Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The most interesting applications for Apple iOS, iPhone and iPad – November 2015 – Softonet

Our November statement will be above standard entertainment, not only that it will be somewhat more games than usual, it’s still on top of another, such applications also partly an aspect of the broader entertainment. Longer, late autumn evenings should encourage electronic entertainment was, therefore one and not another selection of individual proposals. There were also programs. In conclusion, we hope that our selection of applications will prove useful for you, and at least some of them will settle for a long time in the memory of your mobile device signed between bitten apple.



Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes – may the force be with you!

18th of December. will be the world premiere (in Poland) latest, the seventh episode of Star Wars. Regardless of our personal preferences of the film, the fact is that embedded somewhere in the “distant galaxy” film saga is one of the most iconic series of works of world cinema. And since millions of viewers are waiting for the premiere, many want to earn millions more on developing all types of products referring to the story of Star Wars. One of the products referring to the Star Wars saga is set in the Star Wars universe game Galaxy of Heroes.

This title is a combination of a fairly simple strategy and RPG games (role-playing game), which is important not only appropriate planning of activities by the player, but also build their own team consisting of well-known heroes of the Star Wars saga. Visually, the game is like playing the game. We’re in some kind of galactic canteen, where, on special holographic board, fighting with other guests of the space bar with the virtual “pawns” depicting Star Wars characters on the side of the Rebellion and the Empire side.

The game is released in the increasingly popular recently freemium model. The program itself get free, but get additional improvements characters and other extras longer you need to pay. We can pay virtual currency obtained by defeating subsequent stages in the game, or living in cash.

Price: free, additional options paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

Facet – Inspiring video of the interesting parts of the world

The name of another application in our comparison is somewhat misleading, for it is not about a male of our species. The word “man” in the English language has many meanings, but here it plays the role of the word “board” (meaning: the plane on which the films are projected from the projector, for example). In this sense and context name is the most appropriate, because the guy is an application giving access to inspiring videos from around the world.

The guy in any way is not another clone of YouTube. It is rather an application that combines video publishing platform with interesting places from around the world and a social network of travelers. Also a form of recordings is quite specific. We will not find here longueur, basically all the videos are short clips showing the example. Interesting cities, culture, local culinary products, people, characteristic buildings, natural monuments and many, many more.

Available recordings can be viewed by selecting the screen Explore a specific category, eg. the name of the interesting country, city, theme (eg. the nature, art, architecture, etc.) and the like. It is also possible to view recordings of their authors which allows you to not only read the interesting work of many people, but also with themselves.

Price: Free

Works on iPhone, iPad

Marvel Apps design – design your own Apke!

Again, the application of a slightly misleading name. The word “marvel” is associated by many lovers of technological gadgets with a company which is one of the world’s largest publishers of comics. Marvel universe include superheroes such as Spiderman, Ironman, Superman, Batman and many, many others. But fans of comics (and movies) published by the Marvel we have to disappoint – the application described here has nothing to do with superherosami mass culture comic book, is because the … prototyping mobile applications.

In other words, another program our statement to the application useful especially to those who do not necessarily engage in programming applications, but they have ideas for various programs and can these ideas at least sketch. If to this we add the ability to combine application screens sketched our idea via links integrated with elements of the interface invented by us we get basically a full prototype application. A sketch showing how the solution inherent in our mind is to operate.

Interestingly, we do not need our imaginary sketch screens applications using the iPad (which is even comfortable) or iPhone (that’s hardly a convenient). We idea of ​​our application, in the form of its screens even sketch on a napkin, then just take pictures iPad or iPhone, and add interactive elements. Creative fun for those who have besides use of mobile applications they have in their heads ideas for new programs.

Price: free, additional options paid

Works on: iPhone

Zombies, Run! – Motivation for runners

Zombies, Run! This application, which was really difficult to classify. The App Store is listed as an object for Health and Fitness , although many here elements of pure entertainment typical computer games, although in reality we are dealing with an application for jogging, if at all traffic in the open air.

