Free

You gotta be fast on the draw with High Noon

Written by Terry White
Aug 8, 2011
1 comment

I play a game here and there on my iDevices. Every now and then one comes along that gets me hooked. This time it's compliments of my friend Mia. She told me that her husband (a new iPhone user) was playing it all the time. I decided to give it a try this past weekend and why on earth did I do that? I haven't been able to put it down. I'm playing as I write this (just kidding). The concept is simple. It's the wild wild west and your iPhone/iPod touch is your six shooter. When you start a match you point your iDevice screen down and wait for it to vibrate. When it does, it's time to raise, aim and fire. This game takes advantage of the iPhone 4/4th gen iPod touch gyroscope. So it's more than just aiming left, right, up or down, your opponent may move around behind you and you have to turn around to get him/her in your sights.

Play for free or pay for more stuff

It's like the Farmville concept in a way. You can download and play High Noon for free and have a great time. However, if you want to play for long periods of time you'll need more "energy". Well energy isn't free. At least not if you want it on the spot. You can either choose to rest (play later) for free or if you want to keep playing now you can buy some enery drink with your "wampum" (money). You accumulate wampum as you play and win. If you run out, you can buy more via in-app purchases starting at 30 wampum for $4.99. I'm not a fan of continuing to pay to play. I therefore don't plan to make any wampum purchases. When I run out of energy I look at that as a time to get some work done or play other games.

Multiplayer only

The game ties into the Game Center. You can challenge your friends or random players. The more wins you get the more cash (gold) you get to buy better weapons. I can't believe someone through a bag of flour at me! The game is fun and does require practice to get good. You can practice against the computer dummy. All-in-all it's a fun game to play. You can definitely play and have fun for free.

You can get High Noon for Free here from the

App Lists

3 Apps That Offer Check Depositing via your iOS Camera

Written by Terry White
Aug 1, 2011
2 comments

Yes of course I have Direct Deposit when it comes to my paycheck. However, there are times where I get miscellaneous checks from others and of course these checks need to be deposited in my account. The problem had been making the time and effort to actually drive to the bank/ATM to make the deposit. The good news is that those days are now behind me. I can't remember the last time that I had to take a check to the bank. There are SEVERAL Apps offering this feature and it will vary by location and your financial institution. However, here are 3 that will let you get it done.

Chase Bank

Chase Bank was one of the first to offer this and as a matter of fact I ended up getting tired of waiting for my bank to offer it in their App that I opened up a Chase account just for this feature. The cool thing was that Chase even allowed me to open my account and complete everything via their website. To this day I have never been inside a branch!

You can get the Chase App for free here from the

PNC Bank

PNC Bank not long ago updated their App to allow deposits too. Like Chase you take a picture of the front and back of the check, enter the amount and account that you want it deposited to and you're done!

You can get the PNC Bank App for free here from the

PayPal

PayPal is not a bank, but it is synonymous with paying for products online. Now you can deposit checks into your PayPal account directly from your iPhone, iPad 2 or 4th gen iPod touch.

You can get the PayPal App for free here from the

If your bank doesn't offer it, it may be time to apply more pressure to their customer service line. If not, it may be time to switch banks

Reviews / Social Networking

Google+ for iPhone

Written by Terry White
Jul 22, 2011
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The one thing I keep hearing the most about Google's NEW Google+ Social Networking site is that it's a nice cross between Facebook and Twitter. It would be as if you sat down and looked at both Facebook & Twitter and then cherry picked some of the best features of each in an attempt to create the next big thing. I've been dabbling with Google+ for a about a week now and I'm startting to know my way around it. Of course no social networking site will be successful without embracing all the popular mobile platforms out there. Google is not stupid. Although they make a competing mobile operating system (Android), they know that in order for Google+ to be a success that they must also support iOS.

Google+ for iPhone offers the basics that you would expect

With the Google+ iPhone App I can post status updates, check ins, pictures and see the streams of my friends/circles. It also offers the quick messaging feature of Google+ called "huddles". Like Google+ itself the interface of the Google+ for iPhone app is clean and to the point. You can tap one of the 5 buttons on the home screen and get to just about anywhere in Google+. I can't think of really too many things I'd want them to add to the App. However, that's only because the App currently is limited by what you can and can't do on Google+ itself. With that said, there are a few things I'd like to see added to Google+ itself and of course I'd like to see the App evolve as the service does.

There is one thing that leaves me scratching my head

The only issue I ran into is that for some reason the App would not show up to install on my iPad. I knew that it wasn't a native iPad App, however most non-phone related Apps run just fine on the iPad. After doing some digging I found that this is not just an iPad problem. Currently the App doesn't work on the iPod touch either??????!!!!! Huh? That's right! Google+ for iPhone only works on the iPhone. I can't think of a single reason for this restriction. I'm hoping to see this little (OK, freakin' big) problem solved soon. Otherwise if you're iPhone user you can start playing today.

You can get Google+ for iPhone for Free here from the

You can add me to your Google+ Circles here.

News

TiVo FINALLY brings their App to iPhone and TiVo Series 3

Written by Terry White
Jul 13, 2011
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I've enjoyed the TiVo App since day one on my iPad. However, it came at a price. In order to use the original TiVo App you had to not only have an iPad, but also a TiVo Premiere (Series 4) box. I bit the bullet and upgraded to a TiVo Premiere XL, but many loyal TiVo customers were quite ticked off that their perfectly working TiVo HD Series 3 boxes weren't supported. Also it was kind of a pain not to enjoy some of this TiVo remote love on the iPhone/iPod touch.

TiVo aims to make almost everyone happy this time around

TiVo not only updated their App making it a universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, but they also added limited support for TiVo Series 3 boxes. The first question I had was "what are the limitations on the iPhone and TiVo HD boxes? Since I have an iPad and a TiVo Premiere I can use all of the functions of the App. However, I do also plan to use this on my iPhone and I still have a couple of TiVo HDs. Here's what you can and can't do:

If you have a TiVo Series 3 or 4 you will be able to see your programming guide, schedule recordings , and control your TiVo remotely while on your WiFi network. However, if you have a TiVo Premiere (series 4) you'll also be able to access your Season Pass manager, ToDo List and browse the list of recorded shows. iPhone users will not be able to start the playback of shows via the remote.

While it would be nice to have all the features on all platforms, it's nice to at least have some functionality for almost everyone.

You can get the TiVo App for Free here from the

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