Tips & Secrets for iPhone 1.0

Device: iOS Universal
Category: Reference
Price: $.99 -> Free, Version: 1.0 (iTunes)

Description:

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Tips & Secrets for iPhone

Ninja Desktop 1.1

Device: iOS iPad Only
Category: Utilities
Price: $.99 -> Free, Version: 1.1 (iTunes)

Description:

The easiest and fastest way to view and control your computer from the iPad.Your iPad can now do everything you can do on your computer.Instantly connect to your computer from anywhere in the world!Features======• Stream fast, smooth videos from your computer.• The ONLY app that lets you search for files and applications on your desktop and launch them directly from the iPad (Mac only. Windows support coming soon).• Support for multiple monitors – simply swipe to switch from one monitor to another.• No nonsense configuration – a single tap to connect.• View and control your friend’s computer.• Use your favorite applications that are not available on the iPad. (Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, iPhoto, Keynote, etc.).• Watch Flash videos (Hulu, Netflix, etc.).• Play Facebook Flash games (Mafia Wars, Farmville, CityVille, etc.).• Use your favorite browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) and view Flash websites.• Remotely control Media Players and PowerPoint Presentations.• Guide your office administrator as you watch the desktop remotely.• Help your grandmother on her computer as she downloads your childhood photos.• Listen to any music on your computer.• Automatically adapts the screen resolution for optimum performance (3G or Wi-Fi. Mac only. Windows support coming soon).• Requires Easy Connect, a free companion application for your computer (Max OSX and Windows).

What’s New

Bug Fixes

Ninja Desktop

Engines for iPhone 1.0

Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Productivity
Price: $1.99 -> Free, Version: 1.0 (iTunes)

Description:

FREE FOR THIS WEEKEND!** iOS version 5.0 required ** ** Certain sites require log-in or subscription. Please check with your institute for details. ** -= Engines for iPhone =- -What is Engines for iPhone? Engines is an iPhone app that helps folks search various engines quickly. -I use my default search engine. Why bother using this app? Convenience! Type it once and automatically search many other engines at a tap of a button- even add your own search engines. You can rapidly find what you are looking for, saving you time and frustration. Other features: – Sharing: You can share your results (URLs, Text, and images) to popular social networks or save them to your Evernote notebook. – Annotation Webpages: Annotate away! Change pen colors, manipulate images, and change the banners. Email or share it! – Annotate Images: press and hold an image to save or annotate it! – Quick image download button: quickly save images to your photo album by pressing "Quick image" button. This button automatically appears when a page contains an image. Image search engines work well with this feature. – Engines Bookmarklet: launch Engines Medical from Safari browser. See help menu for details. – Smart selection menu: research a word in either Wikipedia and UpToDate without leaving the current page. – Fullscreen browsing – Bookmarks – Search history Engines for the iPhone is a invaluable tool to RAPIDLY research, annotate, and share knowledge! Please email VanumuApps@gmail.com with suggestions or questions.

Engines for iPhone

ACTPrinter – Virtual Printer for iPhone / iPad 3.4.4

Device: iOS Universal
Category: Productivity
Price: $1.99 -> $.99, Version: 3.4.4 (iTunes)

Description:

“A Must-Have For Every iPhone With a Mac” – AppCraver.com-> NOW also available for Windows XP, Vista & 7-> NOW also optimized for iPad#1 green app featured in PCWorld Magazine April 2011ACTPrinter allows you to "print" any document from your Mac/PC to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Finally your documents travel with you!Ever wondered why you always end up printing those so-called electronic tickets, boarding passes, …? No more!Wasted a sheet of paper to remember that "will call" pickup number? Stop wasting paper!Want to read documents on the go?FEATURES:- "Print" documents, emails, webpages and more from any program on your computer directly to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch- Your computer will automatically detect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch when connected to your AirPort or WiFi network, no need to type in an IP address- Sort your printouts by order, date or title- Organize your printouts into groups. Select ‘Edit’ mode, then select ‘Sections’- Change the name of any printout- Delete printouts with a swipe or using edit. It works just like in the Mail app- Help and troubleshooting guide included within the appIf you like ACTPrinter, please take the time to write a review. Thank you!If you have problems, please contact support for assistance. We usually answer emails the same day and can fix most problems with one email.- For Mac Support: support.actprinterMAC@houdah.com- For PC Support: support.actprinterWIN@houdah.comREQUIREMENTS:Mac with Airport cardMac OS X 10.5 Leopard or laterPC with WiFi cardMicrosoft Windows XP, Vista(x32 & x64) or Windows 7(x32 & 64)DOWNLOAD:Get ACTPrinter Mac/Win at: http://www.houdah.com/ACTPrinterPlease read the FAQ:http://www.houdah.com/ACTPrinter/faq.htmlMore info & support:http://www.houdah.com/ACTPrinterElectronic boarding passes in the USA:http://tinyurl.com/boarding-passPlease do check out our other products: Quid (Currency Converter), ACTGratuity (Tip Calculator), Sudoku Uno for iPhone, iPad or Mac, Sudoku Duo (Dual Player Sudoku for iPad), …(ACTPrinter 3 uses MGSplitViewController by Matt Gemmell)

