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iTunes app sales to exceed song sales by year end?
(News/International)
According to asymco, the total number of apps downloaded from the App Store is likely to beat the total number of songs downloaded from iTunes by the end of this year. Comparing downloads so far, the App ...
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Apple introduces new iPod touch with Retina display
(News/Apple)
... are playing. With the App Store on iPod touch, users have access to the world's largest catalogue of apps with over 250,000 apps, including over 65,000 game and entertainment titles to choose from. Music ...
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MiniMonos Launches iPhone App, Passes 32,000 Members
(News/Press Releases)
... from more than 150 countries have now registered for the virtual world. The team at MiniMonos will be continually updating the iPhone app, as well as launching new apps based on the other games in the ...
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Vodafone announces data plans for iPad 3G
(News/NZ)
... providing users with the freedom to activate or cancel a plan at any time. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users ...
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FileMaker apps coming to iPhone and iPad
(News/International)
Here's one that I have been waiting for, for a long time! AppleInsider are reporting that "FileMaker Go" apps are to launch on the iPhone and iPad soon. The apps are designed to allow you to ...
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iTunes updated to 9.2.1
(News/Apple)
... apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring ...
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iPad available this Friday
(News/Apple)
... with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, ...
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iOS SDK 4.1 beta now available
(News/Site)
... to test their apps with what is proposed as the next update to the iOS. Details on what new features are included in 4.1 (or bug fixes) are available to developers in the release notes. ...
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VFNZ iPad plans...not announced
(News/NZ)
... it will offer dedicated iPad price plans for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G in the coming weeks. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. ...
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Awesome iOS 4 apps
(News/Apple)
Apple have started promoting some specific apps that have been updated to work on iOS4 to focus attention on the new iOS update. The "Awesome iOS 4 apps" page of iTunes currently features 29 ...
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Quick Tips - Get to know iOS 4
(News/Site)
... if you have more tips to share and help others, go for it! Look and feel How do I change the wallpaper on my iPhone or iPod Touch? How do I move apps into folders on my iPhone or iPod Touch? ...
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iTunes 9.2 released
(News/Apple)
... iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1 Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 Organize your apps on your iOS ...
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iFortune
(iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Software/Lifestyle)
iFortune was one of Korea's top 1 most downloaded apps earlier this month. iFortune uses the Chinese Zodiac system to predict your fortune for today and tomorrow without needing an internet connection. ...
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Apple presents iPhone 4
(News/Apple)
... ever for games and entertainment, with access to tens of thousands of games and entertainment apps on the revolutionary App Store. Every iPhone 4 has a built-in 3-axis gyro that when combined with the ...
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Apple to debut iAds on July 1
(News/Apple)
... offers advertisers the emotion of TV with the interactivity of the web, and offers users a new way to explore ads without being hijacked out of their favorite apps," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. ...
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Apple sells 2 million iPads in less than 60 days
(News/Apple)
... connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen ...
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iWorks apps appear on iTunes NZ and iPad
(News/Apple)
... and Keynote (http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8). Throw in iBooks (not on iTunes yet) and you're set to go. I suspect the appearance of the iWorks apps probably owe more to the fact ...
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iPad store goes live for New Zealand
(News/NZ)
... contact with an iPad). What does this mean? It means anyone with an iPad in this country now can access the App Store on the iPad and download apps to use. Perhaps most notably, this should mean that the ...
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Apple sells one million iPads
(News/Apple)
Apple today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over ...
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Jobs : Thoughts on Flash
(News/Apple)
... Adobe also wants developers to adopt Flash to create apps that run on our mobile devices. We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and ...
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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference start June 7
(News/Apple)
... work side-by-side with Apple engineers and interface designers to make their iPhone and iPad apps even better.” WWDC 2010 is focused on providing advanced content for skilled developers across ...
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iPad - Looking at some of the flaws
(News/Site)
... or clever apps that will somehow achieve what I want, but that's not the point...the point is that I'd love to have the iPad on my lap, get an email and just say "Great...print that"....without ...
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iPad - Hands On - Part 2
(News/Site)
... and some impressive iPad only apps. I then sum up some aspects of the iPad that impressed me. A final article to be published later, will look at some of the flaws. The Safari web app was great to ...
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iPad - Hands On - Part 1
(News/Site)
... to make the icon more relevant. Their attention to detail is staggering. The thing that made me smile was that for most of the time using iTunes with the iPad, the "Apps" tab looked something ...
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iPad - the unboxing (with video)
(News/Site)
... up in iTunes like any other device.... Those familiar with using an iPhone or iPod Touch with iTunes will have no problem doing the same with an iPad... The "Apps" tab in iTunes is ...
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Apple previews iPhone OS 4
(News/Apple)
... party apps; Folders to better organize and access apps; improved Mail with a unified inbox, fast inbox switching and threaded messages; enhanced Enterprise support with even better data protection, mobile ...
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Round up of some iPad news
(News/International)
... currently only available to US customers. You may not have noticed, but the iTunes 9.1 update separates your apps into sections, to show which apps will work on all devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch) ...
