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The Oscars are nearly here, and regardless of whether the award strikes you as glamorous fun or just self-congratulatory, odds are you’ll want to catch up on some of the movies that are earning buzz. The iPhone in your pocket, it turns out, is a great place to start. Whether you’re using the built-in GPS to find your nearest theater, the mobile web to look for some movie trivia, or the crisp retina display to watch a film in its entirety, you’ll find the following movie apps some of the most useful the App Store has on offer.

Read the rest of Friday Favorites: The Best iPhone Apps for Movie Mavens

AppCraver.com, 2011. | Best iPhone Applications | Top iPhone Apps

written by clamshell

Talk about something that would hurt iTunes’ bottom line, and many hearts, including Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Reeling after the App Store rejection of their eBook Reader app, a Sony executive has hinted that the company’s catalogue of music could have a limited shelf life on iTunes.

As you can probably imagine, Sony’s music catalogue goes waaaay back, and includes some of the most popular recording artists in music history; think Beyonce, Bob Dylan (a Jobs favorite), etc.

Would they really dare to take on Apple in this manner?

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written by vasu \\ tags: dumping, read-the-rest, sony, take-on-apple

Here is an interesting rumor started by Cult Of Mac, which claims that Apple is working on revamping their notification system. No big surprise here so far as the iOS notification system is passable at best, and usually is one of the top complains from heavy users.

The surprising bit of information is that Apple might be buying out an iPhone developer company, instead of working on its own. According to Cult of Mac, Apple is currently talking to one small developer to purchase his company to improve and integrate his work in a future version of iOS… (…)
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written by margs \\ tags: Apple, big-surprise, developer, Download, facebook, future-version, ios, Iphone, iphone news, phone-download, read-the-rest

CrazyControl 2 is crazy all right, but not really because of the controls. The concept of the game is unlike any other, blending the waaaaay overdone endless running genre with and RPG. Basically, you run, jump over objects, slide under others, and then upgrade your skills with the money you collect along the way.

The kicker is that you don’t just control one character, you get two. Using a split screen, you have to manage all the movements and upgrades of each character at the very same time. On one screen you may be double jumping over a high obstacle while on the next you may have to slide just moments later. It’s a bit frantic, but the experience is undoubtedly unlike any other.

To make the game manageable, CrazyControl 2 is split up into multiple levels that allow you to not only catch out breath, but also to buy more powerups, such as the amazing triple jump, more health (so you can run into more obstacles), extra hang time, and boosts for items that you can pick up on the screen that blow up oncoming roadblocks.

Combine the frantic game play with some fantastic layered 2D animation and you have yourself a real winner. Fans of endless runners will undoubtedly be thrilled with the additional challenge and the ability to complete levels, while RPG fans will love the between level upgrade system. There really is a lot to like in CrazyControl 2, and if you are at all inclined to playing such a game, I would recommend that you do so.

[ CrazyControl 2 Review is a post from 148Apps ]

written by gunturbabu \\ tags: Application, chocobajiapps, endless runner, endless-runners, Game, iphone apps and games, money, replay-value, rpg

If you hang around the tech crowds that I do, it seems that everyone and their mother is a DJ these days. Whether it’s songs being mashed together or listening to Daft Punk tunes in Hollywood movies, people are now more exposed to the genre than ever, and everyone wants a little piece of the action.

Since the beginning of the App Store there have been soundboard/music creation apps, but only fairly recently (past year, year and a half) have we seen some solid DJ apps hit the market. Tap DJ, from Laan Labs, is one of the newcomers to the stage, and it is quite nice.

What works so well in Tap DJ is that the whole rig is shown through a few very intuitive screens. Your tracks are easily selectable from your iTunes songs, crossfading and pitch control is all done with easy to use sliders, and samples are easily made from included sounds and recordable beats. When you are done with your master track, you can even save it for later listening or further manipulation. If you need some inspiration, there is also a great “Explore” section that shows you some of the top mixes and tracks from the Tap DJ community. I’m not entirely sure that I want to hear a Mike Jones/NWA mashup, but it is a good resource for finding new stuff.

As far as iPhone DJ apps go, Tap DJ provides just about everything that a budding DJ could ever want. As long as you keep your expectations in check (the app only costs $1.99, so it won’t replace a $1,000, DJ setup), you’ll find yourself with a very usable digital DJ program.

[ Tap DJ Review is a post from 148Apps ]

written by najinya \\ tags: expectations, overall-rating, price, rating