12 Truly Cool Apps: DECEMBER 2010

Cool iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Apps
Truly Cool Seal of Approval Apps

The following apps have been awarded the Truly Cool Seal of Approval in recognition of many different features. We find these apps are well crafted, contain excellent graphics, instructions, are easily navigable and include unique or engaging material which guarantees a long-term spot on your device. Be sure to see what catches our eyes as a new list will be compiled monthly!

Truly Cool Seal of Approval Apps: DECEMBER, 2010

CHRISTMAS PAINT / SWEATER BOOTH / DECORATE MY CHRISTMAS TREE



JUZZ-MISSING PICKS/MY CHRISTMAS LIST/SANTA'S WORKSHOP LT



XMAS SPOT THE DIFF/SCRATCH C@RD-CREATE/ SNAZAROO



HIVE AND SEEK/ CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE / ISOUVLAKI

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The Night Before Christmas......99 cents"Bring some holiday magic to your iPad this Christmas with a story that will entertain children of all ages."

Tap Tap Puzzle Pack

Developer Quote: "Kids of all ages will love the Tap Tap Puzzle Pack because it's three games in one!"



- COST: 99 cents     - RATING: 5 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Animals, Elementary School, Entertainment, Games, Native, Preschool

Parents you've still got another week on your hands to entertain your kids which may be a bit more difficult now the excitement of Christmas has passed! Take heart..there are still a number of fun and challenging, age-appropriate games being churned out of the App Store. For example, with Tap Tap Puzzle Pack you get 3 fun games for the price of one. They are a Memory Game, Balloon Pop and Jigsaw Puzzle. Following along a good reward system, your child can earn stickers to paper his wall as he plays and solves all these fun activities. The older kids will appreciate the added challenge of the non-babyish, "big-kid mode" with more cards, tougher balloon groups, and bigger puzzles. And all three games will help you out if you get stuck by using helpful clues. Let's take a look at all the fun games included in Tap Tap Puzzle Pack:

- Memory Game
In this classic game, you flip one card, then try to remember where you saw its
match. Earn a sticker by flipping all matched pairs.

- Balloon Pop
Pop groups of two or more balloons. Choose carefully! Popping the right
balloons at the wrong time can hurt your chances of clearing the board.

- Jigsaw Puzzle
Snap a picture and make your own puzzle or use photos from your album to do so. Even easier, just choose from 25+ specially built-in puzzles. Younger kids will manage a 4-piece puzzle while older kids get 24 pieces with scrolling and zooming.

- Sticker Wall
Completing a game earns you a sticker which you can proudly place on your wall! Move them, stack them. Zoom in, zoom out, scroll around. There are more than 100 stickers to earn!

So why not make life easy on yourself by letting your child entertain himself with favorite activities leaving you free to write thank-you cards on his behalf for all the gifts he recently acquired! With your iDevice, entertainment does not have to cost much at all!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Triple the fun for young ones in this 3 for 1 app, Tap Tap Puzzle Pack, geared to please and intrigue kids of all ages!"

--Date/Version: Released 12/30/10 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: NNC Nicols Consulting
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
TAP TAP PUZZLE PACK

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~Invader
(Entertainment - 12/31/10)

Fun Stuff - Word of The Day: poof company - Slang for a large company created by a consolidation of smaller companies because they seemingly appear out of nowhere as if ::poof:: by magic. For example, "US Office Products is a poof company built from 210 office supply dealers."

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i3D Fire Truck

Developer Quote: "Suit up, and climb aboard your very own Fire Truck and be prepared to respond to fires, trapped children, accidents, and much more!"


- COST: 99 cents     - RATING: N/A Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: 3D, Cars, Entertainment, Games, Native, Sim

How many little boys (now grown men) have always wanted to be firefighters? Many have dreamed of shimmying down the pole in the firehouse, jumping aboard the shiny red truck and chasing fires while dodging cars in a frighteningly fast ride on the fire truck in order to save lives. You can do this with i3D Fire Truck and live out your childhood fantasies (or almost anyway)! Some of the exciting features of this realistic, 3D app are as follows:

- Simulated Fire Radio with REAL Fire Traffic including: (Burning Buildings, Trapped Children, Burning Cars).

