We knew it was going to happen, but we didn’t know it’d be this soon. Today Skype released Skype 3.0, which adds support for video chat on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation. You can grab Skype 3.0 download here. iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation users can now video chat on Skype over their 3G connections, although using WiFi is recommended for better quality. iPad users and iPod touch 3rd generation users can receive and view video chat requests from iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation users, however they cannot show their own videos because they don’t have a camera. Skype Video chat is free, but additional data charges may apply depending on the plan you’re using. Thankfully I signed up with AT&T early and am on the unlimited data plan, so I don’t need to worry about that. There is no word on when Skype video chat support will come out for Android or other mobile users. I’m sure Skype will be giving us an update on this when they hold their Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event on January 6, 2011. Read More
A flashlight app dubbed Handy Light has made it’s way in to the App Store. This app costs 99 cents and can be downloaded here. At first glance it seems like a simple flashlight app, but in reality it has a hidden “egg” that allows anyone to enable tethering on their iPhone. For those interested in seeing how this works, see the video here. As you all may know, AT&T does not support FREE tethering, and it’s illegal to do this so Apple will have to remove this app from their App Store. Many users have already download this app to their devices, so how will Apple solve that problem? Well, Apple has implemented something called a “Kill Switch” in their iPhone OS software, so they can remove applications from all iPhones if they want to. They mainly built this so they can prevent malicious apps from spreading on other phones. If Apple does pull their kill switch, users who bought this app will be refunded the $0.99. It surprises me that Apple just approved this application. What if it had malicious code in there which allowed the developer to steal users’ informations from within the app? Just because the flashlight app was disguised, Apple did not see the tethering code that the developer hid. I hope Apple is more careful in future apps they approve. Update: Looks like the app has already been pulled. Thanks @iRockish for the tip! Read More
Apple’s App Store has many apps available for download. Are you looking for the top iPod touch or iPhone games? Below is a list of the current top 10 selling paid iPod touch and iPhone games on the Apple App Store. Use the unique destructive powers of Angry Birds to lay waste to pigs’ fortified castles. Hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. [Download] In Doodle Jump, you guide the “Doodler” using tilt controls on a spring journey, up a sheet of paper, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes, and blasting “baddies” with nose balls along the way. [Download] A “Survival Comedy” game, featuring undead-themed castle defense and entertaining, physics-based gameplay. [Download] Roll the ball up the ramp with a flick, and make it go into one of the numbered holes for points, tickets, and unlockable achievements. [Download] Fast-action shooter with high quality visuals and plenty of weaponry. [Download] Play the original Monopoly board game, with the option of challenging up to 3 friends on your same WiFi network or up to 2 friends with Bluetooth. [Download] Classic gem swapping Bejewed 2 game by PopCap. [Download] Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to slow down, confue, weaken and “mulchify” 26 types of zombies before they reach your front door. [Download] Play the classic Yahtzee game with a 3D dice, dynamic animations, and easy to use touch controls. [Download] Make your own salad with this tasty iPhone app. [Download] Read More
Apple’s App Store has a lot of apps available to download. Which ones are really popular? Below is a list of the current top 10 free iPod touch and iPhone apps on the Apple App Store. Note, you must have iTunes in order to download these apps from your computer. If you don’t have iTunes, you can download it from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download. You can alternatively download these apps from the App Store on your iDevice, by searching. A classic carnival game where you try to knock down all milk bottles with one throw. [Download] Massive multiplayer online game. Start as a general defending your base from enym and fight to become the dominant military presence in the world as you march your way to victory in World War. [Download] With Tap Store you can design our store, choose what you want to sell, and watch customers — and profit — roll in! [Download] Listen to thousands of the greatest songs of all time. [Download] Classic arcade game, with level one for free. [Download] Help GLOW DOODLE fall and escape the spike that is trying to close in every moment. Some negative powers will be there to make your journey more dfficult, and positive powers will also be there to help you go down easily. [Download] If you like drawing, and you like glow you’ll love this app. You can “draw glow” with this. [Download] A virtual pet game for iPhone and iPod touch. Create virtual puppies, share with friends and the world. [Download] Search using Microsoft’s Bing search engine on your iPhone or iPod touch. You can also use your voice to search. [Download] Addictive bubble-shooter game with tons of levels. [Download] Read More
