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iPhone AppStore apps round-up

Posted 24 June 2008 @ 10am in Applications

The anxiously awaited iTunes AppStore, due alongside the release of the iPhone 3G on July 11th, is sure to debut with a few surprises given the reticence of many major third-party developers thus far. With the aid of some keynote demonstrations and a few NDA-skirting announcements, however, we’ve cobbled together a list of currently planned […]

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Apple iPhone Design Awards: AOL Radio, Enigmo, OmniFocus

Posted 12 June 2008 @ 9am in Applications, News

Last night, Apple held its annual design awards for developers during the currently underway Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). This was the first year that the company offered accolades for native iPhone application development.

Among the winners is AOL Radio, in “best entertainment application” category. AOL issued a press release announcing the win, stating: “the new application […]

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Listen to Sirius radio on your iPhone

Posted 9 June 2008 @ 9am in Applications, News

Though it’s sure to be lost in today’s WWDC hubbub, a newly available jailbreak application called uSirius allows users to listen to Sirius Satellite Radio on the iPhone or iPod Touch. The application plays the live streaming audio directly from sirius.com. 

The app is currently in beta, and the developer notes:

“It has several bugs and may […]

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iPhone VoIP app planned for official App Store, demo

Posted 7 June 2008 @ 9am in Applications, News

iCall has announced iCall for the iPhone, an application that will purportedly allow you to seamlessly transfer incoming calls from regular cellular to WiFi, potentially saving plan minutes. The application integrates with the iPhone’s Address Book and other phone-related functions.

The company claims to have a working beta, but explicitly states on their website that no […]

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iPhone developers skirt Apple’s NDA to promote apps

Posted 28 May 2008 @ 1pm in Applications, Development

With the iPhone AppStore due to debut within a month’s time, developers who have been accepted into Apple’s official iPhone program are chomping at the bit to discuss their upcoming applications. Murkiness regarding Apple’s non-disclosure agreement, signing of which is a prerequisite to the program, has stymied promotional efforts, including interviews with the press, publication […]

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iPhone beta SDK 6 released; requires Mac OS X 10.5.3

Posted 28 May 2008 @ 11am in Applications, Development, News

Apple has released the sixth beta of the iPhone software development (SDK), which is available to registered Apple Developer Connection members. The new release requires Mac OS X 10.5.3, the latest version of Leopard, which was released earlier today. Developers report that this release “fixes many bugs and adds support for the latest iPhone OS.”

Details […]

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iFunding two iPhone Apps: Whrrl and iControl

Posted 27 May 2008 @ 11am in Applications, News

Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the firm behind a $100 million venture capital for official iPhone application development, told iPhone Atlas that its managers have been been overwhelmed by the response and subsequent slew of applications submitted for iFunding.

Since the program’s inception months ago, KPCB has received 1700 applications. So far two of those applications […]

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Blackjack, Mahjong planned for iPhone AppStore

Posted 23 May 2008 @ 11am in Applications, News

Though developers of iPhone applications to be sold through the official AppStore, due next month, are bound by an NDA and hence generally mum on release plans, Mobileage says it will be offering two games for the iPhone and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store later this year.

Blackjack21 is described as the definitive version […]

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Adobe to host iPhone DevCamp 2

Posted 19 May 2008 @ 8am in Applications, Development, News

The second iPhoneDevCamp 2 will be held on August 1-3, 2008 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco, CA. The not-for-profit, sponsor-supported gathering covers the development of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch using the native SDK and web standards.

The first event was also hosted by Adobe, and held in August 2007 with 300 […]

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Native Soulseek P2P app comes to the iPhone

Posted 15 May 2008 @ 9am in Applications, News

Representing perhaps the first genuinely useful native peer-to-peer application for the iPhone, iSlsk, which is capable of accessing the Soulseek music sharing network, has debuted.

SoulSeek was created by Nir Arbel, a former Napster programmer, and offers access to a vast peer-shared library of files, composed primarily of music. THe network boasts hundreds of thousands of […]

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