China in the 1700s on your iPhone

A unique and interesting comic

clipped from appshopper.com Breathe: A Graphic Novel China – the late 1700’s. High up in the mountains, in a poverty stricken village, lives a young girl. On a bright sunny day she’s called back home to discover that her whole family have been slain in a vendetta attack. Could it be the local Bao Gang, known for their bullying antics, opium smuggling, and employed by a wealthy farmer to stop the village from rebelling — or someone closer to home? 85 pages 450+ full screen images Writer:  John Sheridan Art:  Kit Wallis ABOUT THE SOFTWARE – KAMIKAZE! is a new format for comic books and graphic novels. This version, specifically designed for iPhone and iPod Touch, delivers a fully interactive experience without sacrificing the quality or integrity of the original art. Read the comic however you like – Panel by Panel or in the Original Full Pages by touching bubbles to enlarge the text.

Free Sounds of Animal Quiz

Quick fun app which just went FREE!

clipped from appshopper.com Sounds Of Animals Quiz Sounds of Animals Quiz is temporally free of charge to attract new users. We need to collect your feedback to make it better. Let us know if you like it or not. Are you looking for animal sounds app? Search no more. Sounds of Animals Quiz has all you need. In fact, Sounds of Animals Quiz is 3 in 1 app. We put together three applications in one. They are an audio experience to hear what all of the animals sound like, a quiz you can take to see how well you can identify each animal sound, and animals soundboard where you can mix a number of animals to have sounding simultaneously. * It is an application designed to provide families with fun and enjoyment. You can add this app to your family game night and watch the kids light up with excitement! Of course, this app isn’t just for fun, your children (and you!) will learn about animals from all over the world.

iGrade for Teachers – The Markbook?

Student info

iGrade is good but it does take alot of entering data and it live on the iPod or iPhone from then on. They say they will have export functionality but it has been some time. The individual approach makes it great for smaller class sizes and perhaps it would be a good app for independent school teachers because of that. There are data protection issues that also need to be resolved as well. I’m unsure on this so I will leave the final judgement to you.
Follow the clipped link for further simple details or the visit the officail site http://igradeforteachers.com/iGrade_for_Teachers/iPhone_GradeBook.html

clipped from appshopper.com Grade for Teachers is the first application entirely designed by and for Educators. Its slick and highly effective user interface is giving you instant access to everything you need anywhere you need it… It is a simple but powerful tool to manage all your student information including notes, tardies and absences. iGrade for Teachers is storing all your grades, whatever the scoring format is and is providing you detailed statistics in real time. This is the end of the hours spent on the complex calculations for the Quarterly School System Update! iGrade for Teachers is the first application entirely designed by and for Educators. Its slick and highly effective user interface is giving you instant access to everything you need anywhere you need it… It is a simple but powerful tool to manage all your student information including notes, tardies and absences.

Let you iPhone ground your Kids

Parents sometimes have a real problem with disciplining their kids when they break the rules they lay down or just general decent behaviour rules. SO why not let the decision making process be made for you!!!

clipped from appshopper.com iGrounded GROUND YOUR KIDS FOR FREE TODAY! WHEEL OF CONSEQUENCES! & THE MYSTERY DOORS GAME! NOW IT’S EASY TO GROUND YOUR KIDS! YOUR GROUNDED!!!!!!!!!!! All kids want & need boundaries to help guide them in their choices. iGrounded helps parents set limits and enforce appropriate consequences. Parents: a simple guide to help you remain firm on many issues: For Kids: 2 COOL GAMES FOR WHEN U GET GROUNDED: 1. MYSTERY DOORS-3 exploding doors… only 5 sec to choose! 2. WHEEL OF GROUNDING-Spin the Wheel…u get what u get. Screenshot 1 of 5

Archie get own iPhone App!

iVerse will release this standalone app of kid friendly titles on various pay models using the 3.0 firmware…..but I am yet to upgrade. Holding out for those 3rd GEN iPod Touch rumours.

clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Michael Murphy of iVerse continued the digital comics discussion, starting by saying the working relationship between he and Archie Comics has been fantastic and that their iPhone Archie digital comics have been the most downloaded of their entire library. In a few weeks, iVerse will debut an Archie standalone application for download on the iPhone. 100s of Archie comic books are already available, with new ones being added every week. The service will be 99¢ per download, $9.95 a month, or $49.95 a year. A special incentive for the annual service is a free print subscription of “Archie Marries Veronica” sent to your door. Besides the iPhone, the digital comics will also be web-based, and available on all platforms.

