I received a recent press release for an iPhone game called Rock, Paper, Airplane. It’s pretty cool and dead simple to play. The object of the game is to maneuver the plane about the room to avoid other flying objects (such as lamps, chairs, a window, a couch and more). But while avoiding these objects there are floating coins that you’ll need to collect, in addition to other bonus items–all the while you’re progressing along a path of the town to a final destination.
This is one of those games that you whip out on your iPhone during a slow moment in your day and need something to help pass the time.
So here is my quick-fire review:
Pros
The controls for the plane are via the iPhone accelerometer. As a plus, you can reverse the controls in the “options” menu.
The 1950s music is cool.
The the look is clever.
Somewhat addicting and therefore fun to play.
Cons
The controls take a little getting used to.
The simulated depth-of-field (distant to closeness) of the approaching objects is a little tricky. So, it’s hard to tell if the plane is truly clear of the approaching objects.
The game was programmed and designed by Daniel Ionita and the music was created by Jason Emmet. Kudos to both!
Overall, I give it 4/5 stars for ease of play, level of enjoyment and pricing.
Straight from the horses mouth, as it were, is the announcement of the apparently ever popular iLike Challenge game now available on the iPhone (but only in the US).
The game is basically a name-this-tune type game, “but for funner” to quote a movie that I love, but can’t seem to remember.
The annoying thing for me is that it’s $2.99. When I saw that I had to pump my brakes and think for a minute while scanning some reviews. I’m not down with buying an app for three bucks, we’re in a recession people…plus I’m cheap and not so proud that I can’t admit it. So back to the reviews, the app has a 4 and 1/2 star average in the app store out of 23 total ratings as of the time that I am writing this post. And the opinions expressed in the reviews are overwhelmingly positive, judging by the frequently used term “fun” that’s used throughout.
Okay, so let me stop talking about it and let you experience it with me. Watch my short little trial run video of the iLike Challenge app.
I saw this and almost fell out of my office chair. Y’all look here!
This is the deal:
It is relatively new.
iPhone 3GS ONLY
Requires a Facebook account
Only $.99 cents
The usage is easy as pie.
Login
Select your video
Add title and description.
And voila! Your friends can see your video instantly from where you are via your iPhone 3GS.
Now, I already know that Pixelpipe does this already, as an addition to it’s pre-3GS function (which was upload pics to a huge number of social networking sites and picture sharing sites). However, lately it’s been getting bad user reviews because of crashing and glitches. In fact, just yesterday I tried to upload some pics and what not… *shaking head* FAIL! iTunes review review 26 reviews with a three-and-a-half star rating. That’s very telling.
So, if you’re an iPhone 3GS owner and desperately in need of a video uploading alternative for Facebook, this sounds like a good deal. While it’s only received 7 reviews on iTunes so far, it’s average star raing is 4 out of 5.
“VideoUp is very simple… What’s realy pretty amazing about the app is just how fast it uploads the videos.” – MG Siegler, techcrunch.com.
Well it appears to me that AT&T has jumped on board and created it’s own navigation application that gives turn-by-turn navigation. It only has a few reviews in the iTunes App Store, but most of them are favorable.
One review reads:
by HexOnxOnx
First of all, the maps are clean and accurate. The colorful map display seen on the app iTunes page only shows up when a route is planned, otherwise, the maps look a lot like Google maps. Directions are spoken nice and loudly including street names. Lane assist is not a feature. Maps are not downloaded which can be a problem when traveling in remote areas. I’ll be giving a good trial for one month but it is doubtful that I will keep it. This is good for those who only need temporary…GPS for a vacation or road trip without the expense of a stand alone GPS.
Concerning that last part, my response would be, “Ya think!” While the app itself is free, the monthly service is $9.99 per month, charged to your AT&T wireless bill. However, you can cancel at any time. The reviewer above gave the app three stars.
Personally, I’d give it 2 stars because I’d have to pay a monthly fee just to use it. Any thoughts on this fellow iPhone owners?
Basically this app uses the iPhone camera to view the surrounding area and literally picks up air tags depending on what is in focus. Morever, if you tap one of the tags it provides you with information.