Most of the applications are physically active focuses on calorie counting, calculating kilometers, time, activity, exercise intensity, pulse measurement, etc. Zombies, Run! He adds to this shell narrative, stimulating the imagination like a horror story. Certainly the course will be more intense when the headphones connected to the iPhone will hear the breath of approaching behind you a Zombie. The only thing you can do to dismiss terrible, hoarse croak bloodthirsty monsters is running.

We have to admit that the idea interesting, changing boring training in an adventure in which the practitioner is a hero who has experience salwując a real escape (or exercise) in front of hordes of imaginary monsters . The application also allows you to set your own playlist as background audio for the stories being told about zombies.

For clarification, the program does not force the user to effortlessly above the norm and its own opportunities to “escape” against virtual monsters can also use intensive march’s main concern is that but to move.

Price: free, available options paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

Cube Rule – when the mind interacts with his hands

The basic rule in the game Cube rule is simple. You need to touch the screen on which is displayed in the color wheel corresponding to appearing in one line triplicate. Simple? Banality? Theoretically. Indeed cubes move faster and faster as you make progress through the game, so time to think and identify the correct part of the screen is less and less.

The developers believe that their work develops motor characteristics mind, quickness and speed decision-making. We were not able to scientifically verify, but we know for sure – Cube Rule can really irritate. But the game famous for irritability player, the prototype of which was the famous Flappy Bird are in the App Store quickly popular. It is no wonder that this title could not miss on our list.

Price: Free

Works on iPhone, iPad

99 Rockets – precision counts

99 Rockets game again. There is no complex plots the work of electronic entertainment, but rather a program that will effectively kill time in the dentist’s waiting room. The game itself is simple in theory, at least initially. The rules are the following, you have 99 goals, you have to hit by 99 rockets. Rockets move in circles and ellipses fragments visible on the various boards and the goal are a group of wheels (as shown in the illustration). Shot is implemented in a way that simply touch the screen while the rocket is on the trajectory of the tangent point.

The title of this game reveals also the length of the fun – at our disposal is 99 rockets, neither more nor less. Objective? Of course, 100% accuracy. According to the creators of this “simple” game characteristic raw visual style, completing the game is simple … unless you’re superhuman; -)

Price: free, available options payable (removal of advertisements)

Works on iPhone, iPad

Space Transfer – Houston, we have a problem …

Yet another game, this time maintained the title again in cosmic realities, not having nothing to do with the ubiquitous lately Star Wars. Space Transfer is a nostalgic title, the visual layer makes explicit reference to full pixels games from old consoles mini-games. Besides illustrations explain everything. It is worth noting that the game is the work of a Pole, a programmer Adam Zurek.

The game is simple and designed in our opinion rather for the younger players. The player’s task is safe to transport astronauts between two locks spacecraft floating in space.

When it comes to the same mechanics and the way we move, the game is a little like … the classic Arkanoid. The only difference is that instead of one sticks a reflective ball, we have to control two platforms from which reflected drifting from one airlock to another cosmonauts. It should show their children what they looked like the game 20 years ago, complete with one hand, clear pixels, but on the other also not devoid of specific charm, which should give also our milusińskim.

Price: Free

Works on iPhone, iPad

MeteoEarth – Do not let yourself be surprised weather

Autumn, especially the second, more cool and rainy part, this is not a dream season for long walks, but sometimes the situation forces us to leave own cozy lodgings and move it to the world . Well then you know how to prepare for current weather conditions. This will help in this, one of the most interesting weather application currently available for free in the App Store: MeteoEarth.

The major advantages of this application are: great site visual program and its accuracy. Most weather applications available on the App Store based on data provided by the US Weather.com service or generally based on the information provided by the US weather stations, weather monitoring. The problem is that weather.com provides extremely accurate information on the current status and forecasts for the next few days, but related primarily to North America. In Europe much more accurate information network have even Germany. MeteoEarth it is a product based on European Weather Stations, returning more accurate data than American stations, or cooperating with the US.

