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…
‘Homerun Battle 3D’ Makes Cross-Platform Multiplayer Gaming Possible on the iPhone & DROID
One of the biggest issues plaguing the gaming scene is how divided all of the major platforms are. Playstation 3 players can only interact and play with Playstation Network users, Xbox 360 players have Xbox LIVE, and the Wii…. well, let’s just not even get into the Wii’s online service. When it comes to mobile…
Did iPad hype overshadow next-gen iPhone leak?
With all the hype and noise surrounding Apple’s iPad tablet announcement, it seems that the blogosphere may have overlooked a potential image of the next-generation iPhone (iPhone 4G) hanging out on top of what turned out to be the iPad. The photo of the next-generation iPhone looks strikingly similar to the current iPhone 3GS which…
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…
Patrick Stewart Rocks iPhone, Skips Twitter
Star Trek fans will instantly recognize the stern-but-fair steely gaze of Patrick Stewart, better known as Captain Picard. As a part of a new PBS program called digital_nation, Stewart explains that he can’t distill parts of his life down to 140 characters, but still embraces the mobile lifestyle with the iPhone and mobile e-mail. As…
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…
HourFace iPhone app converts any face into a 3D image; Shows how it would look older or younger
HourFace is a funny little iPhone app, which allows users to turn photo of a face into a moving/interactive 3D image. You can either use your photo library or snap a photo right from the app itself. Moreover, you can see how the face selected looks like younger and/or older, and of course email the…
iPhone Dev Team brings iPhone data tethering back to life with redsn0w 0.9.3
The iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1.2 firmwares have been jailbroken through various methods for some time now, but you may have noticed that you can no longer tether your iPhone. That’s because the latest fixes that Apple put into the iPhone OS 3.1.2 pretty much killed the data tethering (IPCC tethering) hack that allowed jailbroken…