Yelp, the popular review site with its own location-aware iPhone app, can get even more up-close and personal with its users’ takes on everything nearby. Download the app and fire it up, then shake your phone three times.
Now you’ll see the closest Yelp-reviewed businesses overlaid on a camera view, giving you that “augmented reality” [...]
A previously rejected iPhone title offering emulated play of Commodore 64 titles has been approved after the developer made changes to align it with Apple’s SDK. It allows the iPhone to act as a system that was what was once Apple’s staunchest competitor.
According to a report by TouchArcade, Manomio’s $4.99 C64 title was rejected in [...]
Best non-IM use of iPhone 3.0’s push notifications yet: Prowl is a $3 app that pushes Growl notifications from your Mac to your phone.
Growl’s a global notifier that plugs into everything from BitTorrent apps to iTunes to Mail.
The possibilities really are endless: You can be pinged with a push notification when a torrent finishes [...]
In a profanity filled, not safe for work rant, developer Joe Stump said an update to his application Chess Wars was denied because the chat bubbles in the software were too similar to those in the official iPhone SMS application created by Apple.
Stump said he was upset because of a lack of communication from Apple. [...]
GPush is the missing link between GMail and the iPhone. For the first time, receive instant Gmail message notifications on the iPhone.
For best results, place the GPush app icon above your mail icon - this will allow you to quickly open your mail app if new messages come in through GPush.
GPush even lets the iPhone [...]
The classic snake game is back with challenging levels and exciting game play, and it’s on the iPhone right now for only 99 cents.
Snake XT has two game play modes – Arcade and Challenge. The Arcade mode has 7 worlds divided into 28 levels. The job at hand is to guide the snake to collect [...]
In another seemingly controversial App Store approval decision, Apple has forced iPhone developers to remove functionality that allows users to “free memory” on demand.
While third parties are limited from developing background applications for the iPhone, Apple allows their applications such as the iPod, Safari, and Mail applications to continue to run. After prolonged use, these [...]
We knew it was coming in all of its glory. With additions such as events, creating photo albums, photo zoom, and a new home screen, how could we not be excited for the Facebook for iPhone 3.0 update? Well, the wait is over: Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone has arrived.
The new update completely upgrades the [...]
Apple has released a new iPhone 3GS commercial targeting sports enthusiasts. Like many recent iPhone ads, ‘Avid’ highlights three applications linked by a common theme and is available in Apple’s iPhone ad gallery.
- Golfshot: Golf GPS [App Store, $29.99]
Provides GPS range-finding and aerial views for over 15,000 golf courses worldwide.
- MLB.com At Bat 2009 [App [...]
The Chipotle Ordering app is back in the App Store after only a short period of availability earlier this year.
First appearing in January, the app was live for only a few hours and then pulled due to unanticipated demand that overloaded the servers handling orders. At that time, the plan was to have the [...]
Here’s a cool way to design an app: the new Sonar Ruler app uses the iPhone’s speaker to send out a short click and then measures how long it takes for the sound to bounce off a surface. It then tells you the distance. How’s that for phone flexibility?
It’s not perfectly accurate, however. It works [...]
SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 has appeared in the App Store. As we profiled last week, the update adds several new features, including support for 16×9 widescreen video and remote control integration with DISH Network.
What’s New in this Version
- Full 16×9 widescreen support (Slingbox SOLO, PRO, and PRO-HD only)
- DISH Remote Access integration (DISH Network users only)
- [...]
A day after the TomTom navigation software saw an overseas roll out, the iPhone application hit North America and Europe and is now available for download in the App Store.
Maps for the U.S. and Canada ($99.99), Western Europe ($139.99), Australia ($79.99), and New Zealand ($94.99) are available in the U.S. In Europe, maps of the [...]
Bandsintown, the webapp that offers personalized concert recommendations, is out with an iPhone app that not only shows what’s playing nearby with geo-location, but scans your music to recommend like-minded artists.
Bandsintown’s web facilities have gotten an overhaul recently, adding Pandora to its Last.fm account syncing, social features, streaming tweets and pictures from concerts as they [...]
The much-awaited TomTom for iPhone GPS navigation app has popped up in the New Zealand App Store with a reported asking price ranging from about $81 to $125. The app price does not include the TomTom iPhone car kit.
According to MacRumors, the four-flavored app covers the U.S. & Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and, naturally, New [...]
Another developer has just entered the North American turn-by-turn GPS fray, joining Navigon, Sygic, iGO and others in providing an alternative to help iPhone 3GS and 3G users get where they need to go.
CoPilot Live North America by ALK Technologies, Ltd. made it to the App Store earlier today and joins previously-published versions of [...]
eBay’s iPhone app has received an upgrade to version 1.4.0 and now includes push notifications and the ability to pay with PayPal directly from the app.
The new push notification feature can let users know when they have been outbid or when the auction of a watched item is about to end.
The App Store description [...]
Emails can be unique, but sometimes you just need to tell the boss you’re “Running 10 minutes late,” or ask a spouse what they need from the store.
Pastie makes sending common text blocks to contacts fast and easy.
Pastie gives you a space to type out common messages, then decide whether you want to assign [...]
Apple’s iPhone App Store is most popular for its free and cheap apps. As a result, most apps and casual games are available for 99 cents or less.
But there are plenty of expensive apps in the App Store, too, and people do buy them.
The most expensive app in the U.S. App Store today is called [...]
Duke Nukem 3D for the iPhone has just made its debut in the App Store. This version of the popular first person shooter game first appeared in 1996 for the PC, with subsequent ports to other platforms along with multiple expansion packs and add-ons made available in the years since.
TouchArcade has taken a first look [...]
