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Learn How To Make a Quilt on Your iPhone or iPod touch

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Arizona based Technical Made Easy today announces Easy Quilt 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. Easy Quilt provides step-by-step instruction with video based lessons on every aspect of Quilt Making, with over 100 different block ideas and all the tools you need to get started right away. Easy Quilt ensures that the Art of Quilting can be taught and referenced from a mobile device. Included with the app are complete descriptions of Fabrics, Supplies, Tools, Charts, Formulas and Tips and Tricks.

Apple Has Developed A “Full-on Solution” To Multitasking In iPhone OS 4.0

iPhonehacks — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:26:00 +0000

Folks at AppleInsider are reporting that iPhone OS 4.0, which is expected to be released in June will finally allow third party iPhone apps to run in the background. Multi-tasking is one of the most requested features by iPhone users. AppleInsider clai...

GDC 2010: Backflip Studios’ year in the App Store

Mike Schramm — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer, App Store

Julian Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store. He had attended last year's conference with a partner while considering starting up an iPhone company, and that idea became Backflip Studios. Since the company was founded in April of 2009, they've gotten five apps in the top five, and made (Farrior said he'd be honest, because it was more interesting) $2.5 million in revenue so far.

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He revealed that a full $1m in that actually came straight from ad sales -- he's made deals with AdMob and other companies to put ads in his popular Paper Toss app, and he uses those ads both for straight revenue, as well as to promote his own games (more on that later in the talk). Farrior offered up a frank and honest look at what it was like to run an iPhone app company for a year.

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iDongle – Standalone Tethered Booting For Your Jailbroken iPhone

Andy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:22:17 +0000

The new iPhone 3GS models with updated ROM do not allow users to perform the traditional full jailbreak. As a result, there may be instances when the user may be required to perform a tethered jailbreak everytime their iPhone crashes or reboots. This c...

More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0

Dave Caolo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Filed under: OS, Software, Developer, iPhone

Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.2 beta 4) of the iPhone SDK, and suggest that it will become a reality this summer.

9to5 Mac reports on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a "multitasking dialog box" that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it's new to version 3.2. Of course, there's no assurance that this refers to 3rd party support for multitasking, but it is new.

Additionally, Appleinsider's souces with "proven track records" state that Apple has developed "a full-on solution" for 3rd-party multitasking which will be a part of iPhone OS 4.0. No specifics were given on how it will be pulled off or how it will address the two main concerns: battery life and security.

Let's assume that Apple's plan addresses the security issue, but battery life still presents a problem, one that was supposedly addressed by Push Notifications. Apple's remote notification service allows applications to offload polling processes to web servers. By keeping the update algorithms working off the device, the iPhone's battery is spared. Certainly the iPhone itself must take on the task of keeping all of those apps up and running.

It should also be noted that iPhone OS does not use a paged memory model. That means, multi-tasking applications must compete for the same memory space, making it more likely that apps will receive memory warnings and even crash when they use too much memory. That's not an issue in the one-app-at-a-time space, but a real problem with multitasking

Of course, the iPhone OS is already fully capable of multitasking. In order for non-Apple apps to participate, Apple must lift the current restrictions within the OS. That's something the company won't do until the iPhone engineers have devised the best and safest method. As for iPhone OS 4.0, Appleinsider notes that it's got "a ways to go." Hopefully we'll have an answer in July.

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Review: Knights of Charlemagne card game is simply simple, and we like it like that

Sebastian Blanco — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

The clever 2006 card game Knights of Charlemagne has made it to the iPhone and iPod touch as a simple little number placing app [$1.99, iTunes link]. We don't mean simple in that it's easy to beat or uninteresting. We mean that the game is clearly designed and plays quickly. While the beginner level (the Squire) is really only worth playing through once or twice with the tutorial minstrel on to learn the rules, getting to and beating the AI at Knight, and then the King level (which is supposed to be Charlemagne himself) is a good challenge and provides plenty of game for two bucks.

