, you realize how much it is better for reading and consuming content than the iPhone, which is meant for accessing that content on the go.
As you try an iPad you realize how much a previously iPhone-only application makes more sense on it, and Articles is no exception.
Right after Twitter announced the acquisition of the popular Tweetie app from Atebits’ Loren Brichter, many third party developers of Twitter clients started complaining that Twitter just killed the platform by entering the market itself. We may have different positions on this, but that’s not the point.
Point is, there are lots of developers out there who don’t care about “the big names”, they just want to keep developing for the sake of it and for the user base they’ve managed to build. I respect these guys. There’s a problem though: what about those that come up with new apps now? It shouldn’t be easy, knowing that you’re just getting started and Twitter is about to release the best mobile Twitter client ever made…for free. It’s a difficult situation, but fortunately there are some developers who love challenges and are releasing their apps anyway.
Meet Icebird, a new Twitter client for iPhone which I’m falling in love with.
If you’re tired of waiting, this is the perfect way to have an iPad now.
A Google Docs spreadsheet listing more than 100 applications developed with cross platform compilers. Not surprised to see most of them are crap.
Learn Objective C, do yourself a favor.
