Wednesday, April 22, 2009

iPhone News Of The Day [04/22/09]

  • Do you like being the center of control with huge responsibilities? Play Air Traffic Controller Touch edition on your iPhone with ATC 4.0 from C3 Software. From the flight control center you oversee all flights in your airspace and you need to control all in and outgoing flights. The fate of thousands rests in [...]
    • Mactracker is an app that lets you look up info on every Apple product since time began. Ok, maybe not EVERY Apple product, but it's pretty complete. Specs for each machine, including type of RAM, maximum OS, and even startup chime are included in this app. You Mac users may already be familiar with Mactracker's desktop counterpart which shares the same database of info. The iPhone version doesn't include images of the products, but we're guessing it won't be long until those are added. …
      • An iPhone app called "Baby Shaker" has drawn criticism from children's rights groups and parents. Apple has removed the app, but the groups want to know how it made it on the store in the first place.
        • Digital Chocolate is bound to score another hit with the announcement that they will be launching Tornado Mania. The said game is now available at the Apple App Store. Redesigned specifically for iPhone and iPod touch, Tornado Mania! leverages accelerometer technology to enable players to control the movements of a tornado by holding the device [...]
          • At that time when people talks about iPhone nano rumors, some people jokes about the iPhone Shuffle. Well, it becomes real now. Launch the Shuffle Dialer, tap the big dialing button and it will pick someone in the contact list randomly. It will dial the numbers. The default calling screen will popup. There is an [...]
            • Need a good laugh? Smack Talk is a seriously funny iPhone app that listens to what you say and repeats it back to you in a funny voice that sounds like you inhaled a helium balloon and shrunk to the size of a chipmunk. No matter what you say SmackTalk! can say it back [...]
              • We have watched the multi-touch demo of LG KM900, and how does it look like similar to iPhone in user interface? Here is the video demo to compare it head to head with iPhone 3G. Personally I think the home screen looks very close to the iPhone, and the other part have only copied the [...]
                • Filed under: Apple Corporate , Apple Financial Today was a landmark day for the good ol' boys (and girls) at 1 Infinite Loop as they again posted record-breaking quarterly results. Profit was a svelte $1.21 billion for a grand total of $8.16 billion in revenue; or, as the guys in Wallstreet see it: $1.33 per diluted share. All of this is apparently good news as after-hours trading has shares of AAPL up about 4 points from the days close of $121.51. If you haven't already, you can check out some of…
                  • Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/splashdata-launches-new-photo-notes-apps-for-iphone/ . SplashData are a leading / award-winning publisher of mobile software for many mobile platforms, and already have several strong programs in the iPhone App Store, including the SplashID password manager app.  This week they’ve announced the launch of two new iPhone apps – SplashPhoto [...]
                    • Apple reports second quarter profits of $1.21 billion
                      WWDC 2009 to Bring MacBooks Update?
                      India racks up 15.6 million cellphone users in March alone
                      Apple’s iPhone to Stay with AT&T for a Longer While?
                      European Parliament Decides in Favor of Cheaper Roaming Rates Starting This Summer
                      China Mobile to Release App Store?
                      Does AT&T and Apple Fear the Palm Pre?
                      Acer to [...]
                      • Now that Apple has announced their second quarter financial results, we are here to give you a quick rundown of what exactly took place.
                        Apple posted a revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, that figure is up from the year-ago quarter figures of $7.51 billion and a net profit of [...]
                        • We’re waiting for the WWDC 2009 since that’s where we’re going to see the new iPhone. But besides the new handset it’s rumored that another important Apple product is going to get an update. We don’t know what to expect since Apple has released the new MacBooks just a few months ago and it would [...]
                          • It looks like Apple really likes its partnership with AT&T. In fact Apple’s COO said about the collaboration between the two companies the following: We believe they’re the best wireless provider in the U.S.. They put the full force and weight of their company behind it. We’re very happy with the relationship [...]
