Animoto On The iPhone 3G

Yeah, I gush about Animoto (and so do others). And I’ll keep on gushing because they are an example of a startup that just focuses like a laser on doing one thing well. In their case, it’s creating slideshows for users from their photos.

They just launched their iPhone application. Select 8-16 photos from your photo library, pick some music to play in the background, and it creates a slideshow for you on the fly. Watch it on your iPhone or email it to friends. I created one in just a few second with some photos I took today. It’s embedded below.

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Agile: iPhone voice stress analysis lie detector

So here’s the thing. If the new iPhone app Agile Lie Detector really works, and I’m fairly convinced it does on some level, do you really want to have something this potentially powerful in your pocket? Do you really want an application that could ruin your marriage, destroy your faith in humanity and wreck your respect for authority, and on top of all that, pay $7.99US for it?

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iPhone Users Owns Theif with MobileMe App

Apparently a gentleman named Rob fully owned the chimp that stole his iPhone with the MobileMe syncing app.

Rob bought a new iPhone and installed MobileMe.

The thief meanwhile didn’t wipe the iPhone, and when he added new contacts they synced with Rob’s new phone.

Rob called the new contacts and managed to track down chimpo the thief and alert the police.

His ebay listing (here):

SERIOUS, U.S. BIDDERS ONLY PLEASE!

This is a like-new 3G, 16GB, Black Apple iPhone, and boy does it come with a million dollar story!

I purchased this phone a few months ago. Last week, it was stolen from me. Having become quite addicted to this marvelous piece of technology, I went right out and bought another one with some money I had in savings.

The next day, as I’m scrolling through to make a phone call, I notice some new contacts in my brand new phone. Apparently, the thief had added contacts to my stolen phone, and Apple’s MobileMe service synced those contacts with the internet, and then with my NEW iPhone! I called the contacts, got the thief’s information, and called the police. By the end of the night, I was the proud owner of TWO iPhones.

Needless to say, this phone is in PERFECT condition. I’m selling this one on ebay in the hopes of offsetting the expense of my new iPhone, as well as the $150 speeding ticket I got rushing down to the Apple Store that night to purchase the new phone!

***NOTE: Please check out shipping options. If you want this by Christmas, I will be glad to have it overnighted!***

EDIT: Thanks to ebay users ralpha1961 and harpolesappaloosas for kindly pointing out that, because this phone is updated to 2.2, it is not currently able to be unlocked.

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Sources:

iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync

MobileMe Rescues iPhone from Thief

iPhone thief nailed by MobileMe contact sync

Shoe Money: Sorry iPhone Users

What a git…

Target releases ‘Gift Globe’ iPhone app

Target released its own iPhone application a couple of weeks ago, possibly to encourage holiday shopping online. Stepping beyond the basic web application that Walmart released, the Target application [iTunes link] offers an interesting concept — like an Urbanspoon for gift ideas.

WordsWorth iPhone App

UDUPI, India, December 15, 2008 – 99Games, creator and publisher of games for iPhone, iPod touch and Mac, today announced the release of ‘WordsWorth’, a word game for the iPhone and iPod touch, which is available on the Apple App Store. WordsWorth is a challenging, fun, engaging and an addictive word game, with the perfect ingredients to loosen up. The objective of the game is to trace words and link letters into words in the library.

Players can choose from a range of 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, and 7×7 grids and can create longer words with rare letters to earn hefty points. There are 20 levels with different rankings and an option to customize the game according to the players’ level on intellect. Rewards, buzzwords and timed tiles are put forth as levels progress to increase the challenge.

“People get addicted to word games quickly. Utilizing the revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch, 99Games has created a word game that is very intuitive and convenient for word- game players to rapidly form words and earn points. Given the global nature of distribution of App Store, popular word lists like TWL, SOWPODS and ENABLE have been integrated into the game to allow players the flexibility to choose their preferred wordlists” says Anila Andrade of 99Games. “WordsWorth is not merely a game but a means to get players to have a good time expanding their vocabulary, learning new words, and exercising their brain”, she added.

As an Introductory offer, WordsWorth is available in the App Store for $0.99. For more information on WordsWorth, please visit http://wordsworth.99games.in

The other titles developed by 99Games for iPhone and iPod touch are Chess Lite and Chess Pro – Chess games for the novice as well as experienced users, and Puzzle games – Jigsaw Wild and Aqua Jigsaw.

About 99Games
Our creative and vibrant team at 99Games is all geared up to get you completely absorbed with your iPhones, iPods and Macs into the new world of gaming. 99Games will enthrall you with some of the memorable old titles that would bring out your childhood, and gazillion other new casual games that would keep you totally gripped. Visit http://www.99games.in for more details.

Enjoy That Coffee Buzz? Get That Coffee Buzz iPhone App

A new app for iPhone enables iPhone owners to share their coffee experiences with fellow coffee drinkers nearby and everywhere. Coffee Buzz aims to “brings the coffee social to iPhone!” and is available for purchase via the iTunes App Store from Friday December 12th.

Liverpool, UK (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 — Coffee Buzz App helps users find and share the “Coffee Buzz” everyday. The app uses Google Maps to help you find coffee in nearby cafés, and tells you who’s having a coffee nearby. It also integrates seamlessly with Twitter, helping Twitter users add their location and thoughts to that timeless tweet “havin’ a coffee”.

Use Coffee Buzz to:

- say you’re “having a coffee” pinpointing you and your favorite drink in the hippest coffee neighborhoods;

- let those around you know ‘the buzz’ – what’s happenin’ where you are;

- find new coffee locations nearby or when traveling; and

- see old friends and new, drinking coffee near you.

