Hot iPhone apps are easy to spot. They are normally the ones which are downloaded by most people once they get to the Apple App Store. But if you talk about seeing 500,000 downloads in just 40 days, you have to agree that there is something about the app that makes it hot!

Rock Your Phone announced today users of its service downloaded over 500,000 applications in the first 40 days of operations. The new service allows customers to trial and purchase applications that extend and enhance the current iPhone capabilities beyond what is available via the Apple iPhone App Store.

Rock Your Phone created the first full-service alternative iPhone App Store to distribute pioneering applications. “We allow developers to use their full creativity to develop applications, rather then tip-toe through a restrictive and vague approval process. IntelliScreen, which is not allowed in the Apple App Store, enables users to glance at their iPhone and view a summary of current emails, text messages, calendar, news, sports, and weather on the lock screen. While the iPhone is a great entertainment device, when it’s time for business, users prefer the productivity and efficiency that IntelliScreen provides.” said Mario Ciabarra, Chief Technology Officer and company founder.

With free 10-day trials on every application, Rock Your Phone stands behind its service with a love-it or leave-it attitude. Rock Your Phone’s current catalog of only 9 applications has pursued quality applications, rather then quantity. Ciabarra said, “We’re focused on delivering innovative applications that solve business problems. With a ‘try before you buy’ policy, applications that don’t deliver simply don’t make sense for our platform.”

The Rock Your Phone catalog already contains features that Apple intends to provide in the next major release of the iPhone, including cut and paste and landscape text messaging.

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AT&T has a new Samsung phone available and it’s that i637 Jack. The phone has passed through the FCC and it has been already been spotted on AT&T’s rebate sheet. The phone will feature a quad-band GSM, dual-band UMTS / HSDPA, a full QWERTY keyboard, 256 MB RAM, a 3.2 megapixel camera with video-capture, microSDHC support, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi and Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5 when possible.

The phone will be available starting with May 19 and it will cost $100 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.

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PopCap games has launched a new game app for iPhone owners with Peggle. The game is available now for US $4.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. One of the most critically acclaimed “casual” video games of recent years, Peggle has been downloaded nearly 50 million times and appeals to gamers of all shapes and sizes.

Combining elements of pinball and pachinko, Peggle players fire a metallic silver ball from the top of the screen, relying on gravity to propel the ball downwards while it ricochets off unique arrangements of orange and blue pegs. The goal is to clear all the orange pegs from the screen, while earning as many points as possible, before running out of balls.

A moving bucket at the bottom of the screen offers free balls, while green power-up pegs unlock special abilities via ten unique and memorable Peggle Masters who guide players through dozens of levels of gameplay challenges. Power-ups include explosive area-clearing blasts, lobster claws that serve as pinball-like flippers and “fireballs” that cut through all pegs in their path.

Exclusive to the iPhone and iPod touch versions of Peggle, the game boasts a host of specifically optimized features. These include a special ‘zoom’ feature for extra-accurate aiming, new types of style shots, a special aiming wheel for precision control, a new trophy system, and an enhanced UI to take advantage of the Touch and iPhone’s intuitive touch interface.

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Musician are expected to benefit a lot from this new app available for the iPhone. iLike, the leading social music discovery service, today announced a suite of new features for musicians, including integration with Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace, as well as a turnkey system for any artist to quickly create and distribute their own custom iPhone app.

These integrations expand on iLike’s existing syndication model and enable more than 300,000 artists who use the iLike Artist Dashboard to save time and reach more fans via these new channels.

The new content syndication destinations announced today, described in detail at www.iLike.com/manage, include:

• Twitter: Artists can now link their iLike and Twitter accounts, bringing their “tweets” to more fans via the iLike music feed, the artist’s iLike profile, and the artist’s page on Facebook. Likewise, when an artist posts a new song, video, or concert listing, iLike will notify fans via Twitter.
• YouTube: Artists can now sync their YouTube channel and iLike account. Every video an artist posts to iLike will be automatically posted to their YouTube channel, and vice versa.
• MySpace Concert Listings: iLike now lets artists enhance the concert listings on their MySpace pages, via a widget that adds prominent buy-links and allows fans to “RSVP” to a concert and see who else is going. Artists can also configure their iLike Artist Dashboard so that any blog, bulletin, or video they post at iLike is also posted on their MySpace page.
• Facebook Pages “Music” Tab: Artists can now add the Music tab to their Page on Facebook. The Music tab, by iLike, features the artist’s songs, concerts, videos, bulletins, blogs, and tweets.
• Artist dot-com Websites: The iLike Artist Dashboard now allows artists to manage the content on their own official dot-com websites via embeddable javaScript widgets.
• Ticketmaster: Songs, photos, and videos posted to the iLike Dashboard will also appear on the artist’s page on Ticketmaster.
• Artist iPhone Apps: iLike today announced a turnkey system to enable any artist to rapidly create and distribute their own iPhone app featuring the artist’s concert dates, photos, blogs, bulletins, and videos. A self-service system allows artists to customize the look and feel of their app and submit it to the iTunes App Store.

