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Sky Burger – Simple Addicting Fun

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

NimbleBit (formerly know as Ian Marsh) who brought us the beloved Scoops and the addicting word game Textropolis, now brings us yet another addicting fun, yet simple game, "Sky Burger".

Sky Burger puts you to work stacking burgers to order! Catch the right ingredients as they fall from the sky, and don’t forget that top bun when you’re done!

Build over 50 unique burger orders that grow taller and taller the more orders you complete. Complete enough orders in a row and build an unlimited SkyBurger!

Earn cash for each burger and get promoted up the Sky Burger corporate ladder. Watch your business grow with each promotion! Look back at your career stats and compare them to the top Sky Burger employees.

Sound like fun huh? It is. You must catch the right ingredients. The more orders you stack correctly, the faster / wilder the game will get! Then in a random order you will get a Sky Burger order. Basically this is a "wild order". You just stack as high as you can. To make things more fun the game also has online stats and scores.

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2 Promo Codes for Tap Of The Dead

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Try This Networks have been kind enough to give us two promo codes for Tap of The Dead [iTunes Link]. Here is a description of the game.

A virus has ransacked New York City. Everyone you know is dead...ish. Play as Connor Frost, a reluctant software engineer turned zombie destroyer. Tap patterns as fast as you can before your hand cramps up, and you become one of the walking dead. You need to get to safety! Pass through familiar New York City sites and you might even run into a few familiar faces.

The question isn't if you can get off Manhattan, but can you do it in style?

FEATURES

*Simple fast paced gameplay - Easy to pickup, difficult to master.

*Auto saves when you quit so you can pick up and play again later exactly where you left off.

*Amazing graphics rarely seen on a phone!

*Over 45 unique levels based on real locations in New York City.

*Short load times. A true pick-up-and-play game for the casual gamer.

*Over 40 different zombies.

*Controls that don't force your fingers to obscure the action!

COMING IN NEXT UPDATE *Survival mode - Unlimited zombies and unlimited time. See how long you can survive against the horde.

*Worldwide Leader Board - Utilizes Try This Network's proprietary network so you not only compete against the rest of the world, but see where the top players are located.

Although we have not played it all other Try This games are great. So we don't see why this could be the exception.

How to Win One Of The 2 Promo Codes:

Leave a comment below with a valid email address. Two random people will be chosen Monday the 20th.

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Freeballin’ – A Real Pinball Game for iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Since the App Store was launched there have been many pinball games for the iPhone. I'm pleased that someone finally made a good one that's not too complicated or confusing. IUGO presents Freeballin'. Freeballin' [iTunes Link] is a pinball game for iPhone that keeps the classic feel of pinball by using touch controls only. It has three modes (as said in the app description) :

• Score Attack Aim high in points to become the Freeballin’ King! Careful, balls are scarce.

• Time Attack Speed towards the targeted point value in a race against time.

• Adventure Challenge Enjoy a fulfilling journey of pinball exploration and adventure. Earn tokens, collect artifacts and rule the world of Freeballin’!

The game also features 4 themes to play in (though I would call them worlds because each are rather diferent and are not small). I made a quick overview in Photoshop so you get an idea  of the themes (click to enlarge). But the levels go deeper back, it's just hard to take screenshots with my new case:

The themes are Tiki Trouble, Monsteropolis, Dreams & Nightmares, and Neometric. Each is quite different and entertaining.

The part of the game that is the most fun is that each theme / table has various missions to complete, making the game much more fun and giving it more of an objective. These missions also increase your score. Missions have you hit certain bumpers, go to or into certain areas, and interact with the theme.

Another thing that makes the game great is the quality of the content. Both the graphics and the audio of the game are well made and polished. I'm amazed, especially at the graphics. The game also features global score boards, giving players more of a motive to play and be constantly improving their scores.

As you can see I've been having quite some fun with the app :) . I don't really have a complain other than a few bugs lying around here and there. Luckily an update fixing those and optimizing performance has been submitted to Apple. So bye bye bugs.

My experience with it has been rather nice. The polish on the audio and graphics keep you going, and all the missions (believe me there are quite a few) keep me entertained and away from getting bored. Plus I get to compete with people on the global score board.

Overall I highly recommend the app, especially since it is in a special introductory price of $1.99  (the price will go up soon!!!). I think anyone who has been looking for a good pinball game should take a look at this. And if the screenshots appeal to you take advantage! I believe this is the best pinball game available for the iPhone.

****Note on Updates****

There's a small problem for those who do not have their language on the iPhone set to English. I believe it does not display the text. The fix for this is also included in the update that has been submitted to Apple for review.

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Vans SK8 Brings Skateboarding to iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

About time someone brought a Tony Hawk-like skateboarding game to the iPhone. Fuel Industries has created Vans SK8: Pool Service [iTunes Link]. The game brings the skateboarding type of game everyone loves to the iPhone.

