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WOW. Bitter much?

It’s not every game that gives you a window into the personal lives of the developer, but a quick read through the description of “The Girl Game“, and you get a pretty clear picture of a man who hasn’t had the best luck with women. In fact, he may not even know how many feet they have. The object of The Girl Game is to buy as many SHOES as you can, using your boyfriend’s credit card! Experience the ultimately addictive combination of match 3 and... Read More

FAIL: APPLE can’t get AT&T to turn on MMS, yet developers can

Faithful Macenstein reader Matthew writes: Hey Doc, I was just checking out Apple’s page on iPhone OS 3.0 and it looks like even Apple web designers don’t have access to MMS features in the iPhone 3.0 betas. Here’s a snapshot of the MMS screen with the little red exclamation points next to the picture they tried to send along with the link. those would show up every time I tried to send an MMS (AT&T hasn’t enabled it for beta testers), but since... Read More

Um… I guess people must be ordering online?

Peter Yan has posted a comparison photo of the iPhone opening day launch (top) and the Palm Pre launch (bottom) showcasing the rather shocking difference in both attendance and media coverage for the iPhone killing Pre. My favorite part is just how pissed the lone photographer for the Pre launch looks. You know he’d rather be sleeping. [via Peter Yan]  Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked images show new iPhone to be available in “plaid”, “green with pink flowers”

Macenstein has received the above inventory screenshot from a Hungarian T-Mobile store showing what appears to be the full line of new iPhone colors and capacities. As you can see, the 32GB model will have some exciting new options, as apparently both “plaid” and “green with pink flowers” are options. There does not appear to be any mention of the rumored 4GB “iPhone nano” in T-Mobile’s records, at least according to this shot. You may... Read More

WorldMate’s promo video points out the crap problem on the iTunes store

WorldMate, a new application for managing air travel designed for busy, globe-trotting professionals, takes a couple well deserved pop-shots at the “crap” apps flooding the iTunes store in this very well-made promo piece. As someone who has run into far too many of these “crap app-loving” guys, I feel these apps both cheapen us iPhone users as a whole, and help keep some people from taking the iPhone seriously. (That being said, I am working on my own crap... Read More

This app is the shiznit!

Move over Flight Control, there’s a new killer iPhone app in town! That’s right, IBS Symptom Tracker is the shiznit! Literally! “This application is a bowel habit tracker for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or for anybody interested in tracking their gut functioning.” Well, that just about covers everyone, right?! So, what makes IBS so awesome? Well, check out this screen. That’s right, whether or not you suffer from Irritable Bowel... Read More

Is the “free re-download to iPhone” gravy train over?

While beta testing the iPhone’s 3.0 software, Michael over at iAPPetite noticed that Apple seems to not be as generous with its bandwidth as it was with the version 2 software. Currently, when you delete an app from your iPhone, and then find you’d like to have it back while you’re out and about, you can redownload it to your iPhone again for free – no computer required. However, when trying this with the new firmware, Michael got the following message: “You’ve... Read More

Spot the iPhone

Faithful Macenstein reader Jake swears there’s a white iPhone somewhere in this picture of Brazilian model Luciana Morad, but for the life of me, I can’t find it. In fact, I’m not even sure that woman has a head. I have a better chance of finding Waldo. [via Celebslam]  Read More

Well, at least we still don’t know exactly what the BACK looks like…

If only there were residents of Cupertino California willing to work for $10 a month, maybe then Apple would be able to plug some of these overseas leaks. Behold China Ontrade, a supplier of replacement parts for pretty much any device you can think of, including Apple’s as-of-yet unreleased 3rd Generation iPhone. Currently they are selling two iPhone parts, the front bezel as well as the LCD screen, which I guess means OLED is right out. I’m not sure what an OLED... Read More

This app got approved

Once again, Apple’s crack team of app store approvers has done another stellar job. Behold Luigi vs. Pac, a game I ASSUME is a fully licensed joint venture of Nintendo and Namco who obviously were so overwhelmed with work they hired CSA Applications to create this game for them featuring two of their flagship characters. “Defat”? Luigi Vs Pac *************************************************************** CSA APPLICATIONS IS PROUD TO PRESENT: Luigi Vs Pacman *************************************************************** Want... Read More