Apple released new app feature:In-App Purchases for free apps

Applications in Apple's app store now have In-App purchases.

Buyers who purchased the "lite" version of an app and upgraded had to download a new app all together. Now, users can buy an app right from the app and it will turn from the lite version into the paid version. 

Developers have also released some of their premium apps for free.

The Update: First Log

The Update is a post I just created where I will be posting my next planned article. The last one was my Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days review. Maybe my next review will be on Bowser's Inside Story. I've been meaning to buy that game for a while, but...well...no luck. That was The Update.

The Key is within your Heart: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review

How would you feel if you found out your secretly a person’s hallow heart with a mind full of memories that are not yours? Roxas, one of the main characters in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, has to live with that reality every minute of his eventful life.

This new installment in the Kingdom Hearts timeline has you playing as Roxas, a copy of Sora, the main character within all of the Kingdom Hearts games before 385/2 days, who is trying to find out about himself while at the same time unraveling the intent of Organization XIII and the search for Kingdom Hearts, which is the key to the Organization’s plan.

Game play is just like the Playstation 2 versions of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. The controls are pretty solid. You move with the directional pad while attacking with A, jumping with Y, and navigating the menus with X. Camera control is pretty decent. You control the camera with the R and L buttons. Touch screen integration is almost non-excitant. There is nothing new to the game play, but for fans that enjoyed the regular style of controls compared to Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, you will be pretty content with these.

There are some new features in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days such as the new panel system. Before, the player would have to go into different menus to equip abilities, magic, and equipment. Now, players use panels for everything. These panels have slots where you put items and abilities you earn through missions.

The missions are the meat of the game. You continue the story through missions which the Organization gives you as days go by. There are a variety of ways to play these missions, like search and destroy or sneak around town to grab Intel before the civilians spot you. The game play in this title is enough to keep a hard core fan satisfied while keeping new comers a little confused.    

The graphics are pretty decent for a DS title. They are, at times, muddy in appearance, but overall moderate. The cut scenes themselves look like they came out of the PS2 titles and they also include voice over which was something of a surprise.

The bond that drives the story is between Roxas, Axel, and Xion. The whole timeline between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 has been pretty unclear so far, but now its revealed what occurs to the fourteenth member of Organization XIII and Roxas, along with his relationship with Axel.

            A person’s heart is what makes them a person, without it they are nobody. Kingdom Hearts 385/2 Days is a game about nobodies who are looking for a heart, while some are looking for a purpose. Kingdom Hearts fans who are looking for a deeper look at what really happened inside of Organization XIII and also want to see what happened between Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2, and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories will find a great experience in 358/2 Days.

Sidekick data officially gone

T-mobile and Danger, the Sidekick data services provider, announced yesterday that Sidekick users who have lost media due to the data failure will most likely not get it back

T-mobile, as posted on their forums, said "Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger's latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device - such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos - that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger. That said, our teams continue to work around-the-clock in hopes of discovering some way to recover this information..."

Facebook and Youtube have technical issues.

Youtube and Facebook are both having a pretty bad Saturday.

Youtube is having problems with videos creating downtime, even with embeded ones.

Facebook is also having trouble with it's updates not updating.

Hopefully this problem will be finished soon because I want to watch more Michael Jackson videos and posting on Facebook that I favorited "Scream."

Fla. investigators play Wii during raid

Investigators from a narcotics task force were caught playing a Nintendo Wii during a bust.

The officers were caught with a motion-sensitive camera in the home playing the system during a raid on a residence tied with convicted drug dealer Michael DiFalco, who was already in custody at the time.

Sheriff Grady Judd told Associated Press on Tuesday that "the incident is being reviewed and disciplinary action will be taken if neccessary."

iPhone 3GS users having battery trouble

iPhone 3GS users who purchased the latest update, version 3.1, have experienced a substantial battery issue.

Apple has started taking measures to fixing this issue by calling individuals who have the problem and asking 11 battery-specific questions. They are also releasing a non-apple branded battery tracker that takes information from the iPhone's and transfers it to iTunes where Apple can take a look at it.