What’s New

Under iOS 5 the zoom button is no longer needed

ACTPrinter – Virtual Printer for iPhone / iPad

Super Bit Dash 1.1.2

Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Games
Price: $1.99 -> Free, Version: 1.1.2 (iTunes)

Description:

Super Bit Dash is a retro inspired dashing and jumping action game with intuitive touch controls.Super Bit Dash is OpenFeint’s Free Game of the Day! Download the Game Channel app to get a FREE game every day! NO CLUNKY D-PAD!————————————SWIPE TO DASH!DASH TO SURVIVE!————————————Here are the game’s highlights:★GAMECENTER and Openfeint achievements and leaderboards★8-bit inspired art★Intuitive Touch controls ★Easy to pick up and play, challenging to master★Old School platforming action using swipes and taps – no clunky virtual d-pads.★Two difficulty settings ★Randomly assembled levels – every time you play the game it stitches small levels together, combining the pleasure of carefully conceived level design with the surprise of randomly generated content.★8-bit inspired soundtrackNEW FEATURES:★Unlock quirky characters★Unlock new powerups★More levels!GET READY. SET. DASH!!!!———————–REVIEWS:Gamezebo: 4.5* – With its mix of fantastic controls and almost endless appeal, this is one game you owe yourself to check out.Williams Yee: 5* – Awesome retro game! – Super bit dash, it is like 8bit of jetpack joyride. al909_ 5* – To good. Way to addictive.

What’s New

-new characters!-optimizations-bug fixes

Super Bit Dash

Weather Motion HD 1.4

Device: iOS iPad Only
Category: Weather
Price: $.99 -> Free, Version: 1.4 (iTunes)

Description:

Weather Motion HD is FREE today with FreeApps.Weather Motion HD takes mobile weather apps to a whole new level with stunning High Definition (HD) graphics and sound effects!● "Weather Motion HD : See And Hear The Weather Indoors Before Heading Outdoors." – AppAdvice.com● "If you’re in need of a soothing alarm clock or a way to listen and watch the weather without going outside, Weather Motion HD is another way to experience the weather on your iPad." – Padvance.com● "Weather information in style !" – StylishiPadApps.tumblr.comWeather Motion HD is the most beautiful way to check for weather information on your iPad. This application shows you the local condition report on top of a soothing video representation of the current weather condition.Demo video available here : http://www.youtube.com/presseliteapps************************************************************DESCRIPTION :************************************************************☀ See the current and forecast weather in gorgeous HD videos.☀ High quality video footage of different weather conditions.☀ Real time weather information based on your current location (GPS or WiFi) wherever you are in the world.☀ Local condition report, temperature, high & low, wind speed & direction, and humidity level.☀ Local forecast. Slide your finger on the screen to see the forecast.☀ The temperature is displayed in Celsius or Fahrenheit.☀ You can check the weather for other cities. Choose the city you want to see weather for by scrolling through your saved cities. You can add or delete cities, and reorder your list. PLEASE, ENTER THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY.☀ Two display modes are available.☀ The most accurate weather application on the AppStore.☀ The application is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German.************************************************************SOUND : ************************************************************☀ We have added sound (nature ambiences) for each weather condition to make everything even more real! We hope you will like this new feature as we do!************************************************************ALARM :************************************************************☀ Simple alarm function.☀ You can set alarms, and organize them in your list.☀ Works even if the iPad is in Sleep Mode.IMPORTANT: This application requires an active Internet connection to retrieve data. You also need to turn on "Location Services" option in the settings of your iPad.If you like Weather Motion HD, please leave us a review on iTunes. Your support would greatly help.Thank you for taking the time to report any bugs or to request an enhancement to Weather Motion HD application. Feedback is very important to us. We will do our best to answer queries. Email us at support@presselite.com

