Here’s an app every traveller, not just folks who travel frequently, will find useful. It’s called SuperShuttle and as you can guess, it’s designed to make booking a ride to and from the airport as simple as possible. Before clicking the button, you can get a fare quote and if you find some other transport…
Archives for 2010
Rhomobile launches Rhodes 2.0, cross-platform smartphone app development framework
Rhomobile is out with Rhodes 2.0, the newest version of its cross-platform smartphone app development framework. Among the supported platforms, we find iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and the iPad. Available for free under the MIT license, Rhodes 2.0 rocks some cool new capabilities such as native mapping across all devices and a metadata…
Note-taking tool Springpad launches “Alerts” service
Note-taking service Springpad that wants to make sense out of your notes announced the launch of “Alerts,” which are made to remind users on tasks, events, price drops, coupons, offers, local deals and breaking news associated with those items. In real life, it works like this: You add some note which let’s say talks about…
Novatel Wireless unveils LTE embedded modules portfolio
Novatel Wireless, which is lately best known for the MiFi personal hotspot product series, unveiled its LTE embedded modules portfolio, powered by Qualcomm’s MDM9200 and MDM9600 multi-mode 3G/LTE chipsets. More precisely, the company announced three LTE-ready PCle Mini Cards: Expedite E351 – which provides multimode support for LTE and EV-DO Rev. A and backward compatibility…
Wyse brings its PocketCloud app/service to Android
The cloud computing company Wyse Technology is “going Android” with the launch of its Wyse PocketCloud application in the Android Market. Originally released for the iPhone, Wyse’s app allows users to remotely run their PC desktop or virtual desktop from a large variety of hosts — including VMware View, Microsoft Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise &…
Mazda MX-5 gets an iPhone app for its 20th birthday
German studio Fishlabs is out with its latest adver-game focused on the Mazda MX-5 – You Cruise by Mazda MX-5. As you can guess for yourself, we’re talking about a racing game that sees you competing through eight scenarios set in Country Cruise, Ocean Motion, Desert Ride and Mountain Thrill themes. You can play with…
Motorola makes fun of iPhone reception issues with its latest Droid X ad
In the midst of the new iPhone 4 and Apple getting ridiculed for a handful of issues, namely the “Death Grip,” Motorola decided to take out a full page ad on the New York Times today. It’s a simple, lame potshot, but damn if it’s not appropriate. The ad showcases many of the Droid X’s…
Apple iPhone 4 antenna could be physics problem
We’ve all heard that the Apple iPhone 4 has had issues with call reception due to the new antenna being on the frame of the device. Apple dismisses this as a problem that happens with all phones and that users shouldn’t hold it that way but a deeper look reveals it may be a fundamental…
HD2 playing nice with Android 2.1 and Ubuntu, sort of [Video]
One of the most desirable things many people would like to see on the HTC HD2 – the Windows Mobile-powered brother to the HTC EVO 4G – is a full-fledged port of Android. We know they are working on it, but this time around, we’ve got a video of it in action, and Ubuntu decided…
Google CEO invests in PocketGear, Android Market competitor
It looks like Google CEO Eric Schmidt has invested in PocketGear, a potential competitor to the Android Market. Could an acquisition be in the future? According to Android Police, PocketGear has sent out a letter to developers saying that Google’s head has invested. PocketGear is an independent mobile app store that serves multiple platforms, including…