Archive for the ‘IPod’ Category
Filed under: Multimedia, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch, App Review
I’ve always liked Slate Magazine on the web. It’s sometimes sassy and irreverent, but always interesting — an eclectic mix of politics, culture and tech news.
Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from the site, as [...]
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
I’m much more of a baseball fan (go Cubs!), but of course it is now March, and that means college basketball is about to heat up. CBS Sports has now released an official March Madness On Demand app, and just like the great MLB iPhone app, [...]
Filed under: Odds and ends, Airport, iPhone, iPod touch
The makers of the TomTom app for the iPhone have let us know that they’ve submitted an updated version that adds real-time traffic information, Google local search, and even some secret features the company isn’t talking about yet.
The TomTom app was eagerly sought out last year, [...]
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch
Siri for the iPhone was quite a hit when it came out earlier this year. You could ask it questions like, “where is the best pizza nearby?” and Siri would find the answer. My favorite response was when I asked if there was a God, and Siri [...]
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review
The iPhone is shaped a little bit like a deck of cards. Like a deck of cards, Apple’s little magic toy device can be used to play any one of a number of different games. Unlike standard cards though, the iPhone can easily transform into specific decks of cards [...]
Filed under: Multimedia, iPhone, iPod touch
As if I weren’t excited enough to buy Major League Baseball’s (MLB) iPhone app At Bat (here’s an example of my previous gushing), they’ve added a new feature that makes it easy to listen to games while using other apps.
While Apple doesn’t allow 3rd party apps to run in the [...]
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review
If you’re an unabashed science fiction fan it’s probably worth taking a look at 100 SciFi Stories for your iPhone or iPod touch. The app is US$0.99. All the stories are in the public domain, and many are true classics. Other selections are less well-known, but worth a read. [...]
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Developer Fraser Speirs came across an unexpected iTunes dialog earlier today that could be a hint of a new, long-sought App Store feature: the ability to offer for-fee upgrades to apps, complete with discounts for those who bought older versions.
Up until now, App Store vendors have worked around the [...]
Filed under: Gaming, Portables, iPod touch
While Sony appears concerned about its eroding share of the mobile gaming market since the phenomenal success of Apple’s App Store, gaming giant Nintendo isn’t worried about Apple at all. In an interview with VentureBeat, Nintendo of America’s Cammie Dunaway said that with 11.2 million DS units sold last year, [...]
Filed under: Apple, Developer, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Universal apps. They’re the solution for delivering your iPhone OS application to both the iPhone and the iPad and having it run natively on each without silly make-do’s like pixel doubling. It’s a way to ensure that your app “fits” each platform, providing art and interfaces that match [...]