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Nearest Tube iPhone App Adds Digital Directions to Your Surroundings
iPhone 3GS only: The Nearest Tube iPhone app uses the iPhone 3GS's newly-adequate camera to show the direction of the nearest metro station by adding directional arrows to a real-time "video" you take of your surroundings. Seriously, check this out. More » -
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The Week In iPhone Apps: Childhood v3.0
Right, so bear with me here: this week our apps are all about learning new things, understanding the world around you, meeting new people, playing extremely silly games in large groups. Sort of like being a kid again! No? Ok.
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RunPee, the Guide to Ideal Bathroom Breaks During Movies, Comes to iPhone
RunPee, that great website that tells you precisely the best time to run and pee during a movie so you don't miss anything good, has taken the next step and released an iPhone app for quick reference. More » -
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Facebook 3.0 for iPhone Adds Events and Photo Albums, But No Push (Yet)
Here's what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you'll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums. No push yet, but here's the full list: More » -
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Birdfeed Twitter App Review: Lean, Fast and Pretty
It's five dollars. It has half the functionality of Twittelator Pro. But Birdfeed just became my default iPhone Twitter app. More » -
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Get Firefox 3.5 Final Right Now
Firefox 3.5 is worlds better than 3.0 with powers like geo-location and serious speed to compete with Chrome and Safari 4, so grab it nownownow. Update: It's official! [Firefox, Softpedia via DS] -
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Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile Shares Files, Sends Texts, Skypes
Skype's finally dropped a brand new version of their app for Windows Mobile. Three dawt oh brings file sharing and SMS texting, for free. Weeeeeeeee. [Skype via jkontherun] -
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Android Finally Opening Up Some Pandora Action
Months after he explained to us why Pandora wasn't immediately jumping onto Android, CTO Tom Conrad reveals that Pandora is indeed coming to Android now that "the Android universe has developed nicely." [Tom Conrad via Phandroid] -
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Firefox Mobile "Fennec" Now Open to All Brave WinMo Alpha Testers
Good news if you're a Windows Mobile user and were feeling left out the Mozilla's Fennec mobile browser party. Today's Alpha 2 release should now work with most devices using the Windows Mobile 6 platform. (Support had initially been limited to the HTC Touch Pro and some other "VGA phones".) More » -
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Palm Pre's Mojo SDK Leaked: Bring on the Apps
Palm's Mojo devkit has leaked to the web ahead of schedule—they had announced it would arrive in late summer, and instead developers are treated to the SDK right now. More » -
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The Week In iPhone Apps: It's Never Too Early To Dance
iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc, but there's some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting? Smug food habits? It's all here.
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Shazam Now Tweets, Maps Your Music Journeys
Shazam—an application that listens to songs playing out loud, telling you its name and artist—is probably my favorite iPhoneware ever. The latest version just got a lot better for music whores like me. More » -
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Palm Pre Gets Homebrew Apps, No Rooting Required
Installing the Pre's earliest homebrew apps required you to "root" your device—easy enough, but not for the faint of heart. Now, there's a new method, with no rooting, no risky hacks, and one simple secret: email. More » -
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Dunkin' Donuts 'Dunkin Run' iPhone App Will Change The Lives Of Office Lackeys
If you are the person responsible for supplying the office with Dunkin' Donuts products, prepare to have your mind blown. Dunkin' Donuts new "Dunkin' Run" iPhone app is going to change your life forever. More » -
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IBM Seer Augmented Reality App Ensures No Confused Android Users At Wimbledon
Android is quickly becoming the go-to mobile OS for augmented reality apps: just days after Layar gave us a realtor's tour of Amsterdam, IBM has released a similar—and more comprehensive—app for attendees of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. More » -
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Fully Licensed Commodore 64 Emulator Rejected By Apple App Store
Quick update on the Apple App Store approval process: Shaken babies are OK, but inevitable moneymakers like a licensed, legal Commodore 64 emulator are rejected. More » -
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Palm Pre's App Catalog Won't Get Really Open Until This Summer
Palm just posted an update on their developer blog telling developers—all of whom are anxious to make apps for the Pre and start making money—that the SDK won't be out until late summer. More » -
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First iPhone App with In-App Purchasing: $1 App, $10 Per Month
Bad news: the first app to use in-app pricing in the App Store is a huge ripoff. Gokivo, is a $1 turn-by-turn directions app. Want to actually use it? That'll be$1/minute, $3/10 minutes or$10/month. Updated. More » -
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Sirius XM iPhone App Lacks Howard Stern, MLB, NFL and NASCAR
The Sirius XM iPhone app requires a $3/month subscription, but it's missing a few notable channels. From the company: "Some select programming, including MLB® Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play, SIRIUS NASCAR® Radio, and Howard Stern, will not be available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Listeners will continue to be able to access that programming through the platforms they are currently offered on." We can understand removing any semblance of premium content from the service, but ending a sentence in a preposition is unforgivable. [iPhone Savior and Modified Logic] -
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Sirius/XM iPhone App Is Now Live
As promised, the Sirius/XM iPhone app is finally live and available to download. It's got a 7-day free trial, but the app'll cost $3 a month if you want to keep it any longer. [Thanks, everyone!] -
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iPhone 3.0 Features Slightly Clueless "Objectionable Content" Warnings
Amidst all the great stuff in iPhone 3.0, there's bound to be a few oddballs that just aren't as impressive or useful as we'd like—for example, "objectionable content" warnings on such harmless apps as Shazam. More » -
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TweetDeck Now Available On The iPhone
Digg founder Kevin Rose got his hands on the beta for the iPhone version of TweetDeck, proclaiming that it will soon replace tweetie as his go-to app. More » -
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94 God-Awful iPhone Apps Designed in MS Paint
In lieu of a Photoshop Contest this week, we held an MS Paint contest asking you to design your dream iPhone apps. Now we know why you should never, ever design apps in Paint; these are absolutely terrible. More » -
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'Incoming' iPhone App Allows You To Use Skype Over 3G and Edge
The new app "Incoming!" makes it possible to use Skype over 3G and Edge networks by turning all of your outgoing calls into incoming calls with the help of a partner desktop app. More » -
Blackberry Apps
The Month in BlackBerry Apps: Slacker Stitchers Make Robot Schedules
Hey look, it's our first BlackBerry app roundup. We've got free podcasts, free music and free hacks to make your BlackBerry more usable—or let you grind its battery into the ground.