What’s New

✔ "My Location" bug fixes. This functionality calculates automatically your GPS position, and displays the local temperature.✔ General improvements.IMPORTANT : This application requires an active Internet connection to retrieve data. You also need to turn on "Location Services" option in the settings of your iPad.If you like this application, please rate us ✭✭✭✭✭ stars on iTunes. Your high ratings and reviews keep the updates coming. Your support is much appreciated!Download Weather Motion for iPhone : http://www.presselite.com/iphone/weathermotion/

Weather Motion HD

Aurum Blade 1.0.4

Device: iOS Universal
Category: Games
Price: $.99 -> Free, Version: 1.0.4 (iTunes)

Description:

Download the FAADChat App by @FreeAppADay.com, make new friends and vote together to make the best paid apps like "Aurum Blade" FREE!★★★ 1.0.4 update avaible now ★★★1. The Boar King in Boar Dungeon keeps appearing during the Boar Dungeon Time duration. 2. Trial Rooms are connected to Game Center Achievements. ★★★ Big update avaiable now ★★★1. Universal App 2. Customizing control option added on iPad 3. New Boar Dungeon maps added. 4. Defense Dungeon maps added for Achivements on Game Center 5. New Set Items Added 6. Effectiveness of 1st grade crystals improved 7. HP Regen and MP Regen time shortened to every 1 second from 2 seconds. 8. Amount of MP recovery by MP Regen skills doubled. The essence of ancient Alchemy, the Philosopher’s Stone, has been hidden in the Philosopher’s Tower until now, and for good reason. But now Duke Marduk is heading to the tower to take the stone and use it. But for what? And why has he abducted Celty, the mysterious girl from Shining Dawn Village, who is somehow connected to it all? One thing is clear, terrible things are happening, and Duke Marduk must be stopped. Someone must be a hero in this world! Aurum Blade is a fast-paced action RPG with thrilling attack weapons and spells, and truly enjoyable control. Features: Challenge The Power Dungeon to get epic and legendary itemsThere are plenty of great Epic, Set, and Legendary items waiting to be looted from the dungeons. Premium items and gems can even be found within! Daily Free Tickets to the Power Dungeon and Boar DungeonYou can enter the Power Dungeon everyday with a Daily Free Ticket. For further exploration, tickets can also be purchased from the Power Shop. Powerful Summoning Monsters allow for strategic game playPowerful Blade Monsters can be summoned after first proving yourself in the Blade Dungeons.A total of 6 Blade Monsters (Stone, Iron, Ice, Fire, Silver and Aurum) will fight alongside you in the battle field. Each has different skills and attack patterns.Blade Monsters grow in strength as you pass the Blade Dungeons. And a maximum of 5 monsters can be summoned at one time. Try different weapons! Wear different costumes! Find and enhance your own weapons!Each item has its own unique and powerful options that can be customized. You can enchant your weapons and armor, and insert crystals to add even more abilities. Dual weapons fighting can be mastered for deadly attacks. And the Alchemy system allows you to create and enhance special weapons and items.All of this and more is waiting to be discovered. Three characters to play!Three characters (Allen, Sigmund and Enoshu) are available to play. 3 save slots are also available, and it is possible to exchange items among the saved data slots via the Stash Inventory.Customer Support Email: oddyhelp@gmail.com

What’s New

Thank you for playing Aurum Blade.1. The Boar King in Boar Dungeon keeps appearing during the Boar Dungeon Time duration. 2. Trial Rooms are connected to Game Center Achievements.

Aurum Blade

When you have a new or old Mac, every so often you will want to stress test your Mac to see if it has any problems or it can handle the heat. There are a variety of different ways in which you can do this, however one of the simplest ways is to use Terminal. This guide will show you how to set your CPU running at max speed, which you can tailor to the number of CPU’s cores you have. Then its just a matter of watching the results in Activity Monitor, watch for stability issues and see the temperature of your Mac rise.

The first step is to open Activity Monitor located in Applications > Utilities folder. Set the entries in the list view to be ordered by CPU %, so you can see what is using your computer. Then, if required, install an app to monitor the temperature of your Mac. I recommend iStat, either the dashboard or menu bar app, however Temperature Monitor, is also a good app if it is slightly more technical.

After you have opened your monitoring software we can now stress your CPU. Open Terminal. As a starter type the following into Terminal:

yes

You will notice, Terminal starts outputting the letter ‘y’ and the CPU of your Mac increasing. The yes command, will keep repeating this command indefinitely. To stop the process either press Control + C on your keyboard or close the Terminal window.

