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Apple’s App Store is Where the Money is for Developers

By Juli | November 21, 2011 | 2 comments

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The Android Marketplace has experienced a large amount of growth over the past few months, with over 295,000 apps and six billion app downloads. Mobile developers are drawn to the platform because of its range of devices and its open-source nature.

In fact, Android dominates mobile marketshare in terms of devices sold. For every two iPhones sold, approximately five Android phones are purchased. That also equates to a significant number of app downloads, but despite Android’s success, the platform is still behind Apple on mobile dollars earned via the Marketplace and the App Store. Read More »

Jungle Coins for iPad – App Review

By Cristi | July 29, 2010 | No comment yet

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Counting money is an important skill children need to learn and Jungle Coins for the iPad will help them do just that. If you’ve been following along on PadGadget for a while, you’ll remember I covered Jungle Time and Jungle Fractions by developer Andrew Short last month. Both of those are great educational apps for kids and he has since added another noteworthy title to his list with Jungle Coins.

Building on the jungle theme, Jungle Coins interactively teaches kids about identifying, counting and computing with coins. The large display, brightly colored graphics, fun animals and different categories will engage your child through play and help them learn.

There are four different money categories for kids to cover: Find, Count, Compare and Correct Change. When you start Jungle Coins, the app begins in Find asking kids to identify specific coins by dragging them from one side of the screen to the other. Complete the task and tap “Done”. If it’s correct, you’ll receive a green check and a smiley face from your animal, if not, you’ll see a sad face and an “X” instead. Try another problem in the same category by shaking the iPad or tapping “Shake” or move on to a different category by selecting one of the choices at the bottom of the screen.

Remaining categories include:

Count – displays different coins and lets kids enter the correct amount using the number wheel.
Compare – provides two sets of coins on either side of a line and asks kids to determine whether the coins are < (less than), = (equal) or > (greater than).
Correct Change – gives kids a story problem requiring them to provide change.

GlobeConvert Pro for iPad – Summer Travel Series

By Cristi | July 15, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you’re traveling out of the country this summer, you’ll need to convert money to use when you reach your destination. You might also want to compute the dollar amount for the 350 Euro painting you just spotted or the current temperature outside. GlobeConvert Pro for iPad is a conversion app that will let you do all those things and more.

GlobeConvert Pro converts over 210 currencies and 80 plus units of measure. Users are able to preset currencies and units of measure they wish to view frequently and easily make adjustments when needed. The column on the left side of the screen shows a list of units available for conversion and the column on the right lets users select the unit they want to convert from and then enter numbers using the keypad below. After you enter your number, the conversions are displayed in the other unit boxes you have included in your list.

Let’s say you would like to calculate the price of a t-shirt that costs 39 Euros into US Dollars. Select Currency on the left and make sure you have Dollars and Euros in your list on the right. Then tap Euros on the right to make that currency active and enter the price of 39 using the keypad. Once you enter 39, the converted price appears and you see the US price equals $49.54.