HowStuffWorks.com is expanding its content offering to the iPhone platform with a dedicated application called “Stuff to Rattle Your Brain.” The application is actually a trivia game that lets you play multiple quizes, including “20 Random Questions,” “Keep Going ’til I’m Wrong” and “Practice, Practice, Practice.” There over a dozen categories available, covering everything from…
Cor.kz adds barcode scanning capability to its iPhone app
Cor.kz Wine Info has partnered with Occipital, the makers of RedLaser, to bring bar code reading for wine to its iPhone app. Yap, Cor.kz is the first wine app to offer this functionality and they don’t hide the fact in their press release. You know how it works, right? Start the app and point your…
Multifl0w for jailbroken iPhones – Multi-tasking on all iPhones should be this awesome
This one goes out to all the jailbroken iPhones there. Introducing Multifl0w, the latest iPhone app that enables true multi-tasking of iPhone apps for jailbroken iPhones. If you’re not jailbroken, you’re probably all too well aware that your Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) smartphone isn’t allowed to run multiple apps at the same time (Apple’s native iPhone…
Call Forth The Power of Your Music in Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes – Encore
Square-Enix recently announced the release of Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes – Encore for the iPhone. SS:TUH-E might look terrible as an acronym, but it’s concept is one that might intrigue Tactical RPG fans. The original Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes was released for the iPod in July 2008. Players transformed music from their iPod…
QVC launches iPhone app; Enables shopping on the go
“Multimedia retailer” (whatever that means) QVC is “going iPhone.” The dedicated application is designed to enable iPhone and iPod Touch users to shop QVC anywhere. You can view the “Today’s Special Value” and “One Time Only Value” offers, as well as shop for QVC’s live show through the “Current Item On-Air” and “Items Recently On-Air”…
Appvent Calendar 2009 unveils one free iPhone game every day until Christmas
Finding a great, free iPhone game is always fun. Finding a great, premium iPhone game that’s on sale for zero dollars, though, is just plain stupendous. Call us cheap, but nothing beats the satisfaction of scoring a for-pay iPhone game for free. In the spirit of the holidays, Appvent Calendar is unveiling one free iPhone…
Modding an SLR lens to your iPhone’s camera won’t improve your pictures, here’s proof
If you think adding a crazy SLR (single lens reflex) lens to an iPhone’s camera is going to turn your smartphone into a Frankenstein-ish cameraphone to be envied by all, think again. Sure, and an SLR lens has vastly superior optical quality, loads more light-gathering ability, and optical zoom capabilities that would make an iPhone…
Wolfram Alpha pulls plug on iPhone optimized website, pushes expensive iPhone app
There really aren’t too many expensive iPhone apps available on the AppStore. All the apps on my iPhone, for example, range from free to $9.99 – most of them hovering around the $0.99 and $1.99 price points. Wolfram Alpha, on the other hand, offers iPhone users a free-form question answering service for the princely sum…
Objection! Phoenix Wright Being Released for the iPhone
When it comes to courtroom justice on the Nintendo DS, Phoenix Wright is the judge, jury, and executioner. All terrible court jokes aside, Capcom’s Mobile Contents Head Takeshi Tezuka announced earlier today they’ll be bringing Phoenix Wright to the iPhone during a talk session at the Apple Store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan.…
GoTV Networks mobile-izes CallOnJesus content
Mobile media network and service provider GoTV Networks announced an exclusive agreement with CallOnJesus.com to bring a library of faith-based apps to mobile phones. Under the agreement, GoTV will syndicate content from CallOnJesus.com — including books, video and audio files — to mobile phones through GoTV’s carrier network and application storefronts. Three applications have been…