Official word: Skype for iPhone to be released Tuesday

Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. While most of the features aren’t too surprising–Skype does want to maintain some consistency across its mobile applications, after [...]

Say Happy Birthday to loved ones with this app for the iPhone

AppTOKYO is offering their new “Happy Birthday Cake” iPhone app for free for one month, so you can literally do as little as possible to celebrate somebody’s birthday. Still, it’s the thought that counts, right? The app provides a space to type in that (sorta) lucky person’s name on the “cake,” and then he or she [...]

Sony Pictures Television unveils new iPhone games

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has unveiled new games for the iPhone coming out this year.

Apple WWDC to be held from June 8-12th

Apple on Thursday announced that the annual developers conference for 2009 would be held from June 8 to 12. The conference would be held at Moscone West convention center downtown San Francisco, which seems to be the mecca of technology for many companies these days. Tickets for the five day event are now available as [...]

Review: Guitar FX apps for iPhone

TrialAndErrorDevTeam’s trio of Guitar FX apps take the sound of your acoustic guitar and add effects to make it sound electric. For what these apps do—and if you’re willing to spend quite a bit of time experimenting with their settings—the Guitar FX programs are fun novelties.

AT&T iPhone Outage in California/San Francisco?

We received a note via Twitter that there may be a problem:

wondering if you’ve heard any reports of an iPhone service outage in SF Bay Area? My iPhone and 7-8 other friends no service.

Some comments have popped up on older posts making us wonder as well. Anyone in San Francisco or California in general experiencing any AT&T outages? If so, please sound of in the comments and let us know where and when, and whether it’s back or not in your area.

And, hey, if this is isolated or already over, outage-fans fear not, there’s still CTIA in Las Vegas coming up, and we know what massive amounts of iPhones at big trade shows do to AT&T’s network…

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AT&T iPhone Outage in California/San Francisco?

Are Cheap Apps Costing the iPhone Great Games?

We’ve talked about this several times before on TiPb, but Jeremy Horwitz over at iLounge takes an interesting journey via the game Peggle, what it’s release looks like for the Nintendo DS at $30, how retail sales prices break down, and what it might mean for iPhone gamers if they’re forced by market conditions to give us a barer-boned $5 version.

We know Apple said “free apps stay free”, so there’s still no model for demos to get people hooked, but the idea of ScaleWare, so a low introductory price can be followed by a few level/feature pack upgrades is something we’re fond of. Horwitz rightly points out that if devs over use this, however, it could make things worse:

just imagine the commercials showing someone actually playing a full Sony or Nintendo handheld game alongside someone clicking on iPod touch dialog boxes to the sound of a cash register.

iLounge likes the idea of regular games (i.e. cheap) with the in-app option to upgrade to deluxe versions (i.e. full price). Sounds good to us. We want great games on the iPhone, and we’re willing to reward developers with fair prices for their work. Are you?

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Are Cheap Apps Costing the iPhone Great Games?

Skype for iPhone arrives

Skype for iPhone will arrive at the App Store on Tuesday. The application will allow users to make free Wi-Fi calls to other Skype users.

Monday Fun Fantasy: Apple MacBook Mini

Is it real, or is it photoshop-fiction? Almost certainly the latter, but since our editor-in-chief, Dieter, went and bought himself a Dell Mini 9, it stands to reason Apple leaked this just to give him a little pay back for the stray Mac.

Gizmodo runs down the speculative specs:

• 10.4″ WXGA display.
• 1280 x 768 pixel with LED backlighting.
• NVIDIA MCP79
• Intel Atom Z740 1.83GHz with 1MB L2 cache.
• 2GB DDR3-800.
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• 64GB Solid State Drive.
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n
• 1 x USB 2.0
• 1 x Mini Display Port
• Battery Li-Ion 5100mA

Do we want a low-yield baby Mac? Would it be even more interesting if, as Apple Insider reported some other rumors suggest, carriers like AT&T, Orange, etc. start offering subsidized MacBook’s when you sign a contract for a data card?

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Monday Fun Fantasy: Apple MacBook Mini

MacBook Mini Photos Generate Speculation

A series of images from a Russian magazine which claims to depict a "MacBook Mini" have been circulating on the internet. The specs on the described machine as said to include the following:

- 10.4" WXGA display.
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Skype App coming to iPhone on Tuesday, Blackberry in May

It's legit; Skype is coming to the iPhone on Tuesday, BlackBerry devices in May. While we've seen plenty of Skype-capable apps on the iPhone, the poor, often echo-infected calls should be easily bested by the official Skype App that doesn't need the extra audio transcoding workaround required by the existing crop of unofficial apps. The Skype app works over WiFi only (not over EDGE or 3G data) and supports calls to SkypeOut contacts in addition to many of the other features you've used from the desktop client. iPod touch owners will require earphones with an embedded mic to talk. CNET has a hands-on preview of the App just as long as you can muster the energy required to hit the read link below.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Skype App coming to iPhone on Tuesday, Blackberry in May originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone Dominates 2009 Mobile Game Developers Conference

Last week, game developers descended on San Francisco to take part in the 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC). GDC was broken up into different segments with the first two days dedicated to Mobile gaming. The mobile keynote speech was given by ...

