Archive for July, 2011

GetJar Becomes Apple’s Next ‘App Store’ Trademark Target

Monday, July 11th, 2011

One battle may be almost over, but the war on naughty application stores using the app store phrase has only just begun for Apple, as they tell old hands GetJar to stop using the term to describe their own store, from which unsurprisingly, they sell apps. GetJar has been supplying mobile applications since 2005 and first

3-Minute Baseball is iOS App of Strategy and Statistics

Friday, July 8th, 2011

It’s the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and your team is up by three. Do you keep your pitcher in who has thrown a solid game or do you bring in your star closer? These are the types of questions, that as a manager, you’ll have to know in Strat-O-Matic’s 3-Minute Baseball app Continue reading 3-Minute Baseball is iOS App of Strategy and Statistics or visit our website for more great iphone apps .

Nintendo Continue to Shun iOS, Should They Consider Changing Their Ways?

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Nintendo like doing things their own way, and unlike some of their competitors – Sega for example – they’ve never embraced other company’s platforms, steadfastly refusing to launch the likes of a Mario game on any other system.  It’s admirable in a way, as it would almost certainly make them a fortune. However, with the rise

App Store Reaches 15 Billion Downloads

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

It’s almost exactly a month ago that Steve Jobs took to the stage at WWDC and said the App Store had seen 14 billion downloads, a figure which has now been increased by a billion more; meaning the App Store has produced 15 billion downloads since opening its virtual doors three years ago. There are 425,000

Apple’s Appstore Injunction Denied, While Amahi Get Creative Over Their Own Cease and Desist

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Back in May, we summarized a few of the lawsuits either being instigated by Apple, or instigated against them for the use of the term App Store.  One of the latter was between Apple and Amazon, with the computer giant objecting to the online store naming their Android application store, the Amazon Appstore. Apple said it

Enjoy Jailbreakme 3.0 While You Can, Apple Fix Coming Soon

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

If you’re getting an overwhelming sense of deja vu, then don’t worry, you’ve not slipped down a time hole or anything, as we really have seen and heard all this before.  Yesterday, a new version of the online jailbreak tool Jailbreakme.com went live, offering iOS 4.3.3 users an easy way to break free from Apple’s

Facebook Didn’t Announce an iPad App, Suggest Other Developers Do it Better

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

When Facebook announced a special ‘awesome’ event last week, the rumors of an announcement of a dedicated iPad app immediately sprang up.  Would the social network fill that hole in their line-up?  Now the event has run we’ve got our answer, and it’s no. What they did announce was group chat, a new chat design and

Cometkaze is Intergalactic Physics-based Game with a Love Twist

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

I’ve often wondered what it would be like to play Angry Birds in space, except the bird would be a comet and the game would mash together the fierce style of a Japanese fighter pilot with the speed of light and the physics of space. Much to my entertainment, Cometkaze has created such an app, Continue reading Cometkaze is Intergalactic Physics-based Game with a Love Twist or visit our website for more great iphone apps .

Greedy Bankers Multiplayer Mode Caught on Video

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we published a few details on the iPad version of Greedy Bankers, one of our favorite iPhone puzzle games of recent months.  Rather than just do the same thing but on a larger scale, the iPad edition will be known as Greedy Bankers vs. the World and will feature a

JailbreakMe Goes Live, Couldn’t be Easier!

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

If you’ve always wanted to jailbreak your iPhone but have been put off by complicated processes, very geeky terminology or confused by the sheer amount of different jailbreak options out there, then the answer has arrived in the form of JailbreakMe 3.0. If you’re after the easiest way to jailbreak your phone, this is it, as