App week: Apple hikes UK iPhone App Store prices

Apple's 69p apps

Every Saturday we round-up the week in mobile applications bringing you news of the biggest new releases across all major platforms and a host of reviews from T3's App Chart. Let's crack on...

Facebook for Every Phone app launched
Owners of old-style Nokia handsets, INQ phones and other App Store-less devices must feel a bit left out when reading this round-up each week. Well here's some good news for y'all; Facebook for Every Phone was launched by the social networking giant this week, which brings the features of the iOS-app to over 2,500 app-deprived handsets.

iPhone app news: CoPilot Live Premium arrives
Co-Pilot has updated its popular iPhone navigation app by giving you more control over your preferred route. The Live Premium app will now present three different options to reach your destination and enables you to drag and drop your route onto different roads. At the moment it's only half price too.

Android app news: Official Scrabble app arrives
iPhone and Android handset owners can now clash on the official Scrabble board, following the launch of the app on the Google-based platform. Cross platform gaming is among the features, meaning you can tackle your buddies on Facebook also. Best of all for Android fans, the app is ad-funded and hence free.

iPhone app news: Apple gives us an unpleasant 69
Apple has increased the price of apps by 17 per cent for UK users. Without explanation Apple will now charge British users of the App Store 69p for the lowest price apps, instead of the usual 59p. The prices in the US remain the same, whereas folks down under actually saw a price cut!

BlackBerry app news: RIM announces 1 billionth download
It's not very often the folks at RIM get to celebrate much these days, but this week the company announced the 1 billionth BlackBerry app download. Apple is currently at around the 15 billion mark, while Google can boast 4.5m downloads from the Android Market, but that's beside the point. Well, no it isn't really, but still. Yay RIM!

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APP REVIEWS FROM THE T3 APP CHART

Windows Phone 7: Check out the best WP7 apps
Microsoft's new mobile OS may not have set the world on fire in 2011, but the App Store is beginning to mount a decent challenge to the big players. Each week on the T3 App Chart we review three new WP7 apps each week, so check out the reasons you might consider a switch from Android or iPod. Best Windows Phone apps

Nokia app review: The Guardian
After successfully attempting to bring down the News of the World, there's no hotter media property than the Guardian at the moment. So it's a good time to check out the five star Guardian for Nokia phones app. Our reviewer says it's one of the best-looking and most functional newspaper apps to appear on Nokia yet. Check out the review.

Android app review: Crazy Snowboard
The key to this brilliant extreme sports adventure is its simplicity. Crazy Snowboard for Android is a beautifully designed game, with all the tricks you'd expect from a Tony Hawk game, but without the constant wipeouts and panicking about your landing. It's one of the best games available on Android.

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