iPhone Cruncher

Select Start Studios has a new app going on in a easy to use Basecamp client especially for your iPhone. For those of you who are not familiar with what Basecamp is it is simply a service that allows you to collaborate with other people on projects. It is most useful for people who keeps constantly coordinates with other people with regards to projects.

Most of the time people access their Basecamp from their web application but thankfully, Headquarters is here to provide the best interfaces seen from other Basecamp applications.

In the Pro version you can easily add multiple accounts via the Basecamp ID or Open ID. Judging from the screen you can be rest assured that it will be just as good looking once you’ve tried it and see for yourself. Pop in the Dashboard and here is the magic lies. The app features three views at the top most ribbon and you have any to do list they are easily appear in the today tab.

If you need something a bit more organized then you can easily go directly to the specific project and get in view for a specific dashboard on that project. It comes along with Milestones, Files and a few Messages for that project. It is quite handy for people who want to keep updated on their current projects and this app is just the right thing to do for the job.

For people who love to use Basecamp then this app is definitely for you. The app comes in two available versions the Lite and as well as the Pro.

Oceanhouse Media, Inc. today announced the launch of three new Little Critter digital books for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The children’s favorites Just Grandma and Me, All By Myself and I Just Forgot are now available in the App Store for only $1.99 each. The Little Critter digital books are presented in a format that is easy for young children to read. The apps contain the same playful artwork that has been a hallmark of, award-winning illustrator and author, Mercer Mayer. These “universal” apps can be used interchangeably with the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch for no additional charge and include special high-resolution graphics for devices with a Retina display.

In the humorous tale Just Grandma and Me, Little Critter and his grandmother spend the day at the beach. Little Critter tries his best to be a good helper. When his grandmother’s hot dog falls in the sand, he washes it off in the ocean. He promises to blow up the inflatable seahorse, but needs a little help in the end. The joys and mishaps of a special summer day with Grandma are all brightened by Little Critter’s sunny disposition.

As the story unfolds in All By Myself, Little Critter shows us all the things he can do on his own from tying his shoes (almost) to pouring his own juice (and only spilling a little). The endearing illustrations point out the fact that Little Critter doesn’t do everything perfectly, but he makes an effort to do the best he can!

I Just Forgot begins as the lovable Little Critter struggles to remember what he is supposed to do each day. On rainy days he remembers his raincoat but forgets his boots. On school days he gets to school on time but forgets his lunchbox. Poor Little Critter! He tries hard but hasn’t quite mastered the art of how to get through the day. Every young reader will understand Little Critter’s confusion and laugh with him from start to finish.

“I wrote the first in the series of Little Critter books over 30 years ago to address the major issues of growing up through humorous storytelling,” said Mercer Mayer, author and illustrator of the Little Critter series, “I’m very excited to partner with Oceanhouse Media and see my series evolve to the iPhone and iPad.”

Each digital book combines Mercer Mayer’s award-winning illustrations from the original book with innovative features that promote reading in young children, including highlighted picture / word associations, professional narration and custom background audio. Each digital book also includes a special mini-game where the reader is encouraged to find recurring creatures as they progress through the story (a mouse, a grasshopper, a spider, etc).

Oceanhouse Media, creators of the award-winning Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, and Hay House apps, have recently seen seven of their digital books reach the #1 rank for paid books in the App Store.

For more information on these products and direct links to the App store, please visit the Oceanhouse Media website.

About Oceanhouse Media
Oceanhouse Media, Inc. is an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app development company founded in early 2009 by Michel Kripalani, former CEO of Presto Studios and Director of Business Development at Autodesk. The team is comprised of developers with decades of experience, primarily from the videogame business, that now share a common purpose to uplift, educate and inspire through technology. Currently, Oceanhouse Media has over 125 apps on the App Store. The company’s corporate mantra is “Creativity with Purpose.”

