It sounds crazy, but according to Walt Isaacson's upcoming biography of the late Apple co-founder, "Jobs at first quashed the discussion" when Apple board member Art Levinson contacted Jobs in an attempt to push the company towards mobile apps.
The popular TomTom navigation app has recently received an update, adding native iPad support along with the latest, most up-to-date maps and an improved interface. The USA version of the app can be downloaded for $49.99, while the U.S. and Canada version is available in the App Store for $59.99.
The Skobbler US iPhone app has recently received an update, adding a variety of new features to the application along with a new name ("GPS Navigation 2"). However, the formerly free application now has a price-tag ($0.99), meaning users are going to have to cough-up a dollar if they want to take Skobbler's app for a spin and bypass the likes of TomTom, NAVIGON et. al.
Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced the arrival of the Best Buy App Discovery Center, a mobile app service designed to make it easier for iDevice owners to locate apps they need. Powered by Appolicious, the service is available now online and will be coming soon to the App Store as a native app.
The BBC iPlayer global iPad app has recently received an update, which adds the ability to stream content played within the application to an Apple TV, via AirPlay!
"AirBeam," a popular video surveillance app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, has recently received an update. Now, users of the app can take advantage of a variety of new features, including audio streaming, audio detection, torch control, a stealth mode and the ability to export recordings to an iOS device's Camera Roll.
The popular task management service "Remember The Milk" has recently added support for Siri, meaning iPhone 4S users can create reminders for the service using the iPhone 4S handset's voice recognition feature.
Google's Music Beta service, which allows users to upload tracks to the cloud and stream them on a desktop computer or mobile device, can only be accessed by iOS users via a Web app. While Google hasn't released an official iOS app yet, gMusic - a recently released iPhone app - allows users to access the service from within a native application.
The iPhone Dev-Team has recently updated redsn0w, adding support for Windows computers and fixing a GPS issue that occurred with certain iPhone 3GS handsets. Like the previous version of redsn0w (which is Mac only), this new version allows users to apply a tethered jailbreak to an iOS 5 device, and apply the software update to an iOS device while preserving its baseband.
A new iPhone app called "App Trailers" allows users to earn a variety of different gift cards just by watching iOS app video trailers.
If you love consuming online video on your iOS device, consider downloading Denso. This free, universal app allows users to discover online videos, create personal video channels and save videos to an iOS device for offline viewing.
Despite news in September to the contrary, Apple isn’t expected to offer a way for iTunes users to consolidate Apple IDs. At least this is the word from Apple CEO Tim Cook, who recently responded to a customer’s email about the issue.
The updated version of Instacast now synchronizes podcasts between iOS devices via iCloud, which is an incredibly handy feature.
Dropbox has recently been updated, and is now fully compatible with iOS 5.
The popular Flick Golf Extreme! apps for the iPhone and iPad have recently received an update, adding a brand new course to the application.
The popular foursquare iPhone app has recently received a great update. Now, Apple fans running iOS 5 on their iPhone handset can take advantage of "foursquare Radar" - a new feature that promises to alert users when anything interesting is happening nearby, even if their iPhone is in their pocket!
T-Mobile has recently made its Bobsled VoIP service available in the iOS App Store.
Great news, OmniFocus fans: The popular applications for the iPhone and iPad have recently received updates, adding support for iOS 5 (which launched yesterday), along with a variety of other new features.
Apple has just released its "AirPort Utility" application for iOS 5.
That's right, the cute boot-wearin' kitty out of the popular Shrek movies is about to star in his very own Fruit Ninja iOS app.
Back when Apple released the first developer beta versions of iOS 5, it was noted that the software update added the ability to configure AirPort stations from an iOS device. Now, when users attempt to do this in iOS 5 GM, a pop-up notification notes that an application (called "AirPort Utility") is required, and directs users to an iTunes link that is not yet live.
A new iPhone app called "Tweet Speaker" has the ability to read users' Twitter streams aloud. The app, which is natively compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch, is available to download in the App Store for $2.99.
The popular universal app "Infinity Blade" has recently received an update, which adds a new content pack and gives users a sneak peak of Infinity Blade 2 (which chAIR Entertainment announced yesterday at Apple's iPhone event).
