Even though the AppStore is not even a year old yet, it is still doing absolutely stunning when it comes to sales numbers. It is known that the AppStore shoppers download over 2.2 million applications and games each and every day!
These numbers aren’t given by Apple Inc. itself, however CNBC’s Jim Goldman directed attention towards [...]

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According to MacRumors, it is now possible to use and distribute “Promo Codes” for any of your self-uploaded apps onto the App Store.
Two setbacks, however, until further notice, are:

Developers are only able to give away 50 promotional codes per application version.
The promo codes are only available to US iTunes Store users.

Previous to such promo codes, [...]

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It’s a given that any new platform goes though its initial stage of growing pains.  Developers, new to the platform, struggle not only with learning to program on it, but ultimately with learning the finer points of programming on it — the little tips, tricks and secrets that can turn a mediocre project into a [...]

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If you ever wanted any solid confirmation that Apple has a tendancy to A) play favourites, and/or B) is inconsistent in its approval process, here you go.
Ignoring the BdEmailer vs. MailWrangler debacle for the moment, we have Google Mobile.  Sure, it looks all innocent and stuff, but it’s hiding a dirty little secret.  Google was [...]

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It’s been a short two months since Apple rejected MailWrangler because it “duplicates functionality” of the built-in E-Mail app, despite the fact that it was intended to work with multiple GMail accounts in a way the built-in app can’t.  Now, either Apple have relaxed restrictions on duplicating functionality, or this one has somehow slipped passed [...]

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Okay, so Firmware 2.2 is out and we’re all pretty familiar with the changes now.  Street View, walking directions, bus schedules (none of which are relevant to anyone outside of the US), more stable browsing, yadda yadda yadda.  I spent some time playing around with it all and I’m duly impressed.  Street View works very [...]

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DataViz, the publisher of the Palm OS application Documents to Go, has made the announcement that they plan on bringing a version of said app to the iPhone App Store some time next year.
This application will allow for all iPhone and iPod Touch owners to view through Microsoft Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations, [...]

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One of the very first greatest and most sleek looking free iPhone games has a sister app, this one based on the new Nine Inch Nails CD.
Although this one isn’t free, it’s still very worth the price it is retailing at, which is $4.99. The game is based solely on the new Nine Inch Nails [...]

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A few weeks back I had planned to start doing weekly digests of the previous week of releases on Frapstr, the Free App Store Review.  Partly to maintain a connection to its original home, but also to bring some cool stuff (and some crap stuff) to those who may not know about Frapstr or don’t [...]

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Polar Bear Farm is today celebrating their 1 year anniversary. Polar Bear Farm has four applications on the App Store as of today, and in celebration of their 1 year anniversary, is marking them all down to a price we can all agree with; Free.

Polar Bear Farm is responsible for the release of Record ($1.99), [...]

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Peter Hosey, especially known for his Growl (App Store) and Adium (pre-App Store) applications, has had the idea of starting a website where he can display any and all iPhone applications that Apple has denied from the App Store, along with reasons as to why they were not accepted. Well, most of them anyway. Apple [...]

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Have a look at a wonderfully written post by Steven Sande via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (see here or via source link) sharing the three best first aid / medical assisting applications available on the iPhone App Store.
“If you came upon someone who was injured or had suffered a medical emergency, would you know [...]

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It’s a serious case of potential infringement of intellectual property, and yet it almost couldn’t be more absurd.
In this corner, you have Steve Sheraton and Hottrix — you may not be intimately familiar with the names, but I’m certain everyone has heard of their flagship creation: iBeer.  Peddled as a “magic” trick in the jailbreak [...]

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Oh man, I had such a tough time keeping this on the down-low when Mark let me in on this one last week.  Y’all know what a fan I am of LED Football, with all of its plasticky, bleepy, glowing LED retro goodness carved out of a solid block of volcanic awesome.
Well, the boys at [...]

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