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Everyone needs encouragement.  We all could use a word of advice or guidance when we’re facing a trial and aren’t sure who or what to turn to in our time of need.  Now there’s an answer: WorldLink’s iTalk to God.  It’s an app that you can use as an aid to facilitate conversations between you and God and it’s very easy to use.

Depending on how you feel, select the corresponding emotion on iTalk to God’s menu.  Its menu contains over 70 different emotions, so it’s almost impossible to have a feeling that you won’t find in iTalk.  Angry?  It’s in there.  Doubtful?  It’s in there.  Tempted? It’s-

I’m sure you get my point:  there are a lot of emotions covered by the Bible and iTalk to God.

The goal of the app is to remind the viewer that, regardless of what we feel, God is always there and always capable of helping us to make it through whatever circumstance we’re dealing with.  Based on the emotion you select, iTalk to God will supply you with a relevant verse of Biblical scripture that will address your emotion.  It will also provide a brief encouragement regarding your emotion and a commentary on the scripture.  There is also the ability to email verses to friends if you think they could benefit from a scripture as well.

There are multiple translations of iTalk to God, too, everything from the tried and true King James to the Korean Bible.

I do have a few ideas for this app.  For example, I think giving it a diary- or journal-like capability would be interesting.  The user could provide a brief description of the cause of their feeling, the verse they found helpful, and even tag people or circumstances if they wished.  With such a feature, iTalk could record emotions and scriptures of encouragement over the course of a week, month, or even year, and pull them up whenever they wanted.  A Verse of the Day feature would be nice, too, and adding the ability to share scripture on Facebook or Twitter would be features I’m sure would probably be welcomed as well.

I liked iTalk and even if nothing more was done with it, it would be a good reference to have at your fingertips in a time of need, one that would strengthen your faith and relationship with God.

 

iTunes Link- iTalk to God

Version 2.1

Tested on iPod Touch 3.1.3

Everyone needs encouragement.  We all could use a word of advice or guidance when we’re facing a trial and aren’t sure who or what to turn to in our time of need.  Now there’s an answer: WorldLink’s iTalk to God.  It’s an app that you can use as an aid to facilitate conversations between you and God and it’s very easy to use.

Depending on how you feel, select the corresponding emotion on iTalk to God’s menu.  Its menu contains over 70 different emotions, so it’s almost impossible to have a feeling that you won’t find in iTalk.  Angry?  It’s in there.  Doubtful?  It’s in there.  Tempted? It’s-

I’m sure you get my point:  there are a lot of emotions covered by the Bible and iTalk to God.

The goal of the app is to remind the viewer that, regardless of what we feel, God is always there and always capable of helping us to make it through whatever circumstance we’re dealing with.  Based on the emotion you select, iTalk to God will supply you with a relevant verse of Biblical scripture that will address your emotion.  It will also provide a brief encouragement regarding your emotion and a commentary on the scripture.  There is also the ability to email verses to friends if you think they could benefit from a scripture as well.

There are multiple translations of iTalk to God, too, everything from the tried and true King James to the Korean Bible.

I do have a few ideas for this app.  For example, I think giving it a diary- or journal-like capability would be interesting.  The user could provide a brief description of the cause of their feeling, the verse they found helpful, and even tag people or circumstances if they wished.  With such a feature, iTalk could record emotions and scriptures of encouragement over the course of a week, month, or even year, and pull them up whenever they wanted.  A Verse of the Day feature would be nice, too, and adding the ability to share scripture on Facebook or Twitter would be features I’m sure would probably be welcomed as well.

I liked iTalk and even if nothing more was done with it, it would be a good reference to have at your fingertips in a time of need, one that would strengthen your faith and relationship with God.

 

iTunes Link- iTalk to God

Version 2.1

Tested on iPod Touch 3.1.3

Our main game reviewer Trevor Sheridan is back at it again.  One week ago he updated our reviews for Plushed and Flaboo, and now this week he has updated a total of four reviews, including Parcel Panic, Moon Drop, Ground Effect, and Bust-A-Move.

Parcel Panic ($.99): A Crazy Taxi-like racing game that now features OpenFeint, giving it a much greater replay value.

Check out our updated Parcel Panic review here.

Ground Effect ($1.99): A hovercraft racing game with wide open environments.  The game was recently updated with OpenFeint connectivity and 3D glasses support.

Check out our updated Ground Effect review here.

Moon Drop ($1.99): A casual game that requires you to colonize the moon by safely guiding spaceships to its surface.  It was recently updated with Plus+ connectivity, which means it now features online leader boards and achievements.  It also received a major astronaut quote boost, pushing the total over 100.

Check out our updated Moon Drop review here.

Bust-A-Move ($4.99): The game that started the whole match-3 ball launcher craze now features OpenFeint connectivity, adding leader boards and achievements, as well as two new in-app purchases: puzzle mode and cooperative mode.  Both new modes are available for $.99 each.

Check out our updated Bust-A-Move review here.

That’s it for today, but you can rest assured there will be many more game review updates in the future.

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An iPhone repair site, iResQ, just posted some pictures of what they claim to be spare front parts of Apple’s upcoming new iPhone.

As you can see, they appear to be a little longer than the current ones (+1/4″) and feature some sort of reflective surface which iResQ believes to be meant for a proximity sensor.

While I can imagine that they might get dibs on some spare iPhone parts, I’m suspecting that more and more repair shops are abusing our credulity for marketing purposes…

What’s your take on this?

[Via MacRumors]

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While pretty much anybody can remove red eyes from a picture these days, trimming a shot with badly placed elements, or even removing an entire person can be extremely challenging, even for experienced photoshopers.

