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Audible is among the first “victims” of Apple’s new policy to charge 30% for in-app purchases, just like it does on app downloads. The audio book service can’t justify such a cut in margins and has decided to provide users with a link to their mobile website instead. This work around solution will definitely cripple the user experience for many folks, hence at least partially hitting profits Audible was making from iPhone users. Then again, as far as I can tell, most of their money comes from subscriptions and the iOS app was used just to download and listen to audiobooks… Actually that’s the way I’m using Audible. Anyway, you’ve probably already been prompted to update the Audible app and if you still haven’t pushed the button maybe it would be wiser not to take that road at all — that of course is in case you actually buy individual books using Audible’s iOS app. Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis. Read More

By – Here you can get Notable and Free apps at the same time! Not all of them are Free but Notable for sure! foursquare helps you find new ways to explore the world around you. See where your friends are, learn about the places they frequent, keep track of all the things you want to do and learn about new things to experience from your friends! Following requests from road & safety experts, we’ve reduced our price for a limited period only! Lets you listen to music and the outside world at the same time. Snooth‚Äôs new iPhone app will change the way you interact with wine. Representing an amazing leap forward in wine identification and virtual cellar management, the new Snooth Wine app makes finding a wine and discovering local availability as easy as snapping a photo. Once the app recognizes your wine, you can then: – Discover where it‚Äôs available near you – Compare prices from stores around the world – Add the wine to your Wishlist or Virtual Cellar – Read reviews and create your own. The ORIGINAL Google Voice app is back and better than ever! Why pay for a navigation device when you can get FREE Voice-Guided, Turn-by-Turn Directions right from your iPhone? Plus, you get the same trusted directions that you‚Äôve come to rely on from MapQuest.com. Millions of others have already downloaded it, so why not try it? Audible.com, the Internet‚Äôs premier provider of digital audiobooks and more, is now available on your iPhone and iPod Touch! This free app features the most comprehensive audiobook experience ever, including Wi-Fi delivery of your Audible.com library, access to the Audible.com mobile store, detailed listening stats, and much more. Match your music to your mood or change your mood with your music. Moodagent instantly creates playlists from your own songs based on the mood settings you select. Related Posts Read More

Our Friday Five feature is back, along with five new apps from the past week. We've got audiobooks, a new Clickgamer game, a free map app, and more. What're you waiting for? Read on! Where is the summer going? My apologies for last week’s lack of a Friday Five. We’re back this week, though, with five interesting apps from the past week, just like always. Enjoy! Hellsing’s Fire Hellsing’s Fire is a beautifully illustrated puzzle-adventure game from Clickgamer (Angry Birds, anyone?). Dr. Hellsing’s illuminating torch and his assistant Raffton’s tonics are both necessary to defeat the undead hordes. The puzzles are trumpeted as being “quick but rewarding”…sounds great for pick-up-and-play or, you know, losing hours of your life. With 90 monster-packed levels, Crystal integration for leaderboards and achievements, and wry dialogue, Hellsing’s Fire looks to be a great new App Store game. $0.99 Released: 2010-07-10 :: Category: Games Audible Audible.com is one of the biggest audiobook sites on the web. Subscribers to the website enjoy a market of digital audiobooks that’s hard to beat, and now with the Audible app, said users can download their Audible.com libraries to their iPhones. The Audible app runs in the background with iOS 4 on multitasking-enabled devices. It also support chapter navigation, Play as You Download, bookmarking, Button Free Mode, and Sleep Mode. It’s a great app if you want to listen to your Audible.com audiobooks, but unfortunately this app doesn’t yet allow you to buy them in-app. FREE! iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Released: 2010-07-10 :: Category: Books Wheel of Fortune Platinum Edition This app brings the famous TV game show to the iPhone…finally! Test your wordly wit against the app or with others via multiplayer mode. The wheel and the sound effects are true to the show, and the puzzles are written by the producers themselves. You can customize your characters, too. Multiplayer comes in the form of pass-and-play, local multiplayer (Bluetooth / WiFi), or network mode (yes! online multiplayer!). “Theme Weeks” featuring custom puzzles and wedges will be introduced, too. The app itself looks pretty good, though some players have apparently experienced crashing…so proceed with caution. As famous as Wheel of Fortune is, though, I’d expect a bug-fixing update soon. $4.99 Released: 2010-06-16 :: Category: Games Mapquest 4 Mobile Remember when MaqQuest was practically the king of online mapping? It’s no longer the undisputed champ, but Read More

I've been an Audible fan for far longer then I've owned an iPhone; when I first launched the App Store, Audible was one of the first things I searched for. Thanks to some of the changes made in iOS 4.0, some of the largest challenges for an Audible iPhone app we've written about in the past are no longer a problem. I'm really excited that a free Audible app has finally arrived on the App Store! Ironically, while you can create an Audible account from the app, you aren't able to browse Audible's selection or purchase books; plan on making a round trip to Safari whenever you want to buy something. Additionally, there are some older titles that have not yet been made available in a format ready for wireless delivery, but Audible claims over 75,000 titles are available. One annoyance with the application is that you will need to be connected to Wi-Fi to download any files larger then 20MB. While this limit isn't particularly surprising given similar restrictions in other apps and the App Store itself, it is a limit not shared with at least one other Audible app on a competing platform. Audiobook playback is where the new app really shines -- it provides a better experience than listening to audiobooks through the iPod app. iOS 4 multitasking is built in, as are OS playback controls; you can use the playing and pausing from a clicker on a compatible set of headphones. You won't be missing any of the native features that may have prevented earlier audiobook apps from getting as much traction. The killer feature for me is the addition of a bookmark system. When you want to save a spot you'd like to return to later, hit the bookmark button and you're prompted to save your spot with the option of typing out a note for it as well. This is a much better solution than my current technique of snapping a screenshot of the location in the iPod app. I also really like the ability to set a sleep timer so that the book pauses (after a few different intervals, up to an hour). Between the sleep timer and the additional rewind and fast-forward functions it's going to be easier to find your place the next time you start listening. The Audible app also works with the other audiobooks you've already synced from iTunes; however, Read More