There's a whole lot of math and bluffing in the game. That is something which is better experienced in person and using real cards, but board games on the iPhone are their own experience. So, when you want some light brain-burning with a medieval theme, look no further than this simple app. Read on to find out more.

Gallery: Knights of Charlemagne game app

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GDC 2010: Canabalt postmortem

Mike Schramm — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Other Events, iPhone, App Store

"What kinds of games do you like?" Adam "Atomic" Saltsman asked of his panel audience at the Canabalt postmortem during the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. "Role-playing" was yelled out, as was "puzzler," and eventually Saltsman picked "platformer" as the genre. Without another word, he quietly went to work on a laptop. Then, his partner at Semi Secret Software, Eric Johnson, took the podium to tell us all about what it was like to make one of the App Store's most popular games.

He started by saying that the game was originally developed in just "five very long days," and was created for the Experimental Gameplay Project and based around simplicity -- it only uses six colors and, obviously, the one button. For a game that's so simple, it actually had a lot of complex influences. It drew from older games, like Another World and Flashback, as well as modern works, like Half-Life 2 and District 9.

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Poynt for iPhone is a mixed bag

Mel Martin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

Poynt has come to the iPhone, after having been a very popular free app on BlackBerry phones. Poynt provides local searches of individuals and businesses. It also shares a database with Open Table, so you can use it to make reservations at restaurants. Unlike the BlackBerry app, it has augmented reality, but is missing some features beloved by the Blackberry crowd.

Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you'll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by movie genres, or get a list of the top 10 box office films. You can't buy tickets, but you can stream trailers.

When you search for restaurants, you get similar results to those of the business search. Results include phone numbers, restaurant websites, maps, and directions. You can also narrow your search by cuisine, or by distance.

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GDC 2010: How to develop an app with EA Mobile

Mike Schramm — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Developer, iPhone, App Store

For the first panel of day two here at the 2010 Game Developers Conference's iPhone gaming track, Oliver Miao of Centerscore Studios took the stage to talk about working on Surviving High School for the iPhone as a part of Electronic Arts' Mobile division. As Miao made clear early on, he's an "insider outsider" at EA: his company was started with a few friends, purchased by Vivendi in 2006, created a hit mobile game called Surviving High School in 2007, and was bought by EA in 2008. Last year, they were commissioned to recreate their game for the iPhone. In one of the most interesting iPhone panels at the conference yet, he talked about the ins and outs of working with EA on an iPhone title, and explained both, what it was like to work with the company, and his own philosophies on game design, especially concerning in-app purchases and microtransactions.

Most users seem to believe that microtransactions and episodic content are, at the very least, a pain to deal with (and are, at worst, a scam), but Miao is convinced that they're actually necessary to having a successful game -- he said that every developer, going forward, "will need to have them." Read on to find out why.

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Fitaide Lite – Innovative iPhone App for Those with No Time for Fitness

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000

POSCITECH today announces Fitaide Lite 1.0, the free version of Fitaide, for the iPhone or iPod touch. The Lite version retains the core features of Fitaide, but can be run for a maximum of 30 minutes per session. To celebrate the launch of the Lite version and to demonstrate the versatility of the app, iTunes gift certificates will be up for grabs this weekend for those who can use the app to capture the maximum number of distinct activities per day.

New Gestures Found and Camera Features Removed in Newest iPad OS 3.2 SDK

Mike McKinnon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:10:42 +0000

9to5Mac is reporting that a couple of new gestures have been uncovered in the the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4. There seems to be a triple tap gesture and a long press gesture revealed. In the gestures folder, a couple of new plist files have been discovered: "3Tap.plist" and "LongPress.plist".

Will iPhone OS 4.0 Unify The iPhone And iPad Platforms?

Andy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:06 +0000

Though the iPhone and iPad run on a common operating system, the version of OS installed on iPad will not be compatible with an iPhone. The reasons are evident: With a different screen size and variant features that the iPad will come with, the OS on i...

