[Review] Archibald?s Adventures

Archibald's Adventures Premise is simple - you're an average kid in an average neighborhood with a somewhat kooky mad scientist living in the vicinity. Doing a mad trick on his skateboard at the city dump, Archibald ends up Professor Klumpfus' basement. Alas, this is only the beginning of your ...

Vudu, video on demand set top box maker, releases app for iPhone

Fans of Vudu can now download a free app for their iPhone or iPod Touch that allows you to browse their catalog and download titles directly to your box at home. It’s a bold move in a series of bold moves lately where they have slashed prices quite a bit, and released more and more [...]

Apple Releases iPhone OS 2.2.1 and Updates the SDK

Funny how I mentioned that we haven't seen an iPhone OS update in a while and sure enough the same day I say it, an update comes out...albiet a small one. In any case, yesterday, Apple released a small 246 MB update to their iPhone/iTouch platform. Here's what was included:General ...

[Review] KRAFT iFood Assistant App

Aspiring cook, busy working parent, or just plain looking for new recipes to add to your collection? Or perhaps all of the above? The KRAFT iFood Assistant application might be a handy-dandy solution for you. Upon starting up the application for the ...

Palringo iPhone adds location, map functionality

Palringo just added its location functionality its popular rich messaging application, enabling iPhone users looking down their contact list see not only the location of their Palringo contacts but also how far away that contact is.
Palringo will also bring up a map showing the location of that contact and also ...

Addicted to YouTube? Then you need TubeJunkies

Are you addicted to YouTube? If so, TubeJunkies is a necessity. TubeJunkies by Hon Cheng Muh, is a special RSS reader for the iPod or iPhone which allows user to quickly and easily view their favorite videos as well as keep track of their YouTube subscriptions. The default YouTube application does not do a good [...]

iClipper: Copy and paste without jailbroken iPhone

iPhone users already had several softwares or solutions in doing copy and paste, but seems most of them have a few drawbacks: all the text you copy and paste get sent over the Internet (iCopy), works only within the app - so there is no cross-app copy and pasting (MagicPad) ...

Phanfare Photon gets a significant upgrade

Phanfare Photon, personal photo and video sharing on the iPhone, just got a significant upgrade, featuring cloud-based photo and video management. These new features are enabling iPhone or iPod Touch users to synchronize their photos and videos to the service's secure servers.
The new version includes bulk uploading, photo and video ...

Apple releases iPhone software 2.2.1

Apple released a software update for its iPhone and iPhone 3G devices. Plug your iPhone into your computer now and clicking on the Check for Update button in iTunes.
The firmware update 2.2.1 addresses two issues: (1) improved general stability of Safari; and (2) fixed issue where some images saved from ...

Next iPhone OS Update?

Now that MacWorld's come and gone, the questions in a lot of users minds are: when is the next iPhone OS update going to be and what is it going to include. The answers to these two questions are very elusive as seemingly no information is available on them. At ...

Video: New iPhone commercial ?Read?

Apple just released a brand new iPhone commercial titled Read, showing off the iPhone?s ability to read multiple file types. Click here to view the embedded video.
[via MacBlogz]

First ever iPhone Bluetooth!

An app called iBluetooth is bringing you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer. Not only between iPhone and iPhone 3G, but iBluetooth also can support file exchange between both the Apple smartphone and computers, as well as other Bluetooth-capable devices.
As you can see ...

Jailbroken app Clippy adds copy and paste functionality to iPhones

It’s not App Store approved yet, but for those of you who’ve jailbroken your iPhones, the Clippy add-on offers some reasonable functionality to copy and paste across almost all apps, making it noteworthy for iPhone users. It’s available now in Cydia. Clippy works by adding copy and paste buttons to the iPhone’s keyboard which can be [...]

Two new TV output utilities now available in Cydia

Just this last weekend there was the addition of not one but two utilities that enable TV output support for the iPhone. These little rays of sunshine wont be found in the App Market anytime soon, instead you have to have a jailbroken iPhone and search them out in Cydia.
The ...

UStream video streaming software available for iPhone

The Ustream Viewing Application, which enables iPhone and iPod touch users to view live video streaming from ustream.tv is now available in the App Store right now. The free app provides access to both live and recorded video, as well as an integrated chat function for supported broadcasts. Streaming video is available only over Wi-Fi and [...]

LiveTime allows constant display of the time on your iPhone using the Clock icon

LiveTime is an application that animates and updates the clock icon on your SpringBoard?allowing it to continually display the current time on the icon itself. When you install LiveTime, it will automatically begin to animate your clock icon. The hour and minute hand will show the current time and the second hand will move accordingly. [...]

