Thursday, May 28, 2009

iPhone News Of The Day

  • The current generation iPod shuffle is a funny beast in its own right, but the "Clip-On Mp3 Shuffler Player" from Digital Rise really takes the form factor to new comic heights. There appear to be two physical buttons, a presumptive hold switch, and no headphone controls to speak of. At the same time, the player packs in FM radio, audio recording, an equalizer, a bevy of playback modes and even tempo adjustment. We're sure Digital Rise has solved the usability problems here with unwavering…
  • What part of “Free” don’t you understand, iTunes?
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    • We’re now less than two weeks away from the keynote of Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple is widely expected to demonstrate a next-generation iPhone for the first time. I won’t run down all the anticipated features here, but suffice it to say that we’re looking at largely incremental updates on the hardware side: [...] This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp .
      • Nimbuzz iPhone app is a free chat application combined with phone calls app, that supports Skype, Yahoo! IM, AIM, GTalk, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, Facebook, MySpace, StudiVZ, Gadu Gadu, Hyves and more. Create an Nimbuzz account on frist launch and start adding your accounts. Chat with IM and social networks. The Numbuzz app automatically rotates [...]
        • What appears to be the bezel component and LCD screen for a next-generation iPhone has been discovered on Chinese parts supplier ChinaOnTrade . Changes to the part are difficult to discern from the photograph, but iLounge was able to point out a few noticeable differences. Photos claiming to be the next generation's LCD screen were also posted.
          • Chinaontrade.com, an electronics wholesaler based in China has just made available for purchase what it purports to be authentic parts for the new iPhone. Don’t get too excited — it’s just the internal screen bezel and the screen, which is an ordinary LCD instead of a sexy OLED. And it’s literally impossible to tell if [...] This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp .
            • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:Developers of Lucky Gambling Days 2009 app for the iPhone write:“We’ve just launched a new iPhone / iPod Touch application, which is already available on the iPhone App Store. The Application represents a daily Luck Forecast for the year 2009. Gamblers can find their lucky gambling days by entering their birthday [...] Related posts: iPhone Gambling Enabled How your iPhone can help you remember your woman’s “critical days” New Jersey gamblers get NJAW mWager…
              • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:To continue with our iPhone music apps news today, we present the Amazing Slow Downer app for the iPhone.Amazing Slow Downer for iPhone and iPod touch allows you to repeat any section of the music at full speed, slow it down or even speed it up by changing the speed between [...] Related posts: Speed Dialing on the iPhone? Meet the Speed Dial app, by Big Boss International Amazon MP3 rolling out this year. Cheaper songs for iPhone iPhone speed comparison: 3G vs EDGE vs…
                • (Credit: Apple, Inc.) Ipodnn.com is reporting an iTunes App Store problem that could directly impact iPhone application developer income. According to ipodnn.com: The international distribution of iPhone applications is not being handled properly at the App Store, one developer tells MacNN. Having launched a title called CameraUFO, Magno Urbano says he recently visited the US App Store to verify if his software was on sale. Although not at its main intended venue, the app could be found at a number…
                  • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:Rake in Grass, developers of iPhone games Archibald’s Adventures and Westbang, have announced that they are currently working on a new RPG game for the iPhone.Undecroft is a vast epic adventure from a fantasy world that brings together the atmospheres of constituent games of the RPG genre (like Dungeon Master) with [...] Related posts: Fake Text iPhone app fakes incoming text messages iPhone Game: iFifteen puzzle game Free iPhone game: Bejeweled for iPhone iPhone…
                    • Sattelite radio comes down to earth. (Credit: Sirius XM) On May 27th, 2009, a PowerPoint presentation from a Sirius XM shareholder meeting revealed the satellite broadcaster's plan to bring its service to the iPhone. A screenshot of a Sirius XM iPhone app was included in the presentation, with an interface similar to competing internet radio applications, such as AOL Radio or Slacker . Judging from the screenshot, the app allows users to browse stations by genre or category, designate favorite…
                      • Filed under: Rumors , iPhone Even though the new iPhone is still hypothetical, imaginary phones need spare parts too. German site iphone-ticker.de reports that one of their readers contacted Hong Kong firm China Ontrade seeking replacement items for his iPhone 3G, and much to his surprise they told him "This is great honor for China Ontrade (HK) chinaontrade.com to be the 1st started to supply iphone 3gen 2009 parts directly from factory." Indeed, the photos sent along with the offer of…
