Lapdock: From avant-garde to awful

What a difference a year makes. a year ago, I was intrigued by Motorola Mobility’s Lapdock, a laptop without a brain into which you plugged a Motorola Android smartphone to run it on a full-size screen, with full-size keyboard, trackpad, SD card slot, and USB and HDMI ports for access to USB peripherals and mirrored …

Technology News: Reviews: Filterstorm for iPhone: Phenomenal Editing Power, Itty Bitty Working Space

Filterstorm, an app from Tai Shimizu, is available for US$3.99 at the App Store. Using Filterstorm for iPhone made me wonder what life would have been like if I’d chosen the iPad edition of the app instead. Filterstorm is obviously powerful, it’s much more versatile than the generic set of filters you see in a …

Developer Sells iPhone App On eBay, Starting Price: $1

Mobile app developer Neal Schmidt, maker of the scavenger hunt game Buckshot, is selling his iPhone app on eBay where it had a starting price of just $1.00. the app was posted to eBay on December 29th, and, according to the listing is for “complete ownership” of the game, including both the free and paid versions. As of …

iPhone Game Development – 5 Most Popular Games On iPhone 4S

While iPhone has always been one of the best smart phones for gaming, iPhone users could not play heavy games on their favorite mobile, owing to limited processing power of previous iPhone devices. But the launch of iPhone 4S along with the powerful iOS 5 has changed the game. With its powerful A5 microprocessor chip, …

Almost half the U.S. using smartphones, with iPhone leading gains – iPhone app article – Phil Hornshaw

New research from Nielsen shows that the smartphone is continuing to make big leaps in popularity in the U.S., now accounting for some 44 percent of all cellular phones being used in the country. Apple’s iPhone leads the pack in the U.S. among smartphone manufacturers, accounting for 28.6 percent of the entire market in the …

iPhone app sales kicking app on Android Market, says study

Despite the growth of Google’sAndroid Market, Apple’s App Store is still the top dog among mobile app stores. Looking at different app stores this past year, research firm Distimo found that sales ofiPhone apps alone in Apple’s iPhone App Store generated four times the revenue seen by Android Market. Sales ofiPad apps in the App …

Successful Jailbreak and Unlock for iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S/4/3Gs

Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) December 15, 2011 As a leader in the iPhone unlocking service globally, JailbreakiPhone4S.com is pleased to announce the release of its iPhone 3GS/4/4S Jailbreak/Unlock 5.0.1 software that has been updated recently on December 14th, 2011. Through its website, jailbreakiphone4s.com, the company reveals that its software can unlock the iPhone 4s, iPhone …

First Round Capital’s Shoe Fanatic Phin Barnes Shows Us His Favorite Kicks

Get it? they say “First Round.” It’s day eight of our ten-day investor gift guide series. We’ve asked ten venture capitalists and angel investors for their favorite apps, technology and gadgets. We’ll be featuring one VC’s list per day; at the end of the series we’ll compile a master list of the coolest gift ideas. …

Best of 2011 Nominations: Mac productivity apps

during December and January, the Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We’ll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. the winner in each category receives the highly-coveted title of TUAW …

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending Nov. 28, 2011: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. amazing Breaker (Dekovir, Inc.) 2. angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) 3. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick Studios) 4. Camera+ (tap tap tap) 5. Cut the Rope (Chillingo Ltd) 6. angry Birds Seasons (Rovio Mobile ltd.) 7. Words with Friends (Newtoy Inc.) 8. Flick …