Broken Thumbs Apps has announced the release of Beer Toss 1.0 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Beer Toss is an addictive, easy to pick up and play game, where the goal is for the player to deliver beers to thirsty patrons by flicking beers from their device’s touch screen. Read more…
Opera Software says it will launch a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone next week, according to Reuters.
The browser is said to offer consumers up to six times faster download speeds than Apple’s Safari, and cut data traffic by up to 90 percent.
“This is a provocative move by Opera which will result in a tricky and high profile PR exercise for Apple should it decide not to allow Opera mini through Read more…
Apple has updated the iPhone developer SDK to allow VoIP over cellular networks, according to a press release from iCall.
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iCall is the first and only VoIP application that functions on the iPhone and iPod Touch over cellular 3G networks.
iCall is a market leader in desktop and mobile-based desktop calling platforms, including its highly popular version for the Apple iPhone. Until today, restrictions imposed on developers prohibited VoIP functionality on any 3G network.
VoIP on the iPhone has been the source of many debates with companies such as Google being denied access to the platform and the FCC inquiring as to the restrictions in the Apple App Store; iCall is one of the few VoIP applications that has been permitted by Apple to operate on the iPhone platform. Read more…
Orange has declared their iPhone launch as a smashing success after selling over 30,000 iPhones on their first day.
According to T3, Orange started selling the iPhone at 7am this morning and by 4pm they had sold more than 30,000.
Orange is confident they’ve broken the “previously published first day sales records for a handset in the UK,” going on to gloat that their Orange Wednesdays app has “gone to the top slot in the Entertainment Category, and hit second place in the free apps chart on the Apple App Store.”
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Apple has approved more than 100,000 applications in its App Store, according to latest figures from App Shopper, an industry tracking firm. That number of approved apps dwarfs the number of apps offered by mobile app store competitors Android Marketplace, Windows Mobile Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, and Nokia’s Ovi Store. Apple’s next closest competitor, Google’s Android Marketplace, offers a relative pittance of 10,000 mobile apps, according to App Shopper. BlackBerry App World hosts 3040 apps.
App Shopper released data Tuesday stating that Apple has approved 101,887 apps, with 93,118 actually available to download or purchase as of October 28. Apple is expected to announce the milestone officially when the actual number of applications available in the store reaches 100,000.
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Any traveler knows USA Today is ubiquitous in most hotels, resorts and newsstands catering to non-residents. On October 7, USA Today is going a step farther by launching AutoPilot, an iPhone Travel application (for the iPhone or iPod Touch) on the Apple App Store. USA Today AutoPilot is sponsored by Hampton Hotels.
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Flickr had iPhone as the most popular camera but iPhone owners had to use different apps such as Shozu to upload photos on Flickr. To end this woe, the official Flickr app for iPhone users has arrived at the Apple App store. The free Flickr App allows uploading and sharing of photos as well as videos on Flickr site. Read more…