Nokia, the mobile phone giant, has just hit Apple with a patent infringment lawsuit. Nokia claims that “all iPhones models shipped” infringe on ten of Espoo’s patents relating to GSM, UMTS, and WiFi. According to Nokia’s press release, it has already successfully entered into license agreements including these patents with approximately 40 companies, “virtually all the leading mobile device vendors,” and Apple’s refused to agree to “appropriate” license terms. We shall keep our eyes on [...]

Apple had just sent an email to the iPhone developers: In App Purchase is being rapidly adopted by developers in their paid apps. 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 [...]

What a number! 2 billion downloads.  It took the App Store to have 1 billion apps to 1.5 billion apps in 3 months.  And now, 1.5 billion to 2 billion in just 2 months plus. According to the press, Apple has now over 85,000 apps in the App Store.  Apple owns the number one web store at the moment.  Palm, Microsoft, Google and others still have a long way to go to beat the numbers. [...]

Manomio‘s Commodore 64 emulator [USD4.99] has finally been approved by Apple.  It was first reported on the project back in June, after Manomio had received their first rejection from Apple. The rejection was particularly disappointing considering the efforts that Manomio had made in making sure their emulator fully licensed and legal. Read more with video link.