The Week in iPhone Apps: It Poops [IPhone Apps]
This week we’ve cast the net out a bit further to catch some gems from this month that may have escaped our attention, including a repackaged, excrement-producing pop-culture classic. And it’s no fart app.
Tamagotchi: ‘Round the World: But unfortunately, it’s just as inane. Gone is the dot-matrix Tamagotchi you may remember from 1996, and in its place, a not-particularly-cute generic cast of knockoff superflat characters. The game appears to be based around gardening and growing plants by doing a rain dance: I gave up after a few minutes. But it poops, which is always nice. $6 with free lite version.
PhotoKeys Photoshop Remote: If you keep your phone docked near your keyboard like I do and do some heavy ’shopping, this looks pretty handy. It turns your iPhone into a customizable tool palette by talking to a mini server app on your desktop. Windows and Mac are both supported. It’s $4.
Epiphany Recorder: Innovating above the countless other voice recorders in the store, Epiphany starts recording a buffer the moment it’s launched, but it only saves the audio you tell it to pressing the “Remember that!” button, which automatically saves the previous few seconds or minutes of audio (you pick). It’s great for recording an interview by grabbing only the important parts, saving major time in transcription. Very cool, and it’s free.
FedEx: There are a handful of other package-tracking apps in the store, but FedEx’s new official app looks nice for its ability to tie into you FedEx.com account. You can monitor shipments you’ve scheduled online, as well as create new labels from your phone. Nice interface too, and it’s free.
CTU: Even though this app is a few years too late, the last remaining folks still enjoying Bauer Hour can now create the show’s trademark multi-splitscreen-with-digital-timer tableaux with their photos. As a clock app and a novelty, not bad. $2
This Week’s App News on Giz:
⢠Mac Plus Emulator now Available for Jailbroken iPhones
⢠Why Most Content Apps Suck (But Some Would Be Amazing)
⢠iTunes Concept Shows How iPhone App Management Should Have Worked From the Start
⢠Metal Gear Solid Touch For iPhone Trailer Has Me Worried
⢠Major Label Bands Decide App Store Is Cool, Want to Take Over Your iPhone
⢠5-Row QWERTY Jailbreak App Fixes One of the iPhone Keyboard’s Most Annoying Flaws
⢠Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?
⢠‘That’s What She Said’ iPhone App Is the Opposite of Comedy
⢠Your iPhone Is now a Kitchen Thanks to Cooking Mama
⢠TV.com iPhone App Streams Free Full-Length CBS and Showtime Shows
⢠iMafia for iPhone Circumvents the App Store, Sells Other Apps In-Game…and Apple Willingly Approves
⢠Apple Purging App Store Of Every Last Emoticon Enabler
This list is in no way definitive. If you’ve spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us a heads up or, better yet, your firsthand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our previous weekly roundups here, and check out our Favorite iPhone Apps Directory and our original iPhone App Review Marathon. Have a good weekend everybody.
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paidContent.org - TV.com Beats Hulu To The Punch With iPhone App … - Washington Post
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paidContent.org - TV.com Beats Hulu To The Punch With iPhone App …
Washington Post, United States Building on the momentum from its relaunch of TV.com last month, CBS Interactive has rolled out a TV.com iPhone app, and opened up some of the site's video clips to international viewers. The developments give TV.com two distinct advantages over rival … Review: Night Stand for iPhone Macworld CBS launches iPhone television application TG Daily Homework: IPHONE APPS FOR THE HOME Newsday Computerworld - Washington Post all 109 news articles |
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Apple's iPhone Flops in Japan, Now Sold for Free - FOXNews
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Apple's iPhone Flops in Japan, Now Sold for Free
FOXNews In fact, the iPhone is such a flop in the Land of the Rising Sun that it's being given away free with a 2-year contract, Wired News reports. Adding insult to injury is the fact that carrier charges are a lot cheaper in Japan than they are in the US, … Millionth UK iPhone sold last quarter, says O2 Ars Technica Why the Japanese DON'T hate the iPhone Cnet Asia Japan and the iPhone: 'We're just not that into you' guardian.co.uk CNET News - Wired News all 77 news articles |
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Bugs & Fixes: Bugs affect TiVo-to-iPhone transfers - Macworld
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Bugs & Fixes: Bugs affect TiVo-to-iPhone transfers
Macworld, CA The solution: Convert the files to an iPhone format. This would not only save space, but would give me the added flexibility of being able to view the shows from my iPhone. The question was: Could I do this? The answer is: Yes, but not without a good … |
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Luxury Apple iPhone Costs $2.5m
Global economic crisis? There’s no such thing, it’s just an illusion. Why else would anybody else want a $2.5 million iPhone? Sure, it has gold, diamonds and more diamonds, not to mention the huge diamond at where the home screen should be. The mod is even called the “Kings Button”, perhaps indicating that you’ll need to be amongst royalty in order to be able to afford such a phone. It’s not too likely that we’ll see somebody whip this out in public, but if somebody does, they’d better do it with plenty of security personnel around.
