iPhonefreak width="190"

Dilbert On the Brilliance of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7 Strategy

While I don’t think the below Dilbert strip is pointing to Microsoft directly, it is making fun of their current culture which has led to things like Windows Mobile 7 not being released until the end of 2010. Meanwhile, all the hey have to show for WinMo is 6.5, which is in no way a [...]

Continue reading...

iPhone Has Captured Nearly 50% of Japan’s Smartphone Market, Android and Blackberry Lagging Far Behind

Proving that the iPhone dominates in pretty much every market it hits (unless saddled with restrictions like China’s legit iPhone), MobileCrunch is reporting on a Japanese report which concludes that the iPhone has captured 46.1% of their smartphone market . Earlier this year there was a story from Wired that the iPhone was failing in [...]

Continue reading...

Nine iPhone Apps for the Movie Maniac!

The recent release of the official IMDb iPhone application made us wonder what other great apps were available inside the App Store for the film fan.  Here are nine, including our inspiration, which are worth taking a closer look at: IMDb. Simply the best way to browse the website on your iPhone.  It’s easy to access information [...]

Continue reading...

Stream live and recorded EyeTV content over 3G using the new Live 3G Web App

The EyeTV app originally launched with an easter egg feature that allowed you to stream over a 3G connection, but sadly that was pretty quickly updated and removed. And now in a little bit of good news, no unfortunately that easter egg has not returned but Elgato has added another feature that will allow EyeTV [...]

Continue reading...

The GPS app price drops continue, Navigon MobileNavigator price lowered to $59.99

It looks like the MobileNavigator app from Navigon has also been subject to a price cut, albeit its just a temporary drop, but still nice. The sale is currently in effect and means that you can purchase the app for $59.99, which is down from the regular price of $99.99 — a $40 savings. And [...]

Continue reading...

HootSuite for iPhone gets a quick update, simply fixes bugs

The Twitter app for the iPhone that I had been waiting for was released back on the 10th of December and I quickly purchased, downloaded, installed and began using it — only to lead to my disappointment. But that disappointment was not because the app was designed poorly or was lacking features, but because it [...]

Continue reading...

U.S. iPhone Usage Beats Out Windows Mobile for the First Time

Microsoft may want to work on getting Windows Mobile 7 here sometime soon, because they’re losing market share fast. The research firm ComScore is reporting that, for the first time, Apple has overtaken Microsoft in smartphone market share. According to their chart (see below), between the months of July and October, Apple saw a significant [...]

Continue reading...

Nut Chuckin Game Review: Squirrel in Peril

Very little humans know the truly vicious acts and disgusting things that happen behind the scenes in the animal kingdom. For example, did you know that brown squirrels are often targeted and tormented by gray squirrels whom fling their nuts at them? Sadly, I was under the impression that squirrels were soft, nice little mammals [...]

Continue reading...

Borders partners up with Kobo, will soon offer ebook reader and ebook store

It seems that iPhone users will soon have another option to choose from in terms of finding, buying and reading ebooks. Borders has recently announced that they are teaming up with Kobo and will offer both an ebook reader and ebook store. As of now, the Kobo store is open and available on the web, [...]

Continue reading...

TomTom lowers price for the US & Canada GPS app, now 30% off

Those who may have been upset or disappointed by TomTom deciding to lower the price and offer a sale on just the US only version of their iPhone app can now rejoice. Well, maybe rejoice is a little strong, but at least smile a bit because the US and Canada version of their navigation app [...]

Continue reading...