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Book Shopping is More Fun with xLibris

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I love books. The problem is I forget which books I have. Consequently, on too many occasions, I’ve bought the same book more than once. But not any more!

Now, I have xLibris by Option-X (v 1.2.1) installed on my iPhone. xLibris is a full-featured book database that sorts my books by title or author. I can easily search my book database while at the bookstore, and no more duplicates!



App Store — will developers become disillusioned?

With some 36.000 apps in the App Store, and .99 seeming to be the most common price, you have to wonder whether the developers are making much money. One hears about the success stories — which likely motivate more developers to jump in — but the reality is that a lot of apps don't do too well. You can read an interesting article about this in TechCrunch.



Ever wondered what it's like to create an iPhone game?

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Frankly, I've never been able to understand how anyone could create a game. It seems impossibly complex, conceptualizing a game, making it fun, doing the programming, and most mind-boggling — creating the huge amount of artwork that many of the better games entail. If you have also been intrigued by this, you might enjoy Ryan Mitchell's Game Dev Blog.



Deals!

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Deals is a great .99c app for finding the best deals on the Web from Amazon, Hot-Deals, Woot, & many more!



New Yorker cover painted with iPhone

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The New Yorker is known for cartoons and great covers -- some of which are saved for years. The cover for the next issue was created like none other before: it was painted on an iPhone. Artist Jorge Colombo drew the street scene, with an iconic hot dog vendor as his focal point, while standing at a street corner, swiping his iPhone's screen.



More rumors of cheaper offerings from AT&T

A report on Yahoo Finance is saying that AT&T will likely be offering cheaper options for iPhone users. Some sources are saying that AT&T may soon offer a $60/month plan that would entail limited data access. Also, industry observers are noting the possibility of a $100 phone and a prepaid iPhone. The latter would open up a large new market, since this segment of the industry is rapidly growing.



Pop Up Your Kids' Math Scores!

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Now here's an app that's fun for your kids, and it will improve their math skills! It's called PopMath Basic Math (Popsoft, v. 1.4). Kids love popping bubbles and that's exactly what they do in this app. They pop bubbles and learn math at the same time!



The Mover App Does Move it!

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 My husband, son and I all installed the Mover app (Infinite Labs v. 1.0.2) yesterday so we could try it out. It was fast to install and easy to send a photo. And it's FREE!



Hot iPhone Games and Accessories

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It’s truly amazing how many games and accessories come out each week for the iPhone and iPod touch, making it tough to keep up on which are hot and which are duds (and there are plenty of both). Functional and Fun are two words that come to mind with the following, check them out!



The Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook

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"What would you like for dinner?" "I don't know." Are you tired of hearing "I don't know"? Are you tired of always trying to come up with something new & different? Not sure how long to roast that chicken? The Betty Crocker Cookbook was always there for you. Now it's there for you on your iPhone!



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