                            • Much to the disappointment of iPhone users everywhere, Apple's Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer stated today at Apple's quarterly earnings call for Q2 that the company has no intentions to change their exclusivity partnership with AT&T. The executives said during the call that they believe AT&T has done well with promoting the iPhone, and that they hope to continue their partnership.
                              • Forbes uncovered a copy of Steve Jobs ' sworn testimony taken during the Apple options backdating investigation. It's interesting hearing Jobs speak without him trying to sell us iPods. Owen Thomas at Valleywag has a good conspiracy theory . [ Forbes ]
                                • When people ask me if it's hard to be a writer, I tell them the challenge is not just thinking up the words, but putting them in the right order. Then they roll their eyes and walk away, reminding me I need to work on both my material and my delivery. Anyway, like any professional, a writer relies on tools. Here are five that make a great addition to any iPhone or iPod Touch: The Dictionary.com app is perfect for writers, and not just because it's free. Dictionary.com Duh. Every writer needs a…
                                  • The economy might be in a dumpster, but Apple keeps selling iPods, iPhones and Macs -- the company just reported a $1.21b profit on revenues of $8.16b, which is yet another record quarter . In fact, if you do away with that pesky subscription accounting that the company uses for the iPhone and Apple TV, the numbers are even higher: $1.66b profit on $9.06b of revenue. Mac sales did fall three percent compared to a year ago, but that was offset by a three-percent increase in iPod sales (particularly of the…
                                    • Copyright © 2009 AliciaB. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/how-i-arrange-my-apps-on-iphone/ . I don’t. Seriously, I’ve given up.
                                      We iPhone users all start out simple – 1 screen and 18 apps. If you’re like me, you downloaded apps in impulsive splurges in the first weeks and the list grew exponentially. Try this, gotta have that. So it became [...]
                                      • Marco Arment said on his blog on Monday that Apple has blocked Instapaper Pro 1.4 due to his use of an image of the iPhone as within the app's interface. Apple denied the update entry into the App Store, citing the iPhone as a trademark image:
                                        We’ve reviewed Instapaper Pro and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store because of an Apple trademark image
                                        • Filed under: Apple Corporate , Apple Financial , Apple Apple released its second quarter earnings today, posting revenues of $8.16 billion, a profit of $1.21 billion ($1.33 per share). This includes sales of: 2.22 million Macs 11.01 million iPods 3.79 million iPhones During the conference call , it was reported that Apple is just hours away from selling its billionth app through the App Store. Approximately 37 million iPhone and iPod Touch units sold altogether. Update (5:37 p.m.): There are plans to…
                                          • iPod touch sales and iPhone sales combined total 37 million units, according to Apple's COO.
                                            • Folks at PreCentral have got their hands on a leaked internal AT&T memo that compares Apple's iPhone 3G with Palm Pre which is dubbed by many as an iPhone killer. Based on the internal document it looks like Palm Pre which will be offered exclusive by rival Sprint has got...
                                              • Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/as-if-we-needed-any-more-evidence-of-how-relative-the-term-objectionable-is-in-the-app-store/ . I know – if you wanted to you could moan and groan about this subject every day, all day – and I don’t have any plans to go that route.  Today is just one of those days where you see something in the App [...]
                                                • Regardless of how much Steve Ballmer is cackling about Apple’s problems from charging a premium, the company’s performance suggests that the House That Steve Built is extremely well-adapted to thriving in the current recession.
                                                  Over the past three months, Apple enjoyed its best-ever non-holiday quarter. $8.16 billion in revenue, up 9 percent from last year. Profits [...] This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp .
                                                  • According to the App Store arbiters of taste that every app passes through, it's not okay to " ridicule public figures ", fart , or stream "potentially offensive" TV shows . But it was okay to shake a baby . Yes, that's right, Apple approved an app called " Baby Shaker ," before jerking it out of the store hours later. (But not before I could download it, which, according to the founder of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, encourages me to shake real babies,…
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