Developer taptaptap has released their new iPhone app Voices at an introductory price of just $.99. Voices transforms your voice on the fly so that one minute you sound like a chipmonk and the next a robot. It is a fun little app and is available HERE.

To celebrate taptaptap has paired up with MacHeist to make copies of their Voice application for Mac free. You need to Tweet about it but after that it is free. And it is fun… let’s take a look at both apps.

Sunstorm Interactive is at it again with a new game for the iPhone OS.  The company is quickly becoming one of my favorite game developers for the iPhone OS.  With titles at only 99 cents a piece many of them are finding a permanent place on my phone.

Rescue Razzle is a brainteasing, puzzle game where you are charged with rescuing a helpless rat named Razzle.

Razzle is stuck inside a cage at the top of pyramid of wooden crates and other cages.  The goal is to remove all the surrounding items allowing Razzle to safely to the ground.

It’s simple concept but one that gets progressively more challenging as you move up through the game’s levels.  Sunstorm was kind enough to give me a copy of Rescue Razzle to review.

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Ladies, a question for you.  You have just started dating someone new. He is cute, sweet, funny, and smart.  He laughs at your jokes.  He is attentive.  He even opens the door for you.  You enjoy each other’s company. So far, so good.  You really don’t want to mess this up.

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The iPhone is constantly getting knocked for its inability to run applications in the background.

Well if you’re jailbroken have I got the solution for you.

Check out this video on three applications that when run together make for the ultimate background running experience.

Special thanks to Patrick at Just Another iPhone Blog for the heads up about mQuickDo.

If you’re interested in the applications shown in the video – mQuickDo, Backgrounder, Notifier.

We are all feeling the financial pinch!    Blue Plate Special is a weekly review of bargain apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nothing over $.99.

Before deciding this is not an interesting gaming option because it is the Lite version, read this review.  You may be surprised on what you find!  I have to admit I am usually not an fan of lite versions of paid apps, but this game is different.  One reason is Firemint has teamed up with Volkswagon to bring this game as an introduction of the new 2010 GTI.  Yes, the game is basically a commercial for the new GTI, but this also means it is a really nice version of the $4.99 Real Racing game for free!

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Corporate Quality Initiatives including things like Total Quality, Baldrige Award Teams, LEAN, and more have provided companies with methodologies to improve products and processes, reduce waste, and save money for the last few decades. But none has taken hold like Six Sigma, an initiative that has the ability to produce systematic improvements and savings through a structured set of processes. It has also created a huge market for consultants and authors … so it was only a matter of time until a Six Sigma guide showed up on the App Store! Continue Reading

Dan is this week’s guest star on Just Another iPhone Blog’s excellent Desert Island Apps series, listing the six iPhone apps he would want with him if stranded on an island. All answers assume WiFi and full connectivity , of course — which must mean that the desert island is so fantastic that Dan would never even think to use his iPhone to call in a rescue.

Take a look and see which six iPhone applications Dan picked; I use four of them, and I found out about two more.

What would be your Desert Island Apps if you were stranded somewhere? Let us know in the comments below.

Dan Cohen’s Desert Apps

Attention foodies!  Our own Clinton Fitch is at it again with another great iPhone application review.

This time it’s Zagat To Go, the iPhone application that gives you detailed information on restaurants in cities all over the world.

The Zagat Guide, which has almost a cult following, has been the go-to choice for millions when it comes to finding and reading about local restaurants.  Its reviews cover the food, service, decor, price and more all in a compact, easy to read and follow format.

How does the Guide port to the iPhone?  Read Clinton’s review here to find out.

Bored with using the regular texting tool on the iPhone? GOGII believes they have the answer with their 2.0 version textPlus iPhone application. According to the GOGII folks, “textPlus offers free, unlimited app-to-app texting and already has millions of users – including a huge teen fan base.” (I’m not a teen, but maybe you are. Or have one at home–I sure do.)  GOGII just released their 2.0 version, after their original version was downloaded 2.5 million times.

textPlus sells for a miserly $0.00 at the iTunes store, and doesn’t charge usage fees. I think I’ll download it and let my kids give it a full run-through.  I mean, after all, what do I have to lose?