Star Wars on the iPhone

Dark Horse has a fairly standard comic reader except it also features a slideshow timer. I wonder if the Star Wars Comics will also feature this. It would be more appropriate because Star Wars is surely slideshow popcorn.

clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Dark Horse has announced their next foray into publishing comics for iPhone and iPod Touch devices in the form of three distinct Star Wars titles. “Star Wars Empire: Betrayal,” the first four issue arc of the “Empire” series set shortly before “Star Wars: A New Hope,” will be offered alongside the two-chapter “Star Wars Legacy: Broken” and the one-shot “Star Wars Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom.” CBR News spoke with Dark Horse’s Star Wars editor Randy Stradley about the publishers latest offerings in the iTunes store. As to why each series was chosen for adaptation, Stradley began with “Empire,” saying, “It’s an easy point of entrance for fans who may only be familiar with the films, plus it features all of the best ‘bad guy’ characters, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and the Emperor. Also, the fact that the ‘Empire: Betrayal’ story actually begins a few weeks before the events in ‘A New Hope’ will intrigue readers who aren’t familiar with the width and breadth of the Expanded Universe.”

Feed the World with Mobile Rice

The excellent freerice.com has an iPhone App! This is great as you can push your vocab and help feed the poor!

clipped from appshopper.com MobileRice MobileRice is an iPhone frontend to freerice.com. It asks you vocabulary questions, and correct answers donate 10 grains of rice to people in need. Screenshot 1 of 3

Documents to Go Finally on the iPhone

We have come a long way sinve the Pocket PC but in some ways we have have only just caught up. The iPhone continues to be the best of computing and phone ideas but with strange inconsistencies.

clipped from appadvice.com DataViz has finally released their long-awaited Documents To Go for the iPhone and iPod touch. “There has been an overwhelming interest in Documents To Go and we’re very excited to expand our product line to include the revolutionary iPhone and iPod touch,” said Dick Fontana, DataViz co-founder & CEO. “We started our company in 1984 around Apple and the Macintosh, so it’s personally gratifying to see everything come full circle with an App Store application as we celebrate our twenty-fifth year in business.” Documents To Go allows you to create, edit, and view Microsoft Word documents along with the ability to view Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and Apple iWork-created documents.  Documents To Go also provides two-way file syncing over Wi-Fi by utilizing a downloadable desktop application for Windows and Mac.  If any changes are made on either your desktop computer or your iPhone, Documents To Go can automatically make sure the latest copy is on both your computer and iPhone.

FREE COMIC: Tellos on iPhone

clipped from appshopper.com Tellos 01 Escape to a world populated by mythical and fantastical creatures, by a rag-tag team of unlikely heroes, thrown together to confront a darkness that threatens to spread across the countryside like a plague…! Experience the wonders of a world of imagination as the mysteries of Tellos unfold in each issue… the answers are not what you think…! This epic all-ages fantasy series is created by Todd Dezago (PERHAPANAUTS) and Mike Wieringo (FANTASTIC FOUR) and is now formatted specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch! TELLOS is a registered trademark and copyright ©2009 Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo. Dedicated to the late, great Mike Wieringo. Search for Smashout to find the other TELLOS issues in the App Store, as well as many other exciting comics from Smashout LLC! TELLOS 01 | 65 FULL COLOR SCREENS Screenshot 1 of 5

REVIEW: iStudent Pro

Found the review for you, next applicable to me as a teacher but a nice app nonetheless

clipped from www.appcraver.com iStudent Pro – I have this recurring nightmare that I’m a student and I’m very late for classes, or worse, I’m running up and down long hallways trying to find the right room. It’s apparently a common dream. If you’re really a student befuddled by crazy schedules, too many assignments due and exams to prepare for, then from Andriy Kachalo and Michael Balashoff will sort things out for you. Launch iStudent Pro the first time and you’ll have the option of using it right away or taking a few lessons. I jumped right in because I wanted to see just how intuitive iStudent Pro is. Along the bottom menu bar are icons for Today, Calendar, Assignments and Courses. All are self-explanatory, so no worries about a steep learning curve.