Remember that nine year old Lim Ding Wen from Singapore and his nifty ‘Doodle Kids’ app? (get it here, it’s free) Well, it looks like I missed a picture and short video of the up and coming iPhone development genius. Thought I’d follow up with it here for you all to check out. Lim’s free…
Obama Trampoline App Rejected by Apple
Developer Swamiware recently learned that their latest submission to the App Store was rejected. Called ‘Obama Trampoline’, the whimsical little app lets you choose from a screen full of politicians, both Republican and Democratic, and have that politician bounce around on a trampoline within the oval office. You can control the politician by swiping, tilting…
iSteamPhone – if iPhone was designed by Leonardo da Vinci
iSteamPhone is not a device — it’s an idea, concept, a form of art — designed to show how Leonardo da Vinci would make an iPhone in his days. Not too much is known about the project, except that it’s a work of talented artist Kevin Tong. As a result a poster and a t-shirt…
lastminute.com launches Talking iPhone phrasebook for UK
lastminute.com is yet another company which thinks it can use Apple’s platform for its benefit. They’ve launched the free talking phrasebook in six different language versions (French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) for 2009 for iPhone and iPod Touch users in the UK. The idea is of course to help travellers get their way…
Paragon releases VOX General Spanish Dictionary for iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian S60
Paragon is bringing yet another dictionary to mobiles. This time they’ve partnered with the leading reference publisher in Spain, VOX, to release “talking” VOX General Spanish Dictionary for iPhone and iPod Touch, Windows Mobile and S60 smartphones. The new application contains all varieties of European and Latin American Spanish while Paragon’s SlovoEd engine compresses the…
LCD Clock app turns your iPhone/iPod Touch into a real alarm clock
Here’s a neat iPhone/iPod Touch app that turns your shiny device into a full blown alarm clock. It’s called LCD Clock and it’s available on AppStore for $0.99. Once started, the application will show very familiar user interface, mimicking good ol’ alarm clocks. In that sense, I guess it’s best to use it in conjunction…
Callpod’s Keeper keeps your personal information safe on iPhone, BlackBerry and Android phones
Callpod, which we already know as a maker of cool and quite expensive accessories, announced its entrance into the smartphone application market. Their product is called Keeper and it allows users to quickly and easily store all sensitive passwords, notes, lists and other personal information in a safe and multi-layer encrypted, secure environment. Speaking of…
Handmark Acquires Freerange Mobile RSS Reader
Mobile software retailer Handmark has picked up a new partner: mobile RSS reader Freerange. I had first heard of Freerange when talking about Viigo with someone, who said they preferred Freerange, and after taking a quick look at their software, it was certainly a close race. This, of course, was back when Viigo was solely…
Google Book Search Mobile Client Available for iPhone and Android
The folks at Google have announced mobile access for the Google Book Search service for Android-powered devices… Including the G1 (of course!). The launch is also setup for the iPhone, and offers around 1.5 million books in the US, and around half a million books outside of the US. All of these titles are digitized…
Occipital ClearCam is another way to improve your jailbroken iPhone’s camera
If you’ve jailbroken your iPhone, you’re probably familiar with Snapture, the camera application which goes beyond Apple’s built-in camera app. Now, we have another contender in this game. It’s called ClearCam and it’s developed by Occipital. Using the technique called super resolution, ClearCam takes 6 photos in 2.5 seconds, and then fuses them together with…