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GV Mobile + gets an update, now at version 2.1.00 and available in Cydia

The GV Mobile + app has just received a small but welcomed update. According to the developer this update addressed bug fixes, but there was a promise of some feature updates being in the works. As for the most recent update though, this brings the app up to version 2.1.00 and was noted as addressing bugs [...]

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Dual Electronics XGPS 300 for the iPod touch now available and shipping

The last of the news that we heard in regards to the XGPS300 navigation device for the iPod touch was the is should have begun shipping in late-February. And as I am sure everyone realizes that the late-February time frame has turned into later-than-February. But in a little bit of good news, well good news [...]

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Amazon gives brief mention of Kindle for the iPad in recent press release

It seems to me that most people expect the current Kindle app to work just fine on the iPad once it is released. But at the same time I cannot remember seeing anything official on that yet. Anyway, recently Amazon released a Kindle app for the Mac and they gave a mention, albeit brief, to [...]

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Lifehacker app now available for the iPhone, iPod touch

Lifehacker is one of my favorite websites, and although I follow all of the posts by way of an RSS subscription in Google Reader I was excited to see they now have a dedicated app. If nothing else it just gives me quick access to check the site. Feature wise the app will allow you [...]

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Lightsaber Unleashed Sequel Coming in April

For Star Wars fans, Lightsaber Unleashed was an essential app to have on their iPhone and for everyone else, it was a great way to demonstrate exactly what an accelerometer was.  But amazingly, Lightsaber unleashed was released in 2008, so an update is well overdue. THQ Wireless will be rectifying the situation with the release of [...]

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This Week’s App Store Updates – 19th March 2010

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are eight new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: Left Alone: Zombies. A variation on the tower defense theme, this time with your mission being to guard a church from the invading hordes of the undead until [...]

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My five favorite iPhone games

5. Stay ($0.99) [App Store Link] “Stay is a game about action and reaction, a balancing game. The concept is simple, keep your red object on the seesaw for as long as possible. You keep things balanced by dropping more blocks onto the seesaw, but be careful because some blocks will behave badly and try to [...]

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WSJ: Apple has pre-sold “hundreds of thousands” of iPads

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has pre-sold “hundreds of thousands” of iPads, just days after opening up pre-orders to the public. To put this into perspective, Apple sold its first million iPhones just 74 days after release. If the iPhone’s success is any indication of the iPad’s success, Apple may very well sell [...]

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Square Enix’s Chaos Rings Gets Spectacular Trailer

Square Enix are best known as the team behind the massively popular Final Fantasy franchise of games, so fantasy RPG fans should be getting excited about the prospect of Chaos Rings, their exclusive iPhone game expected to be released very soon. According to producer Takehiro Ando, who spoke to Pocket Gamer, Chaos Rings is ‘almost fully [...]

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Vlingo App Review

Vlingo is an app for everybody who finds the virtual keyboard on their iPhone a little bit too fiddly.  Not only that, but it’s suited to anyone who loves the voice search found in Google’s own app, or just someone who dreamed of a little more functionality than the stock voice control feature offers on [...]

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