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iPhone applications stories: 61 news summaries

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 Single App Nets $600K in Month 

The gold rush continues in Apple's App Store

Feb 13, 09 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - With more than 20,000 iPhone apps available, it seems inevitable that most would make peanuts. But Ethan Nicholas’ tank artillery game, iShoot, raked in $600,000 in one month——$37,000 on its best day—proving the gold rush is on in the App Store, Wired reports. The... More »

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iPhone • computer programming • Apple • iPhone applications • video games • Wired • App Store

(Newser) - A 9-year-old Singapore boy has created a drawing application for the iPhone that is popular around the world, the Electric New Paper reports. Lim Ding Wen reworked one of his existing 20 programs for the touchscreen gadget. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,... More »

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computer programming • Singapore • game • iTunes Store • iPhone applications • child • drawing • Lim Ding Wen

Banks Turn Phone Into New Automated Teller

Banking via mobile device grew by 2.7M users in 2008

Feb 3, 09 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Customers worried about pinching pennies have more ways than ever to manage their finances through mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reports. In 2008, 3.1 million people used mobile banking services, up from 400,000 in ‘07—and that number is expected to reach 7 million this year... More »

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iPhone • BlackBerry • smartphones • banking • iPhone applications • mobile devices • financial crisis • online banking

PRODUCT REVIEW

iPhone E-Books Can't Match Kindle's Catalog

Convenient apps have attractive interface, features: Mossberg

Jan 15, 09 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - E-book applications for the iPhone are a source of competition for dedicated reading gizmos like Amazon’s Kindle. After testing two popular e-book apps, Walt Mossberg finds that both have attractive features, but currently can’t match the 200,000-strong catalog of digital books—especially new bestsellers—available for the... More »

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iPhone • Walt Mossberg • electronic books • Kindle • iPhone applications • Amazon • ebooks • Shortcovers • Indigo Books & Music • Scrollmotion • Iceberg

New App
Helps Users Unlock iPhone

It's now pretty easy
for those who want
to shed AT&T

Jan 2, 09 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Got that shiny new iPhone 3G for Christmas but don’t want to bail on your non-AT&T service plan? A new application to unlock the iPhone 3G is here, PC World reports. At this point, "even a cat" can get the trick done. Yes, there's always a chance... More »

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Apple • hackers • unlock iPhone • 3G wireless networks • AT&T Wireless • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G

 Burn Your Kindle, 
 Readers Need iPhone 

Consumers jilt e-book readers, download titles to smartphones

Dec 31, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - They’ve only been around for a few years, but digital book readers may already be going the way of the Walkman. In increasing numbers, tech savvy bookworms are downloading their favorite titles onto smartphones like the iPhone for a fraction of the cost, BusinessWeek reports. For travelers, “bringing... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Sony • Kindle • iPhone applications • Amazon • ebooks • publishing industry

Bright Spots
for Tech in 2008 


Dec 29, 08 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - 2008 wasn’t a great year for tech or the economy, but some gadget-makers did invest in innovation, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Areas where tech made more than token gains:
  • Digital cameras grow up: Not only are consumer cameras getting sharper, but some professional models can
... More »

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social networking • iPhone • Facebook • digital camera • gaming • Netflix • streaming media • iPhone applications • Best of 2008

 Apple: No iBoobs for iPhone 

Ruins Christmas for geeks everywhere

Dec 24, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple has ruined Christmas for geeks everywhere, denying them an intensely useful iPhone application called iBoobs. Apple rejected iBoobs from its app store, saying it contained “objectionable content.” The program allowed iPhone users to shake their phones to jiggle a virtual pair of breasts. Apple encouraged the developer... More »

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iPhone • Apple • indecency • iPhone applications

 iPhone App 
 Makers Reel 
 In Millions 

First-time designers score huge sales with Apple programs

Dec 13, 08 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of programmers are hoping to take their million-dollar bite out of Apple by designing lucrative applications for the iPhone, Newsweek reports. “It’s kind of a gold rush,” said one programmer, whose game applications will net $5 million in revenue. “Some kid in his bedroom can... More »

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iPhone • Apple • engineering • iPhone applications

ANALYSIS

 Flash Coming to iPhone, 
 and It's a Must 

Despite its pitfalls, gadget needs integral Web plugin

Sep 30, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Signs are pointing to a Flash plugin coming to the iPhone sometime soon, Jason Kincaid writes on TechCrunch—but he’s of two minds about the benefits of finally getting “the real web” on Apple’s shiny gadget. Flash is absolutely essential for the internet, he writes, but making... More »

