Iphone Apps

ngmoco releases We City for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 a 5:16 pm

We City is the latest addition to ngmoco's successful We Rule and We Farm line of games for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. We City has the same flavor as We Rule and We Farm with the goal of building your city and making it as awesome as you can. There are over 100 buildings and decorations like cafes, salons, apartments, hospitals, and even hot dog stands.

As with their other games, We City is powered by the plus+ network so that you can play with your friends and speed up your progress through the game.

However, there's no Game Center support (yet?). Did ngmoco miss that memo?

If you pick this one up, let us know what you think. Is it better than We Rule and We Farm?

Screenshots after the break!

[Free - iPad iTunes link - iPhone iTunes link]

Apple allows custom iPhone ringtone makers into the App Store

By Staff, Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010 a 5:30 pm

Custom ringtone makers for the iPhone are the latest group of of apps to suddenly gain approval for the App Store. This correlates directly with Apple's recent changes to their App Store policies, allowing 3rd party Google Voice apps and other apps that Apple had previously banned or rejected from their mobile app marketplace, or simply left in limbo. Techcrunch reports:

DropBox 1.3 for iPhone, iPad now in App Store

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010 a 2:12 pm

DropBox for iPhone and iPad has just been updated to version 1.3 and you can get it now from the iTunes App Store. Like Apple's own iDisk, it lets you store files online and sync them locally as well. Unlike iDisk it's lightning fast, provides versioning (like Time Machine), and does a host of other great stuff as well. New features and fixes in 1.3 include:

Facebook 3.2.3 for iPhone - yet more bug fixes!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 a 8:24 pm

Facebook 3.2.3 for iPhone and iPod touch has just hit the iTunes App Store and once again, it's all about the bug fixes:

Improved, more streamlined login experience for developers using the Facebook SDK
Fixed a crash when receiving push notifications
Fixed a crash when navigating in Messages
Fixed inconsistent notification counts in notification bar and application badge
Fixed a problem where people would appear twice in Here Now on a Place view
Fixed a problem that could cause the toolbar to not be shown on a Place view

Note: Facebook Places is only available in a limited number of countries. We're working on making this available in other countries soon.

Google: No comment on official Google Voice app for iPhone

By Staff, Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 a 2:42 pm

When contacted Monday by Apple Insider, Google declined to comment on whether it would resubmit its native application, which Apple refused to accept into the App Store last year.

"We currently offer Google Voice mobile apps for Blackberry and Android, and we offer an HTML5 web app for the iPhone," a Google spokesperson said. "We have nothing further to announce at this time."

GV Mobile + now in App Store, brings Google Voice to iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 a 4:34 pm

GetGlue for iPhone/iPad - app review

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Sep 14, 2010 a 2:16 pm

GetGlue for iPhone and iPad [iTunes Link] are social networking sites where you can let your friends know what you're watching, reading, playing, or thinking about. Similar to FourSquare and Gowalla, you check in to show your friends what you're up to. You can also leave reviews on pretty much everything and people can then like your comments or let you know if they find them helpful. As you check into things, you can earn stickers for your favorite items. You can also choose to have those stickers mailed to you once you collect 7. Click through for more screenshots and another video featuring the iPad version!

Most common words in 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Sep 12, 2010 a 6:24 pm

The most common words used uniquely in 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews, according to Instapaper and Tumblr developer Marco Arment who wrote a script to collect the data:

5-star: awesome, worth, thanks, amazing, simple, perfect, price, everything, ever, must, ipod, before, found, store, never, recommend, done, take, always, touch

1-star: waste, money, crashes, tried, useless, nothing, paid, open, deleted, downloaded, didn’t, says, stupid, anything, actually, account, bought, apple, already

His analysis is well worth the read.

[Marco.org]

Final Freeway - app review

By Chad Garrett, Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 a 7:43 am

I have seen Final Freeway in the App Store for a while and just glanced by. When looking at apps to review this week I felt a little nostalgic and thought I would give this little gem a spin. The result? Well, if you enjoy old-school arcade racing, if you remember when Out Run was the arcade game, then Final Freeway is for you!

UPDATED: Documents to Go maker DataViz bought by RIM?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 3, 2010 a 7:37 pm

Did BlackBerry maker RIM just buy DataViz, maker of Documents to Go for iPhone and iPad (and other platform)? CrackBerry.com has multiple sources saying they did, and for about $50 million cash.