Metal Gear Solid Touch: Released for the iPhone and iPod Touch
March 18, 2009 by Jack Svetlana
Filed under iPhone News
Metal Gear Solid:Touch will be released today and can be bought at iTune App Store for $7.99.
The game covers the events of Metal Gear Solid 4, with gamers resuming their role as Solid Snake. The players can tap the screen to shoot enemies, slide your fingers to move the screen around, and use pinch gestures-two fingers sliding apart or close on the screen to zoom in and out.
The game features 20 levels with 45 minute of cut-scenes. In order to win each level, you must meet specific objectives in order to clear the stage. Along the way you earn “Drebin Points” which you can cash in for access to exclusive items -- 15 wallpapers you can decorate your iPhone with.
New iPhone 4G Concept Is Son of MacBook Air and iPod Touch
February 16, 2009 by Jack Svetlana
Filed under iPhone Talks
This beautiful concept, inspired by the curves and tapering of the Macbook Air coupled with the touch’s back, is even better than the cool Macbook-inspired iPhone 4G we featured at the beginning of the month.
The thing that excites me most about these concepts, however, is not the aesthetic aspect of it. It’s the the front camera and the fact that people seem to be excited about getting videoconferencing on the iPhone. Specially about the idea of interacting with desktop videoconferencing software on both the PC and the Mac. This is a must for the videochat feature to be really useful, and personally I think it’s one of the reasons it hasn’t been done by Apple before.
My hope is that they are working to make it crossplatform, either with Apple releasing iChat for the PC at one point or, ideally, working on the connection with existing PC videoconferencing software like MSN and Skype.
For sure, Jason and I can’t wait to have cellphone videosex. With other people, I mean. [Thanks Rodolphe Desmare for the art]
Son of MacBook Air and iPod Touch, Wonderful iPhone 4G Concept
February 11, 2009 by Jack Svetlana
Filed under iPhone Talks
This wonderful concept, through the curves and s’effilant the Macbook Air with the key back, the better that the fresh inspiration Macbook iPhone 4G, we have at the beginning of the month.
The thing that fascinates me most about these concepts is not the aesthetics. It is the first camera and the fact that people seem excited by the idea of videoconferencing on the iPhone. As cited from gizmodo.com, especially the idea of videoconferencing software from office, both on PC and Mac. It is a must for video chat feature to be really useful, and I personally think this is one of the reasons why it was not done by Apple before.
My hope is that they so that several, both with Apple iChat for the PC at a specific time or, ideally, based
2nd Generation iPod Touch Jailbreak Coming Soon
January 23, 2009 by Jack Svetlana
Filed under iPhone News
The iPhone Dev Team has just posted a hint at a jailbreak for the 2g iPod Touch. They will be calling this redsn0w(redsn0w.com) and ’should’ be released soon. Even the previous ‘hacking team’ that were expected to jailbreak the 2nd generation iPod Touch(Chronic Dev Team) confirms that redsn0w will be the first jailbreak available.
I assumed the iPhone Dev Team dropped the responsibility of releasing this just so they could concentrate on the unlock(and not get flooded with emails for the ipod jailbreak).
So far there is no ETA on when it will be released, but this announcement has to mean that they found a way in, and now they just need to package it up and do some beta testing.
With iPod Touch (& iPhone) Apple Will Rule the Mobile Web
January 8, 2009 by Jack Svetlana
Filed under iPhone News
Apple’s iPod Touch devices might have been a hot gift over the holidays, according the data released by AdMob, a mobile advertising start-up. Apparently the iPod Touch requests more than tripled worldwide from November to December, with a particularly large spike in requests the week after Christmas. So much so, it is now the second most popular device in the AdMob network, with 4.7 percent share. iPhone is still the most popular device.
The U.S. accounted for 70 percent of iPod Touch requests in December. iPod Touch showed good growth in Canada, the UK, Mexico, Germany and France. Combined, the iPhone and iPod Touch represent 15.5 percent of all worldwide requests. In the U.S., the iPhone OS (if you include the iPod Touch) now accounts for 48 percent of the smartphone market.
The strong sales (as indicated by the sudden spike after Christmas) of iPod Touch would make this device a bit of an x-factor in the smartphone business. Today, Apple may not be able to sell as many smartphones as RIM or Nokia, but it can still offer its app developers a bigger pool of users, thanks to the iPod Touch. In doing so, it keeps the iTunes App Store relevant, which attracts more applications. It was earlier reported that sales of apps jumped right after Christmas.
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The iPod Touch makes a lot of sense for people who don’t want to sign up for an expensive and lengthy two-year plan for the iPhone, who simply can’t stand the patchy nature of the AT&T network, or who simply want a thinner device with longer battery life. I have been so frustrated by the AT&T network, and like millions of others I often end up using Wi-Fi to surf the web, check the email or simply use Truphone. I can do all that on an iPod Touch. So now I am considering getting rid of the iPhone and switching to a simpler voice-only service from either Sprint or Verizon.
In closing, despite a slight plateau in the web traffic emanating from iPod Touch, it is still up considerably, and over a period of time, the iPod Touch will become an increasingly important booster of the mobile web.
