GAME:minder Important Notice: Update to 2.5

Important update for iOS users

If you haven’t updated to GAME.minder 2.5, now’s the time!

We’re hard at work preparing a major update to GAME.minder, scheduled for early November. In order to move to the new system, you must be using GAME.minder 2.5 or later, and have an active GAMEminder.com account. If you haven’t linked your RE.minders to your GAMEminder.com account when we flip the switch, you will lose the RE.minders that you have set.

We’re really excited to show you what we’ve been working on so update to GAME.minder 2.5 now!

In other news...

For all things gaming (and a little bit more) check out the Game Minder Report and listen to Jim and Jeremy dish out what's new and on their minds in the world of gaming and technology. 

Obama vs. Romney: Take Your Policy into the Ring

Uncle Slam Election Pack: Put up your dukes for foreign policy!

The debates are over and talk is cheap! Time to take your thoughts on foreign policy into the ring and show us how you really feel. No, you won't use horses and bayonets to battle your opponent - just some some gloves in a good old fashioned match of gentleman's boxing - election style of course! 

Download the Uncle Slam Election Pack and have your candidate box their way to higher standings on uncleslam.com. The race is tight - so invite your friends to join in and push your candidate to the top! Uncle Slam's Tip: Punch and block to power up your star then unleash your Presidential Power to earn more votes and win! 

Download the Uncle Slam Election Pack before Tuesday, November 6, 2012, because after the votes are in, the Election Pack will be gone forever. 

Show the country you mean business! Tweet or Facebook screenshots of your best policy punches!

The Uncle Slam Election Pack is available for FREE on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Uncle Slam is a satirical, president vs. president boxing game. Pick your leader (past or present) and battle it out in the ring. Play though a campaign or go head to head. The harder you fight and the more you win, the more votes your president receives so you can unlock gloves, stages, fun facts and more. There are three presidential expansion packs to choose from or if you have a favorite, you can choose to download individual presidents.  

The Couplett Challenge

Win a Free T-Shirt

How do you Couplett your Couplett?

Each week, for the next five weeks, we want to challenge your creativity: show us how you compose your best Couplett. Using the feature pack of the week, take your most creative shots, apply your favorite themes, then share them with us on Facebook or Twitter. At the end of each week our lovely team of un-biased staff members will select the most creative (and probably favorite) Couplett.

We'll feature the winning Couplett on the Handelabra Blog and Facebook page, giving full credit to the artist of course, and send the winner a swanky Handelabra t-shirt. Don't have Couplett yet? Download it for free on the App Store and start snapping away.

So here it is...

WEEK 1 Challenge: 

Juxtapose your pics using the FUN pack

BONUS POINTS: Snap a Couplett with someone famous to earn points with the judges. 

To kick things off, we've challenged our staff to make their best Coupletts to help get your creative juices flowing. And no, staff are not eligible to win (sorry guys) but you can still play along. To keep things fair for everyone else, we do have some contest rules below. So check 'em out before you start.

Remember folks: keep it clean, keep it funny, and be creative. Let the Coupletting begin!

Couplett is a picture in picture camera app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Utilizing both front and rear cameras, Couplett lets you snap a pic of the scene in front of you and then, with the opposing camera,  snap a picture of yourself (no flipping the camera around - the action happens almost simultaneously), then composites the two images together. Select a theme frame for your Couplett and share. Great idea? We think so.

Looking for more themes? Just click the theme shopping cart or export a preview theme to take you to the theme store.

Next week's challenge: Show us your best compositions using the PHOTO pack

BONUS POINTS: Couplett your spookiest or hilarious Halloween activities for extra points.

Rules:

  • Challenges begin at 1PM ET each Friday and end the following Friday at 1PM ET. First challenge begins on October 19. 
  • Photo's must be composed using the theme pack specified for that week.
  • Photos must be your own.
  • You may submit as many Coupletts as you like (for the sake of fun - please, no duplicates).
  • Facebook submissions - Post them to our wall at facebook.com/couplett
  • Twitter submissions - Post your Couplett and mention @CouplettApp in your tweet.
  • There are no restrictions on how many times you can win.
  • Keep it funny, but keep it clean (your mom might be watching).
  • Coupletts will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10. Judges will consider: the level of creativity, thoughtfulness and use of theme/photo combinations. Complete the bonus challenge and earn 2 additional points with the judges.
  • Winners agree to let Handelabra use their winning Couplett on the Handelabra blog and Facebook pages. Handelabra will not sell or use your image or information for evil purposes. We just want to show how awesome you are!
  • Credit will be given to the Couplett artist.
  • Handelabra employees are not eligible to win prizes, but may submit as many Coupletts as they would like.
  • Have fun!

