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iPhone App News Roundup: July 8, 2008

by Steven Sande Jul 8th 2008 at 8:00PM

Chores, from Tapeshow.
Damn. iPhone developers have been clamming up over the last few weeks, so we haven't had much to post in the App News Roundup. Now that it's getting closer to i-Day Friday, the tips are starting to pour in.
  • Deepak Mantena of Tapeshow told us about Chores, his GTD app for iPhone (see screenshots above). It will be in the App Store, with a Mac companion app coming in August. He'll also have Wordy (for helping you improve your vocabulary), Gratuity (easy tip calculator), and Fright (a good way to scare your friends) in the App Store Friday.
  • Another ebook reader app for iPhone has been announced; Lexcycle Stanza will be in the App Store on Friday for free. Stanza uses Project Gutenberg eTexts so you can have a library of classics at your fingertips.
  • Developer Pascal Bourque let us know that he's submitted DutchTab to the App Store. You can use this app to split restaurant bills fairly between a group of co-workers or friends. His site isn't up yet, but will be soon at http://www.dutchtab.com.
  • 3Monk3ys has three iPhone apps that available on Friday. DoubleDrop (a puzzle game) will be available for $2.99. Attitude is an simulation of an airplane's Attitude Indicator (ADI), and is priced at $2.99 as well. Finally, iSoroban is a Japanese abacus simulator priced at $1.99
  • Noah WItherspoon mentioned that his game Tris will be available soon after the App Store launch. Details are on his dev blog at http://twofingerplay.blogspot.com/.
  • Are you a pilot? Felix Khazin is releasing AirWX, an iPhone app for grabbing METARs, maps, and more. AirWX uses CoreLocation and pulls up nav charts from skyvector.com.
  • Kayakers are going to need a waterproof case for their iPhones! Wayne David Daley has RiverGuide coming out soon. Can you say real-time river flow info?
  • Thomas Aylesworth of Bayou Games let us know about Morocco, his Othello game for iPhone.
  • Edovia will be selling Steps, pedometer software for iPhone, starting Friday for $1.99. Their Linguo translator software will retail for $2.99 and features 17 languages.
  • If you need to lose a few pounds, All of Zero has iScale coming out soon. You can keep track of what you eat, find the nutrional value of various foods, and more.
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Debbie

I'd pay the .99 or 1.99 if I could find a way to add an app to my Iphone in which I designate the website. Is there one out there? I've looked but ame coming up with nothing. Seems simple ---

September 09 2008 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

Exactly right...

July 09 2008 at 1:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mike

ok im going to say it. i see these $1 -$5 apps but really, come on people, why upgrade when i already have 75% of these apps for free?

jailbraking FTW

July 09 2008 at 11:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James

Here is another way to look at it:

"Why are so many people making native apps for something that's just a bookmark away."

Ease of use would be one big reason. With this line of thought why have a mail app on the iPhone I can just bookmark my webmail account. Or a maps app, or a weather app... You could just bookmark googlemaps..and weather dot com..and so on and so on. The native apps are usually just much simplier to use and have an interface that is designed specifically for the device.

Just my $..02

July 09 2008 at 11:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
William

I agree...its worth a few cents from the app store to have a native app. The screenshots on the RiverGuide site look like it will make it much easier to get the infomation I want quickly and easily. Alot of sites just aren't that user friendly when dealing with a small screen interface.

I'm looking forward to seeing what apps are available on Friday.

July 09 2008 at 10:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sajjad

Technological advancement benefits everybody so if not you today some one else get benefited.
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July 09 2008 at 10:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robert

Native Apps are just much easier to use...none of the websites that display riverflow information are easy to navigate espcially with all the zooming and things I need to do to get the information. The screenshots on the website are pretty cool.

July 09 2008 at 10:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sajjad

Technological advancement is for all so you got to give up thinking like what if you were out of range and so on, Think broadly many can get the benefit.
Moneysurf

July 09 2008 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lee (UK)

So far nothing overly impressive to be honest. That said i guess the big boys wouldn't be posting here for the exposure.

Also i just don't get these bill splitting apps as i find a napkin and a pen works fine or even the "normal" calculator :)

I do hope there are more impressive things hitting the store for launch or this could be a bit of a let down.

July 09 2008 at 8:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pierre Bernard

Houdah Sofware - makers of HoudahGeo and HoudahSpot - will have 3 iPhone / iPod Touch applications available on Friday: ACTSudoku (intutive Sudoku with board generator) , ACTGratuity (compute restaurant tip according to service quality) and ACTCurrency (fast universal currency converter).

http://www.houdah.com/iPhone

Best,
Pierre Bernard
Houdah Software s.à r.l.

July 09 2008 at 7:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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