Full press release after the jump.

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If you’re into social networking chances are you visit several of the more popular sites.  Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more.  On your computer at home it’s easy to do on your web browser.  On your iPhone it can be done as well but most of us choose to have an individual application installed on our phone for each of the social networking sites we’re subscribed to.

Socialize, from Anthony Geranio, seeks to combine multiple social networking sites into one compact, easy to navigate iPhone application.

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Sunstorm Interactive is quickly becoming one of my favorite developer of game applications for the iPhone OS.  I recently reviewed their Real Deer Hunting application and found it to be quite entertaining.

Now Sunstorm is back with a new title, WW2 Beachhead.  Here’s how they describe the game play……

Buried in a beachhead bunker, players must demonstrate courage, quick reflexes and decision making ability to stand their ground against the attacking enemy. You play as the last units remaining at the critical line of defense where you fight against ever growing hordes of soldiers, shattering tank fire, and strafing gunfire from fast moving fighter planes. Bonus crates parachute in bringing extra health or more ammo. Players must use precise aim and fast reflexes to suppress the attacking waves and win the chance to fight another day.

Does Sunstorm score a direct hit this time?  Read on to find out.

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A few months back I posted that Apple’s tight control over the iPhone platform, combined with their flaky and frustrating App Store approval process would, at some point, begin to hurt the platform. At the time there was some degree of criticism in the comments. A number of observations were made that it was only those of us who are super involved in the tech world will actually care about the situation. Well, a few months later, I’m back to say that while there are now over 100,000 applications in the app store and Apple grabbed over 17% of the worldwide smartphone market last quarter, we are beginning to see the backlash.

First it was the developer behind the Facebook application jumping from the OSX iPhone ship. The application is a huge hit and more and more Facebook users are accessing the site through their iPhones and iPod touches. That success, however, isn’t enough for him to want to continue to fight with Apple at the step of the way. And so he has thrown in the towel with regard to the iPhone and passed on the project to someone else. He’s still developing mobile apps… just not for the iPhone. (And if you have used the Facebook app you KNOW that this is a huge loos- he is good at what he does!!)

Now today we hear that the developers over at Rogue Amoeba, well-known Mac developers, are following in his footsteps.

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Want to rock out on your iPhone but unsure as to which of the tap style rock games is best?

Our own Clinton Fitch has posted a great review of the recently released version of Rock Band for the iPhone on his own web site, ClintonFitch.com. The game was one of the more anticipated applications to hit the iTunes App Store this year.

The detailed review includes screen shots as well as a comprehensive walk through of how the game is played.

Check it out today!

We at Gear Diary are pleased to announce the launch of our very own iPhone application.

The application is the place to go to to keep track of all the goings on here at Gear Diary in a condensed, iPhone or iPod Touch friendly format.

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Zagg, makers of the ultra popular iPhone protective skin, The Invisible Shield, has announced major plans for expansion of their product line.

*App Space – AppSpace.com – “with so many apps available in the iTunes App Stores it’s often hard to find apps that you’re searching for or new ones that you might enjoy.  App Space is a search engine that combines social media to make finding those applications easy.

*ZAGGskins - Zagg brings the popular invisibleShield to a whole new level with ZAGGskins.  You’ll be able to pick from hundreds of patterns or upload your own picture to the ZaggSkin web site and create your own customized skin.

*ZAGGsparq – A new pocket sized, portable battery backup up and charger with 4 times the power and 100 times the life of lithium ion versions all in thanks to lithium polymer technology.

*Hz0 Technology – ZAGG has partnered with HZO for exclusive rights to the HZ0 technology, which protects consumer electronics against damage caused by water and moisture exposure via a unique molecular coating.

Learn more about Zagg’s upcoming new items by visiting the Zagg web site.