iPad By Davis: “Poems By Heart for iPhone and iPad review: Have fun memorizing classic poetry” plus 11 more |
- Poems By Heart for iPhone and iPad review: Have fun memorizing classic poetry
- Apple's rumored iRadio service rumored to be on the verge of signing Universal, Warner
- Saga 12 and the story of the four failures
- Review: iPad mini Case Prodigy, Case + Magnetic Stand
- How to set a default call answer mode on iPhone
- Foursquare 6.0 gets more interesting and brings better search
- Notable New iPad Apps: Status Board
- Real Racing 3 for iPad Updated: New Cars, New Event Type & More
- Documents by Readdle now available for iPhone
- Deal of the Day: 46% off Marware FlipVue for iPhone 5
- Real Racing 3 gets hot new Chevrolet cars, vicious new Hunter mode!
- Mail Pilot for iPhone and iPad review: turn your inbox into a productivity powerhouse
| Poems By Heart for iPhone and iPad review: Have fun memorizing classic poetry Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:42 PM PDT
Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics is an iPhone and iPad app that combines great poetry, memory skills, and gaming into one beautiful app. In this game, you must memorize classic poems in stages and ultimately learn them in their entirety. Poems By Heart includes classics by Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and more. Poems By Heart includes two poems for free: Eternity by William Blake and Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? by William Shakespeare. When you select a poem, you can choose to have a male or female voice read it to you. Listening to it recited will help you memorize and you can follow along the highlighted lines of text at the same time.
After listening to it, it's your turn. But instead of being immediately tested on your ability to regurgitate the entire poem, you get to tackle it in stages. In stage one, you will need to fill in one or two blanks per line by selecting the correct words. Each stage introduces more blanks until the final stage where you must fill in every word. You are also timed for each line and given a score based on accuracy and speed.
In the Poetry Store, you can purchase packs of four poems for $0.99 each. The categories available are love, adventures, gothic tales, early inventors, romantic, Elizabethan, and odes. The good
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The bottom lineIf you're a poetry fan and enjoy memory games, Poems By Heart will make a great addition to your app collection.
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| Apple's rumored iRadio service rumored to be on the verge of signing Universal, Warner Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:17 PM PDT
iRadio, the common vernacular for Apple's long rumored streaming-and-maybe-subscription music service, is once again in the headlines this week, this time thanks to a report claiming music giants Universal and Warner are close to signing on. Greg Sandoval of The Verge writes:
Sony, they say, isn't as far along yet. While iRadio rumors seem to popup before every Apple event, real or imagined, the quantity and quality of recent rumors might suggest the long-in-the-works service could finally be getting closer to reality. It sounds like Apple's struggle to get pricing down hasn't gone the way they hoped, so it could be that money will be the deciding factor. More interesting to me than the question of will Apple ever launch iRadio is how Apple would launch an iRadio-type service. They already have the iTunes Match music locker service, which stores all your local music in the cloud then streams-as-it-re-downloads it to up to 10 of your devices. Would iRadio compliment that with a traditional radio-style playlist approach, like Pandora, a more flexible a la carte streaming service, or something else entirely? What would you want from iRadio, and if it's part of iOS 7, how great a new feature would that be for you? Source: The Verge; image album art from airplanemo.de 
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| Saga 12 and the story of the four failures Posted: 11 Apr 2013 06:17 PM PDT
Recently a story on Image Comics claimed Apple's App Store "banned" a comic book, Saga 12, from a comic book app, Comics by comiXology, for content reasons. An uproar followed that story so closely that it actually seemed to overtake it at times. The original story turned out to be incorrect. According to comiXology, they assumed Apple would have a problem with the content and so decided on their own not to release it. They were wrong. Apple was fine with it. They subsequently released it. Though the original story still hasn't been updated to reflect any of that, a new story has been posted on Image Comics addressing the matter. So what does this all tell us?
There are no pats on the back for this one. No I-told-you-sos either. There is, however, a learning opportunity, and a chance to improve the way we all do things. More certainty. More courage. More consideration. More care. Yes, it was a collective failure, but from it could come a collective success. Let's put just as much energy into that. 
