Jasmine V: Up Close & Personal by Mahalo.com Read more: Jasmine V: Up Close & Personal by Mahalo.com : AppChatter: iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch News and App Reviews

Are you a true Jasminator? Get up close and personal with your favorite pop star Jasmine V and learn everything there is to know about the spunky singer! For Jasmine V fans, there’s no greater app than this one!

In “Jasmine V: Up Close and Personal” you will:

* Learn her beauty tips and secrets to re-create her favorite make-up looks

* Take a peek inside her closet and find out her trendsetting fashion tips

* Get exclusive content not found anywhere else! (not even on her website and YouTube channel!)

* Hear the story of how she got discovered in her own words

* Find out what 5 clothing items she absolutely can’t live without

And in the coming months, you’ll be getting even more content including:

* How to style your hair like Kitty Fierce—Jasmine’s alter ego from her “Werk” music video

* Learn the choreography to her music videos before they’re released

* Get personalized advice about love, boys and relationships

* Find out her workout routines that help her stay in shape

With this app, you’ll find all that out and more!

* Learn how she became so good at singing the National Anthem and how you can too

* Watch an exclusive episode of “Just Jasmine” not on YouTube

* Find out some of her favorite recipes and hear the stories that go along with them

Jasmine invites you to get an exclusive inside look at her life and learn things you don’t know about her—what inspires her, her likes, dislikes, pastimes and everything in between. Finally there’s a way to ask her the questions you have always wanted to know the answers to!

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How To: Easily Remove (some) Apple App Icons Read more: How To: Easily Remove (some) Apple AApp Icons : AppChatter: iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch News and App Reviews

I see and hear complaints all the time of people wanting to remove pre-installed applications from Apple off of their iPhone or iPod Touch. Everybody knows by now that to remove an app installed from the App Store simply touch and hold the app icon until all the icons jiggle. Once the icons start to jiggle the non-Apple apps will have a black “X” badge in the corner of them. Touch there to remove that app from your device. But what if you want an Apple app removed? There is no black “X” badge that appears for Apple apps, so that doesn’t work.

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removeappleappicons1 200x300 How To: Easily Remove (some) Apple App Icons

With the introduction of iPhone OS 3.0 Apple added Parental Controls called “Restrictions.” Using the Restrictions function you can block access to all sorts of content on the device – including a few applications. While not a surefire way to remove all of the Apple icons from the springboard, you can use Restrictions to block access (ie: remove) to a few of the Apple installed applications such as Safari, YouTube, Camera, iTunes and App Store. You’re still stuck with the other Apple apps such as Notes, Calendar, Weather, Stocks, Mail, etc. But for these few applications turning them off and hiding their icons is easy.

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To use Restrictions to hide the icons of these apps you must first enable it in the Settings app. Navigate to Settings, select Restrictions, enable Restrictions, and enter a passcode. Now you can easily turn off the apps that you don’t want showing up anymore. That’s it! You’re done! If you need help on how to enable Restrictions via step by step then see our earlier post: Tour of Parental Controls.

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App Review: Textfree Unlimited by Pinger Inc.

Like all of you Infinite SMS lovers out there, I was sad to see Google shut it down this week. When I heard the news, I started searching for another app that I could use to send free texts using my iPod Touch. Much to my dismay, most of the apps that I found in the iTunes App Store that claimed to offer this capability were only one or two star apps. I didn’t want to mess with something that was only going to work some of the time or have quirks that I would have to deal with constantly. Then, I stumbled upon Textfree Unlimited. With a 3 1/2 star rating in the App Store, I figured it was probably my best bet, but a little on the expensive side. Then I discovered the Lite version. After speaking with a representative from Pinger Inc., I found that the two versions have only a couple differences. She told me that Textfree Lite, “… works exactly the same as the Textfree Unlimited app, just that it has a 15-message limit per calendar day, and it has ads. Otherwise, it works exactly the same.” So, I gave the Lite version a try and wasn’t disappointed.

Textfree is easy to setup and get texting with. The first thing you do when you launch the app is set up a nickname for yourself. Then, you are ready to go. Tap on the icon in the upper right hand side of the screen to start a text. Enter in a mobile number and type your message. Sending a text through the app and the replies that you get back are free. Now, what happens if someone else initiates the text? If someone from another mobile number texts you, it does carry the normal charges for you. However, there are a few settings that you can change under the options menu to change that.

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