Installer for iPhone Is Dead

Oh Installer, Installer, we had so much fun together, you and I. When Apple didn't have any iPhone app store, and whenever Apple blocked some essential iPhone apps, you were always there. And now... now you are dead like Zed. More »

06/18/09

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Comment by 32ndnote: This is easily one of the worst scenes in the history of acting despite being one of the best in... 7 Responses | Other threads

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Sirius XM iPhone App Available Tomorrow

Starting tomorrow, subscribers to Sirius XM radio will be able to download the application on their iPhones for free. More »

06/17/09

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Comment by Pouring a 40oz. bottle of KABOOM for my homey Billy Mays: I once had a friend, who was seriously obsessed with his ex-girlfriend. All he would do is talk and talk... 9 Responses | Other threads

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Apple Developer Agreement Forbids Writing Jailbreak and DRM Cracking Apps

Developers signing on to the iPhone SDK program are now expressly forbidden from writing iPhone apps that can be installed via jailbreak, or any software for any Apple technology that messes with security or DRM. More »

04/01/09

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Comment by Linux chief hardware engineer: They need to crack down on this. Over 3,000 apps have been cracked and ported. Its horrible how much hard work... 29 Responses | Other threads

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InstallerApp For Mac Installs Jailbreak Apps Without Jailbreaking Your iPhone

Ripdev's InstallerApp makes installing third-party jailbreak applications on your iPhone slightly easier, by eliminating the need to jailbreak your iPhone at all. You just need to pay $7 for the privilege. More »

03/24/09

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Rumor: Nintendo Planning on Its Own Dsi App Store

Nintendo might be planning on taking on the iPhone and iPod Touch with an app download service of its own, and has been encouraging developers to come up with app-like content for the DSi. More »

03/20/09

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Face Double iPhone App Tells You Who Your Celebrity Twin Is

Have you ever seen a familiar face but weren't able to link it to a name? FaceDouble can reveal which celebrity that person resembles after you've snapped a photo of them with your iPhone. More »

01/28/09

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Comment by badhatharry: It tells me I look like Eddie Murphy. I'm a white Jew. 5 Responses | Other threads

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TiVoRemote: The App Store's First TiVo Remote App

TiVoRemote is the App Store's first network-based remote control program for TiVo. Aside from the novelty of changing the channel, you can use the iPhone's full QWERTY keyboard to search for programming. More »

01/15/09

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By Mark Wilson

Comment by BeefSupreme: No offense, Mark, but there's been a perfectly good network based (because IR is impossible) Tivo remote app available for... 10 Responses | Other threads

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SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email

From the maker of handy iPhone landscape typing program TouchType, SMS Touch is an iPhone app that allows users to send unlimited text messages without paying for an SMS plan.

12/01/08

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Comment by iAirmanshirk: Giz, cover the 10,000 apps news story :] 3 Responses | Other threads

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All Giz Wants: The One True Internet Pizza Ordering App Framework

Today was a very special day in pizza tech news. First, Dominos, oh boy Dominos: you've automated pizza ordering and delivery in a way that I never specifically thought about, but now that it's out, have already welcomed as a new sign that humans are making progress in this world. You can now order, pay for and track delivery of a pizza from a graphical menu on your TiVo. And on top of that, a free medium Papa John's pie can be yours via its now-painfully-antiquated web delivery system all for becoming a fan of PJ's on Facebook. More »

11/17/08

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Comment by 92BuickLeSabre: You know how people say "I hate to be the guy...but," Well, in this case, I do not hate to be... 22 Responses | Other threads

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Android App Review Marathon Liveblog

The T-Mobile G1 Android phone is now available, and you've seen our review. Now we're going to take on the apps in the Android Marketplace. How are they? Are they good enough to justify a two year commitment to T-Mobile? Read on and find out. More »

