Tag Archive | "app store"
Comparing the Zune HD to the iPod Touch isn’t really fair
The Zune HD hit store shelves earlier today, and I myself had the opportunity to play with one for a little bit. While everyone is busy comparing the Zune HD to the iPod Touch, the comparison seems a bit misplaced. The first thing I noticed about the Zune was how small it was relative to […]
Continue reading...Zune HD officially launches today, with app strategy as scattered as ever
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Microsoft’s answer to the iPod Touch, the Zune HD, officially went on sale today across the country in two flavors. A black 16GB version will retail for $219 while a platinum 32GB version will retail for $289. Apple, for the record, isn’t selling a 16GB iPod Touch anymore and its 32GB model sells for $300. […]
Continue reading...“Flight Control” for the iPhone nets over 1.5 million downloads in less than 6 months
Friday, September 11, 2009
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The popularity of the “Flight Control” app for the iPhone and iPod Touch has really taken off since its release last April. Bad puns aside, the game from the Melbourne, Australia based Firemint development studio has enjoyed almost unparalleled success in a relatively short period of time. Earlier this week, Firemint announced that their “Flight […]
Continue reading...Zippo Lighter app for the iPhone surpasses 5 million downloads
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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The Virtual Zippo Lighter app, a joint project between Zippo Manufacturing and Moderati, recently surpassed over 5 million downloads. In case you’re unfamiliar with a Zippo, it’s an iconic lighter that you’d probably recognize instantly if you saw it. And whadya know, there it is chillin’ to the right of this text! Since its release […]
Continue reading...Commodore 64 app approved for the iPhone
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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Macnn reports: Manomio’s official Commodore 64 app has successfully passed through the App Store approval process, after encountering trouble with the initial submission. The emulator is legally licensed through the current Commodore trademark owners. Users can experience original C64 graphics and SID sound, along with an auto-save feature and support for either landscape or portrait […]
Continue reading...iPhone screens of the rich and famous
Monday, September 7, 2009
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Ever wonder what apps some of the more prominent designers, developers, and tech writers have on their iPhone home screens? Well, First & 20 gives us the inside scoop with accompanying iPhone screenshots from noted peeps such as Jason Snell, Loren Brichter, and Adam Lisagor. It’s well worth checking out on a lazy Labor Day […]
Continue reading...“I am T-Pain” races to the top of the iTunes app store charts
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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Released just 2 days ago, the “I am T-Pain” iPhone app from Smule is off to impressive start, racing up to the top of the paid apps list on iTunes, and garnering a ton of buzz and solid user reviews in the process. The app, from the music-minded folks behind Ocarina, lets users sing into […]
Continue reading...There’s just no money in Android apps
Friday, September 4, 2009
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Matt Hall of Larva Labs wrote an interesting post earlier this week detailing his experience working with the Android app store. Put simply, even the top apps on the Android Market aren’t raking in the dough. Before getting into the sales chart below, Hall points out how “insane” it is that that apps on the […]
Continue reading...Sing like T-Pain with new auto-tune iPhone app [Video]
Friday, September 4, 2009
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Smule has the music apps category on iTunes on lockdown, and things are about to get a whole lot more serious with the release of a new app called “I Am T-Pain”. As you might have guessed, the app lets any ole’ user sing into the iPhone mic and have their voice coming out sounding […]
Continue reading...Gameloft hits 6 million downloads on the iTunes App Store
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Earlier this week, French based game development company Gameloft announced that they had sold over 6 million iPhone games on Apple’s iTunes App Store in the past 13 months. Gameloft, well-known for titles such as Assasins Creed and Real Soccer, has thus far released 35 games for the iPhone platform, many of which have been critically acclaimed […]
Continue reading...The iPhone and letting apps run in the background
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Kicking it ADB, a great blog who we wish would publish more often, directs us to the fact that the third most popular app on Blackberry’s App World is an app called “Aerize Optimizer – Memory booster – cleaner utility”. As you might have guessed, the app helps eliminate memory leaks, improve sluggish performance, and […]
Continue reading...Another iPhone developer takes to the streets
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Seems that publicizing app store woes is the latest and greatest way to get Apple’s attention, and the latest iPhone developer to throw his hat into the proverbial ring is former Digg developer Joe Stump, whose latest update to his Chess Wars app has been in limbo for 6 weeks now. A couple of months […]
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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