The range of information presented by the program covers the full spectrum of weather data. MeteoEarth displays information about temperature, pressure, cloud cover, wind direction and strength and many other parameters weather. In an interesting way solved by the presentation of these data, the individual information is shown as if layers imposed on satellite map of our interest in the region.

The individual layers (clouds, precipitation, wind direction and force, pressure, etc.) can be freely switched on and off . In addition to presenting the current meteorological situation, the program will also show how the situation will present itself in the coming hours or days. Interested forecasts of longer than four days must purchase a premium version of the app, but on the other hand, the most accurate forecasts are those covering the next 48 hours. So when we doubt whether we’ll need an umbrella today, the program will provide more than enough comprehensive answer.

Price: free, additional paid options

Works on iPhone, iPad

Fjuul – Your personal trainer

Now that we know how to dress well would not surprise us late autumn weather, nothing stands in the way to increase slightly our physical activity. Since the activity in question, all those who intend to anytime soon, however, to move a little bit, we recommend the application of a rather strange name – Fjuul.

The purpose of this application is to motivate us to a healthier lifestyle through increased physical activity. There must be some concrete exercise, for example. Running. Not everyone likes jogging, some prefer walking, others riding on a bicycle, and still others exercises that do not require constant change of location. Fjuul does not dictate the type of activity, but assigns user points for any form of movement. The program can monitor different type of exercise. Fjuul accumulate 150 points per day, the equivalent of roughly 30 – 45 minutes of physical activity means that we are well on the way to a healthy lifestyle. Of course, exercise time is no rigid rule and much depends on the intensity of our movement. For 150 points Fjuul just quarter of an hour running a 30-minute walk or a leisurely walk almost an hour.

Fjuul is also an element of community. We follow the actions of other users of the program by reviewing the results achieved in the form of the day points Fjuul and activity time. Reviewing the results of which some only came to the conclusion that some people have really an excess of free time that they can devote to sports. In no case, however, we must not fall into the complexes, the idea is to get 150 points, and this does not necessarily mean long hours of exercise. The application is compatible with HealthKit Apple and cooperates with the watch Apple Watch.

Price: free, additional options paid

Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

ABA Angielski – learn to speak English

After the exercise a form of rest is mental effort. The hot circulation of blood pumped nutritional substance, minerals and oxygen to the brain, which is now well prepared for analysis and learning. It should take advantage of this moment and run the ABA Angielski. As the name suggests we are dealing with an application supporting English language learning.

ABA Angielski is not a synthetic course full of traditional exercises or information on the rules of grammar. The program teaches a living language, that which confronted the streets of London, New York, Los Angeles or Melbourne. One of the basic forms of video communication is here, we listen and try to understand, and then we talk and save what you have learned.

Each exercise is a video demonstration of a real conversation, our task is simply to understand depicted in the film debaters, and this is actually something we understand is being assessed, generated by tests of.

The program offers a full spectrum of levels from beginner because advanced and business English full of options and credit derivatives.

Price: free, additional options paid

Powered by: iPhone, iPad

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Monday, December 14, 2015

iPad Pro in tests. It can be used to replace a laptop? – PC World

iPad Pro can successfully replace a laptop? With regard to the range of options offered to the user, definitely not. When it comes to performance benchmarks do not give a clear answer to this question.

iPad Pro is the latest Apple tablet designed for more professional applications. Tim Cook in an interview with The Independent went, however, very far in zachwalaniu this gadget

“iPad Pro replaces many those notebooks and desktops. They will they use this equipment and come to the conclusion that they do not need anything more, except the phone. “

See also:

  • iPad Pro with weak sales forecast. Apple unreasonably the price?
  • Top tech gifts under the Christmas tree. Expensive and affordable
  • iPhone 7: everything you can expect from the successor to the iPhone 6s

According to Cook laptops are probably obsolete because they can be replaced successfully by the tablet. But really so? Is the iPad Pro is so efficient? The key to finding an answer seem to be the benchmarks …

iPad Pro crushes the competition …

Pro iPad is a great device that uses a highly efficient system A9X SoC. On the web there are many opinions that it is faster than the older systems Haswell and even the latest Skylake. They were based on the results obtained in multi-platform benchmark Geek Bench 3, as well as browser-based benchmarks Mozilla Kraken and Google’s Octane 2.0. It seemed that we confirm that we are witnessing the near end x86 …

However, to properly test the capabilities of hardware worth remembering that the last two benchmarks are not the best solution here. We do not test for them using the CPU / SoC, but a set of browser + chip and system optimization. As far as on the iPad Pro we are dealing with a very strong engine optimized browser, whereas in the case of a PC already is not.