About Mercer Mayer
Mercer Mayer is an American children’s book writer and illustrator born in Arkansas in 1943. He first began illustrating in 1966 and has since published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles. Mayer is best know for his “Little Critter” and “Little Monster” series of books. In 2007, Mercer Mayer received the “Artist of the Year” award at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Little Critter website

LITTLE CRITTER is a trademark of Orchard House Licensing Company. All rights reserved.

Oceanhouse Media, Inc. announced the release of The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks digital book for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The holiday favorite is now available on the App Store for only $2.99. This universal app can be used on the iPad and iPhone for no additional charge and includes special high-resolution graphics for Retina displays. This is the tenth Berenstain Bears digital book release by Oceanhouse Media since September 2010.

The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks, written by Jan and Mike Berenstain, teaches an important lesson about thankfulness and the love of family. In the story, the Bear cubs act out the first Thanksgiving complete with costumes, props and a full Thanksgiving feast. But will Sister Bear’s pet turkey play the part of dinner? The beloved Bear cubs learn about the pilgrims and are reminded of God’s many blessings!

As with all of Oceanhouse Media’s quality digital books, these interactive apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch are engaging and educational. To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched. By combining the original text and artwork with professional narration, background audio and features that entertain and promote reading, this digital book appeals to readers of all ages.

“We are very happy with the success of The Berenstain Bears on the App Store,” said Annette Bourland, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Zonderkidz, the Children’s Division of Zondervan. “Oceanhouse Media’s technology not only delivers a beautiful looking product, it also has a rich set of features that promote reading and really engage children.”

Other Berenstain Bears iPhone and iPad apps currently available are:

* The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule
* The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers
* The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School
* The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage
* The Berenstain Bears and a Job Well Done
* The Berenstain Bears: God Loves You!
* The Berenstain Bears Discover God’s Creation
* The Berenstain Bears Play a Good Game
* The Berenstain Bears Faithful Friends

“With the holidays upon us, we are excited to share the Thanksgiving spirit with children everywhere by bringing The Berenstain Bears to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch,” said Michel Kripalani, President of Oceanhouse Media. “Our goal is to provide fun, interactive experiences that bring both educational value and entertainment to families.”

Oceanhouse Media, creators of the award-winning Dr. Seuss and Hay House apps, have recently seen seven of their Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears digital books reach the #1 rank for paid books in the App Store.

For more information on these products and direct links to the App store, please visit the Oceanhouse Media website.

About Oceanhouse Media
Oceanhouse Media, Inc. is an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app development company founded in early 2009 by Michel Kripalani, former CEO of Presto Studios and Director of Business Development at Autodesk. The team is comprised of developers with decades of experience, primarily from the video game business, that now share a common purpose to uplift, educate and inspire through technology. Currently, Oceanhouse Media has over 120 apps on the App Store. The company’s corporate mantra is “Creativity with Purpose.”

About Zondervan
Zondervan is a world leader in Christian communications and the leading Christian publishing brand. Zondervan produces bestselling and award-winning Bibles, books, children’s products, software, audio, video, and digital products. Zonderkidz is the Children’s Division of Zondervan. Living Lights™ Berenstain Bear books help children learn how God wants them to live every day.
Zondervan website

The holiday classic is now available on the App Store for an introductory price of only $2.99. This universal app can be used on the iPad and iPhone for no additional charge and includes special high-resolution graphics for Retina displays.

Rudolph delivers the message that there are no misfits in life, for everyone has a special quality to share. As the story opens, Rudolph is outcast for his shiny red nose. All the other reindeer make fun of him and won’t let him play in their reindeer games. But when Christmas is almost cancelled because of a huge snowstorm, Rudolph comes to Santa’s rescue. His glowing nose lights the way, enabling Santa to deliver toys to all the little girls and boys!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer digital book includes background music and audio, enlarged artwork for each scene, and even audio clips from the timeless TV special!

