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		<title>24/08/2009 – My Top 5 iPhone/iTouch Apps For This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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Draw Race, Sheep Stacker, TomTom, Wikipedia and Sonic! Check out the latest reviews of these apps...]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s Monday and it&#8217;s time for another Review of my Top 5 apps. This week I have reviewed..</p>
<p>DrawRace, SheepStacker, TomTom, Wikipedia Mobile and Sonic&#8230;</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_DrawRace.png" rel="lightbox[445]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_DrawRace" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_DrawRace.png" alt="iPhoneApp_DrawRace" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">DrawRace &#8211; £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>DrawRace App &#8211; </strong><em>(Requires Data Connection to submit scores)</em></p>
<p>The DrawRace Game is a great slant on a racer which pays off really well. Unlike most racers where you are driving around a track usually by tilting the device left or right, DrawRace uses a different method. With this game you have to draw using your finger the line on the track you want your car to take. Sounds easy? Well it&#8217;s not as easy as you think drawing the line quick makes the car go quicker but taking your time to plan the exact and accurate line to take means the car will go slower. Also you need to slow down how quick you are drawing the track when you want the car to slow down, for example at a corner. It&#8217;s a great game that can keep you busy and hooked for ages. There&#8217;s no lite version available but for 59p I would say it is worth every penny!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Sheepstacker.png" rel="lightbox[445]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_Sheepstacker" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Sheepstacker.png" alt="iPhoneApp_Sheepstacker" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">SheepStacker &#8211; £Free (lite) or £1.19</dd>
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<p><strong>Sheep Stacker App </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">Sheep seem to be latest thing in the app store. With Sheep Launcher last week and now Sheep Stacker it seems like developers are finding sheep sell! This latest edition, Sheep Stacker, requires you to do just what the title implies, stack sheep. The aim is to drop the sheep off the end of a hook and stack them as high as possible without knocking any off. This is another one of the coffee break apps I love so much plus it has a lite version so you can test it out!</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">TomTom &#8211; From £59.99</dd>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"><strong>TomTom App </strong><em>- (Requires iPhone 3G or 3GS)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">I have being waiting for what seems a lifetime for this next app. TomTom told us ages ago infact when the 3G came out that it had an app available but Apple hadn&#8217;t created the APIs needed for the app to work. However in March at the iPhone 3.0 preview event, Apple announced that they had an API for Turn by Turn Directions and at WWDC in June TomTom showed off their app. Well it is finally here and it&#8217;s fairly good but there are several features missing. Check out my in depth review of the <a href="http://mark-haynes.co.uk/index.php/435/review-tomtom-iphone-app" target="_self">TomTom App Here</a>!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_wikipedia.png" rel="lightbox[445]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_wikipedia" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_wikipedia.png" alt="iPhoneApp_wikipedia" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Wikipedia Mobile &#8211; £free</dd>
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<p><strong>Wikipedia Mobile App <span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>- (Requires Data Connection)</em></span> </strong></p>
<p>The Wikipedia Mobile App is designed so you can quickly see all the wikipedia articles in a mobile version with quick access from the home screen. You could go on the wikipedia website of course but this just makes it that bit quicker. It&#8217;s probably not an app you will use very often but it&#8217;s always worth having it there just incase.</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Sonic &#8211; £3.59</dd>
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<p><strong>Sonic App</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My Final App of this Week is Sonic the Hedgehog! The game is really good and is sonic at it&#8217;s best. The game is a little pricey though at £3.59 especially when there&#8217;s a free version on the Internet if only the iPhone was Flash compatible! The game has been fully adapted for the iPhone/iTouch. It would of been nice to have the tilt feature added and not just a gamepad. Overall if you love Sonic, (and who doesn&#8217;t?) then you will really like this game so it&#8217;s worth the pricey outlay.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s another week of fantastic apps for you to try. If you have any apps you want me to check out Tweet me (@MarksBlog) , add a comment, e-mail me just get in iTouch! (See what I did there? <img src='http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>Review: TomTom iPhone App</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review: Cloud Bite's Editor Mark Reviews the TomTom Navigation app for the iPhone 3G and 3GS but was it really worth the wait?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_436" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_TomTom.png" rel="lightbox[435]"><img class="size-full wp-image-436" title="iPhoneApp_TomTom" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_TomTom.png" alt="The Wait is over... " width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Wait is over...</p></div>
