iPad owners have already been enjoying the leap-tastic Mirror's Edge for several months, and now it's the turn of iPhone owners to find out what all the fuss is about, as EA has announced that the game has been released to the iTunes App Store today for $4.99/£2.99. The game has been designed to maximise the visual intensity available with the iPhone 4 Retina Display, so that the amazing cityscape backdrops look better than ever. The plot is centered around the adventures of Faith Conners, a member of an underground group known as "Runners", who are essentially acrobatic messengers and ... Read More

Apple has been making exciting announcements all over the place at its media event in San Francisco today, with one of them being the launch of iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-orientated social network for following your favourite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading. Users can use Ping to post their thoughts and opinions, details of their favourite albums and songs, as well as viewing concert listings and letting their friends know what upcoming concerts they’re going to. iTunes 10 will also feature commercial-free HD TV show ... Read More

Looks like most of the recent speculation about the new generation of iPod touches has been right on the money, with Apple launching the new iPod touch range today at its media event in San Francisco. Engadget reports that the revamped device will have the iPhone 4's Retina Display, an Apple A4 processing chip, a 3-axis gyroscope, Game Center and FaceTime via the new front-facing camera and mic, and HD video via the new rear camera. The new touch will also feature up to 40 hours of music playback and seven hours of video playback on a single battery charge. Here's Apple CEO Steve Jobs ... Read More

Apple has announced that iOS 4.1 is coming as soon as next week as a free download for iPhone and iPod touch. The announcement came at Apple's massive media event being held at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, California. Reporting on the event, AppleInsider said that according to Apple, iOS 4.1 has one big surprise, a new feature called High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos. As you might expect, Steve Jobs was very happy to demonstrate the new feature at the event, explaining that HDR involves the camera taking three different photos in rapid succession - one normal, one underexposed and ... Read More

Pocket Gamer reports today that the most addictive game ever, Angry Birds, has just been updated to version 1.4.1. The latest version, which is compatible with both iPhone and iPad editions of the game, includes 15 reconstructed levels, whereby the laughing pigs are trying to fix old levels so that you can go back and fire more birds at them and destroy them! The new update also includes a new golden egg to look for, which opens up another mini-level when you find it, as well as new achievements that can be earned via Chillingo's Crystal online service. Here's the development team at ... Read More

According to a fun report based on the findings of Coupons.com, iPhone users are feminine-smelling, chicken-eating, entertainment-reading fish owners, whereas Android users are manly-scented, pork-eating, news-reading, bird lovers! And how has Coupons.com come up with this rather silly stuff? Wel, they analysed the differences in coupons selected by iPhone users and Android users, using their Grocery IQ shopping list app for the period January 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. The free app is available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android, and aside from allowing users to create, organise and ... Read More

The Guardian reports today on an iPhone app called the iStethoscope which it says has already been downloaded by more than three million doctors. The app was the brainchild of Peter Bentley, a researcher at University College London, and was originally only intended to be used as a toy. According to the Guardian though, the app has turned out to be much more than a toy, and is now being downloaded by over 500 users a day. Experts are already saying that the app has saved lives in remote areas. The iStethoscope uses the iPhone's built-in microphone to monitor a patient's heartbeat when ... Read More

With the start of the US Open tennis tournament in New York today, the US Tennis Association has launched an updated version of the official free tournament app, which is now fully iOS 4 compatible. The app, which is available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, is designed to service both fans who are physically attending the event over the next two weeks, and those who are following the championship from home. The app features, among other things, live scores and completed match results, latest news updates from on and off the court throughout the tournament, and the augmented reality ... Read More