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Apple Provides Testing Units To Key iPad Developers : Under Strict Secrecy Guidelines

Quite understandably, developing for a device that isn’t even out yet is a challenge. As for the iPad, while most developers are indeed developing “blindfolded” for now, some “key” developers, according to Businessweek, were however provided by Apple with testing units.
Well, this is of course not much of a surprise, we already knew the WSJ had one [...]

The iPhone Bing App Gets An Update & Over A Million Downloads

While the rumors around Bing becoming the iPhone’s default search engine have somehow lost their momentum, Microsoft has not given up on its iPhone app and just gave it its very first update.
Launched back in December, the native iPhone version of Microsoft’s search engine has actually been quite a success. Downloaded over a million times, the [...]

What Was The UK’s Number 1 Single The Day You Were Born?

Ever wondered what was Number 1 in the charts on the day you were born? You need to look no further than Official #1 Hits by The Official UK Charts Company Limited.
Official #1 Hits is a new App for iPhone and iPod Touch that gives you instant access to every Official UK chart-topping number one [...]

From GDC: LandFormer – Upcoming Puzzle Game From Streaming Colour

LandFormer is an upcoming puzzle game where you play god raising the and dropping the land to solve the challenging levels. We have early details from our hands on time at GDC.

Chop Chop Runner Ninja Jumps Into The App Store

Gamerizon has just released the second game that takes place in their Chop Chop world titled Chop Chop Runner, a running game similar to Canabalt but with a whole lot of ninja moves.
In Chop Chop Runner you are once again in complete control of Iro-san, the little ninja that could, and you must rescue a beautiful [...]

Tons Of iPhone Games To Download For Free And For Cheap

Friday’s are normally the best days of the week to pick up some freebies and go deal hunting, and that looks to be the case once again. Today we have combined all free and cheap games into one article so you won’t have to go searching around to find something you like.
Free:

Crazy Turkey Blast ($.99 [...]

Apple Now Accepting iPad Apps, Be A Part Of The iPad App Store’s Grand Opening

The iPad’s official launch is only about two weeks away, and Apple wants to make sure all of those new iPad owners actually have something to download besides upscaled iPhone apps, so they have started taking iPad app submissions from developers.
Outlined in an email sent out to iPhone app developers today, those who want their [...]

Match-3 To Produce The Best Film Possible In Tinseltown Dreams

Tinseltown Dreams: The 50’s is a new iPhone and iPod title based off of a match-3 PC game by the same name that features a unique movie producing twist.  In Tinseltown Dreams you must match-3 like tiles just as you would expect, but instead of earning points, you earn cash to spend on producing a [...]

Crystal Cave: Lost Treasures Released; Crystal Cave Classic Receives A Price Drop

Crystal Cave: Lost Treasures is Rake in Grass’ new logic-based puzzle game that’s actually a spin-off of Crystal Cave Classic.  It’s designed to be an easier, more casual version of the original since Crystal Cave Classic’s puzzles are known to be mind-bendingly difficult at times.
Crystal Cave: Lost Treasures resembles the classic Boulder Dash, where you [...]

First Look At Babeorella, Doublesix’s Upcoming Endless Action Game

Doublesix, the developers of Iron Man for the iPhone and the acclaimed Geometry Wars: Galaxies for the Nintendo Wii, are gearing up to self-publish their second iPhone game titled Babeorella.
Babeorella is a highscore chasing arena-based action game, meaning you only have a single life to obtain the best score possible while enduring wave after wave [...]

Apple Patents A Social iPhone App : iGroups

It seems like Apple has been giving a lot of thought to possible implementations of location-awareness on the iPhone. Following a first patent describing location sharing capabilities, a new filling published today is showing that Apple would be working on a location-based social networking app.
Called iGroups, it would allow you to create groups of contacts [...]

Picture Yourself As An Alien With PhotoAvatar

Developer Motion Portrait has created a string of ultra realistic and very cool photo rendering iPhone apps. It started with PhotoSpeak which allowed you to animate a simple portrait and essentially turn it into a 3D puppet for you to control speech and movement. And with HourFace, you could magically observe the aging process with [...]

InAWorld…Where Custom Movie Trailers Come To Your iPhone

Ever wished your life was important enough for a big screen movie adaptation? With the new iPhone app InAWorld…Drama from developer Optimum Drama, you can be on your way to personal stardom by creating your very own movie trailer straight from your iPhone.
InAWorld…Drama is a fun and creative little app that falls under the app-to-impress-your-non-iPhone [...]

Mirror’s Edge Scheduled To Launch This Spring, Gameplay Trailer Now Available

The last time we spoke about EA’s iPhone port of Mirror’s Edge was way back in December, and at that time it had a launch window of January 2010.  The developers apparently ran into some issues that pushed its release into the unknown, but now the highly anticipated game has resurfaced with a new gameplay [...]

Say Hello To No More SMS Charges With Hello! Messenger

Today’s App Advice public service announcement: Don’t let your iPhone toting friends pay for unlimited messaging. There are so many great apps that are on the App Store that can help circumnavigate the need to pay a costly texting fee every month. The aptly titled Hello! is the newest entry in the category.
Hello!, like Ping! [...]

SimCity Deluxe Details And Screenshots Emerge

If city building and managing is your thing, you should be happy to hear that EA has a new enhanced version of SimCity in the works titled SimCity Deluxe.
SimCity Deluxe is basically the same SimCity you know and love, but with enhanced graphics, control, and UI.  The game will feature improved detail levels, so when [...]

MoviePeg Makes A Smart iPhone Stand

If you take advantage of every moment off, every meal or plane ride to watch video on your iPhone, you’re probably suffering from some serious wrist strain by now. That is unless you’re bothering yourself with a bulky iPhone stand or you’re savvy enough to make your own.
Well, Gruber posted today what looks like a [...]

Popular BlackBerry Note-Taking App BugMe! Now Available For iPhone

Things just couldn’t be any better for BlackBerry turned iPhone users right now.  First the popular local search app Poynt was reimagined for the iPhone, and now the popular note-taking app BugMe! gets new life on our favorite touch-screen device.
BugMe! is simple and flexible app that’s perfect for those moments when you just need to [...]

Looking For A More Authentic Guitar Experience In A Rhythm Game? Check Out Six-String

Universal has set out to change the way you play rhythm-based games on your iPhone or iPod touch by attempting to offer a more authentic guitar experience in their new game Six-String.
In Six-String, notes and cues still stream down your screen like every other rhythm game, but instead of simply tapping on each and every [...]

Amazon’s Kindle Is On Its Way To The iPad

It’s a common belief that Apple’s iPad is a threat to Amazon. While I do think the iPad  is simply going to kill their hardware reader, it could on the other hand be very beneficial to their eBook selling business, and it looks like they’re on the right way to make that happen.
Indeed, as you [...]