Another success story in the making, Archetype has managed to garner 160,000 players within a week of launch according to TUAW. Amidst a massive advertising campaign, Archetype has become somewhat of an behemoth in mobile gaming, delivering a “big budget” experience Apple’s mobile devices, directly competing with titles like Nova and ngmoco’s Eliminate.
Archetype a Huge Success: 160,000 Players in First Week
Apple Launches “Retro Games” Section in App Store
iPhone Apps That Don’t Exist - But Should
There are so many apps in the App Store - can you remember when there was no App Store though? We all used to save webclips on our iPhone pages, Safari was the only way to let the iPhone see something new.Then the App Store launched and the rest is history. iFart. Pocket God. Weightbot. Tweetie. You know, apps changed our life.
But hey, there’s always place for creativity and I’m sure some developer out there is working in this exact moment on the app that will change the way we use our phone in the next months. That’s what’s great about the App Store - you don’t settle. There will always be room for a better app - one that didn’t even exist before.
That’s what David Pogue did with his latest NYT column: he asked for help to his followers in order to round-up great ideas for apps that don’t exist yet. It’s genius. Check out the most interesting ones after the break.
The iPad Will Follow in the iPhone’s Success Says Goldman Sachs
AppleInsider brings to light a recent Goldman Sachs report that suggests the iPad, like the iPhone, will dominate its corresponding market with a well curated App ecosystem, vibrant developer community, and technological superiority in a number of areas.
Sachs points out that despite having only 3% of the world’s mobile phones in the market, Apple has managed to rake in the most profit (and continues to do so) despite the recent recession which cut competitor’s profits in half. Apple could manage to nearly double the profits of what RIM, Motorola, Nokia, HTC, and Sony Ericson generated, combined by the end of 2011.
iOS 4.1: Now with Full Bluetooth AVRCP Support
Among the little fixes and new features introduced last night in iOS 4.1 Beta 1, some 9to5mac readers noticed a very important one: full Bluetooth playback control support for AVRCP-compatible devices.
AVRCP is a technology that allows Bluetooth handsets and car dashboards to take full control over the music playback of another device. Before iOS 4.1, an iPhone paired via Bluetooth only allowed volume control. Now it seems like you can play, pause, skip, forward and back.
Nice addition.
Digitimes: New 11.6-inch Macbook Air Coming This Year
Digitimes is reporting of new Apple products again this week. This time, we’re hearing about a brand new, even lighter 11.6-inch Macbook Air which is set to launch by the second half of 2010, together with a new iPod Touch powered by a 3MP camera. Not 5. These rumor makers better take a decision about the new iPod Touch camera.
Consumer Reports Now Recommends Bumpers
iOS 4.0.1 Coming Today?
This is curious: iPhoneHellas is claiming that Apple will release iOS 4.0.1 later today. They cite “a reliable source”, and as MacRumors notices the site was right about firmware releases in the past.
The 4.0.1 update should only contain bug fixes and the signal indicator formula. If this is true, expect it to drop in 6 hours.
Apple Holding Special iPhone 4 Conference on Friday
We’ve been waiting for this, as Apple had to do something about all the much-reported iPhone 4 reception issues. In fact, they’re holding a special press conference on Friday about the iPhone 4. No additional info are available at this moment.
Select press was invited on Wednesday, The Loop reports. We’ll be following the event here on MacStories, so stay tuned.
As for what I think will happen, I’ve just tweeted it.