- REAL Fire Hot Tones and 2 Alarm Fire Calls - even with real fire fighter voices yelling for help over the air waves.

- REAL authentic looking L.E.D. Lighting, Beacons, and Strobe Lighting that will turn any vehicle (such as your own personal vehicle) into your very own emergency vehicle.

- Visit the Interactive Fire Station - hit the alarm, and more.

- Multiple Siren Tones: WAIL, YELP, Q-Siren, Manual, Phaser, and Air Horn, Euro, and Much More.

- Strobe, L.E.D., and Beacons blow up to full screen simply by clicking the animation.

- Fire Truck Mode lets you see the action of your Fire Truck in 3rd person with all of the flashing lights going at once, and you can also use all of your sirens.

- Full Screen Fire Truck Mode lets you respond to calls at your work or home.

In i3D fire Truck you will see amazing 3D graphics and hear very realistic sounds, some that could actually be scary. This is Part 1 of the 3D Series, and probably well worth checking out due to the many features offered and realistic nature of this sim app. Whether or not you are a fireman, law enforcement official or just plain civilian, you will enjoy the sights, sounds and action of this very lifelike app. Let your siren wail and airhorn boom as you warn vehicles to get out of your way in a race against time to save lives.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Jump on the truck and let the ride to rescue begin with i3D Fire Truck!"

--Date/Version: Released 12/29/10 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.2 or later. Rated 9+ for Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence.
--Tip/Tutorials: This app is large sized due to the 3D Graphics and Rendering of the HD Animation.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Antoinette Merritt
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
I3D FIRE TRUCK

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PasswordCard

Developer Quote: "PasswordCard lets you pick very secure passwords for all your websites, without having to remember them!


- COST: Free     - RATING: N/A Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

Categories: Lifestyle, Native, Utilities

Looking to make some fancy, complicated, mind bending passwords for your private stuff? Don't tax your brain putting wacky combinations together. Instead use PasswordCard to create a one-of-a kind password selected from a unique grid of random letters and digits. The rows have different colors, while the columns have different symbols. All you do is remember your choice of a symbol and a color, then read the letters and digits in that area.

If you wish, you may also include an area that has only digits which you can use for your everyday PIN numbers, and you can choose to include symbols if you use sites which require your passwords to include one or more of those. Feel free though to use the digits-only area for regular passwords, for any site which allows numbers in its passwords.

Here's a good way to go about preparing your passwords:

- Pick a direction. You don't have to go from left to right to read your passwords, you can go from right to left, up or down, or even diagonally. It's probably a good idea to pick one direction though.

- Pick a password length. Eight is pretty secure and usually acceptable.

- Pick a color and a symbol for each password. You can use one password for all your sites, but that still wouldn't be very safe. It's a good idea to at least have different passwords for very important sites such as Internet banking sites.

- Change your passwords on your websites to the ones from your PasswordCard.

You may also like to check the PasswordCard.org site for which this useful password app is the companion. You will be able to read there more details about this helpful method of choosing passwords.

COOL CONCLUSION: "PasswordCard makes it super easy to select indecipherable passwords for all your private sites and business."

--Date/Version: Released 12/30/10 - Version 1.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Jeff Clement
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
PASSWORDCARD

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~Word Seek Social
(Entertainment - 12/30/10)

Fun Stuff - Word of The Day: bambi - Slang for what game- and talk-show staffers call someone who freezes in front of the camera (like a deer caught in headlights).

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Glitterati

Developer Quote: "The developer of SpinArt knows that everyone loves drawing with glitter!"



- COST: Free     - RATING: N/A Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Art, Entertainment, Games, Native

Take the most simple drawing and transform it by making it sparkle with glitter. Glitter is just the finishing touch, like icing on a cake. Whether or not you have drawing skills, you can turn even a child's artwork into a dazzling creation with Glitterati. This artistic app has very realistic glitter which glimmers and catches your eye just like the grainy stuff in the bottle you use at home!

