Just when you’re done with playing the Secrets of the Monkey Island 2, you’ll be able to enjoy another point & click adventure game on your iPhone and/or iPad – Gobliiins, which is set to hit the AppStore at some point in October. If you haven’t heard of Gobliiins, here’s what you need to know…
Archives for 2010
Nerdgasm: The R2D2 iPhone 4 Sticker
There are few things more satisfying to a hardcore geek than an iPhone and Star Wars. Mesh them both together, and what you’ve got is nothing short of a nerdgasm. And that’s what I have for you early this morning. Coming to us via Etsy (of course), the R2D2 iPhone 4 sticker is chock-full of……
Visiting California’s Napa Valley? Yeah, there’s an App for that!
A little offbeat, but I thought I’d share news of this new iPhone application for visitors to the Napa Valley region of California. Dubbed ‘the official mobile visitor guide of the legendary Napa Valley’, the Visit Napa Valley iPhone App allows you to check out insider info, make bookings, take advantage of exclusive offers and…
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet to Cost $300 – Analyst
John Jackson, an analyst from CSS Insight, estimates that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet announced by RIM recently will cost $300 – $350, though RIM hasn’t said anything about price point yet. Regardless, anything under $400 would be an aggressive price point and compete with the Samsung Tab’s rumoured subsidized $300 pricetag, and the bare minimum…
Apple Sues Nokia in Britain
While we’re used to seeing Apple get sued by everyone under the sun, the Cupertino based company is now suing Nokia. It has been an ongoing legal battle between the two, but Apple is suing the Finnish smartphone maker in the U.K. for nine cell phone technologies. According to Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant, “We are…
Android continues to climb in mobile ad marketshare
Android is steadily scaling the wall of almost every report we’ve seen lately, and the most recent report from the mobile ad network Millenial Media doesn’t show anything different for the smartphone OS made by search engine giant Google. Since January, Android’s mobile ad consumption has increased almost 1000%, thanks to the slew of new…
Apple gives iOS 4.2 beta 2 to devs
Apple is seeding out an iOS 4.2 beta 2 to developers and it should have all the goodies we’re expecting for the iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch. The first iOS 4.2 beta reportedly had a lot of bugs in it, so those should hopefully be addressed. While this isn’t a major X.0 upgrade, iOS…
Pinger adds free VoIP calling to iPod touch
Pinger already delivers free text messaging with its Textfree app but the company will soon take it up a notch by offering free phone calls too. Pinger will give you a phone number and calls will be made using a data network, so it’s a VoIP call. It will apparently work with WiFi and 3G…
Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Apollo get Ajax editions in the Netherlands
Samsung has teamed up with Ajax Amsterdam to launch a special versions of the two Android smartphones, Galaxy S and Galaxy Apollo, in the Netherlands. Both devices are available with a 19.95 EUR monthly plan which includes voice, data and access to Ajax-related content. Speaking of content, I would assume Samsung pre-loaded the two phones…
Voxbone adds SMS support to for its direct inward dial (DID) numbers
Wholesale provider of international numbers and call-origination services Voxbone announced new, one-stop support of SMS for its direct inward dial (DID) numbers. The new feature takes further advantage of Internet protocol networks’ capacity to converge voice and data, and at the same time replaces a multi-step, multi-contract process for Voxbone’s carrier and enterprise customers. Initially,…