0 Free iPod Touch Games; Free for Limited time

Here are some of the popular games that are now available for free for limited time only. Grab them while they are free because they will soon get back to regular prices.

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Spinzizzle iPod Touch Game (Regular Price: $99 now free) AppStore Link

Spinzizzle is ball-spinning puzzle game in which you can spin, drop, and collect colored balls in the right sequence and the more you sequence bigger is the explosion and bigger you score.

Spinzizzle delivers:
- 21 levels of gameplay
- 2 modes including Story & Action
- 4 wildcard balls
- OpenFeint integration
- Amazing graphics

 

Jet Ball iPod Touch Game (Regular price: $1.99 now free) AppStore Link

Jet Ball is a very challenging breakout game with great visuals and tons of dynamic levels. You can destroy all static and moving bricks and obstacles to win the level.

- bright, impressive graphics, nice visuals
- online leaderboard and lots of achievements with OpenFeint
- 105 spinning and moving levels; new levels coming soon
- 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Hard
- dynamic game play
- more than 20 different power-ups and power-downs
- more than 60 different bricks and obstacles, rectangle and round bricks, exploding bricks and plasma-star bricks
- original soundtrack and sound effects
- current game auto save
- background iphone/ipod music is possible

 

ReBounce iPod Touch Game (Regular Price: $1.99 now free) AppStore Link

The premise is simple. You bounce a golden puck around on the game board, eliminating chains of orbs with each bounce. Use your finger to take control and drag-release the puck in any direction to add speed and easily move around the screen.

ReBounce Game Features:
- 5 simple lessons that teach you to play
- 40 levels in total
- 10 self-generating levels
- Different every-time you play for maximum replay-ability
- 20 practice levels
- Full motion tilt driven backgrounds
- Open Feint Global Leaderboards and Achievements

 

Detail: Free iPod Touch Games; Free for Limited time

0 iOS4 (iPhone OS 4) released by Apple

Apple today released the iOS 4 (previously called as iPhone OS 4) for the 2nd and 3rd generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS. According to Apple this release features 100 new features and enhancements. Read more...

Among these the most important are:

• Multitasking: Now you can run your favorite third-party apps and switch between them instantly without slowing down the performance of the foreground app or draining the battery unnecessarily.
• Create playlists: Create custom playlists right on your iPod Touch or iPhone.
• iBooks: More than a great ebook reader, iBooks is also an amazing place to browse and shop for books, day or night.
• Folders: Organize apps into folders with drag-and-drop simplicity. Get faster access to your favorites and browse and manage up to 2160 apps.
• Better Mail: See messages from all your accounts in a unified inbox, organize messages by threads, open attachments in third-party apps, and more.
• Customizable backgrounds for the Home screen

Several of the features like multitasking require more advanced hardware and are therefore only available on the iPhone 3GS and 3rd-generation iPod touch.

You can use the update feature in iTunes to download iOS 4. The iOS 4 update for the 3rd-gen iPod Touch is around 366.5MB and it is 315MB for the 2nd-gen.

Detail: iOS4 (iPhone OS 4) released by Apple

0 Apple releases iTunes 9.2 with iPhone 4 and iOS 4 support

Apple today released iTunes version 9.2 for Mac and Window with support for the iOS 4 and the upcoming iPhone 4.  With this release Apple has added a lot of features and improvements including the following: Read more...

• Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go
• Ability to organize and sync books to iPhones and iPod touch units with iBooks 1.1
• Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes
• Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Album artwork improvements that will make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library

You can download iTunes 9.2 now via Apple's Software Update utility or via the website apple.com/itunes.

Detail: Apple releases iTunes 9.2 with iPhone 4 and iOS 4 support

0 Goal.com App for Football World Cup 2010

With just a few days for the start of the Football World Cup 2010, Goal.com has released Version 3.0 of its popular Goal.com Mobile News app that is available for free. With this app all the soccer fans can keep track of all the scores and latest developments in the Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa. Read more...

