Apple App Reviews

The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple’s iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.

( $4.99 ) Create your own tracks of 4 loops

( $1.99 ) Fly around the city fighting monsters and crime. Don’t forget your high fives!

( Free ) A free tuner, metronome, chord chart and guitar lessons

Apple is now taking pre-orders for the iPad; before forking over your money consider these five things.

In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more… This Week’s Apps To view the gallery as a single page, click here . This Week’s iPhone News on Giz (Video of the upcoming Sword and Sworcery EP ) • GuitarBud Plugs a Guitar Directly Into an iPhone • When iPhone Games Approach Art, and When They Don’t • Google Mobile Search Reveals What’s In Stock Nearby • iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer? • Irresistible iPhone Apps Fridge Magnets • It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship • You Will Have the Power of a PS3 In Your Pocket In 3 Years • Apple Must Feature PixieTea In Their Next iPhone Ad • Case-mate Hug Review: A Wireless iPhone Charging Pad That Actually Works Well • Taliban Leader, iPhone User • Apple ‘iKey’ Places a Combination Lock on Your Wallet • BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple • Apple’s Sexy App Purge Was Just the Beginning • Tekken Will Come to iPhone • Steve Jobs Says “No,” iPad Won’t Tether To iPhone This list is in no way definitive. If you’ve spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us a heads up or, better yet, your firsthand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our previous weekly roundups here , and check out our Favorite iPhone Apps Directory . Have a great weekend, everybody!

The FCC Mobile Broadband Test is a free iPhone app from The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do quick and easy tests of your upload speed, download speed, and latency of your mobile broadband connection. The free app is seriously simple to use and works with a single tap. To get started from the [continue reading...]

GuitarBud is a $29 adapter that allows you to plug a guitar right into an iPhone. How is that useful? Well if I ever learned to play that guitar in my closet, I could: • Record riffs • Tune the strings • Play with realtime audio effects • Share riffs in the cloud • …and all of this with direct line-in quality, with the help of a few apps If there’s one, single testament to the App Store’s success, it’s that a simple piece of hardware can immediately add so much extra functionality to the iPhone (because apps like Voice Memos, StompVox, Riff Raters and Guitar FX Deluxe already exist). But then again, if only the iPhone had a fatty 1/4-inch jack or two, we wouldn’t even need the GuitarBud in the first place! [ PRSCables via ShinyShiny via DVICE ]

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Filed under: Apple , iPad Considering AppleCare for your iPad? I know that I am. For $99, AppleCare extends your iPad warranty coverage to two years from the date of purchase. Although AppleCare tends to be expensive, for certain purchases it can really save you, especially for devices which run a higher risk of component failure over a lifetime of hard use — such as laptops and other mobile tech. Many Apple aficionados tend to avoid buying AppleCare for robust devices like the Mac mini series. Those units tend either to die right away or last forever. They are highly self-serviceable for anyone who has a reasonable degree of comfort with a screwdriver. The iPad and the iPhone, on the other hand, can feel like accidents waiting to happen. Without a simple avenue for owner-repair, they are more of a black box purchase.