How To Make Cheap SEO on the App Store

Talking about idiots.. I didn't expect this crisis to be so severe. Everyone's trying to sell their crap and sniff some extra cash out of it...

Like these Kaufcom GmbH guys and their Hot Girls application for iPhone.

Looking throught what they offer.. I saw many such kind of 'hot' application. First of all, I can't imagine how this garbage gets approved by Apple, but this is another story. Second... I'm really curious about how many idiots bought this... with those €0.79 you'd better buy yourself a popsicle, all you wankers out there!

Anyway if you will search the App Store for The Sims, Alarm Clock, Flight Simulation, Brushes, Torch, Asphalt Racing, GPS, City, Weather, Camera, Mafia Wars, Navigator, Flickr, Facebook, Playboy etc. you will most probably end up stumbling upon one of these crap applications.

And congratulations, Apple, for approving all this smelly stuff.

The Mentalists play ‘Kids’ by MGMT on their iPhones

Here's the original song from MGMT:



...and here's The Mentalists' performance:



Applications used: Ocarina, DigiDrummer, RetroSynth, MiniSynth

via Cygnett Blog

WorldMate for iPhone

Finally... WorldMate is back for me and it's here to stay! Since I switched to iPhone, one of the regrets was the unavailability of WorldMate, wich I was using on the Sony Ericsson P1i.
There are many travel apps available for the iPhone, but still none can reach the high standards and accuracy of WorldMate.
The only downside of the app is it's price - €31,99, but looking on the bright side... this brings you a one year gold membership at the WorldMate service.
Here's what's exciting about it:

• Itinerary manager - flights, hotels, car rentals, business meetings
• Automated Flight Updates (I'm sure push notifications will do the job)
• Flight status lookups
• Flight schedules search
• Maps & directions
• Weather forecasts
• World clocks
• Currency converter
• Travel dashboard
• Online travel planner
• Priority customer support
• Ad free

available for download on the App Store

UPDATE 28.06.2009
It seems that the guys at MobiMate got the point about the ridiculous price, so they did some adjustments:

• WorldMate Gold is now €15,99 (yes, that's a full one year GOLD membership)
• WorldMate is available for download for free (no automated flight updates, no flight status lookups within the app, no priority support and it has ads)

UPDATE 28.07.2009
Push notifications are here!!

iPhone Message Preview in OS 3.0

Probably one of the most exciting features for me in iPhone's new OS 3.0 is the ability to toggle message preview on/off.

That crap was so annoying and it was one of the things that kept me from getting an iPhone from the beginning. Though it's just a tiny detail comparing to cut/copy/paste, push notifications etc, Apple enabled this feature 2 years after the initial iPhone release...

Got My Mac On With iPhone 3G S

...and obviously Apple's WWDC started a lot of fuss. Here's what Julian Smith did...



via Mashable

The Sims 3 for iPhone Review

I'm not a fan of the Sims series, but I was eagerly waiting for this iPhone version to get on the App Store. I downloaded the thingie first thing in the morning the day it got out, june 2nd.
Once you get familiar with the appearance and with the controls, wich is pretty easy, the game gets really addictive.
Before starting the game, you get to customize the looks of your Sim. Haircuts, skin colours, clothes, shoes are not so many to chose from, but still... you get some decent options.
Then you get to choose the soft skills for your Sim... shy, potato couch, gets bored quickly, good sense of humor etc.
The graphics look pretty good, the surrounding neighbourhood looks friendly and the other Sims look nice.

The Sims' personalities will help them think about weird and wonderful desires, which you can choose to act on or ignore (like slapping the bitch next door just coz your wife wants so, annoying some random Sim, using the toilets of neighbours, watching some Sims while sleeping - wich is btw a little sick :-) ).
You can lock in a few of these desires and turn them into objectives to complete as you guide your Sim through everyday life.

Some minus of the game is that you can cheat on your girlfriend/fiancee/wife right in her presence. There's absolutely no reaction from her while my Sim was making out with some other chick. Not to mention that the spouse doesn't react at all if my Sim doesn't spend the night at home. It would have been interesting if there were such conflicts that you could or couldn't
solve. So, my dirty little Sim got out clean :-)

If you get in the neighbours' house and let's say... there's a couple living there... and you approach the chick, you can flirt with her, hug her, kiss her and even get her laid. There is a chance that her guy ignores you, even if he is still in the same room or even if he is sleeping and you get dirty with her in their very own bedroom... wich makes you one sinister freak for doing that :-) hehe!

The most annoying thing about The Sims 3 is the loading time (just a couple of seconds) that occurs while switching from normal view (3rd person) to a zoomed out perspective, the city view (where you can chose your destination).

Overall, The Sims 3 for iPhone is one hell of a game with some ignorable minuses that's definetely worth buying, despite it's high price.

here's the App Store link

iPhone Art

The iPhone has become a tool for everything.. PERIOD!
The latest thing that proves this is that the cover of the next issue of The New Yorker magazine was drawn entirely on the iPhone, with the Brushes app.
The cover was done by portuguese artist Jorge Colombo. He tells The New York Times that thanks to the iPhone he can work "without having to carry all my pens and brushes and notepads with me." here's a video about how he does it.

..and here's a demo about Brushes:




via engadget

iPhone's "Multitasking" Camera on MacWorld

I was browsing MacWorld.com and some story popped into my eyes: The multitasking camera. I said WOW.. iPhone? Multitasking? Camera? Hm.. still odd.. so I read the crap.
It's just a list of how you can use your iPhone's camera. 'tha fuck!? You can do that stupid point'n click with every camera phone. What is it with you people, you just did some rocket science calculus and realized that you can use a camera for:

• taking pictures of something and then show that instead of describing it,
• taking pictures of some pinwall instead of writing down those notes,
• taking pictures of a business card if you don't have the time to write the details from it,
• taking pictures of your kids so that you can recognize them in a crowd!!!!!??????

WTF?! What follows? Taking picture of your stupid face to recognize it when you look into a mirror?!


"Reminders: Before you walk away from your car in a big generic parking lot or in an unfamiliar neighborhood, snap a photo of your location so you can easily find your way back. If you’re in a rental car, grab a shot of your make and model so you won’t have to wander around aimlessly, pressing your key fob. A couple of Macworld editors even use their iPhone camera to grab a quick shot of what their kids are wearing before heading out into a crowded place."

What's this supposed to be? "How to be a total moron 101"!?

iPhone shuffle