Breaking : Mozilla (Firefox?) app for iPhone to come up within few weeks

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Monik

Are you bored with Safari on your iPhone? Want a Change? Perhaps new broswer or new features?? In the coming weeks, you might be able to get your hands on the Mozilla (Maybe Firefox) app for iPhone!

Om Malik when interviewing the CEO of Mozilla found out that, a iPhone app for Mozilla may be on it’s way to the App store soon!

Another interesting aspect of it would be the weave feature. It’s like typing the URL in the address bar and getting all the browser history from all the devices and if this is not enough, you can save your browser preferences on Mozilla’s server so that you can access them form any device easily.

When Om asked them about this feature being integrated with the iPhone app, they remained silent but you see, silence answers lots of questions

But what will happen, if Apple just decides to not, approve the app? Everything’s crushed and history would be repeating itself just like what happened with Google Voice, but yeah it did come up back with a Online version of the app though.

Also : Do read the comment by Sebastien below which clears out many things.

Update : There is some confusion, as to if the app is a browser or not. Currently we cannot confirm, anything, but will keep you posted as soon as we receive information.

[Via GigaOm]

In-App purchases brings the Old Upgrade Type App Model to iPhone

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Monik

In App Purchases

Remember those old days when you could download the a free software which was not exactly free but you needed to upgrade later to get full functionality? Yeah, something like that has come to Apple’s App store too called In-App Purchases.

What this does, is that earlier if you wanted to download any app, a free version then you would have to get a lite version of the app (I have lots of them, i said lots) and this would make it even more time consuming for app developers to make a separate lite app.

So With this In-App coming to the app store you can download any app from the store for free (if the developer has implemented it) and you will be able to try the app with limited features and if you want to buy the app then you can just hit upgrade and get the app with full features without the need of downloading entirely new app.

Here’s what Apple said to developers in a mail [Via Marco]

Now you can use In App Purchase in your free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services.

You can also simplify your development by creating a single version of your app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of your app. Using In App Purchase in your app can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing you to verify In App Purchases.

Google Wave App for IPhone : Super Simple Hack to get it

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Monik

Google wave is pretty up with the buzz. One thing many did not notice was looking for an app for iPhone. No wonders people were busy for looking up invites instead of searching for apps and mobile support etc.

Here’s a Step By Step Tutorial to yours.

Once you have a Google Wave invite Jump, Dance. Then go to wave.google.com on your iPhone. There you will be greeted with a message that Wave does not support your browser. Now you’ll know, Google is Lying.
Google is Lying
Now, click on Go Ahead you will be taken in, and you will find the iPhone version of Google Wave! Don’t believe me? Check out the picture below i took from my iPod.
Google Wave App for iPhone
Now how do you get is as a App? So Simple. While your still on the page, just click on the “+” icon where you have to select the option “Add to Home Screen”.
Adding Google wave to home screen
Then type in the name as whatever you think should be. In my case i took it as Google Wave. Then, select the image and i prefer selecting the image as the Google Wave logo.
Step 1
That’s it. There you go, a Google Wave app on your iPhone!
Google Wave on iPhone
Now You might be thinking, isn’t this Safari which will be coming back? The Answer is no. It’s not. It will show the WebPage in Full Screen giving a app like appearance.
Using the App, Full Screen!

Note : I just Found that people are having problems with the app due to it’s slow speed. I guess its not a prob with your Phone or Connection but Google Itself.

5 Best Free Twitters Apps for iPhone and iPod touch developed till now

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Monik

When it comes to downloading apps, i am very selective, unlike my brother who count’s no. of Screens he has filled with apps and compares it with other people.

So, i’ve got a Handful of Twitter apps whose Awesomeness makes me include them in my Hit list for the best free twitter apps for iPhone / iPod Touch made till now. And this time, not just names or Pics, but strong reliable reviews too

1.) TwitBird : Well, this name might be unheard but, once after checking out the app, it wont be. This is a Must for people who love organized Stuff and are not much behind a programs User Interface (Are there any?).

You can Handle Multiple Accounts with this, so Unlike some Twitter Apps, you won’t need to Log out and log in again while using two or more twitter accounts. It’s also got Extra Tools like Nearby Tweets, which locates people nearby your location using iPhone’s very own GPS and shows their tweets in the timeline.

Wait a Minute. I did tell that it’s not for those who go behind User Interface, but there’s something which anyone would surely like. Just adding a BG to your twitter app would make your app more nice to use, this app supports this and allows you to add a Background from Twitter’s Very Own Collection or your own albums too.

You can also Filter Your Tweets according to the messages present state, if it’s read or unread.

: TwitBird Lite

: TwitBird Lite Home Screen

: TwitBird Lite Custom Background

2.) Twitterena Lite : Well, its another simple app for twitter. Personally, i have never faced any problem with this app like sudden freezing, although it hasn’t been pretty well with other twitter apps.

Another thing i like about this App, is the Bird sound which pops in and i like it pretty well

3.) TwitBit Lite : Supports Multiple accounts. Has a Good User Interface I don’t know why, but when i compared it with other twitter apps, this one seems to load the new tweets fastest and the refresh rate is awesome.

Also, You can BookMark Some tweets and certain profiles or further reference, which i don’t think any of the twitter apps do provide

4.) Twizzle : Ah. Neat things, i love them all. And when it come’s to Twizzle, it’s got everything i need. A very simple twitter app, free from useless stuff, and instead of making a mess, it shows all important features. It includes a Search Bar on the home screen.

The icons which you can see on the Tweet Page, Send Message, Reply and Retweet just rock. The timeline design is good too! It’s worth giving a try if you really, want the Main Content rather than just some other stuff.

5.) TweetDeck for iPhone : All time Favorite and is the most popular iPhone Twitter Client. Best User Interface, and the ability to add columns is more explainable, by you (Shouts to Readers).

Provides, nearly all features needed by one twitter user, ability to upload images to twitter via twitpic. But in midst of all this, i’ve read lots of cases and complains about tweetdeck users, that they are sick of the crashes they are facing.