I have Terminology for iPad sitting on my homescreen, and it’s been there for weeks now. Like Cody wrote in his review of the iPad version, Terminology is an app for the English language - one that makes it easy to lookup for words and get instant and accurate definitions. Now, there’s an iPhone version, too.
The iPhone 4 Solar Charger
I haven’t had any problems with the iPhone 4 battery so far (I managed to make it last 38 hours once), but in case you were wondering if there was a way to use solar power to get more battery life - well, here it is.
The Frostfire Mooncharge Hybrid Solar Battery Case For iPhone 4 gives your device 5 extra minutes of calling or 50 minutes of stand-by mode with 20 minutes of direct sunlight, but if you charge the battery inside the case via USB you get 5 additional hours of calling. So, not really powerful when it comes to solar charging - not unless you leave the phone in direct sunlight for a couple of hours.
Synchronicity Lets You Use Your iPhone Even While It’s Syncing
Here’s a huge one, jailbreakers: Synchronicity is a new tweak that has just been released in Cydia which lets you use your iPhone while it’s syncing with iTunes via USB.
Cloud2go, Folio Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who entered our Folio & Cloud2go giveaways. We also want to thank the Ballistic Pigeon and phapswebsolutions developers for the promo codes they offered to MacStories readers.
Apple Showcases Location-based Apps in the App Store
With the recent announcement of Facebook Places, it seems like Apple thought it was about time to showcase location apps in the App Store. So here it is, an “On The Grid” section [iTunes link] that lists apps such as Facebook, Gowalla, Foursquare and Twitter. The only paid app in this new section is GeoFences.
Check out “On the Grid - Location-based Apps” here.
Cloud2go Available, 5 Codes Up for Grabs
Cloud2go is the first unofficial @getcloudapp client for iPhone, and like I said in our exclusive preview two weeks ago, it’s a great app. It’s got a beautiful UI (crisp icons, smooth menus) and it lets you do almost anything you can do on Cloud’s website - on your iPhone.
FLUD, “Sexy News Ecosystem” - More Like A Pulse Clone.
Oh boy. Another visual newsreader on MacStories. Yeah, sorry about that guys - but I had to cover this. I know that you’re probably getting tired of reading about this new trend of visual newsreaders (where by “visual” one means squares with titles and thumbnails, arranged in a list) and that you’ve had enough with dozens of clones of clones in the App Store, but this one had to be covered.
Rememeber Pulse? That Pulse. Remember its UI? Remember its features? FLUD is embarassingly similar to it, in a way that I wonder how Apple approved it.
My Artists Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who entered the My Artists for iPhone giveaway. We also want to thank the Top Drawer Apps developers for the promo codes they offered to MacStories readers.
Courier: Great New Mac App from Realmac Coming Soon
Courier is an awesome new app from Realmac Software (which I’m lucky enough to have already tested) set to come out on OS X “in about a week”. Or at least that’s what the teaser website says.
I can’t really say what the app does yet, but as you can see in the video (embedded below, together with the final icon) support for websites like Youtube, Vimeo and Flickr will be part of the application. All I can say is that Courier is great, and will probably turn out to be one of the best apps released on Mac this year.
Check out the video below, follow @courierapp for exclusive news and stay tuned for a review on MacStories as soon as the app will be available.