If the back of teen music magazines are to be trusted then we can safely assume that mobile phone ringtones are big business, and, if you were the new kid on the block selling mobile phones, like Apple, you’d be crazy not to charge a motza for these audio snippets.

This doesn’t mean we should have to pay for them. After paying higher than average prices for iPhone contracts, are you really about to fork out more money for 15-second clips of your favourite songs? Read the rest of this entry »

If you are an iPhone 4 owner currently overwhelmed by the 100,000 plus Apple App Store, and wondering which app is really the best iPhone 4 app for keeping yourself entertained on the go or finding your way around town, we may be able to help. The following is our pick of the top 15 best free iPhone 4 apps. You can have a try with our iPhone 4 apps list and download the iPhone 4 apps for free via Apple Apps Store. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, used a special press conference at the Yerba Buena Centre in San Francisco to outline Apple’s new approach to music and entertainment services.

“One of the biggest things we focus on with iTunes is discovery. There are more than 12 million songs to choose from, so how do you find new stuff?,” asked Jobs. Read the rest of this entry »

Fed up of your iPhone 4 constantly dropping calls? Technology to improve the performance of mobile phone antennas has arrived and is set to grow at a huge rate to 2014, according to market research firm iSuppli.

Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS) is the developer of this technology and Jérémie Bouchaud, principal analyst for MEMS and sensors at iSuppli, predicts they will become a big player in the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are three recommended digital diversions that take advantage of the iPhone 4′s impressive specs. These games also work on past iPhones, the iPod Touch and the iPad.

“N.O.V.A.”
Company: Gameloft
Suggested age: Teen
Price: $4.99
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 4

In “Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance” (“N.O.V.A.”), you play as a retired Marine hero, Kal, who is reluctantly re-enlisted to fight for humankind’s survival against aggressive aliens.

Played from an immersive first-person perspective, the 3-D shooter takes place in multiple environments, ranging from spaceships to dense jungles to a bustling alien city.

Consider it the closest thing to “Halo” for your pocket… Read the rest of this entry »

Google will be playing a new game field, the game of multi-player social networking games, because they have purchased Social Deck, maker of mult-player games that work across iPhone, BlackBerry and Facebook. Social Deck is located in San Francisco and Toronto Canada.

SocialDeck was founded in 2008 with the vision of enabling “anywhere, anytime, anyone” gaming. The company has launched several titles for the iPhone, Facebook, and BlackBerry using its social gaming platform technology, which enables simultaneous game play across multiple mobile devices and social networks. SocialDeck’s technology also facilitates viral content discovery, distribution and monetization. Read the rest of this entry »

Windows Phone 7 is expected to cost Microsoft almost a half-billion dollars in marketing expenses when the phone is first rolled out, according Jonathan Goldberg, analyst with Deutsche Bank.

In an interview with TechCrunch, Goldberg said he estimated Microsoft’s marketing costs for the Windows Phone 7 platform to run around $400 million when the first Windows Phone devices roll out later this year. That figure is in addition to the substantial amount of money it has already invested in developing the new platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Like Google and Apple, Intel is burning through its cash reserve to purchase companies that mean big sales in the future. These acquisitions are likely to put more and more Intel parts into Apple products.

Now Intel is buying a communications chip business. Not just any chips though, these are Infineon Technologies’ 3G baseband chips — the ones used by the iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, many Android smartphones, and other portable devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Hulu Plus may have been the first major entertainment app to stream television shows and movies on Apple’s iOS 4, but now it’s facing stiff competition from Netflix for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, which has also now taken up residence in the App Store.

So how is Netflix’s streaming app? So far, pretty darn good. We take you on a tour of the app’s ins and outs in the latest edition of Tap That App, CNET’s show about the hottest apps in the mobile space…[see video]

The new iPod touch will come packing a 5MP camera with HD video shooting skills, according to John Lewis which has just spilled the new specs at its Xmas in July event in central London. It detailed the new iPod Touch specs saying it’s based them on “noises we’re hearing from suppliers”.

The rest of the John Lewis slide predicts the new iPod touch camera will add a Flash to the 5Mp camera and capture HD vide Read the rest of this entry »