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Last year, when Apple still had pretty tight rules when it came to submitting and approving apps to its app store, two Google Voice applications were totally denied. The first was the official Google Voice application, and when it was blocked from the iTunes App Store, everyone became infuriated. Actually, Apple’s official response was that…
One of the reasons the Apple iPod touch is popular with teens is because there are free apps which enables users to send free text messages to friends. Arguably one of the best SMS apps is textPlus and a new version has hit the App Store and it adds cool new features like picture sharing…
Yesterday, Apple released iOS 4.1 and fixed many bugs with the iPhone and brought along new features like HDR photography and the ability to rent or purchase TV shows and movies in iTunes. Perhaps one of the bigger features added was Game Center, an application that allows users to befriend other iPhone gamers and earn…
It looks like Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD needed more than a couple of weeks for it to hit the iPad. In fact, it needed nearly 3 months of additional time. No matter as the wait for the game is finally over as Rockstar Games has announced its availability on the App Store. Let’s…
iOS 4.1 has been in the wild for almost 24 hours and folks are reporting their good, bad or indifferent experiences with the latest version of Apple’s OS. High on the “good” list is the proximity sensor which is reportedly now fixed and working as expected for many iPhone 4 owners. The proximity sensor is…
Asymco, an app production studio and industry analysis advisory firm, has culled data from iTunes and created a graph that compares music downloads versus app downloads. Music downloads have climbed steadily since iTunes made its debut over five years ago and has reached a staggering 12 billion downloads per month. On average, iOS users are currently…
So you got yourself a brand spanking new iPad and soon you quickly realized that none of the files you grabbed off those semi-illegal sites on the internet work. What is a movie aficionado such as yourself going to do? Luckily the folks at Applidium are trying to help out by porting the open source…
Filed under “oh look, another bloody Apple rumor”, we’re hearing that Apple may be buying their baseband for the next generation iPhone from Qualcomm. The baseband is the part of a mobile phone that talks to mobile networks; think of it as a modem. Qualcomm has historically been the number one provider of baseband chipsets…
Every time I’m walking around with my Canon G10 (and iPhone 4 in my pocket, of course) I think to myself, “I wish I could upload this photo right now.” Of course I could take the same picture again with my iPhone 4 (or Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 depending on the day) and immediately upload…
It’s not like we’re at all surprised, but it really didn’t take long for iPhone hackers to find yet another way to jailbreak Apple’s latest iOS 4.1, which enables nifty new features like HDR photos, HD video uploads, Game Center, TV show rentals, and iTunes Ping on the iPhone 4, 3GS and some iPod Touch…