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| Review: iPad mini Case Prodigy, Case + Magnetic Stand Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:37 PM PDT
The iPad mini Case Prodigy is a case + magnetic stand combo for the iPad mini, made by ZooGue. It's the new little brother of the iPad Case Prodigy. A couple months back I did a review of the iPad Case Prodigy, case and magnetic stand from Zoogue. I had very positive impressions of the case – here's a little slice of my sum-up on it:
I was certainly impressed enough with it to immediately order the new iPad mini Case Prodigy when it was released. I've had the case for several weeks now and have given it a lot of use. Since I now use the iPad mini a lot more...         Related Stories
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| How to set a default call answer mode on iPhone Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:29 AM PDT
If you take a lot of calls on your iPhone, you may use a headset while driving or prefer answering calls over the loud speaker as opposed to the earpiece. As it happens iOS has quite a few accessibility options options including one that lets you change the default answer mode. Here's how:
That's all there is to it. Your iPhone will now start obeying whatever incoming call option you've selected in Settings. 
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| Foursquare 6.0 gets more interesting and brings better search Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:50 AM PDT
The popular check-in app Foursquare has gone 6.0 and brings with it better insights and better search. Now you'll instantly see the most interesting things nearby instead of everything, making it easy to find something you'll actually like.
Search is also now front-and-center so that you can quickly search Explore from the top of the app. You can search for what you're looking for, a type of place, or just tap Best Nearby to see Foursquare's top picks in the area. Have you had a chance to put the new Foursquare to the test? What do you think of the new results?
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| Notable New iPad Apps: Status Board Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:23 AM PDT
Status Board is a new iPad app that lets you take advantage of the iPad's lovely, big screen to information from a number of sources and customize what you see and how you see it. Or, as the App Store page for the app, states:
The app uses panels to display data – 6 default panels for weather, clock, calendar, email, Twitter, and news feeds. Of course you can enable or disable any or all of these per your preferences. Pro panels let you add your own data sources in JSON, CSV, or HTML format. You can also design your own panels in HTML format. You can customize your Status Board views in portrait or landscape mode, resize and reposition panels and choose from a few options on what's displayed in each panel. If you want to be able to display your board to even bigger screens via HDMI or AirPlay this functionality can be...  Related Stories
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| Real Racing 3 for iPad Updated: New Cars, New Event Type & More Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT
Real Racing 3 for the iPad and iPhone has been updated today, to Version 1.1.0 – and it's quite a substantial update. The headline new feature is new cars. Specifically, new Chevrolet cars – the Cobalt SS and rhe Camaro ZL1. There are a good number of other significant new features too, including: – A brand new 'Hunter' event type – where the goal is to chase down and overtake the hunted car within one lap – More than 100 new events – bringing the total number of events in the game to over 1,000 – Cloud save functionality Also added are some new social features and 'Numerous additional improvements, fixes, and performance optimizations'. Real Racing has been one of the most popular iPad and iOS racing games for years now. Regular, substantial updates like this one are part of what makes the game so well-liked. I haven't had a chance to try out...  Related Stories
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| Documents by Readdle now available for iPhone Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:54 AM PDT
Documents by Readdle is now available for the iPhone. Now a universal app, Documents lets you read Office documents, annotate PDFs, edit text files, listen to music, look at photos, and more. Across the bottom of the screen, there are four sections, along with access to the built-in web browser. Documents stores all of your files, from music to PDFs, and you can move files from Documents to iCloud by tapping the "Edit" button and selecting which files to move. The Network section allows you to add and access different online storage options like Dropbox, Google Drive, and SkyDrive. It also allows you to access devices on your local network, which allows you to transfer files to and from Documents. Finally, the Settings tab gives you fine control over how you view and manage documents, as well as browser options. Speaking of the browser, it's accessed by tapping the compass icon next to the Settings tab. You can use the browser to download files directly to Documents, and you can specify which folder they should be downloaded to. You can control the user agent of the browser in Settings. By default, it's set to iPad Safari Mobile, but it can be changed to anything from Google Chrome and Firefox to Internet Explorer. Documents by Readdle is free, so if you're looking for an app that can put all of your documents in one place, go ahead and try it out.
