Namco is experimenting extensively with Apple’s mobile platform. The game publisher already has a number of games listed in the AppStore and now they’re trying something a bit different. The company has unveiled a game pack called Namco Games Portal that comes with 5 of the popular games available as “Lite” versions. Users can try…
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Handmark: We’ll support Samsung’s Bada platform!
Handmark and Samsung made an agreement under which Handmark will support the Korean company’s brand new Bada platform. In other words, we’ll have tons of apps Handmark has made for various media companies available via Samsung Apps. The first app that will be ported to Bada is the London Evening Standard app, which will be…
Documents To Go Premium Edition now available for the Nokia N900
After conquering virtually every smartphone platform out there, DataViz is bringing its popular mobile office suite to the Meamo platform. Yap, that means the Nokia N900 finally got a decent Word and Excel file (document and spreadsheet) editor. Virtually all Microsoft Office files are supported, including Office 2007 and 2010, and thanks to DataViz’s InTact…
Snake Galaxy HD sneaks to the iPad
Bulkypix is bringing its world famous Snake title to the iPad. The game is called Snake Galaxy and it’s most definitely the best version of Snake released to date — actually it will be released soon. As you may know from playing Snake Galaxy (or some other newer Snake game) on other platforms, we’re talking…
face2face consolidates Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace on a single platform
A company called Proximate Global launched face2face, a mobile application that consolidates multiple social networks — including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace — on a single platform. The main idea is to add location to the mix and eventually enable face to face meetings (hence the name). Of course, as you don’t want to meet…
New Amazon Kindle e-readers coming soon; WiFi-only model for $140
In a bid to make the Amazon Kindle a mass-market device, the company will be introducing new versions of the e-reader next month that will feature a cheaper price tag and a slimmer, sleeker design. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said a smaller Amazon Kindle will hit the company’s digital…
Sprint Peel case brings wireless 3G data to Apple iPod Touch
A device from Sprint just passed through the Federal Communications Commission, the Sprint Peel case, that might soon bring 3G connectivity to your Apple iPod Touch. This is the first time we’ve seen an iDevice accessory sleeve that actually endows it with a wireless data connection. The device is manufactured by ZTE and it appears…
Is Apple Reneging on Some Free iPhone 4 Cases and Bumpers? [update]
After the PR nightmare Apple suffered with the iPhone 4 antenna issues, Steve Jobs held a press conference to set the story straight. Or straight in his own eyes, at least. While most of us aren’t satisfied with the “every phone has this problem” answer, some of us were less aggravated when Apple offered free…
Google CEO: Android could be a cash cow (worth $10 billion)
Look, I know Google gets a lot of good will for the open source nature of Android OS but don’t try and think the company isn’t focusing on its bottom line. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal that its mobile platform could soon generate as much as $10 billion for the company…
Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9650 Spotted Running OS 6
After seeing more of the BlackBerry 9780 this morning, I was getting worried that OS 6 would require particular hardware to run properly and that we would see little backwards compatibility, but as it turns out, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 on Verizon will indeed run the new operating system just fine. There’s been a lot…