Geek Bench 3 is different. Its creators have tried to create a cross-platform tool, which as far as possible to try to isolate the CPU using algorithms to assess as accurately as possible its performance.

 Apple iPad Pro - a  performance test  Click to enlarge Pro Apple iPad – test performance

From the above graph shows that the single core test iPad Pro is just as fast as the latest Microsoft’s tablet – Surface Pro 4 – the Core i5 system. What’s more, the result is not much different from much more expensive top model laptop Surface Book system Core i7-6600U.

 Apple iPad Pro - a  performance test  Click to enlarge Apple iPad Pro – a performance test

The test multi-core iPad Pro not quite that good, places it on a par with that uses the processor Haswell tablet, the Surface Pro 3 and giving way to noticeably Surface Pro 4 with the system Skylake. Why? It seems that the key factor to this effect may be managing resources Hyper-Threading Intel.

iPad Pro in tests. It can be used to replace a laptop? – PC World

iPad Pro can successfully replace a laptop? With regard to the range of options offered to the user, definitely not. When it comes to performance benchmarks do not give a clear answer to this question.

iPad Pro is the latest Apple tablet designed for more professional applications. Tim Cook in an interview with The Independent went, however, very far in zachwalaniu this gadget

“iPad Pro replaces many those notebooks and desktops. They will they use this equipment and come to the conclusion that they do not need anything more, except the phone. “

See also:

  • iPad Pro with weak sales forecast. Apple unreasonably the price?
  • Top tech gifts under the Christmas tree. Expensive and affordable
  • iPhone 7: everything you can expect from the successor to the iPhone 6s

According to Cook laptops are probably obsolete because they can be replaced successfully by the tablet. But really so? Is the iPad Pro is so efficient? The key to finding an answer seem to be the benchmarks …

iPad Pro crushes the competition …

Pro iPad is a great device that uses a highly efficient system A9X SoC. On the web there are many opinions that it is faster than the older systems Haswell and even the latest Skylake. They were based on the results obtained in multi-platform benchmark Geek Bench 3, as well as browser-based benchmarks Mozilla Kraken and Google’s Octane 2.0. It seemed that we confirm that we are witnessing the near end x86 …

However, to properly test the capabilities of hardware worth remembering that the last two benchmarks are not the best solution here. We do not test for them using the CPU / SoC, but a set of browser + chip and system optimization. As far as on the iPad Pro we are dealing with a very strong engine optimized browser, whereas in the case of a PC already is not.

Geek Bench 3 is different. Its creators have tried to create a cross-platform tool, which as far as possible to try to isolate the CPU using algorithms to assess as accurately as possible its performance.

 Apple iPad Pro - a  performance test  Click to enlarge Pro Apple iPad – test performance

From the above graph shows that the single core test iPad Pro is just as fast as the latest Microsoft’s tablet – Surface Pro 4 – the Core i5 system. What’s more, the result is not much different from much more expensive top model laptop Surface Book system Core i7-6600U.

 Apple iPad Pro - a  performance test  Click to enlarge Apple iPad Pro – a performance test

The test multi-core iPad Pro not quite that good, places it on a par with that uses the processor Haswell tablet, the Surface Pro 3 and giving way to noticeably Surface Pro 4 with the system Skylake. Why? It seems that the key factor to this effect may be managing resources Hyper-Threading Intel.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

The most interesting applications for Apple iOS, iPhone and iPad – September 2015 – Softonet

The biggest news a software when it comes to Apple’s mobile platform is, of course, just released in September, the latest mobile operating system iOS 9. Automatically, this means a wave of updates virtually all “living” (still developed by the creators) applications available on the App Store. Developers want to adapt their products to the needs and capabilities of the latest generation of Apple’s mobile operating system. Apart from adapting the software code to iOS Sept. 9 also it brought some interesting news and functional application updates. As usual, we present ten programs that you might want to install on their iPhones and iPads – of course already updated to iOS 9. One important note from this statement, we will also select whether an application is also available on Apple’s Watch.

