In a move that is sure to make playboys everywhere nervous, Internet company PeopleFinders has created two iPhone applications that let users perform background checks on their potential dates.
In a move that is sure to make playboys everywhere nervous, Internet company PeopleFinders has created two iPhone applications that let users perform background checks on their potential dates.
PIXMA users will soon be able to print photos directly from their iPhone
Canon Australia today announced an iPhone app that will allow users to print photos directly from the smartphone. The Easy Photo-Print App is already available in the US, UK and Canada, and can be downloaded for free from the Australian iTunes Store from tomorrow.
TomTom's car kit for iPhone available for $159.99
TomTom today launched its much-anticipated car kit for the iPhone in Australia.
The game can be played as either a first or third person adventure, and even boasts "3D audio"
Powered by the same impressive Unity 3D engine that has made a number of other well-executed 3D titles possible on the iPhone, as well as Cartoon Network's impressive FusionFall browser-based RPG, Ravensword: The Fallen King is the closest thing to an Elder Scrolls style game on Apple's platform yet.
Right now, World at War: Zombie on iPhone is just a single map
You want more Call of Duty in your life? Activision has just released the first official iPhone game in the franchise in the shape of Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies (iTunes link.) This is the same zombie experience found in the console version of World at War, and it supports up to four players via either a local Wi-Fi connection, or full online play (Wi-Fi only, no 3G or EDGE support.) Like many recent first person games on the iPhone, Zombies supports a variety of different control schemes including both "virtual" on-screen analog sticks, and a tilt-based scheme.
Not content with phone and Internet orders, Domino's now allows you to order pizza on your iPhone
As ordering fast food over the phone or through a Web browser clearly isn't enough, Domino's Pizza Australia has developed and released an iPhone application that allows you to order pizza on your smartphone.
The small screen debut of Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert was originally released in 1996 for PCs. Now, however, Electronic Arts has brought it to the small screen, releasing a version of the real time strategy (RTS) game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
A rising number of Chinese state news outlets are offering iPhone apps
China's film and TV regulator late Tuesday praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad.
Id Software does not plan on making Wolfenstein-style free lite versions of future products
In a blog post regarding the release and ongoing support of Doom Classic on the iPhone, Id Software technical director John Carmack shared his musings on possible future projects for the device. "We do read all the reviews in the App store," he stated, "and we do plan on supporting Doom Classic with updates. Everything is still an experiment for us on the iPhone, and we are learning lessons with each product. At this point, we do not plan on making free lite versions of future products, since we didn't notice anything worth the effort with Wolfenstein, and other developers have reported similar findings."
We compare the interfaces of popular mobile app stores from Apple, Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Nokia
Apple's iPhone may have kicked off the app store phenomenon, but believe it or not, there are alternatives.
NDrive is the fifth turn-by-turn GPS application with Australian maps to be available from Apple's App Store
The fifth Australian turn-by-turn GPS application to be available from Apple's App Store, NDrive Australia aims to please iPhone users with detailed maps and a straightforward user interface. Unfortunately, its lack of features and a sub-par interface means it fails to impress.
Apple's App Store hits the 100k milestone serving up apps from games to productivity tools to the inexplicable.
Apple passed another impressive milestone Wednesday, announcing that 100,000 apps are now available for download for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Not too shabby, Apple, considering your App Store launched in 2008 with only 500 applications available.
It is rolling out Afaria device management, SQL Anywhere synchronization and a banking platform
Sybase is extending its Afaria mobile-device management platform and database software to the Apple iPhone, taking advantage of new enterprise features in Version 3.1 of the iPhone's software to give IT departments more control and capabilities on the popular handset.
Like EA's previous premium release for the platform Rock Band, C&C arrives in a competently-featured state, but it also serves as a platform for expanded content
Electronic Arts has been teasing the existence of its iPhone port of the classic real time strategy game Command & Conquer: Red Alert for a while now, but the game finally arrived in the app store yesterday for the premium price of US$9.99.
CoPilot's turn-by-turn GPS application is now available on the iPhone
ALK is renowned for its turn-by-turn GPS applications on PDAs and Windows Mobile smartphones, and now the company's CoPilot Live 8 GPS application has finally arrived on the iPhone.