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KamAlert turns your device into a mobile security system!
Mobile Revolution in Personal Security With the KamAlert iPhone application, iPhone users can have peace of mind, security and personal safety at all times, everywhere they go. This clever piece of software turns a mobile phone into a totally autonomous camera surveillance and Personal Alarm System and will send SMS texts, emails and photos if the user is in trouble. There are two key features of this software: Surveillance mode to detect movement and take photos of intruders Two Help Buttons which can be pressed in case of either a medical emergency or if the user is in personal danger to alert the authorities Surveillance Mode KamAlert is the only iPhone application with a surveillance mode which converts an iPhone into a camera surveillance system
Full StoryExcuse Me – iPhone App Review
Excuse Me – ($1.99) Version 1.0.3 REVIEW – “Use this fake caller to make sure you never have to sit through a boring date again!” All of us have had those moments when we are sitting through a boring date, meeting or event and we just wished someone would call to get us out of it. Well with the Excuse Me app you can have your phone call you and either give you a brief reprieve or an easy way out. The way the app works is very quite simple.
Full StoryAppency: Worldcard Contacts will save your time and find your contacts instantly
As time passes our contact lists increase to the extent that we are no longer able to control them and find quickly the contact that we’ve been looking for. That happens mainly because of the text based and other limited capabilities of the phone
Full StoryGorillacam – iPhone App Review
Gorillacam (Free) Version – 1.1 REVIEW – “Add some extra functions to your iPhone’s camera with this free app!” There have been a lot of cheap camera apps released in the $1-5 range that can add a lot of functionality that Apple’s default camera app just doesn’t have. With that said, Gorillacam has a lot of the features that you’ll see in those paid apps and it’s free! While obviously this is a marketing plow to get publicity for their “Gorillapod” camera stands they’re not hurting my feelings be giving away this extremely useful iPhone app! When you open Gorillacam you’ll see an interface similar to the default iPhone camera app just with different buttons available. On the left side of the screen there is a slider that controls the digital zoom. Obviously since the iPhone does not have a zoom lens the zoom pretty much just crops the picture to the area that you want, but it is easy to use and is better than not having the option for zoom. In the bottom left corner there is a button with all of the specific settings that are available in this app. There are toggle switches for all kinds of features to help you take better pictures and also to automate taking pictures. At the very bottom there is a “Settings” button that will open up a screen with a few basic options. You can set the image size for when you save them to your phone and even set a different size for when you choose to email photos! You can also turn the digital zoom slider on or off and/or move its location on the screen. So what features does this app add to your camera? Well for starters it has a “Self-timer.” What this means is that you can set a delay after you touch the button for the app to take a picture. This makes it possible to take group pictures without a cameraman! A couple of other great feature of this app are the “Anti-shake,” and “Bubble Level.” These two options will help you keep your pictures from blurring due to motion and also help you make sure you’re pictures are level
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Sketchbook Mobile ($2.99) Version 1.2 REVIEW – “Take a virtual sketchbook with you wherever you go!” For artists this is a truly great app because it really allows you to do just about anything you would like to do with a normal sketchpad with pencils and paints, but also so much more. Sketchbook Mobile allows you to work with a variety of brushes and even layers so that you can create works of art that are similar to what you could create on a computer.
Full StoryiCall Free VoIP – iPhone App Review
iCall Free VoIP (Free) Version – 1.2.5 REVIEW – “Bad reception at home? iCall to the rescue!” One of the things that I had to compromise a while back when I got my first iPhone was my cell phone service. Now don’t get me wrong, AT&T has very fast 3G service, and I don’t have any more problems in most areas with reception than I did with my previous carrier. The problem is that my house seems to be a dead zone! Since I don’t have a home phone this made it difficult for people to get ahold of sometimes. That is until I started using iCall Free VoIP! I’ve tried a variety of different VoIP calling services in the past, but most of them are either difficult to set up or didn’t offer some of the features that I wanted to have like an incoming call number. The greatest feature of this app in my opinion is in the ease of use factor which was definitely refreshing! When you open iCall for the first time you will need to set up what kind of plan you’ll be using. If all you want to do is be able to make phone calls one of the options is completely free! The setup for this kind of account consists of making a phone call to a number to confirm what your cell phone number is. Once you’ve done that all you have to do is dial any number to call out over WiFi or the cell network. The great thing is that you can start a call at home on WiFi and then continue it when you leave the house on 3G or EDGE! But what if you’re like me and you need people to be able to get ahold of you at home as well as be able to call out over WiFi? Well for just $10 a month you can get unlimited outgoing and incoming calls to your own private number! There are a variety of area codes to select numbers from, although I was disappointed to see that there were not any local numbers to my area. With that said, there are a variety of area codes available and they are constantly adding more! Now I’m sure you’re probably wondering how you can receive calls with no cell connection. Well as long as your home WiFi is set up properly you will receive a push notification over WiFi that will let you know when you have an incoming call! When you receive the message all you have to do is touch answer to open up iCall and answer the call immediately! One of the most important things with a service like this is always going to be call quality. I was very pleased with the quality of calls using my 3GS phone. I made and received several calls to both local and long-distance numbers and didn’t seem to have any problems. With that said, my wife seemed to have problems with choppy audio on her iPhone 3G. It didn’t happen all the time though so it’s possible that it had more to due to some of the memory problems that the 3G has. This app also offers a decent array of features that you would expect. It allows you to use your iPhone contacts list from directly within the app, it shows you a list of calls that you’ve made recently and it also offers a voice mail box that is particularly useful if you decide to pay for a personal incoming number
Full StoryDocuments to Go Premium – iPhone App Review
