Posts Tagged ‘Gestures’

First Looks: Radtech Styloid 2.0 Soft-Tip Stylus for iPhone & iPod touch

Written on August 13th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Though Apple has pooh-poohed them, and we’ve previously expressed our relative lack of interest in iPhone and iPod touch styluses — particularly ones that require more pressure than a fingertip to register gestures — Radtech has joined the fray anyway with Styloid 2.0 ($15), an aluminum tube with a stainless steel shirt clip on one end and a foam pad at the other. Apply pressure to it and your iPhone or iPod touch screen and Styloid will act like…

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The Finger for iPhone teaches sign language

Written on August 3rd, 2009 by adminno shouts

Pangea has released a new iPhone app, The Finger, used to manipulate a 3D hand into different signs. Notable is the presence of an animation editor, which can be used to automate motion between signs to create sign language. As necessary text can be translated into American Sign Language, for teaching or communication.The software incorporates more than 90 built-in gestures, and users can create …



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News: iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 features revealed

Written on July 15th, 2009 by adminno shouts

An anonymous source has provided iLounge with a listing of small but notable changes found in the second beta version of iPhone OS 3.1. A new option in the Accessibility menu allows users to triple-click the Home button in order to toggle VoiceOver or the White on Black features on and off; VoiceOver has also received a practice mode for learning its unique gestures. When editing video, the “Save” and “Save as Copy” options…

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Apple updates Remote, Apple TV with gestures [u]

Written on June 25th, 2009 by adminno shouts

(Updated with feature information) Apple is now distributing an update to the Remote iPhone app, bringing it to version 1.3. The app lets users control music playback on a computer or Apple TV, whether through basic play, pause, skip and shuffle commands, or the creation of custom playlists. Users can additionally control speakers connected through AirTunes.The v1.3 update lets users control an …



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News: Apple releases Apple TV Software 2.4, adds Remote gestures

Written on June 24th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Apple has released Apple TV Software 2.4, the latest update to its HDTV-tethered media player. Notably, the new software adds expanded support for the company’s Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing users to control the set-top box’s menus, video, and audio playback using touch-based gestures. Apple has yet to update its Apple TV software release notes page to explain what else, if anything, has changed; iLounge editors…

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News: Ngmoco releases Star Defense for iPhone, iPod touch

Written on June 9th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Announced and demoed during yesterday’s Keynote Address, ngmoco has released its new game Star Defense for the iPhone and iPod touch. Star Defense is a tower defense-style game, set on different worlds, which can be rotated and zoomed via multi-touch gestures. Features include 5 classes of towers, 15 total weapons, each with unique attributes, both Campaign Mode and asynchronous multiplayer in Challenge Mode, seven distinct worlds, and three…

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First Look: Bento app leverages iPhone features

Written on May 6th, 2009 by adminno shouts

With its tiny keyboard, the iPhone might not seem like the best platform for building a database. But FileMaker says it has found a way to exploit the iPhone’s interface, multi-touch gestures and Wi-Fi capabilities to make Bento for the iPhone as useful as its desktop counterpart. The result is an app that has many, but not all of the capabilities of its full-sized sibling.Users of Bento 2 for Mac…



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