Apps Rush: Skype, Opera Mini Next, Barbarian, iAlbums, CodeRunner, The Social Radio and more

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This article titled “Apps Rush: Skype, Opera Mini Next, Barbarian, iAlbums, CodeRunner, The Social Radio and more” was written by Stuart Dredge, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 28th February 2012 07.30 UTC

A selection of 15 apps for you today:

Skype for Windows Phone

Microsoft has released a “pre-release” beta version of Skype for Windows Phone, offering voice, video calls and instant messaging. It’s in advance of the full version coming later this year.
Windows Phone

Opera Mini Next

Browser firm Opera is giving Android owners a sneaky peek at future features for its Opera Mini mobile browser, although the company warns that Opera Mini Next is not designed for “everyday browsing”. In fact, it’s as much about getting feedback and bug reports on the new features.
Android

Barbarian – The Death Sword

Venerable 8-bit game Barbarian – of foe-beheading infamy – has been updated for the apps era. The graphics have been beefed up, obviously, and there’s also a local network multiplayer mode. And yes, the decapitation move is still present and correct.
iPhone

NYTimes Election 2012

I wrote about the New York Times’ presidential election app when it came out on iOS. Now it’s been ported to Android, offering a similar mix of news, views and – as the campaign swings into action – live results and vote projections.
Android

iAlbums

iAlbums is an intriguing iPhone music player app that pulls in biographies, reviews, lyrics, photos, videos, tweets, interviews and other content for the songs that you play. More than 600k artists, 1m albums and 10.5m songs are covered. The app is in “alpha”, with a final release scheduled for June.
iPhone

Tales for Great Grandchildren

Author John Jackson has brought his collection of folk and fairytales from India and Nepal to iPad in a beautiful-looking book-app. Aimed at 7-12 year-olds, it includes 13 stories for free, with in-app purchases unlocking another 12 either individually or as a collection.
iPad

CodeRunner

CodeRunner is the latest new-wave location game for iPhone, which puts you in the shoes of an espionage agent roaming the real world for some “hacking, spying, sabotage and murder”. Cleverly, its missions adapt to work around the world, so you’re not tied to a specific city or country to use it.
iPhone

Vimeo

Video site Vimeo has apps for a number of platforms, but now its iOS version has been upscaled for iPad. That means a new user interface designed to make the most of the larger tablet screen.
iPad

The Social Radio for Twitter

Here’s something fun: an app that plays the music stored on your iPhone, but also reads out your Twitter stream in between songs. “Listen to your Twitter timeline, lists, trending topics, funny hashtags and searches; everything beautifully mixed with the music you love. The result? Your own perfect experience of online radio.” It can even read out some emoticons.
iPhone

ClickBerry for Facebook

ClickBerry is an interesting idea: an app for uploading videos to Facebook, but also for inserting tags and Like buttons inside them. “Tag the Eiffel Tower from a video you shot while in Paris and link it to Wikipedia… tag your brother in your Halloween party video and add a link to his Facebook profile… Select an actor you like in a captured clip from your TV and put a ‘Like’ button on him inside your video.”
iPad

Meltdown on Mars THD

Hardcore Android gamers should definitely check out Meltdown on Mars, an action / tower-defence game from Thumbstar Games that’s just been released for tablets. Well, some tablets: those using Nvidia’s Tegra processor to be specific. Smartphone support is apparently following.
Android

Denon DJ Engine

Audio firm Denon’s latest app is aimed at DJs: an iPad app for rooting through their tracks stored on a USB drive or hard drive. It works with Denon’s range of “Engine-Ready” products.
iPad

ABRSM Aural Trainer

Musical assessment body ABRSM has launched an Aural Trainer app to help people improve their sight-singing, sense of pulse and metre, and musical memory skills. Designed around its testing criteria, the app comes as a Lite version with in-app purchases for Grades 1-3 and 4-5, although separate paid apps are available too.
iPhone

0870

Simon Maddox has brought his 0870 app to BlackBerry, providing a quick and easy way to get cheaper numbers for British companies’ 0870, 0845 and 0800 customer service lines – even the latter can cost up to 35p a minute when called from a mobile phone.
BlackBerry

PingMe Messenger

BlackBerry’s BBM messaging remains hugely popular, especially among teenagers. RadiumOne Labs is one of the companies hoping to compete by being cross-platform: it’s already on Android and iOS, and is now taking the fight to BBM on its home turf, BlackBerry. The twist being that this version is BBM-connected: “You can connect friends and colleagues on BBM easily…”
BlackBerry

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Über Frank

Seit 1996 bin ich freier Mitarbeiter der Salzgitter-Zeitung, als Experte für das Geschehen im hiesigen Kreisfußball. Daneben sind meine Kolumnen seit 2005 fester Bestandteil im Lokalteil der Salzgitter-Zeitung. Zusammen mit Frau und Tochter sowie zwei gefräßigen wie faulen Stubentigern versuche ich das zu meistern, was das Leben, das Universum und der ganze Rest an Absurditäten für uns bereithalten.

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