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• Amazon's Android app store: Steve Jobs doesn't get it

  Roll out the welcome wagon, Android fans: It looks like you'll soon have a new place to shop.

  By JR Raphael | 18 March, 2011 09:27

  Tags: amazon.com, Android, Apple, apple iphone, apps, app store, consumer electronics, Google, Handhelds, mobile, Phones, Telecommunication, wireless technology

• The 8 best iPad apps -- so far

  Apple's iPad has been available for a short time, and you can already find apps to watch streaming movies, manage your Web passwords, use Twitter, do word processing and more.

  By Mitch Wagner | 14 April, 2010 04:35

  Tags: Apple, apple ipad, app store, iPad, tablet PCs

• Android, iPhone, BlackBerry: Which OS is best for app development?

  Let's say that you're a software developer who has created a hot new application for smartphones that you're certain is about to take the world by storm. Your work isn't quite done and here's the problem: not only will your brilliant and innovative application have to compete with several other applications that have similar ambitions, but it will have to compete with them over multiple platforms.

  By Brad Reed | 04 December, 2009 06:00

  Tags: app store, mobile applications, mobile apps, mobile phones, smartphones

• Five Fixes for Apple's App Store

  From the Google voice fiasco to this week's Pepsi pick-up line app, Apple's vaunted app store is showing its weaknesses. CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige suggests five steps Apple should take to make the store better for users and developers.

  By Tom Kaneshige | 16 October, 2009 05:22

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone

• Apps Store approvals still make no sense, Spotify or not

  Much is being made of supposed improvements to Apple's App Store, but the approval of a music service called Spotify only raises more questions. And the recent approval of Loopt was a major step backward even Phil Schiller may be unable to fix.

  By David Coursey | 09 September, 2009 04:36

  Tags: Apple, app store, iphone apps, iphone app store, smartphones

• Top 10 reader iPhone annoyances (and how to fix them)

  Who knew there were so many iPhone annoyances? Last week we listed ten common failings of the iPhone and discussed how to correct them. Maybe it was naïve to restrict the list to ten entries. Reader feedback suggests that iPhone users have no shortage of annoyances they'd like to see solved.

  By Jared Newman | 07 August, 2009 00:50

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone, iphone 3g, iPhone 3GS, iTunes, smartphones

• Apple anger: Our 5 biggest iPhone beefs

  Well, Apple's done it again. The company has censored yet another app from its precious App Store, this time because it contained "objectionable" words. The app in question: a dictionary.

  By JR Raphael | 06 August, 2009 09:17

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone, iphone 3g, iPhone 3GS, iphone apps, iphone app store, smartphones

• Will Apple's first 'approved' iPhone porn app last?

  "We uploaded topless pics today. This is the first app to have nudity," said Allen Leung in an interview with Macenstein. He's the developer behind the "Hottest Girls" application, currently bringing scantily-clad women--and now those of the bare-chested variety--to your iPhone or iPod Touch device for a mere $2 installation fee.

  By David Murphy | 26 June, 2009 01:12

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iphone apps

• Is 2009 the year of the app store?

  The year 2009 is shaping up as the year of the app store, a Sun executive conjectured Wednesday during a panel session at the JavaOne conference.

  By Paul Krill | 04 June, 2009 08:21

  Tags: app store

• Best mobile entertainment apps for your smartphone

  You've spent your hard-earned cash on a brand new smartphone. Now it's time to put that money to work and turn your new acquisition into an entertainment powerhouse. The number of mobile entertainment apps out there is incomprehensibly large, and relatively few of them truly shine. Never fear: We've scoured the Web and found the best music, video, and gaming apps for your iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, or Symbian smartphone. Most are free, but for some--as you'd expect with top-notch entertainment--a price tag is attached.

  By Daniel Ionescu | 22 May, 2009 01:08

  Tags: app store, Blackberry, iPhone, mobile phones, smartphones

• In a land of Internet nomads, will iPhone be a legacy?

  Google Ventures Rich Miner recently predicted at a conference in Cambridge, Mass., that a significant number of people will disconnect from the wired Internet in 2 to 3 years, abandoning their computers for mobile devices.

  By Steve Patterson | 24 April, 2009 05:34

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone

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  Will Apple's App Store change the desktop app market?

  There's no doubt that Apple's iPhone has changed the landscape of the smart-phone industry, and indeed the mobile phone business as a whole. But one of the most revolutionary advances that Apple offered up isn't in the iPhone itself: It's the mechanism the company developed to distribute non-Apple applications to iPhone and iPod Touch users.

  By Ryan Faas | 30 January, 2009 01:23

  Tags: Apple, app store, iPhone