App in the Air – or Airplane?

We start with the application for travelers using air transport. It is true vacation are long gone, but for some departing planes are mainly associated with the work. For them available in the App Store application is described here App in the Air . The program is a sort of personal assistant air. It is true that similar programs in the App Store a lot, but this one caught our attention a number of elements distinguishing it functionally compared to other programs. Perhaps some of you know better program to cache control flights, but App in the Air is certainly the product of an interesting and worth trying.

The usefulness of this type of application depends on how many airports data can be processed by the application. Even the greatest visually and functionally program will not be worth much if it will contain information about the places in which we’re going and where we return. For this application the likelihood that the program “will not” in need is small. The database includes data on more than a thousand (sic) of airlines are also counted thousands of airports available in the database application. OK, there is no airport in Radom, but the other Polish (Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Wroclaw, Rzeszow, Bydgoszcz, Poznan) they are.

Interesting is also the ability to track flights of your friends, or a function that allows plan to stay on the airport. The program informs about the available at a given airport hotspots, restaurants, etc., As well as remind you of boarding if values ​​were to disappear in shopping at duty-free ;-) . The application will also help those who always like to sit by the window informing about the possibility registration sought flight in our direction.

It’s hard to write out the possibility that application in a short scrap, it is worth to try the program. It is offered in a freemium model, which means that for some functions (eg. Notifications about the status of the flight even if there is no Internet connection) may have to pay (you can try premium features for a limited time). The interface is English-speaking, but for those to whom the application is addressed, certainly this is not a limitation.

Price: free, additional options paid

Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

Eurosport Player – something for sports enthusiasts on the screen

Modern TV less and less used to watch TV, but programs “TV” more often can be seen on completely different than TV devices . This is possible mainly thanks to applications developed by the company behind the popular channels. Inevitably, against a loss of viewers in traditional TV audience is looking to use content from other devices.

Eurosport Player is an example of just such a new approach to the TV . It is an application that allows reproducing on-screen mobile Apple hardware popular programs broadcast by the station specialized in covering sporting events.

Access to content is implemented in a subscription model. A user who wants to use the full range of programs delivered via the Eurosport Player must purchase a subscription in an amount equivalent to 6 euros (excluding one euro cent).

Unfortunately, for free virtually nothing to watch except – here you have to admit, the nicely designed – application interface. To access the live programs (Eurosport, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport News) must first create an account on the site Eurosport, which automatically means the purchase of that subscription.

Price: free (the application itself), access to broadcast television content is paid (subscription 5.99 € / month)

Works on iPhone, iPad

Polarsteps – If you still have vacation

Again we return to the climates travel, but this time we will not describe the application to facilitate movement in various parts of the world, but mobile tool to help create a shared friends online peculiar, multimedia diary of the trip.

The application requires, of course registration can be performed by entering your address or tying Polarsteps account of already owned a Facebook account, which immediately will facilitate the distribution of information about travel among friends. After registration program requires more complete data in the created on the site polarsteps.com user profile (you can get to it via any web browser, address created by the service Polarsteps has the form http://polarsteps.com/ username .

The biggest advantage of this application is its large maintenance-free. If only the iPhone will have a combination of location data that will record resides route, do not even have to pull it out of your pocket. What more applications apparently do not bother even moments of interruption Access to the Internet and even GPS data (location can be determined also on the basis of the mobile operator). As soon as access is restored, the information created log is automatically replenished. While the program has a function of sharing information with your friends, it creates a log does not need to be at the same time a kind of blog, the user decides whether created by a traveler in conjunction with the functionality of the program Polarsteps relationship is to be published or not.

