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The advent of Apple’s application store has changed the way we access new content for our mobile phones, with Nokia’s own apps and software store set to have just as much as impact.

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  • BBC iPhone apps: a worthwhile pursuit for Auntie?

    Posted 3rd March 2010 by Joe Minihane

    The BBC has been at the centre of a cutback storm in recent days. But while this isn’t the place to debate the merits of the planned closure of 6Music and Asian Network, there are other, mobile-based, queries which Auntie and its Trust desperately need to face up to. Namely, its plans for BBC News and Sports Results iPhone apps.

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  • Apple’s App Store purge: censorship or child protection

    Posted 26th February 2010 by Joe Minihane

    With sexually explicit apps now seemingly verboten from the iPhone App Store, Top10's Joe Minihane examines the latest furore to engulf Apple's software market

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  • Top 10 iPhone apps for business users

    Posted 18th February 2010 by Dew Alam

    The iPhone has earned its reputation as a mass-appeal device, with thousands of games and entertainment apps continuously flooding the App Store. But it's also no slouch when it comes to catering for those that want to get down to business. Here is a tour of ten apps that we feel are essential for the business users.

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  • iPhone debuts on The Simpsons

    Posted 8th February 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

    There are few more certain indicators of fame and cultural import than an appearance in The Simpsons. In a sense, you’ve not really made it until the comedy dons that scribe the Best TV Show Ever have referenced you.

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  • Top 10 worst iPhone apps

    Posted 5th February 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

    Top 10 Mobile Phones rounds up the App Store’s greatest misses so far…

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  • Top 10 apps for your Nokia smartphone from the Ovi Store

    Posted 1st February 2010 by Dew Alam

    The Ovi Store is brimming with stellar apps for your Nokia smartphone. Top 10 Mobile Phones names the very best around...

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  • Nokia gets animated about Ovi. But will punters follow suit?

    Posted 21st January 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

    Nokia’s efforts to give a big push to its Ovi app store hasn’t always been all it might. And the Finnish giant's new animated viral, while undoubtedly pretty smart, probably isn't going to turn things around..

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  • CES 10: Top 10 mobile phone highlights

    Posted 11th January 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

    Phew. That was the week that was CES10. We’ve cogitated, digested and debated all that went down to bring you the top 10 mobile phone developments from this year’s expo.

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  • Top 10 iPhone apps for getting fit

    Posted 4th January 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

    Determined to change your life this year? Whether you’re hell-bent on shifting some excess timber from your waistline or giving gaspers the heave-ho, there’s almost certainly an iPhone app for it. Here's ten that ought to help you make good on your good intentions…

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  • Review moderation needed at iPhone App Store?

    Posted 8th December 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

    Apple has banished over 1,000 iPhone apps from the App Store amid evidence of foul play. And it appears they've opened another can of worms while they’re about it.

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  • Top 10 homebrew apps for the Palm Pre

    Posted 4th December 2009 by Dew Alam

    The Homebrew Palm Pre app scene is booming, with great software arriving daily. Our guide to the Top 10 Homebrew apps for the Palm Pre will help you sort the trash from the treasure...

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  • Top 10 Android apps of 2009

    Posted 3rd December 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

    After a shaky start, 2009 was the year that Android Market blossomed into a great little software store. Here’s ten apps that helped it on its way…

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  • Art and the iPhone

    Posted 2nd December 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

    Jonathan Leggett takes a look at the creative sorts who are putting the 'art' in smartphone.

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  • Rejected app developers fight back

    Posted 27th November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    A new website dedicated to iPhone apps which many believe to have been unfairly rejected by Apple has been created.

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  • Top 10 iPhone games of 2009

    Posted 23rd November 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

    This year’s crop of iPhone games are the best reason yet to ditch the DS for an Apple handset. Here’s a rundown of the year’s finest titles in time-honoured, top tenular form…

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  • Barcode scanning app for iPhone to promote ethical shopping

    Posted 23rd November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    A new iPhone application is set to help consumers make the right choices in the food they eat and the products they buy.

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  • Need to unlock your car? There's an App for that

    Posted 19th November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    Apple and Mercedes team up to offer car owners a glimpse of a key-free world.

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  • App approval inconsistencies rile developers

    Posted 12th November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    A mildly satirical iPhone app gets rejected, to the confusion of its creators and the developer community.

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  • Wallace and Gromit become comic icons on iPhone

    Posted 11th November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    Plasticine superstars Wallace and Gromit are taking to the touchscreen in a series of iPhone-exclusive comic strips to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

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  • Xobni application gets more coverage at BDC

    Posted 10th November 2009 by Matt Dixon

    Emailing on BlackBerrys is about to get even better...

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