iPhones Talk

Black Friday App I Just In Time For….. Black Friday!

Kristen Mogavero — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:57:52 +0000

The iPhone has just gone up about three levels in my book because of this application. The TGI Black Friday app is here and it is incredible. While the sales on Black Friday are great, it is tough to know if a deal is really a deal. While the price may by marked down, it [...]

An iPhone Users Plea for Peace

Andrew Wells — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:19 +0000

The excitement of this battle has quickly worn off and it is time for everyone to move forward. If you are to look over the Internet publications since the release of the Droid, everyone and their mother has done a comparison. While that was to be expected, the overflow of information that continues to be [...]

iPhone App WorkSnug Allows Anyone To Find a Wifi Hotspot with their iPhone

Maggie Mills — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:12 +0000

This may be one of the best free apps that is available on the iPhone. We have all been in strange cities and have had to hunt down wifi spots in order to send out a quick email or send off a report. It is almost embarrassing asking people where to go if you don’t [...]

iPhone Gets Its Own Version of DJ Hero

Maggie Mills — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:40 +0000

The much anticipated release of the Amidio Touch DJ application has finally been approved by Apple for sale in the App Store and it is sure to be a top seller in no time at all. The app enables users to mix two tracks without ever hearing one second of the song and has some [...]

Your iPhone May No Longer Be Ad Free

Andrew Wells — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:37:41 +0000

While it may be hard to imagine, you may actually have to suffer through commercials in the very near future when using certain apps on the iPhone. It is tough to gauge how well this one is going to go over with users, but what choice do they really have? AdMob, a mobile phone advertising [...]

iPhone App Store Coming Under Attack

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:35:19 +0000

There has been a recent push of developers that have not been so secretive about their unhappiness with the whole vetting process that Apple uses to decide who can have an app in the store and who cannot. While it is generally believed that the denials are not supposed to be disclosed, these things have [...]

Play Tennis at Lunch Right in the Office with Air Tennis for the iPhone

Kristen Mogavero — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:44:57 +0000

While the purpose of your phone is supposed to be for talking, every now and again it is nice to have a little fun with it. I stumbled upon this great new app and after purchasing and giving it a try, it is something that is highly recommended. Air Tennis only costs $.99 and turns [...]

iPhone Succumbs To the Power of the Press

Rob Goodchild — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:36:46 +0000

Just last week we reported that the Apple App Store had rejected an app that showed caricatures of the various political figures and gave a snapshot of their contact information. Well apparently Apple has been doing some Internet surfing because they have rescinded their earlier decision to deny the application and will now be approving [...]

High Unemployment Rate? There Just May Be an App for That!

Philip King — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:04:10 +0000

As odd as it sounds, the iPhone is doing its share to alleviate some of the unemployment by putting people to work making apps. While Apple may not be directly employing the latest wave of tech entrepreneurs, the iPhone is responsible for quite a few startup companies that are seeing college whiz kids cash in [...]

Negotiate Your Hotel Deals on the iPhone

Maggie Mills — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:13:12 +0000

At the end of October, a Priceline application was released for the iPhone and the reviews are finally in, it is a slam dunk. As soon as this app hit the market it quickly became one of the most downloaded travel apps available and after using it, we can see why. Instead of having [...]

iPhone Now Offers Home Security

Maggie Mills — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:02:13 +0000

Having a security system in the home is a must, but it does not do the user very much good when they are not home and something happens. The house could be getting broken into and the system could be wailing away, but the robbers are in and out before anything happens. The phone rings [...]

Jailbraking Makes iPhones Vulnerable to Hackers

Rob Goodchild — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:35:45 +0000

Rumorville earlier this week had iPhones that were reportedly getting hacked into with a picture of Rick Astley up on the screen. Apparently the hacker was not to shy about it and has done several interviews about how and why he did the hacking. The hack started out as an experiment to see how far [...]

Is Apple too stringent with approval for iPhone Applications?

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:25:22 +0000

Over the last few months, Apple seems to be denying more apps than it is accepting. The latest to fall by the wayside for an iPhone app was Tom Richmond. MAD fans will recognize the name as they were looking forward to the app that he has been touting on his personal blog. [...]

Droid Continues to Lose Steam Against the iPhone

Rob Goodchild — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:39 +0000

It is not taking long for reviewers to pick apart the Droid and they only have themselves to blame. Starting a campaign by stating that this phone is everything that the iPhone is not sets a pretty high bar. They set themselves up for failure in that everyone was expecting some super phone [...]

Your Baby is Crying, There is an App for That!

Andrew Wells — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:28:39 +0000

I thought I had seen it all and then I read that the iPhone can understand what a baby is trying to say when they are crying. How can you not look into an app like this? One of the latest iPhone applications to be launched is the Cry Translator. This is [...]

iPhone vs Motorola Droid: Let the battle begin

Andrew Wells — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:47 +0000

The reviews are finally starting to come in and when all is said and done, it appears to be a draw. The bottom line here is that Verizon had to do something to stop all of the tech freaks from running over to AT&T and Motorola had to do something to get back some [...]

Get a SmartCase with Battery for Your iPhone That Will Double the Usage Time

Philip King — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:53 +0000

IvySkin have released their new SmartCase for the iPhone featuring a battery as part of the packaging for the iPhone and makes the claim to offer double the amount of battery life that the regular battery currently offers. For anyone who has been out on a long night or that has used their iPhone a [...]

Is the iPhone Going Green?

Maggie Mills — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:48:25 +0000

Well they may not be, but there is an app for that! There is a new iPhone app that is about to hit the stores that will enable the iPhone user to measure wind speed. While some will question the usability of such a program, those that are into renewable energy are frothing at [...]

iPhone Number One in Touch Screen Phones

Philip King — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:22:10 +0000

While there are still quite a few die hard traditional phone users out there, the smart phones have all but taken over the industry. Blackberry and the iPhone are far and away the two most popular, but while most Blackberries still feature a keyboard, the iPhone is strictly a touch screen. Its success [...]

AT&T lodges complaint against Verizon for aggressive advertising against iPhone

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:43:51 +0000

In the soon-to-be-dismissed department, AT&T filed a complaint against Verizon for its recent advertising involving the “there’s a map for that” and other iPhone-suggestive taglines in their recent advertising for the Motorola Droid. The complaint wants an injunction against Verizon for showing a map of 3G coverage with blank spaces where AT&T support is supposed to [...]