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The Vatican endorses an iPhone app

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

On Monday, December 22, the Vatican announced that it would be formally endorsing an iPhone application by the name of iBreviary. iBreviary, created by Rev. Paolo Padrini and Web designer Dimitri Giani, is essentially a portable copy of the Breviary prayer book; a book that contains many of the prayers and Psalms intended for daily use by those who [...]

App Store holiday discounts

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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With Christmas right around the corner, many iPhone App developers have chosen to reduce the price of their iPhone/iTouch games. Touch Arcade was kind enough to compile a quick list of several of the most notable discounts: Free - $3.99 Duck Duck Duck ($0.99 -> Free) BurnBall ($2.99 -> $.99) - video Christmas with Weezer ($4.99 -> $1.99) Mines in Space ($2.99 -> $1.99) -review/video KamiCrazy ($3.99 -> [...]

iFart Mobile skyrockets to #1 overall iTunes app

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Perhaps one of the more jocular applications in the iTunes App Store, iFart has recently hit #1 on iTunes‘ Top 100 app sales (link ). For those of you unfamiliar with the app, iFart Mobile provides those who own it with a wide range of delightful fart sounds that can be played upon command. The developer, Joel [...]

App Store now has over 10,000 applications

Saturday, November 29, 2008

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App Store now has over 10,000 applications

The iTunes App Store opened back on July 11, 2008 with a mere 500 applications, 150 of which were free. Now, four months later, the shelves of the App Store are stocked with over 10,000 applications and hundreds of new ones are developed every week. As I’m sure you’re well aware, these 10,000 applications range from practical [...]

Downfall of the “thick” iPod Classic: “One Size Fits All”

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Earlier today in his Keynote Address, Steve Jobs announced that Apple is no longer selling the “thick” iPod Classic (120GB) due to a lack of consumer demand. Jobs then announced that Apple has upgraded the “thin” iPod Classic, which was originally 80GB, to 120GB, without a change in the $249 price-tag. This means that you can now buy [...]

Apple opens first retail store in China

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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Join the forum discussion on this post - (2) PostsWhile this isn’t iPhone news per se, it is breaking news! Earlier today Apple opened their first retail store in Beijing, China. The store officially opened its doors at 10 a.m. local time, welcoming a surge of eager Apple customers. This Apple store is much like [...]

Chris Pirillo Reviews Super Monkey Ball [Video]

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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Acclaimed technology blogger, Chris Pirillo, recently purchased SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball from the iTunes App Store and has put together a little video review of it. (For all intents and purposes skip ahead to around 2:20.) Super Monkey Ball is currently one of the more expensive applications on the App Store, selling for a cool $9.99. [...]

iPhone 3G Line Already Forming Outside of NY Apple Store

Friday, July 4, 2008

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iPhone 3G Line Already Forming Outside of NY Apple Store

You read right, a line of future iPhone 3G owners has already begun to form outside of Apple’s Fifth Avenue retail store (New York, US,) seven days before the iPhone 3G is slated to go on sale on July 11th. While this line may only be ten people long (and slowly growing), these ten people are [...]