Nowadays, the world of phone apps has become saturated to the point of non-originality; everyone seems to be making a better version of what’s already out there, instead of coming up with their own, ground-breaking idea. While I know it’s about the dollars and cents more than originality, us mobile bloggers who have the lovely [...]

I grew up playing Nintendo, Super Nintendo and, as I got older, Sony Playstation consoles. Games quickly evolved as I grew up and they have now reached the level of art – with immersion and graphics that rivaled film! I once scoffed at the idea that the iPhone could be a champion gaming platform. I [...]

As of June 30th, mobile app developer “Seesmic” has announced that they will no longer be developing applications for BlackBerry phones because they will be focusing on the Android and iOS platform. It seems that people are dumping on RIM’s products more and more these days. Unfortunately, it’s a competitive smart phone environment and survival [...]

  The legal battle over Samsung allegedly stealing design ideas from Apple has still been happening behind closed doors. Not long ago, Apple requested access to Samsung’s yet-to-be-released models of smartphones and tablets in order to determine whether these new devices also made such an infringement. To retort, Samsung requested that they see Apple’s new [...]

BGR may be pointing out how Apple stole a couple features from Android (with improvements), but Engadget has recently published an article highlighting a few new iOS5 features that Android doesn’t have, which includes 3G Facetime, AirPlay mirroring and connecting to your car over Bluetooth. Well, Mobile Crunch has also brought to light a feature [...]

Apple has been supporting iOS developers in the recent dispute between Lodsys and iOS developers that use in-app purchases. Lodsys claims that the iOS developers are infringing on a patent that they hold and Apple has publicly stated that this is false. In the lawsuit battles that are firing up, Apple is lending its hand [...]

iOS 5 is presently in developer beta release and will be released to the public in the fall of this year. According to 9to5Mac, the new iPhone is reaching the final testing stage, which means it’s still on track for the rumored September release date. In honor of this news, here is an exhaustive list [...]

Here’s a bit of news Apple might not be too happy about: an Apple store employee is trying to make all Apple stores unionized. Their jobs don’t seem particularly dangerous or grueling so, what could the dissatisfaction come from? “The core issues definitely involve compensation, pay, benefits,” says Cory Moll, the 30 year-old part-time employee [...]

  Twice annually (in June and December), the information on which social networks are dominant in each country is published. According to these maps Facebook has shown considerable growth in the past two years, as the social network is nearing 700 million users. It seems a number of other social networks are being phased out [...]

It finally happened. The crazy geniuses who defied the firm clutches of Steve Jobs and Apple by hacking FaceTime to work over 3G - instead of strictly WiFi - have done it again: they’ve brought cellular calling and texting to your jailbroken iPad 3G. I don’t own an iPad to try it out first hand, but [...]