<p>In June at the WWDC TomTom officially announced an app and holder were coming and for the past 2 months ive been waiting for it to appear. Well now, finally after all the wait, its here TomTom for the iPhone. In this blog post I will review the App and see whether or not its a great addition to the iPhone App Catalog or has the wait been for very little?</p>
<p>For the testing of the TomTom iPhone App I am using version 1.0 with the UK Maps costing £59.99 from App Store installed on a iPhone 3GS 32GB. At this point I haven&#8217;t got the Holder as it is not available at time of writing.</p>
<p>After initially install the TomTom and loading it for the first time it seems to load the app really quickly. Within just a few seconds your are able to access the menu to input the destination you wish to travel to which is great.</p>
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<p><strong>Menus</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">TomTom have done a great job with the overall design of the app. Rather than using the standard layout of majority of TomToms they have gone for the more native layout of the iPhone and it works really well. The icons look fantastic on the iPhones screen and the navigation through all the menus is simple and very responsive. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Main menu features quick and easy access options which help you navigate around the app quickly and effectively. TomTom have created larger buttons as well so that you can use the App at a distance and easily hit the correct button. The menu flys up and down by the flick of your finger and the elastic band effect is also present in the App. Overall TomTom have done a great job with the menus and overall look of the application and allowing the user to either navigate through the menus in portrait or landscape is again another great bonus. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Settings</strong></span></p>
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<div id="attachment_438" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0002.PNG" rel="lightbox[435]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-438" title="TomTom Settings for iPhone" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0002-200x300.PNG" alt="TomTom Settings Menu" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">TomTom Settings Menu</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">There are several settings available with the TomTom for the iPhone however there are also several that appear to be missing which means several TomTom features are missing from the app. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Firstly you are able to set your home location. This is just to make navigating from where you are a little easier by saving you from having to type this in everytime. There is the option to change the voice settings but sadly these seem a little restrictive as there doesn&#8217;t appear to be a way to add voices nor is there many to choose from and the English UK Man (Tim) doesn&#8217;t sound very English to me. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Simple Map settings such as map colours, show streets on the map and poi&#8217;s can be found under &#8220;Map&#8221;. The layout is the simple on and flick to off tab buttons that are standard with the iPhone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Route Planning settings allow you to turn &#8220;TomTom Safety Cameras&#8221; on or off. These are basically speed cameras however in the UK they are referred to as &#8220;safety cameras&#8221;. Also you can turn IQ routes on or off. It is good to see that the TomTom App does come with these two features and IQ routes for anyone who isn&#8217;t sure what they are, is simply a way which TomTom uses historical information of routes to give you the clearest and quickest route to your destination. For example if every Tuesday at around 5pm traffic levels seem to be high on A34 TomTom will try and navigate you away from this road at that time. It&#8217;s very clever!</span></p>
<p><strong>Selecting your Destination</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">TomTom allows you select your destination using either a favourite place you have marked, an address requiring number, street, and city, a Poi from a large range that TomTom has pre installed including, beaches, cinemas, petrol stations, restaurants, hotels etc, Postcode if you know the number and postcode you wish to go to, or a contact from your iPhones Contacts Book. So all the options on the standard TomToms are here with the added option of the ability to pull in addresses from your contacts!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The TomTom gives you all the options in which sort of route to take when travelling. You should always pick the fastest route over shortest as fastest is the safer option and avoids narrow roads. TomTom also adds the walking route type and bicycle route now could this mean TomTom are planning to release a iPhone holder for a bike maybe? The only downside I would say is I left the TomTom app on the menu screen, i.e not navigating for about 2 hours and the battery in the iPhone went from 100% to 14% therefore I would only use this for walking/biking short distances unless you have got a charger at your destination or something like the mophie battery pack. </span></p>
