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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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Apple Pulls iPhone App That Allowed for Child Pornography Uploads
Apple has pulled BeautyMeter—the iPhone/iPod touch app that allowed users to upload naked pictures of themselves for others to rate—after a 15-yo girl published this picture showing her bare breasts and pubic hair. More »
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Comment by Curves: I am all about First Amendment rights and free speech, but, in the case of children, I have to applaud... 19 Responses | Other threads
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Apple's Nudie App Headaches Now Involve Underage Girls
Whenever you give users—especially kids—a photo sharing application where they can upload their own photos, you're gonna get some nudity. That's fine, except for the part where I said kids. Now it's bad news for Apple. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Hi, I'm God: Well it's not Apple's fault. Naughty naughty girls. Are the cellphone carriers to be blamed that their MMS service is... 14 Responses | Other threads
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Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
Sakhr is a translation company with big clients like the U.S. Department of Defense and Homeland Security. They specialize in English/Arabic translation, and this demo of their iPhone/Blackberry app (not publicly available) looks like the Holy Grail of translation software. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Guymann: I wonder if I can use this to talk to women... 7 Responses | Other threads
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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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Doom Resurrection for iPhone Hits the App Store, Costs $10
Doom Resurrection, the first properly new title in the Doom franchise since Doom III, has finally landed in the App Store, and it's not cheap. But is it sufficiently Doom-y? Dark? Graphically lush? Good? More »
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By John HerrmanComment by urbanturban666: so apple wont allow an app that shows some bare breasts... but they are fine with all sorts of uber... 11 Responses | Other threads
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A Whole Lotta Quake Will Be Blowing Up Your iPhone
John Carmack says that not one, but three Quake games are coming to the iPhone—1, 2, and Arena—though his involvement will mostly be to "make sure certain specific things are done the way I want them to be." More »
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Comment by Chroma3000 is a Californian again: But the problem is that the controls will likely suck like every other 3D shooter on the platform. And don't... 11 Responses | Other threads
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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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HP Invents Time Machine, Converts iPhone into Classic Calculator
Nerds of the world jump of happiness, for HP has brought the legendary HP 15C Scientific Calculator and the HP 12C Financial Calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with custom skins and programming. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Grendel: Is there any way to turn OFF articles that feature the iphone/Apps/Apple-in-general on Gizmodo? Its like more than half of the... 12 Responses | Other threads
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AT&T's iPhone App Brings Remote DVR Scheduling To U-Verse Customers
If you happen to be a U-Verse customer, AT&T has an app for you. AT&T Remote Mobile Access allows iPhone / iPod Touch users to control their DVR remotely. More » -
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Say Goodbye To the Hottest Girls iPhone App
Hope you got in on the Naked girls iPhone App while you had the chance. Apple just removed it from the US store. More »
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Comment by Kaiser-Machead: In principal, I'd say that this is silly, but really, this app is/was pointless to begin with, when one could... 9 Responses | Other threads
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iPhone 3GS's Upgraded Hardware Means Console Emulators No Longer Suck
Console emulators were one of the first orders of business when the jailbreak scene took off two years ago, but they've always been plagued by stuttering framerates—especially the more ambitious ones. The iPhone 3GS fixes this, gloriously. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by TheAlmeida: Three days ago I was just saying the iPhone is not an effective gaming platform. The way things are going,... 10 Responses | Other threads
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First Apple-Approved iPhone Porn App
Listen up, porn purveyors of the world: This is the first iPhone application to contain bare boobs. The $1.99 app for iPhone and iPod touch only showed girls in lingerie and bikinis until now, according to its developer: More »
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Comment by Software_Goddess: I have to ask… Why are men turned on by photos of nude women who have looks of disgust on... 26 Responses | Other threads
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iPhone Remote App Now Supports Apple TV Controlling With Gestures
The iPhone 3.0 version of the Remote app now supports Apple TV controls with gesturing, which should give you a lot more flexibility than the standard little Apple Remote you already have. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by nikaru: Who uses the Apple TV anyway? Boxee and Windows Media Center FTW. 4 Responses | Other threads
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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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AT&T Wants You to Pay $10 a Month for Their iPhone GPS Navigator
AT&T has released TeleNav's turn-by-turn, voice-enabled GPS navigator for the iPhone at the expected price of $10 a month, proving that they're all going to be expensive, including TomTom's upcoming entry. More » -
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iPhone AIM and Beejive IM Apps With Push Notifications Are Live
There are two versions of the AIM app in the App Store right now. The free one, with ads, and the $2.99 one, with no ads. They both have push notifications. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Wegmans: I want PUSH Gtalk, how freaking hard is it?! 6 Responses | Other threads
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Navigon GPS Navi iPhone App: Europe-Only Maps, $95 "Special Introduction Price"
We knew that iPhone OS 3.0 would bring navi apps, and that they'd cost plenty. Navigon just popped MobileNavigator Europe—no support for US roads, and a $95 pricetag that will soon go up. More » -
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The Week In iPhone Apps: Here Come the OS 3.0 Apps
iPhone 3.0 has landed, and the first apps with the new features are squirming their way through the App Store's clenching gates of approval. How are they? Well, for starters, they all look awfully familiar.
