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iTunes Extras – review

First there was DVD and additional content being offered on DVD like deleted scenes and additional information about movies. Then came the battle of Japanese monsters Godzilla and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, or in other words: Toshiba (HD DVD) and Sony (BlueRay), that was won by Sony. Now comes new development in the area of home entertainment: iTunes Extras – something like additional content offered in DVD and BlueRay but without the disk, everything is over the Internet.

Touch Physics 2 for iPhone released

New version of this extremely popular version comes as separate app with number “2” in it. Of course the developer could release it as upgrade, but then he wouldn’t earn so much money.

Anyway Touch Physics is one of the most popular games in the app store and since you can advance to next levels by drawing totally arbitrary objects, it is providing more freedom for creativity than most other games.

Acer M900 from £329 + VAT to just £169+ VAT

Clove have slashed the price of the Acer M900 to £169 (£194 inc VAT.)

Nothing funny…brand new, sealed UK spec models at a ridiculous price. 

Price is valid until remaining stock sells!

That’s great value for a good, reliable Windows Mobile phone. Specs after the break:

Vandals strike Orange network

Orange says vandals partly to blame for network outage today, which has since been resolved

Orange said its network outage today was partly caused by vandal damage in the Heathrow area.

A network spokesperson said: "We are aware that some BlackBerry customers experienced difficulty accessing emails earlier today. We can confirm the issue was a result of vandalism to cabling infrastructure, supplied to us by a third party provider in the Heathrow area of London.

"As soon as it was identified, engineers worked as a matter of priority to fix the issue, and full service has now been resumed.

"In a separate incident, some of our broadband customers may have encountered issues accessing the internet earlier today. We can confirm this matter was fixed shortly after being identified and full service was also resumed.

"We would once again like to apologise to those affected for any inconvenience this matter has caused them."

[source Mobile News]

CoPilot Live iPhone Sat Nav App gets a free update

It’s nice to see software developers talking about “continuous improvement plan” (known in Japanese as ?? – Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement). Probably Apple’s approach to release regularly upgrades to iPhone OS rubs off on app developers too…

Why Apple loves iPhone games right now

Here’s an excellent article by Stuart Dredge over at Pocketgamer.com. Not much came out of shaking the old Apple tree but Stuart has certainly picked the right piece of the pie here. Have a read an see what you think.

Resco Photo Viewer 7.00 Beta Released!

Bratislava, Slovakia (September 8, 2009), Resco, a supplier of Windows phone applications, releases today Beta version of Resco Photo Viewer 7.00, follower of a popular image viewing application with brand new graphic solutions, overall concept and handling options.

Resco Photo Viewer is a favorite photo viewing program with features far beyond standards of the classic built-in viewer. Users gain functions of complete image management in a modern looking and easy to handle application. Intuitive way of work, outrageous effects and many slideshow and edit features move other image viewing programs to the second line.

Review: Nokia N97

I was most excited when I saw this device announced. This last week I have had to opportunity to take a look at Nokia’s top of the line N97. Brimming with everything imaginable is it a phone for all others to bow too?

iPhone OS 3.1 now available

After much anticipation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone OS 3.1 software update at the "Rock and Roll" media event on Wednesday, September 9th. The new firmware, a free download for iPhone OS 3.0 users, adds the following fixes and changes:

Apple Launches iTunes LP

Well well well! Looks like iTunes has skipped ahead and pre-announced iTunes LP, the rumored “Cocktail” album format from Apple.

Apple [iTunes link] says:

The visual experience of the record album returns with iTunes LP. Get a gorgeous, immersive version of select albums — right in your iTunes library. So while you listen to your favorite songs by your favorite artists, you can also five into beautiful animated lyrics and notes, performance videos, artists and band photos and more.

Guess this is the flip side of D45s, we’ll be getting the details when It’s only rock and roll, but we like it kicks off in a few minutes! (Come join our live blog now!)

[Source – theiphoneblog]