<p><strong>Navigating</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">TomTom Navigation screen is really clear. The colours can be changed from within the Map settings and the Navigation screen can change to night view from the Main Menu. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The iPhone has a great screen the colours are vibrant and clear, the screen can be very bright or nice and dull for night driving. The map jumps off the screen which is great as this was a problem with my TomTom PND as the screen wasn&#8217;t as bright nor could it display as many colours which meant the screen looked rather pale in bright light. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Navigation screen can display Poi&#8217;s on the maps as you can see with the image on the left the map is showing a bus stop. The maps can be set to show which poi&#8217;s interest you or can show none at all. </span></p>
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<p>The TomTom app is also able to navigate in widescreen which in my opinion makes the navigation a lot clearer as the bottom bar is more spaced apart. You can see in the wide-screen picture how the speed cameras are shown. The unit will alert you with a sound and on the screen it shows the max speed you should be going and the distance in yards or meters to the camera.</p>
<p>The voice informs you of when you what direction to travel in but sadly it isn&#8217;t that clear. This is due to the iPhone speaker not being very great at all. However the iPhone mount promises to improve this so i would definitely consider getting this if you choice the TomTom app.</p>
<p>The iPhone never lost a GPS signal and found the satellites within seconds of starting the navigation. The accuracy seemed perfect with it following me exactly where I was and auto updated when i purposly left TomToms route.</p>
<p><strong>Calls</strong></p>
<p>One problem I have found with the iPhone is the support for calls. If someone calls you the call goes over the top of the app. So if you decided to answer the call you won&#8217;t get any navigation, no voice, no images. Personally I believe if you answer the call when driving the call should be minimised so the app can still be used. When the call is ended or you decline the call the app reappears and carries on from where you are not where you were so it is keeping up with your position. One thing I will note is the TomTom mount says it supports Hands Free calls, so whether this will change when used with the mount I&#8217;m unsure but I do hope it will.</p>
<p>Another calls problem is there is no option to call a contact or open the Phone dial screen when in the app which means if you want to call a contact you have to close the app which seems rather silly considering my old TomTom had this option built right in.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s Missing?</strong></p>
<p>There is several parts of the standard TomToms which aren&#8217;t available in the TomTom app.</p>
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<li>No TomTom Services &#8211; i.e. no Traffic Information, no Fuel Prices, no Weather Services and no Local Search with Google. &#8211; I believe this is probably because TomTom charge it&#8217;s PND customers £7.99 a month for these services, so they wont want to give this for free however it does seem rather silly when the iPhone has a constant built in Internet connection.</li>
<li>No Text to Speech &#8211; Many TomToms have the ability to read whats on the screen i.e &#8220;Take the next Left towards Birmingham, M6&#8243;. This is very useful when going around a roundabout or when you need to get in the correct lane of the Motorway.</li>
<li>No Map Share &#8211; Another feature missing is Map Share. The maps are only updated every so many months and only if the Highways Agency informs the Map provider of changes. What Mapshare does is it allows users to report errors and these are then updated to all the devices using Map Share. This way users tend to have an up-to-date map earlier than Official updates.</li>
<li>No Advanced Lane Guidance &#8211; I have heard users saying there is no advanced Lane guidance which shows you via an image which lane to get into. This is very useful on the Motorway.</li>
<li>No Option to add voices, car icons, overlays etc.</li>
<li>No Voice Commands &#8211; Finally many TomToms have the ability for the user to say where they want to go using there voice.</li>
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<p><strong>Overall</strong></p>
<p>Overall I feel the TomTom application is a good addition to Appstore for £60 for the UK Maps or £80 for the Western Europe Map. Considering the cheapest Wide-screen TomTom the XL Classic Regional v2 has the same features of the iPhone UK Maps App +Map Share for £159.99 the £100 difference does seem good and you are getting value for Money. However I feel until official pricing of the mount for the iPhone is released and it&#8217;s currently been suggested it could cost £113,  it might be worth waiting to see if this will add more features and then way it up against the cost of an actual TomTom Device.</p>
<p>I found the app easy to use very accurate and it&#8217;s a great navigation app for a fantastic mobile device. I just feel TomTom or restrictions set by Apple have limited the use of application but I am hoping TomTom may add these features in the future.</p>
<p>Finally if your after a app on your iPhone that will get you from A to B I can say TomTom will do this perfectly. It is a great app just lacking on the little extras that would make it perfect overall I give it a 7/10.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts? I&#8217;d like to know what you think&#8230;</p>
