Posts tagged with "iPad"

Textie Hits 1.1, Now For Both iPhone & iPad

One my favorite text messaging solutions on the iPod touch is Textie, and it’s just hit version 1.1. Bringing a myriad of customization features such as custom chat bubbles and font sizes, photo previews, and the ability to see which of your friends have Textie, free text messaging is getting a much needed facelift. Not on a phone? Textie now allows you to initialize Facetime, perfect for folks like me who opt for the free-model of an iPod touch communication device. It really is an excellent companion for the Facetime icon on your homescreen, and you can download the latest version in the iTunes app store right now.

Dungeon Defenders Will Bring Android & PC Cross-Platform Multiplayer to iOS

Dungeon Defenders (universal, $2.99) is a recently release game for iPhone and iPad that it’s like a mix between Diablo and the classic Tower Defense; it’s got nice graphics and loot system but apparently gets lost when it comes down to UI (lots of huge buttons on screen) and 3D camera controls. In spite of the flaws of the first version, we should all look forward to the next update. Dropping sometime next year, an updated Dungeon Defenders will bring proper iOS, PC and Android cross-platform online multiplayer.

Several developers tried to follow the road of mobile and desktop cross-platform online battling before, and most of them failed. In the video below, though, you can see the DD developers playing the same game at the same time on an iPad, a PC and two other Android tablets. It all looks smooth and fast. It’s cross-platform multiplayer between the desktop and two different mobile OSes. Pretty intriguing.

We, too, do wonder whether the game’s servers will actually hold up once the update goes live, but right now – it looks perfect. iOS, PC and Android running the same game online? Don’t tell this doesn’t make you excited. At least a bit. [via TouchArcade] Read more

It Turns Out 56 iPads Can Be A Giant iPhone

It’s over, guys. Motorola is right. The iPad is just a giant iPhone. Well, 56 iPads actually – but let’s just go on with Motorola’s argument here, shall we?

Seriously though, what you’re looking at is a giant iPhone made of 56 iPads’ screens displaying a promo image for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a new game for the iPhone released last week. The giant device can be admired at London’s St. Pancras International Train Station and we think it’s kind of awesome. I mean, I wouldn’t mind having such a video system in my room.

You know, just to watch fake Inception trailers on Youtube.

Or maybe I’ll just wait until next year to put together 56 Motorola tablets and build a giant Droid X. [Electricpig via 9to5]

Motorola Teases New Tablet, Calls iPad “A Giant iPhone”

Look, I’m excited for the Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” update that will likely be teased by some tablet makers at CES 2011, but I just can’t get Motorola’s advertising campaigns.

In their latest teaser video of a tablet that they’ll unveil at CES 2011 (which we assume is the same Android chief Andy Rubin demoed at Dive Into Mobile) Motorola focuses on the “tablet evolution” by listing several tablets from the past (such as the Rosetta Stone, or Egyptian’s hieroglyphs) and making fun of their “features”. The Rosetta Stone, for instance, is labelled as “low-resolution”.

Motorola, though, also took the time to include the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab in the teaser video. And guess what, the iPad is called a “giant iPhone”.

We look forward to seeing Motorola unveiling their Android tablet at CES. [via Engadget] Read more

Noteshelf 3.0 Adds AirPrint, Multitasking, Photo Album Integration

Noteshelf is, in my opinion, the best handwriting app for the iPad. As I wrote in my review in October, of all the note taking and handwriting apps for iPad I had tried Noteshelf managed to stand out because of its excellent wrist protection mode, smooth digital ink, templates and overall UI design. The first version of Noteshelf was good, but the 2.1 one was even better as the developer added Evernote and Dropbox support, finer ink, more notebooks.

I have been using Noteshelf for months and haven’t really looked back. Plus, it works great with my Pogo Sketch and the AluPen review unit I got last week. Read more

Angry Birds 1.5 for iPad: 15 New Levels, Game Center, Mighty Eagle

Right ahead of Christmas, here comes an Angry Birds HD update for iPad that should grant the millions of Angry Birds and tablet owners out there hours of fun while unwrapping their presents.

Angry Birds HD 1.5 adds Game Center integration, 15 new levels (the previous update added 15 new levels, too), a new “frontier badlands” theme, a new golden egg and the long-awaited Mighty Eagle. Looks like a massive update and it’s no surprise that it’s been approved before the iTunes Connect holiday shutdown.

Angry Birds HD is available at $4.99 here.

iLunascape iPad Browser Adds Firefox Sync

iLunascape is a third-party browser for the iPad which is available for free in the App Store and we mentioned several times in the past. It’s not exactly a “full-featured” alternative browser like the excellent iCab or Atomic, yet it comes with a neat tabbed interface that makes it simple to switch between multiple websites open at once.

iLunascape doesn’t overwhelm you with functionalities, but it’s OK for most people looking for a sweet alternative to Safari.

The latest 1.3 version, released last week, adds the possibility to sync bookmarks back to the desktop thanks to Firefox Sync, which apparently opened up its API to allow other browsers to access a user’s sync settings. The new version also lets you save images and use bookmarklets. Firefox Sync is one of the best ways to keep tabs synchronized and accessible between computers and devices.

iLunascape for iPad is free and available here.