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- Indiagames To Launch New Cricket Gaming iPhone App
| The Best iPhone Apps Of 2009 (Appvee Edition) | Top |
| This guest post was written by Erik Fikkert, Lead Reviewer, AppVee . Also check out AppVee’s previous picks of the best apps in the App store The iPhone and iPod touch have become immediately recognizable names around the world. Apple recently announced that the iPhone is the most popular mobile phone in the US. In addition, the iPod touch is generally regarded as the media player of choice, offering much more than just music. Perhaps the key to their success is the ever-growing app store which currently boasts over 100,000 apps . For those of you not crazy about math, that’s a huge number—you would have to purchase and download over 11 apps an hour, every single day for a year to test them all. While it is safe to say the majority of apps available are less than appealing, there are a few gems that stand out from the rest. We took a look and compiled a list of the best apps 2009 had to offer. 2009 brought some of the best apps to the iPhone and iPod touch to date. Gaming has now advanced to a point that rivals the Sony PSP or Nintendo DS. As the mobile market grows and hardware continues to improve, we are going to see some amazing things come our way. If 2008 was about experimentation, 2009 was about innovation. In 2010, developers will push this innovation to enhance our mobile experience—whether through augmented reality, cloud-based computing, or something completely new. Below you will find our top 10 overall apps, our top 15 games, and top 5 innovations. Tell us which apps are on your top 10 list in comments. TOP 10 APPS Facebook 3.0 Access your friends, notes, pictures, and events using almost every feature the actual site offers. This app, based on the enormous social networking site, has seen many changes and just keeps getting better with time. LINK: AppVee’s Facebook 3.0 Review Fandango View trailers, see showtimes, purchase tickets and read reviews using this free movie app. This is a must have for any moviegoer, giving you all you need to know about movies in your area at your fingertips. LINK: AppVee’s Fandango Review Beejive 3.0 One of the first applications to take advantage of push notifications, this multi-client instant messaging app is in a class of it’s own. Using its push features, iPhone and iPod touch users can easily hold IM conversations with their friends anywhere. LINK: AppVee’s Beejive 3.0 Review LogMeIn Brings your desktop to your iPhone or iPod touch. Link up with your computer and access your computer screen from afar. The interface is easy and feature-filled, delivering the best VNC experience to your device. LINK: AppVee’s LogMeIn Review Mobile Navigator Filling the void left by the default maps application, this app offers turn-by-turn directions from your device just like any dedicated GPS would. It provides a landscape GPS with plenty of features and a user interface that makes sense. LINK: AppVee’s Mobile Navigator Review Dropbox Sync up with your Dropbox account and have access to all of your files right from your device. You can download files, upload photos, and maintain control of your folders. LINK: AppVee’s Dropbox Review Textfree Unlimited No one likes paying to text. This app offers free texting via push notifications. The interface is similar to the default SMS app and is a great alternative to paying your phone company. LINK: AppVee’s Textfree Unlimited Review Google Mobile App This app has revolutionized search on the iPhone with its voice search and in-app browsing. Speak a search query and the app will accurately recognize it and do a Google search. Not a Google fan? Check out the Bing app. LINK: AppVee’s Google Mobile App Review TweetDeck All the wonderful features that can be found in the TweetDeck desktop app are packed into this iPhone version. With a sleek interface and great features, this app is one of the best of the many Twitter apps out there. LINK: AppVee’s TweetDeck Review Craigsphone Offers the entire Craigslist experience in one easy package. Buy, sell, and save more by searching through posts and bookmarking ones for later use. LINK: AppVee’s Craigsphone Review Ustream One of the first apps to bring live television to the iPhone, Ustream gives you the ability to see many live streams of all types of content on your mobile device. LINK: AppVee’s Ustream Review TOP 15 GAMES Flight Control The line drawing game that started it all, this app is very simple but insanely addicting. Each level gets harder as you play and keeps you coming back for more. LINK: AppVee’s Flight Control Review Peggle Combining awesome graphics, addictive gameplay and a little bit of randomness, Peggle is an exciting mix. This game brings a casual experience to the iPhone that has yet to be rivaled. LINK: AppVee’s Peggle Review Rolando 2 The sequel to the hit game, this app takes the Rolando tilt formula and cranks it up. This game is an improvement in almost every way to the original and really shows what iPhone-specific gaming can provide. LINK: AppVee’s Rolando 2 Review Pocket God The king of all time-wasting games, this app puts you in charge of some prehistoric pygmies who are completely at your mercy. Regular updates and features make it a pleasure to continue feeding them to the fishes. LINK: AppVee’s Pocket God Review Enigmo 2 Taking the puzzle genre to new heights, this app gives players everything they loved in the first game and puts it all in three dimensions. And you thought the first one was hard… LINK: AppVee’s Enigmo 2 Review N.O.V.A. One of the best first person shooters that can be found in the app store, N.O.V.A. puts the Halo formula into your pocket with a complete single-player and four-player