Developer of the famous Broken Sword game series, Revolution Software, is about to join the iPhone craze. However, it’s not Broken Sword that will “brake” in to the AppStore, but the company’s other legendary title – Beneath A Steel Sky. Those who don’t remember the once-famous point-and-click adventure should know that it’s taking place in…
Apple bans hundreds of spammer’s iPhone apps
The iPhone’s AppStore may have seen over 1.5 billion downloads in the past year, thanks to a healthy catalog of over 65,000 iPhone apps. But, many of those iPhone applications have proven to be largely useless. Apple apparently knows this, and has taken action. The iPhone maker has pulled 943 iPhone apps from notorious iPhone…
Netflix bringing ‘Watch Instantly’ streaming movies to iPhone?
The iPhone’s large 3.5-inch display already makes it a perfect fit for mobile movie watchers. According to this latest rumor, the iPhone is about be become a movie-lover’s dream. There are whispers of Netflix preparing to bring their “Watch Instantly” streaming movie service to the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s unclear how Netflix plans to…
Vintage Gaming: Mega Man II for the iPhone
I’ve been meaning to tell you all about this for some time now… Not sure what has held me up, but here we go. This one is for all of the vintage gamers packing an iPhone. If you remember and LOVE the Mega Man series, the developers at Capcom released a gem of a game…
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors
This press release just hit the wire: CUPERTINO, California, August 3, 2009: Apple today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006. “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and…
Santana Row goes iPhone; Finally?
Santana Row — aka Silicon Valley’s premier destination for shopping, dining and nightlife — is finally going iPhone. The “finally” part is added because we’re talking about a Silicon Valley company, which when you think about it, should’ve had its own iPhone app at least 6 months ago. Anyway, now it’s here and it’s a…
Italian railway releases a free (and useful) iPhone app
Italian railway, Trenitalia, is joining the iPhone wave with a free application in the AppStore. Created by Promptu Systems Corporation, the new app enables users to search timetables, check train punctuality, buy tickets, and change bookings — all while on-the-go. Moreover, it uses Promptu’s Network Speech Recognition (NSR) platform, allowing users to simply speak their…
Glu CEO says App Store hasn’t been the home run for everyone
PocketGamer.biz had a chance to sit down with Glu’s ex-CEO, Greg Ballard, and ask him some interesting questions. As expected, they asked him about Glu’s iPhone strategy and why it took so long for the company to embrace Apple’s platform. He said: “It hasn’t been the home run for big publishers as was expected. If…
My theory on the Apple Tablet: It doesn’t exist, will never exist, and it is probably a 10 inch laptop
IntoMobile readers may be curious to know as to why I’m writing about a product that doesn’t fit inside your pocket. I’m doing this out of sheer frustration. Frustration by the media who think that there is a 10 inch tablet device coming out from Apple, and are so sure of this fabricated fact that…
Rogers and Fido Extend iPhone 3GS Promotion Through September 15th
Looks like Rogers and discount subsidiary Fido are extending their iPhone 3GS promo until September… September 15th, to be exact. Perhaps the biggest deal in all of this in my opinion is the 6GB/$30 mth data plan promotion. If you can get on this (I am), do it now… Because Rogers may never, ever offer…