Ever tried to convince a Bulgarian that you were the real Slim Shady? No? Either way, we’ve all got stuck ordering a bottle of the local plonk on holiday or at the local Italian eatery. But wouldn’t it be cool if you could use your phone to get around these awkward moments? Step forward Google, [...]

FMWebschool has announced the immediate availability of FMTouch, a native application that allows users to deploy FileMaker Pro databases on the iPhone or iPod touch. The application can be used without an Internet connection, and comes in at the high end of AppStore prices, selling for $99.99.

Multiple relational databases are supported by FMTouch, and [...]

We previously reported the debut of the first known Palm OS Apps ported to the iPhone SplashID, SplashShopper and SplashMoney which collectively are a series of popular Palm OS applications. Today we are going to take a closer look at one of these - SplashID, a secure password manager.

The iPhone version of SplashID bears stark [...]

So far, most applications that make use of the iPhone’s location services, including the iPhone 3G’s GPS hardware, simply map the user’s location once then present context-sensitive information. A new app from FitnessKeeper, Inc., however, tracks the users’ locations live, using the information to deliver and store run data (distance, duration, pace, speed, etc.).

The application, [...]

The release of a revised open-source toolchain for compiling unofficial iPhone applications and the advent of a jailbreak method for the iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2.0 have breathed new life into the underground iPhone development scene. The importance of jailbreaking had been mitigated to some extent by the debut of Apple’s official AppStore and [...]

Just a week and a half ago WordPress for the iPhone was announced with a pretty killer screencast detailing what you could do with it. Tuesday morning it finally showed up on the app store, and I’ve had ample time to play with it. The good news is that it’s very enjoyable to use and [...]

The world of finance is sober, serious business, ever more so in a struggling through economy. Bloomberg’s freeware application for the iPhone and iPod Touch gives information-seekers a clear view of the moment with financial headlines, a ticker finder, and a fleshed-out index of world markets.

An appealing dark-themed application, Bloomberg contains a read-only newsfeed and [...]

The Iconfactory has created two versions of Twitterrific, its Twitter client for the iPhone. One is an advertisement supported free version while the other is a Premium version that’s advertisement free. The latter sells for $9.99.
The iPhone version of Twitterrific will display all recent posts (”tweets”). These include all replies and direct messages from Twitter. The [...]

With the debut of the AppStore come a number of native applications that replicate the functionality of already extant iPhone-optimized Web sites. The impetus for creation of native applications has, thus far, been driven by the ability to use location sensitivity, access to the camera, and other iPhone technologies that are conventionally inaccessible through MobileSafari.

Google [...]

We’ve been playing Super Monkey Ball for a few minutes — OK, hours — now, and it’s every bit as fun as promised. If you’re not familiar with this title, which has been made uber-popular on other gaming platforms, the gameplay is thus: you are one of four monkey characters who happens to reside in [...]