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  • News,  Reviews

    PlaceBox Review – New Travel App For iPhone

    2012-06-30 / Comments Off on PlaceBox Review – New Travel App For iPhone

    PlaceBox is essentially a Google powered app with a twist…   Stats   Category: Travel Updated: June 18, 2012 Version: 1.3 Size: 3.3 MB Developer: LinkDotz Rated: 4+ Our Ratings Graphics/Sound: 4/5 User Interface: 4/5 Gameplay: N/A Re-use/play value: 5/5 Overall Rating: 4/5 Price: $0.99/£0.69/download What Is It?   PlaceBox helps you to find places on location. If you have travelled to a new place you can find local restaurants, petrol stations, coffee shots etc. You can also record your travel experiences by taking photos within the app and making notes. Is It Easy To Use? Yes, the interface is simple to use, with colorful icons depicting the various options.…

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  • News

    TAKTIK: Premium Protection System for the iPhone

    2012-06-30 / Comments Off on TAKTIK: Premium Protection System for the iPhone

    This is a Kickstarter project that is now guaranteed to be funded, with 21 days still to go and $334,534 pledged of a $150,000 this is a sure fire winner. Let me tell you a little more about it. Using protection isn’t always pretty. That’s why these manufactures have decided to inject their LUNATIK design DNA into protective cases. This is the DNA that fathered the TikTok+LunaTik and the LUNATIK Touch Pen. By obsessing over all the details that others neglect like fit, finish, details, feel, display integrity, robustness and aesthetics, Scott Wilson and his design studio MINIMAL are raising the bar again. From the high sensitivity display protection of…

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  • iOS Apps,  News

    iLightning Cam – Temporarily Free

    2012-06-29 / Comments Off on iLightning Cam – Temporarily Free

    iLightningCam uses true real-time recognition of lightning strikes. Once recognized, your iPhone takes a picture of the recognized lightning in up to 8MP (camera mode) or full HD (video mode). 
You only need a good view on a real thunderstorm.

The app works free hand. Just point your iPhone towards the scene/part of the sky/thunderstorm where you expect the next lightning, start the app iLightningCam, choose video or photo mode and wait, the app will automatically press the trigger/shutter if a lightning is detected in your view. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to download.    

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    PhotoForge2 – Temporary Price Drop

    2012-06-29 / Comments Off on PhotoForge2 – Temporary Price Drop

    The developers of PhotoForge2 are having a summer sale and if you haven’t yet picked up this awesome iPhone photography app then this is a very good time to do so. It’s available for only $0.99/£0.69 instead of the more usual $2.99/£1.99. PhotoForge2 is the definitive photo manipulation software for iOS. Completely rewritten from the ground up, PhotoForge2 is a breakthrough for image editing on the go. Edit full resolution photos just like on your desktop. True layers support means you can now composite multiple photos into amazing works of art. Unparalleled powerful tools like curves and levels allow you to manipulate your photos with ease. Amazing filters and effects…

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  • Daily App Giveaway,  News

    Our Daily App Giveaway – Sun Surveyor – Worth $5.99/£3.99

    2012-06-29 / 14 Comments

    Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer.  We value our readers so much and that’s why we want to share our love of apps with you. Each day we give away free apps, better make us your home page 😉 Sun Surveyor predicts Sun & Moon positions (azimuth, altitude, time) with a 3D Compass, Map View, Augmented Reality View and a Details Ephemeris. Sun Surveyor is useful for film and photo location scouting, architecture, solar panel positioning, gardening, real estate, film grips, Earth Science geekery, and more! Plan for every sunrise and sunset! This popular app is finally here for iOS. This app works on the…

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  • News

    Aviary Secures $6M Investment To Become ‘industry standard for photo-editing apps’

    2012-06-28 / Comments Off on Aviary Secures $6M Investment To Become ‘industry standard for photo-editing apps’

    Whilst running an incredibly competent web widget, Aviary have also recently launched Android and iOS apps just a few weeks ago. The company is ploughing ahead with the view to being ‘the industry standard for photo-editing APIs”. Well, the $6M little nest egg is going to become very useful to Aviary, it came according to AllThingsD, from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, among others. Aviary has recently partnered with Flickr, MailChimp, Shopify, Box, TwitPic and Halftone and this investment will go towards their continued expansion.   Android Version    

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  • iOS Apps,  News

    645 PRO – Updated

    2012-06-28 / Comments Off on 645 PRO – Updated

    645 PRO has been designed, from the ground up, for professional and serious amateur photographers. So it works the way a camera works, not some piece of computer software.

Every setting is managed directly from the camera—no layers of menus to negotiate. You have instant access to everything that can be controlled, from focus/exposure and white balance locking to a 645 PRO-exclusive choice between spot and multi-zone metering. This app has just had another update, you can check out What’s New below to see what has been added this time around. This app retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here.   What’s New?   ➢ Significant further performance improvements…

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    Mobile Monet HD – Temporary Price Drop

    2012-06-28 / Comments Off on Mobile Monet HD – Temporary Price Drop

    Give your photos an artistic touch. MobileMonet converts a photo to a beautiful artistic rendering employing a creative interactive process. 
MobileMonet generates a black and white sketch version of any picture you select. There are settings to adjust the sketch line thickness, intensity and even color, as well as the shading. This app normally retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today you can pick it up for only $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download. Features MobileMonet then lets you paint onto the sketch using a soft flow brush tool that applies a painterly version of the original photo. The more you brush, the more paint is applied. It’s deceptively simple, but very creative.…

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  • News

    iPhoneography Talk Show Number 5

    2012-06-28 / Comments Off on iPhoneography Talk Show Number 5

    Don’t miss the latest iPhoneography talk show number 5. This time as well as featuring Guy Yang there is also a guest presenter in the form of Dan Burkholder. Dan Dan is a veteran professional photographer who’s always been at the forefront of digital photography since the early 1990’s! He is a deeply passionate iPhoneographer and has recently gotten into mirror-less cameras. In this video, he tells us about how shooting with an iPhone differs from shooting with a mirror-less camera. We get a glimpse at how complementary these 2 devices are. Dan also gives us a great tip about using Sun Seeker: a very well designed app, useful for natural light…

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    Sun Surveyor – iOS – Updated

    2012-06-26 / Comments Off on Sun Surveyor – iOS – Updated

    Sun Surveyor predicts Sun & Moon positions (azimuth, altitude, time) with a 3D Compass, Map View, Augmented Reality View and a Details Ephemeris. Sun Surveyor is useful for film and photo location scouting, architecture, solar panel positioning, gardening, real estate, film grips, Earth Science geekery, and more! Plan for every sunrise and sunset! This popular app is finally here for iOS. This app has recentely been updated, you can check out What’s New below. This is a free update, if you have previously purchased this app. If not, you can download it here. It retails for $5.99/£3.99/download.   What’s New? – AR View: option to show sun/moon/solstice paths below the…

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