10/23/08

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android

MobiHand Launching Android App Store, Colors Us Confused

Coinciding with the launch of the G1, mobile app seller MobiHand is putting up its own store dedicated specifically to Android apps, called OnlyAndroid.com. The company is touting it as the first store supporting both free and paid applications for the Android OS, which is a little funny considering that Google's widely rumored to be coming out with its own payment system AND at least one other third-party store's already been announced. More »

10/22/08

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Comment by altus: This makes no sense. The App Store is successful because it's part of iTunes and iTunes is what you use... 3 Responses | Other threads

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BlackBerry Storefront Answers Apple App Store and Android Marketplace

Good news for BlackBerry users and developers! Research In Motion has just announced an applications store! Bad news for BlackBerry users and developers! It's not going to be available until March 2009. This sure won't help the fact that the iPhone is outselling the Blackberry and Android is quickly becoming Apple's major rival in the public's eye instead of the new #2 seller. No matter how nice the BlackBerry Storm is, the delay is not good. More »

10/21/08

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android

Google Takes Down Applications from Marketplace, World Gets Weird Deja Vu

This one is strange: Nobody knows exactly why, but Google has taken down most of the more than fifty applications that were supposed to be in the Android Marketplace. Although I'm getting an Apple deja vu here, nobody knows yet why this is happening, although there's plenty of speculation. Explanations range from "trying to save bandwidth" (very unlikely) to "last minute quality check" (weird). As far as I'm concerned, it may have been the little green men, but the fact is that there are only 13 apps up there right now. Update: A message by a T-Mobile forum administrator points out that the change was planned. More »

10/20/08

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Comment by future-proof: Haha. That's all. It's tragic but you have to wake up to the real world. T-Mobile: 'This is going to use how much... 6 Responses | Other threads

Facebook 2.0

Facebook 2.0 Now Available on iTunes

Hey social networking fans, Facebook 2.0 for the iPhone has been released and is now up for download at the iTunes app store. With the newest version, you can get notifications, friend requests, full news feeds, news feed comments, your entire inbox, and photo capabilities. Now you can check up on how all your Finance major friends are doing from on the road. Status Update: Not very well. [iPhone Savior]

09/30/08

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Nine Inch Nails Version of Tap Tap Revenge Coming to iTunes

Tapulous—the creators of that Perfect Drug of an app, Tap Tap Revenge—is partnering up with Nine Inch Nails to put over a dozen of the band's songs in the game. The alliance will be one of the first to bring licensed content to iPhone apps and, depending on how successful it is, could mark a surge of similar musician/application deals. Considering how addictive the game (with a Capital G) is, this NIN-bundle could be the thing that'll suck you Into The Tap Tap Revenge Void. [TechCrunch]

09/30/08

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Apple's iPhone Developer University Program Hits, Will Cost Unis Nothing

Apple's recently revealed its iPhone Developer University Program: it's aimed at higher educational institutions who wish to introduce an iPhone/iPod touch developer curriculum, and supplies the iPhone SDK free of charge for up to 200 students. Basically it'll mean that a class is a small developer company, able to share development apps within the team as they learn programming skills. Ultimately the school can also publish them through the App Store. You can either see this as a kind-hearted attempt by Apple to aid higher education, or a way of tapping into a rich vein of imaginative developers for new apps for the App Store. Either way, it's interesting stuff, though for now it's limited to accredited schools in the US. [Program page via AppleInsider]

09/24/08

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Private-I

Private-I App Protects Your iPhone from the Dumbest Degenerates

If the chances of having your iPhone stolen by incredibly stupid thieves are pretty high, we recommend you download Private-I. The $1 application shows up as an icon screaming “PRIVATE” in big red letters, which will allegedly lure your phone burglar into launching it. The app then loads up a fake screen that says “Accessing pictures” while sneakily using the iPhone's GPS (or triangulation) capabilities to email you with your phone's coordinates. I'm not sure how big the population of bumbling bandits is, but hey! Anything to keep your baby safe, right? [Wired]

