Archive for the ‘iPhone News’ Category
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id Software’s “Rage” Coming to iPhone and iPad
Doom co-creator John Carmack recently told Kotaku that we can expect to see id Software’s latest epic work in progress, Rage, land on the iPhone and iPad.
”Apple doesn’t give us anything ahead of time either, so haven’t put hands on it ourselves, but we certainly are expecting to try to have our Rage title [...] -
Confusing: Developers Who Complain Apple’s iPhone is Closed AND Think HTML5 is the Future
TechCrunch links to noted developer Tim Bray who’s taking a position as “Developer Advocate” at Google for Android but who announces it while taking a swipe at Apple’s iPhone and the closed nature of the App Store:
The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet’s future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who [...] -
SPE at Microsoft MIX10 for Windows Phone 7 Series — The Competition!
I had the chance to talk to Microsoft’s Loke Uei about Windows Phone 7 Series at GDC last week and he was cagey and super-secretive about the version running on his pre-production unit. He did, however, promise more would be revealed at MIX 10 this week in Las Vegas. Well, our very own editor-in-chief, Dieter [...]
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Monday Fun Video: Typing 83 Words a Minute on an iPhone
Once again proving that iPhone users don’t need no stinkin’ hardware keyboards, this YouTube’r claims 83 words a minute on iTextSpeed [$0.99 - iTunes link] which would be impressive on a full-sized desktop, never mind an iPhone.
And if you’ve got mad iPhone typing skills, feel free to drop your numbers in …
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Facebook and MySpace Social Gaming Scams Moving to iPhone?
According to TechCrunch, some of the worst scams in social gaming are moving from Facebook and MySpace to the iPhone:
Users are offered virtual currency in exchange for answering a quiz or some other seemingly harmless offer. But once they click through and awswer the quiz questions they’re told they need to enter their mobile phone [...]