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There was a time when apps were considered to be a fad by those companies too short-sighted to get ahead in the game, but with the steep and rapid proliferation of apps in the iTunes App Store, it looks like Apple had it right. Last week we heard that the iTunes App Store was nearing…
The iPad was a mighty hot commodity when it was released, and it enjoyed great reviews until the iPhone 4 came out. The smartphone didn’t hurt the tablet’s sales, but many users felt like the iPhone’s retina display made the iPad feel, well, dated. Using the iPhone all day and coming home to the lesser…
Retro gamers with iOS devices in-hand, take note. I just received a note from my but Martin over at Sarien.net, and by the sounds of things he’s been very busy working on publishing many classic and exciting Sierra games for all to enjoy. Here’s the skinny: First, the entire Sierra AGI catalog is now available…
It is said that quite a few iPhone owners are eagerly waiting to switch from AT&T to Verizon Wireless. comScore expects that the Verizon-Apple deal shakes up the mobile marketplace “as consumers who are either current iPhone subscribers or in the market for one now have the option of choosing a carrier.” At the moment,…
What does the world want? Thinner phones, apparently. The iPhone has already grown thinner than ever, but a new patent application by Apple could mean even thinner devices. When will it ever end? AppleInsider reports: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week revealed a new patent application from Apple entitled “Touch Sensing Device Having…
We first caught a glimpse of the Mophie Juice Pack Plus for the iPhone 4 last month, and I called it the first charging/case solution for the Apple smartphone that wasn’t totally ugly. It’s true. Last week at CES, I was handed a demo unit by the kind folks at Mophie and I’ve had a…
Apple confirmed today that it is nearing the 10 billion download milestone for the iOS App Store. The Cupertino company just launched its countdown page and is at approximately 9.7 billion downloads at the writing of this post. As it has done in the past, Apple is sponsoring a giveaway that showers the person who…
Hockey Fans, this evening I have some news for you direct from the NHL. Not so long ago I learned that NHL GameCenter Live is now available at a new, lower price. Also (and this is the biggie for me), you can now stream live games to the iPad! Nice! So what’s the pricetag? Well,…
If you were thinking that this mobile application thing is just a fad, you may want to reconsider as the American Dialect Society has just named “app” the word of the year for 2010. “App has been around for ages, but with millions of dollars of marketing muscle behind the slogan ‘There’s an app for…
Yesterday I speculated that the CDMA iPhone would be hitting other carriers in the future since Verizon made it clear that it had a non-exclusive deal with Apple. Lo and behold, the hit-or-miss rumor mill known as Digitimes is reporting today that a CDMA iPhone will indeed ship to other countries and carriers. Although the…