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Today’s Apps
- Postale (An e-postcard creator)
- Anybox (An instant messenger that uses email)
- Sliding Tiles (A sliding tile puzzle game)
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Apps for April 28, 2012
Postale
Postale is an e-postcard creator that you can send to your friends wishing they were with you. You can add a photo of where you are and type in your message to your friend. You will even get to put a nostalgic $0.29 stamp. This app also includes four card layouts and eight card themes, you can choose a photo from your Photo Library or snap a picture from within the app, position, rotate, and scale your photo right onto the card, optionally change the color of your photo to Black & White or Sepia-Tone, type in your own custom title and message, choose from 5 fonts to customize your title and message, use one of 32 retro-styled stamps or create a custom stamp from your photos, send right from the app via email, Facebook, or Twitter, and save to your Gallery for review later and view all your travels with the built-in map.
Price: Free (Limited time; Normally $1.99)
Version discovered: 1.2.0
Requires: iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad; iOS 4.1 and up
Download size: 10 MB
Anybox
Anybox is an instant messenger that uses email as the means for communication. Before you get to use the full functionality of the app, you need to send an email using your internal email app to activate the app. After that is done you can change your photo and even put in a status update. You can copy photos from your computer to your mobile device. All you do is email your friends through @anybox.me address and the photos you receive can be automatically saved to your camera roll. You also get notification and alert emails where you can have them sent directly to your Anybox or forward them from your Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail.
The one thing that is bothering about this app is that even though you set up an email address with Anybox you have no way of signing in. If you get a new phone then you might have to create a new email address. There should e a way to take care of your account on Drop Box.
Price: Free (Limited time; Normally $0.99
Version discovered: 0.1 MB
Requires: iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad; iOS 3.0 and up
Download size: 3 MB
Sliding Tiles
Sliding Tiles is a puzzle game that you need to match the sliding tiles puzzle with the final spots you need to be in sliding the numbers or letters. Other features include 300 hand-crafted puzzles with more to come, realistic 2D gameplay – slide, push, and bump, you can play in portrait and landscape views, earn stars for each solved puzzle, you can get your friends to play, and Game Center achievements and leaderboards.
Price: Free
Version discovered: 1.1
Requires: iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad; iOS 3.0 and up
Download size: 8.7 MB
dotTechies: We have tested all the apps listed above. However, iOS Apps of the Day articles are not intended as “reviews” but rather as “heads-up” to help you discover new apps. Always use your best judgement when downloading apps, such as trying trial/free versions before purchasing paid apps, if applicable.
