Category: Apps

David Ellefson Rock Shop App – Review

Apple, Apps, First Look, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPod Touch, Music, Review, Tablet 1

Rock Shop is a universal app that works with any iPad, iPhone (4 or 4s), or iPod Touch (4th gen or later) running iOS 4.3 or later. To use the app, you need to have a way to connect your guitar to your iOS device. Pocketlabworks, Inc. would like you to purchase their $99.99 iRiffPort adapter, which allows you to connect your guitar’s cable to a splitter that connects to the 30-pin port on your iOS device. I use IKMultimedia’s iRig adapter when connecting my guitar to my iPad. At $39.99, it’s an option for those for whom price is a bigger consideration.

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Star Walk for iPad New Features Are Worth A Look

Apple, Apps, iPad, iPad 2, Review 0

I took a look at the original version of Star Walk some time ago, and at the time I liked the app a lot. Since then, Vito Technology hasn’t stopped improving the the app, with the latest version of Star Walk being the best iteration yet. Some of the new features that take advantage of the capabilities of the iPad 2 and the New iPad continue to make Star Walk a “must-have” app for any amateur astronomer or science teacher.

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Bento 4 for iPad – Review

Apps, Features, iOS, iPad, Review 0

Bento 4 for iPad (Bento 4), recently released by FileMaker (of FileMaker Pro fame), has been totally redesigned from the ground up. Bento 4 boasts 25 new templates and 40 retina-ready themes. Now it’s easier than ever to design a database from scratch on the iPad. No Mac needed.

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Dragon Dictate for Mac – Review

Apps, Mac OS X, Review 0

I learned how to type when I was a freshman in high school. Of course, that was on a manual typewriter. Now, decades later, I’m still typing and just as good and as fast as I did in high school. The only fly in the ointment is the fact that arthritis has raised its ugly head.

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Sandvox 2.5 – Review

Apps, Features, Review 1

First, for those that don’t know what Sandvox is, it is a website editor in the WYSIWYG category and builds your site in HTML5. I would include iWeb, Rapidweaver, and others in this category. Out of the two, it is probably most like iWeb, which has been my software choice for my website since it came out (iWeb, not my website). However, iWeb is not longer being developed by Apple and it is time to find a new editor for my website.

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Lost Little Zombie – iPhone Game Review

Apps, iOS, iPhone, Review 0

Little Lost Zombie is the type of game that will turn you into a zombie. That is not necessarily a bad thing. We all like to zone out from reality, and a game that is simple in approach but challenging is always a good way to spend those few minutes of our spare time.

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Adobe Photoshop Touch – Review

Apps, Features, iPad 2, Photography, Review, Tablet 1

Many photographers, myself included, have been patiently waiting for Adobe to develop a powerful photo-editing app for the iPad to compare with Photoshop. Adobe launched Photoshop Touch last year for the Android platform and Photoshop Touch is now available for the iPad. It is compatible with the iPad 2 and New iPad but the iPad 1 is not supported. As an image editor Adobe included several terrific features gleaned from Photoshop that are not currently found in other photo-editing apps.

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Checkbook Pro – App Review

Apps, Mac OS X, Review 0

If you want a nicely designed, feature-rich checkbook register without all the excess bloat, you should give this app some serious consideration. You can download a trial to see if it fits your needs. An excellent idea.

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iZON Remote Room Monitor – Review

Apps, Camera, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Review, Video 0

The iZON Remote Room Monitor by Stem Innovation is an app-controlled device that becomes part of your Wi-Fi network. It watches and listens to room activity and sends the stream to your iOS device. Because your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is mobile, you can see and hear what’s happening wherever you are’”on another Wi-Fi network or out and about on Edge or 3G.

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