Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone Releasing Late January; Zombies Beware!

Zombies will soon be walking all over our virtual lawns as PopCap Games announced Plants vs. Zombies will be making its way to the iPhone / iPod Touch in late January.
The news came from an unlikely source, namely a follow-up comment on PopCap’s Facebook page. If you still haven’t played PopCap’s addictive, yet simple game, here is your chance to finally snag a copy for the iPhone. When a hot lady finally asks “Is that a zombie in your pocket or are you happy to see me?”, you can happily pull out the game and instantly make her forget about having any kind sex with you, either by how addicted she’ll become with the game, or by how lame she thinks you are.Read More.......

Book apps overtake games on iPhone

Books have become the most popular category of apps downloaded on the iPhone, overtaking games, according to a new research.

Analytics firm, Flurry, has published a report which shows that games were the number one category of apps downloaded on the iPhone every month from August 2008 until August 2009. However, in the last four months, book apps have exceeded the popularity of games apps – with one out of every five new apps launching in October having been a book. In September, games apps were overtaken by book apps for the first time. iphone crowds
Flurry has predicted that Apple could take market share from the Amazon Kindle’s eBooks, as book publishers continue to adapt books for the AppStore at pace. This is despite the iPhone having a two inch smaller display screen than the Kindle – but if rumours of the Apple tablet are to be believed, this trend could prove to be a worrying issue for Amazon, which has just launched the Kindle in the UK last month. The research, entitled the Pulse Report, also found that “addict” iPhone app users utilise their apps more than three times a day and in excess of 100 times a month. mobile phone
This is ten times more than the average app user, who use their apps approximately eight times a month.
Flurry compiled its research using a sample size of over 2,500 applications, 40 million consumers and looked at usage patterns across four platforms: Apple (iPhone and iPod Touch), Blackberry, JavaME and Google Android. Read More.....

VW Launches Car With iPhone App: Play the Game, Win a Car

Play an iPhone game, win a car? It sounds too good to be true.
But to launch its new 2010 GTI hatchback, Volkswagen is relying solely on a free iPhone game. If you play it, you could win one of six limited-edition GTI models.iphone crowds
Available in Apple's App Store starting today, Volkswagen of America, Inc.'s Real Racing GTI App challenges players to race virtual GTIs around a racetrack. The more you play, the more points you build up. And each week for six weeks, the company will reward the week's top player with his or her own real car.mobile phone
As they compete, players can share videos of their game play with friends on YouTube. They can also carry the competition over to Twitter and send messages to other players.
In an effort to reach a young, tech-savvy demographic, Volkswagen hopes the iPhone and iPod Touch will be more effective than traditional Web and TV ads.
"With the personalization of media and the challenges inherent with reaching constantly connected consumers, we tasked ourselves to rethink the way we launch vehicles in order to engage our consumers in a meaningful way," Tim Ellis, vice president of marketing for Volkswagen of America, Inc., said in a statement. "Launching the all-new 2010 GTI via the Real Racing GTI App allows us to connect with this savvy GTI consumer within his or her everyday life in a way that no 30-second spot ever could."
Volkswagen isn't the first to use an iPhone application to launch a product. The sports clothing company PUMA has released an iPhone app to promote its new line of bodywear. And, earlier this month, Pepsi released a controversial app that claimed to help men "score" with women to help generate buzz around its new energy drink.
But when it comes to Apple's App Store, those are still just the tip of the iceberg. There are about 85,000 applications -- from the silly to the serious -- for the iPod Touch and iPhone.
Here is a sampling:
Application Remotely Unlocks, Starts Cars
Last week, developers released an application that promises to remotely unlock, start and warm your car from almost anywhere in the world.
Called Viper SmartStart, the app was launched earlier this week by Directed Electronics, a vehicle security and remote start systems designer, and can be downloaded for free from Apple's App store.Read More.......