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Cell Phone AppsWhich phone has the best apps? From iPhone owners to G1 users, great applications are huge when it comes to picking the right cellular phone. Besides games, other consumer favorite apps include ebay access, finding drink & cocktail receipes, or GPS functions. Here at PhoneDog we review the latest and greatest in the app world, and it all can be found from right here!  Related Videos iPhone app: Jibbigo Speech TranslatorAs a tot watching The Last Starfighter, I thought that the language translation contraption in the movie was way cool. When I was studying abroad in Latin America (and schlogging my way through Spanish), I really could’ve used something like that. Too bad Jibbigo didn’t exist back then. But it does today. The iPhone app costs a whopping $25, but judging from this demo, it looks like money well spent. Jibbigo translates English to... Cestos - multiplayer Android appCestos is not the only multiplayer game in the Android Market, but the multiplayer functions are more well-integrated than I've seen in any other app. Gameplay is fun and a little addictive. But sound effects are the first must for this free app to reach its potential. Programmed by Chickenbrick Studios. Buka - iPhone and Android app reviewEvery once in while I like to play a game that serves more as an analgesic than a hand-eye coordination challenge. Other days, I want to be on my toes looking for the next virtual threat. Buka provides a bit of both in a cute but numbing package. I mean that in a good way. You'll see what I mean. Droid Wars: torrent controllersHead to head to head to head: Torrent Droid, Torrent-fu, Transdroid, and BarTor. This isn't a full-blown review of any of these apps; just a quick demonstration to see which ones are worth your time. Here's a hint: save your money and go for the freebies. The hardest part of using these apps is getting the settings right - like port forwarding. Someone aligned with Torrent Droid has provided a great wiki, which includes setting up a free... Droid Wars - Breakout clonesHow many Breakout clones are available for Android? A lot, that's how many. I had to edit out my banter about how a neighbor destroyed my Atari 5200. That's how many Breakout clones are in the Market - and I didn't even cover them all. Here are a couple to look for, and a few others to avoid. BTW, if you can play Droid Breakout using the accelerometer while the reverse power-up is active, I salute you. Does anyone want to volunteer a cooler... Tiger Woods PGA Tour for iPhone & iPod TouchRon checks out what might be the best iPhone game evar: Tiger Woods PGA Tour from Electronic Games. $9.99 is a lot for an iPhone/iPod game, but Tiger might be worth it. Television - Android app reviewThe Television app in the Android Market is branded by BluMediaLab, and I don't know if they have any affiliation with the creators of the iPhone version - makayama.com. Both versions are $2.99. Apple restricted the iPhone version to Wi-Fi operation alone. The Android app seems to work a bit on 3G, but even Wi-Fi gave me sketchy access. The major stations worked great, but the lesser-known channels were unreliable. Droid Wars: Jewellust vs. BejeweledDroid Wars is a new segment I'm going to try and put together once a week or so. Forget the other clones. For this kind of puzzle game, two stand at the top of the heap: Jewellust and Bejeweled. iPhone / iPod Touch app review - nin: accessNIN's access iPhone app was approved and released on April 14th. Listen to music, watch videos, interact with fans, and get the latest tour updates. Get the app here (iTunes required), and download the NIN|JA Tour Sampler here. Lastly, see Digg Dialogg with Kevin Rose and Trent Reznor, here. Mystique, Chapter 1 - Android app reviewThis one is unique in the Android Market. And because you can play for free or buy for - I mean donate - 99 cents, I have to advise a test drive. Puzzle games like this drive me up the wall, and I usually end up searching for the walk-through. If that kind of frustration intrigues you, then you will not be disappointed. Feel free to comment about how easy you found it. I think it's quite challenging, and well worth the dollar investment to see...Related Blog Articles & News Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppI remember as a kid standing in line for at least an hour and half, so excited for my turn to ride Space Mountain. Even though the ride was only about two minutes long, it was always worth the wait. Well times have changed, and Verizon Wireless has just given their customers an advantage when it comes to visiting a Walt Disney Resort. Announced today, the Mobile Magic application will improve your visit to Disney World or...Biggest iPhone App Store FAIL yet: Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was approvedDear App Store: What the heck are you doing? You routinely delay or reject practical, interesting candidates, but allow passage for fart programs, cheesy joke apps, and other equally tasteless entries. You even recently denied an iPhone guide for having the audacity to include the word “iPhone” in the title. And yet, you allow Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” into the store? To be fair, the ebook — which was in...Mini-Review: Tweetie 2 for iPhoneIf you’re addicted to Twitter like @CarlosGraves is, and you are sick of iPhone apps that get laggy and drain your battery, then look no further! Tweetie 2 (or 2.0) has arrived! Twitter is my main social network, so naturally I want an application that will be smooth, sexy, and most importantly – reliable. If you use the original Tweetie 1x and want to upgrade but notice that it costs $2.99 to upgrade (yes, even if you bought Tweetie...T-Mobile to offer carrier billing in the Android MarketIn a keynote today at Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco, T-Mobile Chief Technology Office Cole Brodman reaffirmed the carrier's commitment to the Android platform, noting that the company plans to offer an official T-Mobile channel within the Android Market by Thanksgiving. More importantly, Brodman went on to say that the carrier would offer direct billing from the Android