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		<title>17/08/2009 – My Top 5 iPhone/iTouch Apps For This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneTop25.png" rel="lightbox[424]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-265" title="iPhoneTop25" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneTop25.png" alt="iPhoneTop25" width="90" height="101" /></a>It&#8217;s Monday and it&#8217;s time for another Review of my Top 5 apps. This week I have reviewed..</p>
<p>WordPress App, Ebay App, iBomber, Sheep Launcher and WiFiTrack&#8230;</p>
<p>So lets begin&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>WordPress App &#8211; </strong><em>(Requires Data Connection and of course a WordPress Enabled Blog)</em></p>
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<p>The WordPress App is a must for all anyone running a WordPress Blog whether it be personally hosted or hosted via WordPress itself. The app gives you a simple and easy way to connect to a blog and manage posts, create posts, read, approve or delete comments and edit pages. The app is a simple way to add delete and edit content on your blog but nothing more. You can&#8217;t manage blog settings like plugins but it is a great app that will allow you to blog while your on the move!</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">eBay &#8211; £Free</dd>
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<p><strong>eBay App </strong><em>- (Requires Data Connection)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">eBay is the biggest auction website in the World and with this app designed for both buyers and sellers the whole process is made much easier. The app organises the data very well and perfectly sized for the iPhone. You are able to search for products, log into your account to manage your bids, which you can also do from the app, manage your items for sale, pay for items using the integrated Paypal support. Another great feature is the Push Support. If your watching an item or bidding on a item that is ending soon you will be notified by the push notification reminding you so you can make those last minute bids. This is a great feature as if your like me you often miss bidding on items if they end when your not at your computer! Overall install this app if you buy/sell on eBay it is a great help!</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">iBomber &#8211; £Free (lite) or £1.79</dd>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">This next App I have is for all those iPhone gamers. iBomber is another game that fully utilises the accelerometer. The aim is to complete the missions set. You are a pilot of a plane who is required to bomb specific targets sets. You control the direction of the plane and its speed by tilting the iPhone in the direction you require to go. A Tip is to keep checking the the radar which will help you see where the enemy is! As always I try and find Apps that have a lite, free version available if the full app isn&#8217;t free and I am happy to say iBomber does have a free version with one mission which will give you a great idea of what the game is about.</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Sheep Launcher &#8211; £free (lite) or £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>Sheep Launcher App</strong></p>
<p>Sheep Launcher is available as a free lite version or a 59p full version which as I just mentioned about iBomber is great for anyone not sure whether to buy the app or not. The idea of this game is to launch the sheep by hitting the &#8220;Launch&#8221; button and keep the sheep up in the air in by tapping the sheep when it begins to fall. If you miss the sheep will fall and that&#8217;s game over  but if if keep going you can get really high, even into space! It&#8217;s another one of those coffee break apps.</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">WifiTrack &#8211; £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>Wifi Track App</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My Final App of this Week is a useful app for anyone who often uses Wifi on iPhone/iTouch. It&#8217;s also great for anyone who wants to set up a wireless network or troubleshoot one too! I&#8217;ll explain why&#8230; The built in Wifi finder for the iPhone/iTouch is ok but lacks some useful information and some useful features. What this app does is it shows you what sort of wifi connection is in the area around you like, WPA, WPA2, WEP etc, it also shows you the strength of the signal and what channel the signal uses which is great for setting up a Wireless network as you can make sure yours isn&#8217;t on the same channel as your neighbours which might improve the signal! The main feature I like about this app is the ability to set the app to automatically rescan for networks every 1 &#8211; 60 seconds and also alert you via a sound and/or auto connect if the signal is open and above a strength that you feel is adequate. Why would you want to constantly auto scan? Well when I was on holiday I needed a wifi signal to download an app over 10mb but couldn&#8217;t find one. So I used this app and just drove around. I didnt have to drive far and the phone alerted me it had found a Wifi Spot so i pulled over downloaded the app and was on my way. I know you are able to view lists of where some wifi spots are but in the UK many of these are wrong or missing. Overall this is a great app if you use Wifi often and well worth 59p!</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s another week of fantastic apps for you to try. If you have any apps you want me to check out Tweet me (@marksblog) , add a comment, e-mail me just get in iTouch! (See what I did there! <img src='http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>10/08/2009 – My Top 5 iPhone/iTouch Apps For This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneTop25.png" rel="lightbox[359]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-265" title="iPhoneTop25" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneTop25.png" alt="iPhoneTop25" width="90" height="101" /></a>It&#8217;s another Monday, and it&#8217;s time for another Review of my Top 5 apps. This week I have reviewed..</p>
