XS Games has announced the early Spring 2010 release of The Red Star for iPhone and PSPgo. Previously released on PlayStation2, The Red Star is a mashup of top down shooter and beat ‘em up gameplay, based upon the graphic novel of the same name by Christian Gossett. “The Red Star is a proudly old…
FLPR is Universal Remote Control App for iPhone and iPod Touch
New Potato Technologies has introduced FLPR, which is a new ‘accessory+app’ that transforms iPhone and iPod touch into a universal remote control! FLPR lets users control multiple electronic devices, including televisions, cable and satellite boxes, stereo systems, lights, ceiling fans and just about anything else that uses an infrared remote control. FLPR is apparently dead…
SpinThought Launches StoryPages 2 for the iPhone
SpinThought announced today the launch of StoryPages 2 for the Apple iPhone. StoryPages was designed to help iPhone users create illustrated stories on the go. StoryPages borrows from the storyboarding format used in film and animation production, allowing users to rapidly layout drawings and associated text, including anything they need to describe in a photo,…
Skype bows to Verizon, steers clear of Nokia’s US Ovi Store
Alliances in the mobile world are sometimes fleeting, but they can also be strong enough to break other partnerships. Take Skype’s recent partnership to bring VoIP calling to Verizon Wireless customers, for example. Verizon and Skype announced that they had joined forces to create a Skype mobile app that would allow free Skype-to-Skype calls and…
qTweeter for iPhone 3.02 adds geotagging, background uploading, multi-account support and more
qTweeter, that cool little app for jailbroken iPhones, has been updated recently. Version 3.02 packs several neat improvements, including support for multiple accounts, background uploading of images and videos, geotagging with map URL, #nowplaying integration, custom backgrounds and a slightly improved interface (though I must add that even the earlier UI was pretty straightforward). If…
BIC Concert Lighter is like Zippo’s iPhone app, only with different lighter
BIC is using modern smartphones as a marketing tool to promote its lighters. The company has launched the BIC Concert Lighter application to address the concert-goers and their “need” to signal appreciation of a particular song or to request an encore. Actually, it seems to me their marketing folks (or an ad agency) thought they…
TAT Home Not Coming to Android Market
A few weeks ago, we previewed a new Android home replacement, TAT Home. With a stunning 3D user interface, and widgets galore, TAT Home is the closest thing to HTC’s unrivaled custom user interface, Sense. As it turns out, the home replacement will not be released into the Android Market, and will instead only be…
Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem chats with IntoMobile
Tap Tap Revenge. Even if you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ve probably heard the name tossed around here or there. The popular Tap Tap Revenge franchise comes from iPhone game developer Tapulous, and it’s proven to be one helluva cash cow for the smallish start-up from Palo Alto, CA. Following the release…
App market could hit $15 billion by 2013
It looks like these mobile applications aren’t a fad, as a new report from research2guidance said the global app market could generate $15.65 billion in revenue in four years. This is great growth from the $1.94 billion apps generated in 2009 and the customer base for these apps is expected to grow from 100 million…
Apple looks to overhaul mobile advertising
Apple is looking for a designer to “redefine” mobile advertising and this could have a huge impact on how developers make money on applications. According to the job posting, the iPhone maker is looking for an experienced developer to overhaul how mobile advertising is done. Most of the ads in apps today are simple text…