2010 November | iPhonefreak

Google Voice iPhone app now available in App Store

16. November 2010 | by Andrew

Comments Off

Google Voice is back in the App Store more than a year after Apple first began removing Google Voice apps in July 2009. Third-party apps like GV Mobile and GV Connect were re-admitted in September, but there’s now an official app from Google to load onto your phone. Android has had a fully-integrated Google Voice app [...]

Exciting iTunes Announcement Turns Out to be Not That Exciting

16. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

5 Comments

Exciting iTunes Announcement Turns Out to be Not That Exciting

So much for streaming music, streaming movies or anything else which could have seen today’s iTunes announcement linger in our memories the way Apple promised. Instead, we have the news that legendary Liverpudlian band The Beatles are finally available to download. All of the studio albums and collections are up for sale, priced at $12.99/£10.99 or [...]

DisplayPort Masterpiece iPad Accessory Review and Video

16. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

DisplayPort Masterpiece iPad Accessory Review and Video

The DisplayPort is an iPad stand cut from a single piece of wood to create an elegant way to support your tablet. Our review version is made from maple hardwood but there are several other options including walnut, cherry and oak and to make them environmentally friendly, the wood has been taken from off-cuts that [...]

Apple Plans ‘Exciting iTunes Announcement’ for 16th November

15. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

7 Comments

Apple Plans ‘Exciting iTunes Announcement’ for 16th November

If you’ve visited the iTunes home page today, then you’ll have been greeted by a banner telling you that ‘Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget’, right in the spot where you usually see an advert for whatever artist is hot at that moment. Four clocks below show the time when the ‘exciting announcement [...]

Pulse News Reader Now Yours for Free!

15. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

Pulse News Reader is one of the iPad apps I use on a daily basis and it was worth every penny of its original price. Disillusioned with Flipboard and not a Google Reader user, I wanted something that brought together feeds from sites I read regularly in an attractive and simple way. Pulse turned out [...]

iAds Expected to Hit Europe This Week

15. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

Apple’s own mobile advertising service, iAds, has been a US-only service since its launch with the iPhone 4, but that’s not for want of trying, as the rollout to other parts of the world has been delayed as they sign clients. Now though, Apple plan to launch iAds in Europe, allowing advertisers [...]

Monday iPhone Videos: Hot Phones, Verizon iPad and Washington Post Ad

15. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

1 Comment

Monday iPhone Videos: Hot Phones, Verizon iPad and Washington Post Ad

Welcome to another collection of iPhone and iPad related videos that have sprung up on the Internet over the past seven days. First off is an excellent example of things not to do – the grilling of an iPhone 4, an HTC Surround and a G2. Such wanton phone destruction always makes us a [...]

iOS 4.2 No Show Dulls Weekend Buzz Everywhere

12. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

iOS 4.2 No Show Dulls Weekend Buzz Everywhere

It always sounded too good to be true that we would have the highly anticipated iOS 4.2 update to play with all over the weekend, as despite many sources saying it would appear today, our exisiting firmware remains annoyingly up-to-date. However, these rumors could well have been true, as reports say that a bug which caused [...]

New in the App Store This Week…

12. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

Browsing the App Store this weekend? If so, and you’re wanting to find some of the new releases, then here are twelve applications released over the past week. Enjoy! Buddies. While Facebook themselves shun the iPad, someone else makes a great Facebook app that shows why we need one. No need to bother now, Mark. [...]

Ten Vertical Scrolling Shoot ‘em Ups for the iPhone

12. November 2010 | by Andy Boxall

Comments Off

Ten Vertical Scrolling Shoot ‘em Ups for the iPhone

Seeing as it’s natural to hold the iPhone upright, it’s perfectly suited to the vertical shoot ‘em up genre. We’re big fans of a good shmup and have put together a collection of ten examples available in the App Store. Many have their own Lite version so you can give them a try first too. If [...]