The number of apps for the iPhone is just staggering and for daters on the go is an upgraded version of the BumpChat app. BumpChat is an application that allows users to mingle and hook up right from their iPhone or iPod Touch. The new update to the app is labeled v1.1 and sees both performance and usability upgrades. The new version has larger profile pictures, fixes distance-from-me searches, and adds the ability to tell people near you about what you’re doing. This all makes it easy to find true love while you are killing time standing in line at the post office or anywhere else.
EA mobile is taking iPhone gaming to a whole new level with its already great stable of games. Next to hit the iPhone is the Sims 3. After launching popular games for the iPhone platform like Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Need for Speed Undercover its is really easy to get excited about the new Sims game. The game follows suit of other Sim games on different platforms. Each Sim character is unique with their own personality traits and quirks. It is slated for release sometime in early June 2009. Take a look at this preview.
The popular Ringtone Recorder application for the Apple iPhone is going Pro! FunMobility has announced the Ringtone Recorder Pro is ready for download. The app allows users to create their own ringtones right on the iPhone. The reason for the Pro version is a customer demand for higher quality audio and the ability to store unlimited ringtones amongst other cool features. Users will also be able to share their creations with their friends. With a low price point of only $0.99 it is bound to be as big of a hit as itsoriginal version.
What could be dubbed as the coolest university in the world, Tokyo-based Aoyama Gakuin Univeristy’s School of Social Informatics has given each of the students a new iPhone loaded with a few custom built apps. The apps make it possible for the school to track the attendance record of each of their students and students can download all past lectures given by their professors. The iPhone trial is set to complete at the end of the year and a review will be done to see how effective it is at aiding students and locking down on cheating.
All iPhone users will know just how precious battery life is on the iPhone. While battery life is good on the iPhone 3G heavy users can never get enough juice. Luckily the good folks over at PhoneMag are giving away a Mophie Juice Pack Air. The air pack doubles your battery life and only adds 20% more weight to your iPhone.
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Well ordering the iPhone 3G just got that much easier. The Apple Store has announced that you can now order a new iPhone 3G right online and have it delivered to your house for. Well the phone is notbut the shipping is. That means you only have to surf over to the Apple Store and click a few buttons, wait a week or so and you have a brand new iPhone 3G phone in your hands without ever leaving your house. Of course if you want a iPhone 3G right now you can always go to your local AT&T dealer and grab one off the shelf.
A new controversial iPhone and iPod Touch app has everyone believing you have a healthy cocaine addiction. The app called the iSnort makes it look like you cut up some high end cocaine on your iPhone and then you can snort it right off your phone. The app is quite clever and looks very real. It is not available through the Apple store but you can grab it for about $10 from their website. It will trick all your friends and even the bouncers at all the trendy nightclubs too. Just don’t blame iSnort if you end up in the iSlammer.
Trent Reznor was recently all over Twitter complaining that Apple has rejected the latest update to their NIN iPhone app. The new update features content from their “Downward Spiral” Album that was highly successful. Trent Reznor tweeted that “Apple rejects the NIN iPhone update because it contains objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is ‘The Downward Spiral. It is curious that this was rejected when other senseless and tasteless apps seem to pass the Apple sensors.
One of the coolest new apps going right now is only available for jail broken iPhones. The qTweeter app lets you update your Twitter status and your Facebook status all in one. You can update independently or both at the same time. The app is developed by Efiko Software the same company behind gems like iPhoneRingToneMaker and DialByPhoto. Efiko software has not yet been able to make the leap to non-jailbroken Apple products but it is looking to do so. It is available for on $4.99 on a trial offer.
SplashPhoto and SplashNotes are two new applications available in the Apple App Store from SplashData. The applications work on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch and are available for $4.99 per download. SplashPhoto lets you manage photos on your mobile device and easily sync between your PC or Mac computer using wireless connections. It will manage your photos on the your computer and keep them synced between the mobile device, Flickr and Picasa. SplashNotes is a note taking and outlining application that also syncs with a personal computer. Both apps are available now.
