Bungie Aerospace Corporation has released their first iPad game, Crimson: Steam Pirates. It’s a turn-based strategy game with a hint of action.

Command your fleet and your Steampunk crew using an elegant action interface. Crimson: Steam Pirates’ turn-based gameplay provides an addicting mixture of strategy and action as you anticipate your enemies’ moves and counter them, luring them into a deadly hail of weapons fire while uncovering the mystery brewing in the Caribbean.

• 8 voyages that begin the tale of Thomas Blood's adventures in the Caribbean
• 2 "Pass-and-Play" multiplayer scenarios
• Over a dozen types of ships, subs, and airships
• Over 20 unique crew members whose special abilities enhance gameplay

Crimson: Steam Pirates is available on the iPad for free and includes the first chapter. The second chapter is available as an in-app purchase for $1.99 and other chapters will be available in future updates.

[App Store link]

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It’s that time of year again – back to school! With school, comes papers, projects, and presentations, so TiPb is going to add some excitement to these otherwise non-enjoyable things and gift two copies of each of the apps in Apple’s iWork touch suite: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote! Excited?

For a chance to win, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us which app you want and why (which classes will you use it for). If you’re not in school, that’s ok too, just let us know how having the app will benefit you.

Ready? Set? Go!

Must have a US or Canadian iTunes account to win. Apple’s rule, not ours!

Today’s the day when Netflix‘s new, and potentially more pricy, split DVD/streaming plans start, and also the day Starz says they’ve broken off talk for Netflix to carry their content.

Starz said it made the decision to "protect the premium nature of our brand by preserving the appropriate pricing and packaging of our exclusive and highly valuable content," according to a statement issued today.

And once again I’ll counter by saying when Hollywood thinks they’re content is undervalued, they fail to realize it’s being massively overvalued already.

Consumers have shown time and time again that they’re willing to pay a fair price for the content they want to enjoy, when they want to enjoy it. Hollywood has shown time and time again that they consider customers the enemy. But if Starz isn’t available where the market wants it, the market will turn to something else, or will find an alternate way to get it. Apple figured this out years ago with iTunes Music. We’ll see if Hollywood ever does, or if the greed of past, artificially inflated business models blinds them to the potential of new, consumer friendly ones.

[Bloomberg via the all new, all great looking The Loop]

On last night’s iPhone Live podcast we discussed the just announced Samsung Galaxy S II models and what, if any, challenge they may pose for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5. One of the big differences is that, while iPhones are pretty much the same on every carrier around the world (Verizon iPhone antenna and firmware version being the only current exception), Samsung Galaxy S phones have varied a lot from network to network.

Some have keyboards and others don’t. Some have bigger or smaller screens. They often have completely different casings from one carrier to another. Some carriers work out deals to take out Google Search and put in Microsoft’s Bing. Some pre-load carrier-specific crapware. Maybe some will one day have Amazon Market instead of the Android Market — like the JooJooPhone!

The bottom line is, with an iPhone you can buy one on pretty much any carrier you want, or unlocked directly from Apple, hook it up to iTunes (or soon, iCloud) and get your iPhone just the way you left it — same apps, same interface, zero learning curve. The price we pay is that everything is the same. There’s no variety.

With Samsung and some other Android devices, you can change things up as often as you’re willing to switch networks or get a new phone. You get almost endless variety but you may have to re-learn interfaces or re-buy apps.

I prefer Apple’s approach. I don’t want the cognitive load that comes with carrier-specific hardware and software. I want the device and the OS to get out of my — and my apps’ — way. (I also trust carriers way less than I trust Apple.) But I definitely see the appeal of changing things up, of having phones as fashion.

Would you like to see a different iPhone on AT&T compared to Verizon? Square on one, round on the other? AT&T iPhone 5 vs. Spring iPhone 4 II Epic 4G? Do you like the single, iconic iPhone the way it is or do you think it’s time for Apple to let carriers mix things up?

Users of the well known Mac virtual machine software Parallels can now purchase Parallels Mobile from the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It will allow you to access any of your Parallels virtual machines — for example, that Windows 7 you’re running on your MacBook — from your device. Simply log in to your Parallels account and you’ll have instant access to any of your Parallels VMs.

Parallels Mobile offers the following features –

• Use any of your Windows applications, from Internet Explorer to Outlook
• Remotely start, stop any of your applications.
• Stay connected via WiFi or 3G networks
• Control your Mac just like you control Windows (Parallels Desktop 7 only)
• Play back music and audio files remotely – see and hear Flash video on your iPad or iPhone (Parallels Desktop 7 only)
• Copy and paste text between your mobile device and Windows programs (Parallels Desktop 7 only)

There isn’t support for Windows Aero and some features depend upon the version of Parallels Desktop you have installed. It’s available in the App Store for an introductory price of $4.99. Standard pricing will be $19.99.