<p>Weather Maps, Moto X Mayhem, Google Mobile, Globall and Awesome Facts&#8230;</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Weather Maps &#8211; £Free</dd>
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<p><strong>Weather Maps &#8211; </strong><em>(Requires Data Connection)</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s that time again for another week of Top 5 Apps! The Weather Maps App is great if your living in the UK. Just like the weather on TV the App shows the full map of the UK and shows radar information including rain, cloud, snow. It shows sun too not that we get much of it in the UK <img src='http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  The App even shows temperatures and wind information exactly like the forecast you see on the BBC weather website and News.</p>
<p>The App shows you radar information for the next 5 days. Overall this is a great app to see what is going on over the whole of the UK all on one screen. Also the data seems much more precise than the information given on the standard Weather App.</p>
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<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Moto X Mayhem £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>Moto X Mayhem App </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">Moto X Mayhem is a great game that takes full advantage of the accelerometer. The idea is to get to the end of the course without crashing the motorbike. You touch the right side of the screen for Throttle (gas) and the left to brake. But you need to tilt the iPhone in the direction you want the rider to lean. Going up a hill while leaning back will cause you to fall off or leaning forwards while going down hill will cause the rider to go right over the handle bars! There&#8217;s several courses and for 59p its another great coffee break game!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Google.png" rel="lightbox[359]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_Google" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Google.png" alt="iPhoneApp_Google" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Google Mobile App &#8211; £Free</dd>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"><strong>Google Mobile App </strong>– <em>(Requires Data Connection)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">This next App I have has been out for a while but it&#8217;s really useful. Google is taking over the world and it has it&#8217;s sights set on Apples iPhone with the latest Google Voice app being banned from the App Store we are lucky this hasn&#8217;t! The best part of this app is the search, click a button speak into the microphone for example, &#8220;Apple iPhone 3GS&#8221; and the Google App will instantly search for these terms and list you the results all within seconds if not milliseconds. If only Apple had integrated this into Safari! The app also links you straight to GMail, calendar, docs, tasks, reader etc so all your Google related apps can be found within one place.</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_GloBall.png" rel="lightbox[359]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_GloBall" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_GloBall.png" alt="iPhoneApp_GloBall" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">GloBall &#8211; £Free (lite) or £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>GloBall App &#8211; </strong><em>(Requires Data Connection and GPS for Advanced Features)</em></p>
<p>GloBall is another game which can get very addictive, so be careful! The idea is to tilt the phone to roll the ball and break blocks! Sounds rather simple! However there are enemies who want to eat you up so you need to either avoid them or get a power up in order to squish them! Whats great about this game too is there&#8217;s a lite version available. As you know I&#8217;m all for apps with lite versions as it allows you to try the game and see if its for you or not! If you like it though definitely upgrade to full for the 59p as you get more levels to play. Another great feature is you can submit your high score to the world and even your location so you can see whether you dominate in your city, country and then the world! Download the lite version and see what you think!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Awsome_Facts.png" rel="lightbox[359]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_Awsome_Facts" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iPhoneApp_Awsome_Facts.png" alt="iPhoneApp_Awsome_Facts" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Awesome Facts £Free</dd>
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<p><strong>Awesome Facts Apps</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My Final App of this Week is a bit a fun. If you want to broaden your mind, and learn some interesting facts then this is the app for you. Interesting, amusing and some odd facts like, &#8221; &#8220;Seven Lego sets are sold every second worldwide&#8221;, can be found in this app. I will inform you don&#8217;t use these &#8220;Facts&#8221; as 100% true as some may be false, but it&#8217;s good to know for a laugh and also many of the facts seem to be based on the US. There are several Awesome Facts on the App Store this is Awesome Facts Free.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s another week of fantastic apps for you to try. If you have any apps you want me to check out Tweet me (@marksblog) , add a comment, e-mail me just get in iTouch! (See what I did there! <img src='http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>27/07/2009 – My Top 5 iPhone/iTouch Apps For This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_InternetRadioBox.png" rel="lightbox[307]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_InternetRadioBox" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_InternetRadioBox.png" alt="iPhoneApp_InternetRadioBox" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