Price: Free

Powered by: iPhone, Apple Watch

Replay Video Editor – quite a boring video

Another application on our list is without a doubt one of the easiest-to-use video editors for mobile platforms. And one of the most spectacular – in a sense, the results of which we can expect from this application. The program for many months not out leading the list of the most popular applications in the App Store, and reviews and ratings users are almost the same enthusiasms – otherwise fully by the program deserved.

Replay is not video editing applications in the literal sense of the word. It is rather a tool to conveniently transform held (stored in the mobile device) videos and photos in spectacular multimedia work. The key to success of this application are sophisticated styles of video, or some kind of preloaded sets of effects.

The creative process in Replay has been maximally simplified. The user after starting the application is to select the source material forming the building blocks of a film. This can be not only photos and videos taken an iPhone or iPad and stored in the mobile equipment, but also downloaded from Facebook or Instagrama.

After selecting the source of the created video presentation next step is to select one of the offered program styles video, which causes the automatic conversion of the named files in an impressive presentation, which can be supplemented with captions, apply additional filters graphics, modify frame etc.

Replay is an excellent tool to facilitate eg. the establishment of a spectacular video presentation of the holiday photos you then you can upload or share with friends. Choose the best videos, select the style you are interested in video for this application and … ready. Simply can not.

Price: free of charge options available (additional styles video)

Works on iPhone, iPad

French Lessons to Frantastique – Voulez vous parler?

If you ask, which is the most popular languages ​​in the world, probably among the answers outweigh English or Chinese, no doubt, however, that it still considered the language of the French elite, the language of diplomacy and culture. If anyone would like to try to learn at least the basics of the language, a good opportunity is an application called French Lessons by Frantastique .

The application itself is available free of charge in the App Store but was too full set of lessons have to pay. However, we have also good news. Immediately after installing the program and registration you get access to seven lessons or seven days of using the application (the lessons are so designed that each of them convert one day). Unfortunately, the application itself does not have the Polish-language interface, so wanting to learn French you have to know fine example. English. If this condition is met, then we have a chance to gain some ground on the French language using supplied by application developers portions of the lesson and stated in an accessible and attractive, multimedia way of knowledge.

Price: free, available functions paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

Flow Instagram for – browser Instagrama

If you love Instagrama, but not only want to publish their own photographs but also often enjoy watching others make sure you could use another program on our list. Flow for Instagram is something in the Instagramie much missing – striking image viewer stored in the photographic social network.

Of course, to use this application you must have an account on Instagramie, once we have them, we can view the photos sent from all over the world by users of the service. However, in order not to fall into madness while watching a completely disorganized stack of photos of interesting (eg. Architecture) and those less interesting (“look, that’s my dinner!”), The application allows you to filter displayed photographs, so that we can receive content at least in part, in line with our preferences .

In general, the program and its built-in search photos on Instagramie allows you to search the site by individual users, keywords and specific locations. You can also limit the photographs displayed only to those that already have marked as favorites, and create bookmarks of viewed content. In short, if you love to browse photos that Flow is a program for you.

Price: free, available functions paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

Numberful – Heating coils

Each month in our rankings applications on the mobile platform except Apple’s system software applications also describe the game. There could also miss them in this statement, albeit after the holidays, it’s time to sit down to study and other duties, but the pact in time for a good game always will. Especially if the game allows good exercise our mind.

Numberful this game noticeably enhancing the efficiency of counting. Mathematical actions that the player must accomplish in this game are very easy, no need to calculations derived or actions on complex numbers. Sufficient knowledge about how to add and subtract, so the game can use both primary school student and an adult after studying engineering. Why we equate such different levels of knowledge? The key here is speed. Each of us is able to do addition or subtraction. But when it comes to indicate a particular outcome during eg. Two seconds, it turns out that the level of difficulty increases.