PixelMags – 100+ Magazine Apps for iPad

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:00 +0000

California based PixelMags has 100+ apps ready for Apple's iPad. PixelMags publications are releasing to top paid book app spots all over the world. 30% of readers are making subscriptions their top In App purchase. The release of the iPad is sure to increase this digital publishing phenomenon. Since PixelMags launched in December, 60+ titles for iPhone and iPod touch have been sold in 77 countries through the iTunes App Store.

Apple Patent Hints At Technology To Replace Conventional Keys With iPhone

Andy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:36:07 +0000

Carrying a bunch of keys in your trouser pockets could soon be a thing of the past if a fresh patent filed by Apple is anything to go by. In the patent application, Apple has described a technology that can replace conventional locks with electronic al...

iDongle Solves Tethered Jailbreak Issue

Mike McKinnon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:28 +0000

A new hardware solution for the tethered jailbreak has been announced over at www.myboyfriendisageek.com. It is called the "iDongle" and it is a small device that plugs into the 30 pin dock connector of your iPhone or iPod Touch. It solves the need to get home to your computer to re-jailbreak, if your device crashes or reboot on the go.

Report Claims Apple Is Threatening iPhone Competitors For Patent Infringement

Andy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:53:20 +0000

Apple is reportedly in talks with several leading handset manufacturers over their alleged infringement of the company's proprietary inventions. In a recently published report, Oppenheimer & Co's Yair Reiner writes that Apple's lawsuit against HTC has ...

Intego Releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Austin based Intego today announced VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, featuring the latest version of its acclaimed anti-malware and network security software together with BitDefender Antivirus 2010 so Mac users can protect their Windows installations. The latest version of Intego's anti-malware and network security program includes new threat-detection techniques, improved methods of detection, combined detection protocols, proactive behavioral analysis, and a full range of defensive functions.

DSstyles announces Cubical Series Swarovski Crystal iPhone Case

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

DSstyles today announced a new series of Swarovski Crystallized iPhone Case, the Cubical Series. Each Case featuring with the excellent combination of flat back round and flat back square Swarovski crystals. The series combines these crystals to bring new visual effect. These New Swarovski Crystallized iPhone Cases will definitely be the trend for 2010 for any Swarvoski Crystallized Cases.

Don’t trust the critics: Four Apple products they thought would fail

Chris Rawson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, iPad

Ever since the iPad's introduction a month and a half ago, the internet has been awash in criticism of the as-yet-unreleased device. "It's just a big iPod touch," many have said. "No Flash, no multitasking, no sale," others bemoaned. And a few have gone so far as to say, "It doesn't do a lot of things that a netbook that costs half as much will do." For these reasons and many more, many of the pundits and forum dwellers have but one prediction: the iPad is going to crash and burn.

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Don't you believe it, because the critics have been wrong before. Several times, actually, according to The Week, which provides a list of five Apple products the critics thought would fail. Out of those five, only one, the Newton, failed to find mainstream success. The other four were industry-defining products which went on to sell millions of units each.

What did the critics have to say about these four "failed" Apple products when they first debuted, and which products were they? Click "Read More" to find out.

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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.2 SDK Beta 4 For iPad; Removes Camera Tab

iPhonehacks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:37:44 +0000

Apple has seeded developers of its iPhone Developer Program with the fourth beta version of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK (build 10M2144). Based on initial reports it looks like the latest beta version of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK includes many bug fixes, including a fix ...

No Dashboard Widget On iPad – Missing iPhone Apps Scrapped Due To Design Issues?

Andy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:58 +0000

Early last month, Kevin Fox from Fury.com had noted that native iPhone apps such as Stocks, Calculator and Weather were conspicuously absent from the iPad HomeScreen and wondered if this was a pointer towards the availability of an OS X-like Dashboard ...

Black Swan brings Google Voice back to the iPhone without the App Store

TJ Luoma — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPhone, App Review

Google Voice on the iPhone has been something of a sore subject for me. If you need a full-recap of the whole sordid iPhone/Google Voice story see this story from December or more of our coverage. I even started a little site devoted to waiting for Google Voice on the iPhone called IsGoogleVoiceAvailableForTheiPhone.com.

