Crime does pay - iPhone worm creator gets job

The creator of iKee, the first ever iPhone worm, has landed himself a job creating iPhone apps, it has been revealed today.

Ashley Towns revealed his new post via Twitter today. The 21 year old Aussie is set to start work at mogeneration, an iPhone app outsource development team who create applications for clients such as Xumii, TrueLocal and FoodWatch.

Do you think Towns' worm-work is deserving of a job placement? Should he be given a second chance? Would you even trust any mogeneration apps, knowing he has worked on them?

Posted by Ashley Norris on November 26, 2009 3:34 PM in Latest iPhone news
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iPhone playing at Wembley

The iPhone (and iPod Touch) have, perhaps surprisingly, become quite popular amongst musicians, particularly those dabbling in synth and ambient styles, so it's rather fitting that the iPhone will be used during a Take That support act at Wembley in July.

Gary Baker's music was heard by Gary Barlow, who must've liked it so much that he invited him to play live.

"I think it's pretty amazing that I'm going to be using a mobile phone on stage at Wembley Stadium in front of so many people. I grew up behind the stadium, and used to listen to concerts in my back garden," said Baker (stagename Go).

Posted by Andy Merrett on April 28, 2009 4:31 PM in Latest iPhone news| iPhone applications
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BT Wi-Fi deal with Starbucks means more free hotspots for iPhone users

British Telecom has announced a new deal with the Starbucks chain of coffee houses in the UK which will see around 650 new wireless hotspots spring up over the coming months.

Not only does this directly benefit BT's 4.6 million BT Broadband customers, but iPhone users (on O2, naturally) can access them for free, thanks to BT Openzone premier hotspots being part of the monthly tariff.

CEO of BT Openzone, Chris Bruce, said, "Starbucks is the perfect place to work or catch up over email. Use of our Wi-Fi doubled last year and coffee shops are increasingly popular as a third place to work or log on to the internet. We're constantly looking to boost the choice of places to connect - where people want it. The location of Starbucks stores in the high street and travel hubs is helping to extend the reach of Wi-Fi to customers."

Posted by Andy Merrett on April 21, 2009 11:57 AM in Latest iPhone news| iPhone 3G
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Stop Press: Championship Manager coming to iPhone (unoffically definitely)

It's unofficially official -- Championship Manager is coming to the iPhone very soon.

The Times broke the story earlier today, pairing the article with a rather nasty screenshot of the existing mobile version which I'm sure does no justice to the finished article.

Though no-one can officially announce the game yet, it seems likely that it will be available in the next few weeks. Hopefully, we'll get hold of some proper screen shots and a review copy soon so that we can truly herald in what will hopefully be an amazing port.

I loved Championship Manager - having it on the iPhone could well set off a new addiction.

Watch this space.

Posted by Andy Merrett on April 16, 2009 5:29 PM in Latest iPhone news| iPhone applications| iPhone games
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US Apple Stores sell contract-free iPhone 3Gs

Adding fuel to the fire of speculation that there'll be new iPhone hardware this summer, Apple Stores in the US have started selling the iPhone 3G at full price without a contract.

AT&T started selling "no commitment" iPhone 3Gs last week, but with a one-per-customer restriction. Apple Stores appear not to be sticking to this, suggesting that they're trying to get old stock out of the way in the next couple of months.

Posted by Andy Merrett on March 30, 2009 12:27 PM in Latest iPhone news| iPhone 3G
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Official: Skype coming to iPhone

Last week's Skype for iPhone rumours have turned out to be true, according to the company.

Skype's COO, Scott Durchslag, is reported to have high hopes for the application's success on the iPhone, saying that "the No. 1 request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone. There's a pent-up demand."

Apps that integrate with the iPhone's standard functionality are nearly always a good thing, and Skype will allow users to pull phone numbers directly from the Contacts application instead of having to duplicate and then keep updated this information. That's a very smart move.

Posted by Andy Merrett on March 30, 2009 11:57 AM in Latest iPhone news| iPhone applications
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Monec gets free publicity by suing Apple for "eBook qualities"

I'm getting sick and tired of companies getting free publicity by claiming that Apple is infringing on their patents. It makes a mockery of the whole patent system when companies like Monec decide to pick holes on the flimsiest of pretexts.

Get this... because the iPhone is a backlit device with a touch screen, and because Apple approved an application from Amazon that lets users buy electronic books a la the Kindle, the Swiss company has cried foul.

This is despite the fact that this "innovative leader in the growth market of mobile communications systems" doesn't want to show off any of its own products or services (if, indeed, it has any and hasn't just spent its lifetime filing patents).

Posted by Andy Merrett on March 27, 2009 1:32 PM in Latest iPhone news
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