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RjDj to Sell Whole Albums as Interactive Sound Experiences for iPhone

Written on October 02, 2009 by Wagner James Au and 2 people have commented

RjDj, the exceptionally cool “reactive sound platform” app from Reality Jockey, which turns the iPhone’s microphone into an audio synthesizer, just got even cooler: Now available in the App Store is “Kids on DSP,” an entire album featuring collaborations from two well-known techno artists — Carl Craig and Acid Pauli — converted for [...]

Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell

Written on October 02, 2009 by Charles Jade and 39 people have commented

AT&T’s latest solution to improving network coverage, making the customer pay more and leeching off broadband providers, also known as the AT&T 3G MicroCell, is now in public trials.
While the tiny cellular base station, or femtocell, is not yet available in places like New York or San Francisco, where the call drop rate is rumored [...]

Dungeon Hunter: Gameloft Continues Its “Homage” Hit Parade

Written on October 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

I’m going to get this out of the way right now: Dungeon Hunter is Gameloft’s version of Diablo for the iPhone. No need to insult anyone’s intelligence by dancing around it. Now, does that mean I enjoy playing it any less? It does not.
In fact, Gameloft was very wise in porting this game to the [...]

Colloquy Brings IRC to the iPhone

Written on October 01, 2009 by Lisa Hoover and 4 people have commented

Even though services like Skype, Gtalk, Yahoo, AOL, Twitter and Facebook make it possible to instant or direct message just about anyone online these days, some folks still swear by Internet Relay Chat (IRC). In fact, for many die-hard geeks and software development teams, IRC is the only way to fly.
There are plenty of Web-based [...]

Snow Leopard Leaps in Market Share

Written on October 01, 2009 by Charles Jade and 36 people have commented

Eighteen percent of Mac users are running Snow Leopard just one month after its release, according to Web metrics firm Net Applications. That’s a remarkable upgrade rate for the latest iteration of OS X, especially considering Snow Leopard is Intel only.

Overall, OS X now represents 5.12 percent of the worldwide OS market, up from 4.87 [...]

Apple Purchase of Placebase Confirmed: Goodbye Google Maps?

Written on October 01, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

Google and Apple’s very public, very messy ongoing lover’s spat is obviously not doing either company many favors in the media. Apple looks to be taking steps to ensure that should it need to, it can go without the do-everything leading Internet search provider.
To that end, it’s finally been confirmed this week by ComputerWorld that [...]

CNN Launches iPhone App, Includes Lazy Reporting Feature

Written on September 30, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

As a major news outlet, it’s a little late to the iPhone party, but CNN has finally released an official app that covers its entire news network, unlike the previously available CNN Money application. The paid app features text, video and photo updates throughout the day, including breaking news updates that make use of the [...]

Tweetie 2: The Complete iPhone Preview

Written on September 30, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 43 people have commented

The sequel to Tweetie, the Twitter client that earned itself the much-coveted Apple Design Award earlier this year, is on its way to the App Store as you read this.
For the past few weeks I’ve been part of Loren Brichter’s Tweetie 2 beta program, testing out new features as the former Apple engineer constructed his [...]

Dropbox: Now Native on Your iPhone

Written on September 30, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 14 people have commented

Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox users can now rejoice as the Dropbox team is at [...]

The 10 Million Mac Year

Written on September 30, 2009 by Charles Jade and 21 people have commented

With the end of September comes the end of fiscal year 2009 for Apple. While the company won’t be releasing the numbers for another two weeks or so, consensus estimates from Wall Street for the fourth quarter will fill in the blanks, as Apple always beats estimates. For 2009, during what is arguably the worst [...]

iPhone Application Sketch Book Rights Sold to Apress Publishing

Written on September 29, 2009 by Lisa Hoover and 4 people have commented

Little more than a month after releasing the iPhone Application Sketch Book its creator, Dean Kaplan, has already sold the publishing rights to Apress Publishing House for an undisclosed amount. Kaplan says the move will allow the book to reach a broader market and free up some more time to work on “other projects that [...]

Vodafone Getting in on UK iPhone Party

Written on September 29, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

Vodafone announced today that it will begin selling the iPhone in the UK beginning in 2010, according to Reuters. The news comes on the heels of an announcement from France Telecom’s Orange yesterday that it would also start selling the popular smartphone, following the end of O2’s exclusivity deal this month. Orange will reportedly be [...]

Zipcar App Finally Hits the iPhone

Written on September 28, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

It was one of the apps shown off at Apple’s WWDC Keynote speech talking about iPhone OS 3.0 back in June of this year, but Zipcar has taken its sweet time making an official appearance in the App Store. The application is finally here (iTunes link), so urbanites who’ve been waiting to make a trip [...]

Pay Attention 007: The iPhone Is Cooler Than You

Written on September 28, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 8 people have commented

How the world has changed. When my father was my age, there was nothing more cool or impressive than driving an Aston Martin, toting a Walther PPK and ordering your dry martinis shaken, not stirred. That’s what James Bond did. And Bond was seriously cool.
Bond was the debonair British secret agent who was usually pimped [...]

O2’s Reign Ends: Orange to Sell iPhone

Written on September 28, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 4 people have commented

And just like that, O2’s reign of terror comes to an end. This month sees the end of O2’s exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in the United Kingdom, and Orange has already announced it has a deal in place with Apple to sell the device. From the Orange UK news page:
Orange UK and Apple [...]

App Store: 2 Billion Apps Served

Written on September 28, 2009 by Charles Jade and 6 people have commented

Marking another base-10 milestone, Apple has announced that as of today, more than 2 billion applications have been downloaded from its wildly successful App Store.
Further, there are now more than 85,000 apps available to more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch users in some 77 countries. The iPhone Developer Program now has more than 125,000 [...]

EU Says iPhones Will Be Pulled, If Proven Dangerous

Written on September 28, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 14 people have commented

The European Union isn’t taking reports of potentially dangerous iPhone malfunctions lightly. EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva issued a warning today that iPhones will be pulled from store shelves if it turns out recent screen explosions are hardware-based problems.
Kuneva says the issue is now in the hands of independent labs checking to see [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: September 26, 2009

Written on September 26, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 5 people have commented

As another week draws to a close, the App Store expands even further with a torrent of new toys and tools. As ever, I’ve hand-picked four recent iPhone releases for you to take a look at.
This week I’ve given our picks a creative vibe, selecting four different apps that let you engage with your artistic [...]

AT&T iPhone MMS Launches Today

Written on September 25, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 28 people have commented

According to the Twittersphere, AT&T has begun flipping the switch on MMS across the U.S. today. Sources say that AT&T will be sending out text messages, beginning at 10 A.M. EST today, to notify customers when MMS service is available for their use.
Customers and industry watchers alike are waiting anxiously to see how AT&T’s network [...]

TomTom iPhone GPS Kit Debuts in Apple Store

Written on September 24, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

Those of you hoping to augment your TomTom GPS iPhone experience shouldn’t have to wait too much longer. As Engadget reports, the TomTom iPhone Car Kit page on Apple’s online store temporarily went live earlier today in the UK, with an asking price of £99.95 (around $162). It also later went live for the rest [...]