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Nano is a unique iPhone experience that really should be experienced. Some people will love its flow and atmosphere, and others simply won’t get it at all. Both groups are right. Nano’s not for everyone, but if you can get on the same level as the game, you’re not going… Continue Reading »

When it comes to gaming, the iPhone is an unusually fun platform on which to get your fix. With all sorts of games ranging from classic titles to new 3D breakout games, there is something for everyone. That said, there is a nice variety of games based around words. They… Continue Reading »

It’s well known by now that Apple has an issue when it comes to the amount of time required to accept certain applications. However, what is even more outrageous is the obvious increase in this already lengthy period at times when Apple is announcing/releasing/updating other products. For example… Continue Reading »

It’s hard to believe it, but it has already been one year since Apple released the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s been a long journey full of ups (hundreds of success stories from indie developers and companies) and downs (the stress of long wait times and… Continue Reading »

Cover your eyes, kiddies, because Apple has opened Pandora’s Box on iTunes. With the new parental controls feature built into the iPhone 3.0 SDK, Apple seems to have decided that they can go beyond risque to actual nudity in their apps. The first app to bare it all is called… Continue Reading »

After a week off, the Appletellcast move towards its new format by introducing it’s interim host: me. This week, I talk with Bruce Morrison of Freeverse, makers of many outstanding games for the Macintosh, as well as some exciting, high end games for the iPhone. Bruce and I talk about… Continue Reading »

“I am Connor Mulcahey of the Clan Mulcahey. I have downloaded the one billionth app from the iTunes App Store. And I am immortal.” Okay, that’s likely not how it went, but 13-year-old Connor was, indeed, the lucky fellow who download app number 1,000,000,000 from the iTunes App Store. And… Continue Reading »

Words cannot describe how much I feel the iTunes App Store is broken. For every thing that’s right about it (the convenience, for one, and the ease of installing updates), the big problem, the huge problem that Apple has decided to put someone’s great-grandma (both slow and a prude) in… Continue Reading »

It’s no surprise that Apple will soon sell their one billionth application through the iTunes App Store. However, the way they are celebrating it is sort of neat, and something we don’t often see from Apple. They are hosting a contest and giving away a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an… Continue Reading »

There are plenty of reports of various App Stores popping up that promise to offer iPhone applications in a way other than through the actual iTunes App Store. Just this week, the Cydia store was made available for jailbroken iPhones. These App Stores—which are completely illegitimate in Apple’s eyes, I’m… Continue Reading »