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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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Talpic app enters the ever crowded multimedia sharing market

Talpic is a new iOS and Android app (at least I haven’t heard of it before) that targets the ever-competitive multimedia sharing market. Their twist is to go beyond photos and allow users to also include sounds to the mix. Available as a free download, the application lets you view, listen, share and recommend pictures and sounds from your and other people’s lives. Pictures are divided into six different categories including Wow!, Mesmerizing, Cute, Funny, Heart Warming and Others; while Sounds’ categories include Funny, Inspire, Stories, Music, Cool and Others. Read more

Boost Mobile getting Visual Voicemail service on May 31st

Smith Micro Software is bringing its Voicemail platform to the Boost Mobile subscribers on May 31st with the launch of the HTC EVO Design 4G. Using the new service, users are able to manage their voicemail messages like email, scroll through and listen to messages in any order, forward or reply to messages via email or text, and save messages directly onto the memory card. Moreover, Voicemail-to-Text transcription will also be offered for a monthly fee, allowing subscribers to read voicemail messages at school, at a concert, in a meeting, Read more

Penguin English Library gets Zappar-powered augmented reality components

Penguin Books has teamed-up with Zappar to make the Penguin English Library “ready for the 21st century.” Using the Augmented Reality technology, readers will be able to bring elements of four of the books to life, including animations of Coralie Bickford-Smith’s illustrated covers, video, audio and extracts. Initially, readers will be able to access the extra content on novels Moby Dick, and Lady Audley’s Secret, with two further titles to come later in the year. The process is simple: download the Zappar app, locate the Penguin content in the menu, Read more

Telmap Navigator now free for Blackberry users in the UK

Telmap Navigator is now available as a free download for Blackberry users in the UK, providing interested folks with local search, mapping and navigation services with in-car navigation with 3D moving maps, voice-guided instructions, a dedicated pedestrian navigation mode, and a postcode business and address search. In addition, the application also allows users to explore their surroundings with access to nearby restaurants, pubs and plenty of activities provided by TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet as well as ultra-local content from companies like Barclays Cycle and Ordnance Survey. Of course, social component also Read more

UK Hot Deal: HTC One X available for free on a 12-month 36 GBP/month Vodafone contract!

Talk about a hot deal. UK phone retailer Phones 4U is offering the brand new HTC One X for free on a 36 GBP/month plan. And get this – it requires putting your signature on a 12-month contract with Vodafone!!! Usually this sort of deals come with two-year customer agreements so we’re kinda surprised delighted, especially when we know the One X is pretty much the best Android smartphone you can get at this moment (Samsung Galaxy S III is still not available). The plan that comes with this offer Read more

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S III hits the FCC

We did know T-Mobile will be one of the U.S. carriers to offer the shiny new Samsung Galaxy S III. Their specific version of the device, marked as T999, has not only crossed the FCC hurdle, but has also be spotted at Bluetooth SIG (while its Wi-Fi certificate has been issued before). What this means is that Samsung is finalizing paperwork for the Big Day, which will (as promised) take place at some point this summer. We’ve no idea whether the Magenta carrier will change the name of the phone Read more

CNNMoney launches iPad app so you can keep your portfolio in balance from the comfort of a sofa

Excited about the Facebook IPO and all of the surrounding buzz? Need a financial news app for your iPad? You’ll be glad to know CNNMoney launched an iPad application, allowing users to keep up with the latest news, market overviews and stock alerts from a comfort of their sofas. Available as a free download, it comes with a clean and simple UI, using which you can easily sort and prioritize content based on your news preferences. Moreover, if you login to a CNNMoney account, you can use the app to Read more

Twilio Client for Android is out; Lets developers add VoIP capabilities to their apps

Cloud communications company Twilio launched Twilio Client (SDK) for Android, making it super-easy for mobile developers to integrate VoIP capabilities into their Android apps. Among the features developers will be able to access are: Real-time presence with buddy list support – the Twilio platform will notify an app when a user is ready for voice chat so that calls are only made when users are online. App backgrounding – the SDK can receive voice calls even if the app is not the current one being used. Cross-platform interoperability – Twilio Read more

Wikitude brings augmented reality to the mobile web

Wikitude, which is one of the Augmented Reality pioneers, wants to bring the technology to even more users. Their new solution, called “AR window,” enables any mobile webpage to include Augmented Reality content. According to the press release we got, using this technology mobile web pages will be able to open up smartphone’s camera view so that users can view the live video stream with additional augmented content on top of it. Wikitude’s CTO Martin Lechner said that this will allow users to “interact directly with the real world while Read more

Dolphin Browser scores pre-install deal with Japan’s KDDI

Dolphin Browser, which is already the single most used third-party web browser for Android and iOS platforms (and my favorite browser in case you ask), is turning to East for further expansion. The company announced a pre-install deal with Japan’s major mobile operator – KDDI. As a result, Dolphin Browser will be pre-loaded on future, un-released Android-based phones, allowing Japanese smartphone subscribers to easily download Dolphin Browser for free through KDDI’s mobile app store, au Smart Pass, which has over 1 million members. Dolphin Browser has been download for more Read more

Appia launches Pay Per Install app advertising for Google Play, shares some cool figures in an infographic

Open app marketplace Appia introduced advertiser support for Google Play and a new Pay Per Install advertising service, which is delivered across the company’s global app distribution network that reaches more than 500 million mobile consumers worldwide. Android publishers can now drive user activations through Pay Per Download, Pay Per Install and organic Carrier App Store downloads. To celebrate this new offering, Appia released a cool infographic, illustrating their progress and rapid expansion during the last couple of years. Here are the highlights: Appia had more than 400 million downloads Read more