Monthly Archives: March 2009
Facing App Store limbo, StarPlayr developers give up and go home
Filed under: Bad Apple, iPhone, App Store
Last November, as visions of cranberries and turkey danced in our heads, the first tidbits about a forthcoming Sirius/XM app for the iPhone began to emerge on the Howard Stern fan forums. In January, the satellite radio player’s name and details were confirmed — StarPlayr was on the way from NiceMac.
Two weeks ago, word arrived from NiceMac that the app was neither approved nor rejected by Apple… perhaps keeping it out of the way of an official Sirius app rumored last week. No independent developer wants to be in this no-app’s-land between approval on the store and a branded app around the corner, so you can probably guess what happens next.
Twenty One Ways to Get a Free iPod Touch!
Well, the truth is we are only going to tell you about one way!
Thats because all the hard work in finding a collection of twenty, legitimate, easy-to-challenging-to-entertaining , amazing ways to get a free iPhone Touch has already been done and was posted just yesterday – so all twenty are still current.
We were impressed with the list – and agree with the sentiment: can we have too many iPods?
But while researching our last post we noticed there was another way to get a free iPod Touch that was not included in the twenty listed at iPodbomb!
App Store facing competition from jailbreak app sales?
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, Jailbreak/pwnage
While we’re pondering the consequences of RIM announcing that programs in the Blackberry “App World” must be at least $2.99US, there are alternatives to the iTunes App Store emerging from the jailbreak side of the iPhone world. The Wall Street Journal reports that Cydia is making the transition from package repository to a full app store. There are also plans for an adult-only app store and a new jailbreak service.
The big question at the moment is how will Apple take this? Apple filed a complaint with the US Copyright Office last month claiming that jailbreaking is illegal. They’re not going to take firing a direct salvo at the App Store itself lightly. There is competition for the iTunes Music Store, but Apple could argue that the homegrown app stores infringe on its copyright by using modified versions of its software.
iPhone App Style Update!
The great Style.com App was introduced last August – so most style enthusiasts would already have the App. (Its free from the App store).
But what you may not know is that Style.com also provides free video podcasts. There are 16 new ones done since the beginning of March! – as part of their Fall 2009 runway coverage.
The videos also include mens fashion. What you may not know either is that they are now (since February) including menswear photos and reviews in their iPhone app.
Ghost Buddy puts you in the graveyard
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Interested in a supernatural gaming experience? Ghost Buddy [App Store link] puts you in the middle of a graveyard at night to try and help some good ghosts and capture the baddies. The US$0.99 game has a unique form of game play. You use your iPhone/iPod touch like a virtual ghost viewer. As you move the phone up, down, left and right your view changes, so you get a 360 degree view of the foggy and spooky graveyard. You can move freely, even look straight down, or up above toward the sky. The good ghosts are white, and you have to return them to their graves. The bad ghosts are red, and you must defend against them.
The graphics are quite good, and if you wear headphones, the 3-D sound is compelling and atmospheric. You also hear a low bass beating heart (it may be your own) as you explore the graveyard. You can control the levels of the game (number of ghosts) and also increase or decrease the fog. If you have ‘hints’ turned on, red arrows point to the ghosts so you can turn in the correct direction.