By using Bing Local search to glean location and business review data, RobotVision gets access to some key Bing features like aggregated reviews from CitySearch, Judy’s Book and Yelp. Bing looks at the reviews of restaurants and tells you how they stack up in aggregate for a business’ food, ambience, service and more. (That’s a feature we’ve seen at BooRah, though that service doesn’t have access to Yelp reviews.)

Tim Sears, a Portland-based developer, expects to launch his AR browser next month.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWC9gax7SCA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[via ReadWriteWeb]

According to Patrickj of Just Another iPhone Blog:

Your own main timeline – which for some reason is placed below a general ‘Everyone’ view on the main sections page of the app – offers a good summary view of posts from people you subscribe to, as shown in the screencap at the top of this post.  As you browse this view, you can easily use one tap on the main body of a post of interest to jump to that individual post, or tap the blue arrow at the right of a post to view it in an inline browser.

To enjoy this app, you need to subscribe to Rhapsody To Go –currently priced at $14.99 per month– while non-subscribers will have the opportunity to try the app for a limited time free-trial period.

Rhapsody on iPhone from Jamie on Vimeo.

[via SlashGear]

That’s all? No. The free app also converts your voice to text using Spinvox API, adds Spinvox generated title and tags (manual option still available). Users can also add high resolution photo and automatically geolocate their call.

[via IntoMobile]

It requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

[via AP]

Last week, Qik announced that their iPhone 3GS app can be downloaded for free directly from the App Store. They also claim that Qik is the first mobile video app to let you frame your videos either horizontally or vertically.

Basically, Qik enables live video casting over any cell network or wifi connection and archive it via Qik.com.  There is no streaming ability for the iPhone version –you know why.

[The iPhone Blog via Engadget]

Macworld writes:

Twitterrific 2.1 brings a virtual ton of new features and fixes to this powerful Twitter client. Headliners include support for recording and posting video for 3GS owners, as well as a new account picker tool for quickly finding friends’ usernames for @mentions and direct messages. There are a number of new tapping shortcuts, including options to copy the text of a tweet, add a link to Instapaper without visiting it, and shortcuts to reply or re-tweet with a double – or triple-tap.

PicPosterous’ features including:

• Your iPhone instant camera: Live-post anytime, anywhere
• Make photo albums as you go: Auto-resized into an easy-to-browse gallery
• Full-length video capture: Supports iPhone 3G S video, playable on web and iPhone
• No signup/setup required: Start posting right away
• Autopost everywhere: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and more

Now it’s available on the App Store [iTunes link], it’s free. Happy posterousing!

[via The Next Web]

According to BGR, the 2.0 features including:

• New, streamlined UI.
• iTunes integration — initiate available episode/movie/podcast purchases from within the app.
• Push notifications — for upcoming show reminders, new episodes, etc.
• Introduction of the i.TV Remote Control Framework — New support for universal remotes. Devices can be connected via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or dock-connector.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4WpoLrXj8U&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

As iPhone Savior wrote:

Here’s a set of Jap-tastic iPhone cases that are so expensive they come with their own slip-cover case (for your case). These stunning works of fine art take designers four grueling weeks to complete using special paints, lacquer and gold dust.

The fantastical price of roughly $1,000 each is justified by the use of an overpaid historian, with each case design connecting to Japan’s rich pageantry of the Sengoku period (1467 to 1615).

The prices of the five versions as follows:

• TomTom Australia – $74
• TomTom New Zealand – $90
• TomTom UK & Ireland – $99
• TomTom US & Canada – $99
• TomTom Western Europe – $132

[via SlashGear]

TechCrunch writes:

That means that shortly, we’ll have access to the much-improved app which is scheduled to have features such as a News Feed that is more like the one on Facebook’s site, the ability to “like” items and a new customizable home screen. More importantly, it will also have video support for the iPhone 3GS, something which Hewitt threw-in at the last second, unexpectedly. And perhaps best of all, the app will have the ability to manage events, finally.

USAA has just updated its free iPhone application, adding the ability to deposit checks wirelessly. Just taking a photo of both sides of the check using iPhone’s camera, then you can send the check’s image directly to USAA.

In order to reduce fraud, only qualified USAA customers –who had eligible credit score and insurance from USAA– can make deposits into their accounts over the air.

[via Washington Post]

This app’s features including:

• Find local shows near your neighborhood.
• Access a huge, global database of concerts and live events.
• Browse nearby concerts by date or favorite venue.
• Buy tickets and get directions to the show.

With more than 50 million registered users, iLike –the Web’s leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on the Facebook, Orkut, hi5 and Bebo platforms– helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts.

[via TechCrunch]

The very nice looking app currently supports the following URL shortening services:

• http://bit.ly
• http://to.ly
• http://is.gd
• http://RFly.com

You can also use Squeezer to update your status for both Facebook and Twitter. Squeezer [iTunes link] is now available on the App Store, and is priced at $1.99.

[via Just Another iPhone Blog]