Clap your hands, iPhone camera will take photos

Meme Incorporated launched theSnapper 1.0 application, enabling iPhone "listens" to snaps, claps or (even) shouting Cheeeese to operate the iPhone camera.
According to the company's site, the application made the top 100 paid Photography applications on its first day without press or marketing, then climbed to number 42 on the second ...

Palm replies to iPhone similarities threats

After Apple executive Tim Cook hinted about thinly-veiled threats of legal action over similarities between the Palm Pre and the iPhone, like multitouch and touchscreen gesture technology, Palm has just sent a clear message: ?Palm has a long history of innovation that is reflected in our products and robust patent portfolio, ...

Home Barista: iPhone app for coffee drinker

Looks pretty and useful. This is an iPhone app, called Home Barista, designated for coffee drinker. It's available now on the iPhone App Store for $2.99.
According to its developer:
It's called 'Home Barista'. It's basically like a 'Missing manual' (sorry Pogue) for home espresso machines. Plus on iPhones you can take ...

Stanford students release some killer iPhone apps

Well-done, Stanford students! Students from Stanford?s Fall 1008 iPhone class CS193P (iPhone Application Programming) released a nice batch of apps that are now available or will be soon for the iPhone.
According to the the iPhone class students' site, all of these apps were final projects with the exception of Stress ...

iControlPad prototype seen in the wild; may only work on jailbroken games for now

The iControlPad bore many signs of typical vaporware: desirability, no official authorization and a very low budget. We now know that there’s at least one working version, and that promises of production aren’t, you know, lies and smoke in eager users’ eyes. Here we can see the iControlPad wrapped around an iPhone, playing Quake. And (reportedly) [...]

iFlyz portable iPhone mount released

Sometimes watching videos or movies on your iPhone or iPod Touch can be tedious, especially when you?re sitting at home, on a plane or riding the bus. Awkward neck positions and tiring hands tend to take away from the overall experience of watching a film or video on your iPhone. This new accessory makes this [...]

Apple hints legal battle over Palm Pre multitouch

"We don?t mind competition, but if others rip off our intellectual property, we will go after them," said Apple executive Tim Cook about iPhone competition. A follow-up question specifically mentioned the Palm Pre by name, since the Pre has some very iPhone elements, like multitouch and touchscreen gesture technology. SlashGear ...

iPod Touch 2.0 almost jailbroken, says Dev Team

The 2nd generation iPod Touch proved very tricky to break, but the Dev Team has made the first big step toward a full-on jailbreak for the iPhone’s companion device, which has proven even more popular in some ways than the iPhone. Many have been waiting for the Dev Team to break the device, and it may [...]

Review: Jump

JUMP, developed by SMAGA Bakery, is an addictive and easy to play physics game which takes full advantage of the ipod touch or iphone’s accelerometer. The game is unique, unlike many other physics based games for ipods or iphones. JUMP involves a 3D basketball and tons of colored boxes. During game play, the user is [...]

iPhone can help snipers to hit targets

How can iPhone help snipers? Use Bulletflight and iSnipe apps on your iPhone and attach them to a rifle you are using in hitting the targets. the Bulletflight ballistics calculator, which predicts the trajectory of bullets fired from high-powered sniper rifles by taking into account half a dozen variables including wind ...

A look at Chess Pro and Chess Lite

For any chess lovers out there, Chess Pro or Lite by 99games.in is a must. As anyone who has played chess before will tell you, the game of chess can provide hours or even days of brain racking game play. These two versions of chess stay true to the real experience of playing chess and [...]

App Store daily download totals now double December?s numbers

Apple announced Friday that App Store customers have downloaded more than 500 million applications to date, indirectly revealing that per-day downloads have more than doubled since early December, which is truly amazing growth in a very short time. When many sites visited the numbers early last month, Apple claimed over 300 million downloads of apps.
Today’s announcement [...]

AppTheatre gives users video previews of iPhone apps and games

Got some spare iTunes gift cash sitting in your account, waiting for the perfect iPhone/iPod game to be released, but don’t want to waste your money on something you may not like the look of? AppTheater is a great place to search and sort video previews of your next airport/waiting room time-killer.
The site includes full [...]

Turn your Dreams into Lotto numbers with Dreams&Lotto

Do you ever dream of being rich and winning the lotto? Well here’s an app that can help you choose those lucky numbers. Dreams&Lotto is first software application that changes your dreams into Lotto numbers to play!
Dreams&Lotto is the modern version of the traditional Neapolitan book ?La Smorfia?, one of the oldest and most well-known texts [...]

Tweetie ver.1.2 Review

When atebits' Tweetie entered the iPhone AppStore in Nov. 2008, it was well-received by iPhone owners because they liked it's clean and easy to navigate iChat-like interface. Now with it's latest release (ver. 1.2), tweetie adds a lot of new features to an already solid feature set.Some of the new ...