Documents To Go Premium ($14.99) Version – 3.0 REVIEW – “Take your documents on the road!” There have been a variety of tools for the iPhone OS that allow you to view and interact with Microsoft Office Documents, but few of them are as easy to use or as powerful as Documents To Go by Dataviz! If you work with Microsoft Office files regularly this app is one iPhone app that you need to have installed! When you open this app for the first time you will be greeted by a “Getting Started” screen. There are 6 pages of information on the basics of how Documents To Go works. I would highly recommend that you go through and read it all as it will give you a much better idea of what this app is capable of and how to do various functions. One of the best things about the Documents To Go app is all the ways that you can connect to your content! One of the first things you’ll want to do is set up these various content-syncing and access features to make getting your documents easier. You can do this by touching the settings button in the upper left corner of the screen. All of the steps to set up your exchange account and desktop sync are detailed in the “Getting Started” pages. Once you get all of your content information set up like you want it, accessing your information could not be easier! At the main screen you will see three tabs under the “My Files” heading where you can access “Local Files” which are files not synced anywhere that are stored on your device, “Desktop Files” that are synced through the Documents to go Desktop application and “Attachments” which is a list of all the attachments inside emails in your exchange/Gmail accounts inbox! Just below the “My Files” area you’ll also see a “Recent Files” area that always shows the last 5 documents that you’ve opened. This makes it extremely easy to leave this app and get right back to whatever you were viewing/editing next time you open it up! When editing documents the interface is very similar between different types of documents. There are all of the basic features as far as formatting goes such as bullets, font formatting, etc. The basic interface for all three editors is having a menu bar at the bottom with small icons for various different functions. You can scroll the menu bar left and right by swiping to reveal different types of functions. At the top of the screen you see a button to turn the keyboard on and off and another to take you back to the menu.
Full StoryiFallinLove – iPhone App Review
iFallinLove ($0.99) Version – 1.1 REVIEW – “A cute diversion for Valentines Day!” Do you find yourself always wondering where your significant other is while you are away from them? Or maybe you have a certain place that you love like no other that you think about a lot. With iFallinLove you can now keep track of how far you are away from a person or a place and if you have have an iPhone 3GS you can even know what direction their location is in. On the surface this is a gimmicky, cheesy app, but at the same time it is only $0.99. For some it will be worth, and for others it won’t. When you open this app up you will see a blue heart in the center of the screen. In order to track or “fall in love” with a location all you have to do is touch the heart. Once you are “in love” with a location the further away from that place you get the smaller the red heart will get.
Full StoryStart you personnal assistant in your iPhone with Siri
Siri is a new innovative creation which uses natural language processing to answer questions and make recommendations. Siri Assistant App has been created through SRI’s CALO Project, America’s largest Artificial Intelligence research project and the beneficiary of $150 million investment. It should be noticed that Siri is compatible only for iPhone 3GS and for 3G either but does not support iPod touch
Full StoryFastMall – iPhone App Review
FastMall (Free) Version – 2.0 REVIEW – “Discover a new way to shop with your mobile device!” There are literally hundreds of developers out there, and they’re all looking for that next app that’s going to change the way we do things. While a lot of apps that are released seem to be gimmicky, FastMall by MindSmack has not only come up with a great idea, but has done a great job of surrounding that idea with lots of useful features! FastMall is the only app that you need when you take a trip to the mall! Not only will it give you directions to your local mall but it also does a variety of things from keeping track of where you parked to finding you a store’s phone number and the latest deals! Thankfully, while it does do a lot of things, this app still manages to keep the interface simple enough for anyone to just pick it up and starting using it. When you open up FastMall the main screen is filled with 9 icons. The main page works a lot like your device’s main app screen. If you touch and hold on one button the icons will all start shaking and you can rearrange them however you want. When you have them all just where you want them you can go back go back to normal by pressing the red “Done” button in the lower left corner of the screen. Finding a mall is as easy as touching the “Malls” button. This will default to showing the malls that are closest to your current location, but you can search for malls in any location by using the search bar at the top of the screen. You can also search malls by mall name and view only your “My Malls” list if you are logged into your FastMall account! As great a resource as the mall finder is this is just the beginning of what this app can do! Once you find the mall you are interested in and select it you will be taken to a screen with several different options. The first option is the “Virtual Map.” Unfortunately, I was unable to fully test this feature because the closest mall currently in their database was almost 200 miles from where I live. The good news is though that they are adding new maps constantly, and they listen to customer feedback to help them select the next malls that they add! While I was unable to actually use the Virtual Map feature at my local mall, I did load up a mall that had this feature available and look at it. I was impressed to say the least! What this feature basically does is show you a detailed map of the mall and then overlays it with important information such as where the restrooms are, where the theater is in the mall if there is one, and it also allows you to select a store or location in the mall and get turn by turn “directions” to it no matter where you are in the mall! Another thing that is really great about this app is that you can easily add your favorite malls to the home screen. When you have a mall you want to add open all you have to do is scroll down to the bottom and touch the “Add This Mall To Main Menu” button. While most of the options on the main menu are useful, some of them you will use less frequently and this allows you to have one touch access to your favorite malls! What will make or break an app like this is the details, and that is where this app excels. All the way down to the little things like the integrated “Where Did I Park?” feature. Yes there is already an app for that, but if you are using this as your virtual mall assistant did you really want to close it and go find another app to help you find your car? Honestly with all the features of this app, the time it could potentially save, and the money you could save by staying informed on the latest deals I would have expected this app to be attached to some kind of fee. That is why for the price of free this is one app that you should not pass up. If you don’t already have this app on your phone, you need to download it today! - David H.
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