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All Nokia N900 owners I’ve met love their stellar smartphone. Let’s face it – the user interface is not on par with what the iOS and Android-based smartphones are offering, but the N900 is more hackable than any other handset on the market. That said, we’re glad to report that someone managed to port Android…
ooVoo, the application/service that offers six-way video chat which is also available for Android users, has hit the new milestone. On Wednesday, December 22nd, ooVoo exceeded 100,000 new user registrations over a 24-hour period, which is nearly double the previous usage record for a single day. That’s obviously a big win for the company, prompting…
If you’re tired of having to dig around for your various remote controls, you may want to check out the Gear 4 UnityRemote iPhone app because it will turn your iDevice into a universal remote for all your home theater gadget. This isn’t the first remote app we’ve seen but the UnityRemote from Gear 4…
Apple recently updated its Remote App to include AirPlay support, playback control of rented content and more. The Remote app lets you control iTunes or an Apple TV using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. For Apple TV users, the app lets you use a touch-based keyboard to enter text which is so much easier…
It was almost a year ago when we talked about the phenomenal success of the Samsung Star. At the point, the Korean giant announced it has managed to move 10 million Star units. Today that number is 30 million! As you may know, the Star is a low-to-mid range all-touchscreen device that was launched in…
Before you go “ok, here’s one more company exploiting the popularity of the existing iPhone game” let me assure you this isn’t the case. Burn the Rope has nothing to do with the super-popular Cut the Rope. You’re not feeding any monsters here, but burning some ropes and insects that cross your way (and help…
Oxygen Software updated two of its popular PC applications, Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian smartphones and Symbian SMS Manager, to make them compatible with the latest Nokia smartphones running Symbian^3. Yup, this includes the highly-acclaimed Nokia N8, as well as other models like the C6-01, C7-00 and the upcoming (and delayed) E7-00. In addition,…
A company called Cynapse is joining the mobile local game. Their product is called Localscope and it has been released in the AppStore, making it easy for the iPhone and iPod Touch users to “define and explore their location wherever they are.” From the official press release we learn that Localscope gets content from various…
It was back in October when Opera Software along with 31 other companies joined Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) and now they’ve released their WAC-ready (1.0 specification) widget runtime platform for the Android platform. This alpha release of Opera’s widget runtime for Android allows developers to get a head start in developing the next step in…
A company called Diatche Software has released an updated version of Setlist Metronome iPhone app. I’m not sure what’s new in this release, but it’s an interesting app nevertheless which performs all functions as a classical metronome. Here’s how it works (from the press release): The user can set the time signature and then tap…