| Fresh iPhone Apps for Feb. 7: Hotels by Orbitz, TripLingo Romance Edition, The Hacker, Dream Pethouse - iPhone app article - Phil Hornshaw |
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| Tuesday, 07 February 2012 07:23 |
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Get ready for your next trip with today’s leading fresh app, Hotels by Orbitz, which leverages the popular travel service to help you find hotel accommodations. If you happen to be planning a trip overseas, then our next app, TripLingo Romance Edition, which can teach you flirty phrases in 10 languages, might come in handy as well. In games, The Hacker will give you something of the experience of hacking into a 1980s-style computer, while Dream Pethouse brings you a casual game experience where you’ll raise pets and build them a giant tree house.
In addition to just being able to conveniently book your hotel rooms with the app, Hotels by Orbitz also allows users to access exclusive deals and discounts other Orbitz users can’t get ahold of. You can also see customer reviews and compare hotels on an interactive map, as well as share itineraries with friends so they’ll see when you’re coming to town.
TripLingo also has other features to help you make sure you get what you’re trying to say right. Each phrase has a “slang slider” that allows you to adjust how formal or informal the translation is. The app also helps to make sure you’ve got the phrase down and makes it easy to customize what you want to learn along the way. The Hacker (iPhone, iPad) $0.99
The Hacker also includes a number of unlockable games you can find through the course of playing, which you earn by completing the puzzles and hacking computers in the main campaign. You can play old-school arcade titles and even unlock secrets as you go along. There’s also Game Center support for achievements and leaderboards.
Like other Zynga games, timing is important: you’ll be able to complete certain actions once and then wait a while before you can perform them again, or purchase items through in-app purchases to speed up the process. You’ll also work to complete goals along the way, like adding specific structures or breeding particular animals, which reward you with points and coins along the way. |










