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April 2009

Unity game development engine boosts performance

April 30, 2009 iPhone App News

Unity, the game development engine, has been updated for the iPhone with performance improvements and optimizations.

iSteelers (news)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

iSteelers 1

Category:
News
Price: $4.99 (iTunes)

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Pittsburgh Steelers is one of the famous team of NFL.
iSteelers

iDLions (news)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

iDLions 1

Category:
News
Price: $4.99 (iTunes)

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Show your support for Detroit and the famed football team the Lions by downloading this handy little application. You can get current news and events about the Lions sent straight to your iPhone. Want the best source for hot news on your favorite NFL team?

Look no further! Without you having to lift a finger, this daily information will be sent straight to you. iDLions is the ultimate resource for Lions fans everywhere.

iDLions

ChicagoBears (news)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

ChicagoBears 1

Category:
News
Price: $4.99 (iTunes)

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Chi-Town NFL fans unite in this exciting application. Get your updates streaming straight to your phone, and never miss out on the hottest news about the Bears! Getting these updates is as easy as turning on your iPhone.

The Chicago Bears are one of the most well-known teams in the NFL, and are a favorite by millions across the globe! Get your updates sent to your iPhone, and never search articles on the web, or wait forever in front of the TV again. Your Bears updates are waiting for your on your iPhone, download this application today!
ChicagoBears

TopSpeed (entertainment)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

TopSpeed 1

Category:
Entertainment
Price: $4.99 (iTunes)

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This application consist of beautiful sounds with images of sports cars
TopSpeed

Romu (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Romu 1.0

Category:
Games
Price: $3.99 (iTunes)

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A puzzle game that requires quick thinking and quick reflexes. Romu is based on the classic Shisen-Sho (a.k.a. Four Rivers) rules, but with a fast-paced gameplay completely different from its predecessors.

Includes 32 levels in four different worlds, each with unique characteristics and tactics. There are four strategic tools to help you beat the clock and increase your score. Get it now and compete for top spots in the global leader board!
Romu

MineField (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

MineField 1.0

Category:
Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

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The classic game updated for the iPhone/iPod Touch!

* Five different board sizes
* Three levels of difficulty
* Unique flagging method makes gameplay fast
* Undo feature in case you hit a mine scrambles part of the board
* High Scores – try to beat your best times!
MineField

Animal Accents (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Animal Accents 1.0

Category:
Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

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These black and white animals have all lost their fur and feathers. They need your help to get back to normal. Move the little magnetic shavings around the screen and have fun trying to make these animals look normal again. Included are 10 different animals: penguin, panda, zebra, dalmatian, skunk, snowy owl, colobus monkey, magpie, a marbled salamander who wishes he had fur, and a cormorant.

You can also select your own photo and try it out on yourself. In addition you can play on a blank background for real free-form ideas you might have. Once you are done you can save your image to your photo album. Want to share your masterpiece with the world? You can upload it to Facebook and to show all your friends your creation.

Animal Accents

Nodes Lite (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Nodes Lite 1.0.3

Category:
Games
Price: Free (iTunes)

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Nodes is a clever puzzle game that requires some different thinking. Laser light must be redirected to pass through all of the diamonds on the screen. Tap and drag the nodes around to bend the light until all the diamonds are activated. Some nodes cannot be moved. You will have to find the perfect alignment to clear the level.
Nodes Lite

D-Star Lite (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

D-Star Lite 1.0.2

Category:
Games
Price: Free (iTunes)

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D-Star is a puzzle game not for the faint-hearted. It will test your mental acuity as you make your way through progressively complicated levels. Use the green ball to collect all the blue pentagons and clear the stage but be careful. You can only move one ball at a time. You’ll have to plan ahead to master this one.

D-Star is a clone of the well known HP48 game called Dstar.
D-Star Lite

Iro Free (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Iro Free 1.0.2

Category:
Games
Price: Free (iTunes)

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Iro means color in Japanese, and that is what this game is all about.

You will solve a number of puzzles by making triangles switch colors and find matches in order to make them disappear. You need to combine strategy
and sense of direction to master this game.

As the levels get more complicated you will need to flip your iPhone or iPod touch in different directions in order to make the pieces fall into place and disappear. You can choose to play fast paced tournaments or intriguing puzzlements.

If you like games like Tetris, Trism and Bejeweled you will love Iro. It is extremely addictive and it becomes more fun the more you play.