In addition, iLike continues to syndicate artist content to more than 45 million music fans across the iLike network, including iLike’s leading music applications on iGoogle, Facebook, hi5, Bebo, Orkut, and iLike plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player.

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Get ready for more music for your iPhone as the Imeem Mobile for the iPhone/ iPod Touch has been launched at the Apple app store. imeem Mobile makes it easy for people to discover, enjoy and purchase music on their mobile device. Fans can create custom stations based on their favorite artists, discover new music through personalized recommendations, and download songs from the iTunes Store directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch.

imeem Mobile also includes MyMusic, a feature for music enthusiasts with large music collections. MyMusic enables music lovers to browse and stream their personal imeem music library. People can upload up to 20,000 songs of the music they own directly to imeem.com, and then enjoy the songs on the go whenever they want without taking up additional storage on their mobile device.

imeem Mobile is now available worldwide for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

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It is apparent that at some point, most of us have to acknowledge that mobile devices and cell phones are more than just gadgets that we want to show off to others. They have their uses and while features may not be important at times, cell phones have already proven that they can be a critical key in life and death situations.

Today we see technology move cell phones towards delivering the goods. Mobile phones have become more than just for texting and making calls. It has gone to the extent of invading the medical scene, some of which you can see below.

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Here is an iPhone app that may evidently force you to spend more time in the comfort room rather than have fun at the bar. Drunk Sniper offers us a hilariously but fun iPhone app that allows users to play while they pee. You just have to point the iPhone towards the toilet bowl or whichever place you plan to unload that liquid body waste and you’re off!

The app is plainly for the men though. Guys just have to make use of their male organs to do so. And before you go on pissing away, don’t forget to load up with a couple of beers to make sure you get to the next levels. Green but fun!

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Elvis is in the iPhone. Well technically that is what this new app over at the Apple App store seems to be pointing to. Elvis Presley Enterprises unveils a free iPhone application (app) available to iPhone or iPod Touch users via the iTunes App Store. Elvis Mobile puts Elvis at your fingertips with this easy-to-use and interactive application.

Features of the new Elvis Mobile app allow fans to view newly released pictures and videos, listen to podcasts from Elvis Radio, provide Graceland Livecam access, and even report Elvis sightings around the world. Content on Elvis Mobile will be maintained by Elvis Presley Enterprises and updated daily.

The Elvis Mobile app was created for Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. by Memphis-based RESOLUTE Games Corporation, which develops applications for mobile devices such as the iPhone, helping brand name companies reach their audiences in new and powerful ways, including viral marketing, social media, and analytics

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Never miss a beat on what is going on in the world today as you get current events right at the palm of your hands. Inergize Digital and DoApp Inc. today announced Mobile Local News, an iPhone and iPod touch application that distributes locally branded news, weather, sports, politics and entertainment to consumer iPhone and iPod touch mobile digital devices.

Television and radio stations, magazines, newspapers and other information publishers deploy Mobile Local News to provide text, images, photo galleries and videos to iPhone and iPod touch users, while leveraging valuable revenue generating opportunities that support today’s business environment.

Mobile Local News is immediately available to television and radio stations, magazines, newspapers and other information publishers on a licensing structure and/or revenue share basis.

Mobile Local News is immediately available to consumers for both the iPhone and iPod touch on the Apple App Store at no cost.

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Alarm.com offers a new iPhone app that allows people to worry less. From anywhere, they need not worry if something is wrong with their home or office as Alarm.com offers a remote solution through the use of the iPhone.

Alarm.com announced a free Apple iPhone app for remote home and business security monitoring – providing on-the-go consumers with unprecedented awareness of what’s happening at their properties in real time.