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Gift this app - Let's do some giveaways!
(News/Apple)
... to dust the cobwebs off the wallet and gift 10 apps to lucky users of the site...but you have to be quick. The "Gift This App" feature allows you to circumvent the only other way previously of ...
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Niftybean Productions
(Homegrown/Niftybean Productions)
... our own apps into the App store. Here's a little background on me and how I got to be doing this. I could try and claim the start of my computing career began in the era of Nintendo Game & Watch and ...
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iPad available in US on April 3
(News/Apple)
... CEO. "We're excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before." ...
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The TapLynx Experience - Part 5 - Testing and Publishing
(Homegrown/Philip Roy)
... all meant if it wasn't for the fact that I had been sent apps and provisioning files in the past so that I could review the apps I had been sent (that's called an ad-hoc distribution), but there is also ...
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Apple removing apps with sexual content from iTunes
(News/Apple)
As being reported on sites like Ars Technica, Apple has begun to remove applications from the iTunes store that it considers overtly sexual. It appears that the news first came about when a developer was ...
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The TapLynx Experience - Part 2 - Adding feeds and Tabs
(Homegrown/Philip Roy)
... Apps NZiPhone.com Reviews - http://feeds.nziphone.com/nziphone-reviews NZiPhone.com listings - http://feeds.nziphone.com/nziphone-listings Podcast - http://feeds.nzmac.com/nzmac-podcast ...
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The TapLynx Experience - Part 1 - Getting set up
(Homegrown/Philip Roy)
... of the NZMac.com RSS and Radio widgets, which only came to fruition due to the support of a number of very talented and creative people. At first I created web-based apps for the iPhone, but these require ...
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Introducing the NZiPhone.com + NZMac.com iPhone app
(News/Site)
The official app of NZiPhone.com - The home of the iPhone in New Zealand and NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Macintosh community, is here!! Get the FREE app from http://itunes.com/apps/nziphonecomandnzmaccomnews ...
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iPhone OS 3.1.3 released
(News/Apple)
... level on iPhone 3GS, Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances and Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard. Details on how to apply ...
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Apple launches iPad
(News/Apple)
... or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March worldwide with ...
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Apple's App Store downloads top 3 billion
(News/Apple)
Apple today announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store by iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide. "Three billion applications downloaded in ...
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2009 - The year that was
(News/Other)
... of both NZMac.com and NZiPhone.com, here are the major news stories in reverse chronological order (i.e., newest first): Apple announces over 100,000 Apps on the App Store Apple introduces Apple ...
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Kiwi developers release augmented reality apps
(News/NZ)
HIT Lab NZ is a pretty interesting place to visit. A few years back whilst it was based on the University of Canterbury campus, I got to visit the lab and see what they were up to. At one point we were ...
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iTunes Rewind - the best of 2009
(News/Apple)
Apple have added a new section to iTunes highlighting all that is great from the 2009 year. This not only features the most popular apps, but music, podcasts (sadly the NZMac.com podcast didn't feature) ...
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Apple provides Devs with status info on app submissions
(News/Apple)
Wired is reporting a small change to the Apple Developer's Center that lets those who have submitted apps know where their app is in terms of the approval and publishing process. Ignoring the variety of ...
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Apple announces over 100,000 Apps now available on the App Store
(News/Apple)
Apple today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose ...
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In-App purchasing within free apps allowed
(News/Apple)
... "free" apps were suddenly asking for money), it has caused annoyances for some developers...meaning complete segregation between Lite/Free versions of their apps and paid versions. The Unofficial ...
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Apple to amend dev agreements for VOIP
(News/International)
Hot on the news of the AT&T allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its network, Apple have stated that they will amend their developer agreement to get more VOIP apps on the App ...
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How do I move apps in and out of folders in iTunes?
(FAQ / Look and Feel / How do I move apps in and out of folders in iTunes?)
... straight forward to move apps around. Sometimes, a video explains it better than any static images (note there is no sound)... ...
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How do I gift an app to someone from my iPhone or iPod Touch?
(FAQ / General Use / How do I gift an app to someone from my iPhone or iPod Touch?)
This requires that your device is running iOS 4 or greater. In the example shown below, tap on the "App Store" app on your iPhone... Find the app that you want to gift. In this ...
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How do I lock the screen so that it doesn't change if I tilt the phone?
(FAQ / Look and Feel / How do I lock the screen so that it doesn't change if I tilt the phone?)
This is known as locking the screen orientation and requires a device running iOS4 or above. First, let's look at what happens normally when using (for example) the iPod section of an iPhone. In the two ...
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How do I move apps into folders on my iPhone or iPod Touch?
(FAQ / Look and Feel / How do I move apps into folders on my iPhone or iPod Touch?)
In order to use folders on a device, you need to be running iOS 4 or greater on the phone. To create a folder you need to 'tell' the device that you want to group some apps together. The easiest way to ...
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How do I rearrange my apps within iTunes 9
(FAQ / iTunes / How do I rearrange my apps within iTunes 9)
Simply connect your iPhone up to your Mac or PC running iTunes 9. You can watch a demo here....