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  • AT&T and Verizon are Back Again with Two New Commercials

    News, Trap Door, att, commercial, droid, iPhone, motorola, verizon | Monday November 30 2009 9:14 pm | Comments Off

    Actor Luke Wilson and AT&T are at it once again and this time they want you to know all about AT&T’s rollover minutes. Yes, it is true that AT&T lets you use your unused monthly minutes but keep in mind, they eventually do expire after a year if you do not use them. We do not mean to keep beating the same drum but come on AT&T, quit spending money, time, and effort on these mediocre commercials and spend time on making your network better for everyone.

    As AT&T keeps pumping out the commercials Verizon/Motorola are not sitting quietly on the sidelines. They’ve gone and released another Droid commercial that takes aim at, you guessed it, Apple’s iPhone. This latest commercial caters to the male consumers and pretty much paints the iPhone as being nothing more than “pretty”. Smart move as Motorola continues to beat Apple in brand loyalty with males 18 years old and up.

    [Thanks to matrix2004 for the tip!]

    View the new Droid commercial after the break!

    This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

    AT&T and Verizon are Back Again with Two New Commercials


    Waze’s GPS Nav App Lets You Play Pac-Man With Your Car

    App News, News, Turn-By-Turn GPS Navigation, Waze Inc., iPhone, waze | Monday November 30 2009 9:01 pm | Comments Off

    Waze [App Store, Free] is a GPS navigation company unlike the rest. Instead of licensing a bunch of map data for their app and passing the fees onto the customer, they've decided to allow the community to create and maintain the maps. This is done by allowing users to record roads as they drive their cars. The result is a map that's always being updated with new info and live traffic data.

    To make the deal even sweeter, Waze includes a game mode that essentially lets you play Pac-Man with your car! The idea is simple, find unverified "dots" and "road goodies" on the Waze map and drive your car to them. This not only helps you gain points, it also helps improve the accuracy of the map!

    ‘Dragon Naturally Speaking’ To Bring Speech To Text To iPhone

    App News, News, Upcoming Apps, iPhone, speech to text | Monday November 30 2009 8:57 pm | Comments Off

    Nuance, the makers of speech recognition software for the Mac and PC, have announced that their application, Dragon Naturally Speaking, will soon be available in the App Store for the iPhone. The application lets you dictate short 20-30 second clips, which it then converts to text with astonishing accuracy, giving you the ability to edit, copy to clipboard, or send to Mail or SMS. Watch the magic in action after the break.

    Apple Manipulating NAND Flash Prices?

    News, bad business, iPhone | Monday November 30 2009 8:29 pm | Comments Off

    Anonymous sources within the industry accused Apple late Sunday of "bullying" NAND flash producers with "questionable" purchasing practices. They claim that Apple is artificially suppressing NAND flash prices by placing orders for more than they need and then only buying the amount they need, creating a surplus and driving down prices.

    App Showcase: Tripod Camera Helps You Take Perfectly Straight Photos Every Time

    App Showcase, MK HQ, News, Tripod Camera, iPhone, photography | Monday November 30 2009 8:19 pm | Comments Off

    In case you haven't noticed, there's been an explosion of camera apps on the App Store lately and, for the most part, we've totally avoided them. However, when I saw Tripod Camera [App Store, $1.99] I had to stop and check it out. The idea is simple; use the iPhone's accelerometer to determine whether the picture you're taking is straight and compensate if it's not. It works incredibly well and even includes an anti-shake feature which only takes a picture when you're still.

    If you're into taking nice photos with your iPhone, Tripod Camera is totally worth checking out. Video of it in action follows below!

    Tips For Designing An Awesome Site For Your iPhone Apps

    News, Things We Like, app development, design, iPhone | Monday November 30 2009 7:50 pm | Comments Off

    In the past year or so we've seen hundreds (probably more) of iPhone app sites, and we've gotten really good at spotting classy developers. The general feeling we've picked up is that if the developer hasn't put much work into their app's site, they probably haven't put enough work into the app either. So the key here is to have a spiffy site that entices customers to give your app a chance. To help those who may not be aesthetically inclined, Web Designer Wall has posted a great list of tips and examples for creating top-notch app sites.

    If you're a developer, or even a designer looking for some inspiration, it's a great piece to check out.

    Navigon To Bring Google Local Search To MobileNavigator

    App News, Navigon AG, News, Turn-By-Turn GPS Navigation, iPhone, mobilenavigator | Monday November 30 2009 7:00 pm | Comments Off

    Navigon AG today announced that they have submitted version 1.4 of their popular turn-by-turn GPS application to the App Store. MobileNavigator [App Store, $89.99] 1.4 will include several new features, although the most significant will likely be the option to use Google Local Search to find points of interest from within the application. This differs from Navigon's current method of using a traditional POI database stored within the app, although v1.4 will still include it. The addition of Google will allow users to enter simple search terms such as "steak Chicago" to find listings for steak in Chicago.

    Tweetie 2.1 Drops, Adds Retweet, List, and Geotagging Support

    App News, News, atebits, iPhone, tweetie | Monday November 30 2009 6:40 pm | Comments Off

    Yesterday Atebits posted an update to Tweetie 2 [App Store, $2.99], which adds a boat load of new features, including support for the new retweet system, lists, and geotagging. It's also gotten quite a few little additions, such as information on trends from What The Trend and detection of "gaps" in the timeline.

    Version 2.1 is available as a free update to owners of Tweetie 2. Those with the original Tweetie will need to buy the new version [Tweetie 2 review].

    Mockup Lets You Create iPhone App Mockups On The Go

    App News, Lextech Labs, Mockup, News, iPhone, productivity | Monday November 30 2009 6:31 pm | Comments Off

    Last week Lextech Labs released a new app to help app developers create mockups of iPhone applications right from an iPhone or iPod touch. Mockup [App Store, $4.99] allows you to create sample application mockups by placing individual UI elements on the screen and arranging them however you see fit.

    The app shows a lot of promise for anyone who wants to quickly mock up an app, although it lacks a lot of polish. But hey, it's the only app we've seen that does this, so that counts, right? Video below!

    Stardom announces Safe Capsule storage device for Time Capsule

    News, iPhone | Monday November 30 2009 6:30 pm | Comments Off
    Stardom Storage Solutions announced on Monday the new Safe Capsule, a two-drive RAID 1 solution designed to work with Time Capsule.

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