The game is a kind of mathematical puzzle. Individual tasks include getting a player a particular outcome by identifying appropriate path of the on-screen symbols with numbers. The numbers on the path indicated by the player are added up, the stage is considered to be credited when the result determined by the path is consistent with the required. Then we move on to the next stage, and the timer in the background all the time measures the time from 60 seconds to zero. Some boards contain special items that take into account the path will add a few seconds to the elapsed time. The rules are simple, the game itself quite demanding and allows really train the ability to quickly counting. It is worth.

Price: free, available functions payable (removal of advertisements)

Works on iPhone, iPad

Floors – Endless platformer

If you felt tired simple but demanding speed calculations in Numberful, our next proposal will slightly relax the mind although it will require dexterity and reflexes.

The task of the player is simple: it must – by pointing your finger – avoid obstacles on the route computer displayed a puppet. That’s all. No plot, no double-dip, intrigues and calculations. Despite the shortcomings feature some of us have classified Floors as the next title in the genre of “annoying” (a la Flappy Bird).

It is a fact that touches an obstacle character the player controls immediately ends the game and have to start from scratch, it can irritate, but given the enormous popularity (not fully understood) these titles, we think, and this the title will find its followers.

Price: free of charge available functions

Works on iPhone, iPad

HigherLower – Time to concentrate

If you are sick and tired of games like “Flappy Birds” or other equally annoying as essentially mindless entertainment titles, zainteresujcie to an application called HigherLower. This title again (see Numberful) will force you to count, but in force in the game, the rules are different from those of the previously described the game.

From the manual task of the player is to move your finger across the screen up or down. It’s that way at the time would be appropriate depends only on the board and player skill. Generally, you move your finger up if we believe that the currently displayed number is greater than the previously displayed, if we believe that the outcome of the currently displayed activity is lower than the previous one, then move your finger down. For every correct indication of the gain point, the error is punished with loss of points.

The game features three game modes: time (how many boards you pass within 45 seconds) mode, arcade (a few seconds on each board, the counter resets at the board) and the mode of Multiplayer , in which we can play with your friends who use the platform Game Center. Rather fingers do not get tired, but the mental effort will be rather advisable. Do not worry, this is not a program for learning the queen of sciences, but game, but a much more ambitious and challenging the mind of the said categories of items of entertainment available on the App Store.

Price: free, available functions paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

Curator – Unusual presentations

The popularity of certain applications designed for specific tasks is so large that our minds are already certain automatism. We think “presentation” brain tells the “PowerPoint”. However, if we want a different approach to creating presentations and we want to get another visually unconventional result, far from the typical “powerpointowych” slide, then we have to use different tools. An example of such an approach, or rather attempt to break patterns imposed by an application in the world najpoularniejszego office suite – Microsoft Office – is the Curator.

Besides, curator functionality is not limited only to create unconventional presentation. It is also an unusual application that serves as a notepad – this is due to the ease of transferring data from different sources to created and stored using this tool documents. For example, using a curator can create a note that contains both text and fragments of Web pages, illustrations (from the mobile device’s memory or from various sources on the Internet), to the more direct service popular cloud data (eg. Dropbox, Google Drive), graphical social networks (Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, etc.) or social networks in general (Facebook, Twitter) and other popular services (Adobe Creative Cloud, Evernote).

It is impossible to deny Curatorowi flexibility, but the developers did not forget about maintaining the simplicity of the creative process itself, the individual content simply drag your finger across the screen. Interesting is also the possibility of exporting the finished table, or notes or presentation to a document in PDF format. Those who opt for the premium version of the application (subscription payment model, implemented a month or a year in advance) also receive, among others, a full backup of notes and presentations in the cloud (in the free version get 1 GB of online space), the ability to group create arrays curator or export to PDF in high quality.

Price: free, available functions paid

Works on iPhone, iPad

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Apple gets patent magnetic iPad stand two iPads so they can become a laptop – ZDNet

screen-shot-2015-10-20-at-14-09-18.png The new patent shows how two iPads could be configured as a laptop. Image: Apple

Why carry around a MacBook Air or even an iPad Pro with a keyboard when you could stick two iPads together and make one of them a keyboard?