                      • Haptic technology has the possibility to make touchscreens so much better, improving accuracy and adding a whole new range of sensory feedback. Immersion, primary developers of haptic technology, presented both a refined onscreen keyboard and an incredibly cheesy " Immersive Messaging " protocol at this year's All Things D conference. The new soft keyboard improvement, called TouchSense, is designed to mimic both the feel and sound of a real, mechanical keyboard, to enable easier transitioning…
                        • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:We would like to welcome another Canadian games developer into the iPhone games scene: Cyanide Studios has announced that its first iPhone game called iSurf is now available in the AppStore.Historically a Windows PC developer, Cyanide’s Canadian team say that they were very excited by the prospect of working on iPhone [...] Related posts: The Boxer iPhone game iPhone game: Tapalution (Bubble Breaker remake) Flick Bowling iPhone game released iPhone Game Technology…
                          • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:We just wrote about VFXWarrior: the iPhone drums simulator app, but drums need some guitars to go along with them, so we introduce the Frog Guitar iPhone app.Frog Guitar, produced by Smort Inc, is a guitar simulator for the Apple iPhone (and iPod Touch 2G). It allows you to use your [...] Related posts: iShred: complete iPhone electric guitar app VFXWarrior: iPhone drums simulator app Carphone Warehouse “confident” to have enough iPhones for UK launch Funny iPhone…
                            • Chinaontrade.com, a Chinese Wholesaler has gone ahead and posted parts of the new iPhone. Above you’ll find pictures of the LCD screen and the middle internal bezel. And the supplier has also taken the chance to brag about being able to supply iPhone parts straight from the factory:
                              This is great honor for China Ontrade (HK) [...]
                              • The 2009 GDC Austin's iPhone Games Summit has announced and is now accepting submissions, following a similar call for the Indie Games Summit earlier this week. The inaugural iPhone Games Summit (September 15-16) at the 2009 GDC Austin will bring together top game developers from around the world to share ideas, best practices and discuss the [...]
                                • App World / iPhoneWorld.ca writes:iPhone app review: Hell’s KitchenReviewed by: Tobiasz Osicki- Official websitePrice: $2.99 I have always wondered what it would be like to be a chef at my own restaurant but my culinary skills are not as up to par as I would like them to be. I know they need some work, [...] Related posts: The Price is Right: iPhone Game Review Tux Rider World Challenge: iPhone Game Review Snake XT: iPhone Game Review Make Me Say: iPhone Game Review Boa Constrictor Lite: free…
                                  • It's a good news for art lovers. Portuguese illustrator Jorge Colombo has created the art for June 1st cover of The New Yorker Magazine with iPhone app Brushes, helping the magazine make a quantum leap forward from it's first issue released on February 17, 1925.
                                    The original finger painting for the cover is made by Colombo [...]
                                    • Our initial experience with Windows 7's multitouch was decidedly less than stellar , but it looks like Microsoft's taking the initiative to ramp up the usability with the newly-unveiled Touch Pack. It's a software suite consisting of three games and three Surface apps, including a a globe you can pinch and twist around, the ever-popular surface collage for images, and and a zen-inspired lagoon screensaver. OEMs making touchscreen-capable Windows 7 rigs are being offered the pack to use as a…
                                    • Vodafone has finally launched visual voicemail service for their iPhone 3G customers in Australia, allowing iPhone 3G users to see who has left a message and when they left it. Yeah, visual voicemail is one of cool features of original iPhone that somehow never made it out here in Australia --even with the iPhone 3G-- [...]
                                      • Immersion (known for creative input experiences) demoed a fairly interesting new haptic experiment its working on dubbed TouchSense -- a virtual, iPhone-like keyboard that not only responds with sound and vibration, but some kind of feedback that recreates the feeling of actually moving your fingers across a keyboard. Details were scarce on the technology used, but during the demo at D7 the company showed off multitouch typing, and a new form of feedback which seems to create the sensation that there is a…
                                        • Images from Hong Kong depict several significant changes from the bezels of prior iPhones to the next-generation model, if their source is to be believed. Listings pages from Hong Kong-based part vendor China Ontrade depict what the company claims to be the first next-generation iPhone parts to be supplied directly from the factory, including liquid crystal displays and front bezels. Notably, the bezels appear to show a repositioned and redesigned…
                                          • New technology called Virtual Assistant is coming to iPhone, helping consumers complete tasks in their online lives -- booking dinner reservations, buying movie tickets, getting local information, etc. Siri, the name of the mobile virtual assistant application, will introduce its first public version this week.
                                            On a TechCrunch's guest post, Nova Spivack, CEO of of Radar [...]
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