Tag Archives: Iphone app

Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 for iOS

by on April 8th, 2011 at 1:23 pm

In so many aspects of life, it seems that the simplest things to learn can often turn out to be the hardest things to master. I definitely found the sport of golf to be one of those things. The rules of the sport are so very basic when you really …

Nuance Releases Self-Service Mobile Developer Program for iOS

by on January 24th, 2011 at 10:24 am

In my opinion, one of the big advantages that Android has over iOS is in the area of integrated voice recognition services. Anybody that has used the Voice Search capability of Google’s iOS app knows that they have a really strong offering in this area. That same voice tech is …

Review: MobileNavigator 1.7 Update for iPhone and iPad

by on December 28th, 2010 at 10:49 pm

Navigon has kept a steady pace with their app updates, and continued that trend with the release of version 1.7 of MobileNavigator to the App Store on Thursday, December 16th. This new update went live for the My Region versions of the app first, and came to the full US …

Navigon MobileNavigator Update hits the App Store

by on December 16th, 2010 at 7:32 am

Navigon’s MobileNavigator has been available for around a year and a half, and as of today, has reached update number 7. MobileNavigator Version 1.7 will be available for the MyRegion versions today, and will come to the US and North America version in the very near future. The upgrade pace …

ProCamera Version 3.0 hits the App Store

by on December 14th, 2010 at 8:35 am

It was just two weeks ago that I posted my review of ProCamera version 2.95 from daemgen.net. I found it to easily be one of the top full function camera replacement apps in the App Store, but as with any app, there were a few areas for improvement. Well, ProCamera …

Review: Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure for iOS

by on December 10th, 2010 at 12:43 pm

Ok, so pretty much any parent with kids under the age of 10 has probably heard of Dora the Explorer at some point. I know I have. My oldest son is 9, my middle son is 6, and my youngest daughter is 4, so Dora has been a constant around …

Review: ProCamera for iPhone

by on November 30th, 2010 at 3:30 pm

With the sheer size and volume of Apple’s App Store, it is very easy to overlook a really nice piece of software. There are just so many coming out every day, that it is no easy task to keep up with all of them. Even those of us who are …

Looks like Waze is really taking off

by on September 29th, 2010 at 7:03 am

Waze, a free navigation and social networking app and service, is on the move again. Diann Eisnor, Waze’s VP Community Geographer, posted some very interesting statistics and data visualization on the Waze blog this morning. It looks like Waze is a big hit, especially on Apple’s App Store. There is …

Pocket Informant 1.6 for iPhone adds Native iOS Calendar access

by on September 27th, 2010 at 7:34 pm

In my review of Pocket Informant 1.51 a few weeks ago, I mentioned that Alex Kac of WebIS was very excited about the coming addition of Native iOS Calendar integration in version 1.6. Well, 1.6 hit the App Store this weekend, and I am delighted to say that its main …

Review: Gyro Tennis for iPhone

by on September 17th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Tennis is one of those sports that can be difficult to translate to any gaming system, console or handheld. It doesn’t necessarily fit the traditional game controller. Developers have largely avoided the game on the current generation of Microsoft and Sony systems, but tennis came to the Wii with a …

Rant: Separate Best Buy Canada and Futureshop iPhone apps — why did they bother?

by on September 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Best Buy Canada and Futureshop both sell tech goods and are both owned by the same company, but that hasn’t stopped people from corporate from trying desperately to differentiate the two. In Canada this has been accomplished by using different colours for the uniforms and leaving Futureshop comission-compensated, but we …