Depositing checks … or cheques has gotten much easier. A US-based bank has developed an iPhone app that allows you to deposit checks by merely taking a photo of the front and back of that rectangular piece of paper and sending it into their system. The application scans the front and back of the check using the camera and the digital imprint is sent to the bank’s system.

This is rather scary for the technologically-appalled as the physical check you have in your hands will never have to go through the bank again. Call it peace of mind but I’m …read more

Big congratulations to Terri, one of my readers who participated in our contest. We gave away one copy of RingtoneStudio2 for the iPhone, a nifty little app that allows you to rip off a segment of a song from your iTunes library and convert, mix and edit them to your heart’s desire.

Be sure to stay tuned for future contests. I’ll be holding another one in the following week. I’d like to thank the 20+ people who have left comments and participated. There’s always a next time, and that time is coming up very soon!
[image c/o Tim Goggin from Pocketmac]

Ah, The Armory — a rather decent and useful little FREE (!!!) application for World of Warcraft players who need a quick reference guide to their gear, their friends’ gear, materials and vendors.

The Armory is a free application for the iPhone / iPod touch that allows you to login and view your avatar’s achievements, gear, talent tree, glyphs, and even detailed guild information for your character. Built into the application is a talent tree calculator, detailed loot from all the dungeons from the original WoW and two expansions, plus the ability to browse through all the other players of WoW …read more

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One of these ads is a spoof but the question I want to ask is if ads that imply shooting down competitors products or ads that bring the company’s game face on “IN YOUR FACE APPLE!” really work. One one hand, ads like this do have a better chance of going viral but not for the right reasons. It’s like “OK look what Company A’s marketing did to refute everything Company B worked for… lame?”

Take the BlackBerry campaign: “Nothing can touch it.” Works fine for me. They’re not claiming to be better than Apple. All they’re saying is that throughout …read more

I’ve joined the Sims 3 bandwagon, grabbing my copy off the shelf today for my desktop. Two days prior to the Sims 3 launch though, Sims 3 for the iPhone was released for a whopping USD $9.99 which is about half the price of the bigger game for your computer. What’s hot about the iPhone version is that it’s pretty much the real game, but revolves mostly around the Sim you create rather than the entire neighborhood. Go give it a try from the iTunes store. You won’t be disappointed! It’s Sims on the go!
[image taken from iTunes store]

And with that, we say good bye to rational civilization as we know it. World of Warcraft’s latest iPhone solution is the best yet. You still need to stream from a current game that’s being played remotely, but the iPhone version, though hard to micromanage, gives you that freedom to do the non-stressful things in WoW such as checking mail, auctions and a little bit of grinding.

The MasterCard ATM Hunter utilizes the iPhone or iPod touch’s location awareness technologies to pinpoint the search. Users can customize their hunt based on their unique banking needs – such as focusing their search to a specific financial institution if they need to make a deposit or wish to avoid ATM withdrawal fees. MasterCard ATM Hunter can also pinpoint wheelchair accessible, drive-through, or 24-hour access ATMs and provide the directions to get there. Additionally, MasterCard ATM Hunter automatically provides users with helpful ATM safety tips.
Another useful app for the iPhone is out — AND IT IS FREE! The MasterCard …read more

It seems that the latest developer agreement for the iPhone bans jailbreaking, or any support for jailbreaking. This means that developers won’t be able to even think about jailbreaking iPhones to install apps on. The problem with this is that a lot of the great innovations happen within the circle of “piracy” that truth be told, more can be gained from allowing devs to jailbreak iPhones.

Though jailbreaking allows access to apps that Apple doesn’t approve of and enables unlocking the phone from approved carriers, it also allows users and developers access to the UNIX underpinnings of iPhone OS, which both …read more

Happy weekend! If you haven’t heard it yet, this is the song that rocked several thousand views and even more downloads. The “I Hate My Life … I Got No iPhone Jingle” makes for the most annoying ring tone in this first quarter of 2009.

UK telco O2 has issued a price drop for iPhone sign ups.

From 3 April, customers who sign up to the 24 month tariff can get the 8GB iPhone 3G for free at £34.26 per month and the 16GB iPhone 3G for free at £44.05 per month.
On the 18 month contract the 8GB iPhone 3G costs £96.89 for the £34.26 per month, 16GB iPhone 3G costs £155.61 for the £34.26 per month, or £57.74 for the £44.05 per month.
The 24 month tarrif was put into play to encourage new subscribers to bite what seems to be the last stretch of this …read more