Order & Chaos, initial impressions.

by WyldKard on April 29, 2011

As a former World of Warcraft (WoW) gamer, we found ourselves intrigued when Order & Chaos (O&C) was announced for iOS. Gameloft titles are known for cloning gameplay, art, and themes from blockbuster titles, and O&C is no different. The title offers to do one thing that no one else hasn’t, however, and that’s delivering [...]

On iPhone weather apps.

by WyldKard on April 28, 2011

Ben Brooks wrote a solid review of various weather apps for the iPhone, which is quite handy considering how populated this app category is. Marco Arment’s comment on the weather app spectrum is perfect: The problem here is similar to any other general app category with a lot of potential for customer dissatisfaction, like to-do [...]

UltimateWalls.

by WyldKard on April 15, 2011

For most people, customizing an iPad involves simply changing its wallpaper, and this means relying on photos they’ve taken themselves, or what they’ve found online. Unfortunately, this means that a really great wallpaper image requires keen photography skill, else a lot of web-browsing to find just the right picture. UltimateWalls by indie developer BLUE BOX [...]

The iPad as post-PC device.

by WyldKard on April 12, 2011

Michael Gartenberg clarifies Steve Jobs’ statement that the iPad is a post-PC device by pointing out that whether the iPad is tethered or not is missing the point: The iPad and other devices are not here to displace the PC (by which I mean all personal computers, whether they’re Macs or PCs running Windows). In [...]

Handwritten notes on the iPad.

by WyldKard on February 6, 2011

One of the most basic features tablet computing can brag about is ability to emulate paper. That is, writing and drawing on a screen. Yet, the iPad doesn’t ship with an application that allows customers to do this, which is rather curious considering how expected such a capability is. Even Windows, for example, has a [...]