To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read. Word associations, professional narration and animated effects—like snow and Rudolph’s glowing nose—keep children engaged in the reading experience. By combining the original text and beautiful artwork with features that entertain and promote reading, this digital book appeals to readers of all ages.

“This timeless story has become an integral part of Christmas tradition,” said Jonathan Flom of Character Arts, LLC. “We are excited to make the Rudolph story available to today’s generation of kids and are thrilled by the quality experience that Oceanhouse Media’s apps provide.”

“With the holiday season quickly approaching we are excited to release this Christmas favorite as a digital book for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch,” said Michel Kripalani, President of Oceanhouse Media. “This story is a family favorite and we’re proud that this app provides educational value to children in a fun, interactive way.”

Oceanhouse Media, creators of the award-winning Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears and Hay House apps, have recently seen seven of their digital books reach the #1 rank for paid books on the App Store.

For more information on these products and direct links to the App store, please visit the Oceanhouse Media website.

About Oceanhouse Media
Oceanhouse Media, Inc. is an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app development company founded in early 2009 by Michel Kripalani, former CEO of Presto Studios and Director of Business Development at Autodesk. The team is comprised of developers with decades of experience, primarily from the video game business, that now share a common purpose to uplift, educate and inspire through technology. Currently, Oceanhouse Media has over 120 apps on the App Store. The company’s corporate mantra is “Creativity with Purpose.”

About Character Arts
Character Arts manages entertainment production and licensing across all media, with a focus on legacy properties and personalities. The company’s services include marketing, licensing and brand management, particularly in the area of family and children’s iconic entertainment.

Physics games are getting popular nowadays and a new game from Blacksmith Games join in the bandwagon of addictive fun. In the game Floop, the game is pretty easy since it involves around shooting an array of snacks into hungry animals mouths. Thanks to the cute characters and a compelling concept the game proves to be addictive and challenging to new and veteran players.

Floop lets players choose the option to shoot variety of foods like a nut, cheese, banana unto the mouth of a squirrel, mouse or a gorilla. The game is similar to that found in many pull and aim games where you try to shoot other players but this time you feed animals instead of killing the enemy.

The graphics is visually cartoonish and simple making it fun to play. Floop features four themed settings that includes beaches, supermarkets, office and even a football field. These in return determines the backdrop of ocean landscapes for the beach scenes and as well it layouts the obstacles like piles of bowling pins for a sports themed.

As the game progress, more elements are introduced into action. Certain tools are helpful like a variety of catapult devices are used to propel the nut. Higher levels offer challenging obstacles like boxes or ice cubs are introduced making your shooting a bit more challenging.

Floop is a great shoot and aim pointer but unfortunately the horrible controls and simple gameplay may be the only aspect that the game doesn’t make it to the top of the list.

From the name itself Mazonaut, the game itself is all about mazes. Mazonaut is fun, fast-paced game for the iPhone and iPad.

The object of the game is simple; you have to guide the Mazonaut through a never ending neon maze that’s straight fresh from TRON. The maze really does not end. The game generates random maps when the game starts. The action can go on until the player dies.  Frustrating as it can be the game may be a little bit more confusing than you think.

The game is more like of Doodle Jump where the game never stops. The object of the game is simply to beat your personal best. The action is controlled with the use of the accelerometer making the maze navigation feel a little tedious. You might recognize the game more of like a Bomberman from Bomberman Touch. There are the occasional power-ups popping and yes, they are in the form of bombs.

While the gameplay is simple and easy to pick up the power ups however keeps things interesting. The bombs are used to destroy huge chunks of mazes to help the player charge in without him having to worry about the obstacles. Mazonaut is a very young game that needs a few kinks that still needs to be worked out. The only downside of the game is that you can’t worked your way backwards. But overall the game is as polished with a few bugs. The sound design is fantastic with a futuristic feel and at only $0.99 this feels like a good deal.

The iPad’s dominance in the industry has made it more than just a simple tablet PC but rather a companion in our daily lives. With the increasing number of apps there is always be an app just for everything. Among these apps is dedicated to the culinary arts. The latest app known as the RecipePad is suitable for creating and saving recipes.

