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3/13 Apple App Store Roundup

Savan Thongvanh — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:54:35 +0000

This is the first installment of a weekly feature here in the interweb, our App Roundup. In this feature we’ll recap the top 10 free apps for the week in the iTunes App Store and review the top app or if we’ve already reviewed that we’ll cover the next one in the list.

Here we go!

This week’s top app is Fingerzilla by Inert Soap. Fingerzilla is another great little game that in no time, you can get lost in. There’s only one thing to do and that’s smash stuff with your finger and cause havoc. There are nice little bits like people running around, police cars, helicoptors, and other things running around to squish and burn if you get tired of crushing diners and quicky marts.

Fingerzilla also hooks up to OpenFeint which is a social hook to iPhone gaming. Check that out at http://www.openfeint.com/. This game isn’t going to win and graphics awards but it is a great way to kill some time in an airport or waiting room.

Here are some screen shots from Fingerzilla and the rest of the list.

And here’s the rest of the field

Fingerzilla by Inert Soap
Baby Scratch by Async
A Doodle Fly by j2sighte
Sniper Strike by Donoma Games
Tap Fish by Bayview Labs
Cool Wallpapers by Appsillicious
Zombie Farm by Playforge
Original Gangstaz by The Godfather
Singshot Cowboy by Digital Prunes, Inc, and
Scoops by NimbleBit

Childhood classic Qbert hits the iPhone and Touch

Savan Thongvanh — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:29:25 +0000

This is an app you may not have been dying for but if you’re from my generation you might be dying to get. Sony has released the bouncing beeping classic game Q*bert to the iTunes Store.

This version has:

a bluetooth multiplayer co-op mode
10 levels of play
50 new levels, and
5 special themes for iPhone and iPod Touch

Of course you can get it from iTunes or the AppStore

Apple Support Article Outlines How to Back Up Your Music

Savan Thongvanh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:42:59 +0000

Apple is turning back the clock and encouraging people to back their music up on CD. If you REALLY REALLY want to keep your music on CD Apple will tell you how to get your music out of AAC and into MP3.

Apple released a support article today outlining how to burn protected AAC music to an MP3 CD. Although it would be horribly tedious and a waste of time and resources, if you must have your music on something you can touch and you’re having problems check out Apple’s article on how to back up music from itunes.

Songs purchased from the iTunes Store may either be in AAC format or AAC Protected format depending on when they were purchased (older songs used AAC Protected format). You can convert AAC songs to MP3 format allowing them to be burned to an MP3 format CD, however AAC Protected songs can not be converted. You can, however, back them up to a data CD or DVD, or you can burn them to an audio CD (which can be played in a CD player).

Read the knowledgebase article for a full explanation

Apple iPhone Security Update 3.1.3, time to re-jailbreak?

Savan Thongvanh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:27:45 +0000

Yesterday Apple released what is now the latest update for for it’s iPhone. Now the current version is 3.1.3. Apple has gone only five months since it’s last update to 3.1.2.

3.1.2 fixed a bug that affected many people, including myself, that caused the iPhone to sporadically reboot. Will 3.1.3 be as helpful?

Image by twenty5pics via Flickr

Well, only if you’re concerned about your iPhone security. Most of the fixes in the 3.1.3 update are security related. In this update Apple has fixed a number of bugs that:

Allow hacked audio and video files to run malicious code,
Allow access to to user data in recovery mode, and
Allow malicious code to be executed from a remote ftp server

This seem like an update worth taking. As always you can apply the update via iTunes.

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