The new iPhone app connects Alarm.com customers to their security systems from anywhere. Consumers can use the app to:

• Arm and disarm their security system remotely
• Watch real-time video footage and recorded video clips showing events that happened while they were away
• See what doors, cabinets and windows are currently open and where there has recently been motion activity at their property
• Access a history of all events reported by the security system, including alarms, power failures, doors and windows opening, motion activity, and water leaks

The Alarm.com iPhone app can be downloaded immediately through the Apple iTunes App Store (shortcut to Alarm.com app). An Alarm.com account is required to log into the app.

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The new iPhone will be an even better machine for media content which means you will be able to enjoy even more video shows. But what about streaming video to, say, a home cinema system?

Apple has a new patent “Media out interface” which we might see implemented soon. According to it the iPhone should be capable of streaming video content from the dock to a TV monitor. The handset will be controlled with the TV/Apple remote and that remote will also let you answer and end incoming calls. Of course the whole playback will be stopped every time you’re making a call.

That’s basically how everything should work but we have no idea when these new features will be available. Maybe this June?

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We’re still recovering from that earlier Zune phone news and now we have to deal with another Microsoft project, the Pink, which, from the looks of it, it’s a smartphone. Now the Pink has some features available. The phone will have a 3.5-inch or even larger multitouch display, an ARM v6+ processor, OpenGL ES 2.0-compatible graphics, 256MB of RAM and 1GB or more of storage. We can also expect a 3 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a compass and an accelerometer. Think we’re done yet? We have even more leaked details for you! NVIDIA’s Tegra platform is also going to be part of the Pink project. TI’s OMAP 3 platform and Qualcomm 8k are also listed. Will Microsoft use all three of them?

That’s how Windows 7 Chasis 1 smartphones will look like but we can’t say for certain how will Microsoft bundle all those specs. According to previous rumors the Pink is not a phone but a project meant to bring Zune software and services to Windows Mobile. Should we assume that Windows Mobile 7 will come with lots of Pink features inside? Let’s hear it Mr. Ballmer? What will it be?

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I guess you’re not cool anymore these days if you can’t offer your own app store to your customers. Vodafone has just joined the club as it has announced its application store. According to Vodafone the store will contain “mobile internet applications and services”, which doesn’t exactly sound like a regular store. Vodafone will have a SDK and a set of APIs this summer ready for software developers. Vodafone is ready to “provide partners and developers with customer controlled access to other network capabilities, such as location awareness, enabling them to create even more innovative mobile internet services and applications” so those future Vodafone apps might be quite useful in the future. And let’s not forget that Vodafone has almost 300 million subscribers to please.

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The mobile market is just about to get hotter than it already is. A new open source project has just been launched today by Intel and Nokia. The oFono project will apparently be a Linux-based OS meant to compete against Android. Considering the names behind it we should assume that oFono will have a bright future.

The new OS will be used in various smartphones and mobile devices. It will be able to connect to GSM/UMTS networks, it will make calls, access the SIM card and it will have support for various mobile apps. We are really anxious to see a phone running on this new OS but we have no idea when that’s going to happen.

Here’s what the first blog post says about oFono:

Intel and Nokia are pleased to jointly announce the oFono project, an open source project for developing an open source telephony solution.

oFono.org is a place to bring developers together around designing an infrastructure for building mobile telephony (GSM/UMTS) applications.…

oFono is licensed under GPLv2, and it includes a high-level D-Bus API for use by telephony applications of any license. oFono also includes a low-level plug-in API for integrating with Open Source as well as third party telephony stacks, cellular modems and storage back-ends. The plug-in API functionality is modeled on public standards, in particular 3GPP TS 27.007 “AT command set for User Equipment (UE).”

Nokia and Intel will jointly maintain the oFono project. We’d like to invite all developers to join the ofono.org effort and community.

Anyone excited about the new OS?

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Callpod launches a new security software application for personal and professional users to help in the password storage needs of businesses today. The launch of Keeper Desktop marks Callpod’s official entry into the software arena to complement its arsenal of award-winning mobile electronics products including the original Chargepod, a multi-device charger, and the Fueltank, a mobile on-the-go charger, to name a few.

“Today, consumers need to do everything they can to keep important information as safe as possible,” said Craig Lurey, Callpod’s CTO and Co-founder. “Keeper uses one of the most powerful encryption tools in the world to do just that and users can feel confident that their information is safe against thieves and hackers.”

