Air Playit, iPhoGame Dev, inc. Free, is a cool app that makes it really easy to access the media on your computer by installing a small server on your machine. This allows you stream all your music, movies and TV shows to your iPhone, iPod or iPad on either wi-fi or 3G! That’s right, stream your computer’s media to your iDevice even if you are hundreds of miles away. Setting up this app is little more involved than most so I did the following video to show how. It really is just three steps. Download the app, download the server software to your computer from http://www.airplayit.com and login to your router to get the IP address and forward one port. If you want to keep the files on your iDevice the app has a download and convert feature that allow this as well. It’s really not that hard. Just watch the video and give up converting video files and plugging your iDevice into your computer for good!
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Onavo Doesn’t Save the Data it Claims
Onavo, Onavo Mobile Ltd, is a free app that helps you understand, manage and reduce your data usage. While it does the first two well, I was disappointed on how much data it saved me. The idea is simple enough. Install and launch the app where it connects your iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPad to its cloud based server. Then all your data is run through this server which compresses the data before sending it your iDevice. The company cutely calls their server The Magical Shrinking Machine! While this app likely won’t save you as much as they claim, I still highly recommend you give it whirl to see your own data patterns. Continue Reading…
iPhone4idiots App Review – Snowboard Hero
Snowboard Hero, FISHLABS $4.99, is a slick game with natural controls that is easy to pickup and play. The game features eight different tracks with multiple runs in one of three settings: piste, halfpipe or open alpine area. There are six characters to unlock and play. Each character’s skills (agility, speed, boost, and jumps) can be improved by buying new boards. You can also customize your pants and jackets. As you progress you unlock new harder tricks that score more points. Finishing multiple tricks in the same jump scores bigger points while repeating the same trick more than once earns less points.
There are five styles of gameplay. Slalom where you have to go through gates without missing many, Speed Run where you have to get down the hill as fast as you can, Freestyle where you have to score as many points as possible from doing tricks, Freestyle Race where you have to score a certain number of points from tricks and beat your opponent to the finish line and Gate Time Bonus where you have to make it down the hill in a limited time with bonus gates adding additional seconds.
Riding rails and doing tricks in the air is pretty fun. The graphics and audio in the game are super high quality. That said, I really can’t recommend this at $4.99, but if you see the price drop one day you might want to pick it up.