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If you’ve been wanting to jump into the Apple iPhone App Store game but don’t have the time or expertise to code away, there may still be a way to get a program as the AppExchange creates a marketplace for the underlying technology in these apps. Right now, there are two programs for sale including…
The New York Times is hoping that other publishers will want to replicate the success the Grey Lady has had on the iPhone and iPad and the company will launch an app platform in the fourth quarter. The platform is called the Press Engine and it lets publishers pump out apps without having to invest…
The iPhone and Android operating systems are taking the US by storm, and it seems Google’s mobile OS has just surpassed Apple’s little darling of a smartphone in sales this past quarter – Android comprised 27% of last quarter’s smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 23%. Meanwhile, it seems that most BlackBerry owners aren’t…
All you iPhone 4 users out there patiently waiting for the iPhone Dev Team to release their jailbreak solution can start celebrating. Thanks to the inimitable iPhone Dev Team, Apple fans around the world can now freely jailbreak their iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G or iPad devices (as long as they’re running iOS 3.2 or higher)…
Analysts at Canalys have crunched the latest facts and figures from everyone’s Q2 financial results and have unearthed that smartphones shipments grew 64% world wide compared to Q2 2009, and that the number of Android device that have shipped in the same year on year period has increased a startling 886%. Nokia has maintained their…
Apple is apparently done with all the iPhone 4 antenna mud-slinging that’s been going on between itself and smartphone competitors like Motorola and RIM. Today, the iPhone maker has removed all the videos it had previously posted on its “Antenna” page, which showed devices like the Motorola Droid X and Nokia N97 Mini exhibiting a…
I’ve read report after report of things you can do to improve iOS 4 performance on the iPhone 3G. The most common suggestion is to turn all of your spotlight search features completely OFF. This stops the OS from indexing and running background processes while you go about your daily business. As I hardly (if…
You may see some scary headlines out there saying Apple is trying to patent the idea of mobile apps but the company is merely trying to patent a few key programs which could compete with developers in the App Store. According to patents unveiled by Unwired View, the iPhone maker is seeking patents on ideas…
We all know that upgrading your Apple iPhone 3G to iOS 4 can be kind of a pain but the French mobile operator SFR is giving the strongest warning we’ve seen yet about the process. According to a translated version of the page: “Updating of the iPhone 3G to iOS 4 software significantly slows navigation…
Fellow wannabe Spartans, take heed, Gameloft has released Hero of Sparta II on the iPhone – and it’s optimized for the iPhone 4 Retina Display! The day you have been waiting for has finally come to be, finally giving you a chance to fight wave after wave of demons straight from Hades. To arms! Hero…