We can now use this command for each CPU (physical) core we have on your Mac. End the previous command, and type the following instead:

yes > /dev/null

This will output the results of yes to a special location on your mac called /dev/null . This is done because opening up multiple instances of the yes command will not increase the load on your computer past 100%. However, when we pipe this command to /dev/null it will.

If you notice in Activity monitor your CPU load will increase to 100% of the yes command. This is fully loading one CPU core to its maximum. If you use something like iStat, you will notice the load is spread evenly between each cores, a feature of your operating system. To load the other cores, open up a new Terminal window, keeping the first one open, and repeat the command.

When you open two instances of the yes command being piped to /dev/null your load will increase to 200%, keep doing this for each core you have.

One of the new features of the Intel cores is the ability to have hyper-threading, as a result your Mac will report more cores than is physically present. This means if you have a quad core processor, your Mac will report eight cores. It allows your computer to run faster. However, in this stress test you will never be able to stress those extra four virtual cores. It doesn’t really matter, but means your CPU monitor will only fill half way, when in reality every core is running at full speed. It also means your the yes command can run at 100% (for each core) and other tasks can compute at the same time.

When you have finally finished stress testing your Mac, either close the Terminal window, of press Control + C. I let the command run for a couple of minutes and watched the CPU temperature slowly rise. If you think you have a problem with your CPU running at full speed, running this command and carrying out normal running of your Mac at the same time will help you eliminate any possible problems.

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Does it deliver on its promises, or does this app get too much “hype” for its own good?

The state of animation on the web

Lets be honest: unless you have been living under a rock for the past 15 years (in which case it would be surprising to find you reading this), you will know very well that Flash has been the tool of choice for most animation on the web up until relatively recently. For over a decade now it has been (and continues to be in many cases) the de-facto standard for animated content on the web. The reasons for this are many, including the wide install-base of the Flash browser plugin, and the fast that Flash as a platform has a relatively low barrier to entry, (it is possible to learn the basics very quickly for most people), and is very flexible (you can build everything from a simple button up to full, interactive, websites).

It is only within the past year or two that CSS3 has reached a stage where browser vendors have been interested in starting to support the burgeoning standard, and even now support is far from universal. The latest builds of Safari and Chrome carry the best support, with Firefox and Opera shortly behind. IE9 has added some CSS3 support, but any version prior to that will see no love for your animated creations.

CSS3 brings with it the possibility of animating elements individually using nothing but the same kind of code web developers generate daily anyway (albeit with some new syntax to learn), and these animations will work on iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone while Flash, famously, will not.

Javascript also has a part to play in this equation, too. It is possible to leverage Javascript’s control over the page to animate elements, but for most people the code needed to do this is simply too arduous to write. jQuery makes things a great deal easier by including a framework that you can build around (basically allowing you to set end values for CSS attributes such as position or opacity and doing all the work in-between for you).

Up steps Hype

The main problem with the use of CSS3 and/or Javascript to achieve your animation goals, though, is that you have to know (and write) a lot of code if you are hoping to achieve anything but the most simple of animations. Secondly, the lack of an immediate visual representation of what you are doing will make this a difficult approach for many people. For example, you might want to move an image from point a, to point b. Point a is easy – that is probably where the image starts, but where is point b? How many pixels do you need to move it to get it in just the right place?

This is where Hype comes in. Hype is essentially a WYSIWYG front-end to all of this coding, allowing users to produce the same effects using the same techniques (and theoretically producing the same code) as described above. The main advantage with this is that it takes away the high barrier to entry that CSS/Javascript animation presents to most people. With Hype, you never have to write a line of code (if you don’t want to).

Hype's user interface should feel instantly familiar to anyone who has worked with, or seen, Flash in the past.

Hype will seem instantly familiar to anyone who has had even passing experience with Adobe’s Flash authoring environment. Sure, the pallettes and toolbars are different, but the essence is the same. You drag elements to a stage and animate various properties including their position and opacity using keyframes. Sound familiar? That’s because it is. Just about every time-based media application, including video editors, effects packages, and Flash itself, operate using this method, or a variation thereof.

Using Hype

Whether or not you have had any experience with animation or time-based media before, Hype should not be a hard application to pick up and learn. On the whole, the interface is remarkably intuitive. It feels rather like a cross between Apple’s Pages and a WYSIWYG web editor, which in actuality is quite similar to what it is.