09/19/08

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Comment by dcalfine: I'm shitty at math at a quarter to three in the morning. I meant 99.9% cheaper. fudge. 2 Responses | Other threads

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Sony Japan Releases SDK For Bravia TV Apps

Sony became the latest to jump on the app trend bandwagon, but not with a product you'd automatically equate with downloading itty bitty widgets. The company has released an App development kit for its line of Bravia television sets. It expects people to create things like small multiplayer online games, weather and news data aggregators and anything else you can program onto 1.3MB of memory. More »

09/18/08

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iphone apps

The Week in iPhone Apps: Let's Get Drunk and Talk About Politics

Always a microcosm of the greater world, the App Store this week focused on two things us Americans have been thinking about a lot recently—the upcoming election, and tossing back a few this Labor Day weekend. And with this week's apps, there's no reason for your iPhone to be left out. More »

08/29/08

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Comment by yoshi: You have to admit... McCain made a brilliant move in picking Palin. He has American men thinking with both heads! Nice... 9 Responses | Other threads

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Android Market, Google's App Store, Will Not Require Approval For Applications

The Android Dev Blog today released some shots and details on the Android Market—the Android version of the iPhone's App Store. Stressing that it's a "market" (free, open, etc) rather than a "store," the Google folks have decided to not require an approval process for devs to have their applications listed, unlike Apple's mysterious black box of approval that even the developers still don't fully understand. Which is great news for Android devs, but could be quite a handful for Google. More »

08/28/08

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iTunes Support Store: iPhone App Crashes Fixed

Good news, iPhone users! Looks like Apple has finally fixed that 2.0 app crashing problem. One Gizmodo reader received an email last night from the iTunes Support Store with instructions for redownloading applications you've already bought (for free, of course) and was given a $15 gift certificate for his troubles! Maybe Adam will convert to Macs after all? [ - Thanks Henry!]

08/23/08

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Comment by digitalhen: @pitterchi: didn't you read my post? i didn't redownload - apple put it in my queue more » | Other threads

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DSTwitter Proves DS Users Need To Share Intimate Details Too

DSTwitter brings Twitter Shitters the ability to broadcast their current activity to the world via their DS. Is this something you couldn't do before with your cellphones? Of course not. But if you can read Spanish and can run homebrew apps on your DS, grab DSTwitter and start broadcasting the consistency of your turds to everyone in the world. We have. [Mashable via PMP Today via Pocket Gamer via Kotaku]

08/19/08

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iphone apps

Simplify Media For iPhone Streams Your iTunes Library (Plus 30 Of Your Friends') To Your Phone

The previously jailbreak-only Simplify Media has just hit the iTunes App Store, allowing you to stream your entire iTunes music library (plus up to 30 of your friends') to your iPhone. The official app has all the features of the old version, including album art, lyrics and artist bios, plus works over EDGE, 3G and Wi-FI. It's free for the first 100k downloaders, so we can't think of any reason why you wouldn't want to use this seeing as it gives your phone an essentially unlimited amount of storage space. Video demo after the jump. More »

08/14/08

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I Am Dumb

I Am Rich App Ported to Windows Mobile, Misses the Point

Giz reader Julien has created a version of the iPhone I Am Rich application, but he has completely missed the point by making it donationware. Julien, the objective of this app is making you richer by making stupid rich morons poorer in the process. More »

08/12/08

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Comment by FiveLiters: I'm working on an app that puts a picture of a Massengill bottle on your iPhone and says "I Am... more » | Other threads

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Some Insight Into Apple's App Store Rejections - No Rumble For Force Feedback

iPhone App de-listing may be mysterious process that takes place behind an opaque curtain of mystery, but TUAW discovered that the approval process is just as undecipherable. Two developers contacted them recently to fill them in on why their apps were rejected, one of which—rejected because they used vibration in a game—seems pretty ludicrous to us. More »

