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NEW iOS4 Features and Upgrade Released

razcarcoana — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:28:07 +0000

Here’s the top line features for the new iOS 4 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Multitasking

Now you can run your favorite third-party apps — and switch between them instantly — without slowing down the performance of the foreground app or draining the battery unnecessarily.

Folders

Organize apps into folders with drag-and-drop simplicity. Get faster access to your favorites and browse and manage up to 2160 apps.

Even better Mail

See messages from all your accounts in a unified inbox, organize messages by threads, open attachments in third-party apps, and more.

iBooks

More than a great ebook reader, iBooks is also an amazing place to browse and shop for books, day or night.

Create playlists

Create custom playlists right on your iPhone.

5x digital zoom

Get closer to your subjects by zooming in up to 5x.

Tap to focus video

While shooting video, tap the display to choose where to focus.

Home screen wallpaper

Change the background wallpaper on your Home screen.

Gift apps

Send apps as gifts to your friends or family.

Spell checking

A built-in dictionary automatically suggests words and corrects spelling. It works in Mail, Notes, and other apps.

Wireless keyboard support

Pair a keyboard based on Bluetooth wireless technology with your iPhone.

Greatest iPhone App

razcarcoana — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:22:56 +0000

For anyone who is interested in word games, scrabble games, Word With Friends has to be the best app out there.

It’s a scrabble imitator, but it is far better than what Scrabble put out. The Scrabble version is lame, slow, and obnoxious. On the flip side, Word With Friends is clean, easy to use, fast, and satisfying!

Click here to buy it!

You can play with your friends, or strangers. You’re also alerted with a badge or a notification when it’s your turn. The app checks your moves, and lets you know if it can be played. Not only is it fun, I actually learned a lot of new words in the process.

I definitely give this 5 stars.

Oh Wow Studios Takes Travel up a Notch with Introduction of User Generated, Content-Driven Applications

razcarcoana — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:20:00 +0000

First Global Scrapbook and Travel Magazine Now Available at iTunes App Store

DENVER, Colo. – Sept. 24, 2009 – Oh Wow Studios, LLC, a licensed Apple software developer, introduces its premier applications for iPod Touch and IPhone. The applications, Travelholic Confessions and Secret Places, are the first mobile travel magazine and only global scrapbook dedicated to Apple products. Completely based on user-generated content from novices and professionals alike, these applications are changing what people expect from traditional iTunes apps.
“Before purchasing applications, potential users always want to know what it does,” said Oh Wow Studios Co-Founder, Razvan Carcoana. “At Oh Wow Studios, we’re challenging that standard by creating apps where the users decide the content, submitting their favorite stories, advice and photos from around the world; and are able to stay true to the market at the same time. We don’t dictate to people what they want. The users dictate what they want.”
Providing real travel scoops from real travelers, Travelholic Confessions is a space for users to share their travel experiences with millions of global readers. Less canned than traditional travel magazines, this app combines advice, humor, photos, helpful links and a signature “confession” or honest truth about exciting destinations in new monthly stories created for users by users.
Can’t afford a vacation in this economy? Secret Places can take you to far away locales whether you’re standing in line at the supermarket or sitting in your cubicle. Submitted by real travelers directly from their iPhone and without the hassle of creating an account, Secret Places provides a platform for shutterbugs to show off their photography skills in a myriad of categories.
“iPods changed the way we deliver music to our ears, the Amazon Kindle changed the way we deliver books to our libraries, and we are the first developers to recognize the impact the Apple platform has on getting out travel experiences,” said Carcoana. “With Travelholic Confessions and Secret Places we’re transforming the travel content market to provide real and insightful information to the masses.”
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About Oh Wow Studios, LLC
Founded in 2008, Oh Wow Studios is a licensed Apple software developer committed to creating unique applications for the iPod Touch and iPhone communities. All Oh Wow Studios apps are currently available at the iTunes app store.

New Travelholic Featured Writer – Megan Riley

razcarcoana — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:54 +0000

Oh Wow Studios is happy to announce Megan Riley as a featured writer for Travelholic Confessions app!

Megan Riley is part time wanderlust and part time technology sales. When not chained to a cubicle, she likes to get out and see the world. Her goal is to hit 40 countries by the time she is 40, so at 32 years old and 24 countries, she needs another 16 countries to stamp her passport in the next 8 years. In her spare time, she writes a travel blog called www.thebigfatworld.com.

Part odd, part humor, and a whole lot of ‘what the..’ this blog is the cure to the boring day by day accounts of several travel blogs out there. In her own words, “This blog was created to help me approach new places in new ways. It’s amazing how quirky the world is when you dig just below the surface. It is also possible, the blog exists just to flaunt my poor grammar skills. You be the judge!”

Either way, we’re happy to bring Megan’s unique and well-traveled perspective to you though the Travelholic Confessions app.

We’re proud to have Megan as a featured writer for Travelholic Confessions!

Check out Megan on Travelholic Confessions:

Travelholic Update – August 2009

razcarcoana — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:47:23 +0000

Last month you enjoyed a cruise through the east end of Grand Cayman with Nina Zapala, the Norwegian Fjords with Madhusudan, and took a quick look at the Blarney Stone with Liz.

