X-Plane-Airliner Review

Feb 22

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Hey guys,

Many of you iPhone & iPod touch users out there will have heard of the app X-Plane, released in September of last year. It is a really awesome flight simulator app that allows users to fly planes using the built in accelerometers and touchscreen. However, with every first app, there was a couple of bad things – cost, for example, it’s £5.99 here in the UK which is a lot for an app. The simulator, too, was a bit sluggish, had reports of crashing, limited number of flying locations and only 4 relatively unheard of aircrafts.

Well, the folks down at Laminar Research, decided to fix some of the issues customers were having by releasing two awesome new apps just before Christmas:

X-Plane-Airliner, and X-Plane-Helicopter. Both are much the same as the original, but, these versions have:

- More commonly known aircraft (in ‘Airliner’ you get the choice of a Boeing 777, 747, 787 and an Airbus A380, while in ‘Helicopter’, you get helicopters… obviously… which is cool)
- LOADS more airports
- Larger flying areas
- And, most importantly, at half price. Thats from $9.99 to $4.99, or £5.99 down to £2.99 where I am.

The app looks awesome. As a result, as soon as I heard the news of the app becoming available, I raced to the app store, read a couple of reviews, brought the Airliner version, and downloaded it.

The app is brilliant. After a couple of months of playing, I can safely say I’ve had no problems with it crashing or anything. The gameplay is fantastic – the accelerometer is very precise, and it’s got all the features of a desktop flight simulator, such as MS Flight Simulator X. I am also getting frequent free updates that are adding new features such as new locations, new planes and other fixes.

More recently, Laminar Research have also produced a fourth app to the X-Plane series, X-Plane-Extreme, that focusses of precise mobility and flying with aircraft such as a B-1 bomber and the F-22 Raptor. On release of this application, the prices of all four games were moved to £5.99 or $9.99 – Annoying for those who wanted to get in on the half price versions.

Later guys.

iPhone 3G now available on ‘Pay & Go’ in the UK

Dec 07

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For those of you that haven’t heard already, the iPhone 3G has only been a contract based phone – aimed at those who will use the phone lots. 

However, Apple and O2 have now introduced the iPhone 3G as a Pay As You Go option, so users who don’t use a mobile phone massively can still get one themselves. 
Prices for the handset are as follows:
  • 8GB (black) – £342.50
  • 16GB (black) – £391.45
  • 16GB (white) – £391.45
And then O2 charge:
  • 25p per min for the first 3 mins/day, then 5p per min for the rest of the day (although not to other UK networks)
  • 10p per text message
  • 15p per each call to voicemail
  • You get unlimited browsing for free for the first 12 months, the £10 per month thereafter (although this can be unsubscribed)
It sounds expensive, which it is, but if you are a heavy phone user, go for the contract which will turn out cheaper (believe it or not) in the long run.
See more about the phone at the Apple Store here.
See more about O2 call charges here.

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