08/11/08

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Comment by Sockatume: Actually, Nintendo didn't have to licence Immersion's patents. No idea why, could be simply because they're not applicable, although I... more » | Other threads

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60 Million Apps Sold at iTunes Store, There is a Kill Switch, Says Steve Jobs

It's been a month since the iTunes App Store went live, and in an interview with the Wall St Journal, Steve Jobs has put the apps downloads figure at over 60 million. With the mix of free and paid apps, that brought Apple around $30 million. That's obviously encouraged Steve: He's enthusiastic that maybe "it will be a $1 billion marketplace at some point in time" adding that he's "never seen anything like this in my career for software." More »

08/11/08

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Comment by SajniBabcock: This kill switch isn't illegal. It's not sending out any data at all. If you read 'the register' you'll see why... A... more » | Other threads

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Confirmed: Eight Morons Bought the $999 I Am Rich iPhone Application

We had some doubts about the authenticity of the clown who bought the $999 I'm Rich iPhone app, but Armin Heinrich—the German author of the application—has confirmed that not only one moron, but eight dumbasses actually bought the application. According to him, there are more waiting to get it: More »

08/08/08

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Comment by MePerson: It's I Am Rich only in the first-person view of the developer. more » | Other threads

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$999.99 iPhone App "I Am Rich" Probably Only Applies to Developer

You must've seen at least one book titled something like "This book will teach you how to earn $1 million." Now, picture an iPhone application that has just two functions: a red jewel icon that "always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this," and, after pressing the "(i)", a secret mantra that "may help to you stay rich, healthy and successful." It costs $999.99. See where I'm going with this? I've got a better mantra that'll help you stay rich and healthy (by avoiding accidental spending-induced heart-attacks.) "Make sure you keep iTunes asking for your permission to buy apps before purchasing, or clicking on this app link may make you very, very sad indeed." Update: Apple have pulled the app from the App store. You can turn on one-click purchasing again. [Product page]

08/06/08

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iphone apps

Our Favorite iPhone Apps

After two weeks of using the iPhone 2.0 full-time, each of us here has developed a fondness for a handful of apps that we can't live without. Some of them show up in just about everyone's top five (Yelp, Facebook), and some of them we'll just attribute to the guy being a weirdo (MooCowMusic's Band). Here they are in an order that I deem most appropriate. Basically, the ones I like are up front. More »

07/25/08

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iphone apps

Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market

A year ago, we said that no iPhone SDK meant no killer apps. It came, and the apps are here in staggering numbers. But many of the amazing apps and concepts we grew to love as unofficial apps aren't here, and only about 100 of the 500+ apps at launch in the official store are really useful or desirable—the rest are dupes or just bad. There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo—devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues—so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone. That's why we need more than Apple's official app store—we still need jailbreaking, Installer.app (now Cydia) and the best unauthorized third-party apps to make the iPhone an ultra-powerful open platform we really want. Here are the roadblocks: More »

07/23/08

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iphone apps

Beware iPhone App Scams

If you Google "iPhone apps," the first thing that comes up is iPhoneApps.org, a site selling a bundle of "top 10" iPhone applications for $25 using "safe PayPal." Friends, there's nothing safe about this site. It's a scam. The iTunes App Store is the exclusive distributor of official iPhone apps, period. Don't get your apps anywhere else. Tell your friends and family. If you're savvy enough to use Installer.app, this PSA is not for you, obviously (I mean, you know you can get all this stuff for free, right?). [Thanks Blake!]

