Aspyr unveils Buggled for iPhone, game plan

Aspyr on Monday introduced its first game for the iPhone, Buggled, a multiplayer-savvy "finger twister" where players must hold down ladybugs on a leaf. Vibrantly colored, Buggled takes players through several levels that progressively increase in difficulty by their self, or with another person using the same device, with time trial challenges and competitive features for fellow gamers. Buggled i...

published on Monday, the 17. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

iDrum 1.7 adds song editor, 50 new kits, more

iZotope has released iDrum 1.7, updating the software-based virtual drum machine with a new song editor, 50 new kits, the ability to create rhythms in differing time signatures and more. The song editor allows users to create drum patterns in iDrum alongside existing tracks, and keeps the effects in time. Added within the new kits are live acoustic drums, hip-hop sounds, dance track effects and ot...

published on Monday, the 17. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Development Wrapping Up?

According to the most recent seed notes at HMBT.org, Apple may be trying to wrap up development of Mac OS X 10.5.6. The latest Mac OS X 10.5.6 seed (9G38) provided to developers today lists no remaining issues. It's always difficult...

published on Saturday, the 15. November 2008, macrumors

RebelTouch covers iPod touch in soft and hard shell

On Friday, SwitchEasy announced a range of seven different colors available for the RebelTouch hybrid case for iPod Touch 2G. The total range of colors now offered will be Black, White, Arctic, Devil, Skeleton, Celestial and Red. Along with the new colors, every RebelTouch package will come with: two anti-static screen guards, one microfiber wipe, one Universal Dock adapter, one video dock stand, ...

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

AllCalc merges multiple calculators for iPhone/iPod

Bayhoff Software has published AllCalc 1.0, a calculator app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The software differs from most other calculators on Apple handhelds by gathering several different functions into one location. In the case of AllCalc, these include tips, wage, sales tax, sales price, amortized mortgage and BMI (body mass index) options....

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

iPhone comes to Egypt without GPS functions

The iPhone has launched in Egypt through two separate carriers, reports say. Vodafone has unveiled four different plans, priced at 150, 250, 350 and 550 EGP, respectively. The first includes 150 minutes, 50 texts and 250MB of data. Each of these figures increases through to the last plan, which incorporates 1,200 minutes, 200 texts and 1GB of data. An 8GB phone costs 3,800 EGP, while the 16GB...

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Apple on Black Friday: Blowout Bonanza or Business as Usual?

As the United States gets ready for its upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, retail organizations are gearing up for their annual Black Friday sales. This year, though, they face a difficult economic climate, and many consumers may be especially tight with their cash this time around. Some retailers -- especially those that sell consumer electronics -- are expected to cut prices even deeper than usual.

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macnewsworld

iPhone apps: Crystals, FotoTimer, PoetrySinger

Crystals ($2) is a recreation of the classic game Mastermind for the iPhone. Players attempt to place crystals in the correct order to unlock the pirate code. After each guess they are given a few hints which help them narrow down the proper code. The speed in which a user is able to crack the code determines their pirate rank and users can customize the settings to create a difficulty they are co...

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Chronograph claims unobstrusive time-tracking

Milk Farm Software has released the first version of Chronograph, a time-tracking application meant for businesses and personal projects. The app attempts to differ itself through simplicity, only presenting more options as they become relevant. Users start by creating projects, which are then divided into tasks, at which point a timer can be started....

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

One solution for IMAP message upload issues in Mail

I've been using Mail for a long while with POP accounts. Recently I decided to stop using POP and switch all my accounts to IMAP. I simply disabled my POP accounts (not deleted at all yet) and set up the IMAP ones. Everything worked perfectly until I decided to move important messages from my Mac to the IMAP accounts (you do ithis in the same way as if you where moving messages between different mailboxes). The problem was that moving messages wasn't reliable -- sometimes messages got uploaded, while other times they became grayed out, but nothing happened.After trying several things, including moving them one-by-one (which didn't work either), I found that rebuilding my local mailboxes seems to fix the problem -- as I write this, Mail has uploaded (moved) 350 of 870 messages without any problems.As rebuilding is a per-mailbox thing, I've had to rebuild each local mailbox. I'm guessing that this problem comes from the fact that I've been moving my mailboxes around be...

published on Wednesday, the 12. November 2008, macosxhints