This week at 148Apps.com, we took a first look at Garmin’s new StreetPilot onDemand app. Rob LeFebvre writes, “The app itself offers 30 days of premium features for that dollar, including multimodal pedestrian routing, bus/train schedules, spoken turn-by-turn guidance with street names, 3D representations of buildings, traffic rerouting, photoReal Junction View and Google Local Search. Once the free month is up, users can pay $2.99 monthly or $29.99 annually, with a special introductory $19.99 annual price for this first year.”

Read more about StreetPilot onDemand on 148Apps.com.

$0.99

Garmin StreetPilot onDemand

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2011-08-31 :: Category: Navigation

Meanwhile, at GiggleApps, we got the music playing with our review of Sylvester’s Band. Reviewer Amy Solomon states, “The illustrations are simply gorgeous to look at and I really appreciate how each location Henry visits has a unique landscape all its own, while maintaining the style used throughout this book, such as squared-off trees or cloud formations. I enjoy a great deal how the look of this story changes, becoming dark as the gang makes their way high into the clouds looking for William the Wolf. The details about lassoing the moon in order to bring it to the party create wonderful images that stayed with me after reading this book, my favorite moment of this story. It is also great fun the way each time Henry collects another band member they can all be seen, one by one, running to a new location. These creatures look great as well…”

Read the rest of Amy’s review on GiggleApps.com.

$2.99

Sylvester's Band

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2011-07-27 :: Category: Books

148Apps.biz featured an article about tablet owners and TV viewing habits. Kyle Flanigan writes, “According to the report, some 50% of tablet owners – iPad included – watch films and TV shows on their portable device for leisure. In the words of research director Keith Nissen, “tablets, in particular, have become a primary video device, both inside and outside the home.” There are few adjectives that come to mind to describe such a high percentage: unexpected, unanticipated and unprecedented began to scratch the surface.”

Find out more by reading the full story at 148Apps.biz.

And finally, AndroidRundown writer Carter Dotson announced G5 Entertainment’s first simultaneously-launched iOS and Android app, Stand o’ Food 3. “While G5 Entertainment only recently got on to the Android train, they aren’t wasting their time making sure their library of sim games are well-represented on the platform. In the past few weeks, both Supermarket Mania 2 and Virtual City have been released for Android, after their initial mobile releases on iOS.”

Read all about it on AndroidRundown.

That’s it for this week, but don’t forget to check out our ever-changing lists of apps, and make sure you keep up to date on all the latest news and happenings by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook. See you next week, true believer.

G5 Entertainment have been pretty consistent with their releases of casual gaming experiences like Mahjongg Artifacts, Virtual City and my personal favorite Supermarket Mania, ensuring that casual gaming doesn’t mean poor gaming. There’s a new title on the way in the form of Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds.

Special Enquiry Detail is a hidden object game focusing on the first case of a new investigative unit of the same name. Detectives Turino and Lamonte must solve the mysterious death of a wealthy benefactor’s daughter. Gameplay consists of 12 different chapters with 25 exciting mini-games to hopefully enthral players. 30 realistic locations to explore and find objects within are also promised.

Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds is set to be released for all iOS devices on July 14th. It’ll be a free app to try with the full version unlocked with an in-app purchase of $4.99 for the iPhone/iPod touch or $6.99 for the iPad version. Check out the video and screenshots below while you wait for its release.