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EA bringing Spore Origins, nine additional games to the iPhone

EA has recently announced that they are bringing ten new games to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Leading off with what is perhaps the most exciting, or at least the game with the most hype in the bunch is Spore Origins. According to the press release its expected to hit the App Store sometime “later [...]

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Apple begins to reject “limited utility” applications

Apple seems to have begun cracking down on the apps that they are planning to allow into the App Store, we have already seen the Slasher app pulled because it was “objectionable,” however this latest app did not even make it into the store at all. The app is called Pull My Finger and well, [...]

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Microsoft to take on Mobile Me

A recent job posting (since expired - or perhaps filled?) for a Project Manager suggests that Microsoft is looking to produce something similar to Apple’s MobileMe for its Windows Mobile platform. The news comes hot on the heels of Google’s own Android Market announcement.  The ad calls the new platform “Skymarket,” and describes it as a “marketplace [...]

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Free Classical Guitar Music for Your iPhone

Apple has made available a series of eight classical guitar works performed by Tully Cathey at the University of Utah. Best of all, they re absolutely free. Three of the works are also written by Cathey (entitled - appropriately enough, “Three pieces for Guitar.” Also included are works by Sir Lennox Berkeley, Frederico Morena Torobba, [...]

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iTunes Interactive Albums Coming?

Apple is signaling a jump into interactive albums from iTunes. The first artist in the cue is Snow Patrol, set to release their latest studio album next month. According to a Polydor production manager, the downloadable, “interactive” application will offer additional content such as artwork, behind-the-scenes images, and lyrics for iPhone and iPod touch owners — “A [...]

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U.S. Army utilizing iPods as field translation devices

One would think that the United States Army would be using some of the most hi-tech translation devices in the world. Well, they are: iPods.  You heard me right! The United States Army’s 10th Mountain Division, a light infantry division, has apparently been using around 260 modified iPods and iPod Nanos running a specialized translation application developed [...]

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Last.fm version 2.0 (1.1) app video leaked?

Kevin Rose seems to be at it again, this time announcing the leak of a new video showing off what he claimed to be version 2.0 of the Last.fm iPhone app, of course the video clearly shows the version as 1.1. However, that is still newer than the current 1.0.2 that is available in the [...]

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Wikipedia comes to the iPhone in the form of Wikipanion

If you’re an avid Wikipedia user like myself, then you know the importance of being able to access the site at anytime, anywhere. There have been a slew of web applications released with this intent in mind, but what we truly need is a sleek, easy-to-use, native application. Well, Robert Chin has developed just that, a [...]

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Gala Factory releases Code Breaker for the iPhone

Earlier today, Gala Factory Software unveiled Code Breaker, their fourth game available on the iTunes App Store. Code Breaker is a beautiful new puzzle game released exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. Building on the success of their Dot Game, Gala Factory is making a name for itself as a leading provider of simple, yet engaging games [...]

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Movies iPhone app acquired by Flixster

Flixster, the movie oriented social networking site has announced the purchase of the iPhone Movies application. The Movies app allows users to find show times, get directions to theaters and also watch trailers, and has been downloaded a reported 250,000 times. Since the purchase, Flixster has released an updated version of the Movies app which [...]

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