Vonage is bringing its popular Vonage World calling plan to the users of its mobile app for iPhone/iPod Touch and BlackBerry devices. The plan includes unlimited international calls to over 60 countries for one flat monthly rate of $24.99 when calling from a mobile device. Subscribers also get free unlimited domestic calling over Wi-Fi on…
Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games coming to iPhone
Sega is about to release Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games in the AppStore, allowing Sonic and Winter Games fans to compete in four disciplines: curling, figure skating, snowboard cross and “skeleton.” You will rely on the combination of touchscreen and accelerometer controls to simulate the different moves. Exact release date is unknown, but we…
‘Slapshot Frenzy’ Brings Ice Hockey Action to Your iPhone or iPod Touch
With the World Junior Hockey Championships starting in a few days (GO CANADA!), I thought it appropriate to mention this new hockey game for the iPhone and iPod Touch… ‘Slapshot Frenzy’. Slapshot Frenzy is the latest title to be released from the developers over at Skyworks. It features a few different game modes. There’s a…
Brief: Rumour: Apple to ship 5 megapixel iPhone, and move 40 to 45 million iPhones total, during 2010
Taiwanese site Digitimes, whose track record regarding rumours is actually quite good, is reporting that OmniVision, the company who makes the CMOS image sensors that go inside the iPhone 3G and 3GS, is expecting to supply with 40 to 45 million cameras for iPhones during 2010. An unknown percentage of those will be 5 megapixel…
Review: Twin Blades for iPhone
For the past couple of years, slaying zombies has taken video games by storm. There’s nothing more satisfying than murdering thousands of zombies in the comfort of your own home. Twin Blades is a 2-D, side scrolling hack-n-slash where you’re slaying zombies across a number of levels. If that didn’t sell you, you do it…
iPhone wins US popularity contest in 2009!
As the 2009 calendar year draws to a close, we look back at a year that was defined by smartphones and the iPhone’s arch nemesis, the Android OS. But, that doesn’t mean the iPhone has dropped of Americans’ radars. In fact, a new study from Nielson crowns the iPhone as the most popular mobile phone…
Background Check App for iPhone does exactly what you think it does
Ever wished you could run a quick background check on an acquaintance or an upcoming blind date? The free DateCheck app, which recently hit the iPhone, can help you do that, but it isn’t something we’d call “reliable.” Today, we have a new option for background check – the new Background Check App for iPhone…
Random House iPhone-izes its bestselling authors
The Random House Publishing Group has collaborated with Mobile Roadie to launch iPhone apps for its bestselling authors. Right from the bat, the two companies released apps for three New York Times bestselling authors: Steve Berry – published by Ballantine Books, is the author of such novels as The Charlemagne Pursuit, and The Templar Legacy,…
Klipsch unveils Image X10i and black/white S4i earbuds for the iPhone
Klipsch is known for its high-end (and expensive) accessories, but also for its loyal (and rich) clientele. Lately, the company unveiled two new earbuds for the iPhone users: Image X10i – it builds on the existing X10 model and is only tweaked to include three-button iPhone microphone / remote. The price is $349 and the…
Unreal 3 Demoed Running on iPhone 3GS
Fire up your flak cannons, Unreal is going mobile. Epic has been working hard to bring their first-person shooter engine to the iPhone, and have produced this little tech demo to show everything running smoothly. Controls are still being ironed out, and they haven’t figured out how they’ll include tilt sensing, but right now the…