ethervision, a Chicago based digital agency, just added some unique functionality to Lakai’s iPhone application and mobile website.  Using the newest Google maps API with HTML 5, users can now search for Lakai shoes in both the web browser and the iPhone application.

If the user is looking at the Lakai mobile website through a mobile browser, then clicking on  store locator will use HTML 5 and Google Maps to triangulate your location and then drop pins in for the nearest skateshops carrying Lakai shoes.  Users can then drive to the store or call directly from the map by clicking on the phone number.

If the user clicks the very same store locator within the iPhone application, then Apple’s fantastic map api takes over and the user gets a seamless experience within the app.  Users can then call the location or get turn by turn directions to the store.

The Lakai mobile website and iPhone app hybrid is a unique solution for a company that updates their sites and app with fresh content daily.  ethervision wrote PHP code that grabbed the necessary assets from Lakai’s existing web site so that the workflow is the exact same.

-Randall

Now that the iPad has been in my hands for 2 months, I’ve incorporated it into my lifestyle quite nicely.  The iPad serves best as a kitchen computer allowing you to check your e-mail, the weather and the latest news with just a few swipes.

developed by Vimov, LLC

The iPad application I get the most use out of is Weather HD.  It’s a simple app with a great concept.  Show people the 7 day weather forecast while displaying beautiful HD video animations of nature.  If thunderstorms are predicted, you get cool droplets of rain falling down from the perspective of the cloud.  Being from Chicago, I’ve come across that animation quite a bit lately.

It it is cloudy and dusk the iPad app will show you a nice picture of the moon illuminated by the last bits of the sun.  Fantastic.

Hats off to independent iPhone developer Vimov, LLC for constantly updating the app, making it better and better.

-Randall

Starting today, you can pre order your iPhone 4 for pickup or delivery on June 24th.  If you have tried to upgrade your iPhone 4 through the Apple or ATT web site, you have most likely run into an eternally loading screen trying to verify your ATT customer info.

I think we can safely say that ATT dropped the ball here and that they can’t handle the volume.  As a side note…what a joke.  Come on ATT.  Stop blowing for once.  You are the root of every iPhone owner’s woes.  This holds quadrupally true in Chicago, where your 3G reception is almost non-existent.  There, I feel better.

I found a back door way to reserve your iPhone 4.  Download the Apple Store App on your iPhone.  Click Reserve Your  iPhone 4.  Fill out your account info and voila!  You just saved yourself countless hours of trying to have ATT unsuccessfully process your account info.

The only catch here is that you have to go pick your new iPhone 4 up at an Apple Retail Store.  So, for those of you near an Apple Store.  Well done.  For those not close, gas up that tank or wait a day or two for ATT to fix the issue.

It is always a pleasure to give kudos to another iPhone and iPad appication developer when Kudos are due.  Have you ever had to sign a document and send it back?  You know… the process where you print the document out, sign your name at the bottom, fill in the date and other fields and then fax the pages or scan it back into the computer and make a pdf out of all the pages so you can e-mail it.  I do this at least 50 times a year.

From Non-Disclosure Agreements to Work for Hire documents to field trip permission slips, it’s one big pain to sign and send back.

The Zosh iPhone Application  puts an end to all of that.  Zosh let’s you open the app on your iPhone or iPad and then you can add text right over the PDF or word document and size and place it perfectly within the boxes.  Then you can sign your name using your finger or attach a picture of your signature and then fire off the document back to the sender in under 5 minutes flat.

Zosh is a poor name for this app because it tells you nothing about what it does.  However, Zosh is the real deal and they just saved me hours upon hours of printing and scanning documents.  Congratulations Zosh.  The reason we found your app is because we had this very same idea…apparently too late;)

Zosh in iTunes

-Randall

ethervision, based out of Chicago,  created Lakai’s mobile web site and iPhone application with seamless integration in mind.  The powers that be at Apple recognized the great brand of Lakai and the innovative approach Ethervision took to make a mobile web site and corresponding iPhone app and featured it on the iTunes App Store home page under New and Noteworthy.

The Lakai application is now being featured in 70 countries and is ranked #40 in the very competitive Lifestyle Category in the U.S. App Store, putting it ahead of apps by Chipotle, NikeID, Pizza Hut, Old Navy and Home Depot.

Lakai #40 iPhone Application in Lifestyle

Team Ethervision just finished a very cool iphone app and mobile web site for Lakai Limited Footwear. What makes this application very cool is that all the videos, blog posts and content are pulled right from their existing site and populate the mobile web site and the application.  So, the folks at Lakai can keep updating their website as they always have and the iPhone application and mobile site update on the fly as well.  Skaters can now follow Lakai and their amazing videos at home or on-the go.

Apple just contacted us on Friday asking for specifics graphics to be featured on their home page in the near future.

Check out Lakai’s blog post on their new iPhone Application and Mobile Web Site.

Ethervision iPhone Applications have been featured by Apple on the home page of the iTunes store twelve times in the last 15 months.  Ethervision is a Chicago based iPhone and iPad apple application developer.

Apple sorted through all of the iPhone apps on the app store to identify the best apps for Kids.  RC Heli Gold (iTunes Link) iPhone & iPod Touch application made the front page of this exclusive list.  In addition to being featured on the front page of the iTunes App Store last week and this week, RC Heli Gold will also be featured on iPod Touch’s in Apple Retail Stores all over the world.

About: RC Heli Gold is a 3D helicopter racing game based on 3 channel and 4 channel radio controls.  Heli Gold offers 3 environments to race in: House; Playground; Warehouse.  Post high scores to global leaderboards and share with your friends on FaceBook and Twitter.  Stay tuned for more exciting news about the RC Heli franchise coming soon.

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ethervision is based out of Chicago and is a leader in the development of 3D iPhone and iPad games.  ethervision has been featured by apple twelve times on the front page of the iTunes App Store.

About.com just listed Skateropolis as one of the top 10 skateboarding apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Skateropolis connects the entire skate culture by allowing users to upload YouTube videos and photos to their local skateparks. Skaters can also follow each other and create their own groups.

Full article

RC Plane – Air Racer iPhone and iPod Touch Application just squeaked in before Apple shut down it’s iTunes Connect Web Site for the holiday. Air Racer takes RC Plane to the next level with two new games: Coin Frenzy & Race. Early demand is strong with RC Plane – Air Racer making the top 100 racing apps. Check out the video demo.

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A friend of mine asked me about the best puzzle games for the iPhone. I’ve played Rolando and I’ve played Blocked. Both are pretty engrossing puzzle apps that you can play at home or for a few minutes in line at the bank.

But, I just found another great iPhone puzzle game called Zen Bound. As the name implies, the game is meant to elicit peace and calming for the user. The object of the game is to wrap string around each wooden 3d object using the least amount of string. It is one of those games that is visually and “auditorily” stunning. That said, it is impossible to describe so below is a video showing how Zen bound Rolls:

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