Posted by Zach Epstein on Nov 18, 2008 9:49 am
Filed in Apple, Gaming, Handsets, Software
Is iFun cool? Yes, very much so. Is risking the livelihood of your iPhone or iPod Touch in the name of gaming a good idea? Well, the jury is still out on that one. As seen in the relatively cheesy video above, iFun is a gaming suite by SGN that allows users to connect to [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Nov 16, 2008 4:07 pm
Filed in Apple, Handsets, Services, Software
It took a while, as it typically does, but once again an App Store app has brought official iPhone / iPod Touch support for something a jailbroken app has provided for over a year. This time, it’s Netflix queue management. Like iFlix, a widely popular app for jailbroken Apple handsets, i.TV has now added Netflix [...]
Posted by Marc Flores on Oct 17, 2008 8:15 am
Filed in Android, Apple, Features, GSM, HSDPA, HTC, Handsets, Hardware, News, Opinions
You know, with all the deserved hype about Android being much more open than the iPhone’s platform, one must wonder what security will be like. When iPhone developers starting coming out about Apple’s NDA on developing apps, everyone seemed to give old Steve-O the stink-eye. Add to this the fact that developers and consumers [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 9, 2008 5:29 pm
Filed in Apple, Handsets, Software
Seriously, Apple, we’re just as excited as you are about the upcoming laptop refresh but you’re a pretty big company, no? You must have enough employees to handle the MacBook lines and the iPhone at the same time. Has the iPhone development team been pulled away from their work to shovel bricks of aluminum onto [...]
Posted by Marc Flores on Oct 4, 2008 9:36 am
Filed in AT&T, Apple, Features, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, News, Rumors, VoIP, Wi-Fi
Open up your iTunes and get this app now! Fring is a pre-release app free on iTunes which allows you to contact your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Twitter, Skype, and more. VoIP is available over WiFi and the availability of your friends are displayed in real time. The only thing is, and this is [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 1, 2008 4:28 pm
Filed in Apple, News
The latest news in the tumultuous relationship between Apple and iPhone app developers is a small victory on the developers side. It looks like Apple’s non-disclosure agreement with regards to apps build with the iPhone SDK is now officially kaput. The following is Apple’s official statement to developers:
To Our Developers
We have decided to drop the [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 30, 2008 12:30 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, Handsets, Java, RIM, Software
While the BlackBerry Bold is not yet listed as compatible on E*trade’s site, we can confirm that the app is finally ready to rock on the Bold. Woo! Bold owners who who hit etrade.com/mobile from their handsets will now be able to download version 1.1.3 of E*trade Mobile Pro, the stock information, trading and account [...]
These days, it seems having your own music store or app store is all the rage. Sony Ericsson wants in on the party and is going to release its own music store in just a few weeks. The only problem is SE’s new Play Now Plus (the music store, duh) is only going to be [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 15, 2008 10:52 am
Filed in Apple, Handsets, Software
First off, we have to say that we’re pretty impressed that Apple even let this application through to the App Store. Whatever the case may be, rejoice iPhone owners as you can finally [sort of] have some MMS love on your handsets without the need to jailbreak. Flutter doesn’t really provide “MMS” as video and [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 12, 2008 12:22 pm
Filed in Nokia, Software, Symbian
You remember Samir, right? Made popular by his RotateMe application that enables automatic screen rotation in accelerometer-equipped S60 handsets, Samir has become one of the S60 community’s favorite young developers. He now has a pretty great catalog of apps that own the accelerometer so Samir has apparently decided to move on. What will he tackle [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 1, 2008 10:59 am
Filed in Services, Windows Mobile
Not that we fault them, but it looks like it didn’t take Microsoft long to look over Apple’s App Store conquest and realize it’s not such a bad idea after all. Google has no problems with mimicking Apple’s format so why should Microsoft? In fact, though Apple hardly invented the repository model we wish all [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Aug 10, 2008 11:29 am
Filed in Apple, Software
You remember the I Am Rich application, right? Of course you do, it’s the one we told you about last week. As horribly lame as it was, it ended up teaching us quite a bit. No, seriously. First of all, it taught us that Apple will seemingly approve any app out there so that it [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 pm
Filed in Apple, Handsets, Software
Are you an iPhone developer who wants to make some serious cash? Write an app that identifies people who have purchased “I Am Rich” and then integrate with Google Maps to display their exact locations*. Developer Armin Heinrich (and we hesitate to call him a “developer”) has made his mark on Apple App Store history [...]