Using a web app with your iPhone or iPod Touch is easy – you just go to the web page for that app. The trick is knowing how to make the app appear on the main screen like other apps. Here’s how to install a web application so it works just like a normal iPhone/iPod Touch application.
For regular iPhone and iPod Touch Apps you purchase and download them from the iTunes App Store. You access the App Store from your iPhone or from iTunes on your computer and select and download the app you want. So what’s different about a web app and why does it matter?
This web app provides a live cricket scoreboard for your iPhone. This little web app provides live cricket scores for important cricket series. You can switch between different matches with just a click and get up-to-the-minute scores wherever you are.
Was your new year’s resolution about practicing or learning another language? Learn10 is designed for adult language learners, it aims to “give you a learning habit that’s hard to kick.” Amongst other modalities, they have a web app suitable for iPhone or iPod Touch users. They also offer a toolbar and screen saver for Windows users, and can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and other places.
If you sign up for Shoot It! New Year’s Eve Freebie you’ll get to send five free postcards to friends in America, as well as a chance to play with the free Shoot It! software. These aren’t email postcards or MMS postcards – they’re real physical postcards the postman will deliver to your recipients!
Make sure you check out the New Year App Blowout Sale. A bunch of iPhone app developers have got together and heavily discounted their apps for 48 hours from 31 December to 1 January only!
Yellow Pages NZ (or Yellow as they now known) are moving into the mobile space with a new iPhone app, which is looking pretty solid. To be honest there is not too much to write about – but in this case, that’s a good thing. It’s a business directory, you search, you find local businesses
Drop7 is a game that’s a little like what would happen if you crossed Tetris and Sodoku, and I have been playing it a lot recently! Highly recommended for anybody who enjoys logic games to do with numbers or shapes.
Are you wondering if a particular app will work on your iPod Touch? The iTunes Store actually tells you, but not in a very prominent place so it’s not obvious unless you look closely.
Did you know you could get a steering wheel for your iPhone? No, nor did I, but thanks to Engadget I know you can now. This steering wheel from Hama allows you to simply slot your iPhone into the middle and then drive your racing car games… which may or may not improve your scores but will be a lot of fun!