In our ever continuing quest to bring you media in as many formats as we can, and in many ways as we can, we're happy to announce the first episodes Ancient World in London video series are now available to download from iTunes. This means you can transfer them to your iPhone, iPod and iGizmothingys until your hearts are content.
Despite the clear fact that Blackberry's are superior phones, I'm prepared to acknowledge the growing popularity of iPhones and as such, all the forthcoming episodes will also be available to download for free from the iTunes store.
Jean-François Dumon and Alamanga have developed 'Aaou', an application for iPhone and iPodTouch which allows a quick translation of hieroglyphs. The iPhone app over 10,000 words or symbols to - depending on your iPhone settings - French or English. the translation in French / English of more than 10200 words and symbols and offers the possiblity of transliteration. 'Aaou' also allows you access through an index, to the uni/bi/triliterals as well as to an aide memory on the common hieroglyphs. The Aaou Hieroglyph Dictionary is priced at 4.99 euro and - of course - available via the iTunes app store.
Submitted by Jon Himoff on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 17:20
It is already out in the US and now it is coming to our part of the globe here in UK on the 19th of October. Already you can find a few on Amazon. This new Eye-fi wi-fi + geotag memory card just looks amazing; 2 gigabites of memory and integrated geotagging. Sadly, my Nikon D70 won't take an SD card.
Submitted by Josh Wilson on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 15:26
Review Rating:
8
The Civ games date back a long way, the original hitting elderly PCs back in the early 90's. Four sequels and a good slew of expansions have come out across pretty much every format since then. Each iteration has brought considerable advances to the series, refining the extensive title which challenges you to develop a winning civilisation. Starting from about 500BC, you can play your civilization right through to the modern era, with the option to win through warfare, economy, civility, democracy and a fair few other options too.
When Firaxis opted to release the game for mobile, it was only natural to assume they they would have to remove a fair amount of the complexity; something would have to give to be able to fit the game on to such a small gadget.
For those new to the Civilisation experience, the concept is simple one. You play the leader of one of history's great civilisations and must guide them, choosing various research paths and cultural choices, through the various ages of humanity to the current age and beyond. Your aim is to win via reaching a set goal (a set amount of economic activity, building a number of great wonders or just plain wiping out every other faction). While doing this you must deal with other great figures from the past who live up to their legacies.
Submitted by Jon Himoff on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 21:46
Actually the old iPhone camera is not so bad. The new iphone seems to be even better (finally). It isn't a digtial single lens reflex (DSLR)with a wi-fi memory card but it is quite handy and you can blast your photos across the internet and now even MMS! Check my iphone photos here on my flickr stream.
Jean-François Dumon and Alamanga have developed 'Aaou', an application for iPhone and iPodTouch which allows a quick translation of hieroglyphs. The iPhone app over 10,000 words or symbols to - depending on your iPhone settings - French or English. the translation in French / English of more than 10200 words and symbols and offers the possiblity of transliteration. 'Aaou' also allows you access through an index, to the uni/bi/triliterals as well as to an aide memory on the common hieroglyphs. The Aaou Hieroglyph Dictionary is priced at 4.99 euro and - of course - available via the iTunes app store.
