Square Enix – the creators behind the worlds most popular RPG game has released few screenshots of Final Fantasy from the iPhone version of the said game. The Appera site, which has got hold of these screenshots has confirmed that Final Fantasy 1 and 2 are both finally headed to the iPhone platform. Though the price and release date of the game is unconfirmed at the moment.
Today, in an attempt to have better interaction with general public, The White House has announced the official iPhone and iPod touch app named ‘The White House’. This app offers latest news updates, videos, photos and blog posts from the official White House blog. In addition, it also delivers live video streaming which from now on will enable iPhone and iPod Touch users to watch future Presidential addresses live on their favorite iDevice. The app also opens up access to White House speeches and press briefings in real-time.
First grand slam tournament of the season – the 2010 Australian Open Tennis Championship is about to begin. The tournament which starts on 18th January will last for 14 days till 31st January 2010. Online streaming sites such as UStream, Justin.tv and the official Australian Open website will be broadcasting the event LIVE. You can watch the top tennis players in the World including 15 times grand slam champion Roger Federer, as they all compete for one of the biggest prized crown of the year.
Although iPhone 3GS has a commendable 3.2 megapixel camera, but apart from very basic camera functionality, you can hardly do anything special with it. But then as they says that there is an app for just about anything on the iPhone, so is the case with this app as well. A new app by the name of Security Cam has just been approved which enables iPhone users to use their iPhone as security (or should I say spy?) camera.
The greatest strength of Apple and iPhone has always been the availability of over 100,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. No other phone manufacturer has so far been able to match the success that Apple’s App Store has got in its first year alone. There is an app for just about anything one can think off. And so, today, Apple has announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store by iPhone and Pod touch users worldwide. This is what Steve Jobs had to say on the occasion.
Apple in the recent past introduced an amazing and rather sensational product called Magic Mouse which introduced iPhone style multitouch gestures for Macs. Later on, some folks managed to hack the Boot Camp drivers of Magic Mouse to make it unofficially run on PCs running any version of Windows from XP to 7.
PreBrowser is a web browsing application for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch which has been inspired by the web browser in Palm Pre. PreBrowser runs in full screen with tabs which gives it a look and feel from Palm Pre. The main UI of the app is plain and simple, with only one single “menu” button to go on the top left. Clicking on “view tabs” presents a beautiful cover flow like mode for all the opened tabs in the browser.
New Year is a great occasion to celebrate; probably the only event which is celebrated all over the world by everyone regardless of their nationality, language and religion. On this very special occasion, an iPhone developer has come up with an iPhone and iPod touch app to exchange contact information by giving a toast to the one with whom you are exchanging information. The toast can then be shared on the facebook wall for all your family and friends to see.
In past, we have seen iPhone being made to use in situations such as driving vehicles, controlling robots and so much more, but none a special than launching a missile. Yes, a small group of students have managed to control a missile through their iPhone that commands and controls a small rocket launcher in pre and post firing conditions. They designed an app for iPhone and created a system for the launcher by running customized version of Windows CE 6 on eBox 2300, on which the orientation, deviation and firing control of missile was possible using the iPhone.
Santa Tracking app for the iPhone and iPod touch is finally here! It’s that time of the year again when you want to track the route of Santa to know where he is as he travels around the world, bringing nice presents for children. With Santa Tracker 2009 app, you can track Santa via GPS on your iPhone on 3D maps just like you can using NORAD’s. You can even text him, or check what’s on his nice and naughty list.