multiplayer experience. LINK: AppVee’s N.O.V.A. Review Labyrinth 2 Building on the app that started it all, this version gives you more than just holes to worry about as you will have to solve puzzles and dodge all sorts of objects. The game also offers the option to create your own boards and share them with the world. LINK: AppVee’s Labyrinth 2 Review Skeeball Everyone loves skeeball. Now it has been brought to the iPhone in a fun way. One of the most recognizable arcade games, this app is simple and addictive. LINK: AppVee’s Skeeball Review Zenonia As a full-fledged action RPG, this app brings the complete role-playing experience to the iPhone. Zenonia features attractive graphics and rewarding gameplay. LINK: AppVee’s Zenonia Review Real Racing Arguably one of the best racing games for the iPhone, this app has great graphics, tight controls and immersive sound, making it one of the coolest racing experiences ever on a handheld. LINK: AppVee’s Real Racing Review Sims 3 Start a family and watch them interact in this full-featured Sims experience tailored specifically for the iPhone. LINK: AppVee’s Sims 3 Review Rock Band EA’s answer to the popular Guitar Hero franchise, this app employs some big names in the music industry and lets you tap your way to fame. LINK: AppVee’s Rock Band Review Super Monkey Ball 2 This exciting balance game gets a small overhaul and some great new maps making it the king of its kind. LINK: AppVee’s Super Monkey Ball 2 Review Doodle Jump Another highly addictive game that sells for cheap but never grows old. The game is casual and simple, a perfect addition to any iPhone. LINK: AppVee’s Doodle Jump Review Words With Friends A Scrabble clone with a great interface, this app allows you to play multiple games against players all over the world by alerting you via push. LINK: AppVee’s Words With Friends Review TOP 5 INNOVATIONS Red Laser 2.2 A step forward in innovation, this app scans barcodes using the iPhone camera and then returns pricing from various online sites. While still in its infancy, this app could revolutionize the way we shop. LINK: AppVee’s Red Laser 2.2 Review Hitchcock Storyboarding in your pocket. Hitchcock allows aspiring cinematographers to create movie layouts while on the go. LINK: AppVee’s Hitchcock Review I Am T-Pain Impress your friends by altering your voice with autotune. This app was an instant hit and gives you the ability to be a star the next time you are ‘on a boat.’ LINK: AppVee’s I Am T-Pain Review Mailtones Ringtones for email. Mailtones allows you to identify who just emailed you by their individual sound tone. Offers a new level of customization for your inbox. LINK: AppVee’s Mailtones Review Leaf Trombone Leaf Trombone is a fun app that lets you play a slide instrument on your iPhone. Create your own songs and share them with the world. LINK: AppVee’s Leaf Trombone Review CrunchBase Information App Store AppVee Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 | |
| Polyvore's Virtual Styling Tool Aims To Be More Social With Facebook Connect | Top |
| As “Fashion 2.0″ sites continue to innovate, the social component of these style-focused sites becomes an important tool for viral growth. Weardrobe, a site focused on capturing and sharing the street style of web users, was recently acquired by Like.com And we’ve written about Polyvore, the startup lets web shoppers pull their favorite items any online store and mix and match to create personalized outfits online. Users can then share their creations on the site and can then buy the items shown. The site is seeing rapid growth, with over 6 million unique visitors per month thanks to new branding efforts and the launch of Facebook Connect. Polyvore’s virtual styling tool allows people to mix and match products from any online store to create fashion collages, called “sets,” and collections that can then be embedded in other sites. Armed with $7 million in funding, Polyvore has recently forged partnerships with brands like Calvin Klein, Barney’s, Lancome, Zappos Marc Jacobs, and the Gap to create branded collages that the Polyvore community of users can then share and buy from. Many of these brands use Polyvore’s technology to create contests for users.The startup collects revenue in these partnerships and also sees returns from affiliate fees when users buy And users can now share their branded “sets” via Facebook and Twitter, serving as social advertisements for designers and fashion companies. Polyvore says 30,000 sets are created daily on the site. Launched in 2007, the startup just raised $5.6 million in funding. Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors | |
| Indiagames To Launch New Cricket Gaming iPhone App | Top |
| One of India’s most popular gaming platforms Indiagames is launching a nifty new Cricket iPhone app, called Cricket T20 Fever. Cricket is hugely popular in India and the new app will be a feature rich gaming app that will aim to simulate the experience of playing the sport and competing against other players. The game will launch first on the iPhone and as a PC browser based game and within a few months be available on additional platforms like Symbian, Symbian, Maemo, PSP, Xbox Live Arcade and Nintendo DSi. And the app will feature Facebook Connect. Indiagames has already released a number of mobile cricket apps, including its Cricket T20 World Championship app. Initially Indiagames plans to launch a free version of the game on App Store and a Paid Premium version but will also be experimenting with microtransactions with the app. While cricket doesn’t have a significant fan base in the U.S., the sport has a huge following in other parts of the world, such as India. Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 | |
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