Last summer I played a lot of DS games, usurped by the iPhone, more recently, my device from Nintendo has been gathering dust in the back closet of the old gadget. Back then, a game that was the cause of training load of puzzle-solving dreams was Puzzle League, a simple matching game three forms on a touch-screen grid. Puzzlings clones style gameplay of Puzzle League, but then takes a notch, the setting of the game in a land of cute creatures with a clay doll. By solving some puzzles... Read more...
This year's launch was more low-key than last year's About 30 people were waiting outside Apple's store in the Ginza district of Tokyo when the doors opened at 7 a.m. and more turned up during the first 30 minutes of sales. Apple had allowed customers to reserve the phone and the time they would pick it up, which led to a smaller but more orderly launch. Japan is one of six countries where the handset went on sale Friday. It also launched in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Ireland and... Read more...
Apple announced the new iPhone 3GS at WWDC which will be available on June 19th. Engadget China got there hand on to the new iPhone 3G S before June 9th and have posted unboxing screenshots of new iPhone 3GS along with demoing the compass and voice control applications. Have a look at those posted pictures: via [Engadget]
Nearest Tube one of the first augmented reality apps to go live in the iPhone AppStore. Forget boring 2D tube maps! One of the first augmented reality apps to go live in the iPhone AppStore. Forget boring 2D tube maps! Try this amazing new application that tells Londoners where their nearest tube station is via their iPhones video function. When you load the app, holding it flat, all 13 lines of the London underground are displayed in coloured arrows. By tilting the phone upwards, you... Read more...
QuickPwn 3.0 Beta 5 Released to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5; Includes Cydia 3.0 The fifth beta version of iPhone OS 3.0 which was seeded to developers few days back has been jailbroken. iPhone hackers, HoZy and lilstevie have released an updated version of unofficial QuickPwn: QuickPwn 3.0 Beta 5 for Windows users to jailbreak the latest beta version of iPhone OS 3.0. QuickPwn 3.0 Beta 5 currently works with only iPhone 3G. The latest version of QuickPwn also installs Cydia 3.0 which has... Read more...
As someone who's been around the block a few times with mobile technology, I get a kick out of lengthy treatises on the practices one should follow to keep the information on your iPhone secure. They follow a commonsense pattern: Use a PIN, set the device to auto-lock after a minimal delay, set it to blank itself after a limited number of invalid unlock attempts, block access to the App Store, use Safari's security defaults, and use WPA2 security for Wi-Fi. This is helpful, but it isn't... Read more...
There are a number of applications for the iPhone Tamagotchi style out there, but now based in Tokyo Xtone gives Momo Amamiya, Catgirl a virtual girlfriend that lives in your iPhone, you talk and express emotions (there are English subs for when I Japanese). You can use the GPS function on your iPhone to know when Momo are at home and when you're away. She will act nice in the first case and can be quite cold in the second. Momo, but do not want to be touched, you can pat your head,... Read more...
Apple's plan to release a software kit that lets people create legitimate add-ons for the iPhone could make the device appeal to an even wider audience. In today's cell-phone market, the iPhone stands out as the shining example of what a handheld device should have: a sleek design, easy-to-use software, and an intuitive interface. But the day Apple released it, geeks found the phone lacking, and they went to work to make their own software for it. These hackers have been crafting clever add-ons... Read more...
Software developer Firaxis' Civilization Revolution has finally arrived in App Store, marking the first time a game of Civilization has been made available for Apple iPhone and iPod portable. According to MacNN, Civilization Revolution, as the other items of "civilization" in the series, is based on turns, and leads on other features of the game for PC, although some simplified rules include a limit of three units of the army stack. Players take turn-based control of one of 16... Read more...
IPhone sales of more than sixfold during the second quarter of 2009, helping Apple maintain its position as the third largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, according to a new international review of report.In phone and smartphone sales director Research Carolina Milanesi Gartner reports that Apple sold more than 5.4 million iPhone in the second quarter of 2009. This number is well over 892,000 sold during that period, in 2008, and represents the largest expansion of any smartphone... Read more...