“Callpod’s entry into the software space is the perfect complement to our mobile devices business and allows us to offer consumers useful and innovative applications for their Smartphones and computers. Smartphones have become the fastest growing segment in addition to power devices in the consumer electronics space,” said Lurey. “We have a long list of new and innovative apps that we will roll out this year and beyond to capitalize on this expansion. It’s a very exciting time for Callpod as it has now established itself as an innovator of software and mobile devices.”

Keeper Desktop is available for the Mac and PC via a 15-day free trial or users can purchase the full version is for $14.95, both can be downloaded at www.callpod.com/products/keeper.

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Here is a great app you can download for your iPhone. If you love those racing games, perhaps you will love this new car racing app, Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks. Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks is a fun, multiplayer, side-scrolling racing game where gamers are propelled through a frantic, high speed race with flips, tricks and mammoth jumps. The game has previously received a 9/10 review score and Gold Award from influential authority PocketGamer.

As the title suggests, there are 99 expertly designed tracks offering high replay and production value. Players can turn up the risk factor in Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks by using nitro boost packs to increase their speeds and performing aggressive stunts.

The app also leverages the innovative Multi-Touch user interface of the iPhone and iPod touch by letting players command the monster vehicle using intuitive touch screen controls. By tapping the up or down controls, players can rotate the car to pull off extreme jumps, 360 degree spins and wheelies to overcome dangerous obstacles.

Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks is available for $5.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

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The iPhone or the iPod Touch is the last contraption you would consider giving you peace and sleep. But it can be possible if you get an app that can do so. Apparently, the iPhone has one available over at the Apple App Store and this application is the “A Good Night’s Sleep”.

Mobile Frontiers newest application “A Good Night’s Sleep” gently awakens users, ensuring the gradual, peaceful start to each day. A Good Night’s Sleep also guarantees users a relaxing end to every night with its feature of allowing users to set a series of sleep sounds or music.

Although there is a vast array of applications currently being offered either as sleep enhancers, clocks or wake up alarms on the iTunes store, there is nothing that compares to A Good Night’s Sleep as it incorporates all of these, and enhances them, to produce the perfect solution for A Good Night’s Sleep.

This is the ONLY application of its kind on the iTunes store; no other application utilizes our unique and exclusive process of gradually allowing users to WAKE and sleep, peacefully and gradually, the way they want!

A Good Night’s Sleep is currently available at an introductory price of only $1.99 but the sale ends soon.

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It looks llike Mafia Wars is going great guns and has made its way to the world of iPhones. However, one thing you should note is that it is not linked to Facebook, the online network where it gained much popularity. Now isn’t that intriguing?

The Facebook app on the iPhone / iPod Touch is a killer. And one of the most popular Facebook games - Mafia by Zynga is here on the iPhone for free. But the only thing I hate is that the iPhone version is not linked to your Facebook profile. So you cant continue playing your Facebook Mafia via the iPhone app.

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Sony Ericsson mobile phone owners are going to get some help when it comes to personalizing their phones thanks to the new Themes Creator 4.0. The new program includes a wide range of attractive features, enabling customers to design their ideal ‘signature style’ directly on their mobile phone’s desktop.

Moreover, the Themes Creator also enables mobile phone users to choose from dynamic and intuitive animations that are based on Adobe Flash technology, and which will vary according to the time of the day, will change as soon as the season changes, and are even able to change colors when the battery is low on power.

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It was once bundled with a variety of Mac models but is now an optional accessory to the iPhone. This is of course the Apple Remote Control, providing iPhone owners the remote capabilities to control a broader variety of applications.

Rowmote is an iPhone/iPod touch application that mimics the operation of the Apple Remote, complete with Plus, Minus, Back, Forward, Play/Pause, and Menu buttons. It works in tandem with the free , which you install on your Mac. Once that application is installed it’s automatically added to your account’s list of login applications so that it’s ready to do your iPhone or iPod touch’s bidding even after you’ve restarted your Mac.

What makes Rowmote particularly special–other than that you don’t need line-of-sight access or you computer because it works over Wi-Fi–is that it supports far more applications than Apple’s hardware Remote Control. The list of supported applications includes Front Row, Boxee, DVD Player, EyeTV, Finder, iTunes, iTunes Visualizer, iPhoto, Keynote, PowerPoint, QuickTime, Plex, Skim, Spotify, VLC, Airfoil Video Player, PandoraJam, XBMC, and Last.fm.

You choose an application by tapping an Applications button at the bottom of the screen. A Settings button to the left of that Applications button lets you choose the computer you want to control.

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