The device is called the Power Skin and claims to be the world’s thinnest external battery and protective case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The case has a pass through USB port for charging the case and the phone at the same time. It also has a 1200 mAh battery with double the capacity of the iPhone battery alone.
The Power Skin also comes in eight different two tone color combos. Along with the Power Skin, the company has also unveiled a new charger called the PocketPal. It claims to be the world’s smallest mobile phone charger and has a folding plug for easy carrying. The device sells for $19.95 alone with the Power Skin retailing for $69.95. A combo kit with both devices sells for $79.95.
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What a difference two weeks and a few words of legalese can make to the future of a widely used programming technology.
In that span of time, Adobe Systems has gone from touting its technology for building Flash applications that run on the iPhone to canceling future development of that technology.
When Apple changed the terms of its iPhone 4.0 software developer kit license, it effectively blocked Adobe’s move. But in his Tuesday announcement that Adobe will cease future development of the Flash-apps-on-iPhone technology, Mike Chambers, Adobe’s principal product manager for the Flash platform, let loose a tirade that indicates the battle between the two companies isn’t over yet.
“As developers for the iPhone have learned, if you want to develop for the iPhone you have to be prepared for Apple to reject or restrict your development at any time, and for seemingly any reason,” Chambers said. “The primary goal of Flash has always been to enable cross browser, platform and device development. The cool Web game that you build can easily be targeted and deployed to multiple platforms and devices. However, this is the exact opposite of what Apple wants. They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers to target other platforms.”
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Announcing that Demansol, the developers of Treasure Hunt: The Ultimate Memory Game, has launched their newest product offering. The application is actually a memory puzzle, which users must solve in order to win the game. Players are challenged to remember where objects are in a scene before that scene changes and they must search to find hidden coins in the objects that have been moved. The app’s amazing graphics are a treat for the eyes to enjoy while engaging in the game improves memory.
The object of Treasure Hunt is simple: locate hidden treasure. There are a variety of beautifully illustrated places to search throughout the twenty-five levels of gameplay.
Treasure Hunt, as the name says, is the ultimate memory game. Very quickly, the searching becomes addictive and users who play regularly will notice an improvement where their memory is concerned. A player’s observation skills are also sharpened as they repeatedly take note of original objects and locations, before the screen changes and all are hidden.
Announcing that Cal Stach, the developers of PIC-SAFE, has launched a unique app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application offers users an exclusive tool and cutting edge picture sorting and privacy technology for iDevices. It is the only app that removes the need for cutting and pasting, replacing it with fast and easy, drag and drop action. PIC-SAFE has built-in sharing and security features, essentially offering a well organized photo vault.
The developer has created the program to increase the ease and speed of tucking pictures away in a secure environment. Users can reveal only photos that they want to share with others, without people realizing that some are left out or accidentally seeing a snapshot that the owner would rather they didn’t.
Using the PIC-SAFE app is easy enough for everyone. All a user has to do is create a folder, select as many photos as they want to put into that folder then drag and drop the pictures into it. Each folder can have its only password protection to keep out prying eyes. Viewing snapshots is also easily done, just by touching and holding for one second. The usual pinch and pull motions will enlarge the photograph, if desired. PIC-SAFE also allows users to email photos directly from within the application.
Humble Daisy today is pleased to announce an update to its popular mobile recording tool, SonicPics 1.3 and it’s free counterpart SonicPics Lite 1.3. SonicPics is a tool for creating and narrating custom photo slide shows on the iPhone or iPod touch. The update includes support for device rotation when making recordings as well as several bug fixes.
SonicPics makes it easy to use images from the iPhone’s photo library or built in camera to make custom slide shows and then record a voiceover narrating the images as you swipe through them. Once you are finished, you can create an enhanced m4v video with your images synchronized to your narration, complete with chapter markers. You can share your recording with your family and friends, or even the world.
“One of the most popular feature requests from our customers was the ability to use a horizontal view when making recordings.” explained David Chmura, Humble Daisy’s CEO. “Now users can see their landscape pictures full screen when making recordings.”
Monkey Tennis is a gesture controlled Tennis game played entirely
using monkeys. Using swipes and flicks to run and play a variety of
shots, it’s the most fun, addictive and amusing tennis game available
for your iPhone.
Monkey Tennis is rendered in 3D, and uses an advanced 3D physics
engine, so it is also a very realistic tennis experience – despite the
fact that you might be playing against a Chimpanzee.
You can swerve the ball, play lobs, drop shots, volleys, accurately
aim your shots and vary power, all with simple swipe gestures.
All of this can be done on grass, clay and hard courts – which all
have their own attributes. There are also over 30 monkeys to play
with, each with their own skills levels, style of play.
How will you handle a Gibbon that plays from the baseline? What about
a serve and volleying Gorilla? Easy? Well wait until you meet an
Orangutan that serves like Andy Roddick.
Electric Pocket Limited is pleased to announce the availability of BugMe! Lite, a free version of the popular note-taker and reminder application for iPhone users. For well over a decade, PDA and smartphone users have been using BugMe! to create notes and set reminder alarms to keep them on-task and on-time. BugMe! Lite offers all of the features of the full version, but is limited to three notes.
BugMe! Lite lets users jot quick notes and doodles – with their finger as the pen – just like a digital yellow sticky note. Notes can also be created using the iPhone’s keyboard. BugMe!’s notes can be organized for reference, or easily shared by email or Twitter.
A favorite feature with BugMe! users is the ability to quickly choose alarm times from a pick list of time intervals – for example 20 minutes or “top of the hour”. This makes the application very effective for informal, lightweight reminders, such as watching a TV show, returning a phone call, or plugging the parking meter.
