FileMaker is bringing its popular database app to Apple’s mobile platform. The application is available in two flavors, one for the iPhone/iPod Touch and the other one for iPad, allowing users to work with FileMaker Pro databases while on the. You will be able to view, edit and search for information in FileMaker databases created…
Archives for 2010
ABI Research: Scrap our previous estimates, tablet shipments will hit 11 million this year
Talk about missing the target. ABI originally estimated that 2010 will end with 4 million tablets shipped. Now that Apple announced that it has sold 3.27 million iPads, the research company is changing the tune, big time. Under the new revisited forecasts, this year will close with 11 million tablets shipped. That’s almost 3 times…
Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald get their mobile apps, powered by YAPPER
Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald are joining the “mobile app revolution” with their own apps for the iPhone and Android, powered by YAPPER. Both apps feature latest news (with push notifications), photos and videos, while at the same time working as community engagement and social media tools. The last mentioned part is especially…
Automobile Magazine’s iPhone app joins the Zumobi Network
Zumobi, which these days touts itself as the first premium mobile app network, is out with yet another iPhone app. This time they teamed up with Source Interlink Media to launch the Automobile Magazine application. Sponsored by Cadillac, it brings the magazine’s “deep knowledge” of the people, history, engineering and general business of cars to…
Deal: Another Gameloft iPhone sale!
Gameloft seems to be experimenting with the iPhone game pricing constantly. On the heels of their previous iPhone and iPad game discounts, the gaming publisher prepared another special offer for its customers. Here’s what they got: Modern Combat: Sandstorm – first-person shooter set in the modern era Skater Nation – skateboarding game Dungeon Hunter –…
Clearwire buys 7% stake in Irish WiMAX network – Imagine Communications
Some of us may think WiMAX is slowly dying, but not Clearwire. As a matter of fact, the company has bought a 7% stake in Irish WiMAX operator, Imagine Communications, for 5 million EUR. That money also buys the U.S. based company a place in the board of directors. As part of the deal, Clearwire…
HTC’s leaked Windows Phone 7 smartphone codenames give glimpse into future of WP7
On the back of news that he is calling it quits in the Windows Phone modding game, the ROM “cook” known as @Conflipper has just posted HTC’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone codename list on Twitter. The list of unconfirmed WP7 phones gives us a glimpse into what the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturing powerhouse has planned…
REVIEW: Samsung Vibrant, T-Mobile’s Galaxy S phone gets reviewed
Well folks, it’s here. The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant is the first of the four Samsung Galaxy S devices to hit US shelves, and the manufacturer’s first Android Superphone. The standout feature of the Vibrant is its gorgeous 4-inch Super AMOLED display. Accompanying the display, the Vibrant sports a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording,…
Microsoft Kin cost the company at least $240 million
We touched upon the drag Microsoft’s mobile division had on its fourth-quarter earnings, but I overlooked the fact that the company had to write off at least $240 million for the ill-fated Kin phones. That $240 million could just be the baseline figure, as Engadget points out, because you could very well add on the…
Sprint clears 35 MHz of spectrum for broadband
In a great show of cross-industry cooperation, Sprint said it has completed its mission of clearing up 35 MHz of broadcast auxiliary service spectrum across the nation. The move comes as the industry is facing a looming “< ahref="http://s06coeda4d.onrocket.site/2010/02/24/fcc-seeks-more-wireless-spectrum-for-mobile-broadband-data-networks/">spectrum crisis” – more and more consumers want to use mobile data services but the choke point…