Coffee Buzz is made by UK based Social Mobile consultancy Kisky Netmedia.

“We made Coffee Buzz because we love iPhone and we love coffee. We know loads of our friends microblog that they’re ‘having a coffee’ and we always wanted to know more. Coffee Buzz makes that possible; you can ‘tweet’ your favorite coffee from your favorite café; and share that ‘coffee social’ buzz!” explains Paul Stringer Coffee Buzz creator.

It’s not just for Twitter users, Coffee Buzz App will deliver up to date coffee information about other Coffee Buzz users worldwide for a global ‘buzz’. You can also use the app to find new cafés nearby; handy for when you’re traveling.

Coffee Buzz creators wanted to create a useful and good looking app. “Coffee Buzz is a social utility app with personality; we wanted the interface to be special so we even made the all the cups of coffee ourselves. There are currently 11 or so favorite coffee drinks; in the future though we may add more as our users request them!”

Coffee Buzz App will be on sale in the App Store for $3.99 / £2.39. It’s a fun social app that works well and looks great: all for the price of a cup of coffee. Coffee Buzz App can be fund via the App Store from Friday and via http://www.coffeebuzzapp.com.

In addition, creator Kisky Netmedia has published a report on “The Making of Coffee Buzz” (a developer’s story into the making of an iPhone app) which is available at http://www.theamazingiphone.com.

Coffee Buzz App creator and author of ‘The Making of Coffee Buzz’ is Kisky Netmedia is a consultancy based in Liverpool, UK, which specialises in Social Mobile strategy and development. For further information on Coffee Buzz visit http://www.coffeebuzzapp.com

BigOven.com iPhone App

Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) December 10, 2008 — BigOven.com, an innovative social network about food, announced that its free iPhone® App, BigOven 160,000+ Recipes, was downloaded over one million times in its first three months of availability.

“Since cooking, daily meal planning, grocery shopping and mobility are a natural fit, we knew the application would be popular, but it’s astonishing just how popular the BigOven app has become — nearly every day for its first three months of availability, BigOven was one of the Top 50 Most Popular Apps in the iTunes Store”, said Steve Murch, founder and CEO of BigOven.com. Apple Inc. also recently named the BigOven App one of the Top 100 Most Popular Downloads for all of 2008, particularly notable given that the app wasn’t released until the final quarter of the year.

The iPhone App lets anyone search a gigantic recipe archive from anywhere — the grocery store, kitchen, or while traveling. It has rapidly become the most popular cooking-related app on the iTunes store, as measured by downloads. To install the free app, simply visit the iTunes App store and search on “BigOven”.

2008 also saw BigOven.com’s website traffic rocket ahead dramatically, surpassing 3 million unique visitors in November 2008, according to Google Analytics. In the 24 hours before Thanksgiving, there were over one million pageviews. BigOven.com now counts over a quarter million member cooks from around the world, and is adding thousands of new members every single day.

About BigOven.com:
With innovative features like create-your-own cooking shows, a personal “Try Soon Queue”, the BigOven Leftover Wizard and Chef Medals, BigOven is a great place to go to find virtually any recipe, and share your own family favorites with the world. BigOven’s unique Leftover Wizard (“Leftover Wizard”) lets any cook enter up to 3 ingredients from their fridge to easily use up what’s on hand.

Also unique to BigOven is an optional, award-winning desktop recipe organizer for Windows which seamlessly integrates with the website. BigOven for Windows was just named Best Recipe Software for 2009 by TopTenReviews.com in a head-to-head matchup of 10 recipe titles, on top of Best Recipe Software 2008 by the same review firm. With BigOven for Windows™, cooks can instantly import any recipe from the archive with a click of the mouse, then drag and drop it onto a shopping list (complete with resizing), to generate a grocery list sorted by aisle. Meal plans can also be created with similar drag-and-drop ease, and a grocery list can then be created for any date range.

SitOrSquat Announces Text Messaging Service and Second iPhone Version to Find Toilets Anywhere, Anytime

SitOrSquat, Inc releases the second version of their iPhone application to critical acclaim as well as a revamped website which Whoopi Goldberg brought up on “The View” during the “Hot Topics” round table. SitOrSquat is also available through the BlackBerry, SMS Text Messaging and any WAP capable phone as well as on the Web.

Everyone everywhere text messages everybody they know about everything from life changing events to the fact that they’ve found the perfect Thai restaurant; well now you can send a text message (texting is only supported in the US now) to DOTCOM (368266) simply containing the word “sitorsquat” and you will be prompted to enter your address, postal code, city, state, intersection, etc. You will immediately be delivered the closest public toilets, restrooms and bathrooms. Nearly any piece of geographic data will suffice and best of all it is free to the consumer.

SitOrSquat, Inc, the world’s leading toilet finder has just released a new platform for support, SMS Text Messaging. 99.6% of cellular telephones (mobiles) manufactured in the last 9 years support Text Messaging and it is the most common medium among mobile users.

Currently populated cities include New York (NYC), London, Amsterdam, San Francisco and many cities in Australia.

Looking for iPhone 3G Apps?

SeaDragon Microsoft iPhone App

Microsoft iPhone App

Microsoft: http://livelabs.com/blog/seadragon-goes-mobile/

App link: http://www.itunes.com/app/seadragonmobile

Want to see giga-pixel images on your iPhone?

Seadragon Mobile – the new microsoft iphone app allows you to get super-close in on a map or photo, with just a few pinches or taps of your finger.  Browse an entire collection of photos from a single screen.  You can browse Deep Zoom Images that you can create from your own pictures or your Photosynth collection (or anybody else’s).

The Seadragon app is available for free at the iTunes App Store.

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