Author Archive for Paul Balsom

E3 2010: New “Next-Gen” iPhone Games Coming Soon (Videos Included!)

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 18, 2010 | Comments 1

At this week’s E3 show, there were plenty of iPhone game announcements and trailers unveiled that might tickle your mobile gaming fancy.

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Angry Birds Sells 4M Paid Downloads, Fastest-Selling Paid iPhone Game to Date

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 17, 2010 | Comments 0

Ever since Angry Birds originally launched in December of 2009, developer Rovio has been riding the wave of success as the game has sold 4 million paid downloads and an extra 6 million downloads of their free version.

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Is the iPhone 4 Coming to Verizon Before 2011?

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 17, 2010 | Comments 0

Pegatron, a Taiwan-based design and manufacturing company, has told Digitimes that they will be shipping out the CDMA version of iPhone 4 in Q4 of this year. The source from Pegatron also noted that the manufacturing company is currently utilizing their plants in Shanghai, China to produce these phones.

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Superblox Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 16, 2010 | Comments 3

Developed by Casual Friday Games, Superblox is a fast-paced scramblefest of a game that involves tilting your iPhone to move your “character” around the board. Though the variety of user actions is pretty limited in this game, there are a few game modes that should squeeze out extra fun time.

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Camera Plus Pro Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 15, 2010 | Comments 0

Think your iPhone’s native camera is enough? App developer Global Delight doesn’t seem to think so! The developer has created a new camera app, Camera Plus Pro, that brings a new set of functionality to your iPhone’s camera that it doesn’t already have. At a high-level, this app brings a “simulated flash” post-shot filters, geotagging, and custom tagging capabilities (people, places, activities, etc.) to your photos and videos. The pro version of this app is a $1.99 jump from the free version, but is it worth it?

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Apple Launches Official “Apple Store” App Today

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 15, 2010 | Comments 0

As predicted, Apple launched their office “Apple Store” iPhone app onto iTunes today.

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Hackers “Clear the Air” After AT&T’s Apology Letters

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 14, 2010 | Comments 0

After AT&T sent out their recent round of “apology” letters, it became clear that AT&T was placing most of the blame for the breach of the hacker group Goatse Security, the group that exploited AT&T’s gaps in security. In attempts to “clear the air” from these customer letters, Mr. Escher Auernheimer (aka “The Weev”) issues an open letter on the Goatse website.

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Apple Launching an Official App This Week?

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 14, 2010 | Comments 1

Rumor has it that Apple is launching an official application that will serve as a mobile version of Apple.com. The app is reportedly able to perform several functions that should benefit frequent Apple users: shop for Apple hardware & software (pre-order the iPhone 4!), make Genius Bar or training session appointments, check product availability at a local store, or check-in at live sessions or classes once at the Apple Store.

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AT&T Issues Apology Letter to Exposed iPad Users

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 14, 2010 | Comments 1

Over the past few days, Apple iPad 3G customers affected by the AT&T data breach should have received apology letters from the data carrier responsible for the leak… well, not completely responsible, according to them. The not-so-apologetic letter unveils the hacker group known as Goatse Security, who AT&T places most of the blame on for this flub. Sure, this hacker group dove into AT&T’s “secure” information and exposed cracks in their armor, but isn’t AT&T responsible for keeping our personal information safe? Apparently not!

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Bushwacker Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 12, 2010 | Comments 0

Developed by F84 Games, developer of many titles for a variety of platforms — including iPhone, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and the web – Bushwacker is a tough strategy game that involves creating paths to keep the civilians from running into the jungle savages. This addicting game plays kind of like a Tetris-meets-Nibbly style that starts slow and gets super-fast within seconds.

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Hollywood Hospital Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 11, 2010 | Comments 2

Developed by Spacehopper Studios, Hollywood Hospital is a time-management game that has you running a hospital for caricatures of iconic cinema figures. You must run several stations of the hospital while patients pour into the entrances, and while keeping your patients happy and keeping your sanity. If you’ve enjoyed playing Diner Dash, Sally Spa, or Cooking Dash, then Hollywood Hospital is right up your alley.

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AT&T Attempts to Clean Up “Data Spill” as FBI Opens Investigation

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 11, 2010 | Comments 0

After what is sure to be the biggest tech flub of 2010, AT&T was hacked by a hacker group called Goatse Security which ultimately led to roughly 120,000 iPad 3G users’ email addresses being compromised. Among those iPad users was New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, several well-known CEOs, and high-up U.S. government officials. Bloomberg, when asked by The Wall Street Journal about his email address being compromised, he said, “It shouldn’t be pretty hard to figure out my email address. To me, it wasn’t that big a deal.”

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iPad Hacker Opens Up About AT&T Data Breach Scandal

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 11, 2010 | Comments 0

CNET got a few minutes for a Q & A with Escher Auernheimer (also known as “Weev”) of Goatse Security, the hacker group behind the exposure of AT&T’s iPad user data security flaws.

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Magellan Introduces Waterproof, Ultra-Durable iPhone Uber-Case

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 11, 2010 | Comments 3

For those of you GPS-heads, who may have the Magellan RoadMate iPhone navigation app, Magellan has the perfect mega-premium tough case to take on all of your wildest outdoor adventures.

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Yelp Update Looks an Awful Lot like Foursquare

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 10, 2010 | Comments 0

On Wednesday, June 9th, Yelp released an iPhone app update that included some rather familiar functionality: Check-ins, badges, and Yelp Royalty. “What’s Yelp Royalty?” you say? Upon checking-in to your favorite café or coffee shop enough times, you can become the Duke, Baron, or even King of that location.

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AT&T Giving Recent iPhone 3GS-Buyers a Break

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 10, 2010 | Comments 2

Good news coming out of AT&T Headquarters, for once. All those poor folks who recently purchased iPhone 3GS’s from Apple/AT&T will receive grace from the carrier. In a program AT&T is not-so-succinctly calling the “Dealer iPhone Pre-Launch Price Protection, Closeout and Return Policy”. This program temporarily relieves customers who purchased iPhone 3GS’s between May 7, 2010 and June 7, 2010.

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iPad Users’ Email Addresses Exposed During AT&T Security Breach

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 10, 2010 | Comments 0

Valleywag reports that a security breach at AT&T has compromised over 114,000 email addresses of iPad 3G owners. Among the exposed iPad owners, some seriously high-profile users, including higher-ups in the U.S. government. Ouch.

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Fragger Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jun 09, 2010 | Comments 0

Developed by gaming website Miniclip, Fragger is a 2D, velocity-style bomber game along the lines of the popular Angry Birds game for iPhone. The world of Fragger is being invaded by enemies, and you are the only one who can rid the world of them… using only hand grenades!

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