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This week’s best apps

By: Aseem Gaurav on July 19, 2011

Blast Monkeys: It is an addictive, interesting and creative Android game from the house of Yobonja. The gameplay is very simple as you have to feed the hungry monkey named Moki with bananas and to do this you have to shoot Moki through a canon. As you blast him to the goal post, Moki will encounter obstacles like rotating walls, obtrusive enemies, and pitfalls and you need to pass them while collecting floating bananas. The game initially features 30 levels and every level is harder than previous levels. To unlock the levels and get high scores you must find the three bananas that are cleverly hided in the forest. In advanced stages, Moki the monkey can use tappable bubbles that will keep him afloat along with multiple barrels to switch direction. The game is additive and visually intuitive, but lacks things like music and proper navigation.


Qik Video Connect: It is a great app for video calling, with support for video calling between Android and iOS devices. The app supports video calls over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi and brings features like video mail. There is even an option to share your videos via Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Create an account on Qik and you’re ready to make a call. All of your videos are archived on your personal profile page for you to keep, re-watch, and share. If you happen to be in a place where Internet connectivity is low, then the app records your videos and uploads them when the network coverage is available. Even though the image quality is pretty good, the video tends to stutter and pixelize. There is also a premium version which provides options to customise your video chats and streaming by adding one of seven available effects and filters, adding them in real-time.


GIF Shop: It is a new animated .gif creator built specifically for iPhone, which helps you create animations from in-app iDevice photographs. It is a simple to use app that works by stitching together photographs taken in-app. You pics, aided by an adjustably-opaque overlay of the previous photo, are stitched together at a resolution and frame-rate of your choosing to create some great stop-motion art. Once you’re done with the images, share and send these .gif files via MMS or email. You can even adjust the speed and loop mode of your animation, and share it Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr by setting up a free GIF SHOP account. In this current version, there is no option to process and extract video frames, as well as import pics through your Camera Roll. The app is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, 4th gen iPod Touch and iPad 2 (in 2x mode only).

 

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