Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 Apple has reportedly sent out it’s obligatory ‘Welcome to iCloud’ emails to registrants… a bit early. The folks over at AppleInsider received the following message: Dear Sam, Welcome to iCloud. The Apple ID for your iCloud account is _ and it’s what you’ll use to get your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC set up. Just follow these...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 The iPhone as a gaming platform is a perfect match for small, bite-sized games that only take a moment or two of the player’s time. As such, we don’t tend to see a lot of robust, lengthy adventure games. This makes sense as the platform has become synonymous with “casual gaming”. But every now and again, an nice little adventure game will poke through,...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 Apple has begun an interesting project in which employees of the San Francisco store will be lent an iPad 2 to use and learn from. The plan is to help employees become familiar with iOS 5 before its official launch sometime this Fall. The trial will allow San Francisco Apple workers to experience the “magical” device by allowing them take a loaner home with them. While...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 An image of a claimed iPad 3 “prototype” has appeared on JailBreakiPhone4u. While rumors of an iPad 3 have circulated for some time, there are several giveaways that we’re dealing with a fake. The device features the standard Apple logo and “iPad” trademarking, but has clearly different dimensions from the existing iPad 2 as well as other unusual...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 Glider, a classic game that long time Mac users will surely recognize, has landed on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The game and its multiple articulations (Glider Classic, Glider Pro, Glider Arcade) originally launched in 1988, although development halted just three years after the game became a hit. The game’s simplicity is what made it so addictive — navigate a...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 Amazon will be down more than $10 before each new owner boots up their newly purchased Kindle Fire and begins purchasing digital content. That’s because the Fire, priced at just $199, costs about $210 to produce, according to IHS iSuppli. The research firm noted yesterday that Amazon’s bill of materials for their incoming tablet is $191.65, with additional...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 Amazon has revealed its Kindle Fire slate, a device that is being billed as a more compact, cheaper alternative to Apple’s iPad. Launching in November for a mere $199, the souped-up Kindle eReader plans to sport a seven inch display and offer Wi-Fi connectivity — no 3G here, according to Bloomberg. The device will not offer an embedded camera or a microphone. The...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Oct 8, 2011 In an era when developers are delivering mindless multicolored games, Flag Wars takes the stage with something old fashioned and authentic. Created by GrubbsieDev as a variation of Stratego, this iOS title meets at a crossroads somewhere between chess, minesweeper, and capture the flag. Built as a multiplayer-only game, the object of Flag Wars is to capture the opponent’s...