RIM, others face uphill rivalry with App Store

If RIM opens its App World this week as rumored, it will face challenges matching the popularity of Apple's App Store.

Skype for iPhone coming Tuesday, says CNET

Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone

We heard it was on the way, but now CNET says it's official: the Skype application for iPhone and iPod touch should be available tomorrow on the App Store. As expected, the voice-over-IP app will require a WiFi connection to place and receive calls; it will also handle conference calling as a participant, not an initiator, and the first version leaves out SMS, call waiting and an integrated voicemail tool. Skype text chat, unlike voice traffic, will work fine over an EDGE or 3G connection.

Imperfect? Yes, and there are other apps -- Fring and Nimbuzz, for example -- that can talk to the Skype voice network... but the big blue S is providing the stamp of approval for VoIP on the iPhone, and you can bet that Skype's app will shoot to the top of the App Store charts as soon as it's released.

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Quad-Core Nehalem Mac Pros Support 16GB RAM

Other World Computing has begun selling 4GB SDRAM memory modules for the Quad-Core Nehlaem Mac Pros that were introduced in March. A reader emailed OWC and confirmed that 4GB modules had been successfully tested on the Quad-Core Mac Pros.
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The iPhone Blog Week in Review for March 29, 2009

Every week I will be bringing you what I think are the week’s biggest stories and articles. Let’s get started, after the break!

iPhone 3.0 Software Walkthrough

Missing what is new with 3.0? Like to see what’s up? Rene gives us an excellent walkthough of just what is in iPhone Software 3.0. There are even some gems you didn’t know about…

Apple’s Bluetooth headset is discontinued!

There is only one explanation; an stereo Bluetooth version must be coming! Or maybe not. I can dream at least. Regardless, I thought it was a good headset. It got better with each hardware revision too.

Gasp! New iPhone hardware to be released in June?

No way! I had no idea! Really, Schiller said this in January. Plz…

Barista for iPhone Giveaway!

That is right! Read on for the details!

What does iPhone Software mean for Gamers?

Lots of good stuff! I mean we have Bluetooth local play, downloadable levels, send messages to friends fro within games, this is awesome!

Facebook Connect… with Scrabble!

I am in love! I play Scrabble all the time on Facebook, now I can take those games with me! Now, with Facebook Connect, I can view, play and create games with my Facebook friends. Gaming on the iPhone has just gone to another level.

Carmack brings Wolfenstein 3D to iPhone

It is good (you can pick it up here) and to think Doom is next! OMGZ! I sure hope they add multiplayer in Doom!

Review: Motorola Pure H15

This is one nice headset! Light, compact and has a cradle! It even sounds great!

Thinking about using iPhone Software 3.0? Think twice!

Rene lays it out pretty clearly; it is slow, buggy and apps may not work.. you were warned. After all, this is a first beta release…

How will Apple handle Push Notifications?

This is a good question. I mean, where there are dozens of alerts coming at ya, how are you supposed to manage them when in the current OS you HAVE to act on each alert… interesting indeed Apple…

The iPhone Blog Phone Different Podcast #36

The new podcast is available! Give a listen as Rene and Dieter discuss the Pre and iPhone software 3.0 comparisons.

Skype coming to iPhone?

Why isn’t this out already? Hmm…

Mobile Safari 3.0.. Supa Fast Yo!

Wow, benchmarks have it coming in from 3X-16X faster then Safari in 2.2.1. What does this mean for us? Lots’ O iPhone web browsing Joy!

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The iPhone Blog Week in Review for March 29, 2009

Portengo’s Wanted.app Review

Create your own personalized Western posters with Portengo's Wanted.app  for the iPhone. Westernize your loved ones by adding indian and western props to their pictures. Its a lot of fun and for $.99 how can you go wrong?Some of the things you can add to your pictures are:hatsmustachesaxesgunsand many more... ...

Review: Pace for iPhone

Ron Forrester's Pace may get you in the habit of keeping a journal to log your runs, walks, or jogs. This dependable app is well thought out, and enjoyable to use.