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<p><strong>Internet Radio Box &#8211; </strong><em>(Requires Data Connection)</em></p>
<p>To kick this weeks Top 5 Apps I begin with a 59p App. Internet Radio Box does exactly what it&#8217;s called, and it does it well! With hundreds if not thousands of songs and podcasts on my iPhone, you think I&#8217;d have all the entertainment I could possibly want and need in my pocket. However there was always something missing, Radio! I really enjoy listening to BBC Radio 1. It keeps me up to date with the latest tunes, news and for Chris Moyles Listeners a great laugh too. The problem is I can only listen to the radio if I&#8217;m either in the Car or stream it when I get home. Well lets bring on Internet Radio Box, Radio Box for short. This fantastic and very cheap app allows you to listen to radio from pretty much anyone broadcasting over the Web. In the UK there are over 40 stations. Most stations available tend to be the main stream national stations not local but personally I never listen to local radio, apart from when I was on it many years ago but that&#8217;s another story. Radio Box streams the music at 128kbps on Wifi and 64kbps on 3G/EDGE you can increase this but do be wary of data usage. 02 in the UK say &#8216;Unlimited&#8217; usage but there is a hidden fair usage policy so if you use too much you could get a bill. But don&#8217;t worry radio box shows you exactly how much data usage you have used. Overall definitely worth 59p, if you love radio you will love this!</p>
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<p><strong>Harbour Master App -</strong><em> (Requires Sign Up)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">This next app is for gamers who like strategy and for anyone currently playing Flight Control. Harbour Master is another great game on the App Store. At only 59p you will be having hours, (it&#8217;s possible I got addicted) of fun playing. If you have ever played Flight Control then it&#8217;s the same sort of idea but this time docking boats in a harbour the only difference is you have to unload the boats and set them off again. If you haven&#8217;t had a go of Flight Control, firstly are you mad, basically the boats large, small, fast, slow enter the harbour and you have to dock them in the right bay, wait for them to unload then set them off again. Sounds easy I hear you say. Try it with few ports and lots of boats its hard to time it right and be sure not to crash the boats or else games over! Overall this game is one of those great coffee break apps. A nice fun and challenging app to keep you busy for a while.</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Twitterrific.png" rel="lightbox[307]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_Twitterrific" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Twitterrific.png" alt="iPhoneApp_Twitterrific" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Twitterrific £Free or £2.39</dd>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"><strong>Twitterrific App </strong>– <em>(Requires Data Access and a Twitter Account)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">A few weeks ago I recommended the TwitterFon App. It&#8217;s a great app for anyone who wants Twitter Access and updates wherever they go. Well this week I decided to try out Twitterrific. Now this app is pretty much the same, from what I can see of TwitterFon and like TwitterFon also has a premium version available for those who just cant simply stand advertising. The app is really simple to use has great colour schemes and does exactly what I want it too as did TwitterFon so is there anything that sets the two apart? Well not much apart from Twitteriffic supports location and allows you to see who&#8217;s twittering or should that be tweeting, anyway it shows you who&#8217;s near you and their messages which is kinda nice. The layout of the two is a little different but not much apart from Twitterrific has a little more of a glossy, sleek feel to it. Personally I feel its very much personal preference so try both Twitterriffic and TwitterFon and see which you prefer. Ill be sticking with Twitterriffic for a little bit more at least to get a bit more of a feel for it.</p>
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<p><strong>Memory Info App </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong> Most crashes on the iPhone 3G and First Gen iPhone the 2G I suppose you call it, was because there was a lack of RAM. If your not sure what RAM is simply put, it&#8217;s memory that applications that are running can use to dump information so they can run and run quickly. RAM stands for Random Access Memory and applications dump data they need to access quickly in order to give you the best experience. Anyway the Original iPhone and the iPhone 3G has 128MB of RAM. The 3GS has double, so 256MB and therefore there are, or in theory far less crashes on the iPhone 3GS than previous models. If you have a look at my article <a href="http://mark-haynes.co.uk/index.php/160/comparing-the-iphone-3g-and-iphone-3gs-speed" target="_blank">HERE</a> comparing the 3GS and 3G you can see memory tests near the bottom. Anyway enough waffle whats memory info? Well it&#8217;s what Memory Info can do that&#8217;s interesting. When you close an app the RAM isn&#8217;t always cleared and so your phone slows down and can crash. If you load Memory Info, click Free Memory, it will free up your ram and make your phone fast again. Now if you have a 3GS and think I&#8217;m ok I don&#8217;t need it then your so wrong. Memory info shows what free ram you have and after a few apps had been used and closed on my 3GS I only had around 30MB free one click of Free Memory in Memory Info and I got 149MB back! Overall if your someone who uses lots of apps or intensive apps like games get this app. For 59p it will save you having to reboot your iPhone every time it slows up!