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Hack An iPhone, Win $10000 - InformationWeek
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Hack An iPhone, Win $10000
InformationWeek, NY The first hacker to crack a mobile device — an Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian, or Windows Mobile phone — without accessing it physically will win $10000 and will get to keep the device, with a paid one-year contract. … Contest Offers $10K for Hacking iPhone, Android PC Magazine Hacking contest to test iPhone's security Apple Insider White hat hackers target the iPhone CNNMoney.com CrunchGear - Register all 42 news articles |
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Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free - CNET News
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Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free
CNET News, CA by Tom Krazit Softbank is launching a promotion that involves giving away an 8GB iPhone 3G with a new contract. Softbank Mobile, the iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhones away for free with a new … Softbank Mobile Offers iPhone 3G Free With 2-Year Contract Digital Media Wire In Japan, iPhones are now free CNNMoney.com France's SFR to offer iPhones starting April 8 Ars Technica Register - Camera Core all 21 news articles |
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Early Warning Signs: iPhone Apps Might Not Be As Popular As Believed
from the people-don’t-use-them dept
While the iPhone App Store is being used by some as an example of people willing to pay for software, people might want to wait before declaring the store a complete success. New research is coming out suggesting that many apps — both paid and unpaid — don’t get much usage after they’re purchased. The further out you go, the fewer and fewer apps people use. While this may mean that Apple and some lucky developers are making money from users who spend on apps they don’t use, this should actually be an early warning that the App Store and the various apps in there aren’t really delivering the value that users are expecting. That doesn’t bode well for the long-term sustainability of the system. If people feel they’re spending money on apps that don’t have much value, they’re going to be a lot less likely to come back later.
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Review: Stanza for iPhone - Macworld
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Review: Stanza for iPhone
Macworld, CA The iPhone has a go-to e-book app, but can it take on Amazon’s Kindle? by Ben Boychuk, Macworld.com I don’t have a Kindle and, unless I can sell more blood and fast, I’m not about to acquire one of the sleek new models anytime soon. … Kindle 2 Stripped Naked; Chip Is Faster Than iPhone's Wired News There's more than one way to read a digital book Boston Globe Fear the KindleAmazon's amazing e-book reader is bad news for the … Slate CNET News - Digitaltrends.com all 367 news articles |
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Softbank iPhone 3G Going For Free
Here’s something you probably thought you’d never hear. Apple’s iPhone 3G is going for free. What? Well, according to a press release by SoftBank Mobile, the Japanese carrier is planning to offer the iPhone 3G 8GB for free, or 16GB version for just $117. The deal is available to new subscribers, and you’ll need to tie yourself to a 2-year contract, but that’s fairly common of course. To make matters worse, the iPhone data plan will supposedly be going for $44.75 per month as opposed to the usual $60. AT&T subscribers who have recently purchased an iPhone might start to complain about the difference if they find out, so AT&T might want to brace itself for a couple of unhappy phone calls.
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