If you are an iPhone or iPod touch user and you want to make your iDevice look like an iPad, you can easily do that now thanks to RoryPiper. You must first jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch, and to do that see our Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 or Jailbreak iPod touch 3.1.2 post. If you don’t have WinterBoard, see our download and install WinterBoard post for instructions. Open Cydia and search for Simple iPad theme, and install it. Open WinterBoard and tap on the Simple iPad theme to activate it, and then exit WinterBoard. The iPad has a new App Store for just eBooks called iBooks, but there is a similar app in the App Store called Classics which is very similar. Click here to download the currently free Classics app for your iPhone or iPod touch. Read More
Today is December, 25 and you know what that means right? Apple’s App Store will be receiving a lot of iPod touch and iPhone app sales due to the holidays. Below is a list of the current top 10 selling paid iPod touch and iPhone games on the Apple App Store. Cartoon Wars-Gunner is an arcade/action game with a lot of unique weapons and skills. [Download] In Doodle Jump, you guide the “Doodler” using tilt controls on a spring journey, up a sheet of paper, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes, and blasting “baddies” with nose balls along the way. [Download] Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance is a sci-fi first-person shooter game. It has won the IGN Best Action game of the year award. [Download] The classic Tetris game that allows you to listen and control iTunes while playing, track your stats, and play with different “magic modes”. [Download] Battleship game with multiple modes, challenges, two-player WiFi, and bluetooth mode. [Download] Bejeweled 2 has a classic, action, and endless mode. [Download] Hot action-packed racing game by 2XL Games, Inc. [Download] Skee-Ball brings fun of boardwalk with 3D graphics, great physics, and awesome prizes. [Download] An addictive Christmas game by Blue Wind. [Download] A great racing simulation game by Electronic Arts. [Download] Read More
Here is another crazy App Store story. If you’re an iPhone App developer, do not use the same glossy buttons in the SMS app in any of your iPhone applications. Apparently this is trademarked by Apple, and they don’t want you to use it in any of your applications. Joe Stump found this out the hard way. Joe Stump, a former architect of Digg made an application called Chess Wars. Chess Wars is an application that allows you to play Chess on your iPhone with your Facebook friends using Facebook connect. After submitting his application and having it approved by Apple, Joe realized that his application had a bug in it. He fixed the bug he found and resubmitted it, and Apple approved the update. After submitting this update Joe realized that there was another bug for new users so he submitted another update for the Chess Wars app. Unfortunately this time Apple did not approve his application. Due to the iPhone OS 3.0 update, his Application did not work for users and Apple did not approve the updated working version of his application so he got negative reviews. Unfortunately these negative reviews will stick there and may affect future sales of his application. It’s been more than 6 weeks and Apple has still not approved Joe’s application. A few days ago, Joe Stump decided to make a blog post about it which got posted on TechCrunch. The post on TechCrunch got a lot of attention and I believe that caused Apple to contact Joe recently. An Apple representative contacted Joe yesterday morning and told him that his chat interface looks similar to the one in the iPhone SMS client. You can argue that there are other applications like Tweetie that have a similar interface, but Tweetie also has an icon Read More
Today Apple finally approved the Facebook 3.0 iPhone app in the App Store (as of this post it still says version 2.5, but it’s actually 3.0 if you download it). If you’re a Facebook user, you will like using this application. The main features of the Facebook 3.0 iPhone application include the ability to upload videos (iPhone 3GS users only), a built in web-browser, full photo management, and a lot more other features that were missing in version 2.5 Facebook 3.0 is still missing some features that I know many of us would like to see. Here are just some features it’s missing: What feature would you like to see when Joe Hewitt releases Facebook 3.1? Share your thoughts in the comments. Read More
The much anticipated Facebook 3.0 iPhone app has now been released and Facebook addicts can download it from the App Store! About a month ago, Joe Hewitt, the developer of the Facebook iPhone app made an update on Facebook saying that Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone was coming. On Sunday, August 16, Joe Hewitt was finally done with the development of the Facebook 3.0 iPhone Application and he submitted it to the App Store for review. Unsurprisingly enough, Apple spent over two weeks approving this application and kept many users impatient! Read on below to see the new features of the Facebok 3.0 iPhone application. There is no push notification on Facebook 3.0, Joe Hewitt says that this feature will be added in the Facebook 3.1 iPhone App update. If you’re already using Facebook you can update your app through the App Store, or you can . Loving the new Facebook iPhone App? Share your thoughts on it in the comments! Read More
Whenever you get a check, you always need to go to your bank to deposit it. USAA mobile plans to change that with a new update to it’s free USAA mobile iPhone App. USAA Mobile has 7.2 million customers, and out of these 7.2 million customers one million use the USAA mobile iPhone app to manage their bank account. USAA plans to update it’s iPhone app to allow depositing checks through your iPhone. With USAA Mobile’s Deposit@Mobile feature, customers can simply take a picture of their check from the iPhone and deposit their checks to their bank account. In most cases the check is depositted immediately. Customers don’t need to take the check to the bank, and USAA suggests that they void the check or discard it. USAA Mobile is the first and the only bank to have this feature. You can see a demo of the USAA Deposit@Mobile feature in the following video: Read More
