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Jaadu is not for those crybaby cheap skates that complain that an application cost more than $0.99. Honsetly no app should cost that low. That is another story about developers pimping them self out , for peanuts.

There a number of these Touchpad apps out there for to use your iPod Touch or iPhone to control your mac, PC and even linux desktops. Most of them work to some degree (I actually bought every one of them.). But Jaadu blows all of them out of the water ten folds over.

First off Jaadu is the only one of it's class that gives you a desktop view, aka you see your desktop machine on the device. Any other way is really hard to control with any ease.

The amount of features are mind blowing, from multitouch , mouse and keyboard etc, etc. It like your basicly sitting by your desktop. So does it work, Yes 100%

What could it be used for, Lazy asses like my self that do not want to go and sit in front of there cpu to do something.

I've used it with hulu, from a different room, play flash games from it. (revweb people played Malte's Drops, from it) Works good for drawing with a real drawing app while lounging in a different room.  You name , it seems to do it.

It hands down the best app I ever used on the iPod Touch / iPhone.
The only clincher, you will have to pay for what a real app cost. Just as if you where going to buy just about any app for the mac. It will cost you over $20.00  and know what, it actually worth every penny. Even if it really is just designed to make us all that much more lazy.

Get the lowdown on what Jaadu can do. I have it and it does work, It works really will so thats not an issue. 

More Info @ http://www.jaaduvnc.com

I downloaded this last week. And played it over the week when I had time to blow. It was hella fun. Inkvaders is a must buy if you like the shootem type games. It does not take more than a week to beat it.

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Another tool, GameSalad has drop there price. The once ridiculous fee of $500 for Express is now $99. Game Salad free for web publishing and now just $99 for iPhone Publishing.

The only thing is GameSalad is not a real programming tool. Personally I like programing with code. As you can do anything you want to, and it really pretty simple once you learn the syntax. GameSalad as reviewed a few months ago in this blog is like automator. The news here is another tool, has drop its ridiculous price. Specially consider GameSalad not a real programming tool. It more of just a publisher.

I hope any other development tools entering this realm soon of mobile publishing takes notice of these new price points. And comes down to reality.

In the most shocking move in history. Unity Indie licenses is now free. publish to the web, mac and PC for nothing. The indie version was $199. But as of now It is completely FREE!!!

The only really bad news is if you where like us and had the indie version of unity pre the new licensing of 2.6 and have the iPhone basic. And want to use Unity to publish to the iPhone. Pre October 27th 2009 it cost $699.00 total in annually updating the tools to do that with unity. Now it going to cost 10 times the amount money it did Pre October 27th to publish with the iPhone using Unity. Why? Because a very expensive pro license is now required.

That is really really bad news, consider we make less money with iphone builds than desktop builds. (19.99 a title desktop to under 4.99 a title iPhone is a major difference, specially when 40% of that skimmed off the top of the under 4.99 price point. Then add the mix of production cost and it hard to stay out of the red with mobile publishing.)

If your an indy developer or small shop these 3rd party over priced licenses to build out to the iPhone, are really become ridiculously over priced. It makes no more since to use any development tools besides Apples SDK and xcode. Unless your a huge company and making big profits of selling mobile apps for peanuts in price points.

Well go get the free unity It worth it. Not because it free, because it awesome and just works.

For the iPhone I guess it time to switch back to xcode. Now that it cost $1,101.00 more than yesterday. Because it now requires the pro version licenses to update (will be $2000.00, Total, annually!) to use Unity to build out to the iPhone. 

rejoice unity is free to some degree. The bad half just means, hello xcode good bye Unity iPhone publishing.

Update; if the people that commented below are actually unity staff, then it might be true that unity iPhone may not need a pro license. (I hope so) Why it worded like it should is beyond me? I have to send in a support email. as I will only believe the one person that help us with all our unity questions up to this point. As our free updates are over, for our current license #.

get it here @ http://unity3d.com/

here to unity news on the free version of unity.@  http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity2.6-press.html

Adobe on october 8th Released Photoshop for the iPhone for free. And works directly with photoshop.com mobile an free cloud service for hosting, sharing and editing your photos. There basic editing and filters like most other photo apps. The thing is this app seems to get the job done the quickest and is real simple to use. Added with the free cloud photo service, there really no reason to pass this app up. It is Free and works like a charm.

More info @ http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/

Direct itunes app store page @ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331975235&mt=8

Adobe Labs announced October 5th, Flash Pro CS5 allows developers to use flash to develop content for the iPhone OS. The Tool converts Flash Apps into xcode projects, much like Unity3D, Torque and Game Salad. To make a final build and submit to the app store.

Sign up for the Beta release here @ https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=fpcs5_notify

Adobe Labs iPhone Info (video and example iPhone Apps) @ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/#divider

More about Flash Pro CS5 @ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/

Building iPhone apps with CS5 video @ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/building-applications-for-iphone-with-flash-professional-cs5/

Commodore 64 is back on the iPhone? Why? I had a C64 when I was young and I loved it. That was so long ago. Are there really that many people out there looking to use this fossil technology these days? Considering the awesome stuff that has since replaced it.

This is pretty cool, It no longer will be mobile , but may keep your device hitting the wall when it slips out of your hands.