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iOS deals begin, App Store freeze coming Thursday

by Mike Schramm (Dec 21st, 2011)

And so it begins -- the App Store has its busiest time of the year over the Christmas holiday, when iPhones and iPads and iTunes gift cards are unwrapped under the Christmas tree, and millions of people take to the App Store to pick up some great apps. There are lots of sales coming out this ...

Daily iPhone App: Pigs in Trees

by Mike Schramm (Sep 6th, 2011)

If you're anything like me, you probably overlooked Pigs in Trees when it came out a little while ago, thinking it was more of an Angry Birds knockoff than anything else. And you'd be forgiven for thinking that -- it indeed features cute pigs fighting attacking birds, with lots of silly music ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors

by Mike Schramm (Jun 24th, 2011)

We've posted about Big Fish Games before. It's a casual gaming company that has produced a ton of titles for the PC already, and it's in the process of both bringing those over to iOS and creating an original library of titles for Apple's mobile devices. This weekend, Big Fish is having a sale ...

Lots of App Store sales going on this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Feb 25th, 2011)

I can't think of anything really special about this weekend (though GDC is coming up next week), but quite a few app developers have put their apps on sale for some reason. Here are some of the deals in Apple's App Stores this weekend: 148Apps has a list of free apps, including an ...

Valentine's Day specials coming to the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2011)

Ah, Valentine's Day, when Spring is just around the corner, love is in the air, and ... iOS games are on sale for 99 cents? Apparently -- since the holiday is largely made up by gift card retailers anyway, a bunch of big iOS developers are putting their games on sale for just a buck over the ...

Sega puts titles on sale for back-to-school, releases Phantasy Star II on iOS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 27th, 2010)

Just in time for the days of, well, skipping out on video games and getting back to the books, Sega has decided to try and tempt you away from that schoolwork by dropping prices across the board on its iOS games. Golden Axe, Shining Force, Streets of Rage and Ecco the Dolphin are all on sale for ...

TUAW's Daily App: Corkbin

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2010)

I've been trying (pretty unsuccessfully) to become a smarter wine drinker for a while now, and Corkbin might just push me over the top. This elegantly designed app is set up to help you track and chart the wines that you drink, learn how to classify them, and share reviews with friends and fellow ...

Developers on avoiding the 99 cent App Store price

by Mike Schramm (Jan 14th, 2010)

I've become a big fan of game developer Capy (formerly Capybara) in the past few months -- their releases of Critter Crunch on iPhone [iTunes link] and Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes on the DS have won me over quickly. But I'm not sure I agree completely with their co-founder, Nathan Vella, about ...

How to sell an iPhone app for $9.99

by Mike Schramm (Nov 24th, 2008)

Marco over on the Instapaper blog (which, of course, is the blog of the app Instapaper), posted a really interesting commentary recently on a subject we've been following since the beginning: App Store pricing. As we've said before, it's a strange thing -- developers want higher prices so that they ...

The 99 cent iPhone (and the $99 Nano)

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2007)

Wanna buy an iPhone for 99 cents? You probably missed your chance. Apparently 99 Cent Only stores in California are having a big 25th anniversary party, and this morning, at their store in Westchester, CA, they sold 9 iPhones to the first 9 customers for only 99 cents each. That can't quite be ...

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