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_RopenFly.png" rel="lightbox[307]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_RopenFly" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_RopenFly.png" alt="iPhoneApp_RopenFly" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
<dd style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px;">Rope n Fly &#8211; £Free (lite) or £0.59</dd>
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<p><strong>Rope &#8216;n&#8217; Fly App </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My Final App of this Week is another game! Rope &#8216;n&#8217; Fly is a very simple yet addictive game where you are a man swinging on ropes that come from your hands across buildings. No, not Spiderman, don&#8217;t know where you could of got that idea from, it&#8217;s just a simple man who just so happens to have the amazing powers exactly like Spiderman. Anyway it&#8217;s not a game you get for amazing graphics or amazing sound, far from it, it&#8217;s just simple and fun. It&#8217;s another Coffee break game that you might just end up playing for longer than you thought and possibly get in trouble! Plus what I like about this game is there is a Lite Version available. You don&#8217;t get to do much in the lite version but at least you can see what the game is like without spending a penny, which is great! Definitely give this a try!</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s another week of fantastic apps for you to try. If you have any apps you want me to check out Tweet me, add a comment, e-mail me just get in touch!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>PaperToss App</strong> The Paper Toss App is a great little game that can give you several minutes, yes minutes I doubt hours, of fun and is a great tea break game just to pass some time. The game is set in a office and the idea of the is to try and toss the paper into the bin by drawing its route on screen however there is a one obstacle, a Fan! No I don&#8217;t mean a fan as in a celebrity fan, I mean an Office fan. It will blow the paper in a certain direction and you need to determine how to through the paper in order to overcome the wind from the fan. Overall the game is great for those breaks but can get tiresome over time but it&#8217;s Free so what are you waiting for?</p>
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<dt><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Waterslide.png" rel="lightbox[268]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_Waterslide" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Waterslide.png" alt="Movies App" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
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<p><strong>Waterslide Extreme App</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">My Next Top 5 App is another Game. This one is called WaterSlide Extreme and is a great little game that can get quite addictive. Your mission is to slide down the waterslide, not you a character but you have to direct the character by tilting the iPhone left or right and forwards and back for speed. When sliding down there are green stars to hit to get points but watch out there&#8217;s also a crab and an angry duck, don&#8217;t ask, but they will cause you to loose a life so be careful also don&#8217;t tip the iPhone too far or you will fall off the slide. Check this app out in the App Store for free!</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"><strong>WoW Mobile Armory App </strong>– <em>(Requires Data Access and a Battle.Net or WoW Account)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">So it looks like the biggest MMO in the World has come to the iPhone&#8230; Well not quite. If you have ever played World of Warcraft you have probably come across the armory. What it allowed you to do was see yours and everyones characters and see what gear they had, what talent spec they had, there rep, arena info and much more. If you haven&#8217;t a clue what I&#8217;m on about you probably haven&#8217;t played so skip this app. What the Armory App does is lets you see all this information without having to go on the web. Whats also nice is when you log into your account it shows you all your characters without having to find them yourself. If your a WoW player it&#8217;s a must, if your not a player you have a life and can skip this app. (I&#8217;m not having a dig I used to play too!)</p>
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<p><strong>iPint App </strong> So whats this iPint app? Well this is one of those apps you must get if you want to show your brilliant iPhone off to your mates or down the pub. Simply touch the screen and your iPhone fills with what looks like realistic beer. Simply put the iPhone to your mouth, tilt and the drink appears to be emptying into your mouth. Ok so it doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s a glass. You can tell its a phone but when your mate wants a pint tell him to touch the screen and drink that. Imagine the taste and it will save you lots of money! Overall iPint is a great funny app that is a great sneaky way of showing everyone your doing well, you have an iPhone, but without actually having to point it out!</p>
