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Apple removes one iOS developer's copycat games

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 6th, 2012)

Image: Shutterstock A few days ago, I caught a tweet from Paul Haddad (of Tapbots), showing a screen full of obvious copycat apps from one developer. Of course, anyone who has spent appreciable time on the App Store knows there are plenty of copycats out there. Not all of them are small shops, ...

iPod line experiences major decline year-over-year

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2012)

Apple has just posted its first quarter fiscal 2012 results. (There is a live conference call to follow). One of the biggest items to pop from the press release is the status of the iPod. Unlike iPhones, iPads, and Macs, all of which experienced terrific gains, the 11-year-old iPod line experienced ...

Shazam Player brings lyrics support and more to iOS

by Chris Rawson (Jan 11th, 2012)

The iPhone's default Music app already has lyrics support built in, but you have to fetch the lyrics yourself; songs sold on the iTunes Store still don't include lyrics after all these years. Shazam, makers of the well-known app that will identify songs playing in your vicinity after sampling a ...

Study finds many iOS activations during the holidays

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2011)

We all expected that iOS sales would be incredible during the holiday season, but now a study by Localytics reported on GigaOM shows that the activation level for new iOS devices was even greater than expected. The study showed that 12.5 times more iOS devices accessed games and apps using ...

Satechi BT Wireless Pocket Speaker review

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2011)

Small Bluetooth speakers for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad seem to be the current rage. Recently, I did a review of the Logitech Mini Boombox, an amazing small speaker that packs a punch. However, I felt that the bass end on that speaker was bit on the weak side. Satechi has recently come ...

iOS 3.1.3 iPhone/iPod touch users running into App Store issues

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 20th, 2011)

Not everyone has updated to iOS 5 or even iOS 4; there's more than a handful of users who still run iOS 3.1.3 on their older iPhones or iPod touch devices. As of December 16, a growing number of these users are reporting problems with the iOS app store. It doesn't appear to be a bunch of ...

BBC's iPlayer racks up 500k users, BBC shows how they made the app

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 20th, 2011)

The BBC's wildly popular iPlayer app was updated last week to include support for the iPhone and iPod touch plus the ability to stream TV over 3G. As a result of all the new features, iPlayer for iOS has been downloaded over 1.1 million times in just the last week alone. What's more interesting ...

Logitech Mini Boombox packs a loud punch in a tiny package

by Steven Sande (Dec 17th, 2011)

Logitech has been on a roll lately with some very nice Apple accessories. Just last week, I raved about their Fold-Up Keyboard for iPad 2, and today I had an opportunity to blast out tunes with the new Mini Boombox ($99.99). Design There's no denying it -- the Mini Boombox is well designed. ...

Lantronix xPrintServer makes almost any printer iOS-compatible

by Steven Sande (Dec 13th, 2011)

Offices or homes without AirPrint compatible printers currently need to have an AirPrint "server" app like Printopia (US$19.95) running on a machine on the network to act as a gateway to the printers. It can be a pain if you want to print something from your iPad or iPhone and find out that the ...

Kinectimals for iPhone and iPad available

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 13th, 2011)

One of the first things I bought last holiday season after receiving a Kinect as a gift was Kinectimals. My kids loved it, but we found it can get a little tedious after a while. There it sits on the shelf of unplayed games... But perhaps when my kids get little iPod touches this holiday ...

Holiday Gift Guide: Docks

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 8th, 2011)

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for our ...

PopCap revamps Bejeweled on iOS, sends Bejeweled Blitz freemium

by Mike Schramm (Dec 8th, 2011)

Very similar to the way EA has revamped its Tetris app recently, PopCap Games (now owned by EA) has decided to revamp its Bejeweled offerings on the iPhone, taking the various versions of the world's brightest match-3 game gem and concentrating them down into a few offerings. There will be two ...

Apple updates Cards app with improved text entry, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 7th, 2011)

The holiday season is now here, which means it's time to start thinking about those holiday greeting cards. Instead of sending out a ream of handwritten notes, you should check out Apple's Cards app. The app lets you take a photo, add a personal note and send it off to someone in your address ...

Global BBC iPlayer app will launch for iPhone, iPod touch on Thursday

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 6th, 2011)

Sadly, there's still no release date in sight for the global BBC iPlayer in the U.S., but those lucky countries that do have it will have it be expanded to the iPhone and iPod touch on Thursday. The iPad app launched in 11 countries initially, and the number has expanded to 16 with our ...

Research shows Apple makes top 3 connected devices in US

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 6th, 2011)

JiWire culls a requests from approximately 289,000 public Wi-Fi locations in the US and uses this information to produce a quarterly report on mobile devices. Its latest report for Q3 2011 confirms what Apple fans already know -- iOS devices rule in the connected device category. In its ...