Where to Golf Review

If you do a lot of travelling and find yourself constantly searching for the nearest golf course, Carpe Diem Venture "Where to Golf" may just be that iphone app that you're looking for. As I mentioned in the vid review, Where to Golf contains a database of over 19,000 golf ...

NuevaSync updates their calendar app and improves much functionality

Free wireless mobile synchronization service NuevaSync has updated with full support for multiple Google calendars, including sync for read-only holiday or shared calendars, making it a fairly powerful business program. NuevaSync gives you over-the-air synchronization using your mobile device’s built-in support for Microsoft Exchange, and acts as a pass-through gateway to your Google Calendars and Gmail [...]

New iPhone Apps for Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Archibald's Adventures ($7.99) by Rake In Grass. Archibald and his friends were near a dump behind a mysterious mansion of inventor - professor Klumpfus. Accidently Archie fell down a pipe and ended up in professor's basement. In the same time some crazy experiment went wrong and all genetically engineered creatures ...

Dropship Review

If you enjoy space/shooter-type games, you'll be�pleasantly�surprised with NGMoco's Dropship. The gameplay is challenging yet easy enough to pick up for the casual gamer. The object of the game is to navigate around the map while picking up passengers and packages. While it seems easy enough, add complex maps and ...

New iPhone Apps for Friday, January 16, 2009

Where To Golf ($.99) by Carpe Diem Ventures.
Where To Golf shows information on golf courses and how to get there. An extensive collection of over 19,000 golf courses in the United States provides info about a particular golf course. I believe Ryan will be doing a review on this one ...

Touch Physics Review

As the AppStore matures and developers get familiar with the SDK, the quality of the games available have just been improving by leaps and bounds. Like some of the other games I've been reviewing as of late, Touch Physics is a well-polished game that has a simple concept: move/nudge the ...

Chipotle puts up (and takes down temporarily) an app to place orders from your iPhone

Chipotle is a popular Cal-Mexican restaurant chain located mostly in the US. Reports have surfaced that their new app allows me to order a burrito from the comfort of an iPhone. Chipotle Mobile Ordering builds upon their already substantial online ordering system by allowing iPhone and iPod Touch owners to find locations, customize their orders, [...]

Apple Easing Up on AppStore SDK Restrictions - Allows 3rd Party Web Browsers

For some as of yet unexplained official reason, it seems that Apple has quietly lifted its "rule" of not allowing 3rd Party Browsers to be sold in the AppStore. It seems that various iPhone/Mac rumor sites have picked up that in last 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve web ...

Random Thoughts on the Upcoming Palm Pre

If you happened to miss the Pre's unveiling at this year's Computer Electronics Show (CES), it seems that the smartphone market just got a little more crowded with Palm's most recent entry.The Linux-based phone looks promising and has a lot of industry bloggers excited because of it's fluid�webkit-based�UI. From what ...

Initial Impressions of T-mobile?s G1 - an iPhone Perspective

Writing this story on an iPhone newsite might seem a little strange, however, if any of you have been following me on twitter (TypeZero3), you'll know that I've been really excited about the G1 even though I am a happy iPhone owner.In any case, last night I had the chance ...

Now that?s a geek approved wedding: Man has iPhone wedding cake

Gizmodo published a story today about a man and his iPhone wedding cake (yes, it’s extremely geeky, and we at iphonestalk.com salute this guy). The photo shows off the cake, and it looks incredibly realistic. This is the letter he wrote Gizmodo about the cake:
So this is me with my cake. I got married and this [...]

Apple allows 3rd party browsers into the App Store

It appears that Apple has finally caved in a bit to their treatment, and will be allowing a handful of 3rd party ?browsers?, to set sail in the App Store starting this week. The fab four include:
Squeaky - a browser that leaves behind no trace of your presence. It?s history, ...

Cisco brings conferencing to the iPhone

Sounds impressive. Cisco just brought its Business Collaboration solution to the AppStore, extending its web conferencing and collaboration capabilities to the iPhone 3G users. The free application allows users to simply click to join and actively collaborate in Cisco WebEx meetings. I think it's a cool solution for corporate to optimize ...

New iPhone Apps for Wednesday, January 14, 2009

VelaClock ($3.99) by Vela Design Group. VelaClock is a world clock with unique features and an easily configurable user interface. Users can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk for three kinds of twilight (civil, nautical, astronomical), moon phase and tilt, and much more. Great for photographers ...

Newtonica Review

One of the first apps I ever owned on the iPhone was an app called Newtonica. Newtonica was released on August 25, 2008 and it's a pretty simple game. It got great reviews in Japan so I wanted to see what it was all about...Basically you use the touch screen ...

