Civilization Revolution is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I was initially dubious about this app because it was valued at £5.99 which is relatively high for an app. However, they have reduced the cost to £2.99 for a limited period and as a sucker for a 'bargin'; I bought it.
For those who don't know about Civilization, it is a turn based game based on world domination. Sort of like Monopoly but with armies. . . . just my cup of tea!
I must say this is very addictive. I was always rather disappointed with pervious versions as they were difficult to control at times and always seemed a bit buggy; that said this version is very entertaining. I tried a campaign on 'Chieften' (easy) mode yesterday and kicked ass. It was a shock when I moved up a difficulty level on the next campaign and was well and truely kicked!
Copilot UK - iPhone only (i think).
A GPS navigation app (sort of like Garmin & Tom Tom). This app is competitively priced at £25.99 which is very high for an app but when you compare to the TomTom app at £80 it is much more appealing. I personally did not know if the iPhone was going to be sufficiently powerful to do turn by turn navigation effectively so I went for the cheaper option (just in case).
The software is accurate and is able to cope with turn by turn navigation in a car. There are a couple of really nice points such as:
1) The ability to show you which lane you need to be in for Motorway junctions.
2) A 3D view of the road at complicated junctions and
3) The ability to customise what information is shown in the information bar.
The unfortunate thing is there are a couple of problems that I find very annoying.
1) This is the most annoying. They have a custom keyboard and have moved all the letters around when compared with the Apple version. This makes it very difficult to type in destination etc. If they fixed this then the app would get an additional star.
2) When you are exploring menus or make a mistake it is impossible to go back one screen. It kicks you right back to the map and you have to re-navigate though the complicated menu system. Frustraiting.
3) When trying to find country houses etc (which are not on an official road) the app refuses to find the address and you have to hope that the attraction is under their points of interest menu. The problem would be duplicated if your post code was relating to a house without a road - it makes it difficult to navigate to a spot on the map unless you are very, very sure you know where you destination should be on their custom map.
4) Volume is quite low and there are no options to increase - it is hard to hear when on the motorway.
Overall not a bad app and it has served us well.
(would have got 4 if the keyboard was not as annoying).
rating is well deserved.
) so its invisible... ALMOST! The screen develops HELLISh watermarks, which are incredibly visible and annoying, easily fixed tho (you use a cloud of talc, wave the screen thru it and put it on... sounds stupid but its invisible and kills the sticking problem. Once done you never have the problem again!)