Well, Liquid Scale, a breathtaking new app wants to help you with that, and this directly on your iPhone.

Check it out:

It’s $2, available now.

[via Daring Fireball]

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I am an avid reader, always have been.  What I read has changed dramatically, however.  These days, I read mostly work stuff.  Email, journal articles, memos, forms, handbooks- you name it, I read it.  But I’m not the fastest reader in the world, especially when I’m not reading for pleasure.  And because I’ve always wanted to learn how to read faster, I was excited to take a look at James Massey’s Speedylicious Pro.  Speedylicious Pro is an app that works by flashing text- one word at a time- on the screen in rapid bursts that can be set by the reader.  It’s known as Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) and it is said that by reading this way over a period of time, a person can significantly increase their reading speed and rate of comprehension.

Most of the speedreading applications available today only allow you to read items from a preset library database.  They have bookshelves full of stuff like Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’ or Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’.  There’s nothing wrong with that and they’re great works, but if you’re like me, you’re probably far too busy trying to get through the all the other stuff you’re required to read to have time to read about how to defeat an enemy or fill your head with the exploits of some bratty kid.   

Speedylicious Pro can sync with Readitlaterlist and Del.icio.us, so any article bookmarked with either of those services can be automatically imported into Speedylicious Pro the next time the app is opened.  This means you can read online content at any time, offline.  That feature alone makes it worth the $2.99 sale price, since there aren’t all that many apps that are able to do that.  

I did have my problems using Speedylicious Pro.  Articles I deleted using the ReadItLater Free app still appeared on my Speedylicious list after syncing, and syncing between ReadItLater and Speedylicious proved to be a continual source of frustration.  Articles I bookmarked to send to my ReadItLater list via MobileRSS, TwitBird Pro, and Mobile Safari, were hit or miss; sometimes the text would import just fine and sometimes it wouldn’t.  This was the case even when I could see that the article had been successfully brought into ReadItLater and could be viewed through the ReadItLater Free app.

On the plus side, Speedylicious Pro allows the reader to edit imported articles.  This is a good feature to have, since so many web articles are filled with text that isn’t relevant to the article itself.  It isn’t the developer’s fault, but it does get more than a little annoying to have to constantly edit the beginning and end of articles.  The only workaround is to bookmark the article via the ‘print this article’ option most newspaper and magazine articles offer, as the page that’s generated there lacks the junk text.

Speedylicious Pro is a solid addition to the speedreading app offering.  A couple of enhancements come to mind forme, though.  Adding Instapaper as one of the article sync sources would be great, as would the ability to clear the reading list.

If you’re interesting in learning how to read faster, Speedylicious Pro is certainly worth your consideration.

iTunes Link- Speedylicious Pro

Version 1.0.0

Tested on iPod Touch 3.1.3

Blue 62! Blue 62! HIKE!!!! If you have ever wanted to be a coach for a football team, this game is for you. Gridiron Football by Hardenbrook Productions is a fun strategy game with out the bells and whistles. It gets down to the basics of a good game without having to glitter it up with fancy graphics.

In Gridiron Football, you are a coach who is trying to win the game. You can play against the computer or against your buddy. After the coin flip, you get to choose which kick you are doing (normal, squib, or onside). After the kick, you get to choose each play and get to move your players around. The game may not have interesting graphics paired with a good concept, but if you are a die hard football fan looking for something to do during the Super Bowl commercials (that is if you don’t like watching the commercials), then this is one dollar well spent.

The setup of the game is simple and makes it a great pick-me-up kind of game. You can even choose how long each quarter is from five, ten, or fifteen minutes. This is a great feature if you want to play a short game. I found this a really fun game and loved the feeling of being a football coach.

The game also features a mini game called The Drive where you have two minutes on the clock. You are trying to score a touchdown in order to win the mini game. I really liked the addition of the mini game as it added to the greatness of the game; plus, it makes it a great app to play when you have a few spare minutes. Overall, this is a fun game and definitely worth a buck, so click the link below and check out Gridiron Football.

iTunes Link – Gridiron Football
Version 1.4
Reviewed on iPhone 3GS OS 3.1.2

Thanks to Apple easing up on the approval process, you can now easily make movies from your old iPhone 2G or 3G. The quality isn’t great, but if you don’t want to jailbreak, it’s still better than nothing.

Two apps are pretty much owning the market at the moment, iCamcorder and iVideorecorder, but they might have to play with a third one now.

Video Genius, which just hit the App Store, does the exact same thing as the other two and it does it for free (for a limited time). How does it compare ? Well, the quality is not as good as iCamcorder, and it doesn’t have as many sharing options.  On the other hand, it saves your videos to the iPhone’s default camera roll, which makes them very easy to access and edit just like on a 3GS!

Go grab it here!

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WSJ’s Walt Mossberg, NYT’s David Carr and TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington discussed the iPad on TV under the aegis of Charlie Rose this weekend.

They have some interesting points and do a nice job a rounding up what’s been said so far. I do however have the feeling that the discussion is missing an iPad hater in the stack:

[via TechCrunch]

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If you are still trying to decide whether or not the iPad is the right device for you, maybe you should try carrying it around for a day or two to see how it feels in your hands.  Well, now you can, or at least a paper version of it.

Jess Silverstone, the lead artist at Revolutionary Concepts, has created an iPad template that you can print out and assemble in only a few minutes.

The template is available as two separate PNG files. The front is located here and the back here. If you have a printer capable of borderless printing, your fake paper iPad should be nearly the same size as the real one. Jess has even included Apple’s A4 processor so you can cut it out and glue it on the inside for improved performance.

Below is what your paper iPad should look like when assembled.  If it doesn’t, you may want to start over and follow the directions this time.

[via MacRumors]

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