FEATURES
Free version features:
- 5 Tournament levels
- 2 Puzzles

Buy full version for lots of new levels and puzzles!

Iro Free

Money Tree – Kids Coin Learning Game (games)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Money Tree – Kids Coin Learning Game 1.0

Category:
Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

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MONEY TREE
Kids Coin Learning Game

The expression "Money doesn't grow on trees" has always sparked kid's imaginations. They may imagine planting a penny in the ground and waking up the next day to a huge tree full of money or a field of trees full of money just waiting for them to fill their pockets.

In this game the money tree is a cute and friendly looking tree that drops cions for kids to catch in a barrel. The barrel is piloted by one of 6 fun characters. Kids will have fun and learn to recognize the different coins and their values.

Parents you don't have to let your kids have all the fun there are 2 difficulty levels.

Basic Instructions:

-Catch the coins in your barrel. That change really adds up quick!

-Position the barrel under the coins by tilting right or left in the direction you want to move.

-If you miss 5 coins in a row, then you lose your barrel except in a bonus level (every third level). In a bonus level ( levels 3, 6, 9, … ) you can’t lose your barrel; just catch as many coins as you can.

-If you catch a barrel, you will have an extra wide barrel to catch the coins for the rest of the round.

-Extra barrels are awarded at $10, $50 and at each additional $50

Features:
-Uses iPhone accelerometer control
-Unlimited levels of play
-Power-ups
-Extra guys (barrels)
-6 fun character to choose from
-6 Saved hi scores one for each character
-2 levels of difficulty

Money Tree – Kids Coin Learning Game

Read2Me (education)

April 30, 2009 New Apps

Read2Me 1.0

Category:
Education
Price: $6.99 (iTunes)

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Read2Me is the FIRST AND ONLY iPhone App that allows full speech synthesis for an entire library of texts. You can even import you own URL based *.txt files!

Read2Me Version 1.0 allows importing of any URL based UTF-8 ASCII plain-text .txt file to be imported and spoken aloud.

Read2Me iPhone App is optimized to import Gutenberg.org text files that are of the type: Plain Text / us-ascii / none (compression).

Want to import your own text files?

Visit http://www.Read2MeApp.com/faq.html

to see just how to prepare your text files of choice to be imported.

It's this simple:

1. Convert any ASCII plain-text file to UTF-8 encoding (see FAQ) complete instructions.
2. Upload your custom source .txt file to any accessible URL location. Ex: http://www.mydomain.com/myTextFile.txt
3. Launch Read2Me and point the import web browser to your custom URL in order to display the text and have Read2Me speak your ENTIRE e-Material!

Visit http://www.Read2MeApp.com for more information.

Read2Me is the only iPhone app that imports your custom text for a one time app purchase, and features state of the art text-to-speech synthesizer from Acapela.

Read2Me Version 1.0 supports:

-optimization for Gutenberg.org plain-text ASCII files
-optimization for ANY.txt file in UTF-8 encoding at ANY URL
-bookmarks, and application options savings including:
-section of text file in 3,000 word increments
-customized color options
-Skip-to-Prev/Next Custom Bookmarking Indices
-An elegant text view of imported text with line break optimization for ease on the eyes
-Automatic scrolling of the spoken text
-Easy navigation of sections of texts, saved bookmarks, and library content!

Read2Me features 4 unique and distinguished voices. Users may demo and select the voice they prefer! Read2Me ships with the following selection of voices:

-US American Male
-US American Female
-UK British Male
-UK British Female

Read2Me is the only option that BLOWS AWAY THE COMPETITION. Don't be fooled by competitors claims. Gutenberg.org provides over 27,000 complete copyright-free texts for importing into Read2Me, and Read2Me can import any Web Based custom UTF-8 ASCII .txt files to be imported with the touch of a button.

Don't believe it? Give Read2Me a try.

Note: Read2Me text importing requires an internet connection to connect to URLs outside of its sample text library.

Complete Sample Texts included:

-Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
-Call Of The Wild
-Dracula
-Heart Of Darkness
-Jane Eyre
-A Tale Of Two Cities
-The War Of The Worlds
-War And Peace

Note: Version 1.0 Imported texts should be less than 1.5 MB in size. Visit http://www.Read2MeApp.com/faq.html for more information, and for future announcements and updates.

"Secure eBooks" or DRM copies of texts that cannot be saved to a UTF-8 .txt file may not be imported in version 1.x
Read2Me

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