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iPhone • Flash • iPhone applications

 Best Buy to Sell iPhone

Apple big seller in stock next month

Aug 13, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electronics retail giant Best Buy will begin selling the iPhone in its 970 stores next month—becoming the first retailer to stock the line other than Apple stores and AT&T outlets, which often run out of the popular phone. Best Buy is the only outside retailer to have exclusive... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Best Buy • iPhone applications • Apple Store • App Store

App Store Selling $1M
a Day: Jobs

'I've never seen anything like this,'
Apple boss says

Aug 11, 08 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone’s new App Store has exceeded the company’s wildest expectations, tallying up average sales of $1 million per day, Steve Jobs said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s on pace to make $360 million from the store this year. “... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G • App Store

ANALYSIS

Apple Could Remotely Kill iPhone Apps

Phone checks in for instructions on bad seeds, blogger finds

Aug 7, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple appears capable of remotely deactivating programs paid for and installed by iPhone users, Arnold Kim writes on MacRumors. The discovery was made when an iPhone user uncovered a hidden web address linked to a software blacklist maintained by Apple—presumably intended to screen malicious software from being used. “... More »

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iPhone • Apple • iPhone applications • blacklist

OPINION

$1K iPhone App? Get Control of Your Store, Apple

It 'shouldn’t be a place where a bunch of outlaws can run amok,' blogger pleads

Aug 6, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though the $1,000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application that so enrages Don Reisinger seems to have disappeared from Apple’s store since his original Mashable post this morning, his call for the giant to impose some order on would-be price-gougers stands. “There’s nothing stopping other developers... More »

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wealth • iPhone • Apple • software • luxury goods • regulation • iPhone applications

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Mossberg Picks iPhone Apps 

Add more cowbell or find nearby restaurants

Jul 23, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Impressed with Apple's spread of iPhone apps, Wall Street Journal tech gurus Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret list their favorites.
  • AOL Radio: The best Internet radio player for the iPhone
  • Evernote: A good port of the elegant note-taking program
  • Instapaper: Instantly download Web pages for offline reading.
  • Travelocity
... More »

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AOL • Apple • list • software • iPod Touch • smartphones • mobile platforms • Internet radio • iPhone applications • mobile devices • iPhone 3G

 The Best iPhone Apps 

PC Magazine gives you the scoop on the new slate of titles for Apple juggernaut

Jul 11, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The best part about the iPhone 3G's debut, writes PC Magazine, is the new abundance of software for the handset. Most of the apps work on the original iPhone, too. The cream of the crop:
  • AIM: Should need no introduction, although it was a major omission from the original
... More »

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iPhone • Apple • software • mobile platforms • iPhone applications • mobile devices • iPhone 3G

PRODUCT REVIEW

IPhone 3G Won't Set World Afire

It's faster and has
better sound, but loses battery life and the
price cut is a mirage

Jul 9, 08 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone was an industry-changing event. The new iPhone 3G is, well, a lot like the original, writes Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. It’s now able to access the faster 3G network, of course, and it sports better sound quality and a GPS chip, so it’s... More »

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iPhone • iPhone applications • gadget • iPhone 3G • tech review

GADGETS

 Not Just iPhone—iRadio! 

The new gadget supports AOL Radio's new app, for free

Jun 13, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone will provide free, CD-quality radio from 200 stations in 25 genres—even if that does cut into iTunes' music business, Saul Hansell blogs in the New York Times. But Apple knows that it will "fare best if it makes the iPhone as useful as possible,... More »

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radio • AOL • CBS • iPhone • Apple • AT&T • iPhone applications • streaming content

 'Cheaper, Smaller' iPhone to
 Be Unveiled Today 

Company future could rest on public response

Jun 9, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple chief Steve Jobs will unveil the second generation iPhone today, ending the frantic guessing game about the company's new key product. The future of Apple and its ability to regenerate sales of its computers may depend on how the public responds to the new iPhone, reports the Los Angeles ... More »

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iPhone • Apple • iPod • Macintosh • iPod Touch • iPhone applications

Developers Flock to iPhone App Funding

But worries emerge about Apple's tight rules, lack of support

Mar 12, 08 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Developers have swamped venture capitalists who announced a $100 million fund for iPhone applications last week. But many of them say Apple has made the job difficult. Developers must use the software development kit issued by Apple, and they say the restrictive terms prevent them from sharing advice on user... More »

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iPhone • Apple • software developers • Google Android • iPhone applications

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