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| Deal of the Day: 46% off Marware FlipVue for iPhone 5 Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:32 AM PDT | ||||||
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Real Racing 3 gets hot new Chevrolet cars, vicious new Hunter mode!
Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:03 AM PDT
That awesome looking Chevrolet update for Real Racing 3 we first previewed at GDC 2013 is now live and drifting its way across the App Store. The update, version 1.1.0 features the Chevrolet Cobalt SS and the Camaro ZL. The all-new Hunter mode gives you one lap -- and only one lap -- to chase down and pass another car, letting you put your friends into even higher levels of stress. Cloud save means your progress is saved not only on one device, but across all your devices, and with over 100 new events, you'll have a lot more stuff to save.
The Hunter mode gives you one lap -- and only one lap -- to overtake another car.
Real Racing 3 remains free-to-play, and from talking to their community manager, they seem determined to listen to everyone's feedback and make the best damn free-to-play racer on the market. So, if you haven't already, grab the update, slam the pedal to the floor, and get racing. Then let me -- and Firemonkeys -- know what you think.
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Mail Pilot for iPhone and iPad review: turn your inbox into a productivity powerhouse
Posted: 11 Apr 2013 06:00 AM PDT
There are lots of alternative mail clients available in the App Store and Mail Pilot for iPhone and iPad is the newest addition. While the workflow concepts are simliar to that of apps like Mailbox, the overall interface and design is rather different. Not to mention, Mail Pilot supports an array of clients including both Gmail and iCloud.
I backed Mail Pilot in its infancy stages last summer when it started out as a Kickstarter project. It was a great idea and I'm excited to finally give it the review treatment and find out whether or not it really was worth the wait.
The first thing you'll be asked to do after downloading Mail Pilot to your iPhone or iPad is to sign into all of your accounts. The main difference between Mail Pilot and Mailbox is that there isn't support for only Gmail. Mail Pilot actually supports all mainstream IMAP email servers. This means you can add your iCloud account, Yahoo, AOL, Gmail (including Google apps), or any other modern IMAP account. I've strayed away from apps like Mailbox because it supports only Gmail, which leaves me toggling between two mail clients in order to access all my accounts within iOS. Not really a valid solution in my book so I'm excited at the prospect of having a secondary option for an all in one alternative.
Syncing my accounts was super simple and only took a few minutes. After that I was able to view all my inboxes in one place or separate them via the pullout menu on the left hand side. Here you can easily access all your incomplete items, dates & lists, items you've set aside, completed items, and sent messages. You can also drill down and view things on a per account basis right another the main menu. For most users, you'll probably spend most of your time in the unified view since it makes quickly accessing and marking messages much easier.
Mail Pilot for iPhone and iPad uses a series of gestures and taps in order to interact with messages. Tapping on any message will open that thread. You can easily view all messages attached to it as well as reply or forward in a single tap. There's a small carrot in the bottom right hand corner of each message. Tapping on this will display a submenu containing message actions. You can either file it away for an exact date, add it to a list, save it for an undetermined amount of time with the generic save for later option, or delete it. If you add it to an exact date with the calendar icon, it will automatically appear back in your inbox on the date you have specified. If you choose the general save for later date, it'll show up under that tab in the bottom navigation for you to deal with at your convenience.
The good
- Support for almost every IMAP account which will keep everything in sync between devices and other mail clients
- Intuitive gesture controls that just make sense
- Folder syncing is super fast
- No reservation line, which means you can get access right now
The bad
- No push notifications (yet)
- Price point may be a little higher than what some are willing to spend for something iOS technically already does
The bottom line
Considering Mail Pilot took so long to come to fruition, other third party mail clients made appearances and will ultimately make the competition even tougher. The high price point may be enough to turn off some users while others will automatically choose it over other options since it supports a plethora of IMAP account types, not just Gmail. The lack of push notifications is a letdown but leaving the default mail sound for the native Mail app on somewhat solves the problem.
Overall, Mail Pilot is off to a great start and if they can overcome some small issues such as lack of push notifications, they could easily become a fan favorite when it comes to alternative mail apps for iPhone and iPad.
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