You don’t have to wait for the iPad to be released to enjoy iBooks. You already have the iPad Nano (ahem, your iPhone or iPod touch :) in your hand anyways. It’s time to experience the beauty of the epub book standard with Stanza app. The iPad is revolutionary because it uses the open epub book standard so hopefully we will be able to use millions of the ebooks provided free online which exist in the public domain. Until the iPad is released you can gear up for the big day with Stanza. Stanza helps you browse and download free ebooks from programmable sources. Stanza is wonderfully easy to use. Just launch Stanza, add some virtual libraries such as epubbooks.com and download free classics such as the Brothers Grimm. Then relax and turn the virtual pages…ah, literacy. The fonts are editable and Stanza had a slew of options I have yet to play with. The iPad will come out on top as an e-reader once it’s finally released, but until then enjoy some free ebooks with Stanza on your iPhone or iPod touch. Stanza is free and is available now from the App Store.
Check out the free iDaft soundboard for your iPhone or iPod touch. It features authentic Daft Punk sounds provided by Daft Punk themselves. Now you can remix Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger anytime, anywhere.
Earth vs Moon for iPhone is a modern spin on the Atari classic Missile Command with a twist of Space Invaders. You control the onboard missile targeting systems of three geostationary satellites hovering above Earth armed with missiles to defend our homeworld from the menacing Moon Fleet. The gameplay involves tapping in the playing field of orbital space and hoping your missile warhead will detonate near the incoming ICBMs or enemy craft, causing a lethal atomic chain reaction. The sparks will fly as you ignite an entire squadron of alien spacecraft with a well placed salvo of rockets to defend our planet. Your progress is saved as you obliterate the relentless onslaught of Moon Fleet aliens, so putting the game down and coming back to continue later makes this a casual favorite. Earth vs Moon is available now from the App Store from Low Five Games.
The Battle of Pirate Bay is a naval defense game where you have 3 indestructable ships protecting your fort from menacing pirates within the harbor of Pirate Bay. You manuver your fleet around the screen by tracing lines with your finger and your armada fires cannons at the incoming pirate ships. You only have limited ammo so the strategy lies in where you place your ships and how you control them once the action begins. If you deplete your ammunition before the wave of pirates is blown to smithereens then your fort will be left vunerable by the attacking pirates. This is a fun game with a quick learning curve that anyone can pick up and get right into. The Battle of Pirate Bay is available now from the App Store.
Siberian Strike from Gameloft is a scrolling shoot-em-up designed similar to the classic 1942 arcade game. The controls are wonderfully intuitive. You just point and touch the screen and you automatically unleash rapid fire against swarms of enemy fighters as you pilot your aircraft through several well-rendered levels. There are anime/role playing elements in the game as you can choose from several different pilots who fly different types of fighters. This app is worth the price and I discovered it via the staff favorites in the iTunes app store on my mac… I highly recommend this game to anyone interested in classic arcade button-mashers like 1942 and 1943. Siberian Strike is available now from the app store.
F.A.S.T (Fleet Air Superiority Training) is a fun, quick-paced flight simulator that let’s you dive right into supersonic dogfighting air combat. You can play single player missions or dogfight other pilots online. The controls are tilt based and there are onscreen buttons to fire cannons and missiles at your foe. You can unlock other planes by completing missions. This game is a good value considering the replay options of playing online. There is even a top pilots leaderboard. The controls are fairly intuitive and can also be adjusted for sensitivity and you can also invert the y-axis for more realistic flying. I would recommend this game to anyone interested in air combat flight simulators. F.A.S.T. is available now from the app store.
Looking for a fun way to spice up those iPhone photos? Check out Photo FX from the professional photographic supply legend Tiffen. Photo FX adds 26 individually modifiable filters to photos you’ve already taken and you can also add filters on the fly. Be sure you don’t push the home button while editing a photo you’ve taken in Photo FX without saving it first or you will lose the photo, a feature I hope Tiffen can improve soon with an update. Tiffen Photo FX is available now from the App Store at an introductory price of $2.99. I’d say the price is totally worth it if you’re a mobile shutterbug snap snap snapping pictures away. This app is like a mini-Photoshop or mini-Aperture on your iPhone.
If you use the Safari browser search bar on your iPhone a history of your searches is compiled over time. These searches are offered via autocomplete on any future subsequent search queries. You can clear your iPhone search history by tapping Settings then Safari. Clear history, cookies and cache. Then choose Yahoo as your preferred search engine and clear history and cookies and cache again. Choose Google as your preferred search engine again and your history of past searches will no longer appear in iPhone Safari browser.
Speedtest from xtremelabs.com is a great native app for iPhone which tests and measures your network bandwidth by benchmarking your upload and download connection speeds. There is a nifty history feature so you can compare different locations on the fly. If you travel often you can use Speedtest to compare Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge data network speeds in different cities. Speedtest is available now for free from the App Store.
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