Glitterati includes a large canvas to draw on, 16 colors from which to select and customizable brush sizes. You can choose to draw with the glitter brush or use just a regular round one. To add dimension to your drawing, use both brushes to have the glittery one really define your work. Share your creation when it is complete by emailing it. Of course, you can always save a copy to your photo album to admire from time to time.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Glitterati is a simple to use app that puts the pizzaz in your art while making the most mundane painting look divine!"

--Date/Version: Updated 12/29/10 - Version 1.0.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.1 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: 7twenty7 LLC
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
GLITTERATI

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~Samurai Man
(Entertainment - 12/29/10)

Fun Stuff - Word of The Day: beehive - Business slang for a state of termporary paralysis caused by the aimless swarming of critical business elements. This state is considered prevalent amongst "e-have-nots" who are trying to respond to their "e-enabled" competition.

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Classics-23,469 books to go

Developer Quote: "Like reading? Fire up Classics and download a few of our 23,469 titles, free of charge!"



- COST:   Free  - RATING:  3 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Books, Entertainment, Native, Reader

I'm sure you've been watching the news and seeing thousands of passengers stranded at airports and hotels the world over due to our extremely wintry weather! The boredom and stress of these poor travelers is unimaginable. However, if they carried books on their mobile devices, they could whip out instant entertainment while waiting multiple hours due to travel delays. Classics-23,469 books to go is a helpful way to carry loads of good reading material without the heavy books to weigh you down while you're traveling or even just hanging out at home.

In this great book app, you are given a sampling of 23,469 classic books with the rest available to download and read with a full featured e-reader. Classics-23,469 books to go gives you access to public domain content, allowing you to enjoy some of the greatest books of all time. Letters of leaders, the collected works of geniuses, Victorian novels, the plays of Shakespeare, the philosophy of Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Carnegie are just a few of the many topics available.

To read these awesome books, nothing more than a tap is required. In no time at all, you'll be reading with an excellent, built-in e-reader. If you need to put your "book" aside, Classics-23,469 books to go makes it easy to remember your place by using automatic bookmarking to save your spot. Return to that very same location when you have time later.

COOL CONCLUSION: "If you enjoy reading, and having a fantastic book handy at all times, Classics-23,469 books to go will fill your reading craving with lots of awesome material."

--Date/Version: Updated 12/28/10 - Version 1.4.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 12+ for the following:
* Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity
* Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
* Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
* Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
* Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
* Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
--Tip/Tutorials: Classics requires internet access to download books, but after you download them you can read anywhere, even when you're not online.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Spreadsong, Inc.
--Twitter Link: @spreadsong
--Facebook Link: Spreadsong

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
CLASSICS-23,469 BOOKS TO GO

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Christmas RADIO

Developer Quote: "Christmas RADIO...Now with over 25 radio stations which will increase to over 40 during the season!"


- COST: Free     - RATING: 3 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Entertainment, Holidays, Music, Native, Travel, Universal

So I know Christmas is over, and I really should be done with all this holiday stuff. But, hey I still keep finding neat Christmas apps, and December still has a couple days left yet! Anyway, a friend told me about Christmas RADIO, so I thought I'd pass along the news. You can listen to Christmas radio stations from all over the world with a single tap when you enjoy this neat app. Some of the cool types of music you'll expect to find on Christmas RADIO are as follows:

- Traditional X-Mas music
- X-Mas rock,
- Religious X-Mas music
- X-mas jazz
- X-mas country

Some of the stations included in this fun worldwide holiday music app are as shown:

Xmas in Frisko
181.FM - Christmas Rock
The Christmas Lounge.
1.FM - Always Christmas
North Pole Radio
The Cutting Edge of Christmas
181.FM - Kristmas Kountry (Hot Country Christmas)
Sky Radio the Christmas Station
GotRadio Christmas
Forever Christmas
Holiday Favorites 101
Word of Truth Christmas Classics
Sunshine Radio Network Christmas
Christmas 365
Christmas Songs Radio
Radio NOEL
181.FM - Christmas Power
181.FM - Christmas Mix
181.FM - Christmas Smooth Jazz

So did you notice the North Pole Radio station shown above? Yes, there's something here for everyone who enjoys the holidays. Take the stress out of your year-end festivities with some lively and lyrical holiday music. Enjoy colorful, sharp graphics, background play, and a Now Playing status bar.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Christmas RADIO provides great listening fun along with nice clear sound to boost your holiday spirits and get you grooving in the mood!"

