When Apple announced the video camera-equipped iPhone 3GS last June, original iPhone and iPhone 3G owners quickly lamented the lack of video recording in their handsets. While it had been possible to record video on either device using solutions developed for jailbroken phones, there was no suitable alternative for “law abiding” iPhone users. But late last year, Apple began allowing apps into the App Store that enabled the original iPhone and iPhone 3G to record video. Read more…

Apple has been making last-minute changes to its App Store and iBookstore leading up to the April 3 launch of the iPad, according to a new report.

Citing data from San Francisco mobile media research firm Busted Loop, Forbes reported Thursday that Apple has designated 20 categories for books on its iBookstore, which will be available for download on the iPad. That number has been whittled down from about 35 categories that were listed in February. Read more…

New day, new app in Cydia: SecureContacts. This app will allow you to export all your contacts to a secure server and export them at any time as a CSV file.

During the export process, you can also add a password that will protect your file. You can download the file in .csv form from their servers at any time and this app might be useful if you need to restore your iPhone on another computer and you don’t have your contacts synced with Adress Book. Read more…

New day, new app in Cydia: WatchMob which will allow you to download any video from YouTube. The app is pretty straight forward and you only have 4 tabs to work with.

All you need to do is load the app and you will land in the Search tab. Search for the video that you want to download and tap on it. Next tap on the Downloads tab to see the progress of your download(s). You will find all your downloaded vids in the Video tab, where you can also play the video at any time. Read more…

App Store clutter remains an ongoing issue. In addition to “business card” applications that offer little or no functionality beyond a simple web page^[1], there are lite editions, demo editions, full editions, and even in the case of Tweetie 2, completely new applications providing upgraded functionality.

Each of those applications must be registered with a unique app identifier, each one takes up a separate slot when installed on your iPhone’s home screen, each application occupies a separate App Store listing, complete with its own screen shots, marketing material, reviews, and so forth. Each one must be managed by you in iTunes, where you must decide which to sync, which to keep, and so forth. Read more…

Apple is reportedly cracking down on iPhone applications that are built from templates; otherwise known as cookie cutter applications. These applications are often generated using an app building service and are usually just an RSS feed or a flashy business card.

According to TechCrunch, Apple isn’t opposed to app generators and templates per se; however, the company doesn’t want people using native applications for something that a basic web app could accomplish.
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Michael Pachter is probably the most visible gaming industry analyst out there — while he’s not always right about his predictions and insight on the video game industry, he does usually know what he’s talking about, and he’s definitely got the ear of a lot of investors. And so when he says that Apple is planning to turn the Apple TV into a game console, people listen. Read more…

Since many of us spend more time texting on our iPhones than we spend actually having conversations on them, perhaps there is a sizable audience of iPhone owners who will find value in the new TigerText application.

The word “Tiger,” of course, is likely invoked here as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the golf pro recently embarrassed before a global audience for his private-turned-public marital infidelities.
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Mixed reports have emerged that Apple may have created a new “Explicit” category for app submissions using iTunes Connect. Last week, Apple removed as many as 5,000 titles from the App Store that it determined were inappropriate for some users. The dragnet caught some apps but left others – like Playboy and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit app – still available for download. Some devs, however, have said that the new category does not appear on their iTunes submission screens.
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On the list of “I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes” apps, this one takes the cake… and chokes on it.

The free I am choking app could save your life if you are choking on food and can’t speak. If you have your iPhone in hand and can avoid panicking, then you can launch the app, wave your iPhone frantically in front of someone who is nearby, and hope that they can a) read English, and b) follow the instructions in the app to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on you. Read more…