Coolgorilla launches Talking Phrasebook for iPhone

Good news for holidaymakers. Coolgorilla has launched a new talking phrasebook for iPhone and iPod Touch. This application is available in French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Each phrasebook contains over 500 sound files covering all features including Eating, Travel and even Flirting. It also has a new search ...

New concept in buying iPod and iPhone Accessories

iWizz.co.uk is a fresh UK-based retailer of iPod and iPhone accessories with a difference; they rigorously test the products they sell to eliminate your risk when it comes to buying online. You’ll find iPod & iPhone products at iWizz long before they make it to the mass market. It is the iWizz mission to always be [...]

Interested in iPhone courses?

Are you looking to jump start your career in iPhone app development? Attending one of these classes seem quite interesting and exciting: Qantm College launched iPhone Game Development Course at their Islington campus. Following the London launch, the iPhone course will be available in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Amsterdam, Berlin and Munich.
We?ve ...

Best Buy now to offer refurbished iPhones

Looking for a good deal on an iPhone? You could try eBay but a much safer bet (unless you’re an EBay veteran and know to decipher the new feedback system) might be Best Buy in the U.S., which announced on Tuesday that it has started selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs at a slightly discounted price. Previously, [...]

Great country by country resource for yellowsn0w unlock fans

Want to use yellowsn0w to unlock your iPhone, but aren’t sure if it will work in your particular region or country? We combed the internet to find this very cool site resource that lists, blow by blow, each country and their success (or failure) at unlocking their iPhone using the latest version.
The site is here: [...]

Craigsphone brings Craigslist to the iPhone - finally

Craigslist is one of my absolute favorite sites on the internet — it’s been around for a number of years now, but has kept the same simple look and feel, perfectly fulfilling the service of classifieds without ever once going off that course and charging gobs of money. Sure, there are issues with spam and [...]

iPhone app iSteam innovates and entertains, simply and cheaply

iSteam, a steam simulator, looks like a fun one to install and keep, and is one of the more innovative and cool apps to be released on the iPhone. The application adds ultra-realistic steam to your screen when you blow on the microphone. After that you can use your fingers to clean it, causing squeaky sounds, [...]

Two "Under the Radar" iPhone-Related Announcements Made at MWSF

Well yesterday's keynote by Phil Schiller came and went without nary a mention of the iPhone and it's upcoming OS release (perhaps 3.0?). BUT, when you think about it, this was a MacWorld, not iPhoneWorld, so why not make the event mac-centric. You know, I think that I was just ...

Vote now for your favorite iPhone apps of 2008

The 2008 Best App Ever Awards is the first iPhone OS Application achievement awards to recognize the best iPhone apps and games in the iTunes App Store during the past year. "Our goal is to help publicize the very best apps available, not just the best-selling apps," said the award's ...

An external keyboard for the iPhone

For a certain need, I think this "mainstream approach" keyboard for the iPhone or iPod Touch is helpful. "If you want to get a bit more typing done with a bit less cluttter, you'll no doubt be quite a bit more impressed," as Engadget wrote. How it works?
The keyboard (it's a ...

Keynote ce soir !

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Kraft launches iFood Assistant for iPhone

Kraft Foods has launched a new iPhone and iPod touch application called the iFood Assistant, providing 7,000 recipes --each recipe comes up with video demonstration, editable shopping list and comment-capability feature. ?Our goal is to help make consumers? lives easier by helping them find the perfect food idea for any occasion, ...

iPhone to get simulated Windows and copy/paste functionality soon

Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and gives you the illusion you are running Microsoft’s operating systems, including copy and paste functionality. This is useful on many levels. The software will give you the ability to run full Windows apps in your iPhone [...]

iPhone gets quick and easy magnetic lenses

We must admit the iPhone?s camera takes a pretty decent picture, but for some that is not enough. Some people are paying up to $100 for a case that has a built in lens. This makes it hard to put on and remove. Luckily for us USB Fever has come ...

New patent outlines multi-touch swipe gestures for iPhone keyboard

Wow. A new patent application for iPhone during Christmas holiday! The new patent called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards and creditted to Wayne Westerman. Seems it's very useful additions to the iPhone's on screen keyboard. But MacRumors says that Westerman multi-touch patent applications "always seem to be more ambitious ...

Mint.com: Personal finance manager for your iPhone

I know for sure, we can't stay far away from finance activity, right? But now we can "hire" a personal finance manager to handle such activity: Mint.com application, a new and free iPhone application. Seems this app is worth trying. This application lets you check balances, budgets, transactions, and investments anywhere. ...