Teach kids to read time with Hickory Dickory Dock for iPhone, iPad [Kids Corner]

Hickory Dickory Dock is an iPhone and iPad app meant to teach children how to read a clock. It includes many mini games, interaction with the mouse, and it of course ties in the famous nursery rhyme with the same title.

Help your children learn to read a clock while being entertained by a playful little mouse companion. There are a number of mini games designed to develop specific skills, while all the time keeping the child entertained with humorous animation and sound effects.

Hickory Dickory Dock is available on the iPhone and iPad for $1.99.

[App Store link]

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Draw on your maps with Map Draw for iPad

Map Draw is a new iPad app that lets you draw on maps. This could be great for runners who want to plan their route or for giving directions to a friend. Map Draw will even track the total distance, making it a pretty neat app.

Map Draw allows you to create your own routes and maps on the iPad. Total distance is tracked, and all maps can be drawn on by freehand and exported, making it the ideal tool for planning a run, giving driving directions, keeping track of your travels, and more. All map routes and entries are stored in a beautiful journal-style interface on the device. No uploading to or downloading from a website is needed.

Map Draw is available on the iPad for $1.99.

[App Store link]

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TiPb Asks: How much will you use iMessage?

With iOS 5 Apple will be introducing iMessage, an SMS and MMS style service seamlessly integrated into the Messages app that uses your Apple ID and data plan instead of text plan… but only with other iOS 5 users. So lets say you and your special someone both have iPhones, or you have an iPod touch and your mom has an iPad, you can easily use iMessage to stay in contact. But, if you have an iPhone and your husband or wife has an Android or BlackBerry (and you stay with them!), iMessage will do you absolutely no good whatsoever.

So I have to ask, how much will you actually use iMessage? Do you and your family and friends have enough iOS devices that you’ll use iMessages whenever you so wish? Or are you a lone island of iOS amid a sea of feature phone or non-iOS devices? Will you be able to cut down on your texting and save some money, or will you have to pay as much after iMessage as you did before?

And if Apple adds it to iChat on Mac and releases an app for it on Windows, would that change your answer at all? Would it get you to switch to iMessage from whatever Skype, Facebook, AIM, or other message system you’re using now?

Bottom line, when Apple releases iOS 5 this October, how much will you be using iMessage?

Gameloft Drops Prices For Back To School Sale

href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/blog-banner-en.jpg">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23689" title="blog-banner-en" src="http://www.everythingicafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/blog-banner-en.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" />I’m pretty sure everyone’s already back to school by now, but I’m not one to argue the point when there are games on sale. href="http://blog.gameloft.com/index.php/2011/09/16/back-to-school-sales/">Gameloft’s current Back To School sale drops a huge number of games down to just $0.99 — and they’re not just for iOS this time. They’re also dropping the price on Mac and Android, if you’re that way inclined. Here’s the big list:

I think there’s probably something there for every taste under the sun. Enjoy!

Bentley shows off its Mulsanne Apple inspired interior with dual iPads and a Mac Mini [video]

World renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley has produced an interior for its Mulsanne car that would make any Apple fan weak at the knees. The car on its own is an impressive lump of pure luxury, sporting a twin-turbo V8 engine with a price tag of around 250,000 euros. Now throw in another 100,000 euros worth of interior enhancements which includes two iPad 2s and a Mac Mini and you can see why this is such a desirable car for us Apple lovers!

Press a button in the center console and a wood-encased tray gently folds down from the back of the seat in front — there’s one in each. Once folded down you can hit another button on the right side and the tray automatically (and noisily) splits in two, exposing an iPad 2 in the top and a Bluetooth keyboard in the bottom

The Mac Mini is installed in the trunk and is connected to an LCD monitor that drops down from the ceiling. It is controlled by a Magic Trackpad and a keyboard that sits in the rear of the center console in a handmade leather pouch.

It is currently just a concept and who knows if it will ever be offered as an option on future Bentley cars. If it does become available, who is getting one?

[Engadget]

MyGreatFest first ever jailbreak convention takes place in the UK tomorrow

MyGreatFest, the first ever jailbreak convention takes place in the UK tomorrow at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London.

Our mission is to become the largest jailbreak/(i)community convention for coders, themers, hackers, developers or any other mobile device user. To leave others with the better understanding of what jailbreaking actually means to us, and that it does not stand for piracy.

The event should be a great day out for like minded iOS users and there will be talks by many of the leading lights in the jailbreak community. These include Chronic-Dev team member’s @p0sixninja and @iOPK plus Cydia founder Jay Freeman @saurik and many more.

If you want to attend, tickets are still available to buy. If you can’t make it, there will be a live video stream of all the important parts of the event which will go live tomorrow; when the event starts. You can find the live stream here.

The convention will be UK only this year, but, event founder, Craig Fox (@flawlessfox) has said that they hope to host the event in the US in Early 2012. You can follow any news on this event and upcoming events with the twitter hashtag #MyGreatFest.

[MyGreatFest]

New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Friday, September 16

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

Astroslugs: To support the Astroslugs you solve mind-boggling puzzles by drawing different shaped pieces onto an always varying board. [$1.99 for iPad - App Store link] [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

FiLMiC Pro: Takes movie making to the next level and turns your iPhone into one of the most powerful and robust full featured HD video cameras around. On sale [$1.99 - App Store link]

Jumvo: A new group messaging app that lets you send messages as casually as texting, but as intimate as calling. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

Stitcher Radio: Lets you listen to your favorite news, sports, talk and entertainment shows via thousands of live local AM/FM stations and podcasts. [Free for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

Alfred: Alfred is your personal robot who recommends places based on your favorites! His goal is to make sure you never miss places you’ll love! [Free for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!