The game concept is simple (for now). You have one "pool" to skate in, two skaters (Bucky Lasek and Omar Hassan) , around 20 boards, and a bunch of wheels. One thing that is really cool is how you can customize your deck. You choose the skateboard and then the wheels you want. You play by tilting your device in the way you want your skater to move. You do tricks by swiping on the screen (it's not so hard, really). And as to graphics, they are really good. Screenshots don't really do it justice but take a look:

The game features a Career mode in which you must skate and accomplish certain achievements to unlock events. Overall, the game is quite fun. Plus it is unique. But I must say, it IS a bit short. However it's not extremely short and it is not the kind of game you will get bored of.

My experience with the game so far has been great. There are a few bugs here and there but nothing major and it is getting fixed in an upcoming bug-fix update. The physics feel realistic, and the controls are very well implemented. I have no complaints (just requests for things to add in update :) ).  As I said the screenshots don't do it much justice, but the video does give you a better idea:

Vans SK8 is currently priced at $4.99 . In my opinion the game is well worth it.  It brings iPhone one game closer to other consoles. Great job done by Fuel Industries, congrats on making the iPhone's first skateboard game. It's great!

Oh and for those wondering, this is my current score:

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New iPhone 3.0 Beta – Not Much New

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

As you may have heard, Apple has released another iPhone 3.0 beta. There's not much to write about. The update is mainly to improve performance. How do we feel about it?

We have mixed feelings here... and we are a bit confused honestly. Although sometimes and in some places we thought "They fixed it", it then went rogue. The OS is sucking up a lot of RAM. Of  course remember we tested this on a 1G iPod Touch. As you may remember after we posted about 3.0 here we had the chance to play with 3.0 on an iPhone 3G for a few minutes. The user said it was better than any other OS had run on his iPhone. And for the minutes we played with it, it seemed so.

Nothing new so far. There's now a mysterious "Store" option / button in the Settings page. But when you tap it, it's blank. Hmmm....

Other than that the other new thing we found is that the recovery mode thing is now purple?! Oh and picture MMS is working and other sites are reporting video MMS is also working. That's about it guys.

Oh, how could I forget?! You now have 11 pages.  Go crazy with apps!!

For now that's it. Let us know in the comments if you want to know anything and we'll try to make you happy :P .

P.S: Maybe the purple recovery mode logo was an April Fool's joke from Apple. After all they did release a blank album on iTunes (seriously!! Three blank tracks): iTunes Link

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Complete List of Features in 3.0

Guest Author ∙ March 22, 2009

So it's been a few days. We've been blogging and testing like mad, but we have not really found much else. We've just found a few small tweaks in stuff (we'll be posting underneath now). Remember this is still a beta, so any juicy undocumented features is likely to be hidden until the release. So here we go:

New Safari features in Settings such as AutoFill (remembers passwords and usernames), and Fraud Warning (warns when you are in a fraudulent site). Shake to Shuffle added. Not working great in this beta but it's there. The Stocks icon has been slightly tweaked. Nothing much really. Maps features that iPhone users got in 2.2.1 have been added for the iPod Touch (such as street view, etc.) Locate Me for the iPod Touch seems improved and more accurate. Push Notification (at least for Mobile Me) is working pretty well. Most 2.x apps appear to work AppStore now installs app from the second page on. You can move the apps to the first page manually though. MobileMe now has a "Locate my Device" option. Still not available on me.com Mail now has "Load Remote Image" option to prevent spam (shout-out to the readers in the comments for clearing that up). Restrictions have been updated and now block "Current Location" and allows setting what content is appropriate. SpotLight is working quite well. A bit laggy once in a while but works pretty well. The AppStore screenshot browsing method has changed a bit. Emoji can still be enabled. The 9 page limit is still there.
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What Are You, iPhone 3.0?

Guest Author ∙ March 19, 2009

What are you? In the past days we have reported speed stats, features, screenshots, and impressions on iPhone 3.0. We tested it on an iPod Touch. But something weird has occurred. And I'm pretty sure Apple is aware of it.

Remember that they said MMS and stereo BlueTooth would not be added to the first generation iPhone due to hardware limitations? Here's what I say. If you have a first generation iPhone or iPod Touch, 3.0 is bad news for you.

But we also ran this on an iPhone 3G. And it's completely the opposite of our impressions on 3.0 on the first gen iPod Touch. Though we were not able to run speed tests, or spend much time with it, it is running very well. In fact, the owner of the iPhone 3G said "it's running better than with any other 2.0 firmware I've had installed". And though he only gave us a short time to play with it, it's running much smoother than on our old iPod.

Basically, scratch out all our complains and bug reports. Boot Time is much better than the iPod Touch (first gen). It's only a few seconds slower than 2.2.1 boot time. Copy and Paste although working OK on the iPod is running much smoother on the iPhone 3G. The "Shake to Shuffle" feature we reported was not working well on the old iPod is working OK on the 3G. What's more, the owner of the phone told us he has yet to have had his phone freeze or reboot (well, he said App Store crashed once). So... this has us puzzled. Basically it seems Apple is pushing the limit on hardware and the old devices can't really keep up.

So what does this mean? It's good news for iPhone 3G and 2G iPod Touch owners. Not so good for owners of the old devices. 3.0 is supposed to come out in the summer, so Apple can still improve this. But for now, that's what's going on.