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By John HerrmanComment by mustanganator: Is bomberman 2 any good? I have the first one and the controls just sucked, I'm hesitant to hit buy. 7 Responses | Other threads
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iPhone 3.0 Supports Limitless Apps
With the iPhone 3.0 firmware, Apple upped the max number of app pages on the iPhone from 9 to 11. Theoretically, that increased the number of apps the iPhone could support to 180. Theoretically. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Nick Silvestri: can you delete an app from the menu and not the phone? 7 Responses | Other threads
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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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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 »
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By Andi WangComment 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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MLB Streaming Full Live Games to iPhone Over 3G, Starting Tomorrow
A couple months ago, a Major League Baseball spokeperson hinted that live video streaming—one of the vaunted promises of iPhone 3.0—could make its way to the league's $10 At Bat app. Tomorrow, they're making good on their tease. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by frigg: Dayam. If they're giving the green light to MLB, it's only a matter of time before Rachel Ray's 30... 5 Responses | Other threads
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TweetDeck for iPhone Lightning Review
TweetDeck for iPhone does what I thought was practically impossible: perfectly replicates the powerful column experience of the desktop TweetDeck on the iPhone, and in a surprisingly usable and snappy way. More »
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Comment by sharmanova: At first I thought Twitter was the most retarded thing on the planet. Now I know it is because... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Ngmoco's Xbox Live-esque iPhone Service Set to Launch Tomorrow
High-end iPhone gaming company Ngmoco will be launching Plus+, their social gaming service, for the iPhone tomorrow. More »
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By Andi WangComment by inspiredEpic: Thats the one thing I cannot stand about Xbox Live. If you beat somebody else at something once, they instantly... 7 Responses | Other threads
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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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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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Whoever Steals Your iPhone Can Just Turn Off Find My iPhone Location Tracking
Find My iPhone was one of the best things Apple showed off on Monday at WWDC—track your phone, send harassing messages, etc. It works, but whoever pinched your iPhone can just turn off tracking right from the phone. More »
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Comment by blakeharjes: Um, this is why you password lock your phone... duh. 17 Responses | Other threads
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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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Apple's WWDC iPhone App Wall Gets the Full Photosynth Treatment
And with that, Microsoft's powerful, underappreciated photo visualizer resigned itself to an inevitable fate, as a promotional tool for iPhone fart apps. More »
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MS Paint Contest
Design Your Ultimate iPhone 3.0 App Using MS Paint
Instead of a Photoshop Contest, this week we're holding an MS Paint Contest. And I want you to use everyone's favorite rudimentary image editor to design your dream iPhone apps. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Tvhargon: Is there something similar to MS Paint for Mac? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Doom Resurrection for iPhone Due Next Week; Here's the Trailer
Doom Resurrection, the first full title in the series since Doom III, will be coming to the App Store next week, and iD has cut a trailer. (Spoiler: It looks great.) More »
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By John HerrmanComment by weatherman: Sure it looks good for an iPhone game, but it still looks pretty crappy - no better than a DS.... 11 Responses | Other threads
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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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Ngmoco Won't Be Making iPhone-3GS-Exclusive Games
I'm not upgrading to the iPhone 3GS, and thanks to AT&Ts pricing, I'm not alone. But owning an old iPhone 3G is going to hurt when iPhone-3GS-only games come out. Luckily, Ngmoco has no plans to start that trend. More » -
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Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima Comes to the iPhone
Looking to have your noggin tested by Dr. Kawashima? Well, now you can hop on board with the Brain Training sensation, if a bit late, on the iPhone and iPod touch. 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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