Apple has now been granted a patent for its take on the concept of a super-strong magnetic stand That is sturdier and more versatile than the traditional foldable iPad covers.

According to the patent granted today, the iPad’s magnetic attachment points have been used nearly Exclusively for foldable iPad covers. But they’re not that useful as a mount, say, for the car or a stationary exercise unit.

“This issue can be overcome by designing a more rigid attachment accessory is configured to match up with the magnets built into the tablet device, “the patent notebook.

Apple patents phone where bending is a feature, not a flaw

Apple has been granted a patent that could accommodate lead the way to a fully flexible iPhone that’s actually built this bend in your pocket.

The Possibilities for the iPad and magnetic contraption are endless. Back in 2011 when the patent application was first filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple envisaged it being attached this exercise machines, in vehicles, used in restaurants, on music stands and more.

Apple’s iPad stand I would not use just any old magnet, Which could cause damage is magnetised nearby objects, dry as the magnetic stripes on the credit cards it is trying to replace with iPhones and Apple pay. That Prevent this, it suggests using rare-earth magnets, the strongest type being neodymium magnets That can be “channeled into a well-defined directional pattern.”

Apple describes the device holder itself as having a Cup- like function in Which the iPad is slotted into and held in place by magnetic force.

The patent illustrates some of the thinking at Apple behind different devices types it has made over the years, from the Watch to the iPhone iPad, MacBook and iMac.

As Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller recently pointed out : “It is the job of the smaller device that try to convince you That it can meet most of the needs you have for the larger device.”

In That vein, one of several embodiments of the patent outlines includes the magnetic stand attached to a tripod so That a photographer or videographer can review the media as they’re taken, after transmitting to the iPad wirelessly.

“In this way a light and portable secondary display can be easily configured for reviewing and displaying products without having to bring along a larger laptop or desktop computer, “Apple notebook.

The patent also illustrates how Apple’s thinking about the iPad has changed since then , PARTICULARLY with the recent launch of the the Pro iPad with a keyboard and pen .

As per the patent, the magnetic stand can function so as to join two iPads together in “more of a laptop arrangement” with one serving as the display and the other as the keyboard.

“Without the extra magnetic power enabled by the cup portion of the tablet holder of the tablet holder would not be strong enough to Maintain a tablet in the orientation normally assumed by a laptop computer screen. In this way the described Embodiment allows a user with two tablet devices that configure a virtual keyboard on one tablet device with a working document on the second tablet display, “it notes.

As with all granted patents it remains to be seen Whether Apple actually produces the Invention.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

iPhone and iPad and USB? Check the cable by Delock – benchmark.pl (Register)

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Smartphones and tablets Apple definitely are one of the most desirable devices on the market. For many users, however, some of their downside is the lack of USB connector – they have instead of 8-pin Apple connector Lightning. This solution makes users of the i-devices can not take advantage of the popular micro-USB cables.

Apple hardware is not connected to a computer at work or for universal micro-USB charger without a special adapter. Instead, however, we can equip themselves with the cable compatible with Apple mobile devices, so that in an emergency we will be able to connect your within iPhone or iPad to a computer or a universal charger.

The iPhone USB cable

cables of this type include the meter-speed Delock. The cable is equipped with a male USB 2.0 and stylistically perfect match for Apple devices. Plug Lightning was completed LED that indicates the battery status on the basis of color changes – when the battery is fully charged, the LED red becomes blue.

Price USB cable for charging and data transfer rate is about 36 dollars.

Specifications:

  • Interfaces: USB 2.0 Type A male, 8-pin Apple connector Lightning
  • Designed for devices: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus 6, 6 Plus 5, 5C, 5S, iPad, iPad mini, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Air, Air iPad 2, iPod nano (7th generation), iPod touch (5th generation)
  • LED charge status
  • Connector with metal housing
  • Color: white
  • Cable length: approx. 1 m
  • Requirements System: one free USB port type A
  • Package Contents USB cable for data transmission and power supply, manual

Source: Entrymedia

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