While playing some games on the iPhone did you ever have moments where a great game idea pops up in your head? You just know that it's gonna be exciting. This happens to me very often and lately realized that I've become a game freak all because of the iPhone. My head is full of games and ideas that can be made into exciting games. I often write to developers sharing these ideas. xCube Labs is one of the companies I often contact to share ideas that are sometime funny and great or both.
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If you are a registered iPhone application developer, go ahead and download the iPhone OS 3.0. beta 2. Apple early today announced the availability of the beta software that brings some more enhancement features.
Push notification and purchasing within an app are said to be part of this beta 2 release and hopefully also include fixes for instabilities of the beta version 1.
MMS and tethering are supported in this beta release, however, Apple is understood to have told not to use the features, strange.
There apparently is also a change in the arrangement of the icons to accommodate the new Voice-Memo application.
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Chuck the Ball from Makeshift Games has a unique gaming experience to give iPhone users who love playing innovative games. Chuck the ball is here to test the speed of your thought and action (tapping and swiping). The game is designed to give maximum fun to all iPhone users who have a taste for puzzle and swiping fun.
Gameplay
The game interface reminds me of iChase and Pac-Man. While iChase and Pac-Man are the same kind of game with different themes, Chuck the ball is something new though the layout looks somewhat similar. In Chuck the Ball, you have to guide a Read More...
Here is another application from Smudge Apps to prove that the iPhone of all gadgets is a special one. Megaphone is the eighteenth application Smudge Apps has deployed in the App Store. The application turns your iPhone into a megaphone, which you can use on different occasions and for different purposes. You'll never need a microphone again. Read on.
Requirements
To turn your iPhone into a megaphone, all you need is either an FM transmitter or a 3.5MM cable to connect your iPhone to a sound system (amplified speakers). Once the device is connected it is turned into a microphone. The FM Read More...
Pushing the traditional and time-tested Christmas gifts like the diamond ear-ring and Pamela Anderson assoiciated Barbie -doll, the iPod has just emerged as the top choice as a Christmas gift.
With 150 million sales globally, the statistics also does support the urge.
The iPod is followed by the traditional diamnod ear-ring at the seccond while another techno-God, the handheld console Nintendo WII has grabbed the third spot.
There are, however, no such luck for the iPhone 3G. It has been voted to place 38. Weirdly enough, behind sliippers and Grease DVD.
The top 50 list also holds some other surprises. Check here for the Read More...
According to a report posted in the Informationweek, Apple has just made a policy change in the App Store by which they will be allowing some of the apps that were not allowed before.
The first in this series will be the "Pull My Finger" app (), which was controversially rejected by Apple. The developer of the app has said:
They told me that they are going to start approving a whole new "genre" of apps, and that Pull My Finger will be the first to be accepted in this genre. As of now, Pull My FInger is available in the app Read More...
In line with the release of iPhone OS 2.2, Apple also has released new iPhone SDK and Xcode for developers. The update comes with a various bug fixes and new features including optional GCC and LLVM compilers, updated project assistant, a simplified toolbar, and additional security enhancements. The update also includes complete Xcode 3.1.2 developer tools for Mac OS X development and SDK components for iPhone OS development.
The new features of this update at a glance:
SDK support for targeting non-Mac OS X platforms, including iPhone OS SDK.
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Launch of the first generation iPhone:
June 2007 was the Apocalypse month for RIM, the maker of BlackBerry and other smartphone manufacturers. The iPhone was born, so to say anointed to bring change to the smartphone market. One year down the line, we saw the rebirth of the device, in the form of the iPhone 3G. We still remember how we walked into Apple Stores, carrying an iPod, a cell phone and a PDA and came out with a single device that perform all the functions of the devices once we carry around with great pride. Apple did something great.
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Apple has finally implemented this missing commandment for iPhone and iPod touch owners and App Store visitors. What is the commandment? If you don’t have an iPod touch or an iPhone and if you have not downloaded a particular application, you cannot write review for that application.
From now on, developers will have no more worries that someone who doesn’t own their application might write a negative review to mislead buyers.
Almost all the applications in the App Store have false reviews written by people who have not purchased/used the concerned application. I am sure people who doesn’t own an iPod touch Read More...
The most popular app category in the App Store is games. For a good reason. Games are perfect for showing off your iPhone, since they make great use of the touch-screen and the accelerometer--and of course they are fun and highly entertaining too.But which is the best game among these? Our IFP team looked around the App Store to see if we could find the best game. But most games become popular on release and then fade away, just looking at the "top games" list would be no good.
We also decided against the game reviews by users in the App Read More...
Many users have reported experiencing problems on their iPhones after upgrading to iTunes 8. Most of the problems again has to do with applications not loading properly, update not working, icons missing in some applications, etc, and this shows 5002 error message. Try one of the tricks for a quick fix.
If there are any pending applications update, do the update directly via your iPhone or iPod touch before connecting it to the system where you have upgraded iTunes to version 8. Sync the device after necessary updates.
Delete the applications that needs to be updated, you can download the latest version Read More...
This is the application statistics in the App Store till today, 10th September, 2008. The total number of applications in the App Store is 3053 out of which 733 are free. The total number of applications compatible for the iPod touch is 2861.
The breakup of the applications according to their category is highlighted below:
Books: 170
Business: 80
Education: 167
Entertainment: 296
Games: 855
Health Care and Fitness: 140
Life Style: 126
Music: 104
Navigation: 97
News: 37
Photography: 47
Productivity: 185
Reference: 126
Social Networking: 61
Sports: 67
Travel: 128
Utilities:351
Weather: 16
The highest number of application goes to the games section followed by utilities and Entertainment with 351 and 296 respectively.
