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Noby Noby Boy Stretches Out On the iPhone

18. February 2010 | by Andy Boxall

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Noby Noby Boy Stretches Out On the iPhone

Barking mad PlayStation game Noby Noby Boy has been released for the iPhone today, and it’s as odd as ever. As one would expect, there is plenty of stretching involved, but this version, which has inexplicably been placed under the ‘productivity’ section of the App Store, adds some neat twists to the original game [...]

Game Developers, Apple Loves You Really!

18. February 2010 | by Andy Boxall

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A recent spate of media interest in the sometimes uphill struggle developers have when submitting their app for approval, has seen the people responsible for granting entry to Apple’s iTunes App Store appear to be either useless, thoughtless, aloof or a combination of the three. An unfounded generalisation, certainly, but not without merit in some [...]

Google Doc support coming to Documents To Go for the iPhone

18. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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When the Documents To Go app and the QuickOffice app were originally released I made the choice to go with Documents To Go. And for the most part I have been very happy with that decision, although when QuickOffice announced the Google Doc support last week I must admit that I was a little jealous. But [...]

Video walkthrough: Safari on the iPad

18. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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Though we still have some time before the iPad becomes available, I am beginning to get more excited about the release and videos like this are only ramping up that excitement. Anyway, now that Apple has released the updated iPhone 3.2 SDK we are able to see what Safari will look like on the iPad. [...]

iPhoneFreak Giveaway: Comment to win a Wolfenstein RPG t-shirt & poster [UPDATED]

17. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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[UPDATE] The contest is now over. The winning comment was ritzhenson. Now I need you to send an email to areyouageek (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing address and I will have the t-shirt and poster shipped out. Congrats! Having recently spent some time cleaning out my home office I came across a few goodies [...]

Space Miner App Review

17. February 2010 | by Andy Boxall

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The tagline for Space Miner is ‘Space Ore Bust’, which should give you a pretty clear idea that this is not a game which takes itself overly seriously. You play the part of a young guy who plans to visit his Uncle Jeb aboard the Gritstone deep space mining station, where you’ll get to shoot [...]

BBC Announce News and Sport iPhone Apps

17. February 2010 | by Andy Boxall

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At the end of January, we covered the BBC’s plans to return to the world of gaming, with the iPhone as its main platform of choice. This news has now been joined by an announcement made at Mobile World Congress currently being held in Barcelona, where the BBC have demoed their future BBC News and [...]

Square payment system: App to sell for $1 and come with iPhone dongle

17. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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Just about a week ago we saw the nice video showing off the Square payment system for the iPhone and now we have a few more details to share. Mainly that it will be very affordable to begin using. It has been announced that the Square system will require an app and the special dongle [...]

Rumor: Apple iPad to be available in AT&T retail stores

17. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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Though the iPad is still not yet available, we are hearing rumors about where those interested will be able to make a purchase. It goes without saying that you will be able to find one with Apple, both online and in retail locations. However, rumor has it that the iPad will also be available with [...]

Announcement: Slacker Radio Plus giveaway winners

16. February 2010 | by Robert Nelson

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Last week, (courtesy of Slacker) we were able to run a contest and give away 10 Slacker Radio Plus subscriptions. That giveaway/contest ended yesterday and here are the winners. Below are the winners of the 1-year subscriptions: judy venable Patrick Devine Below are the winners of the 3-month subscriptions: Jamie HBB kate Brad Bratton Jason Newton CJM432 James Dunlap Evan H A big congrats to the [...]