07/19/08

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iphone apps

iPhone App Review Marathon Liveblog

There are a total of 552 different apps in the iPhone App Store right now. We're going to do live impressions of the best ones (and some really, really lousy ones if they're interesting enough). UPDATE: It's over! More at our iPhone App coverage.. More »

07/10/08

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Comment by TamaraChamois: I wished you had reviewed BrainFreeze. It is one of those hidden Jems, that is just found by by accident... more » | Other threads

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App Duplication is Apple App Store Fun, Awkwardness

It's App Store launch day, so there's bound to be a few bits of fun... check out To Do versus Todo in the image there, spotted over at BoingBoing. Different logos. Different spacing. And ... different pricing? Wonder if item #1 on both developer's list is "Fight!"? Updated: We've spotted some more amusingly duped apps. Check out the pics below. More »

07/10/08

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iphone application

iPhone Gets Voice Dialing With iSpeak

Having third-party apps fill in the missing holes in iPhone's functionality seems to be a genius idea, since Fonix has done the voice dialing legwork for Apple with their iSpeak app. The app consists of "a run-time engine that sits on the phone," which says always-running app to us, that can listen for names on your contact list and dial them. Also, you can look for songs in your music library by saying the name of the artist, song or playlist. More »

07/09/08

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Comment by SpudMills: Blah blah iPhone blah blah blah. How many people googled John Mizzeria, then became hungry for some delicious pizza? more » | Other threads

applications

Video of iDial Application for iPhone

It seems as if we are being bombarded with ingenious applications for the iPhone, and iDial is no different. Basically a rotary dial on the touchscreen, it's probably more time-consuming than useful, but chapeau for coolness. Shame the video is so blurred, though. [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

05/19/08

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Comment by uberfu: I think it's retro-sheik! Anyway - what I find funny is that dude is smart enough to program the... more » | Other threads

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First Third-Party Dash Apps Have Weather, Speed Traps and Radio Song ID

The first third-party applications for Dash's GPS (you know, that internet-connected smart GPS) are here, and they do some interesting things. There's Trapster, which shows you whether there are speed traps ahead (and let you contribute trap information), Mediaguide, which shows you the last three tracks played on any FM or AM station, and WeatherBug, which tells you weather conditions now and later. More »

05/14/08

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software

Epocrates and Apple Bringing iPhone App for Medical Professionals

Epocrates is working directly with those fruity chaps at Apple, in the hope of bringing an application for medical professionals to the iPhone. The app will support a drug search feature, as well as providing updates with recent, relevant medical information. Epocrates is one of the few companies that is working directly alongside Apple to create software for the newly opened iPhone, and the development is promising because it proves the iPhone has some serious worth in a professional capacity. Expect pharmacists to be made extinct once Epocrates unleashes the drug-searching monster app. Jump for the full PR release. More »

03/07/08

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hacks

PSP Time Machine Lets You Restore Firmware Versions of Old

Dark-AleX has just released a hack for the PSP that boots from the Memory Stick, and will allow you to select any firmware version you so choose. The app, dubbed Time Machine, will also boot-up PSPs with destroyed firmware, a second life for you not-so-great hackers out there. It functions via Pandora, and looks a bit tricky to get to grips with at the moment. More »

02/16/08

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Unlock iPhone 1.1.3 with ZiPhone for Windows

Here's another unlocking iPhone 1.1.3 solution, this time in application form: according to its author, ZiPhone unlocks any version of the iPhone. You can download it now for Windows but we haven't tried it yet so, like always, proceed with extreme caution. [Zibri's Blog]

02/12/08

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Comment by flash2008: hi, i was a noob to this a few weeks ago, last week i got an otb 1.1.2 on o2,i... more » | Other threads

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Third-Party iPhone SMS and MMS Apps Fill Functionality Holes

Big holes in the iPhone's SMS/MMS functionality have been filled with two apps, SMSD and MMS. SMSD allows you to forward old SMS messages to new recipients, as well as sending new messages to multiple people. MMS, on the other hand, lets you send MMS messages (but not receive them yet) from pictures on your phone. This one's still early beta, so be careful if you really need your phone to "not crash." Our only hope is that these apps can be ported over to the "official" iPhone third-party SDK once that's available next year. [MMS and SMS]

12/06/07

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Comment by mechanisma22: well they need something better than viewmymessage.com. more » | Other threads

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