Ascii Studios

I am proud to announce the latest iPhone software from Ascii Studios, Talking Headz.

Talking Headz is an hilarious new application for the iPhone / iPod Touch that lets you record parody videos using tons of funny Headz and share them with your friends via YouTube, Facebook or Email.

The following video gives a very quick demo of using Talking Headz to make a movie using two different Headz:

For a limited time Talking Headz will be available for free, so you have no reason not to check it out and start having fun.

Talking Headz is NOW available from the following link:

Talking Headz iTunes Link

I’m looking for people to beta test Never Forget.  I’m especially interested in users testing the import and post to Facebook functions, and the Push Notifications.

If you’re interested, then please subscribe to the beta at the following web site:

http://ibetatest.com/iphone/controllers/apps/?appId=484

A couple of screenshots to whet your appetite:

Just a quick note to let you all know we have a brand new application due in the next few weeks. Never Forget is a completely new Reminder application that has all the features of Reminder Pro, with the following differences:

Stay tuned for more news coming soon.

I was recently made aware of a bug in Reminder Pro that was triggered when contact photos were synced with Facebook using the iPhone Facebook application.

For some reason Facebook adds photos to contacts that confuses the iPhone API. The bug would cause Reminder Pro / Free to crash at startup when loading these contacts.

Reminder Pro 1.3 was submitted today to fix this bug and should be available in around 7 days.

I’ve just submitted version 1.2 of Reminder Pro to Apple, and it should be available to download in a couple of weeks.

The new version adds over 150 categorized icons for the Custom Event type, so now you can be flexible on the type of events Reminder Pro can support.

I’ve tried to include every icon requested since release, plus a ton more.

Enjoy.

I submitted a new version of Reminder Pro and Reminder Free to the App Store last night.

The changes for Reminder Pro are:

• Added an option to show the Age of Standalone Events
• Added person icon for Standalone Events
• Added an Expired Events view showing past events
• Provided facility to delete past Standalone Events
• Fixed bug when adding Standalone Event that caused edits to be lost
• Events which have never occurred are reported as First Occurrence.

The Changes for Reminder Pro and Free are:

• Fixed an occassional crash on startup
• Updated icon design

Both versions should be available in about a weeks time based upon first time approval.

TouchMyApps.com have written a great review for Reminder Pro.

Their conclusions:

“by far one of the best reminder apps on the market right now”

Grab It Rating

Check out the full review at TouchMyApps.com

I am proud to announce the availability of ‘Reminder Pro – Birthdays, Anniversaries’ to the App Store.

Reminder Pro

Reminder Pro has been in development for nearly 6 months and is the most comprehensive Birthday, Anniversary and Event Reminder application available for the iPhone / iPod Touch.

Reminder Pro is the ultimate Birthday, Anniversary and Event reminder application available.

It includes all of the following great features:

* Beautiful interface with great graphics
* Works with your existing Contacts
* Shows Birthdays and Anniveraries
* Edit and Create Contacts directly
* Assign photos from camera or album
* Create custom events for holidays, important dates, etc
* Assign icons to custom events
* Send Emails, Text Messages
* Call Contacts directly from Reminder Pro
* Sort by events by Name or Date
* Filter to show only the events you need

Reminder Pro will even place a small badge on the launch icon showing the number of upcoming events so you dont miss important dates.  You can change the period that the icon badging looks ahead from 1 day to 3 months.

Don’t miss out.  Get the most feature rich Reminder application today.

[iTunes Link]

As widely anticipated Apple launched a new faster version of the iPhone on Monday called the iPhone 3GS.

Specifications of the phone have now started to creep out via various forums and also the official iPhone documentation.

This is what we know so far:

• CPU: ARM Cortex-A8 running at 600Mhz
  • The standard iPhone 3G is a 400Mhz ARM11 core
  • The Cortex-A8 at 600Mhz is the equivalent of an ARM11 at 1200Mhz
• GPU
  • PowerVR SGX Processor (as opposed to PowerVR MBX)
  • Supports Hardware Open GL/ES 2.0 (as opposed to 1.1)
  • The SGX is capable of around 100k visible polys at 30fps
  • The MBX is capable of around 10k visible polys at 30fps
• Memory: 256MB as opposed to 128MB

All this adds up to a device that is significantly faster for game developers and will run existing games faster than the current iPhone 3G.

Now lets hope that Unity announce support for the new hardware.

A friend of mine threatened to leave Orange UK about 4 months ago because he wanted the iPhone (who wouldn’t).  They tempted him to stay with a ridiculously cheap deal on his inclusive bundle. 

He told me they phoned him on Friday to say that they will be able to offer him an iPhone from next month.

Looks like O2 may be losing their exclusive contract here in the UK.