Category: iPhone
The Beijing Apple store has had a major debacle in its opening of sales of the new iPhone 4S there. The store was supposed to open at 7:00 am but as the time reached 7:15, the crowds of people who had amassed waiting for the sales to begin, began chanting and hurling eggs at the store. Swat teams were called in to control the crowd and the sale of the iPhone there halted. In most other cities, tickets were given…
A new coating produced by Liquipel, a company in Santa Ana, California, totally waterproofs the iphone. The process, being displayed at CES 2012, cost $59.95 to have done, and the user must ship the iPhone to the company to have it waterproofed. This process can be applied to any smartphone and apparently will protect the phone even if it is totally submerged in water. For more information about Liquipel, check out their website at: http://www.liquipel.com
Apimac has released the latest version of their iDatabase program. The program which allows users to create and support databases on their Apple portable devices, has a number of features found only on larger database systems. From the Press Release: iDatabase is a simple and easy-to-use database manager that offers the most natural and easy way to organize information and data. With this database manager for Mac, you can manage membership lists, expenses, projects, keep track of your internet accounts…
Game: Pigeon Palooza Publisher: Blast Applications / BoonDoogle Cost: $0.99 cents Website: http://www.pigeonpalooza.com/ URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/pigeon-palooza/id492151739?mt=8 This week, Pigeon Palooza came to the iPhone and iPad. While much has been made of this program being the next Angry Birds, we found that the game was anything but that exciting. And after plunking down out $0.99 cents for the game, we were left with a game that really isnt all that much real fun. The concept of Pigeon Palooza is that you…
During the fourth Quarter 2011, Verizon sold a total of 4.2 million units of the latest rendition of iPhone. This number was more than double the number of units sold by Verizon during the third quarter. While this is good news for both Apple and Verizon, the news has not particularly been good for the stock where their price is currently at $39.21o USD or down 1.309% for the day. The stock had over 2 million share trade today but…
Apple announced today that they will be rolling out their latest version of the iPhone series, the iPhone 4S, to another 21 countries including China on the 13th of January, 2012. The countries included in this roll out are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago,…
According to the BGR website, there is a high probability that the latest version of the iPhone will be released in Late 2012. While the iPhone 4S was released as just an update to the iPhone 4, many of the features that were instituted into the 4S are only available on the 4S. However, some changes in design including the case are coming according to BGR. “We have also learned that Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic…
Google has released an update to their Google Currents application just a week after the introduction of the package. Version 1.0.1 is intended to resolve some of the stability issues with the Application as well as to fix scrolling issues on older versions of iOS 4. There are also some library issues that have been resolved. While this upgrade will work for some folks, several users are complaining about their feeds disappearing from their library. Also errors in the interface…
According to an article in the New York Post, 141 New York City merchants have been busted in a major crackdown on places which deal in stolen iPhones. The problem of iPhones and iPads being stolen in New York has reached epic proportions and it seems the merchants have been just a bit too eager to help the crooks out with this one. This sting by the New York City Police began at the crook level and worked its way…
The free game of the week from Donut Games this week is the hilarious but fun Icy Escort for the iPhone. Icy Escort is a game in which you play the mother penguin, working your way through a series of mazes, jumping from platform to platform, trying to get all your kids. When the mother penguin reaches a kid, it latches onto the mother and follows along to the next destination. At the end of the puzzle, you will have…
Apple has released a minor update to the current iOS 5.0.1 for the iPhone. The update has the moniker 9A406 making only minor alterations to the current version of iOS. This version has not been pushed out globally yet and details of the update have been a bit difficult to come by. However, this release was addressed in the Apple support document and is meant to fix issues with the following items on the iPhone 4S: “Invalid SIM” or “No…
Many iPhone users who have had their iPhone stolen are finding that the thieves or those who purchased the stolen property can actually still send text messages as the original owner of the phone. Apparently, this was first discovered in the Mac Rumors forums at http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1267235 Initially, Apple made users believe that the remote wiping utility which is now on all iPhone, would resolve such issues, however, as it seems many users in the forum have discovered, the thieves will…
These are the daily specials from the Electronic Arts website as specified by them at press time. Hot Deal of the Day: Spy Mouse – iPhone — Snack your way through the more than 70 levels and 6 different worlds, outwitting the cats as you move along munching on the snacks. Other Free Items: Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition — iPad / iPhone — Puts the user in charge of a gourmet restaurant and gives 30 gourmet dishes to serve. Pogo…
Donut Games has just released their free iPhone game of the week and this week’s game is the a very “just in time for Christmas” type game, Ruberth’s Kick n’ Fly. The game puts the player as Santa in the position of being kicked into the air by a reindeer. Using various platforms to bounce higher or bounce mushrooms to really get a kick, Santa much collect as many of the ornaments on the particular stage as possible. Each stage…
These are the daily deals from Electronic Arts as per their deals website: Today’s Hot Deal — Mirror’s Edge – iPad Free Games: Flight Control – iPhone Pogo — iPhone (Upgrade to Premium for $.99 or 70% off) Flight Control HD — iPad Mirror’s Edge – iPhone The above deals were available in the US store at the time of press.
These are the daily deals from Electronic Arts as per their deals website: Today’s Hot Deal —Flight Control for the iPhone Free Games: Flight Control HD — iPad Mirror’s Edge – iPhone Mirror’s Edge – iPad The above deals were available in the US store at the time of press.
Donut Games, the software vendor famous for its Rat on the Run series of games, has another of its popular games now available for the hard price of Free. Normally a 99 cent download, Cave Bowling uses a combination of a bowling ball and wacky physics to bowl over the pins. Each level is more challenging than the next and with more levels than you can shake a stick at, you will be busy with the challenge for a good…
This morning, Google announced the availability of Currents, their Flipboard like application for the iPhone, iPad and Android. The App system itself produces very nice clean type and has a number of popular magazines already in the system, including out Call-A.P.P.L.E. News. You can download the Google Currents version of Call-A.P.P.L.E. News at: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowyI4W/call_apple_news You can download the Google Currents App from the following location: http://www.google.com/producer/currents?referrer=utm_source%3Dlinkshare%26utm_medium%3Dweb%26utm_campaign%3DCAow6LoV
Donut games has changed their free games of the week, now making Action Buggy available. Action Buggy is a very difficult high action game, similar in concept to Moon Patrol from the 1980’s. Normally the game is a .99 cent download but Donut games is making it available for a limited time for free. The game can be downloaded from the Donut Games App Store page at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=364025671&mt=8 Jungle Crash Land, another fun game and one of last weeks free…
Game: CrazyMoto HD Version: 1.0 Publisher: Hare URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/crazymoto-hd-special/id476870574?mt=8 When we went searching for a new game of the day, we were pleasantly surprised at what we found. CrazyMoto HD by Hare is a game that offers the best iPhone gamer a bit of a challenge in control. The game itself while simply a motorcycle game, offers features that are first class including Realistic physics. Destructible motor bike. Realistic shocks. Challenge mode. Practice mode. 80 levels, in FOUR distinct worlds….
