Blog on iPod and iPhone

Since we’re The Unofficial Apple Weblog, we kept it pretty Apple-oriented during last week’s CES conference. There were plenty of interesting Windows apps and other smartphones and tablets around, but if it wasn’t Apple-centric, we usually walked past it to find something more our style. But VoxOx is a notable exception — it’s an app [...]

Apple has been awarded a trademark for the phrase, “There’s an app for that.” The tagline has been used to promote the App Store and iOS devices almost since their inception, and has really caught on. From tech articles to jokes told around the water cooler, many people have adopted the phrase. The trademark, which [...]

AUDIOPRESS is a new app and free audio digest service available on iPhone that is designed to create a custom “radio stations” for you to listen to on your device. You add AudioArticles, “MyUpdates,” Podcasts, and Radio Stations to a playlist, then the information is streamed to you on demand. AudioArticles are professional audio recordings [...]

Last week, during GDC Online in Austin, Texas, I saw a panel run by Newtoy’s David Bettner. Later in the week, Bettner himself met up with me to talk about the company and its popular Games With Friends titles for the iPhone. Though the company is doing great with its own App Store games (Words [...]

I visited IndieCade here in LA this past weekend, and I got to play some of the best indie games on offer over the past year. There are a few more write-ups on upcoming iPhone and iPad titles coming out later on today, but feelforit is one of the finalists that’s already out for you [...]

The retail range of the iPad has expanded dramatically over the past few weeks, with Target now carrying them and Best Buy expanding sales to all stores (instead of the original footprint that only included stores with Apple specialists). Rumors of the Big Kahuna, however, have occupied the minds of would-be buyers; as noted last [...]

On the last day of GDC this week, I heard from developer Anthony LaMantia, who had a new game named Moon’d that he wanted to show me. We met up in the lobby of the Austin Convention Center, and I got to play around for a bit with his game, a platformer with a strange [...]

Jailbreak limera1n was released today for 4.1 iDevice users in what appears to be a contentious situation in the hacking community. Windows-only, the new jailbreak is not expected to work with Apple TV or debut on Linux and OS X for a bit. The previously announced dev-team jailbreak, which was due out tomorrow, may be [...]

Add the New York Times to the chorus of reporting claiming the iPhone is coming to Verizon early next year. The sources seem credible, even though there have been no end to rumors about our favorite phone making the trek to the big V.t With a good deal of dislike for AT&T and its policies, [...]

If you’re anything like me you have lots and lots of information. Endless folders and files are scattered about, and while Spotlight in Mac OS X is very helpful, it’s not a perfect fit for every situation. One solution I’ve found very helpful is Tags, from Gravity Apps. Our own Brett Terpstra took a look [...]