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Griffin iTalk iPhone app launches
Recording software free for a limited time 3 November 2008 13:48 GMT
Griffin Technology has announced the availability of iTalk, a new sound recording app for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and 2nd generation iPod touch.

Griffin iTalk turns iPhones or iPod touches into recording units, allowing users to create one-touch, high-quality recordings...
iPint vs iBeer lawsuit
iPhone app rivals in $12 million battle 15 October 2008 16:14 GMT
Beer-fuelled iPhone apps are creating hangovers in the business world with lawsuits filed between the companies offering the "iBeer" and "iPint" applications.

Molson Coors Brewing and ad co Beattie McGuinness Bungay face a $12.5m (£7.1m) lawsuit for allegedly...
fring sees 91,000 iPhone App Store downloads
In 24 hours 8 October 2008 10:01 GMT
fring has announced that after its iVersion went live on the iPhone App Store on Saturday 4 October, there were more than 91,000 new registrations in the first 24 hours.

Calling the response "nothing short of phenomenal" these stats have made fring the number...
Shazam announces 1.5 million App Store downloads
"Premium" version promised soon 25 September 2008 14:01 GMT
Shazam has now officially announced its application for the iPhone has been downloaded by over 1.5 million people in the first 6 weeks of its availability on the Apple App Store, as per Pocket-lint's recent prediction.

"The Shazam iPhone application has had...
eBay launches iPhone app in Europe
Better late than never 25 September 2008 12:50 GMT
eBay has announced that it will make a new mobile application - eBay Mobile - available for iPhone and iPod touch users in Europe after its launch previously in the States.

The new free application gives Apple users the ability to bid, buy and pay for items...
Apple "gags" rejected developers
NDA extended to App Store rejection letters 24 September 2008 13:19 GMT
Apple has extended its non-disclosure agreement to cover the rejection letters developers receive if their application does not get passed by Apple to appear in the App Store.

Although the correspondence is likely to have been covered by the original NDA, it...
More Spore for iPhone, suggests Wright
Taking it further than the cell stage 4 September 2008 13:12 GMT
More Spore news the day before it is released to its awaiting PC-playing public.

For those looking forward to Spore Origins - the mobile game version for iPhone confirmed for release two days later than the full game - then Will Wright has suggested there may...
Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone hits 300k sales in 20 days
Sega boss says the platform looks "viable" 12 August 2008 11:30 GMT
Sega's iPhone version of Super Monkey Ball has sold more than 300,000 copies in its first 20 days on sale, something Sega boss Simon Jeffery says give the iPhone a "justifiable claim to being a viable gaming platform".

He went on to describe the iTunes App store,...