Apps

QuickOffice Mobile Office Suite for iPhone Updated to 1.2.0

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, May 31, 2009 a 9:33 pm

QuickOffice has updated their Mobile Office Suite [$19.99 - iTunes link] for iPhone to version 1.2.0. The full list of updates is after the jump, but what caught our eye was this little goody:

Supports iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5

Doom for iPhone Update

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, May 31, 2009 a 5:14 pm

John Carmack has written an update on his Doom port for the iPhone, and he's continuing the same candor he began with his Wolfenstein 3D post. What are we getting? A classic in almost every sense of the word:

AppShopper.com, Evernote, TwitterFon, Air Mouse Pro, Pocket Tanks Deluxe, SpinRite --TiPb Picks of the Week

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 30, 2009 a 6:09 pm

Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they're fair game.

So who's on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break!

Daring Satire: Excerpts From the Diary of an App Store Reviewer

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 29, 2009 a 10:22 am

Daring Fireball has posted a bitingly satirical look at Apple's iPhone App Store review process which, like the best of comedy, is firmly rooted in both tragedy and truth. That Apple hasn't posted clear guidelines for developers is frustrating enough. That they apparently haven't imposed them on their own internal staff raises the flabbergast bar to dizzying new heights.

With 35,000+ apps and a billion downloads Apple is well on their way towards building that next great platform. Until they fix the app approval process, however, that building is a house of cards.

Enough of the choir preaching. Here's Gruber bringing the painful funny:

Google Latitude for iPhone... a WebApp?!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 28, 2009 a 9:26 am

Techcrunch reports that during Google's I/O developers conference they showed off the iPhone version of Latitude -- which lets users ~~stalk~~ keep track of their friends via GPS and other location-based services -- but not as part of some revamped Map or Google Mobile application as many suspected:

iPhone Sirius XM App Finally Gets Outed!

By Jeremy, Thursday, May 28, 2009 a 6:26 am

It was only one day ago that TiPb asked, where is the official Sirius XM iPhone application? Well it seems like our question has, for the most part, been answered.

"The SIRIUS XM app will deliver an expanded programming lineup that includes SIRIUS XM's exclusive sports talk, news, comedy, and 100% commercial free music channel, as well as new talk, comedy, and music showcase channels."

Quick App: TweetMic Sound Recording Twitter Client for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 28, 2009 a 6:24 am

TweetMic [$0.99 - iTunes link] puts a whole new spin on Tweeting. With TweetMic you are basically able to Twitter small podcasts via this application. What happens when you use TweetMic is you record a message via the iPhone's built in Mic, you can play it back or post it with a short Twitter message.

Once you "Publish to Twitter" the application uploads the recording to its server and attaches a link to your post, so when your followers receive the tweet, they will see the link and the website it brings up will allow them to play the message via a computer or an iPhone.

Quick App: Super Marble Roll for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 a 10:11 pm

iScape Games let us know that they have released their first iPhone game: Super Marble Roll [iTunes link]. I know... another marble game, but I think this one deserves your attention. I have spent a little time playing Super Marble Roll and find the controls and implementation of the accelerometer to be phenomenal. There is also a special easter egg "bonus mechanic" included that'll help rack up those points!

Quick App: Zen Jar Karmic Social Networking for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 25, 2009 a 8:44 pm

Kids Corner App Review: 100 Sounds

By Chris Vitek, Monday, May 25, 2009 a 11:14 am

(<a href=http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-apps-games/169767-review-100-sounds-kids-corner-review.html">100 Sounds Forum Review by cjvitek For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!)

This is going to be a fairly short review. 100 sounds is just what you would think it is: hundreds of various sounds effects to play on your iPhone (more than 100!). They are organized alphabetically by name, and to hear a sound, you simply tap the name of the sound.