--Date/Version: Updated 12/4/10 - Version 4.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.0 or later. iOS 4.0 Tested. Rated 4+.
--Tip/Tutorials: Make sure you have an unlimited data plan if you're going to keep the music rocking!
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Blue Media Lab
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
CHRISTMAS RADIO

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~Pocket Frogs
(Entertainment - 12/28/10)

Fun Stuff - Word of The Day: future-proof - Describes a piece of tech that supposedly won't become outdated (anytime soon).

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ElementZ HD [iPad]

Developer Quote: "The concept is quite simple: you have to align at least 3 same color Orbs, gain bonus to make combos and win as many points as possible!"



- COST: Free     - RATING: 3-1/2 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Entertainment, Games, iPad, Native, Puzzle

The match and elimination of objects is a popular theme for many games. These are puzzle games that make you use those brain cells to figure which pieces to put together and obliterate! ElementZ HD on your iPad is just such a game. You need to line up 3 glass balls (or Orbs) of a similar color, and try to win the maximum amount of points in the least amount of time. In this brain teaser game, there are 3 play modes which are:

- Blitz: The classic 4 minutes mode.
- Endurance: No given time. Be quick and efficient!
- Training: Train to make the biggest combo you can without time limitation.

If you want to boast about your ElementZ HD skills, connect to your Facebook account, publish your scores, challenge your friends and win Goo Points to increase your Goo level! (And by the way, Goobox is a Facebook application of 10 great games, to play alone or with others! Join the community of more than 10 million members and all the challenges they pose to you).

COOL CONCLUSION: "ElementZ HD is another addicting iPad puzzle game that will have you hooked in no time."

--Date/Version: Updated 12/14/10 - Version 3.2
--OS and Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Tip/Tutorials: ElementZ is also available on the App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch, and is currently on sale for Free.
--Device: iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Kobojo
--Twitter Link: @kobojo
--Facebook Link: Kobojo

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
ELEMENTZ HD

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PhotoLove

Developer Quote: "Save & beautifully decorate your precious moment from the first day in PhotoLove."

- COST: 99 cents    - RATING: N/A Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Calendar, Photos, Phography, Native

Are you sentimental about your friends and family? Perhaps, you have a journal or keep notes in your calendar as to when you first met that special someone and of every special event that happened since then. You may even keep photos of all your special events and label them for warm memories at a later time. When you use PhotoLove, you can take care of all these items. You may save and decorate your photos starting from the first meaningful moment and even document that date. Add a beautiful background or lovely stickers to your photo, and as an added bonus, shake your phone to see "falling snow" on your picture. Some of the artistic features of PhotoLove are as follows:

- Secret mode which protects your privacy
- Cute stickers make your photos stand out more
- Write a letter in many kinds of POST-IT
- Put your photo in many kinds of beautiful background
- Even saved, you can edit your creation at any time so you can re-design it
- Send your photo by email and save it in your computer
- High resolution support up to 960 x 640
- Send your photos by e-mail

This is an easy-enough to use photo album app which also provides privacy for you, if you wish. Record important and sentimental dates here, and make your photos sparkle in the manner of scrapbooking enthusiasts using scenic background and stickers.

COOL CONCLUSION: "PhotoLove gives you great options to make your own simple scrapbook which you can fill with photographic memories and dates of special moments in your life."

--Date/Version: Released 12/22/10 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: BEFS Co Ltd.
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
PHOTO LOVE

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iSouvlaki

Developer Quote: "iSouvlaki is the tastiest video game ever designed for iPhone!"

