Battery Doctor

One little feature I really liked about the iPhone 3GS over the regular iPhone 3G, was the battery life percentage displayed beside the battery icon at the top right of my iPhone.

When my wife showed me a new iPhone application she got called Battery Doctor. I mentioned that because I had the 3GS, I would have no need for it. Wow, was I ever wrong. First of all, never try and tell your wife that you know something she doesn't, second, this iPhone app does plenty more than I thought.



Some of the extra cool battery features you get for just 99 cents:
-Display of how much talk time you have left
-How long you can surf the internet
-How long you can be on U tube
-Audio playback time
-Bluetooth
-Playing 2D and 3D games
-Taking photos
-Standby time

and the best of all.... time to recharge back to 100%

There are also some tips on how to maximize battery life, a log of recharging, and you can even select themes for the display.

This little app definitely kicks butt!!!

Atmospherique - Canadian Weather

I found a Canadian weather application at the iTunes store that is a big improvement over the regular weather app on your iPhone. Atmospherique shows the weather for many cities, small and large, across a vast country - CANADA!!!

The weather conditions are taken from the best source available - Environment Canada - ensuring the information you get is accurate, up to date, and considering some remote locations... available!




At a glance you can quickly see current conditions and temperature, a six day forecast with pictures, precipitation and temperature ranges. As well as showing pressure, humidity, windchill factor and gusts, I especially like the sunrise and sunset times. There is even a pie chart showing daytime vs nightime.

There are options to show information in English or French and temperature can be displayed in Celsius, Fahrenheit or Calvin. Right now it's 290K, so I can safely leave my jacket behind.

Words With Friends

Don't let the title fool you, this app is fun. I use to be a huge fan of scrabble when I was a kid. When a scrabble-like game came out of facebook, I enjoyed that too. Now with Words With Friends I can play a word game on my iPhone.

The game allows you to play with friends, strangers, or just take your time and play as a single to challenge yourself.

Reading the comments it sounds like they've been working out some bugs, which happens!

It's funny how new technologies can help revive the concept of a game that had long since become near extinct! There are plenty of games and iPhone applications at the iTunes store that have done just that.

Again, combing something retro with new tech... I love it!

Airport Madness Mobile

From the maker of Airport Madness and Airport Madness 2, Airport Madness Mobile was released yesterday on the iTunes store for your iPhone or iPod Touch device.

I won't sugar coat this next point, it isn't free but it is VERY GOOD!

"You land a million planes safely. Then you have one little midair collision and you never hear the end of it." Air Traffic Controller. New York TRACON


Have you ever wondered what it must be like to work the world's most stressful job? Well now is your chance to get a feel for it, and no-one will get hurt (just your thumbs)! Fantastic graphics and sound effects.


Once you've had a chance to master the busy daytime traffic, there are some other challenges thrown at you, like working the nightshift!

Air Traffic Controllers are only allowed 3 strikes and they're out... out of a job that is! Assuming you can make it this far, there is even bad weather to contend with, if you can handle the stress. The better you are at the game, the more your pay goes up. How much can you make?


Big Fat Simulations has plenty of experience making games for your PC, and now they've partnered with Fluik Entertainment to develop Airport Madness Mobile for your iPhone. The only question is, do you have the nerves of steel required to handle this iPhone game that Kicks Butt!

Pik's Revenge

One of the more elaborate iPhone games I've come across lately is called Pik's Revenge. This is not the kind of game you only play once for 5 minutes and never again - this game has a huge number of levels and variations that it will keep any child or adult engaged for a long time. Not just that, but you can keep coming back to it and not be bored!


Here is a screen shot from one of the levels in Pik's Revenge

This game also has fantastic graphics and sound effects that compliment the adventures you are sure to have while playing. There are multi-levels within each Episode, giving you plenty of opportunities for excitement. Visit Fluik Entertainment to see pictures and videos from this game and what other games they have developed.

Be a space expert with the iPhone!

I love space, anything to do with space, stars, planets, satellites, rockets, asteroids (from a distance) and iphones! Combine a couple of these together and I'm as happy as a pig in the proverbial mud!

NASA is a free iPhone application on iTunes that allows me, the spaceman wannabe, to know just enough about what's going on to sound like I know what's going on, without actually getting hurt.

With this iPhone app you can track space shuttle missions and launch schedules. There are plenty of satellites up there to view as they pass over your house at night. The map shows the trajectory of the pass from the location on your iPhone's GPS.


For example, the ISS (International Space Station) has been in orbit for 4136 days, 13 hours, 17 minutes, and 9 seconds... NOW! There has been a crew onboard for 3423 of those days. There are pictures, movies and even a link to the latest ISS news. The application map (similar to the iPhone map) shows the ISS passing over New York right now at about 18,000 MPH and will be over France in just 17 minutes!

A great iPhone application that adults and kids will enjoy!

RISK!!!

Do you remember the old game of Risk? Well there is an iPhone app that is similar, not the same of course, that is called Conquest. In the game you combine risk and strategy to conquer the world!



Conquest is a great combination of playing a fantastic retro-like game on a modern day format!