Mobile Apps (page 5)
Get revenge in the office with Griffin's HELO TC Assault app-controlled helicopter
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone
Taking office pranks to the next level, Griffin technology last year released HELO TC, an app controlled helicopter that is sure to wake up your sleepy colleagues well into the afternoon lull. News announced at CES revealed new HELO TC Assault features for the new year on iOS and now on Android too. The app remote-controlled helicopter now comes with twin missile launchers and a new sleek design. The twin missile launchers can store an even six missiles, which means even the worst shooter...
AppPower!!
App Friday: Aviary for Android adds photo editing tools and retro grainy effects
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
App Friday has been away from Recombu for a while. While we’ve still been testing, playing with and writing about apps like before we found that there were so many great apps out there that singling out one for special App Friday treatment didn’t seem fair to the other apps we’d written about in the week. Often it was the case that we’d get hold of or hear about an app or game long before it was Friday and we didn’t want to or simply couldn’t hold on to it...
A is for Aviary
New Gameloft Live! app for Android phones available now, iPhone version coming soon
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
Fans of Gameloft’s ever-expanding line-up of high definition mobile games probably already know about Gameloft Live! the portal into the Gameloft community where you can compare scores and chat with fellow players. Now available as a standalone app for Android phones, the Gameloft Live! app allows you to purchase games through the app - instead of having to go through Gameloft’s mobile site - which is a real plus. You can also create a 3D avatar and keep in touch with other gamers by...
Live! and Kicking
Google Docs for Android now allows for offline access, Google Gears style
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
Google has updated its Docs for Android app, allowing you to now mark documents for offline access. Selecting the ‘make available offline’ option from a long-press activated menu in your Docs list will do just that - allow you to carry on working away offline. So if you're tapping out some notes on your Android phone or tablet when you head into a no signal zone, (i.e. your train is heading underground) or 3G signal in your area intermittently drops (it happens), then you're...
Offline? We're fine.
The Simpsons Mr Burns and Marge join TomTom's GPS app
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone
Mr Burns and Marge Simpson are the latest voices you’ll be able to hear providing directions through your TomTom sat nav app. They join the vocal talents of Homer Simpson, who is already adding his voice to the TomTom app. Mr Burns can be heard saying: ‘Take the third right. Do it, driving monkey!" and "Take the exit on the right. Trust me - I'm an evil billionaire." Marge is slightly less bossy: ‘"Exit right ahead. Hmm, it smells a little funky in...
Burning up
McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian
McAfee has taken the wraps off of its Mobile Security 2.0 suite, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-phishing package that protects virtually all Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones and tablets. Android phones and tabs running 2.1 Eclair through to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are covered, as are BlackBerry phones running OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0. We’re checking up about support for BlackBerry OS 7.1 - our guess is that as this is rolling out now, support for it will be included...
A hot cup of McAfee
BBC News app launches for Android tablets
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
BBC Worldwide has released a new version of it’s BBC News app, designed from the ground up for Android tablets. For many people, checking the BBC News website on a smartphone is part of the morning routine, well now owners of tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus EeePad Transformer Prime. In an announcement on the BBC Internet Blog Kate Milner, Mobile Product Manager confirmed the app’s availability for large tablet devices. Created by the BBC in-house team, the new...
Honey Beeb
Download Steam iOS and Android apps for free now (beta)
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone, Android
Steam, aka ‘iTunes for Games’ is headed soon to a phone near you. Well, an iPhone or Android phone to be precise; beta versions of Valve’s forthcoming Steam apps have appeared in the iTunes App Store and Android Market. The main x-factor of these apps will be the ability to cash in on ‘unbeatable Steam sales’. So in an ideal world you’d be able to buy Left 4 Dead 2 or Battlefield 3 on offer while you should be doing some work or paying attention in class. As...
Steam, Punks
Lookout launches Mobile Threat Tracker, visualises real-time virus protection on your Android phone
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
The latest creation to come out of Lookout Labs’ kitchens is the Lookout Mobile Threat Tracker. Less of a security tool like Plan B and the main Lookout app, the Mobile Threat Tracker is a neat visualisation app that shows off the thousands of mobile threats that Lookout identifies and stops every day. Like that shiny Google video which visualised Android device activations as heart-warming pinpricks of light, the Mobile Threat Tracker identifies a virus being given the boot as a neon...
Lookout below
Hailo: The best cab app for Android and iOS?
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android, iPhone
Hail black cabs? Hail no more with Hailo. This iOS and Android app is a god-send for anybody who makes a habit of longingly willing a cab to turn up on a cold London side street at all hours of the day or night. Using your GPS, the application tells you where the 5 nearest black cabs are in relation to you and with 23,000 black cab drivers registered in London, odds are one will be nearby. When you find your cabby, our closest was 1 minute away, simply press the “Pick Me Up Here&rdquo...
Hailo Taxi.
Angry Birds Seasons unleashes the Dragon in update for iOS and Android
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone
The chaps over at Rovio never miss an opportunity to brighten our days with an Angry Birds Seasons update and on Chinese New Year weekend-eve, they have delivered. This New Year inspired update is for iOS and Android users and not only changes the backdrop and adds a new episode, but also sees the Mighty Eagle transformed into the Mighty Dragon. In this Seasons episode you'll find all the delights you'd expect to see from a proper Chinese New Year celebration. We're talking sky...
Chinese lanterns
Gameloft drops prices of 9 iPhone and iPad games to 69p for Chinese New Year
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPhone
It’s not just Rovio that’s feeling the love for the Chinese New Year this January. Gameloft has just announced a weekend-long promotion that sees 9 popular titles dropping to just 69p for the duration. The games in question are as follows: Assassin’s Creed Altair’s Chronicles BackStab Fast Five the Movie James Cameron’s Avatar N.O.V.A. 2 Silent Ops Spider-Man: Total Mayhem Splinter Cell Conviction Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard This is an...
Loft of fun
iBooks Author released: Drag and drop to create iBooks for iPad
3 months ago | POSTED IN iPad
If you’ve not got round to writing that book, then perhaps Apple’s iBooks Author is the motivation you need. iBooks Author, announced today, is a new Mac program that allows you to create interactive iBooks to be read on the iPad. Rather than just allow you to lay out your 700-page yarn in a manner similar to Scrivener does, iBooks Author allows you to drag an drop pictures, photo galleries, video and animated objects. Templates for layouts are included which you can follow to the...
Death of the Author
Whale Trail arrives on Android Market
3 months ago | POSTED IN Android
Officially judged one of our Best Mobile Games from 2011, Whale Trail is finally available on the Android Market. Whale Trail is ridiculously simple game, simply guide Willow the whale throughout the sky to consume bubbles, avoid dark clouds and loop the loop - all accompanied by a ridiculously hummable soundtrack penned by ex-Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys. It might not sound the most exciting game, but Whale Trail is one of those games that gets under your skin and you can’t stop...
On the trail
New Angry Birds Seasons levels coming next week: Year of the Dragon teaser
4 months ago | POSTED IN Apps
The second of Rovio’s China-themed updates to Angry Birds Seasons looks to be called Year of the Dragon. Rovio has uploaded a clip to YouTube, giving us a teaser of what we can expect; “Fireworks popping, lanterns glowing, red envelopes bursting with money - it's Chinese New Year!” Indeed. For 2012 the Chinese New Year is the 23rd of January - next Monday - so we fully expect the new levels to roll out then. Rovio is pretty good about releasing iOS and Android updates...
Egg Fried Nice
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