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  • Beejive IM for iPhone Hits [Update]

    Yesterday, the popular multi-network IM service, Beejive, released it’s native iPhone application. I picked it up after the sheer disaster I encountered with Mobile Chat 3. Probably the first impression most people will get from it, is that it’s quite a bit more expensive than it’s competition at £9.49, and you’d be right. Having looked beyond the price though, this application is very well designed and could actually become one of, if not the IM client for iPhone … (more…)

  • Music We Like: Part 2

    Sometimes, there are songs which you just have to play, and play and play. Recently while browsing the store, I’ve come across hundreds of songs which I think should be played everywhere. Here are some more which I have on heavy rotation. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them just as much as I do … (more…)

  • Outstanding iPhone Developers.

    Many iPhone application developers have tried to become known. From big corporations with a clear marketing budget, to small unknowns with little advertising means. Some have succeeded. Other have not. Being known on the store can be the difference in your application making $250.000 in 9 weeks, or drip-feeding you £1.79 a fortnight. I thought we’d pin-point just some of the developers (and their applications), which we think are currently front running in design, functionality and status … (more…)

  • Apple disables ability to review on iTunes without initial purchase.

    Possibly one of the biggest upsets about the App Store (and the iTunes Store in general) was the ability for iTunes customers to write a customer review on a product which they didn’t actually own yet. This served to give rather ‘great’ items on the store an unfair, poor rating … (more…)

  • Editorial: Become an Author!

    Like what you read? Think you can contribute? Great! We are looking for new, enthusiastic authors to bring RazorianFly’s content to life. If you enjoy all things tech, design and the web, and can write exceptionally well, we want you … (more…)

  • Comments System: Now Fixed – [Briefly]

    Last week I installed some PHP code for the WordPress plugin Gravatars. It seems in doing so, I broke our comments system.

    Chris e-mailed me tonight, to inform me that over the past 1-3 days no-one has been able to post a comment on any of our articles. We apologise greatly. The scary thing being, if Chris hadn’t of pointed it out, we’d probably have never found out – (well I say never, at least until I or Chris decided to post another comment somewhere) … (more…)

  • The Shambles that is Mobile Chat 3 – [Updatedx2]

    [Update 07.10.08 @ 12.21pm]

    It seems in an attempt to hide the fact their product just doesn’t work, Saverio and Shaun have completely disabled the commenting feature on their blog. All previous comments are not longer visible and they have provided one mail box for comments, queries, suggestions and support.

    Utterly ridiculous.

    [Update 02.10.08 @ 13.43pm]

    Update 3.1 (aka The ‘God’ Save) now available.
    6 weeks in the making, and entitled ‘Bug Fixes’ not surprisingly it didn’t do a thing.

    Original Article:

    Ever since I bought Mobile Chat 3 by Shaun Harrison on August 14th, I and many others have been following it’s progress and updates carefully. These also included following the developer’s text updates and status announcements at their blog tumblr.twenty08. After reading and monitoring the site for about 4 weeks now, I’ve come to the conclusion the application simply does not work. So the question is:

    Why is Apple allowing this application to remain on the App Store? (more…)