Who says Apple’s iPhone is just for entertainment? Scientists at Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI) have completed successful trials using the iPhone as a stuttering therapy tool to “enhance the transfer of new fluency skills from the clinical setting into real-life situations.” From the official release: The iPhone device was programmed at HCRI with a…
First iPhone game summit scheduled for March 19th in San Francisco
There’s no doubt games are among the most popular iPhone apps. That will probably stay the case for some time, hence the first iPhone game summit is being organized as we speak. It’s a half-day event called iGames Summit, and it’s scheduled for March 19th in San Francisco. From the event-dedicated website, we’ve found out…
iFlyz is designed to let you enjoy videos on your iPhone while flying
iFlyz is an interesting and honestly not that useful accessory designed to help you watch videos on your iPhone. It’s actually a holder that will free your hands, hence the company is pitching it as a device for watching videos while flying. The “secret” is in the suction cup which firmly grasps the iPhone and…
Handmark’s Pocket Express goes iPhone
Handmark has recently released its popular app, Pocket Express, for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users. The company’s flagship news and information service is available from the AppStore for free, allowing users to quickly and easily access essential information such as top news headlines of the day, the current score of the game their…
Boob Wobbling Makes it to iPhone
James posted on a boob jiggling application for the iPhone last month that bafflingly didn’t meet Apple’s standards in taste. Luckily, some lewd Australians have found something that provides at least a smidgen more innovation – Wobble allows users to select parts of an image to wobble, change the wobble radius, and save previously wobblfied…
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary for the iPhone and iPod Touch
This one should be of particular interest to the medical students and practitioners out there. Happened to notice it in the ‘What’s New’ section of the App Store this morning. And, well, it looks like quite a comprehensive and useful resource. The Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary is a huge guide to ‘the essential language of medicine’.…
Operate Your iPhone’s Camera From Across the Room… With ‘The Snapper’
Remember that old infomercial for ‘The Clapper‘ that helped us turn on and off all of our electrical appliances!? I’m sure you do. Well, now, thanks to the folks at Meme Incorporated, you can do something similar with your iPhone! Called ‘The Snapper’, this simple photography app can be used to help trigger your iPhone’s…
Zumobi Brings the Skislopes to Your Phone
Outdoor outfitter REI has just teamed up with Zumobi to bring the latest skiing conditions to your iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device. New snow, lift status, and weather forecasts from some 1800 ski resorts are all accessible through Zumobi’s funky zooming, tiled user interface. It’s free, so go ahead and give it a shot.
Windows Mobile smartphone sales trump iPhone in Q4 2008
Well what d’ya know? It looks like Windows Mobile has managed to expand its sphere of influence just a tick further than Apple’s iPhone OS (exclusive to the iPhone and iPhone 3G) in the last quarter of 2008. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated in a recent earnings conference call that Microsoft had seen 5 million…
ImaSafari – Turn off Mobile Safari images on jailbroken iPhones
Web browsing on the iPhone 3G can be an enjoyable experience. That is, unless you’re running late and need to hit up the web for some mission-critical information. It can be frustrating wasting precious seconds for your web pages to load all those images – 3G can bog down, on EDGE it’s not even funny.…