- COST: 99 cents     - RATING: 3-1/2 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Arcade, Entertainment, Food, Games, Native

I guess that with all the food being passed around these holidays I am still in eating mode! Thus when I saw iSouvlaki, I thought to myself, "Now there's something I haven't tasted yet this Christmas, but I could try the game!" Warped thinking, but actually the game is quite good. It's all about running a Greek fast food restaurant and serving people from all over the world. Prepare customers' orders correctly according to their verbal prompts and make your Greek restaurant famous because of your excellent habits! Some of the engaging features of this cute game are as follows:

• Greek restaurant environment with traditional music
• 2 game languages, Greek and English
• Verbal orders with 24 different voice characters
• Over 200 orders
• 3 game modes (Scenario, Quick Game, 1 versus 1)
• 3 difficulty levels
• Online scoreboards
• Game Center support
• The built-in user's guide provides a complete tutorial

iSouvlaki is a challenging arcade game app. In your restaurant, you serve Greek sandwiches, otherwise natively known as "Gyros", "Souvlaki" or "Pita". You probably know that a Greek sandwich may contain pita or bread, souvlaki, gyros or soutzoukaki, tomato, onions, ketchup, mustard, potatoes and tzatziki. Listen and prepare orders carefully, correctly and quickly! Also, as the restaurant's owner, you must remember to renew your food supplies and keep the gyros sliced!

COOL CONCLUSION: "iSouvlaki is a fun, fast-paced and "delicious game" in which you use your quick reflexes and good listening skills to grow your business!"

--Date/Version: Updated 12/18/10 - Version 2.3
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.1.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: Rated 12+ for the following:
* Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
* Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity
* Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
--Developer Link: Vrysis
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: iSouvlaki

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
ISOUVLAKI

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Christmas Experience

Developer Quote: "Get in the Christmas mood with a Christmas-themed entertainment environment with multiple games."

- COST: 99 cents     - RATING: 4 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)

- Categories: Entertainment, Games, Holidays, Native

These next couple days is your last chance to get hold of some really fun Christmas games for the whole family! Get a variety of entertainment with Christmas Experience. With this sparkling and cheery app, you can build a snowman, play Christmas-themed hangman, solve a puzzle, and tilt your device in eight directions for different holiday sounds. Some of the charming features of this holiday games app are as follows:

- Upbeat holiday background music to put you in the Christmas mood.

- Create your own "virtual Snowman" by moving 30 unique pieces onto the Snowman.

- Tap the camera icon and send an email of your snowman creation directly from within the program (3.0+ devices only) or save to your photo album.

- Save, load, replace and delete up to 9 different Snowmen with all the pieces so you can work on different versions at different times by pressing the up arrow icon.

- You can choose which Snowman pieces appear from the "Choose Snowman Pieces" screen.

- Schedule up to 8 holiday sounds to play in the background even if you are using another app or the device is asleep on iOS4 devices.

- Play a Christmas-themed game of hangman with over 100 holiday words displayed at random. Guess the correct word before all the Christmas light bulbs break!

- Have fun moving Christmas presents with a winter tower of hanoi puzzle game with 10 levels including the display of the number of moves and the time elapsed.

- Tilt your device in one of eight directions on the Snowman screen to produce a different Holiday sound depending on the angle of your device.

- See the number of days count down until your favorite holiday - Christmas.

- Customize your settings by separately turning on/off various sounds and functionality.

What is most enjoyable about Christmas Experience is the cornucopia of entertainment provided for all ages. The colorful and bright graphics put cheer and a smile on anyone's face! You'll find yourself wandering who is the kid (and who is the parent) when you get involved with these Christmas activities!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Christmas Experience is a cornucopia of fun that will provide warm feelings and happy memories for families throughout the winter holidays!"

--Date/Version: Updated 11/4/10 - Version 2.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.0 or later. iOS 4.0 Tested. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English
--Developer Link: Energize Software
--Twitter Link: N/A
--Facebook Link: N/A

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE

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