What's new on the app stores on Wednesday 3 August 2011
A burst of 12 apps for your consideration
Skype for iPad
After a bungled launch that saw the app go live a couple of times before it was ready, Skype is finally officially available for the iPad. A tablet-friendly interface and free video-calling are the key selling points, while users can also pay for premium features to call landlines and mobiles.
iPad
Garmin UK & Ireland
Despite competition from free satnav apps, Garmin is holding on to its premium price with a new £44.99 GPS app for the UK and Ireland. It includes free speed camera data, photos of complicated junctions, and live traffic info paid for via in-app payment.
iPhone
Editions by AOL
AOL is taking on Flipboard with its own personalised magazine app for iPad. Editions grabs news stories in categories including entertainment, tech and fashion, enabling users to personalise the categories and sources, while also sharing stories to Facebook and Twitter. At the time of writing it's US-only.
iPad
Onkyo Remote
Hi-fi firm Onkyo has launched its official remote control app for Android. It's used to stream music from the device to a wireless-friendly Onkyo system, while also controlling multi-zone audio. It works on all the company's network A/V receivers released this year, as well as the TX-8050.
Android
Corel's Slingshot
Graphics firm Corel is getting into the social photo-sharing game. Slingshot is an iPhone app that promises speedy sharing of photos to online albums, while backing them up in a private Facebook album.
iPhone
Star Legends Beta
Spacetime Studios' Star Legends is a sci-fi-themed massively multiplayer online game for Android, which has just gone live in its beta form. The game is free to play, and funded by in-game purchases for items. It's also on the way for iOS.
Android
Exfoliate
Exfoliate is an intriguing Android app: it automates the process of removing old content from your Facebook profile. The idea being you set a time period – older than six months, one year, two years or three years for example – and then set it to work. Why? Privacy paranoia presumably.
Android
Rackspace
Rackspace's official Android app enables users to administer their cloud servers and files from their smartphone, with support for multiple accounts and US, UK and custom API endpoints.
Android
AppTastic
AppTastic is one of the first app-discovery apps for Windows Phone 7, although the genre is popular on iPhone and Android. It aims to help WP7 users find interesting apps, searching by keywords, category, price, Xbox Live features, price changes and minimum ratings among others.
Windows Phone
Debtonator
iPhone game Debtonator is certainly timely, offering a casual take on the US debt crisis. What's more, the developer is promising to donate 14% of the proceeds to the US Treasury Department. Cheeky, but topical.
iPhone
Egencia
Expedia's corporate travel arm Egencia has released an iPhone app for its users, including a journey itinerary, flight and destination alerts and online check-in.
iPhone
Imfuna Let Lite
Property app Imfuna Let now has a Lite version aimed at tenants, helping them to create an inventory of their rental property, and protect themselves if their deposit is ever subject to a dispute with their landlord.
iPhone
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/aug/03/apps-rush-skype-ipad-garmin-onkyo
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