Game developer Blizzard has released World of Warcraft Mobile Armory (free) into the App Store. It requires you to log in with your WoW account to use. The app gives access to your characters, equipment, calendars, leader boards, guild info, talent calculator, and tons of other info.
Blizzard has also posted a video of the app on YouTube:
I’ve been looking for a good iPhone clock app. My old first-gen iPhone pretty much sits in a dock on my desk all day because I’ve decided to use it as a Skype phone. Why not use it as a desk clock too?
A good iPhone clock app disables the iPhone’s auto lock, so as long as you have it plugged in, it will always display the time without going to sleep. After searching through the hundreds of clock apps in the store (most costing $0.99 or more) and testing out dozens, I found these four excellent free apps.
Alarm Clock Free (free) is one of the more popular free clock apps in the App Store. It shows time, day of the week, and live local weather conditions and temperature so you’ll know what conditions you’ll be facing that day. The alarm function allows you to wake up to your choice of song or playlist from your iPhone’s music library. A built-in flashlight occasionally comes in handy as well. Very simple but sharp looking interface.
NaverClock (free) is a cool flip clock for the iPhone. The app has an flipping animation for the turning of every minute and hour. It also conveniently displays a monthly calendar. There is an option to set an alarm for those who want to use their iPhone as an alarm clock. The only problem with that app is that settings are all in Japanese Korean.
Free Digital Clock (free) is very basic clock app that shows time (including seconds), date, and day of the week. There is no alarm, but there are settings that allow you to change the color of the clock to just about any color.
Theme Clock (free) features 9 different styles of digital clock to choose from. There are settings for a 24-hour clock, show weekday, show date, dimmer, show iPhone status bar, and auto-lock.
Note: The clock launches stuck in landscape. To get it in portrait mode, I had to rotate the iPhone a few times.
*Update* Apple now offers an iPhone Upgrade Eligibility Tool where you can check for your upgrade eligibility for all 3 carriers: Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T. It’s a fast and easy tool.
If you want to check if you’re eligible for AT&T’s subsidized pricing for the new iPhone, the easiest way if you already own an iPhone is to dial *639# and tap Call. Another way for AT&T Wireless users to check is to log in to ATT.com and click the Check Upgrade Options link on the rightside of your account view:
A third option is to go into an AT&T Wireless store and ask them to check your upgrade status.
For the iPhone 4, AT&T Wireless has announced that it has moved up upgrade eligibility by up to 6 months for qualifying customers.
Link:
Check for iPhone upgrade eligibility at Apple.com
A CNET reporter, Dong Ngo, used his jailbroken iPhone 3G to capture some NYC subway performers busting some moves on video. Video recording and editing is one of the rumored features coming in the iPhone 3.0 software update, but it’s unclear if it will be available on the older hardware of first-gen and 3G iPhones. Judging by the quality of this video, it should be:
Read the original article at the Crave blog on CNET.com.
In the article, the iFund’s Matt Murphy is quick to point out that these are still the early days of mobile development.
The rush to stake a claim on the iPhone is a lot like what happened in Silicon Valley in the early dot-com era, said Matt Murphy, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who oversees the iFund, a $100 million investment pot reserved for iPhone applications.
“People are realizing that by developing in their garage with a couple dollars, they could be the next Facebook,” he said. “It’s still early days for mobile development, but those days are coming.”
If we really want to use the “gold rush” metaphor, in California’s 1849 gold rush, some early miners struck it rich from gold easily panned from the surface of streambeds. As more people arrived, finding gold became tougher, and businesses with heavy financial backing arrived on scene. These were the companies that dug deeper and pulled out the majority of California’s gold.
Is the gold rush for the small guy over with? Has all the “easy gold” been panned? Probably not, as a quick look at the App Store’s Top 10 list shows that consumers still love 99-cent apps from independent developers.
Bible is a free download in the iTunes App Store.
BibleReader Free (free) lets you bookmark favorite passages, keep notes within the app, quickly navigate to books and chapters, and a host of other features.
BibleReader Free is a free download from the iTunes App Store.
Mantis Bible Study (free) has the most features of any of the free bible apps and is our recommended pick. It comes with the full King James text, but other translations can be purchased online. There are extensive navigation controls to skip around quickly.
It has some interesting study tools, including text highlighting. It also has bookmarks, a search tool, landscape reading, and many other features.
Mantis Bible Study is a free download in the iTunes App Store.
Holy Bible (free) offers easy offline reading and navigation of the bible. Its standout feature is that it supports several different languages, inlcuding English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Greek. There is quick navigation to different sections, landscape reading, and a search tool.
Holy Bible is a free download in the iTunes App Store.
CCEL Devotional Bible (free) is also a very simple and straightforward bible reader. It features offline reading, search, 5 font-size settings, landscape mode, and bookmarking.
CCEL Devotional Bible is a free download in the iTunes App Store.
Halloween is here and what better costume than the iPhone? If you’re going to do it though, do it right, please? Putting your dog or baby in an iPhone costume? Yes. Using two big square pieces of cardboard for yourself? No. I want to see some actual functioning buttons on those costumes, people. (Tons of more pictures after the break)