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<dt><a href="http://mark-haynes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_ECB_TVGuide.png" rel="lightbox[268]"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none initial;" title="iPhoneApp_TVGuide" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_TVGuide.png" alt="ECB Cricket App" width="87" height="101" /></a></dt>
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<p><strong>UK TV Guide App – </strong><em>(Requires Data Access)</em> My Final App of the Week is aimed at UK users like myself. Sorry everyone else but I had to mention it in the Top 5. This App is brilliant! Simply put its a EPG (electronic programme guide) on your iPhone. When you load the app it instantly shows you whats on now and next for all the Freeview and many if not all the Sky Channels too! You can also click on a channel and see whats on every day for the next 7 Days. Not only that but for BBC channels it provides links to the iPlayer (BBC on demand service) and opens the page up in Safari instantly.  If you like your TV and are in the UK this is another must!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_209" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_TwiiterFon.png" rel="lightbox[217]"><img class="size-full wp-image-209" title="iPhoneApp_TwiiterFon" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_TwiiterFon.png" alt="TwitterFon App" width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">TwitterFon App</p></div>
<p><strong>TwitterFon App</strong> &#8211; <em>(Requires Data Access)</em></p>
<p>The TwitterFon App allows you to pull in your Twitter Alerts and reply directly to people on Twitter and update your status simply and quickly. There is a Pro Version available which adds 4 Themes, Landscape Support, Support for Multiple Accounts, is Ad Free and adds a few other features. If you like TwitterFon Free it might be worth upgrading but it should be noted there is currently no push support built into this app.</p>
<div id="attachment_211" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Movies.png" rel="lightbox[217]"><img class="size-full wp-image-211" title="iPhoneApp_Movies" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Movies.png" alt="Movies App" width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Movies App</p></div>
<p><strong>Flixster Movies App</strong> –<em> (Requires Data Access and GPS for Full Use)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">The Movies App from Flixster is one of the most useful apps I have used. The App allows you to find Movie Times, Cinemas, Watch Trailers, find out Release Dates, see what the critics are saying about a movie by pulling in the Rotten Tomatoes Data. If you have an iPhone 3G/3GS the App automatically finds your local Cinemas and Shows you what Films are on and what times they are showing. It also gives you the option to call the cinema and get directions too it. What I love about this App is it is the iPhone at it’s best using all it’s features and making life mobile, quick and simple!</p>
<div id="attachment_212" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_TapTapRevenge.png" rel="lightbox[217]"><img class="size-full wp-image-212" title="iPhoneApp_TapTapRevenge" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_TapTapRevenge.png" alt="Tap Tap Revenge 2" width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tap Tap Revenge 2</p></div>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"><strong>Tap Tap Revenge 2 App </strong>– <em>(Requires Data Access to Download Songs)</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;">Tap Tap Revenge 2 is a great little game that lets you pass the time while listening to some great tracks. The Game is a Guitar Hero type when you have to touch the cloured circles when a dot passes through them, trust me it&#8217;s harder than you think. Listening to the tracks is free and at the end you are given the option to buy them. The game is great great fun and you will be playing for hours it’s definitely worth checking out!</p>
<div id="attachment_208" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Backgrounds.png" rel="lightbox[217]"><img class="size-full wp-image-208" title="iPhoneApp_Backgrounds" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_Backgrounds.png" alt="Backgrounds App" width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Backgrounds App</p></div>
<p><strong>Backgrounds App – </strong><em>(Requires Data Access)</em></p>
<p>The Backgrounds App is a great source of, well obviously, backgrounds for the iPhone and iTouch. There are lots of different backgrounds available of all categories from animals, to cars and all are scaled perfectly for the iPhone and iTouch!</p>
<div id="attachment_206" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_ECB_Cricket.png" rel="lightbox[217]"><img class="size-full wp-image-206" title="iPhoneApp_ECB_Cricket" src="http://cloudbite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/iPhoneApp_ECB_Cricket.png" alt="ECB Cricket App" width="87" height="101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">ECB Cricket App</p></div>
<p><strong>ECB Cricket App – </strong><em>(Requires Data Access)</em></p>
<p>The ECB Cricket App is brilliant for all those Cricket Fans who want to keep up with the latest Cricket Scores. With the ashes (England v Australia) currently underway it is also useful to see who’s winning and the latest news regarding players, games and everything Cricket!</p>
<p>This concludes my Top 5 iPhone/iTouch Apps for week begining 13/07/2009. I would like to hear your thoughts on these Apps&#8230;</p>
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