[$4.99 - App Store Link]]

9to5Mac scored a copy of an internal memo from new CEO, Tim Cook, announcing that Apple’s Eddy Cue is getting a promotion from VP of iTunes, MobileMe, and App Store, to Senior VP of Internet Software and Services, and putting him on the exec team.

Team, It is my pleasure to announce the promotion of Eddy Cue to Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services. Eddy will report to me and will serve on Apple's executive management team.

Eddy oversees Apple's industry-leading content stores including the iTunes Store, the revolutionary App Store and the iBookstore, as well as iAd and Apple's innovative iCloud services.

He is a 22-year Apple veteran and leads a large organization of amazing people. He played a major role in creating the Apple online store in 1998, the iTunes Music Store in 2003 and the App Store in 2008.

Apple is a company and culture unlike any other in the world and leaders like Eddy get that. Apple is in their blood. Eddy and the entire executive management team are dedicated to making the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.

Please join me in congratulating Eddy on this significant and well-deserved promotion. I have worked with Eddy for many years and look forward to working with him even closer in the future.

The move changes the top line of execs showcased on Apple’s official bios page as well, so read into that what you may. (i.e. Voltron’s got a new yellow lion arm)

Cue was famously put in charge of MobileMe following its less than stellar launch, and Setve Jobs’ subsequent march through the halls with a flame thrower. He also took the stage with Rupert Murdoch to launch the Daily and unveil Apple’s subscription news service.

Best wishes and congratulations to Eddy Cue in his new roll. Can’t wait to see what it brings us.

[9to5Mac, Apple Executive Profiles]

For today only, the TiPb Store has the OtterBox Defender Series Case for the AT&T/GSM iPhone 4 on sale for only $19.95 — that’s a whopping 60% off. This is your LAST CHANCE to get it at that price — so go get it before it’s gone!

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• PDF Provider: Now with Dropbox support! [$3.99 for iPhone - [App Store link] [$6.99 for iPad - App Store link]

• Marriott International: Makes booking your Marriott stay more convenient than ever. You will earn Marriott Rewards points for your trips to either business or vacation destinations booked through the app. [Free for iPhone - App Store link

• Mobile Guitar Lessons: Now with offline features (tuner, metronome, chords, scales) usable without an Internet connection. [$1.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• ** Marketissimo:** Marketing ideas, tips & strategies to grow your business. [Free for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• Captain Fox 1. Pirate of the Mist: Live the extraordinary adventures of Ricky Rat, a small mouse with a big heart, as he is kidnapped by a band of snakes and left stranded on a raft in open sea. Read and listen to his tales! Interact through the iPad screen, using the tools provided to draw, paint and record your voice. [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

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Looks like iTunes Match is no longer downstreaming — streamloading? — or whatever weird blend of marketing, legalspeak, and technology led users to see stream-like behavior where Apple claimed there was none. Now with the just released iOS 5 beta 7 it downloads, plays while downloading, but stays on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch after it has downloaded for repeat local playback.

And yes, that may mean you now have to manually manage storage on your device by deleting older downloads to make room for new ones, then deleting the new ones to make room for re-downloading the old ones again, as you so wish. Just like App Store apps work today.

If iTunes Match stays this way through release, does it clear up the confusion or just make things more complicated for Rene’s mom?

[Insanely Great Mac via MacRumors]

Konami has released its latest version of the ever popular Frogger game. This time it is called Frogger Decades. Why decades? Well it is thirty years or three decades since the original Frogger games was released, I remember it, I feel old!

Celebrating Frogger's 30th birthday with an all new adventure! Frogger Decades is an exciting new chapter in the Frogger family of award-winning games, featuring breathtaking animation with an original musical soundtrack and cast of new characters to experience the Frogger world in a whole new way.

• Brilliantly designed levels, and features with high definition textures and graphics!
• Touch screen controls let you help Frogger do what he does best!
• The world of Frogger comes to you with many of his friends joining up for Frogger's greatest adventure yet!
• Creative new never before seen abilities for Frogger and his friends!
• Collect achievements and see how your scores stack up on the worldwide leader boards via Game Center!
• Challenge your friends across the world wide Open Feint network!

Frogger Decades is available today for $1.99 and is a universal binary; so works at native resolutions on all devices.

[App Store link]

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