Fans also loved the Yodelfest in Switzerland, the bones at Kutna Hora, the cutest town in Germany, authentic Flamenco in Seville, and tips on how not to get lost in Greece.

In September we have a great lineup for you as well! The Whiskey Trail, Italy, Switzerland and more is in store for you on Travelholic Confessions.

Don’t have the app?

Have a travel confession to share with us? Email it to: editor@travelholicconfessions.com

iPhone Love Affairs

razcarcoana — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:35:54 +0000

There are a lot of opinions about the iPhone floating out there. You can scientifically compare the device side by side with the Palm Pre and the host of other copycat handsets out there. You can read analysts’ commentary, whose more than educated summaries discuss the viability and limitations of the device. And they are all blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And then there are those who resist the iPhone due to the fact that it’s popular and maybe hip. The inner counter-culturalist is objecting on principle, so they stick to their Blackberrys.

If you speak to anyone about their iPhone, I am certain you will hear a resounding exclamation of love. I admit, I don’t really pay any attention to objections about the device and its limitations from people who don’t have the iPhone. Once you own it and allow it to integrate into your life, the only thing you can do is marvel at its brilliance. It removes so many of my own limitations that I tend to forget the phone has any. Every time I speak to an iPhone owner, they can’t say enough good things.

What do you think? Do you own an iPhone? What do you think of it?

Travelholic Confessions – Official Page

razcarcoana — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:09:50 +0000

Welcome to Travelholic Confessions, the first mobile TRAVEL MAGAZINE dedicated to the iPhone and iPod Touch!

More honest than Lonely Planet, farther reaching than Budget Travel, more loyal to our readers than Fodor’s and as real as any travel blog you can find. Travelholic Confessions has travel articles from around the world each ending in a signature “confession” or honest truth about the destination. How many travel magazines do you know that have a flat fee forever?

Travel advice, travel humor, beautiful photos, helpful links, exciting adventures await you when you download Travelholic Confessions. Throw away those costly analog paper travel magazine subscriptions with their canned articles kowtowing to their advertisers. Get the real scoop from real travelers every month.

Have a story to share with millions about your travel experience? Contribute your story to editor@travelholicconfessions.com.

Features:
- New travel articles/stories are available every month
- Available instantly on all networks (2G, 3G, WiFi, etc).
- Search by category, check out the latest stories, or search by keywords.

Travelholic Confessions is made by the people, for the people. Download it today and share your travel stories with your friends and the community.

Have a great travel story to tell? Drop us a story at:

editor@travelholicconfessions.com

Include a short bio, a photo or two, and conclude with a confession!

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Is there such thing as too many apps?

razcarcoana — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:05:21 +0000

With over 1.5 billion downloads and 65,000+ free and paid apps, I pose this question:

Where is the critical mass to the app store?

Will we ever reach it ?

All iPhone Apps: all at the same time!

razcarcoana — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:19:38 +0000

Here’s a great post form Apple Insider about the app wall:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/09/apple_stuns_wwdc_crowd_with_pulsating_app_store_hyperwall.html

Is AT&T Ready for Your iPhone 3G S? No, here’s why:

razcarcoana — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:58:48 +0000

I’m excited, as I’m sure you are, about the iPhone 3G S. I have just spent hundreds on the 3G, and now, less than a year later, I’m trumped with an even better one… at a lower price, faster, and better. Ahh, the punishment of early adopters. Please sir, can I have some more?

Anyway, according to a USA Today article (as well as a ton of other sources, just google it), AT&T’s network isn’t even ready for the 3G, not to mention the 3G S. As a side note, an unnamed source at AT&T had told me 6 months ago that AT&T is about 2 years behind in mobile capacity compared to where they should be with the iPhone boom they have been experiencing.

According to the article, the average mobile device eats a respectable 70-80 megabytes of data in one month. Not too bad. The iPhone uses far more data becuase of the OS and how it constantly needs to be ‘figuring things out’ ( and also due to the sales volume, 3rd party apps, and its sheer usefulness), it eats about 700 megabytes. That’s 10x more than the average device. Let’s throw a few million of these devices out there every few months, and pretty soon all urban centers with 3G will have a data transfer rate closer to glacial speed.

So, let’s play pretend. And let’s pretend you are an executive at AT&T, and you have a problem. You’re getting downward price pressure from consumers on the device. But the device is still selling like hotcakes. It has literally saved you form bankrupcy (again), but it’s a data hog and your network can’t really handle it unless you upgrade your gear. What would you do?

Well according to the USA Today article, you put off upgrading your gear for another couple of years. So while those of us who bought into the 3G ‘speed’ promise are not getting what we thought… those of you who are buying into the 3G S speed promise aren’t either. You see, the S uses HSPA. Think of it as the new 3G network. And AT&T basically stated they won’t finish upgrading to it until 2011. So while you’re itching for that new burst of speed from America’s largest network… you won’t get it until the 3G S is old news. Bummer.

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