Hype's scenes bar makes it easy to add and rearrange the scenes in your project

The main focus of Hype’s user interface is the stage, onto which you place images, text and other elements to compose your design. Above this is the scenes strip – Scenes allow the user to compose more complex animations composed of multiple separate compositions, similar to the different shots in a video project. At the bottom of the window is the timeline, which lists all the elements in which ever scene the user is currently editing. Separate to this window is the inspector pallette, which houses all the controls and settings for the elements placed on the stage, including text formatting, sizing and positioning, color and animation.

Hypes timeline gives users a quick view of their keyframes, and the attributes that are animated

To animate an element, it is a simple matter of placing it on the stage and creating a couple of “keyframes” to animate between. With the timeline scrubber on a keyframe, any settings you change for that element will be changed for that frame, and animated to from previous keyframes. It is a simple matter to set up a couple of keyframes and fade an element in or move it from point a to point b, or to rotate an item over time. Set your starting state with one keyframe, and your end state with another, and Hype does the rest.

You can even set a keyframe and hit the “record” button and move elements around, and Hype will record all the animation in the meantime and automatically set up the options for you. What Hype does not do, however, is offer any easing options (which would allow a user to have an animation “ease” in and out, meaning that the animation starts out and ends at a slower pace than in the middle, which often looks more natural than a purely linear animation such as those Hype generates).

After about 30 minutes playing with Hype, you will likely have a fairly good handle on the bulk of the WYSIWYG portion of the app, and you may be ready to try exporting your first basic animation. Before doing that, you should probably preview your animation in a browser, and here Hype has you covered.

If you have Google Chrome installed, Hype allows you to preview a temporary version of your composition in one click. If all looks ok there, then it is time to export your animation. It is worth noting the document settings tab in the inspector at this stage, which allows you to set your target browsers (which dictates what warnings Hype will show you when exporting).

Hype will display warnings about your content based upon what browsers you tell it you are looking for your animation to work in. This is particularly useful for the less experienced user, who likely will not know about the various capabilities and shortfallings of different browsers. Hype tests against a good range of common browsers, including Safari (both mobile and desktop versions), Chrome, Firefox and, importantly, Internet Explorer from the current version 9 down to the antiquated but rapidly dying version 6.

Hype's browser warnings will be useful for novices

It is my feeling that hobbyists and beginners in the web-world will benefit hugely from the ease of use and built-in compatibility checking that Hype offers, and that helps make it a compelling choice for those users. Backing this up is an ability to dive under the hood and manually edit the Javascripts that lie underneath, allowing a greater amount of control for those who want or are able to take it.

The Problem

The problem with so much Hype is that it is often extremely difficult to live up to. This, sadly, is also the case here. Hype has a number of problems that to some may be no big thing, but to others will be deal-breakers.

First, and lets make this very clear, Hype has at most a “fleeting” relationship with HTML5: Yes, it is possible to add video to your Hype projects and this will be added using the HTML5 <video> tag, and yes, Hype will use the new HTML5 shortened doctype declaration for the documents it exports, but that is about where the relationship ends.

What Hype actually exports, on the whole, is good-old HTML4, CSS3 and Javascript. This is fine, but why tout HTML5 when HTML5 actually has so little to do with the product itself? Hype makes no use of any of the new semantic elements provided by HTML5 (such as header, footer, nav, section, article etc.), nor does it make use of any of the other useful things HTML5 allows you to do. This means no web-workers, no local data storage, and perhaps most importantly, no history API.

That Hype is lacking in ability in these areas may seem like a small concern, but the fact that the History API is totally absent means that animations made with Hype “break” the browser’s back button; Imagine you wanted to create a set of slides to go with a presentation using Hype. That’s fine, but good luck if you want to be able to link anyone to a particular slide, or to allow users to page back and forth between said slides using standard browsers controls, such as the back and forward buttons, keyboard shortcuts or mouse/trackpad gestures. None of this will work with a Hype animation unless you delve in to the script yourself and add the features in. Whilst there will undoubtedly be some potential users of this app who are skilled enough to do this, does it not kind of defeat the point of having a WYSIWYG app in the first place, if it leaves you having to fill in holes after you have used it?

Hype also makes no use of Canvas elements, meaning that each element placed in your animation will be wrapped in a div. This is not only a semantic nightmare, but fails to make use of a powerful feature available in most of the browsers that the technology Hype uses targets. I can understand not supporting new, untested, poorly supported features such as WebGL, but Canvas is supported natively by each of the major browsers at their current versions, and plugins are even available for IE8 and below to enable support there.

