News Archive for 09/08/05

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iPhone apps: Tweetings, Words With Friends, AniGif

08/05, 5:35pm

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Tweetings ($1) is a Twitter client that includes push notification features. The application allows users to log into their twitter account and interact with the site. Users can view their timeline, post tweets, browse their friends and followers, uploading pictures to TwitPic, and more. The optional push notification feature allows users to receive alerts when they are mentioned in an @reply or when a direct message is received.

Namco lines up iPhone division, future game plans

08/05, 5:15pm

Namco iPhone plans

Game developer Namco has founded a dedicated iPhone division, meant to exploit the unusual popularity of the device. The division is being helped by Jonathan Kromrey, an iPod/iPhone games producer and designer, who was formerly responsible for research, design and development of products and applications at Apple. Kromrey notes that this week is currently the only one this year in which Namco does not expect to announce some form of new iPhone content, whether in terms of games or related material.

I-O Data tuner streams 1Seg TV to iPhone

08/05, 1:15pm

I-O Data intros SEG Clip

I-O Data has recently launched its latest SEG Clip, the GV-SC310, which connects to PCs via a USB connection and picks up 1Seg TV broadcasts. The tuner then has the ability to send these broadcasts wirelessly, whether live or recorded, to Sony's PSP or to iPhones and iPod touch devices.

Apple bans extremely prolific iPhone developer

08/05, 10:50am

Apple bans iPhone dev.

Apple has revoked the license of one of the most prolific App Store developers, reports say. Affected is Khalid Shaikh, the founder of Perfect Acumen, a company with 26 workers mostly based in Pakistan. Apple says it has received numerous complaints about Shaikh's products, and sent notices to him regarding over 100 titles. During a space of nine months the company has managed to publish some 943 iPhone apps, or approximately five apps per day.