It has been 6 months and 19 days since Apple claimed it had not "rejected" Google Voice but was "studying" it. During the course of Apple's "study" the company moved to purge all existing Google Voice apps from the App Store.

There were three reactions to this from developers:

Google revamped the Mobile Google Voice page so that it looks a lot nicer on the iPhone.

GV Mobile released its app for free on Cydia for those who have jailbroken iPhones.

The folks behind Voice Central went a different route. They decided to make a web app instead. I've been using it in beta for the past few months, but as of today it has been released to the public as Black Swan.

The difference between the Mobile Google Voice site from Google and Black Swan is that Black Swan is stored locally on your iPhone, like Pie Guy from Neven Mrgan of Panic.com. Riverturn calls this a "weblication," which is a fairly awful name, but apparently they aren't the first ones to use it.

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Slate comes to the iPhone, along with a lot of advertising

Mel Martin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Multimedia, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

I've always liked Slate Magazine on the web. It's sometimes sassy and irreverent, but always interesting -- an eclectic mix of politics, culture and tech news.

Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from the site, as well as the blog posts, staff tweets and streaming video from the Slate podcasts. Once content is downloaded you can read it off-line, which is a worthwhile feature. Access to Slate on the web is free, and you can read Slate from any mobile browser by going to mobile.slate.com.

So why the charge for the iPhone app? Slate says it cost something to develop it, and it gives you a much richer experience in a portable form. I can't argue with that, but I can argue with the ads that appear absolutely everywhere. Even the splash screen popped up with an ad. I think that's a bit much after I've paid for the app, but I'm beginning to see a lot of this in other apps as well.

I do like the app a lot, and it is a better experience for me than reading Slate stories in Safari on the iPhone. I even prefer the app to reading the site on my desktop or laptop. I just think the constant intrusive ads are a turn-off that will keep some people from pulling the trigger on what is an otherwise laudable effort.

Slate works on any iPhone or iPod touch with OS 3.0 or greater. I expect we'll see an iPad version as well.

Full disclosure: In the dim, distant past I worked at the Washington Post Company, which owns Slate.

Take a gander at some screen shots below:

Gallery: Slate for iPhone screen shots

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GDC 2010: Ngmoco explains how Eliminate Pro was built

Mike Schramm — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Other Events, Developer, iPhone

The 2010 Game Developers Conference kicks off today in San Francisco, and TUAW is in attendance to check out the latest and greatest in iPhone game development. The conference boasts a whole track dedicated to iPhone gaming this year, and all week long, we'll be bringing you panels, news, and interviews straight from the conference floor. This morning, panel number one was from Stephen Detwiler and James Marr, two engineers at Ngmoco, to talk to developers about how they put the server software together for Eliminate, the "freemium" first person shooter that's serving as their flagship app lately.

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As they explained during the presentation, they had a heck of a goal with this project: they wanted to put together "the definitive FPS for iPhone," complete with all of the functions of a standard console deathmatch-style FPS, in just five months with just three engineers. And they started with the toughest nut of all: the networking code.

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Crazy Mike’s Apps announces March Madness iPod touch 8GB giveaway

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Crazy Mike's Apps today announced a iPod touch 8GB giveaway tied to March Madness and the release of the new iPhone app, PocketBracket. PocketBracket: College Basketball Tournament is an iPhone app that easily allows people to keep track of their College Basketball Brackets. PocketBracket allows anyone to create unlimited NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament brackets. Full contest details are located online. Winners for the contest will be announced on April 11 on the contest website.

iPhone 3.2 SDK Beta 4 Now Available

Taimur Asad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:45 +0000

Apple has just rolled out another update to iPhone OS 3.2 SDK for iPad. This Beta 4 of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK for iPad brings new API improvements and bug fixes to make sure it is all set before Apple officially releases the final firmware in shipping device come this April.

