Good news, everyone! RIM has officially announced a long-overdue BlackBerry desktop client for Mac. Contacts, music, calendar, notes, tasks, apps, OS updates, backup/restore… the Desktop Manager will handle everything that has been exclusive to PC up until now. RIM started showing a little bit of love to the hip crowd when they introduced Media Sync…
Control your Comcast Cable services with the new Comcast iPhone app
AT&T has already done it (iTunes link). DirecTV is all about it. Now, Comcast has thrown their own iPhone app into the mix. The digital cable television, phone and high-speed internet provider has just launched a new iPhone app that allows customers to control their Cable, Voice and Data services from the palm of their…
Resident Evil 4 Bringing Zombie Apocolypse Fun To The iPhone In Late July
Capcom officially announced they will be releasing Resident Evil 4 on the iPhone later this month. The game will have on-screen controls (seen in the screenshot above) and judging by the video of the game in action, it looks like it will all of the sights and sounds we’re all familiar with in the Resident…
Find FREE iPhone apps through Twitter!
Not that there’s anything wrong with paying for iPhone apps in the AppStore, but there’s just something way cooler about getting premium apps for FREE. The good folks at 148apps have put together a Twitter account that tracks premium (for pay) iPhone apps in the AppStore and notifies all followers when any applications are offered…
Apple updates iTunes, no longer syncs with the Palm Pre
The Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes has always been controversial. Yes, software has been invented that will let you sync your non Apple device to iTunes, but the Palm Pre was the first device to actually tell iTunes that it is an iPod and bypass the need to install a third party application…
iPhone SDK 3.1 beta 2 is out!
After just two weeks, Apple has released a second beta of its iPhone SDK 3.1. We’ve no full change log what’s included in the update but we’ve heard two things: Hacks that enabled tethering are out in this release; There’s a new API for manipulating live video, which should reportedly enable augmented reality apps on…
The Apple App Store: 1.5 Billion Downloads in First Year
Sweet merciful crap. That’s all I’ve got to say about this one. As you might have heard, the Apple App Store turned 1 over the weekend. In that one year of operation, some might say they’ve had a ‘better-than-average’ run at things. Case in point, here are the key numbers for their first year: More…
DC’s Top Cop Calls iPhone Speed Trap App Users “Cowardly”
This latest piece of iPhone news just goes to show you that you don’t need any logical reasoning skills to be Washington DC’s Police Chief. Cathy Lanier, the US capitol’s Top Cop, apparently doesn’t like the fact that speed-trap and red-light camera tracking iPhone applications, such as Trapster (iTunes link), are helping DC motorists avoid…
Apple closing in on Chinese iPhone deal
Apple, iPhone and China. We have yet to see those three words frolicking in public, free of any “rumor” or “speculation” disclaimers. Today isn’t any different. The latest rumors surrounding Apple’s Chinese iPhone dealings indicate that a China-bound iPhone may soon be announced. This time around, the rumors are based on an alleged license application…
iPhone 3GS Launch in Singapore: Lineups a Tad Ridiculous
The iPhone 3GS has now launched in Singapore, and huge crowds are lining up in hopes of grabbing the new offering from Apple. The crowds have been so large in fact, that the first customer reportedly waited in line 11 hours. That’s a bit of a wait. SingTel has also estimated that 1,500 to 2,000…