Developer Tommy Refenes has attracted the attention of a substantial number of his developer peers this weekend. Refenes’ game “Zits & Giggles” was yanked from the App Store a few days ago without the developer receiving any word from Apple as to why the pimple-popping game for the iPhone and iPod Touch was dumped. Read more…
Sprint has released an ad that features the iPhone with its Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot mobile router. The Overdrive allows you to use Sprint’s 4G network with any WiFi capable device.
The ad features “Matt” and the appropriately-named iPhone-owner “Steve.”
“My friend Steve’s iPhone is cool, but it’s limited to AT&T’s 3G speeds,” Matt says. “So I’m going to use the Overdrive 4G mobile hotspot to make it up to ten times faster. Read more…
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The Street’s Jason Schwarz predicts that come June Apple will decrease the screen size of the iPhone as part of a new strategy to focus on the iPad.
“The iPhone turns into your tethering your device. It turns into your Internet connection. You only have to pay one bill, one phone bill, and all your devices can connect to a 3G and eventually a 4G wireless network. So in effect what the iPhone becomes for Apple is the glue that holds their mobile ecosystem in place.” Read more…
Pocket Gamer has compiled a list of iPad game titles that will be available at or near the iPad launch date of April 3rd.
You can see the current list of 55 games below. Hit the link to check for updates… Read more…
THQ Wireless is set to release a Bluetooth enabled Lightsaber Duel app for iPhone next month, according to Mobile Entertainment.
The app follows the 2008 Lightsaber Unleashed game which was a revamped version of an unofficial app called PhoneSaber. It will feature officially licensed lightsaber sounds while iPhone users swing against each other using Bluetooth connectivity. Read more…
Apple is still negotiating with media companies for a price cut on TV show downloads for the iPad, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Apple also hoped to work closely with newspaper, magazines and textbook publishers on new ways to digitally present print content on the iPad, but has for now put the effort on backburner in favor of focusing on other content, said one of those people. Read more…
About a year ago, we talked about GameBone Pro, the first iPhone controller peripheral. While the GameBone created quite a buzz, and it was not the only project of its type, there was nothing to hit the market. It is not certain, but it seems that Apple might not have previously been allowing official SDK-supported versions to be approved. Read more…
Here’s an interesting post by a blogger named teucher that echoes something we’ve heard from developers before — that the iPhone and the iPad will require completely different experiences. When the iPad was first announced, one of Apple’s big selling points was that it already had a full library of software ready to go — any iPhone app could and would easily run on the iPad. Read more…
iLounge is reporting that Apple has banned protective screen films from its retail and online stores. Several film-screen manufacturers have confirmed that Apple’s ban will take effect in May. Multiple vendors told iLounge that Apple has said that it will remove both film-only solutions from its stores, as well as any case or other accessory that includes film protection as part of its package, such as cases that include film screen protectors. Read more…