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16 Apps for your new iPhone

Posted on18. Nov, 2009 by Marc.

I have had a couple of people ask me recently what are the “essential” apps for getting your iPhone up and running. With over 100,000 apps in the app store at the moment, it is almost impossible to give an exact list. So what I wanted to do is give you my list of 16 [...]

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10 tips to make your iPhone battery last longer

Posted on16. Oct, 2009 by kishyr.

Today we have a guest post by Kishyr Ramdial. Kish is an iPhone developer at immedia and is iPhone obsessed :)
If you want to read up a bit more about Kish and his ways, be sure to check out his interview on izimvo.
Let’s face it, the iPhone is a life changing device. Most of you [...]

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Navigon Mobile iPhone app

Posted on14. Oct, 2009 by Marc.

Here is the official press release of the Navigon iPhone app. Stay tuned for a review (and maybe, maybe a little surprise ;)) coming soon…
NAVIGON Launches First Professional GPS Navigation for iPhone in South Africa – App From Europe’s Fastest Growing GPS Company Now Available

NAVIGON AG, Europe’s fastest growing GPS brand, today announced the [...]

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Weekly app review – 4 Oct

Posted on05. Oct, 2009 by Marc.

Last week I started what I hope will become a weekly feature here, by reviewing a couple of the fantastic apps I have downloaded or used of the last week. With over 80000 apps available in the iTunes store, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be running out of apps soon :) So, here [...]

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Best Camera iPhone App

Posted on23. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

Chase Jarvis is a world renowned photographer, who has one of the most awe inspiring portfolio’s I have ever seen, has released his own iPhone app, aptly called Best Camera (Opens iTunes). Why Best camera ? Cause as Chase says the “Best Camera is the one that’s with you”. At $2.99 on the App store [...]

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Win a copy of RadioPod

Posted on22. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

Yesterday I mentioned that the new App, called RadioPod, from the guys at immedia had been released. I have been reviewing the app for the last couple of weeks, and I can honestly say this is one fantastic app.
The app showcases the best of South African podcasts, and I love the fact that I [...]

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Win a copy of SimplyTweet

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

The guys over at Simply Tweet have released their updated version on this awesome app. You will remember a while ago, I did a quick look at Simply Tweet and version 2.3 has really upped the stakes in the iPhone twitter app market.
For me the biggest selling point for this app is the push notifications [...]

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Top 5 Photography iPhone apps

Posted on17. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

The fact that my second favorite hobby, next to my iPhone :), is my Photography, and given that the iPhone has a built in Camera, which albeit, isn’t the best, there are a couple of fantastic apps that allow you to maximise the capability of the iPhone Camera.
If you want to see some awesome iPhone [...]

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iPhone Home Screen Icon

Posted on08. Sep, 2009 by Marc.

A cool little tip I came across for the iPhone earlier today was how to get your own personal icon on the home screen on the iPhone. What I mean is if you have a website, that you want your users to view on an iPhone, you can create a customised icon for them to [...]

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South African iPhone Apps Directory

Posted on19. Aug, 2009 by Marc.

Being Proudly South Africa, and my love for the iPhone, I have decided to keep a list of all locally South African iPhone developed iPhone apps, that will be a static page on my blog. As more SA apps get published to the App store, I will update the list. If you are aware of [...]

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Golfers Info iPhone App

Posted on19. Aug, 2009 by Marc.

A little while ago I did a post on South African Developed iPhone Apps. I haven’t seen many other new apps make their appearance until Shaun tweeted this morning that his Golfers Info iPhone app had been approved by Apple. Knowing Shaun personally from work, this is a fantastic achievement.
The Golfers Info web app was [...]

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