Google (GOOG) Mobile Search iPhone App Store Links Go Live

Google announced earlier this week that they would show iPhone App Store links at the top of their mobile search results. Clicking on one of those search results takes you directly to Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store. Once there users can view the application’s listing, creators name and user reviews. At the moment this feature is only available for US users, … Read More

Apple axes iPad and iPhone apps that act like Desktops

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An Australian App Store developer who previously espoused the virtues of Apple’s App Store model in a blog post with the title “Sorry Media, But Apple Isn’t Evil,” is today eating his words. It seems that Apple are carrying out one of their purges of the App Store, but this time it seems that it’s somewhat unusual. Reading between the lines … Read More

Apple’s iPad App Store Now Live Internationally

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The strong demand in US for Apple’s iPad might have delayed its launch internationally but that sure didn’t keep hardcore Apple fans from buying one of the hottest selling devices. A recent report published on MacRumors quoted results reported by Yahoo! which highlighted some interesting information about iPad users. During the measurement period, the iPad has only been available for purchase in the U.S. market; … Read More

Apple Posts New iPad TV ad: ‘What is iPad?’

Apple posted a new iPad TV ad called ‘What is iPad?’ The concept of the ad is quite similar to Apple’s Newton ad. What is iPad? iPad is thin. iPad is beautiful. iPad goes anywhere and lasts all day. There is no right way or wrong way. It’s crazy powerful. It’s magical. You already know how to use it. It’s … Read More

‘Sobees for facebook’ iPad App Now Available

Many new iPad users have complained about the lack of Facebook apps that are currently available. Social networking is becoming more and more popular and you would think Facebook would be hurrying along an app designed for the eager iPad user. Luckily there is now an application to keep us going until the official facebook app is launched. Mashable reported … Read More

Apple set to earn $40 Million from ‘iWork’ for iPad

Some impressive figures for sales of iWork (Keynote, Pages, Numbers) on the Apple (AAPL) iPad are being estimated by Business Insider. From their discussions with top grossing iPad developers, and some obsessive watching of the App Store placings of the three apps that make up the iWork suite (Pages, Numbers and Keynote). Business Insider has managed to work out some … Read More

Distimo Report: iPad App Prices Slightly Higher

One of the common exasperated calls of the more experienced independent app developers for Apple’s iPhone or iPad is for everyone to please try and price apps at a more realistic level than 99 cents. Unfortunately in the last couple of years developers seem to have been in what has been called a “race to the bottom” in their app … Read More

Apple sells one millionth iPad in just 28 days

Earlier today we reported on estimates of Apple iPad 3G sales in its debut weekend from Gene Munster (an analyst at Piper Jaffray). Adding those figures to those of the Wi-Fi only iPad sales numbers to date we estimated that Apple has sold over 1 million iPads already. Apple have confirmed our estimate today with an official Press Release trumpeting … Read More

SousChef for iPad. Find Digital Recipes in a Beautiful App

SousChef for iPad [rating: 3/5] Even before the launch of Apple’s iPad people were talking up the device as being a multiple-purpose device to be used all around the house including in the kitchen as a recipe and cooking aid. As soon as the iPad was launched the App Store began to fill with cooking apps developed specifically for this … Read More

Synth: Nice iPad Music App but not for Serious Musicians

Synth [rating: 3.5/5] Any application that can make me feel like I have any musical talent must be pretty good and I’ve found that many iPhone/iPod Touch apps can do that and now on the iPad a plethora of musical iPad apps are coming out which will hopefully make me feel even more like a musical maestro. This time it’s … Read More

The Duck In The Truck for iPhone. Interactive Story Book Review

The Duck In The Truck [rating: 5/5] Turn your iPhone into an interactive story book! If you are always looking for a way to entertain your kids whilst on the go, in the doctors waiting room or just something for them to do while you do your chores this is the app for you. The Duck In The Truck is … Read More

Twitter acquires Tweetie: Renames it “Twitter for iPhone” makes it free

Tweetie were very late to update their app when the iPad was launched. Well, they didn’t actually launch one. That made a few people curious. Now we know why. Twitter has just bought Atebits, the company who makes Tweetie for the iPhone. Tweetie will now be renamed as “Twitter for iPhone”, and Tweetie’s author, Loren Brichter, will be joining the … Read More

35% of iPad Apps are games: Report

Distimo, from their own About page, is an “innovative app store analytics company built to solve the challenges created by a widely fragmented app store marketplace filled with equally fragmented information and statistics.” They offer a free service for Developers who are interested in monitoring the mobile app ecosystem. They also offer free analytics tools for developers so they can … Read More

Accordéon iPad Music App Review

Accordéon [rating: 3/5] Writing the review for this application is possibly one of the most difficult reviews that I’ve ever had to write. Actually, let me rephrase that. Most difficult I’ve had to score. I’ll write my review and then perhaps you’ll see what I mean. Accordéon is exactly that, it’s an accordéon simulator for the iPad and in that … Read More