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iPhone 3.0 Is Re-Allowing You to Re-Download Apps for Free
According to a lead developer at Apple—and a few tests run on the iPhone 3.0 to confirm—the inability to re-download previously purchased apps on iPhone 3.0 was just a "bug". [Appadvice - Thanks Mahmoud!] -
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The Week In iPhone Apps: Too Drunk to Play Brain Age
All those apps at WWDC were pretty cool, right? Of course, they'll be a lot cooler when they actually come out. Get your head out of clouds, and into some of this week's iPhone apps.
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Apple Hardware, If It Were Designed By Michel Gondry
No, Apple hasn't replaced Jonathan—in reality, this is just a clever little stop motion pitch for the iPhone app accompaniment to the fantastic Delicious Library 2.0. [Delicious Monster via BBG] -
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Star Radio Communicator iPhone App is NOT AT ALL Like Anything from Star Trek
Sure the Star Radio Communicator iPhone app looks kinda like that other communicator—you know, retro-futuristic design, flip door, 3 button layout—but last time I checked, Captain K's communicator absolutely did not make calls on Earth's phone system. More » -
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Palm Pre Gets Its First Homebrew App, WebOS "Easy to Modify"
Within hours of a leaked WebOS root image spilling onto the internet, would-be developers have coaxed a respectable number of hacks and tweaks out of their Pres—including the phone's first homebrew app. More » -
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Apple's iDisk iPhone App Lets MobileMe Users View and Send Documents, Videos, and More
Amidst the brouhaha yesterday, we sometimes miss a few little tidbits that could end up being super useful, like Apple's free iDisk app for iPhone. It'll let MobileMe users view and send stored data like documents and videos. More » -
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Is Napster Making an iPhone App?
Giz reader and champion Craiglist peruser Andrew F. happened across a job posting from Napster, asking for a software engineer with experience in "Mac/iPhone OS X Development." Such a posting might not normally be worth getting too excited over—after all, everyone's making iPhone apps nowadays—but Napster just launched a new, cheap unlimited streaming service last month. Five bucks a month for instant access to seven million songs (plus five DRM-free downloads) is a solid deal as is; throw in an iPhone client and it'd be a great one. [Craigslist—Thanks, Andrew!] -
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Apple's Huge, Throbbing Wall of iPhone Apps
At yesterday's WWDC conference, Apple stationed a little bit of eye candy in the Moscone Center lobby: a 5x4 matrix of Cinema Display monitors, adorned with thousands of iPhone app icons. The twist? Whenever someone purchases an app, it pulsates. More » -
windows mobile apps
The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: Fennec the Fox Gets Some Exercise
In yet another one of our new mobile app roundups, we've taken a reckless swan dive into the vast, burbling ocean of Windows Mobile software. Mozilla's Fennec browser goes for a test run, VLC gets a remote, and more. More » -
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The Week In iPhone Apps: My Life Is Indistinguishable From The Sims
This week, the App Store goes on a little gaming kick. Sort of like the real world. COINCIDENCE?!? Yes. More » -
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Rumor: iPhone 3.0 To Stop Allowing You to Re-Download Apps For Free
It looks like Apple may be on to the "account sharing" loophole with the App Store, because iPhone 3.0 firmware is going to make you go to iTunes to re-download apps you've already bought. Here's how the loophole works: More » -
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About Those Other App Stores
Why does the iPhone get its own app roundup every week? W-w-what about the rest of us? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS SMARTPHONE? We should explain. More » -
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A Week in the Life of an Apple App Store Reviewer
From John Gruber's diary of an App Store reviewer: "Not sure what a 'lingam' is, but if it means what I think it means, just thinking about it is making mine swell. Jackpot. Rejected app for inappropriate content." Tragicomedy 'cause it's true: [Daring Fireball, Image via Joy of Tech] -
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Would You Replace Your Baby's Rattle with an iPhone?
The Early Show featured a brief segment this morning called High-Tech Rattles. They demonstrated an iPhone with a rattle app, a G1 with a white noise app and the Blackberry-esque LeapFrog Text & Learn. More »
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