For those of you who got a Mac and use an app called as the MacGourment or Yummy Soup, you can get the best from both worlds. These files can easily be moved from your desktop to the iPad through the use of iTunes.  In many ways it is a pain to have physically connected the device to a computer just to get the files transferred.

The interface of the RecipePad is easy to use. You can easily follow the instructions and viewing the ingredients of a recipe is a breeze. If you want to create new simple recipes then the app is handy in storing a well laid out section for the ingredients, cook time and procedures. You can also tag a photo in the cook time and rate how difficult the meal is to prepare. The recipes pull up two number pads that includes a traditional 10-digit keypad as well as another nine digits all devoted to fractions. There’s also another interface for documenting the cooking procedure couple with a timer.

The RecipePad in some ways is a great app for creating recipes from scratch. The only downside is that it feels constrained since you must type every ingredient rather than a drag down list from the web.

With the success of Big Hill’s Software the Big World, comes another great deal in the form of every travelers dream called Dialects. From the name itself dialect, travelers can no longer have to be worried with the language barrier with the common WHERE and HOW MUCH questions that they normally would have to speak in other languages.

With the software Dialects you simply ask a question on the application itself and the screen automatically rotates to the oriented position towards the person you are speaking with allowing them to read your question in their own language. They can simply respond to your questions like WHERE by finding the location on the map provided. They can respond to other questions like WHEN just by selecting the proper time and lastly they can choose the proper currency and amount if you are asking how much is something is sold on the market.  The rotating screen ensures that you can easily present your device’s screen to another person just by showing it to them and not rather to hold it awkwardly or hand it to them while traveling.

The application supports 55 different languages that includes Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish.

We all have dreamed to have great shots using our phone. But sadly not all of us are photographers at heart. With Pro HDR, you can be a great photographer that rivals the real thing. Pro HDR is among the best and most popular when it comes to HDR photography.

So what does HDR stands for? HDR means “High Dynamic Range”. It simply deals with the luminance of the lighting of the photograph most especially some darker parts of the picture. Most photographs are in poor conditions due to lighting conditions in which the time and place it was taken. A skilled professional photographer might able to reduce the glare and add a little detail out of the shadows not highly comparable to the luminance recognized by the naked human eye. HDR photographs closely recreate the shots in which it is almost the real deal.

The way in which Pro HDR accomplish this type of photography  is by the combination of three exposure and each if will capture a different level of detail and algorithm designed to retain the greatest detail in photograph. This app is so powerful that in order for you to believe you have to try it for yourself. Pro HDR will make short work out of your photos. It is jammed packed with features which allow users to choose between three different modes. Choose the mode you want and Pro HDR will take care of the rest.  Much has been made of the new built in HDR technology that runs on the iPhone 4’s IOS version 4.1.

There are plenty of board games have made it through the iPad. Some few classics like Scrabble and Monopoly have converted their popular game play through iPad’s wide screen. Here comes Knowsy, a guessing game for the competitor’s preferences. The game starts out as the VIP in which he chooses a topic among the options such as movie genres, elementary subjects, drama, music, toys and many other topics to choose from. Within those categories more specific subjects are unlock, the job of the VIP must rank them according to preference from one through five. The choices are written in playful font in a series of tiles which are slid around the screen until the choice is complete.

The other player’s job is presented on those five choices instead of ranking them they scatter them around the screen. Their objective is simple, to guess the order the VIP ranked them.  The more correct answers they give the higher the scores will be. The process repeats itself until all six players are able to compete at once.

You may not be familiar with the game but thanks to the tutorial it provides it really gives new gamers new insights on how to play the game without them being left alone with the games mechanics.

Knowsy is a solid game that is fun for the whole family and just as better when played in a group. It can be enjoyed just about everyone as long as they have the passion and interest when it comes to team based fun.