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iSoundGrid Kids for iPad – Promo Code Giveaway

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 08:27 PM PDT


Kids love to make noises and the latest edition to the iSoundGrid family of apps will help them get their fill.

Today’s promo code giveaway features the latest sound effects app from Mobz Technologies, iSoundGrid Kids for iPad.  This version of iSoundGrid is not only fun, but educational too.  Kids will learn to recognize a variety of animals and objects by the sounds they make as they explore the buttons on the screen.

Youngsters can also get silly with the piano keyboard, a new addition to the iSoundGrid app.  They’ll experience their favorite tune with a twist.  Simply select a sound and then use the piano to play a song as a quacking duck, meowing cat or any number of objects; the list of choices goes on and on.

iSoundGrid Kids features:

  • Easy to use interface
  • Professional high quality sound effects
  • Specially selected (funny) sounds
  • Gain (volume) of sounds changeable
  • High quality, crisp graphics
  • 10 loopable ambient sounds
  • 40 sound effects
  • Pitch of sounds changeable
  • Auto play time
  • Play on shake mode

If your kids enjoy making noises and laughing at silly sounds, this app is a great choice for them.  You can download iSoundGrid Kids from the App Store now for $1.99 or enter our contest and win a free promo code.

We have 13 app codes to give away and entering our contest is easy.  Just follow the steps after the break to win a copy of iSoundGrid Northpole for iPad.

Enter via Twitter in two easy steps:

  1. Follow us on Twitter. Contestants must follow us on Twitter so we can send you a Direct Message if you win. If you aren’t following us, we have no way of contacting you about your promo code.
  2. Click on the tweet button below and have our contest message automatically added to your Twitter status box. Then simply click to tweet!

Thirteen lucky winners will be selected at random to receive an iSoundGrid Kids for iPad promo code.  You can enter as many times as you like.  The contest ends Tuesday, April 19th @ 11:59pm Central Time.

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Pirate Subs!!! for iPad – Game Review

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 07:43 PM PDT


Pirates have been around for centuries, but only recently have Pirate Subs!!! been sighted off the coasts so that they may pillage and plunder to their heart's content in the modern age. You are tasked with destroying as many Pirate Subs as is humanly possible and when you accept this mission, be prepared to use every one of your finger tapping abilities. The controls are simple enough, just tap underwater to send the pirates flying and then swipe across your iPad’s screen to tag them with a cruise missile.

In the first of the five ways to destroy pirates, "Classic Mode", the subs start out slow and start swarming sooner than you can blink. There are no levels or stages, but the subs keep coming faster and in larger numbers so be careful not to let three get the better of you, otherwise it’s game over! You also have to watch out for the endangered wildlife passing by that are marked with a big red X (hint: don't nuke them), as those will also cost you one of your three valuable lives.

The always present time trial mode is number two on the list, giving you just one minute to sink as many subs as you can. Big combos add time onto your clock so be careful not to demolish them one at a time, as tempting as that may be. "Expert mode" is for the experienced sub hunters only, but if you're up for a challenge then destroy away. "Zen mode" is a slight variant on "Classic mode" there's just no chance for you to accidentally blow up any animals.

Probably the most fun of the variants is the final choice, "Cheat mode". Here you have the choice of altering the rules of the game to your liking, although your score isn't kept because let's face it, you're cheating. That doesn't mean you can't have fun though, because in this option you can turn on invincibility, mini-subs only, bears, uber blasts, and even control the gravity. This final option makes the subs stay in the air far longer than usual, allowing for huge combos.

After you're done playing in any of the fun-filled modes, you have the options of Tweeting, texting, emailing or Facebook-ing your score to everyone you know.

What I liked:The ability to quickly start and finish a game is always a plus. Also, the cheat mode is fun for those times when you just feel like blowing up some serious series of subs!

What I didn’t like: The multiplayer mode didn't really seem to work that often and when it did it was very slow, even over Wi-Fi.

To buy or not to buy:For only $0.99, this game is a must have. It is entertaining, simple, and fun enough for everyone to enjoy.

  • App Name: Pirate Subs
  • Version Reviewed: 1.0
  • Category: Games
  • Developer: Super Boise
  • Price: $0.99
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PadGadget Weekend iPad News Roundup – April 17, 2011

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Square Payment Readers Selling On Apple Online and Retail Stores

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 08:39 AM PDT


Remember Square? It’s the card reader with a free companion app that accepts credit cards on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with no contract, monthly fees or merchant account required.

The company has had success handling mobile payments over the last year, and now it has received a major boost, after Apple agreed to sell the credit card reader system via Apple's online store and in-store retail locations as well.

According to TechCrunch, Apple will start selling Square’s credit card reader across all of its U.S. retail stores starting this week. This will certainly be a major boost for Square, who up until now has been able to handle over $1 million in payments per day and apparently keeps growing.

Apparently, Square’s reader will be the only payments product featured in Apple stores, and most likely will be displayed in the main consumer-oriented accessories area inside the stores. Apple is also partnering with Square to provide training sessions at Apple stores, where you can learn how to use the card reader.

Square’s card reader will set you back $9.95, and ships in either black or white. Square is also giving merchants a $10 redemption code. If you want to use the mobile payment card reader system, download the free application from the App Store and setup your free account.

Square is quite simple to use, and it allows consumers and businesses to accept credit cards. Simply plug the reader into your iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), and use it with the free companion app.

Keep in mind that Square will take a flat rate of 2.75% per transaction with any approved card. The company accepts all major debit and credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

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