This Week in iPhone & iPad News – February 26/2010

The big news this week is, of course, Apple’s banning of 5000 sexy apps. For a cross-section of the reaction, see:

Henry Blodget’s Apple’s Absurd Double-Standard: Boobs, Skin, And Sex Apps Are Fine When Big Media Makes Them

MG Siegler’s Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Called Safari. You Made It.

John Gruber’s Tits and Apps

In other news:

Ngmoco Raises Another $25 Million and Buys Freeverse Consolidation continues as Ngmoco buys the makers of the popular Skee-Ball, Flick Fishing and other iPhone games.

New SDK Hints at iPhone/iPad Front Facing Camera, Video Calls There is a lot of speculation as to what will be coming with iPhone 4.0 and the latest SDK for the iPhone/iPad may provide some hints.

AdMob’s January Mobile Metrics Report is out. Includes average app downloads per month (iPhone: 7 free, 1.8 paid. iPod Touch: 10.5 free, 1.6 free). See also Read/Write Web’s Why are So Many Android Owners Male? take on the AdMob metrics.

Analyst predicts cheaper iPhone coming in June

Cool New Finger Swiping Camera Controls coming to iPhone & iPad

Apple Stacks The Deck Against Amazon’s Kindle App

An interesting app:

Tracking the Top 300 iPhone Apps In All Countries A nice iPhone app tracker that is an iPhone app itself that can help you find the cream of the crop.

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