Archive for July, 2008
TUAW Hands-On: Square Enix’s Song Summoner for the iPod
Filed under: Gaming, Multimedia, Software, Features, AppleSquare Enix dropped a huge bomb at E3 a few weeks ago with the fact that their latest Final Fantasy title, number 13, was coming to Microsoft’s Xbox 360. But a week before, they dropped another piece of surprise news on iPod owners: that they…
Two New Cases For iPhone 3G By Cut&Paste
A Japanese company, Cut&Paste, created two new cases with a few different options for iPone 3G. New cases offer screen protection, they currently have available the Bone Phone Bubble 3G and the Bone Phone Cube 3G. Both cases come in several different colors, both including a pink version of …
iTunes 7.7.1 update now available
Filed under: Software, iTunes, Software UpdateApple just released an update for iTunes. The release indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 “includes fixes to improve stability and performance.” You may recall that the last update for iTunes (7.7) was released on the iPhone 3G release term. You can download tha…
Battery calibration recommended by Apple, why no utility?
Filed under: Hardware, Portables, iBook, PowerBook, PowerMac G5, Macbook Pro, MacBook, MacBook AirLike virtually all mobile computer manufacturers, Apple recommends that users calibrate their laptop batteries every few months, as Scott pointed out a couple of years ago. Unlike many manufacturers, ho…
John Carmack planning a “graphical tour-de-force” for the iPhone
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, DeveloperAh, game developers (especially EA game developers, of which id software’s John Carmack is now one, after their announcement at E3 that they’d work together to publish games). They thrive on hype, and live, it seems sometimes, off of specul…
Korebasi Lite For iPhone
Another maze-like iPhone game Korebasi Lite is launched. While playing the game you have to use the accelerometer to navigate. You need to move your ball to the crystal while rolling by bonus items like bananas, cherries, clocks and more. You’ll plus come across puzzles and enemy balls which will …
Torque Game Engine comes to the iPhone
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Developer, iPhone
We’ve mentioned the Torque gaming engine from GarageGames here a few times before — it’s a pretty compelling 3D engine that makes developing great games on the Mac that much easier. And now, they’ve released a version of it for th…
