HippoRemote Turns iPhone into Multitouch Mouse

HippoRemote Pro is a great alternative for controlling your computer instead of the usual mouse and keyboard. While there are plenty of other options in the App Store that offer this functionality, HippoRemote Pro is by far and above the best.

What makes HippoRemote Pro unique is a series of profiles that contain shortcuts to key features. For example if you are a Windows 7 user there is one-tap access to the Start menu. Mac OS users can quickly hit the Exposé button. Popular browsers such as Chrome and Safari also have their own shortcuts. This option is also customizable based on the commands that you find yourself mostly using.

The multi-touch trackpad is great to use and is designed well for tasks like browsing or clicking through a media application such as iTunes. A keyboard button fires up the iPhone’s keyboard for typing, which makes it especially useful when searching online.

The Pro version of the app also contains a browser and Twitter access. They may seem a bit out of place here, but it certainly makes it more convenient to quickly check another site or Twitter without leaving the HippoRemote app.

The mouse function felt very natural, and those with multi-touch trackpads will already be familiar with two-finger scrolling and other common commands. There were a few occasions when the response was slightly off, but it was pretty rare. All told Hipporemote Pro offers a very solid experience. One cool feature is the ability to bring up a list of commands such as opening Twitter or closing the application by shaking the phone.

Using this as a mouse replacement is not recommended, as HippoRemote Pro on the iPhone means dealing with a limited amount of screen real estate for functions like right clicking. However, if doing casual browsing or running a PC or Mac as a media center HippoRemote would be an excellent way to control the device.

Source: http://www.appcraver.com/hipporemote-pro/

PC speakers: decent sound, affordable price

The Expressionist Plus sells for less than $100 online.

Not everyone likes the idea of having PC speakers with a separate subwoofer. But the reality is that unless you step up to something like Audio engine's fairly large and pricey A5 bookshelf speakers, you tend to need a 2.1 system to deliver a richer, more bass-laden audio experience.

Altec Lansing's Expressionist Plus FX3021 2.1 system isn't nearly as beefy as the company's current top-of-the-line PC speaker system, the Expressionist Ultra, but it manages to deliver decent sound at an affordable price--less than $100. It also looks good, though the speakers' glossy black finish is a fingerprint magnet.

The system comes with a small, cone-shaped subwoofer with a downward-firing 5.25-inch driver and two small satellite speakers with 2-inch drivers that are mounted on thick wire stands that let you tilt the speakers up at an angle, instead of them pointing straight ahead.

The speaker cables are hard-wired into the satellites and--as is the case with virtually all 2.1 PC speaker speakers--connect to ports in the subwoofer, which is small enough to set on top of a desk but will most likely end up placed on the ground.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20000581-1.html?tag=mncol;title

iTaskPro(iCal/Outlook Sync)

 

Computer Renaissance would like to share with you app that will help you manage your busy schedule. From work to the school plays and football games with the family.

iTaskPro is the premium version of iTask. iTask is an iphone app that helps people to manage projects and tasks, to do lists and so on. It is a mobile task management tool for the iphone. It is simple, and powerful tool that makes task management easier. iTaskPro will use iTaskPro For Outlook/iCal to synchronize the tasks.

Features:
Synchronization - Synchronize the tasks between iPhone and Outlook/iCal. It is two-way sync. The synchronization requires WiFi network. Exchange server is NOT required.
Voice, picture and text notes for the task - Add voice, picture and text notes to the task.
Email the notes - Email the notes to others.
Repeatable tasks - Add repeatable tasks.
Calendar view - View and add the tasks in calendar view.
Search - Search the task with task name, description, and tagging.
Tagging - Tag the tasks with keywords.
Category - Group the tasks in category.

What's new

1.Major revamp of iTask desktop program
2.Recurring improvements. Compatible with recurring types in Outlook and iCal
3.GUI improvements
4.Bug fixing

Source: iTunes

Ring It Up POS

Ring it Up POS - Track your sales and expenses, right on your iPhone. Bookkeeping no longer has to be a chore.

Ring it Up is a portable point of sale application  for the entrepreneur on the go. Whether you are at a trade show, flea market, swap meet, photo shoot, or a craft fair, Ring It Up makes the job of tracking sales and expenses a snap. After you have added all of your products and/or services into your catalog, adding a sales transaction is simply a matter of a few taps on your screen and you are done. Invoicing your customer just as simple.

