Monthly Archives: September 2008
Rolando’s not dead after all
Well color me surprised — after almost a month with no activity, the handcircus blog has sprung back into action. I was getting worried that the great-looking iPhone game Rolando was on the brink of becoming vaporware, since we were expecting it back in August, and we hadn’t heard a peep since then. But no, apparently the game (which looks like an intriguing mix of Loco Roco and Kirby’s Canvas) is still being developed, and is still heading for the App Store. Which is great — we’d rather have it “when it’s ready” rather than not at all.
In the meantime, the developer’s been getting some attention already, nabbing some facetime in Design Week and speaking at a conference, too. We’ll stick with what we said before — that we’re ready to wait — and refrain from telling you guys to get a move on, but trust us, those conference visitors and magazine editors don’t want the game nearly as much as we do. Time to finish it!
Facebook v2 for iPhone goes live
Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
The Facebook [iTunes link] application for the iPhone has just been updated to version 2 (although you may see it listed as version 1.1 in the store), and the new version number brings some stellar features! In this release, the Facebook team has completely revamped the user interface and brought the client up to parity with the mobile Facebook app for Blackberry (really surpassed it, if you ask me). Some of the new features are:
- Facebook Chat
- Address book lookup
- New, easier to use interface, including notifications and the full news feed
- Write on friends’ walls and view their full profiles
- Photo tags (holding your finger down on the photo will show them)
- People search, friend requests and your full inbox/inbox search
- Photo uploading is faster
- You can now upload photos from your library stored on the iPhone
A Quick Update
Hello guys, i am here to say that I am emailing all sorts of different companies to ask for donations/deals with their company. We are on the verge of striking a deal with SwitchEasy , Otterbox will not send us a sample untill the end of the week, or untill this site picks up more viewers. Now i have mailed multiple companies, and am trying to find a deal with each one of them, trying to get in contact with them, to get a case to review for you guys. So far only 2 companies actually responded and are setting up a sort of “deal” with me
SwitchEasy wants PROOF that my reviews inspire people to buy their cases. Now i will not tell you HOW they get the proof, all i want you to do is this : If my review inspired you to go out there and by a product from SwitchEasy, please contact my email : daniel@iphonetechpro.com
App Store loses “All Free Apps” link
Apple’s made some strange changes to the App Store lately. While the reviews change was a good one, this latest update is just confusing: they removed all of the “See all” links from the sidebar of the main App Store page, including the much-visited “All Free Apps” that many of our readers used to browse the new free stuff in there.
Now, all that’s there is a bunch of category links. You can still search for apps, obviously, and you can click on the Top Paid and Free apps to see those, and you can even click on the “See all” near “New,” “What’s Hot” and “Staff Favorites.” But if you want to browse all the new Free apps in the store completely unfiltered, you’re out of luck.
Why would this be? Depends on who’s guessing — if you’re angry at Apple (perhaps one of many developers who haven’t seen their apps in the store yet), you might claim that it’s because Apple wants to keep a firm grip on just what new free apps get seen on the homepage. If you’re so-so on the issue, it might be because you think Apple wanted to streamline the process and keep you from the hassle of browsing all the free trash yourself. And if you’re what our kind commenters call a “fanboy,” you might claim that Apple is just having problems with their store, or that they’re actually trying to help developers by raising app prices.
Win iPhone Downloads Subscription – For All Your Music, Movies, and Games
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