App of the Week

hey everyone! im back from Japan! SEN10R trip was awesome! but thats for another post. this post is all about the game "We Rule". its a pretty basic game. you plant stuff to make money, build houses to collect taxes, construct buildings to sell products, and if you have friends you can hire team up with them to make more money. the whole time your playing this game you try to expand your kingdom and build your castle bigger. this game is from an online source which is why you can play with friends, but since its online you have to be connected to the internet any time you want to play. its easy to learn and its free in the app store. the best games are free games :) if you do download this or you already have it, add me as a friend. my screen name is littlejediman.

iPad Release

Hello everyone, its April 3rd 2010 which means two things. one, the Apple iPad comes out today, and two, my birthday is in 5 days including today. just sayin... ok, since the iPad comes out today i thought i would post what i think about it, both good and bad.

Pros:

1. it looks cool. i mean, if you had one of these and you walked into a coffee shop and started browsing the web people would most likely want one to. even tho it looks like a big iPod or iPhone it still catches my eye.

2. iBooks. apples built in e-reader is the best looking one on the market. its easy to use and has tons of book already in the book store. now, i would never want a kindle or any type of e-reader, but the iPad kinda makes me wanna buy a few digitized books...

3. cost. starting from 500 bucks!??! thats like the best thing ever! now if it just had a few more things i would totally buy one... but there are a few cons...

Cons:

1. multitasking. there is no multitasking whatsoever. what happens if i want to listen to pandora while checking my email or browsing the web. whatever it is, you cant do it on the iPad.

2. flash. another thing the iPad doesnt have. 50% of the internet today is made up of flash, but the iPad wont be able to load the page if it has a flash based ad or video on it.

3. camera. the iPhone has one, why cant the iPad? i can think of many reasons you would need a camera on the iPad, but i guess apple couldnt think of any. =/

so thats where i stand. if i were you, i would wait till the second gen comes out. most likely it will have multitasking and/or a camera...

App of the Week

Aight, so i picked this app before i knew we couldnt take iPods on our Senior trip and the main reason i picked it is cause were going to japan! but anyways, this weeks app it called Units. its very simple and easy to operate. its basically used to convert temperature, currency, distance, and different measurements like that. i thought it would be nice to be able to convert yen to US dollars to see exactly how much it would cost, but now since we cant take iPods i cant use it =( but for some reason we can take iPhones, so i dont get it. if you have an iPhone i suggest you get this app, or if you're a rebel and you're gunna take your iPod anyways you can download this too. And the best part of this is its free in the app store! and btw, since the senior trip is next week there will be no App of the Week =( i know, you all hate me. deal with it.