Coolest free iPad apps of the day, for iPhone, iPod Touch too

One of the coolest free iPad apps of the day, for iPhone, iPod Touch too has just arrived in the App Store Tuesday, according to a Nov 5 article in AppCraver. It's called “Tomato Tycoon” and it combines cool animation and fun sounds with simple game app play to generate lots of fun action.

The goal of this cool arcade game is to avoid obstacles and catch as many tomatoes as you can. While “Tomato Tycoon” begins simply, it gets more challenging as you play and more up its 64 levels (there are also mini-games too). Along the way you'll pick-up some cool facts about tomatoes.

Another cool new free app is an Nike app that has just been released to the App Store today. This cool Nike app follows the release of Nike's long-awaited “FuelBand SE”. “FuelBand SE” is a bracelet-style tracker that you wear on your wrist for it to measure how active you are. Well, rather than shell-out the $150.00 for the “FuelBand SE”, you might want to consider this free and cool Nike app that just hit the App Store.

“Nike+Move” captures your every move and motivates you to exercise, just like “FuelBand SE”. The only difference is you don't need to wear a bracelet—and this app is free. This cool app, which is trending very popular, uses the M7 coprocessor in your iPhone 5s to measure your activities. For example, you can see how much you walk or run each day. You can also compare your day to day activities. Because this free app connects to Game Center, you can also challenge your friends to see who exercises more. How cool is this!

“Tomato Tycoon” is compatible with iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and is optimized for iPhone 5 and requires iOS 5. “Nike+Move” is also compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, is optimized for iPhone 5 and requires iOS 7.

Source: The Examiner

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending Nov. 4, 2013:

Top Paid iPhone Apps:

1. "Duck Dynasty: Battle of the Beards", A&E Television Networks Mobile

2. "Fantastical 2: Calendars and Reminders Done Right", Flexibits Inc.

3. "Angry Birds Star Wars II", Rovio Entertainment Ltd

4. "Minecraft - Pocket Edition", Mojang

5. "Heads Up!", Warner Bros.

6. "LIMBO Game", Playdead

7. "Plague Inc.", Ndemic Creations

8. "Afterlight", Simon Filip

9. "Oldify 2", Apptly LLC

10. "Free Music Download Pro - Mp3 Downloader", ASPS Apps

Top Free iPhone Apps:

1. "Bitstrips", Bitstrips

2. "Emoji for iOS 7 - Free Emojis Keyboard, Emoticons Pics, Stickers, Smiley Icons and Fonts for Texts, Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp Messages", Tap Nation

3. "NinJump Rooftops", Backflip Studios

4. "Deer Hunter 2014", Glu Games Inc.

5. "YouTube", Google, Inc.

6. "Facebook", Facebook, Inc.

7. "Crazy Shave - Free games", Bluebear Technologies Ltd.

8. "Candy Crush Saga", King.com Limited

9. "BBM", BlackBerry Limited

10. "Snapchat", Snapchat, Inc.

Top Paid iPad Apps:

1. "Minecraft - Pocket Edition", Mojang

2. "Duck Dynasty: Battle of the Beards HD", A&E Television Networks Mobile

3. "Angry Birds Star Wars II", Rovio Entertainment Ltd

4. "LIMBO Game", Playdead

5. "Pixel Gun 3D - Block World Pocket Survival Shooter with Skins Maker for minecraft (PC edition) & Multiplayer", Alex Krasnov

6. "Toca Mini", Toca Boca AB

7. "iMovie", Apple

8. "Pages", Apple

9. "Lep's World 3", nerByte GmbH

10. "Photon Flash Player for iPad - Flash Video & Games plus Private Web Browser", Appsverse Inc.

Top Free iPad Apps:

1. "Bitstrips", Bitstrips

2. "GarageBand", Apple

3. "NinJump Rooftops", Backflip Studios

4. "Calculator for iPad Free", International Travel Weather Calculator

5. "Dots: A Game About Connecting", Betaworks One

6. "YouTube", Google, Inc.

7. "The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic Reloaded HD", kunst-stoff GmbH

8. "DEAD TRIGGER 2", MADFINGER Games, a.s.

9. "Candy Crush Saga", King.comLimited

10. "Deer Hunter 2014", Glu Games Inc.

Source: News Day

Apple's iPad Air can better exploit the A7 chip than the iPhone 5S

Apple's A7 chip has trickled down to the latest iPad Air after being introduced in the iPhone 5S, and users will see more benefits of the 64-bit chip in tablets than in smartphones, analysts say.

The iPad Air will deliver two times the CPU and graphics performance than its predecessor, said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, during an event in San Francisco where the new tablet was announced.

The A7 chip opens the door "for even more robust and powerful apps" on the iPad Air, Apple wrote on its website. Applications and games will run much faster, Apple said.

The benefit of a 64-bit chip in the iPhone 5S has been intensely debated, but Apple will have to spend less time justifying a 64-bit processor in the iPad Air, analysts said. Some critics have called 64-bit technology marketing hype and overkill for a handset, but more relevant for devices like PCs, servers and, to a lesser extent, tablets.

The benefits of the 64-bit A7 chip will be visible as the iPad Air will be able to run more demanding applications than smartphones. But the results may not be immediate as applications need to be ready to take advantage of the 64-bit features.

"Tablet users can create more content and multitask more on their tablets than phones, and 64 bits helps a lot," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, in an email.

The A7 is more justifiable in the 64-bit iPad Air from a value standpoint when compared to smartphones, and the screen size makes a big difference, said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64.

"It's likely you'll be doing video editing on a tablet," Brookwood said. "People who want to do multiperson, interactive games will have a better experience because of the increased [screen] real estate on tablets."

Apple is taking the lead in bringing 64-bit applications to mobile devices. Brookwood, who attended the event, said the company's 64-bit applications like iPhoto and iMovie, which are both on Mac OS and iOS, were demonstrated at the event and were much faster.

The software for the iPad Air needs to be ready to take advantage of the 64-bit features, said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates. Apple's iOS and developer tools are 64-bit ready, and applications are under development.

"The silicon is almost always out ahead of the software. It was true in PCs, it's true in servers, it's true here," Gold said.

The switch also helps developers, who can start the transition to 64-bit applications. Tablet app developers will likely move faster to 64-bit than iPhone developers, Gold said.

Source: Computer World