News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
In the good old days, you could download any app you wanted onto your iPhone—provided it wasn’t more than 10MB while you were using the 3G network. But that was the old Apple—this is the new Apple: no limits. Well. Larger limits, anyway. As the folks at Pocket Gamer mention, Apple’s raised the limit on App Store downloads over the 3G network to 20MB.
Dan Moren | Feb 19, 2010
Photo Brush, developed by Bobby Cronkhite Software, lets you easily add design elements to your photos like hearts, skulls, flares, birds and much more.
Tim Mercer | Feb 19, 2010
If you have been using apps like Notecards to study on your iPhone and you’re ready to take your study habits to the next level, Mental Case Flashcards by MacCoreMac Software could be the Batman to your Robin.
Jeff Phillips | Feb 18, 2010
Racing games are certainly plentiful for iPhone and iPod touch, but Resolution Interactive succeeds in creating a unique racing game in Snow Moto Racing. This arcade game puts you in the seat of a snowmobile to race against seven computer-controlled opponents across six snow covered tracks.
James Savage | Feb 18, 2010
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion this week introduced a new browser for its devices, which runs on WebKit, the rendering engine behind Apple’s Safari browser. The New BlackBerry browser is touted as easier and faster to use; it will be available later this year.
Daniel Ionescu | Feb 18, 2010
Super-smart iPhone apps will replace silly iFart-like apps in the second wave of iPhone app development, said iPhone app developers at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco last week.
Tom Kaneshige | Feb 17, 2010
Can a motley group of 24 global carriers play well together and create a gigantic, open marketplace for mobile applications—one that works as seamlessly for consumers as Apple’s App Store? Certainly, scepticism is running high that Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), a just-announced alliance between, well, Everyone But Apple in the mobile phone space, can make its ambitious plan work.
Jeff Bertolucci | Feb 17, 2010
Creative studio ustwo has teamed with AdMob to make its PositionApp available for download from the Apple iTunes App Store free for a limited time.
Nick Spence | Feb 17, 2010
Maybe you’ve had a great idea for an iPhone app. You’ve nailed down the concept, outlined the look and feel, and even figured out a catchy name that’s sure to stand out from the 140,000 or so other apps competing with yours for attention. The only thing standing in your way? You don’t have a lick of programming experience, and you’re not sure where to find someone who does.
Philip Michaels | Feb 17, 2010
Keen to restrict your shopping to ethically responsible companies, but not sure how to keep track of them? Outware Mobile may have a way to help.
David Braue | Feb 16, 2010
Honestly, who didn’t love making spin art as a kid? It’s so simple: Put a piece of paper on a turntable, spin in around, and splatter paint on it. You go from zero to Jackson Pollack in 30 seconds.
Meghann Myers | Feb 16, 2010
Both Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson are demonstrating at Mobile World Congress concept smartphones that can connect to and play HD content on TVs.
Mikael Ricknas | Feb 16, 2010
Telstra has released The Official AFL App to coincide with the start of the 2010 football season, but while this is likely a welcome addition to any footy fan’s iPhone, t...
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
