Weekly App Store Roundup: Nov. 29, 2008
November 29, 2008 · Print This Article
This week at The Apple Blog, like a farmer with a gaggle of turkeys in the week before Thanksgiving, we’ve caught the juiciest news and posted it here for your consumption. Early in the week we heard about how a dodgy developer has been paying for fake reviews of his app. The week improved with the arrival of a Quicktime fix for HDCP playback and we even found moment to tell you how to browse the net on your iPhone securely.
While our U.S. contingent have been preparing tender turkeys (or veggie equivalents), by in the UK I’ve been taste-testing the latest scrummy additions to the App Store.
This week I’m looking at MobileLinked IM, Project Polaroid, Touchgrind and lo-fi retro freebie Fire Engine.
MobileLinked IM (free)
In terms of iPhone IM clients, everyone seems to have their favourites. I dig Palringo - being able to send voice-messages and photos to my mates while I’m out and about feels like I’m living in McLuhan’s glittering global village. On the other hand, fellow TAB writer Darrell Etherington can’t get enough of Beejive’s sweet features. Choice is a good thing, so it’s wonderful that MobileLinked IM has joined the fray, yet, despite being free, it’s lost in the features and polish of its older counterparts.
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Orginal post by Olly Farshi
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