EFF releases iPhone developer license agreement

Megan Lavey — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Developer, iPhone

In a step towards transparency, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has made the entire iPhone Developer Program License Agreement available for the general public. This is the document that all iPhone developers must agree to when they become part of the iPhone developer program.

As EFF points out, public copies of the license agreement are pretty scarce thanks to developers being locked under a non-disclosure agreement as part of the contract. EFF used the Freedom of Information Act to get its copy from NASA, which is the version from approximately a year ago (Rev. 3-17-09). The agreement has been updated since then.

The EFF characterizes the agreement as "a very one-sided contract, favoring Apple at every turn," and that's not an overstatement. Some of the clauses and conditions in the Apple developer agreement do smack of "our field, our ball, our rules" thinking from Cupertino. Highlights from the 28-page document include:

A ban prohibiting developers from making public statements about the license agreement; however the contract itself is not considered "Apple Confidential Information."
Apps developed from Apple's SDK are only allowed to be sold through the App Store. You can't push it anywhere else (Cydia, etc.), even if Apple has rejected the app for any reason.
Developers are forbidden to tinker with any Apple products, not just the iPhone. This includes jailbreaking.
Apple is not liable for more than $50 in damages in case something happens on their end to your app. This is laughable, and I'm honestly surprised that Apple has not had a legal challenge over this yet.
Devices used for testing purposes could be locked into a "testing mode," and may not be able to be restored to their original condition. That is one way to brick your device.

I discussed the EFF's post with Mike Rose, and he offered some editorial comment; read on for more.

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Yellow Pages #1 Navigation Directory iPhone App Now On Android

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Salt Lake City based Avantar announces today the release of the Yellow Pages app for Android mobile devices. The release marks Avantar's first offering in the Android Marketplace and follows the success of the company's much-downloaded Yellow Pages app for the iPhone and iPod touch. New to the Yellow Pages app for Android is a visual mosaic of the most popular used searched terms, which can also be accessed with a simple tap of the finger.

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live

Mike Schramm — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

I'm much more of a baseball fan (go Cubs!), but of course it is now March, and that means college basketball is about to heat up. CBS Sports has now released an official March Madness On Demand app, and just like the great MLB iPhone app, this one also offers streaming video on demand of 63 March Madness games. Video even comes over 3G and EDGE, so no matter where you are, you'll be able to keep up to date on what's happening in the big tournament. The app also offers scores and bracket updates (so you can see how your picks are playing out), as well as connections to Facebook and Twitter, so you can do a little trash-talking, too.

There is a lite version that offers up just scores and news, but the US$9.99 premium version gives you live video of all the games, and/or audio broadcasts as they happen from Westwood One (and the press release says CBS worked in conjunction with MLB Advanced Media, so I'd guess the quality is pretty good). If you're planning on watching the tournament at all, and think you might spend at least a game or two away from the television, the app will probably be worth it. It's up for download right now on the App Store -- play ball! No wait. What do they say for basketball? Tip off?

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Steph Tirion, creator of Eliss, annouces Faraway

Mike Schramm — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK

Steph Tirion is an excellent game designer who I've had the good fortune to meet a few times. He first released a great game called Eliss on the App Store and he's now announced the second game he's been working on, called Faraway. Eliss was a terrific little arcade game that made great use of the iPhone's touchscreen, and Tirion says that while his first game dealt with "planets and space management in sectors, Faraway will be about constellations and infinite space travel." Sounds exciting. The game will be playable at GDC this week, so I'll definitely make time to run by and check it out.

Tirion has also announced a new company to represent and sell his iPhone games, and he's calling it LITTLE--EYES. It's really great to see a very smart, independent developer come into his own like on a platform like the iPhone -- there's really no other mainstream gaming platform out there that lets developers really jump in headfirst and release experimental games like these to a a mainstream market. We'll keep an eye out at GDC this week for all kinds of indie developers making it big. While it's cool that Valve and other larger companies are finally coming around, we have to be sure not to forget developers like this either.

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