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  • The Tweetie 1.3 Fiasco.

    Sure, we all know Apple’s App Store review process is flaky, but last night they showed the world, it’s officially broken. Apple rejected to publish an update to the extremely popular Twitter client Tweetie [App Store] solely based on some bad language being present in Twitter trends at the time
    of it’s review.

    Although Apple saw sense in the end, and the update has now been approved, I and others have been left asking; Why did this happen?! .. (more…)

  • iPhone Video Recorder

    Ever since I bought my iPhone, I’ve wanted to record a video. Just a simple 1 minute video, like you can do on other phones. However, Apple refused to let me. Then I found iPhone Video Recorder. Video recorder? for iPhone? Don’t get too excited .. (more…)

  • THOR / LEGION OF AMON [Concept Art + In-Game Screenshots]

    We recently featured Tiltafun – a fun, unique take on tilt based games for iPhone and iPod touch. Apparently, it seems Tiltafun was the start of something bigger, and now On the Rocks are working with CAOZ and Three Melons on two further titles which are set to rock the App Store, sideways … (more…)

  • SOPODS: Don’t Bother Pirating, We already know about it.

    Today I received a tip-off from Ben Chatelain of Sopods about the new version of their App Store app Full Screen Web Browser. The app was released onto the store about a month back now, and was the first mainstream full screen browser for iPhone and iPod touch .. (more…)

  • Sway

    Critically acclaimed and with fairly high star rating on the App Store, Sway is a quirky little title based entirely on the concept of swaying from side to side.

    Sway comes after Illusion Labs’ first (highly successful) skater simulation title Touch Grid [App Store], but is it really worth plunking for? .. (more…)

  • Just Fillin’

    Developed by Playtoniq, Just Fillin’ is a new strategy-based puzzler for iPhone and iPod touch. Based on a simple concept, the game combines water and physics simulations to create polished game play .. (more…)

  • Kindle for iPhone [Video]

    Late last year we saw online shopping giant Amazon announce their new consumer-focused paperless reading device. The Amazon Kindle. It’s sole purpose was to ditch reading on paper and instead use it’s electronic-paper display to create a new wireless reading experience.

    Today, Amazon have announced Kindle for iPhone. An application designed to complete the Kindle experience, and I’ve been testing it out! .. (more…)