Since its inception in July, a more fair user-review process has been one of the most constant complaints/requests for the App Store. The old process, which was the same as the existing policy for podcasts, movies, TV shows and music, allowed anyone to review an applcation, regardless if that person had purchased the app or not. The frequent result is as you might expect: 100 reviews kvetching about price by people who never even purchased the application. That isn’t fair to developers, and it isn’t fair to potential buyers. (more…)
I reported this as a rumor months ago but now can report that the popular do nothing game Line Rider is officially coming to the iPhone. For those who don’t know, Line Rider has enjoyed a healthy cult following since its introduction to the web several years ago. In its original form the instructions are simple, just draw a line vertically from top left to bottom right, hit the play button and watch a little guy try to ride a sled down your line and fall off the end.
Don’t start counting your chickens yet but it’s being reported that the Apple iPhone team is working on a deal with AT&T that may allow for legitimate tethering on the iPhone 3G.
Of course if you were on your toes you could have created a Wi-Fi hotspot with your iPhone using NetShare, but that app has long since been pulled then returned then pulled again from the Apple App Store and if you don’t have it now you probably won’t get it.
When the iPhone 3G and the App Store were released it was not long before some people began questioning whether it was still necessary to jailbreak the phone. The new firmware and App Store now allows users access to Apple’s huge library of applications but the question we ask is why would you not want to jailbreak your iPhone? (more…)
A reported email from Steve Jobs pointed to an acknowledged an ongoing issue that has been reported by many iPhone users that result in 3rd App store applications repeatedly crashing:
Many report the iPhone 2.0 firmware suddenly failing to load non-default apps regardless of their nature, briefly loading them before abruptly jumping back to the home screen.
We reported earlier that one major GPS company has already been working on getting it’s software ported to the iPhone, and now accorcing to a story at MSNBC. TomTom has gone on the record saying that its iPhone software “looks good and works well”.
If you are like me you spend more time traveling than you spend at home. My career has made me a 15 year veteren road warrior which keeps me in the air or in rental cars more than anyone should ever have to. I’ve often boasted that I could tour guide just about any airport, car rental agency or hotel in the world. It’s the logistics of it all that often leaves me scratching my head.
Some call it the greatest puzzle game of all time. It has stood the test of time and has entertained people of all ages and cultures. The game of course is Tetris. It’s simple challenge; stack blocks in the most logical order, has been taken up by generations of gamers. After successful runs on just about every gaming platform made Tetris makes it’s second debut on the iPhone and iPod Touch in the form of Tris and unlike the $10 EA version, Tris is absolutely free.
Yesterday Twenty08 released a new instant messaging client for the iPhone/iPod touch onto the App Store. They are calling it MobileChat and claim that it allows you to connect to multiple IM services at once, including:
Apple is sure keeping guys like the iPhone devteam and their associates as well as all who jailbreak their popular device on their toes. iPhone app developers are reporting that they recieved an email on a new beta version of the iPhone OS. The beta, iPhone OS 2.1 beta 3 is ready for download by developers now and come with the usual cryptic and short description by Apple: (more…)
Last night we got the PwnageTool 2.0.2, today we get WinPwn 2.0.0.4. Both built with support for firmware version 2.0.1 for the iPhone. As with the PwnageTool, the operation of the new version of WinPwn is the same as previous versions however, this release will only support the newest firmware version. If you need help operating WinPwn you are welcome to join in our discussion here.
According to iPhone hacker-extraordinaire Jonathan Zdziarski, Apple has deployed a blacklisting system to allow the company to remotely disable applications purchased from the App Store on your device. Zdziarski says that the new 2.x firmware contains a hidden URL which points to a page containing a list of “unauthorized” apps — the indication of course is that the device makes occasional contact with Apple’s servers to see if anything is amiss on your phone. In Jonathan’s words:
MagicPad, Proximi’s new App Store application has been released and besides being a more fully featured text editor your regular Notes application, MagicPad offers its own implementation of copy and paste. (more…)
Some time ago Qik announced that they were working on a video broadcast client for the iPhone. At the time of their initial announcement, Qik was only offered in a limited beta version for jailbroken phones. The company has now announced that all jailbroken iPhones running 1.1.4 will be able to get the client through Installer.app. Apple still will not allow streaming video via the iPhone’s camera so jailbreaking is the only way to use Qik.
Our most recent entry into our Crapplication category comes in the form of I Am Rich. It’s the most expensive app on App Store and it is totally useless.
iTunes describes I Am Rich as “The red icon on your iPhone or iPod Touch always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this. It’s a work of art with no hidden function at all…”
