As expected, the Infinity Blade update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is now ready for download. A number of new features have been added to the game such as more swords, shields, helmets as well as Armor. A new enemy can also be found in the game.

Infinity Blade launched within the last month and since then, has become one of the top selling games on the iPhone/iPad. [Read more…]

Microsoft [MSFT] has finally announced the Windows Phone 7 sales figures although they are not the exact numbers we are looking for. Instead of providing the number of units sold to end users, Microsoft has provided the number of sales to carriers and retailers.

The Windows Phone 7 sales numbers show 1.5 million devices being sold globally. This might sound like quite a lot, but one thing you have to remember here is that 60 carriers in 30 countries are now selling the device which dramatically reduces the amount per country and network. [Read more…]

Sony Ericsson has filed for a trademark called XPERIA PLAY. This is now believed to be the new name for the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone that is believed to be launching around February/March of 2011.

The trademark was filed for in the EU, as well as a number of domain names such as Xperiaplay.com/net etc… We also hear that several other trademarks have been filed all following the Xperia naming convention which includes the Xperia Neo, Xperia Duo and Xperia Arc. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] has launched a new app for those running a Mac. The app is called iAd Producer and is designed to assist developers in creating feature rich ads for the iOS platform.

Feature rich ads such as interactive iAds can be created. The app automatically sorts out the HTML5 and CSS3 as well as Javascripts that are required to run in the background of your iAds. [Read more…]

Although sales are rumoured to be quite low for the new Windows Phone 7 platform and range of smartphones, the Marketplace seems to be doing quite well in terms of how many apps are available now to purchase.

Graphs indicate that the Windows Phone 7 market place is actually doing quite well in that it’s growing faster than Android’s Market and closely mirrors how the iPhone App Store did in the beginning (as indicated by the red line above). [Read more…]

An interesting article went live at the Android Developers website yesterday called “It’s not “rooting”, it’s openness “. What this is referring to is the ability to customise Android based smartphones as users with rather than forcing them to break in to the device.

The post at Android Developers was inspired by a comment made at Engadget that said “Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!”. A comment then went to say that Android security was bad and that’s why the Nexus S was rooted so quickly. [Read more…]

Google [GOOG] has announced that the Nexus One Android 2.3 update will be arriving soon. In a tweet that Google sent out, it said that it would be here in the coming weeks.

When the Nexus S and Android 2.3 were first announced there was a bit of confusion in people thinking that the Android 2.3 update was being pushed out. It turns out that those reports were incorrect and that Nexus One owners were just getting a small interim update to fix a few bugs. [Read more…]

T-Mobile (US) is launching a MiFi solution sometime next year. The first of two MiFi devices is launching in March 2011 and has been codenamed “Lil Wayne” for reasons we do not know.

The image above shows a capture of some T-Mobile documentation that says Verizon is bundling a MiFi with the iPad and that T-Mobile will be doing the same with a MiFi capable of 4G speeds. [Read more…]

Swype has been available for a number of months for Android smartphones although it was restricted to which devices could run it.

As of today, Swype for Android is now available to download and allows anyone with “almost” any Android smartphone install the virtual keyboard. [Read more…]

NavFree for the iPhone has launched in the US. The NavFree app is free, as the name suggests, and brings navigation to the iPhone and iPad.

Features include…

* Free, high quality, easy to use, voiced navigation with OpenStreetMap data
* Maps stored on the phone – navigate without relying on mobile network coverage
* New Social Location features allow users to instantly navigate to each other

[Read more…]

TomTom has released version 1.6 for the iPhone. The new 1.6 version of TomTom brings map sharing to the iPhone.

What the Map Sharing feature does is allow you to make modifications to your own maps. For example, a new restriction might be put in place that isn’t on the TomTom maps. What you do at this point is add the restriction in and next time you plan a route, that restriction is taken in to consideration. [Read more…]

The HTC Droid Incredible Android 2.3 update is arriving… unofficially. The update arrives thanks to the guys over at XDA Developers again, who managed to get a build of Android 2.3 Gingerbread working on the smartphone.

Since the initial launch of Android 2.3 for the Incredible on December 8, the team has managed to create three more versions with each of them ironing out the bugs to make it run that little bit better. [Read more…]