Jubilee is an iPad application with a very narrow focus: it aims to help you remember birthdays and send electronic birthday cards. No more, no less. It’s wrapped up in a lovely interface, and makes the whole process of congratulating someone on their birthday a really fun process.
If you regularly find yourself sending a “belated” birthday card to your own family members, it’s definitely worth reading on to find out more!
In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting parkenApp. The developer describes parkenApp as a gorgeous app to keep an eye on your parking time no matter where you are. Whether in a parking garage or a public parking lot, parkenApp can help you avoid unnecessary parking fees. It reminds you with Push-Notifications in good time and helps you find the way back to your car.
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Once upon a time, if you or your teenage progeny decided that a driver’s license or learner’s permit was a desirable object to have, you would take a trip to the DMV to pickup your free copy of the official driver’s manual of your state. You would then pretend to read this book long enough to convince those around you that you were indeed ready to pass the test and proceed to take the exam however many times it took you to answer just enough questions right to earn a passing grade.
These days studying for the written driver’s test is of course a more technological exercise. All you need is an iPhone and a free afternoon and you’ll be ready to ace that test in no time. Below we’ll take a brief look at four apps that will help get you on your way to asking dad if you can borrow the car next weekend.
The default iPhone calendar has remained largely unchanged since the launch of the first iPhone. It’s a solid app that is designed very well, possesses a number of helpful ways to view your calendar, allows you to set reminders and more.
With Calendars for iPhone, you can get the same great functionality with your Google Calendar account. Let’s take a look at the interface and some of the app’s best features.
If you’re one of the lucky few who have managed to pick up one of Apple’s latest iPhones, you’ll be in need of a few wallpapers to adorn that gorgeous Retina Display. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen before on a mobile device, and shows graphics with incredible clarity and detail.
Today we’ll be offering you a pack of OS X wallpapers, resized to the perfect resolution for iPhone 4′s display. We’re also rounding up a selection of other gorgeous wallpapers – some are for your “Lock Screen”, others are more minimal and work well behind your Home Screen.
In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Flickpad – Facebook Photos for iPad. The developer describes Flickpad as a Facebook photo app made specifically for the iPad and its multi-touch capabilities. Photos react to your touch like they do in real life.
While Flickpad was designed first and foremost to make checking the newest photos quick and fun, it also allows you to browse and search for friends and albums, comment on photos, email photos to friends and family, favorite photos, and more.
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Another week passes and the big news from the last seven days was the release of iOS4, allowing all owners of 3G and 3GS iPhones to upgrade to the latest operating system. As it’s Friday, we once again roundup the best new releases to the App Store, including the amazing new A-Team movie tie-in and one of my new favourites, Hit N’Run.
If you have any comments, or an app that you want reviewed, get in touch!
Have you ever dreamt about having your very own darkroom but ruled out the possibility as mere fantasy? Perhaps Swankolab has the solution!
The new app from the makers of Hipstamatic gives you your own personal darkroom without requiring the extensive redecoration of your office! It comes with a wide selection of chemicals that, with time and loving care, allow you to turn your standard looking photos into retro misprinted classics…
In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Trip Journal. The developer describes Trip Journal as the #1 Google awarded travel application with the best trip tracking, recording, documenting and sharing features currently available.
You can document vacation experiences, and with Google Earth and Facebook integration, it allows friends and family to easily see your traveling routes, waypoints for visited locations, full screen photos, videos,etc
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Last week Apple released a new way to shop the Apple store: via iOS. Now you can purchase any Apple product you want just as easily as you would download an app. Great for you, bad for your bank account.
It’s definitely a great app, but just in case you’re wondering whether or not you really need to have the Apple store taking up space on your iPhone, we’ll walk you through the basic functionality and interface.
