….. making it the fastest growing independent mobile application store, apparently! Mobango has announced that in the past 12 months it saw a 500% increase in mobile applications downloads from the same period a year earlier. In December 2009, Mobango downloads topped 23 million! Mobango’s assertion is therefore that it makes them the fastest growing…
Usage review: Groovemaker Reggae for iPhone/iPod Touch
Anyone that regularly reads IntoMobile will know that I think the Groovemaker range of Apps are awesome – sitting in a perfect niche between recreational music, and professional music production – they are kinda like the guitar hero of mobile music production, but there’s real productivity in here too – it’s no game! Recently, IK…
Cowbell2010 turns your iPhone into a clanging cowbell; Offers other Winter Olympic Games content
In case you need to “supercharge” your Winter Olympic Games experience, a new iPhone app could help you out, or at least that’s what the official press release says. The application is called Cowbell2010 and it enables fans to “cheer on the athletes by ringing a virtual cowbell” so that athletes know they’re being supported.…
Southwest Airlines launches DING! iPhone app
Southwest Airlines is out with its own iPhone/iPod Touch app called DING! The application allows users to book reservations, checkin for flights, check flight status, view flight schedules — all while getting discounted fares on Southwest flights. Those discounted rates are especially emphasized as they are apparently only available through the app. And that’s about…
iRemix makes the iPod app even better; Works with jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch only
Another reason to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch is called iRemix and it’s an application that makes the built-in iPod app much better. Here’s what you get: Quick addition of a song/podcast, artist or playlist to Favorites. Tap and hold on a song or artist shows a menu for adding the item to Favorites or On…
Ultrabrief: Gameloft: We made €122 million in 2009, €17.6 million was thanks to Apple’s App Store
Gameloft, a French video game development house, released their full year 2009 results today and they said they racked up €122 million worth of sales in 2009. Of that, €17.6 million was from Apple’s App Store; that’s 231% more than they made from the App Store in 2008. I shouldn’t be writing this blog post…
Nexus One update enables multi-touch, unlocks iPhone-killing potential
The Nexus One has been revered time and time again, by us and many other mobile blogs, as the most likely contender to unseat the iPhone as the de facto king of the smartphone space. Unfortunately, the N1 hasn’t been able to realize it’s full iPhone-killing potential due to its lack of multi-touch support. That…
Official WordPress App Released for Android
WordPress, the definitive open source blogging platform, now has an app available for Android. It allows publishing across multiple blogs, moderating and notification of comments, editing of posts, tags, categories, pictures, and pages via mobile. There’s also a photo and “metadata” uploader built in; I wonder if that includes location data? Rumoured early last month,…
Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1.3, plays with our emotions
There’s nothing like a minor point-update to the iPhone OS to play with our emotions, and Apple really knows how to play that game. The iPhone maker has rolled out iPhone OS 3.1.3 as what we’re hoping is the last minor update before we see iPhone OS 3.2, or even iPhone OS 4.0, rolling out…
ZAGAT TO GO 3.0 for iPhone adds offline access, augmented reality
ZAGAT TO GO is in the version 3.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Developed in partnership with Handmark, the update app comes with an “augmented reality twist,” while at the same time keeping its core feature – providing diners with useful information about restaurants. In addition, there’s the new offline sync feature that allows…