What's new on the app stores on Friday 15 July 2011
A burst of 15 apps for your consideration
C4 News
C4 News is the official iPhone and iPad app for Channel 4 News. It will offer catch-up videos from the last week, presenter Jon Snow's daily Snowblog, and on iPad additional special reports and galleries. An Android version is on the way too.
iPhone / iPad
Photovine
Photovine is the latest stealthy app project from Google, based around shared photos around single captions (examples being "Warm And Fuzzy", "Double The Chin, Double The Fun" and "I Love Sf"). Users can start their own vines, or join those of others. The service is invite-only for now.
iPhone
Harry Potter Film Wizardry
Harry Potter fans looking to spend another £7.49 on their addiction will rejoice at the launch of Harry Potter Film Wizardry. It's an iPad book-app focused on the eight Potter movies, with a mixture of photography and artwork, video clips and animations. That includes 3D models of Hogwarts and other locations, as well as sketches and storyboards. It's the work of book publisher Insight Editions, working with ScrollMotion.
iPad
Panamp - The Music Player
Panamp is a music app that is aiming to replace the native iPod app on iPhones. Key features include the ability to stack tracks in queues for playing, as well as a nifty cascade view to arrange tracks, and fast search features.
iPhone
Ultimate Mobile Armor
US tech firm Safe and Secure Mobile has launched its Ultimate Mobile Armor app for BlackBerry and Android, with iOS, webOS and Symbian to come. Originally created to make President Barack Obama's BlackBerry hack-proof, it's now being made available to a wider audience.
Android / BlackBerry
Wi-Fi FastConnect
Wi-Fi hotspot network The Cloud has released an Android app to help people get online quickly with their smartphone or tablet at its locations. O2 users can use the app to automatically connect to The Cloud Wi-Fi whenever they come into range, but it works for other mobile operators too.
Android
GQ Style Guide
GQ magazine has teamed up with Mr Porter to launch a fashion-focused iPhone app. It promises details on new suits, shirts and shoes, as well as a Style Shrink feature to "diagnose your fashion issues". Facebook, Twitter and email sharing is built in too.
iPhone
AR Blitz
AR Blitz is an augmented reality game for Android devices, which blends technology from Unity, Qualcomm and OpenFeint. The game itself uses Whack-a-Mole dynamics, and requires a printed marker to work.
Android
Vibop
Vibop is the latest social video-sharing app for iPhone, with an Android version coming soon too. Going up against apps like Socialcam, it enables users to shoot 30 seconds of video, apply visual effects and quickly share it on Facebook or YouTube.
iPhone
Breath Bird
Breath Bird is an iPhone Twitter client designed for people with a "hand or finger disability". The idea: the app converts the user's breath into keyboard inputs. It's the work of Japanese developer Techfirm, working with university academics and rehabilitation centres.
iPhone
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House has launched its official iPhone app, enabling people to buy tickets for its productions, and browse photos, videos and podcasts. It also hooks into Facebook and Twitter to share details with friends.
iPhone
Galaxy on Fire 2 THD
Fishlabs' critically-acclaimed space adventure Galaxy on Fire 2 has been released in a new version for Android smartphones, optimised for devices using the Tegra GeForce GPU. That means beefier ships and space stations and higher textures on everything.
Android
Nosh
Nosh is a new app for iPhone and Android that focuses on food. The idea: users share photos and details of what they're eating and which restaurant they're in, to help friends and other users decide where to eat in future.
iPhone / Android
Popcorn
Popcorn is an intriguing second-screen app for TV fans, which lets them rate shows while watching. Popcorn (the company)'s plan is to then analyse data from all its users to show which parts of shows were liked and disliked.
iPhone
Pocoyo Gamebox
Children's TV brand Pocoyo has a new iPad app – a collection of five mini-games with rewards that can be redeemed in the Pocoyo World virtual world.
iPad
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/jul/15/apps-rush-channel-4-photovine-harry-potter
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