App Store crosses the 1.5 billion apps downloaded mark

As Apple’s mobile App Store turned 1 year old this past week, the Cupertino company announced Tuesday that more than 1.5 billion total applications were downloaded in the last 12 months, and the store’s popularity continues to grow at an incredible pace. That’s another half-billion downloads in the last three months – a trend which suggests [...]

Analyst: iPhone “wrecking” the cell phone industry?

While many iPhone owners hail Apple as saving them from greedy cellular carriers, an analyst now says the company has overturned AT&T and the entire wireless industry — and not always for the better. Analyst Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research likens the relationship between Apple and AT&T as that between the former and music labels dating [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 to Gain Free Web-Based Components

Microsoft yesterday announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 that its forthcoming Office 2010 suite will gain a web-based component offering free, ad-supported access to browser-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote to anyon...

HTC smartphones left vulnerable to Bluetooth attack

A vulnerability in some HTC phones running Windows Mobile leaves users vulnerable to attack over Bluetooth.

Review: iPhone first-aid apps

iPhone apps can offer a handy way to refresh a memory that's gone blank in the face of an emergency. But in our round-up of a quartet of first-aid reference tools, one app stood out among the rest.

Apple Trumpeting iPhone App Store a Gut Punch to Microsoft and Verizon?

Was Apple’s just released App Store announcement — and Steve Jobs’ remark about how difficult it will be for others to catch up — conveniently timed to preempt Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference where, according to our sibling site WMExperts, details of Windows Marketplace for Mobiles are emerging?

1.5 billion downloads, 100,000 developers, and 65,000 apps is a good old Jobsian gut punch to knock the wind of out any Microsoft news about WinMo 6.0 support, Windows Marketplace Business Center, and whatever else comes out from the folks up in Redmond.

It also combines in a very tidy roshambo to Verizon’s recent revelation that, according to Engadget Mobile, BlackBerry App World or Windows Marketplace won’t be built into devices on that carrier(?!)… and we won’t go much further on that bone-headed, short-sighted, anti-openness news since our cursing would get Parental Control level 17+ slapped on this post…

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Apple Trumpeting iPhone App Store a Gut Punch to Microsoft and Verizon?

WWDC Demo (and sneak peek): SciFly 2, a dogfight app for your iPhone or iPod touch

Filed under: Gaming, WWDC, iPhone, iPod touch

I was shocked to discover the young author of SciFly (iTunes link) hadn't even graduated high school when he first started coding, and wrote the original game while in high school. Based on his success with the first version, he dropped out of high school and has dedicated himself to iPhone development. From what I saw of SciFly 2, it may pay off. The sequel is a massive expansion on the original, with every bit of it written by a young man who seemed to have a versatile skill set and a passion for mobile development. We'll post on Twitter and Facebook when the sequel is available on the store. You can also try a a Lite version of the original here (iTunes link).

WWDC Demo (and sneak peek): SciFly 2, a dogfight app for your iPhone or iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

WWDC Demo (and sneak peek): SciFly 2, a dogfight app for your iPhone or iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s App Store crosses the 1.5 billion download mark

Yes, it seems like only yesterday (or about 3 months ago) that Apple crossed a landmark -- 1 billion apps downloaded from its App Store -- and here we are again. Apple's just issued a press release stating that it's now seen another half a billion apps downloaded in about three months -- putting them over the 1.5 billion mark. Apple doesn't get all the kudos to themselves, though: after all, someone's been downloading The Moron Test. A lot.

Filed under: Cellphones, Software

Apple's App Store crosses the 1.5 billion download mark originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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App Store One Year Later: 65,000 Apps, 100,000 Developers, 1.5 Billion Downloads

Apple announced today that the iTunes App Store, one year post-launch, has served up over 1.5 billion downloads of more than 65,000 apps created by over 100,000 registered developers.

Says Apple CEO, Steve Jobs:

“The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality. With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.”

Strange as it is to see Jobs mention “the competition” there’s no denying the App Store is run-away success beyond even Apple’s lofty expectations.

Congrats! And let’s hope the next year is even better!

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App Store One Year Later: 65,000 Apps, 100,000 Developers, 1.5 Billion Downloads

Microsoft to let older phones use its app store

Microsoft will soon start accepting applications for its mobile Marketplace, but won't include all existing apps in the store.

Apple Announces First-Year App Store Success: 1.5 Billion Downloads, 65,000 Apps

Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded over 1.5 billion applications in the App Store's first year of operation. There are currently over 65,000 applications available in the store.

Apple today announc...

New iPhone 3GS Unlock - Purplesn0w

It seems as if George Hotz has taken it upon himself to create a new iPhone 3GS unlocking solution which he calls purplesn0w. It seems the original iPhone hacker and creator of the jailbreak software purplera1n, was once again not happy with the Dev Teams software, this time it was their unlocking tool, ultrasn0w.

First off, what is purplesn0w? It’s a soft unlock for your 3GS that I’d actually use day to day. It’s not a daemon that takes any resources, and it doesn’t add a task to your baseband. It’s very close to a true unlock. All it does is patch three files, CommCenter, lockdownd, and your wildcard activation plist (which you need, activate w at&t sim first, no hacktivation support yet). That’s it, no other files are installed.

So as you can see Hotz needs to do some more tweaking to get purplesn0w in pristine full working condition. If you do choose to use this software now be prepared to jump thru a few hoops such as having a legitimately activated AT&T sim card. On the bright side - Hotz claims that all of the issues people have had with ultrasn0w, such as Wi-Fi loss, battery fails, unlock fails, etc… are now gone if you use his unlock. If you can hold off for a day or two, do so as Hotz will release an update according to his twitter account.

For the full details on purplesn0w be sure to check out his blog. In the meantime, the competition is heating up between the Dev Team and Mr. Hotz. It’s time to sit back with some popcorn and enjoy the show!

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New iPhone 3GS Unlock - Purplesn0w

Review: TweetDeck for iPhone

Now that an update has fixed some stability issues, TweetDeck need only tweak an overly-crowded interface to rival Tweetie and Twitterrific as a top Twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch users.