This is a google maps app for your Lumia. I tend to use it more for POI, but stick to Nokia Drive for navigation. #291) gMaps Price: Free or £1.79 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/7b8bedd5-4368-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voSQ8VwqdX8 Developer Blurb: Join Eryn in an award-winning adventure as she explores the fantastical Glyder Adventure Worlds! Eryn finds herself trapped [...]
This Lumiappaday, App Highlights is recorded on the Nokia 808 PureView. I was unable to process this with the usual intros for some reason (perhaps 1080p was pushing it for my laptop – handled 4xHD sources yesterday though :/) so it’s a direct upload to YouTube. App Highlights is a must to install for finding [...]
Sketch Board is a pretty decent sketch app, with some very decent controls for drawing. Pan along with pinch and zoom is accurate and responsive and does not result in drawing accidentally all over the page. You’ve got the usual pen/pencil, eraser, colour changer as well as undo/redo (which can undo everything one step at [...]
This is one for the kids – a very basic colouring book. Pretty much like those magic painting books where you paint with water and everything turns into the right colour? Well in Coloring (I dislike spelling colour this way :p) Book, you have outlines of drawings. You then select a crayon colour and just [...]
TvPyx is a Metro designed TVGuide for the UK. It works quite well in Metro. You can change your provider from Freeview to Freesat, VirginMedia or Sky. I would have liked if all the channels were available by default and prompts given to tell you you can just view certain channels. For a basic information [...]
Population Clock is a nice reference app to show population of the world. The main screen shows it ticking away, whilst also indicating how long until the next major milestone. You can narrow this down to specific continents/countries, and can present it as a graph over time. The source of this data is United [...]
Contract Killer is an XboxLive game where you’re a hired sniper who is assigned to take down some ‘bad guys’. #285) Contract Killer Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/3a9b71b7-959c-4253-8770-1ca203d4768f Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGZEhhZsnKc Developer Blurb: They might call you an enforcer, or an assassin. Call it what you like – you’re a CONTRACT KILLER. Pulled into a world of bounty hunters, [...]
This app is called Mayan Calendar. The developer contacted us a couple of weeks ago about their app. Not sure exactly what I’d do with it but in the video you can see what it does. There’s a countdown to what some believe is the ‘end of the world’. The app explains that’s merely the [...]
AppVegas is another fantastic app for finding even more apps. I was quite surprised how nice it looks as I thought it was only a ‘one arm bandit’ type thing where you spin the app wheel to reveal a random app at random but there’s a really nicely laid out featured section, categories, and app [...]
This is another video series app by Enigma. We’ve previously seen Micky Mouse as well as Tom and Jerry. Scooby Doo shares the same format. This is the classic Scooby Doo of which the app has 41 episodes. #282) Scooby Doo Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/165a6386-1021-4b53-a73a-485c5c4d0375 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJU2meumH0&feature=channel&list=UL Developer Blurb: Watch Scooby-Doo on your Windows Phone. There are 41 [...]
This is Battleship from EA Games. It’s the classic boardgame with a little splash of animation kicked in. Still as fun as ever. There’s a couple of modes I didn’t get the chance to look at: Salvo mode and Superweapon mode – those are available in the full version. #281) Battleship Price: £2.29 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/b063ac72-deff-4ab6-b70d-6c93bd645a22 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P4lg1fC9oY [...]
I used to love watching Earthworm Jim as a kid, and found my friend’s gameboy game of it really addictive. Here’s Gameloft’s Earthworm Jim game demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900. For touch controls, they’re pleasingly very responsive. It might seem slightly overpriced at £3.99 and looking on that price alone I might agree. But [...]
This is Groupon. Explanation of app in video (feeling rather nauseous at the moment) #279) Groupon Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/47878950-105f-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya1iDOWEaHM Developer Blurb: Groupon features 50%-90% off deals on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy. Discover your town and the world with Daily Deals, Now! Deals, and Getaway deals. Groupon is available in more [...]
This is a pretty decent pool/snooker game with an online aspect (though not demoed here). Nice visuals, good game play. Some controls are a bit off (like pulling the cue stick and moving the camera about) but otherwise, a quite a fun experience. #278) Pool Pro Online 3 Price: £2.29 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/062d24c2-d398-4cff-9515-1f542495d8c0 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gek8aoJAec Developer Blurb: [...]
This is just a demo of the game, Asphalt 5 on the Nokia Lumia 900. Not too keen on the accelerometer controls. I find them much too laggy in comparison to NFS (well underground anyway). Tap controls are much more responsive. #277) Asphalt 5 Price: £2.29 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/20e77ac3-00c2-416e-8054-7d081afb73de Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFMia1o5tM Developer Blurb: Get in, start up and [...]
This is a very simple reaction style game that’s much better to play with a group of friends. First you have to keep a finger or thumb pressed on the screen. I timer will go down and any time after that a target will appear which you must touch. It’s about getting a fast reaction [...]
This is an Italian recipe book app featuring Gino D’acampo – an Italian TV chef on British TV. This has written recipes as well as videos. #276) Eating Italian Price: £1.99 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/9bee3c62-4674-4e8d-a8b6-ff32a882246c Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_3oQ-TBY8 Developer Blurb: Ciao amici! Eating Italian food is simply one of the greatest pleasures in life and I have created [...]
Gravity pro is a physics based game where you have to draw lines and control gravity in order to get the ball to the target. The amount of lines you draw is limited and you have to time precisely when to switch gravity on or off. #275) Gravity Pro Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/bc2f8fca-9465-4760-9f53-45b9735f6766 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHW6SJaU_aE Developer Blurb: [...]
Direct Crazy Ivan’s plane through the hoops. It must be in the middle as the hoops’ edges also act as obstacles. There are also other objects in the air which Ivan must avoid. Left tap to ascend, right tap to descend. #274) Crazy Ivan Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/faebeeb9-8b92-4f07-8d1c-58e2b491f773 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9_c0BzQpc Developer Blurb: We offer you a great [...]
108 Lumiapps ago, we demoed a pretty cool gesture based to do list called Zero. Clearer has similar gestures but goes a few steps further (and also, quite importantly, seems to be more stable and doesn’t go about deleting my lists at random). The app is pretty much full screen. You have your different lists [...]
Mega Avatars is a free app from one of my favourite developers, MMMOOO (famous on Symbian for their skins). With Mega Avatars, you can customise an avatar face – their skin, hair, eyes, eyebrows, lips, clothing and accessories. You can then save and set it as an avatar for your various networks. I like using it on [...]
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