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Speed Tests and Stats on iPhone OS 3.0

Guest Author ∙ March 18, 2009

I decided to run some tests to see how iPhone 3.0 stood against current 2.2.1. Let me tell you... it's not looking too good for 3.0!

Safari is slightly slower on 3.0 than on 2.2.1 Syncing takes longer than on 2.2.1. Keeps saying "Syncing iPod" for a long time. A really long time. Most 2.0 apps work well on 3.0. TTR2 however does not. Loading of App Store is slightly slower on 3.0 than on 2.2.1 Loading of individual app description is a bit slower on 3.0 than on 2.2.1 App Store crashes. Not a lot but not a bit! I sent an email to my MobileMe account. With Push turned on, on 3.0 it took 8 seconds for it to tell me I had a new email. 2.2.1 did this while fetching in 7 seconds. Although some are buggy, 3D apps seems to have very slightly improved graphics. App Install time on 3.0: about 30 sec ; on 2.2.1: about 17 sec Reboot time: on 3.0: 1 minute; on 2.2.1: 45 sec Emoji can still be enabled at least through Typing Genius.

These are just some random stats we ran. If you want a test run for a specific function, please request it by leaving a comment below. I'm sure these issues will be fixed in the next beta or in the official release. This beta is mainly for devs to get their apps working on 3.0.

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Exclusive: Hands On With iPhone 3.0 – Screenshots!!!

Guest Author ∙ March 18, 2009

What? You though we were going to sit this one out? Heck no! We too have gotten our hands on the beta iPhone 3.0 firmware. We've tested it out on a 1st gen iPod Touch. We though we would post some screenshots (plus we found some stuff it seems other people have not noticed yet). Please keep in mind this is still VERY beta. So here we go:

App Store:

Same as always. A little bit laggy but like I said it's a beta. Only the apps screenshots have changed. It's like cover flow now:

Copy And Paste:

Should have been here since 1.x but we'll have to forgive Apple. The new copy and paste system works pretty well, especially for being a beta. We tried doing the shake to undo stuff but could not for some reason. Remember it's a beta.

Home Screen:

Now apps install from the second page on. You can install move them to the first screen though if you wish. Sadly the 9 page limit still exists.

Mail Settings:

Well, here some things have changed. First let's start with Mail. Mail has an option to "Load Remote Images" which is turned on by default. What is it? We have no idea. Also new is the "Find my iPod Touch" or "Find my iPhone" option for MobileMe users. Supposedly with that option turned on  you can find out where your device is at from me.com. We tried it, but that option is still not set up over at  me.com.

Mail:

Not much changed. Landscape email and a search bar:

Music Settings:

Again not much, but we now have Shake to Shuffle. Although since this is beta that's not working too well.

Notes:

Just showing off Copy and Paste and the landscape mode.

Restrictions:

Restrictions have been updated. Now parents can restrict "Location" and they have an "Allowed Content" option.

Safari Settings:

As we reported earlier, Safari settings have been updated with stuff people have wanted. It now apprently remembers your username and password if you enable it. We'll try it out later and tell you how it goes.

Spotlight:

Spotlight has been added as mentioned in the event. Nothing hidden, just some screenshots of it in action. It works well.

Stocks:

The app that no one uses has been updated :) . It has graphs, the headlines, is now landscape, everything Apple said at the event.

Street View:

Not much added. Street View and all the cool stuff iPhone users got in the latest update is being added for iTouch users.

I think we covered everything. If not leave us a shout-out below ;)

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Some Stuff in iPhone 3.0

Guest Author ∙ March 18, 2009

Blogs everywhere are reporting new features of iPhone 3.0. What they have not mentioned are the improvements to Safari options. Apple has added stuff people have wanted for a while in Safari, such as:

Autofill - "Automatically fill out web forms using your contact info or previous names and passwords" Fraud Warning - "Warn when visiting fraudulent websites"

Other stuff in 3.0 include:

Shake to Shuffle - Which appears to only work when you already are in shuffle 9 page limit is still present Current iTunes sucks with the newest firmware; slow sync. So expect an update. Most 2.x apps appear to work Minor tweak on the App Store app (apparently the screenshots are now in the page, and you scroll though them like in OS X. We'll post a screenshot when we get it) iPod Touch now has Street View. All the other stuff Apple mentioned (they told us a lot this time around) Push Notification (at least for Mobile Me) is working pretty well.

Stay tuned for more info.

UPDATE:

There are more posts with info but since this is the one for undocumented features I'll post some stuff here. There's the easter egg (there's a seperate post for that). Now:

The Stocks icon has been slightly tweaked. If you look at the current one in the bottom it's light and has the months. In the new it's complete in the bottom (still lighter) and has no months showing. Maps for the iPod Touch has all the stuff the iPhone users got in 2.2.1. But also "Locate Me" has improved but is unstable. It puts a pin and a circle around it showing my possible location. The first time the pin landed RIGHT where I was. The second time around the pin landed in the street next to me. So it's close....
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