Uncle Slam Election Pack: The debate is on and it's in the ring

It's an Obama-Romney showdown and it's your turn to control the debate...

Only this time we leave the podiums behind and take the debate into the ring.  For a limited time, you can download the Uncle Slam Election Pack for free on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Choose your side and win to increase their political ranking!

Invite your friends in on the action to push your president ahead in the standings and watch the polls waver  at uncleslam.com. Tweet or Facebook screenshots of your best punches, knockouts or victory moves and show the country what your candidate is made of! 

So who will throw more zingers this time? Will it be Romney with a right, left or Obama with a stinging upper cut and reversal? In this round my friends, that is up to you. 

Get in on the action now, because after the votes are cast in November the Uncle Slam Election Pack will be gone forever. Only one will reign supreme! 

Uncle Slam is a satirical, president vs. president boxing game. Pick your leader (past or present) and battle it out in the ring. Play though a campaign or battle head to head. Punch and block to power up your star and unleash your Presidential Power! The harder you fight and the more you win, the more votes your president receives so you can unlock gloves, stages, and fun facts and more. There are three presidential expansion packs to choose from or if you have a favorite, you can choose to download individual presidents.  

RE.minder 2.1.2 brings iOS 6 and iPhone 5 support

We're happy to announce that versions 2.1.2 of both RE.minder and RE.minder PRO+ are through approval and available now.

This is a small update which:

  1. Brings support for the taller screen on iPhone 5 (and the new iPod touch).
  2. Has been built for iOS 6.

In addition to these updates to the apps themselves, we've also translated the RE.minder iTunes store pages into all the languages the apps support:

  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

So click RE.minder or RE.minder PRO+ and get your to-do list in check. Already using RE.minder or RE.minder PRO+? Tell us what you think by posting a review on the App Store.

Version 1.3: A "Couplett" of awesome updates

Welcome back! So if you've been following along you'll know that we recently launched GAME.minder 2.5. which we hope is keeping all of our GAME.minder-ers happy until our next big update. If you haven't checked it out, now is your chance to get in on the action.

In addition, the Handelabra team has been hard at work making some anticipated updates and improvements to Couplett; our picture in picture camera app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, originally released in early 2012.  Utilizing both front and rear cameras, Couplett lets you snap a pic of the scene in front of you and then, with the opposing camera,  snap a picture of yourself (no flipping the camera around - the action happens almost simultaneously), then composites the two images together. Select a theme frame for your Couplett and share. Great idea? We think so. 

Couplett 1.3: Clean, fast and more theme-tastic! 

In version 1.3, with much thought and some advice from one of Apple's design gurus, we've created a more streamlined and tailored user experience.  Here is what you can expect form the new, improved Couplett:

  • Themes, themes, themes… Easy to find, easy to try. The design team has included live previews of sample themes from each available pack. Now you can try before you buy and test your Couplett taking creativity.
  • …and more themes There are several new theme packs to choose from including; Posters, Photography, Sci-fi and Sports Packs. To borrow a phrase, we think you're gonna love them as much as we do. 
  • Lightening fast - or just really really close. We've stripped things down so the camera response time is ridiculously fast. Both front and rear photos are taken almost simultaneously, giving you just enough time to frame yourself and smile.
  • Compatible with iOS 6 and iPhone 5. If you were lucky enough to score an iPhone 5 pre-order (or you get a fancy new iPod touch), we've built Couplett 1.3 to take full advantage of that sweet new screen.

Couplett is available for free on the app store. So give it a spin, be creative and let us know what you think. And if there is a theme that you you think would be awesome, give us a shout and we'll see if it can be included in a featured pack.