The dudes over at Sony have announced that they’re going to have an official PlayStation app for Android and iPhone launching hopefully before the holidays. With it, you’ll be able to see your PlayStation Network friends that are online, gloat over your trophies, and read up on new games which you can then share through…
Archives for 2010
Nokia is going after Apple for an additional 13 patents [When you can’t innovate, just sue!]
The never ending battle over patents continues in the mobile industry, more specifically the case between Apple and Nokia. Both are suing each other for infringing patents, and Nokia just announced that they’ve found even more patents that Apple has violated, bringing the total to 37. “These actions add 13 further Nokia patents to the…
Skyfire for iPad brings Flash, Facebook and Twitter integration
Skyfire has proven that users do care about Flash, and its iPhone app sales continue to reinforce that fact. Thankfully, the company is going to be bringing those same features – and more – to the iPad. Adobe Flash has been noticeably absent in an otherwise fantastic web browsing device, so hopefully Skyfire will alleviate…
WordPress App for Windows Phone Launched
A few weeks ago there were murmurs that there would be an official WordPress app for Windows phone, and on Tuesday that app went live. With it, you can handle all of your usual blogging tasks, like moderate comments, write up posts or pages, and review stats. It’ll work with either a personally-hosted blog, or…
Google Maps Mobile 5 update available in Android Market with offline navigation and 3D tilt/rotate maps
Remember how we told you that Google Maps for Mobile 5 was on it’s way to Android with a slew of new eye-catching features like scalable 3D maps, two-finger map tilt, two-finger map rotate and offline mapping? Right, well it’s only been a week, or so, since Mr. Android himself, Google’s Andy Rubin, mentioned that…
Police use helicopter, iPhone GPS to track down thief
Remind me never to mess with the law in Australia as the police there will seriously pull every resource in hunting down a criminal. How do I know this? The police force there deployed a friggin’ helicopter – a HELICOPTER! – to track down an iPhone thief. Sure, the chopper might have already been in…
Best Buy’s DROID 2 Global and DROID Pro recall debunked by Verizon
A report circulating out of Engadget early this morning suggests the DROID 2 Global and the DROID Pro are being pulled from the shelves of Best Buy. According to the report, Verizon is refusing to activate either one of these DROID handsets when they are purchased from the electronics retailer. In response, the electronics retailer…
Vlingo for Android Updated with Hotel, Restaurant, Movie, and Text Search
The Vlingo voice control app for Android has been updated to include integration with some new services, and a new text search bar widget for those times you can’t talk to your phone. Now using Vlingo you can search for and book hotels through Kayak, find and reserve spots at local restaurants through OpenTable, and…
Google Nexus S available today – run, don’t walk to nearest Best Buy
It’s the day hardcore Android fans have been waiting for: Best Buy is now selling the Google Nexus S, successor to the Nexus One, the first device with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. We went hands on with this little puppy just a few days ago and came away pretty impressed, so if you’re looking to upgrade…
Infinity Blade Update Coming Next Week
I’ve been playing ‘Infinity Blade‘ on my iPad since launch day. Not ‘religiously’, but a fair amount. While the game is truthfully one of the best I’ve played in some time, a little part of me was wishing for some updates… and someone at the developer (Chair Entertainment) must have been listening, because an update…









