On Wednesday the Apple AppStore reached the 100,000 app mark, it was announced, which is a huge milestone for the iProduct range. The AppStore is undoubtedly the main stay of the iPhone market, that without it we question weather the iPhone would have been so popular. With 50 million of us downloading up to 10,000 apps [...]
On Wednesday the Apple AppStore reached the 100,000 app mark, it was announced, which is a huge milestone for the iProduct range.
The AppStore is undoubtedly the main stay of the iPhone market, that without it we question weather the iPhone would have been so popular. With 50 million of us downloading up to 10,000 apps a day, you can see how important the AppStore is to apple, and what this benchmark must mean to the other smartphone manufacturers.
Much of the AppStore’s current success has been contributed to the 3.0 firmware release which gave the developers up to 100 new features to experiment with like cut, copy, paste, compass, MMS, Bluetooth, and Push. With iTunes 9 Apple hopes to continue to give us new ways to easily search or wade through these apps with better search and discovery.
Now if only they could find a way to reduce the amount of useless, duplicated apps!
Is this evidence of Apple’s controversial Killswitch in action? Please note this now appears to be a bug which is being fixed. A recent app that I, like many others, bought on the AppStore with real money appears to have suddenly stopped working. A simple application called Night Stand, which is now copied by other [...]
Is this evidence of Apple’s controversial Killswitch in action?
Please note this now appears to be a bug which is being fixed.
A recent app that I, like many others, bought on the AppStore with real money appears to have suddenly stopped working. A simple application called Night Stand, which is now copied by other app developers in true AppStore style, designed to simply display the time and alarm while dimming the screen. Not exactly a controversial app to say the least and has been available for some time! Now it seems that you can load the app but it simply won’t run.
This app has also been tested on a colleagues phone with the same results. This is not as a result of any updates as it was seen to work recently and, stranger still, the app has been pulled from the AppStore itself. As of this moment I have not yet been able to find any reason for it’s disappearance, but am more concerned about the fact that any app can seemingly be pulled from your device without warning or reason.
I paid good money for that app, all be it 59 pence but it is mine, or is it?
Following on from our comparative review of ‘Mobile Allowance’ and ‘Mobile Minutes Tracker’ (see previous posts here and here) O2 have now released their ‘My O2′ app. According to their AppStore description it allows users to see their remaining minutes and texts and their tariff, bolt-ons and calling plan prices. Those with a Pay Monthly [...]
Following on from our comparative review of ‘Mobile Allowance’ and ‘Mobile Minutes Tracker’ (see previous posts here and here) O2 have now released their ‘My O2′ app. According to their AppStore description it allows users to see their remaining minutes and texts and their tariff, bolt-ons and calling plan prices. Those with a Pay Monthly contract can view recent charges (e.g. premium texts and roaming charges) and view bill summaries and payment dates.
This is all very nice in theory. In practise, however, it is somewhat different…
Navigon have updated their navigation application for the second time and once again the update is free to existing users. This release adds Text-To-Speech and iPod controls as well as some other minor changes. The Text To Speech allows the road names to be included in the navigation instructions giving the driver more confidence in [...]
Navigon MobileNavigator
This release adds Text-To-Speech and iPod controls as well as some other minor changes. The Text To Speech allows the road names to be included in the navigation instructions giving the driver more confidence in the manoeuvre they are making. The iPod controls are also a very welcome feature as previously although you could set the iPod playing in the background if the playlist or album ended then you had to exit the Navigation application to change the music.
Also included in this release are: Location sharing, and automatic day/night mode switching.
The full Navigon Press Release follows: Continue reading »
