Motorola is launching its newly unveiled Flipout smartphone in Germany. The Android-powered device will be available starting July via Vodafone, O2 and The Phone House, for 349 EUR ($428) free of contract. I guess the two carriers (Voda and O2) will also offer it on some contract which I’m guessing will involve giving away the…
Baidu, Symbian Foundation team-up to enable “Box Computing” on Symbian platform
Symbian Foundation and China’s largest search engine Baidu agreed to co-establish a joint laboratory with the goal to bring wireless “box computing” to the Symbian platform. As a result, developers will be able to incorporate robust search functionality into their apps and leverage this “platform within a platform” to expand the Symbian/Baidu ecosystem. From the…
Juniper Research: Mobile app revenues to exceed $30 billion by 2015
Juniper Research is out with a new report titled “Mobile App Stores: Business Models, Strategies & Market Segmentation 2010-2015,” forecasting that the combined revenues from apps funded by pay-per-download (PPD), value-added services (including freemium and subscription) and advertising is expected to rise from just under $10 billion last year to $32 billion in 2015! The…
Syndiant, Foryou Multimedia and ASTRI Labs develop super tiny pico projector engine
I’m pretty excited every time I get a press release related to pico projectors. That’s the way of the future and I can’t wait for a day to have such a device (which must be a smartphone, BTW) as my primary phone. On that note we bring you this story which involves three companies —…
RoadSync 2.0 hits the Android Market; Coming pre-loaded with many handsets
DataViz announced that version 2.0 of its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync solution for Android, RoadSync, is now available from the Android Market. In the same press release, the company also proudly noted that their software comes preloaded on select handsets from Acer, Foxconn, Huawei, HP, Sony Ericsson and ZTE. As you probably know, RoadSync allows Android…
Microsoft paying developers to port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile 7?
When it comes to the number and even the quality of available applications and games, iPhone is the king. Android is growing fast as well, but it still has a long way to go before coming even close to Apple’s figures. Microsoft is trailing way behind along with the likes of Symbian, Maemo and others.…
After Symbian, AutoProfiles comes to Android
Is it a sign of times or what, when we have an app that started its life on Symbian being ported (most likely being re-coded from the ground up) to the Android platform? The app is AutoProfiles and as you can guess, it allows Android smartphone users to dynamically change their profile throughout the day.…
New York City Getting Sprint WiMAX?
Hey Sprint HTC EVO 4G owners, you’ll soon be able to get your high-speed data fix around New York City, according to early reports. Apparently some people have been able to not only detect 4G networks, but are even able to transmit data, though it’s far from a stable connection or widespread. In all likelihood,…
AmpliTube iRig for iPhone Now Available for Guitarists
The AmpliTube iRig for iPhone that was announced last month is now available, allowing guitarists to sound going out to their amp from their instrument. There’s a whole lot you can do with it, and allows for in-app purchases to expand your sonic range, or simply buy medium or full versions from the get-go. Real…
Google Earth hits Apple iPad
You can now experience the glory of the earth on your “magical” Apple tablet, as Google has just released Google Earth for the iPad. While it has been available since the launch of the iPad, that was just the iPhone version scaled up. The latest version has been optimized for the tablet and it should…