Ring it Up is ideal for...
* trade shows
* flea markets
* craft fairs
* festivals
* Door to Door Sales
* Booth Renting stylists/Barbers
* Masseurs
* Photographers
* Consultants
* Contractors

*** Credit Card Processing ***
Ring It Up now works with the following Credit Card Processing Apps.

✓ iMerchant Pro Credit Card Terminal -PhoneTransact.com
✓ Credit Card Terminal - Inner Fence
✓ iSwipe - AppNinjas
✓ ProcessAway - Rapadev
When combined with Ring it Up, you can track your sales and collect credit card payments, right on location.

Ring it UP POS features:
✓ Quick and easy sales or expense entry.
✓ Sales and expense reports.
✓ Customizable receipts/invoices via HTML based templates.
✓ iPhone address book integration.
✓ Data importing and exporting.
✓ Basic Inventory Management.
✓ Quoting feature
✓ Works with 4 different Credit Card Processing Apps

Source: ITunes App Store

SKEE-BALL

 

Skee-Ball! Bring the fun of the boardwalk to the palm of your hand with 3D graphics, great physics, and awesome prizes. A true American classic.

With a quick flick, roll the ball up the ramp and into one of the numbered holes for points, tickets, and unlockable achievements.

Win enough tickets and go on a shopping-spree for fun prizes like a set of vampire teeth, a Peruvian Flute Band CD, or even a custom ball to use in-game. Over 80 prizes in all.

Skee-Ball is easy to learn and easier to love: Play by simply flicking your finger across the screen or making a bowling motion. Tilt the iPhone/iPod touch to add spin. Simple to play, almost impossible to stop playing!

The NVIDIA PhysX engine delivers console-quality physics so the ball rolls and bounces hyper-realistically. Worldwide hi-scores let you see how your hoard of tickets compares to everyone else’s. The Plus+ Network lets you challenge friends with score tracking, achievements and leader-boards.

Skee-Ball is celebrating its 100th birthday, but has never felt more modern!

Update to Skee-Ball V1.1!

• Option to turn off accelerometer.
• Added tutorial tips to explain the Stars.
• Added Brewskee-Ball ball and other prizes.
• Improved ball special effects and loading screen.
• Higher-level Plus+ awards unlock lower-level awards automatically.

Source: http://www.freeverse.com/iphone-os/product/?id=9006

Agent X Word

If you enjoy crossword puzzles, you are going to love Dictionary.com’s new iPhone app, Agent X Word. The app, which is $2.99 in the App Store, is the ultimate crossword solver. The new app leverages Dictionary.com’s proprietary natural-language technology and semantic search capabilities to provide an actual answer (or up to three hints if you just need a little help).

Agent X Word will provide more than two million hints and answers for over 30,000 crossword puzzles updated daily and claims to understand pop culture and current events. The app will offer definitions and synonyms for answers as well as other features such as recent search history and the ability to email answers to yourself or others. If you aren’t sure you want the answer revealed, the app can provide up to three hints per clue, to help you solve the puzzle yourself.

Dictionary.com’s free iPhone app, which launched in April, has been downloaded more than four million times. The app lets you look up definitions and synonyms from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, reaching into a database of more than 275,000 definitions and 80,000 synonyms. The app also features audio pronunciations, similarly spelled words and Word of the Day. The company also recently launched a BlackBerry App and released its API to partners to incorporate into various applications, including e-books.

Source: ITunes Appworld

Quad Camera — Toy Photography For The Kid In You

For the photographer that enjoys the toy camera genre the Quad Camera — Multi Shot Cam by Takayuki Fukatsu is a fun iPhone photography app. This is the 4th release in their series of toy camera apps, based on such toy cameras as the Lomo and Holga. The Quad Camera offers a good time.

Simplicity is the key to Quad Camera. All you need to do is line up your subject and press the button. Depending on your setting, the iPhone’s built-in camera will take a series of 4 to 8 shots. The settings offer choices such as layout, timer adjustment, and color or black and white modes. There is also a function that allows you to email the developer directly with your suggestions.

Movement is the key to making your photos pop. For best results target either a moving subject or move the camera itself. I found that 4-8 stills of a stationary subject to be much less interesting. When movement was introduced the photos came alive.

The Quad Camera is great to play with and trying to create some interesting work is fun. But if you’re truly into toy cameras and enjoy the light leaks, vignetting and that old school feel you get from a Holga or Lomo you might be in for a slight let down. I wasn’t able to replicate those effects with Quad Camera — Multi Shot Cam but if someone knows how, without the use of Photoshop, it would be interesting to find out how you accomplished it.

Overall I found the Quad Camera to be worth the $1.99 investment. Shooting a variety of shots with it has been enjoyable and trying to push it to create some interesting work is almost contagious. It can’t compete with my other toy cameras and I don’t think that is the objective, but as an iPhone app it has a charm all it’s own.

Source: http://www.appcraver.com/quad-camera-multi-shot-cam/