VLC for iPad Demo (Video)
AppAdvice has a pre-release demo of VLC for iPad, which has been submitted to the App Store for approval.
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VLC Player for iPad Submitted to App Store for Approval
An iPad version of the popular open source media player, VLC, has been submitted to the App Store for approval. VLC is known for being able to play just about every video format, so this is good news for anyone who gets annoyed by having to convert all their video into the QuickTime compatible MP4 format before playing on the iPad.
Review: Nike+ GPS for iPhone
Engadget has reviewed Nike’s new iPhone app, Nike+ GPS. This run-tracking app cost $1.99 and is available in the App Store. This Nike+ app does not require special Nike shoes with the sensor, it uses the iPhone’s GPS instead.
From Engadget:
Nike’s dalliances with technology should be familiar to our readers by now, with the crowning jewel of course being the Nike+ run-tracking software that pairs a shoe-mounted sensor with your iPhone or iPod. Well, it was. The gargantuan sportswear company is moving with the times and throwing the hardware away with the introduction of its all-new Nike+ GPS application. No longer restricting our running shoe choice is groovy, but the app itself has the even loftier aim of simultaneously acting as your fitness guru, motivator and record keeper. And all it asks in return is access to the accelerometer and GPS modules in your iOS 4-equipped iPhone or iPod touch. So, let’s see how this baby runs, shall we?
Read the entire review here.
Skyfire Submits Flash Video Playing iPhone Browser
Skyfire is an iPhone browser which lets you play Flash video from sites like Comedy Central. It was submitted to the app store today and should get approved because it doesn’t actually run the Flash on the iPhone, it translates the Flash video on their server and streams it to the iPhone using an Apple-approved HTML 5 format.
Skyfire’s famed cloud-computing technology translates Flash video on the fly from millions of web sites into HTML5 formats, and supports iOS devices via Apple’s HTTP live streaming standard. Skyfire also avoids the concerns raised in Steve Jobs’ recent essay regarding Flash on mobile devices. By optimizing Flash for iPhones and network conditions in the Cloud, Skyfire improves performance and maximizes battery life while playing video.
Play StarCraft II on Your iOS Device
StarCraft II Gameboard sounds like an interesting iOS app. It lets you remotely control your StarCraft II game from your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. The biggest problem with this app is that it’s only compatible with StarCraft II running on a Windows machine.
Starcraft 2 Gameboard should be available in the App Store in mid-September for $2.
The Starcraft 2 Gameboard is set for release in September 2010. With the Starcraft 2 Gameboard, you will be able to remotely control your Starcraft 2 game from your iPhone, Ipad, or Ipod touch. It will include many great features such as mini-map control, detailed unit statistics, and easy touch access to the games most important hotkeys and macros.
App Store Now Featuring Location-Based Apps
Apple is now featuring location-based apps in the App Store. The new “On the Grid” section lists apps like Facebook, Gowalla, Twitter and Foursquare.
Check out “On the Grid – Location-based Apps” in iTunes.
Unofficial CloudApp Client Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch
Cloud2go is an awesome new CloudApp client for iPhone and iPod touch. For those of you not familiar with CloudApp, it’s a free service that allows you to easily share images, links, music, videos and other files.
Features
- Upload existing content from your pasteboard and photo library or take a new photo or video with your camera
- Add files from any app that supports document interaction to your CloudApp account
- View images, text, videos, PDFs, Office and iWorks documents within the app and listen to uploaded music
- Full multitasking support: Finish uploads or syncing in the background and switch fast between apps
- Save images and videos to your photo library
- Search your complete library and share files via e-mail
- Full copy & paste and landscape support
Cloud2go is available in the App Store for $1.99.
Upload Videos at 720p to YouTube with 720Tube App
The iPhone 4 records amazing 720p video, but when you use the built-in Send to YouTube feature, it lowers the quality to 360p. This issue has been fixed with a free app called 720Tube. With 720Tube, you can directly upload your videos at 720p to YouTube. Hopefully Apple will make this a native feature soon, but check out 720Tube in the App Store while we are waiting.
Netflix App Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch
Netflix has updated their app to support the iPhone and iPod touch in addition to the iPad. Check it out in the App Store.
From Netflix:
Get Netflix on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix.
- It’s part of your Netflix unlimited membership. Not a Netflix member? Start your FREE trial today.
- Watch as often as you want
- Resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer
- Browse movies and manage your instant Queue right from your device
Google Goggles Coming to iPhone Soon
Google’s visual-search technology, Google Goggles, should be available for iPhone users later this year.
From The Register:
“We’re working on an iPhone version, and hope to have it out by the end of the year,” David Petrou, a Google staff engineer working on the Goggles project, told his keynote audience at Monday’s Hot Chips conference at Stanford University in California.
A web app for Goggles, Petrou said, isn’t current;y an option, even with HTML5′s enhanced media-capture abilities. “There is a new part of HTML5,” he said, “that allows you to acquire an image from a camera. And that’s really nice and really useful, but we don’t think it’s sufficient for something like Goggles that needs very fine control over the camera.
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