Comcast iPhone App: Mobile Done Right
Yesterday, Comcast unveiled their new iPhone and iPod touch application, though the app was in the App Store Wednesday night. Comcast wanted a way for users to bring their services (digital voice, internet services, and TV) into the mobile space. The result: an amazing iPhone app.
Freeverse/Paramount iPhone Games
One developer, Freeverse is trying something unique in the App Store: go with Tom Cruise. For action movies, it is tough to beat some of Mr. Cruises edge-of-your-seat thrill rides and today, we’ll look at two that Freeverse is riding to App Store riches: Rainman and Jerry Maguire. OK, kidding: Days of Thunder and Top Gun.
These two movies turned iPhone games bring the same concept: go fast, beat those around you who try to knock you down, win the day. The concept is tried and true: mix high energy rock music to fast driving/piloting and you’ve got a recipe for success. How do they work out for Freeverse? A mixed bag is what I found.
GV Mobile Preview: Google Voice for your iPhone
Google recently announced Grand Central will be folded into Google Voice, an ambitious plan to do what GMail did for email with your phones. From voicemail transcription to multiple phones ringing at your will, the service has been well received so far by those of us lucky enough to have old GrandCentral numbers that were grandfathered in. The problem: how to control the service via your iPhone.
GoodFood Review: Easy, Simple Knowledge of Where to Eat
“Twitter for reviews” is how CEO and co-founder Mihir Shah describes his companies latest application in a conversation we had about his iphone app: GoodFood. The former Yahoo! Senior Product Manager for Web and Mobile Search says current review sites are not effective for on-the-go users. His product gives you a Twitter-ish 160 characters to rate a restaurant and in this review I’ll point out what I flat-out loved and what you need to watch out for.
Is the App Store Too Big to Fail?
Upon the launch of the Apple App Store, Steve Jobs told USA Today “this is the biggest launch of my career.” Reading that last June, it struck a chord with me. Here is a man who’s had a gigantic career, launched the iPhone to hoots and hollers, had his fingers into the early personal computers and this, this sideshow for a phone is his biggest launch? Surely, I thought, he knows something we didn’t.
Lexic Review: iPhone Word Search
Analysts tell us we’re not using iPhone apps very long. According to research by Pinch Media, 70% of their tracked iPhone apps are used the next day. Lexic, now in version 1.3.3 is obviously not part of their study.
MacApper Exclusive: Newber Developer Gives up on App Store
The idea is rather simple: a second business line for your iPhone that can route calls to your phone or to a nearby land line. In reality, Apple seems to not want to touch this application with a proverbial ten foot pole. The ticker on Newber’s website says they’ve waited 144 days for Apple to respond to their submission to the App Store.
Today, Eric Thomas, CEO of Freedom Voice, confided that the company is pulling back support from the App Store after months of no response from Apple. The company will no longer seek iPhone App Store acceptance for now. “I am disappointed,” says Thomas. The company plans to integrate the Newber concept into their new FreedomVOICE IQ product, a hosted PBX phone system that is gaining traction for the company.
