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iPhone App – The Hidden Park

25 Mar

There are plenty of games on the iPhone, some great, some not so great, but The Hidden Park is a game which absolutely caught my attention as an iPhone lover, casual gamer and most importantly, a Father.

The Hidden Park involves being outdoors, using the iPhone GPS, Map and Camera functions to give a real unique and engaging augmented reality type gaming experience to you and the little ones.

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The idea behind this game is that the park you are playing in is being under threat by some greedy developers looking to destroy it.  Your challenge is to use the iPhones GPS and Maps to work your way through challenges, taking pictures, playing little games and riddles as you go.

There are a collection of ‘Official Parks’ which come bundled with the game and are being added to all the time, but don’t worry if there is not a park near you as the game also comes with a park builder for you to create your own parks and games and share them with friends.  You can even submit your parks to the developer where they will be considered for inclusion into the game as an ‘Official Park’ for all to play.  A great idea!

UPDATE: My own Hidden Park game for Aberdeens Hazlehead Park has been turned into an Official Park! More details soon!

Currently on Sale for £2.39 ($3.99), The Hidden Park is a great game for kids (both big and small).

App Store > The Hidden Park

 
 

iPhone App – iCatchAll – Free for 24Hrs

10 Feb

iCatchAll is FREE in the App Store for 24Hrs ONLY. 16+ Apps all in 1.

Nice!

Click here for App Store

 
 

App Update – February ’09

09 Feb

Latest collection of Apps being used regularly on the iPhone:

General Apps

Tweetie – The best app IMO if you are into Twitter.
TV Plus - Great TV Guide with Added Sky Remote Recording.
Fring – For all you IM/Skype Needs… (c;
Darkroom – Create Camera App for dark lit areas.
Around Me - GPS aware app. You NEED this on your iPhone. Neem an ATM? Petrol? – Sorted.
UniCon – Units Conversion.
MMS – MMS receiving (FREE) and sending (£).
Shazam - Like Midomi, only better IMO.
Remote – Control your PCs iTunes from your iPhone (party time!)
Flixster – Movie Trailers, Synopsis, etc.
Shovel – If you are into Digg.com.
EBay – Great for keeping up to date with your EBay stuff.

Games

LightBike – Tron BABY!
Slotz – scalextric for iPhone!
Topple – GREAT accelerometer based stacking game.
Days of Thunder – Get it NOW whilst it is at 59p. Not a bad game…
Shooting – Its Free and fun. Gets addictive once you get the hand of it!
Sound Box – Because there is a child in all of us and it makes Fart noises… You can even record you own noises and assign them to buttons. Oh, and its FREE!

Got any recommendations?

 
 

iPhone App | Oil and Gas

14 Jan

Oil&GasIt was only a matter of time until this little nugget became available: Oil and Gas price tracking for the iPhone:

Oil and Gas is a FREE app, available in the App Store offering the following:

  • Natural Gas Price
  • Heating Oil Price.
  • US National Gas Average.

Click here for App Store : Click Here

*sigh*

 
 

iPhone App | SteadyCam

14 Dec

steadyCamFirstly, it should be said that the iPhone Camera is not bad at all (read good) and the software and image capture about does the job for most pic needs, especially in well lit conditions.

The only negative points I would mention is poor performance in low light (no flash) and the slightest movement can result in blurry images – not good.

This is where SteadyCam comes in and saves the day. A FREE download from the App Store (first 30,000 downloads).  Developed by Stepcase, this app is nice, clean and does a great job.

SteadyCam uses the iPhone’s accelerometer to to ensure that the user is completely steady when taking the shot, ensuring a crisp, clear picture.

Nice.

Whilst SteadyCam is free, I can only recommend you stop reading and immediately download the app as it’s a great, usefull addition to the iPhone.

So where are the downsides? Well, it takes it’s time saving the picture which is a serious problem and worst of all is that if you are in a hurry hit the home button during saving, the picture will not be saved. Boo…

Regardless, this is a great app. SteadyCam is a must for your Apple iPhone!

 
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