Apple is out with the latest AppStore figures and the numbers are impressive. Here’s the recap. Since the official launch of the AppStore on July 11, 2008: iPhone and iPod Touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications and games More than 3,000 applications are currently available Over 90% of all apps and games…
ShoZu announces new version of its iPhone app
ShoZu released a new edition of its free social media aggregator for iPhone and iPod Touch. The enhanced version “further simplifies photo uploading, blogging and other mobile interaction with more than 50 Web 2.0 sites.” The newest edition adds following capabilities and improvements, including: Text-only posts to blogging sites from Google Blogger to Vox, WordPress,…
Diner Dash hits iPhone App Store
Good news for the casual gamers with iPhones – PlayFirst’s bestseller Diner Dash has been launched for the iPhone/iPod Touch. If you’re still not aware what Diner Dash is all about, check out this page on Wikipedia. In a nutshell, it’s a great game for playing while travelling from work to home and the other…
Report: RIM still leads US smartphone market, Apple takes second place
All the doom and gloom surrounding the US economy’s downward spiral into recession apparently isn’t enough to stifle the US smartphone market. While the rest of the US suffers from weak consumer spending, the smartphone market is a veritable “shining star” of hope. For the January to July 2008 period, NPD Group reports that overall…
EA announces 9 iPhone/iPod Touch games
EA has announced that it will bring 9 iPhone/iPod Touch games in the near future. Aside from the long awaited Spore Origins, which we’ve already covered recently, the gaming giant also wowed to bring the following titles to the platform: YAHTZEE Adventures EA Mini Golf Lemonade Tycoon Mahjong MONOPOLY: Here & Now The World Edition…
Apple’s vision of future multi-touch includes voice, sight, finger-recognition
Leave it to the pioneers of multi-touch in the mobile space to apply for a patent on all future versions of multi-touch. Apple’s latest patent filing suggests that Cupertino is working to integrate more than just touch-based input modalities in to future versions of multi-touch. The problem with the current multi-touch setup is that it’s…
Spore Origins due to hit iPhone this week, likely a let down
Spore hit the Apple Keynote stage all those months ago to show iPhone 3G hopefuls what kind of gaming experience to expect on the iPhone 3G and iPhones running the iPhone 2.0 OS. Spore Origins, alongside Sega’s Super Monkey Ball, promised to usher the iPhone and iPhone 3G into the world of mobile gaming. Unfortunately,…
Snow Patrol to release interactive album as iPhone application
There’s no slowing down the iPhone and the AppStore. As popularity for the Apple smartphone and its integrated AppStore continue to grow, companies and musicians alike are looking to new ways to market themselves with an iPhone-twist. The latest group to take advantage of the iPhone and AppStore’s popularity is the Irish band Snow Patrol.…
Apple rejects fart-joke iPhone application
Talk about a lame excuse. Apple, long known as the tech-company that does whatever it feels like doing, has rejected an up-and-coming iPhone application on grounds that it provides “limited utility.” Granted, the iPhone application, Pull My Finger, does little more than generate a “fart” sound, Apple’s rejection of the application is a disturbing move.…
Zimbra announces iPhone 2.0 with OTA Sync compatibility
Zimbra has recently announced availability of Zimbra Mobile for iPhone 2.0. Zimbra Mobile provides over-the-air (OTA) two-way synchronization of e-mails, multiple calendars and contacts between user mailboxes and mobile devices, and enables seamless “push” e-mail service for all versions of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Network Edition Standard or Professional, including the most current version, ZCS…