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  • Appletell reviews three accidentally educational games for iPhone, iPod touch

    In this review, we look at three educational iPhone applications; Polynx, QuizQuizQuiz and Whirly Word. Each one is slightly different, but each one is, in its own right, a great title to play. Whether you’re looking to extend your general knowledge, language vocabulary or to test your basic arithmetic ability, there’s certainly, as Apple themselves would say, “an app for that.”

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Is RFID the next feature for iPhone 4?

by Jake Gaecke on Nov 5, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Apple could already be testing next generation iPhones equipped with RFID (radio frequency identification) capabilities if a less than rock solid rumor is to be trusted (as if rumors could be solid in the first place). What exactly would you do with RFID in your iPhone? A host of things… Continue Reading »

Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup - November 5, 2009

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 5, 2009 at 09:51 PM

Scan your comics and scan your receipts on the Mac. You can scan other things too, but there’s nothing else here to help you with that. On the iPhone, you’ve got audio short stories, balloons to send floating around the world, a Mysterious Island to explore, a Bible study to… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Scholastic vocabulary apps for iPhone, iPod touch

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 5, 2009 at 11:59 AM

There’s no shortage of iPhone apps available to keep kids occupied while you wait for your bloomin’ onion to be served. There’s also no shortage of apps available to explain why you shouldn’t be eating a bloomin’ onion. In this review, though, we’ll focus on the kids, and take a… Continue Reading »

How Apple got to 100,000 apps, and why it won’t stop

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM

You have a map for that, Verizon? Okay, well I see your map, and raise you an app. 100,000 apps, actually. Apple has announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the App Store (only a couple hundred of which have anything to do with farting). This is a… Continue Reading »

App Store now has more than 100,000 applications available

by Josh Holat on Nov 5, 2009 at 08:42 AM

Apple’s iTunes App Store has reached a very important milestone: 100,000 available applications. In a marketplace where other companies are struggling to get 1,000 applications available for purchase and download, Apple and the developers with accounts have once again risen to the occasion. 100,000 certainly isn’t a small number, and… Continue Reading »

Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup - November 4, 2009

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 4, 2009 at 08:22 PM

Already with the Christmas apps? Well, why not. Be creative enough, and even iStopMotion and MacTuneUp could be holiday gifts, I suppose. Pretty much everything on the iPhone could, such as Minima, The Right Bite (it’ll help you lose all that holiday treat weight), Cobra, DJ Nights, and more. iMEvil,… Continue Reading »

Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup - November 3, 2009

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 3, 2009 at 04:40 PM

A lot of good Mac updates today for both productivity and system management. Record audio, make cartoons, browse your media, track your references, and more. Today’s iPhone apps will improve your grammar, bring you luck, win you an unlocked iPhone, defend your bar, crash your car, dash your zombies, and… Continue Reading »

Apple prepping $30/month iTunes TV subscription service?

by Josh Holat on Nov 2, 2009 at 09:04 PM

According to sources for All Things Digital, Apple has been pitching a $30 per month TV subscription service via iTunes in the past weeks. The sources are saying that various TV networks have been approached by Apple about the deal, and if enough support is gained, this could potentially rival… Continue Reading »

Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup - November 2, 2009

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 2, 2009 at 07:32 PM

Today’s Mac updates involves geometry. Don’t be afraid, though, it’s here to make life easier, not harder. So is Custom Headers by M, RemObjects SDK, ReaddleDocs, RemoteSite, TypeBook Creator, and more. iPhone updates involve Hyakkiyagyo, which alone should be enough to get you to click inside, but there’s also Roto,… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews “And Another Thing…” H2G2 audio book for iPhone, iPod touch

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 2, 2009 at 09:21 AM

It’s true. There’s a sixth installment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy. With the death of Douglas Adams in 2001, it seemed the landmark series had reached a less than impressive end with Mostly Harmless, a book which Douglas himself referred to as “bleak.” But is a bleak… Continue Reading »

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