The Goal.com mobile app brings its content to life with photo-rich articles and constant updates, even when it's not in use. The app is simple and easy to navigate, supporting an optimized reading experience from your mobile device. With Version 3.0 the Goal.com will provide full coverage of Soccer World Cup 2010 including news, photos, live scores, match details, schedules and team standings. [iTunes link]

Detail: Goal.com App for Football World Cup 2010

0 iPod Touch Bluetooth Setup with Stereo Headphone or Car kit

The iPhone 3.1 Software Update has a feature that allows users to listen to music wirelessly using the iPod Touch Bluetooth feature with a bluetooth stereo headphone (A2DP) or car kit. This iPod Touch Bluetooth feature is only available from the 2nd generation iPod Touch onwards.  Here is the step-by-step instructions on how to setup and pair a bluetooth stereo headphone or car kit using the iPod Touch Bluetooth feature.
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Pairing Bluetooth headphones or car kit with iPod touch

1. You need to first make the bluetooth stereo headphone discoverable by other devices. To do this just follow the instructions that came with the headphones to make them discoverable.
2. Then on your iPod Touch go to Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth ON.
   
   
3. Select the headphones from the list of Devices that is displayed and, if prompted, enter the passkey or PIN number. See the instructions about the passkey or PIN that came with your headphones.

After these steps of pairing the headphones with iPod touch, the headphone product name and a Bluetooth audio icon appear on the iPod touch status bar at the top of the screen when you are viewing audio or video playback controls. Tap to switch to a different audio output, such as the internal speaker.

The Bluetooth icon appears blue or white, if the bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPod touch. Note that the color depends on the current color of the status bar. If the Bluetooth icon is gray in color it means that Bluetooth is on but no device is connected. If you’ve paired a device with iPod touch, it may be out of range or turned off. if there is no Bluetooth icon it means that the bluetooth is turned OFF.

Un-pairing or removing a Bluetooth headphones or car kit from iPod touch

If you’ve paired iPod touch with one Bluetooth device and want to use another device instead, you must unpair the first device.

1. In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth ON.
2. Choose the device and tap "Forget this Device".
   
   

iPod Touch Bluetooth Problems and issues

Unable to find nearby Bluetooth devices

1. If a pairing record already exists, the device does not appear as discoverable. Try to connect the device using that pairing record, or delete the record and pair again.
2. Ensure that the firmware or software on the Bluetooth device is up to date.
3. Ensure that the Bluetooth device is charged or connected to power.
4. Verify that the Bluetooth device is using a profile that works with the iPhone or iPod touch, such as Headset, Handsfree, or A2DP.
5. Turn off both the iPhone or iPod touch and the Bluetooth device, then turn both devices on again.
6. If the issue persists, test Bluetooth with another device or consult the manufacturer's documentation.

Unable to pair with Bluetooth device

1. Ensure that the Bluetooth device is in range. Most devices have a range of approximately 30 feet.
2. If a pairing record already exists with the Bluetooth device, the device will not show up as discoverable. Try connecting the device using that pairing record, or delete the record and try to pair again.
3. Ensure that the firmware or software on the Bluetooth device is up to date.
4. Verify the PIN for the device. You may need to refer to your manufacturer's documentation for this.
5. Ensure that the Bluetooth device is charged or connected to power.
6. Turn off both the iPhone or iPod touch and the Bluetooth device, then turn both devices on again.
7. If the issue persists, test Bluetooth with another device or consult the manufacturer's documentation.

Cannot connect to a paired Bluetooth device

1. Ensure that the Bluetooth device is in range. Most devices have a range of approximately 30 feet.
2. Delete the pairing record and pair again.
3. Ensure that the firmware or software on the Bluetooth device is up to date.
4. Ensure that the Bluetooth device is charged or connected to power.
5. Turn off both the iPhone or iPod touch and the Bluetooth device, then turn both devices on again.
6. If the issue persists, test Bluetooth with another device or consult the manufacturer's documentation.

Detail: iPod Touch Bluetooth Setup with Stereo Headphone or Car kit