The final significant problem with Hype is that instead of leveraging any kind of existing framework such as jQuery or Prototype, the developers have chosen to create their own animation Javascript library. This is great, in that it places no dependency on outside scripts, but the downside is that even on a very short animation with only a couple of transitions, the Javascript weighs in at over 95Kb. That’s one large script file!

I can only imagine how this might end up with a 10-scene masterpiece with 50 animated elements in each scene. The main problem here is that this file will be served to users viewing your animation regardless of whether their browser needs it all or not. Many users with up-to-date browsers will have support for CSS3 animation, and so won’t need a lot of what is contained therein, but the server won’t know that so will serve it anyway. This has the potential to be quite a drag on your server.

The Verdict

I really wanted to love Hype because it represents an alternative to Flash that was based around technology natively supported by web browsers rather than by a plugin that, let’s admit it, has never been very good on Mac. There is no doubt that Hype is easy to use, and you can create some nice looking results relatively quickly. The interface is, on the whole, intuitive and responsive and the app itself behaves very well.

However, there are just too many shortcomings for my liking when it comes to the actual content that Hype generates. For an app that markets itself on building “HTML5″ web content, the lack of any kind of support for the history API is baffling. I understand that this is not supported by older browsers, but there are workarounds. The fact is that Tumult just haven’t implemented them. This is particularly surprising when you consider that they paid enough attention to detail to implement “old-fashioned” Javascript animation for those browsers that don’t support CSS3.

With that being said though, Hype is a perfect choice for those wanting to get started with animation on the web without the expensive entry point of Flash, or the necessity for an encyclopaedic knowledge of code. It is easy enough to pick up and use with a very limited learning curve, and does produce good results visually.

Its interface is mostly very polished, and the app itself seems very reliable. At a relatively low price point of $29.99, Hype does constitute a good entry point for most people. Experienced web professionals, though, may find the many short-fallings mentioned here more of an issue, and may want to learn to do things the hard way, instead.

As a professional web developer myself, this puts me in a quandary in trying to come to an overall opinion about Hype. On one hand, Hype is an easy, relatively inexpensive entry point to the world of animation on the web for a great number of potential users. On the other hand, I personally would prefer that the code that came out the other side was of a higher quality, and that accessibility and usability of the exported product weren’t second class citizens here. I’m a huge advocate for a better quality websites, and I have felt over the past 10 years of development that Flash is a prime culprit of exactly this kind of sin: low-quality websites produced by all because an application made it too easy.

It’s a toss-up for me between whether to encourage users to give Hype a go and hope that it leads them to learn more about the platform they are developing for, or whether to discourage them from picking up a piece of software that could lead them down much the same road as Dreamweaver or similar WYSIWYG applications, leaving them with bad websites and no deeper understanding of how things work under the bonnet than before they started.

What do you think about Hype? Have you used it? Are you a hobbyist or a professional? Let us know in the comments!

CamCam Pro 1.1

Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Photography
Price: $.99 -> Free, Version: 1.1 (iTunes)

Description:

CAPTURE WITHOUT any TOUCH! USE YOUR FACE AS A SHUTTER!Are you tired of playing so many low-end iPhone Camera apps which only provide boring functions? Have you missed the great moments because of built-in camera app or others were so slow to take photos?This app, “CamCam”, from Fotomato inc, is what you are looking for.We provide the WW fastest iPhone/iPod Camera app for you. It’s all about your BEST CAMERA!► Face Shutter (NEW AND ESSENTIAL!)Shooting portrait photos never been so easy! You just point it to any person, and CamCam will recognize human’s face, automatically take photo for you. ► Extremely Fastest (NEW AND ESSENTIAL!)No delay for shooting, No delay for saving, continues to push the snapshot button. You can also switch to burst mode for 10 fps with HD quality photo like professional DSLR.► Anti-Shake ShutterCamCam can eliminate the movements of your device, and take the best photo to you when stabilized. ► Voice Shutter Say "Cheers", and it will automatically shoot the photo. Free you hand when take photos.★ Other features we offer+ Big Button+ 4X Digital Zoom+ Self-Timer+ Grid line for better shooting+ Compass Indicator+ Gravity Indicator+ Battery Remaining Indicator+ Disk Capacity Indicator+ Online Tips+ Share with Facebook and Twitter+ Save to Camera Roll+ Photo Library management======================Feel free to contact us for any feedback and suggestions. Our support email is: fotomatosup@gmail.com

What’s New

1. Fix white screen issue on iPad 2.2. Fix color issue on iPod touch 4.

CamCam Pro