January
31
Category: Apple, Apps, Free iPhone, Game, Games, Google, Iphone
Anonymous sources have fed Wired and MacRumors some choice tidbits from Apple’s employee town-hall meeting that followed last week’s iPad announcement. Steve Jobs took questions from employees, which led to some interesting iPhone nuggets: Concerning Google and the iPhone ( via Wired ): We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says. Someone else asks something on a different topic, but there’s no getting Jobs off this rant. I want to go back to that other question first and say one more thing, he says. This don’t be evil mantra: “It’s bullshit.” Audience roars. Jobs’ wrath here is surprising, turning the Google/Apple relationship into a vendetta. Google continues to write some sweet apps for the iPhone, and the Maps app, which runs Google Maps, is one of the iPhone’s best features
January
31
Category: Apple, Apps, Free iPhone, Game, Games, Google, Iphone
Normally $6.99, Gameloft has dropped the price on the iPhone game Driver ( iTunes link ) to $4.99. Driver is a classic racing game that follows Tanner, the main character who attempts to infiltrate a national crime ring. The game includes 40 missions, all of which take place in Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, or New York. Gameloft boasts about the game’s “realistic urban environments” and “unbelievable stunts with flinging turns, stomach-dropping jumps and impressive crashes.” Driver also includes three radio stations that primarily play 70s music
January
31
Category: Apple, Apps, Free iPhone, Game, Games, Google, Iphone
Fans of the classic Geometry Wars should check out geoFighter – Light Wars ( iTunes link ), which is free for today only. Survive wave after wave of enemy spaceships while upgrading your weapons and defenses. We do have a suggestion if you download the game: immediately go into the settings and switch to “Classic” view mode. We found the close-up view a little disconcerting. geoFighter – Light Wars is a free download from the App Store for today only.
January
31
Category: Free iPhone
Steve Jobs held a town hall meeting with Apple employees late last week following the iPad launch. Wired reports on what was said at the meeting by Steve Jobs. Two of the biggest topics included Google and Adobe.
On Google, Jobs conf…
January
31
Category: Free iPhone
OmniPlan for Mac OS X
In a blog post, Omni Group has committed to bringing five of their productivity apps to the iPad including OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, and OmniGraphSketcher.
Remember how Maci…
January
30
Category: Free iPhone
In response to confusion surrounding the iPad promotion video, Apple has replaced the video with a more accurate version.
The iPad promo video originally had mocked up scenes showing the iPad browsing the New York Times complet…
January
30
Category: Apple, Apps, Free iPhone, Game, Games, Google, Iphone
This app will remove whatever remaining trust your cat had in you. Kitty! Annoy Your Cat (free, iTunes link ).
January
30
Category: Free iPhone
With the launch of the Apple iPad, there has been no shortage of reactions and opinions on the device. We feel the most promising aspect of the iPad is that there is now a relatively inexpensive full-sized multi-touch platform that is open to a ma…
January
30
Category: Free iPhone
LA Times reports that Apple has confirmed that it is now allowing the iPhone and newly released iPad to make voice over IP (VOIP) calls over AT&T’s 3G cellular network.
“We revised our Program License Agreement in conjunction with our…
January
30
Category: Free iPhone
Engadget reports that evidence has been found in the iPad 3.2 SDK that Apple had been working on the possibility of video conferencing for their new tablet device:
We’re told that there are hooks to accept and decline a video confer…