Market, meaning that users will no longer have to pay using a...App Store rejects Macworld iPhone Superguide (because the word “iPhone” is in the title?)Macworld’s Editor-in-Chief Jason Snell has just been rebuffed by the App Store. According to his Twitter feed, Snell’s reference guide to the Apple handset has been rejected for — get this — actually having the word “iPhone” in the title. Was it to avoid confusion with Apple’s own onboard apps or other functions (none of which actually include the phone name)? Or was he just snubbed? After all,...App: Elertify sends BlackBerry e-mails, text messages, and phone calls to desktopI have seven e-mail accounts synced to my BlackBerry, and I'm always getting e-mails from random companies that have my address(es) on distribution lists. Obviously, e-mail is the primary communications tool for the industry that I work in, so I have to check my device regularly during the work day. There's nothing more irritating than when I'm expecting an e-mail from a colleague, only to find out that it's Chemistry.com (don't...iPhone Game: Settlers of Catan has come to the App StoreGreedy resource mongers of the world, take note: Your favorite way to waste time is now on the iPhone. Settlers of Catan now comes as an app called Catan — The First Island. The decidedly un-techy, but addictive board game (which pits players against each other to build cities, roads and armies) went through a design overhaul to fit gameplay from a large board onto — well, the iPhone. Apart from a few criticisms, including those...iPhone: App Store has approved 100K plus entriesAccording to the latest tallies, Apple's App Store has approved a finger-numbing, phone-clogging, mind-melting 100,000+ apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch. AppShopper, a third-party metrics site, pegs the actual approval figure at 101,561 (with 92,872 currently available in the store). AppShopper’s competitor, Mobclix, counters that the number of apps released in the store is actually 103,295. Now settle down, boys. There’s still plenty...App Thursday: The Weather Channel on webOS; USPS launches mobile websiteTwo new shortcuts to talk about today - the new USPS Mobile, and The Weather Channel application for webOS. Realizing the predominance of internet use on today's wireless devices, the USPS has launched a mobile version of their website. Found at m.usps.com, you can track your packages, find various post office locations, locate a ZIP code, find cities based on their respective ZIP codes, and learn more about USPS. What's more,...iPhone game: Rock Band for iPhoneIf you’re a Rock Band virtuoso with an iPhone, you might be jazzed about Electronic Arts’ ambitious new app. While not a perfect game, Rock Band for iPhone does offer fans of the original the familiar graphics and popular rock songs they’d expect from the mobile version. As colored “notes” or rectangles zip down the screen in time to the music, players hit the corresponding colored inputs when they land at the...Related CommentsRe: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppI found the app @ the Verizon site under their media center. Unfortunately I was unable to find the list of which phones it works on. Here is the link with the instructions for adding the app. I also included the Verizon contact link, they should be able to help if you run into anymore problems. Re: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppI tried using the texting method and it is not supported on the Droid. Any idea when it will become available for the Droid?Re: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppAccording to the press release, here is how you will be able to locate the app.Customers can find the application in the Media Center/Get It Now® under the Travel and Navigation category. Verizon Wireless customers can also text MAGIC to 2777 to purchase the application on a wide variety of feature phones. Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppI have the new Droid and have searched the Market place for the "Mobile Magic" application, also suched under "Disney" and I can't find it to download. Would you please let us know what the right keyword to use is to download this wonderful application!Thank you! Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic Appthis saddens me..... i have a my touch (t-mobile) and my wife and i take the kids to Disney world every weekend. i really hope they plan on making this a platform wide app since i refuse to switch to vz and pay out the wazoo (even after my employee discount) for phone service.Re: Biggest iPhone App Store FAIL yet: Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was approvedIt says 9+ age, people. Also, I bet a lot of you haven't read about Mein Kampf yet. It was written by Hitler when he was in a prison, and the book has extreme racism in it, of course most of it about Jews. Oh, lets all give 9 year olds this book so they can read about discriminating Jews! Also, the book talks about Hitler's "stages" of taking over Europe. We totally should give this book to children so they can learn the steps taking over the planet?! Stupid people, you can't get over stuff like this because the book's extremely controversial, written by the most evil dictator of the 20th century, talks about the "stages" Hitler was going to use to dominate the world, and thus shouldn't be shown to even 15 year olds, much less 9 year olds!!!Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic AppInteresting...Re: Biggest iPhone App Store FAIL yet: Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was approvedThis book is a part of the worlds history as much as little red ridding hood is!Re: Biggest iPhone App Store FAIL yet: Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was approvedyou guys all need to grow up. it is just a book, and might i add it is a very good book at that.Re: Mini-Review: Tweetie 2 for iPhoneMy only gripes with Tweetie 2 is the ultra bland grey icon, the fact you can't disable multiple accounts and I'm now having an issue where most of the userpics are showing up as blank white squares. Other than those, it's the best Twitter app money can buy. |
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