Rocket Racing League is a new iPhone game that sees you racing with a jet. The graphics rocks, as you can see from the screenshot above (and more from the iTunes link below). You can either play solo in a career mode or compete against your iBuddies nearby, when two or more phones are connected…
Archives for 2010
ABI Research: Mobile TV services set for accelerated adoption after 2012
Although we’ve heard a numerous reports about the mobile TV prospects, most of them proved to be false. Outside of Japan and South Korea, people simply don’t use mobile TV, despite carriers’ efforts in some countries to push the service towards users. Now we have another report, from ABI Research, suggesting that the market inhibitors…
Sonim XP3 Sentinel launched for lone workers
Makers of the world’s most rugged phones, Sonim Technologies, announced a new phone — Sonim XP3 Sentinel — along with an accompanying safety solution for lone workers. The service and the phone are made for vertical markets in the energy, utilities, construction, security, forestry and logistics sectors, to keep remote workers safe while in isolated…
SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian updated with new widgets, themes and better memory handling
Less than a month ago, SPB Software released its SPB Mobile Shell for touch-enabled Symbian S60 devices. Now the company is out with an updated version which is much more memory efficient, reducing RAM consumption by 10 MB! That’s a lot of memory, hinting us SPB made tons of code optimizations under the hood. This…
Quiznos teams up with Layar
Quiznos is teaming up with Layar to provide users of the popular augmented reality app with an easy way to locate nearby Quiznos restaurants. In addition to just locating a nearby Quiznos place, there will be the special deals available for Layar users, as well as the ability to connect with other Quiznos fans. U.S.-based…
PocketGPSworld.com’s CamerAlert is apparently the best speed camera alert for the iPhone
PocketGPSworld.com is out with the CamerAlert, touting it as the best speed camera alert app for the iPhone. The reason, according to the press release we got, is that the application is powered by the site’s world renowned Speed Camera Database, serving as a useful safety aid. In addition to providing users with information where…
Digitimes: Nokia working on 7 or 9 inch MeeGo powered ARM based tablet for Q4 2010
Our favorite dodgy Taiwanese site is at it again, this time with news that Nokia will release a 7 or 9 inch tablet PC, running on ARM based silicon and using the MeeGo operating system, some time during the 4th quarter of this year. As much as I think the iPad is a bourgeois piece…
Supreme Court: Any text messages or emails you send using government equipment can be used against you
Filed under “really, did we need the Supreme Court to tell us this?” we have the case of Quon v. Arch Wireless. This guy, Jeff Quon, was (still is?) on the SWAT team in Ontario, California. All members of the SWAT team get a mobile device, and a certain allowance of text messages and minutes.…
Video: Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid 1 vs. Droid 2 [Faster, sleeker]
The Motorola Droid was Android’s first “must own” device when you really think about. Remember how Android began, on T-Mobile with that horrible HTC G1? Yea, try looking at that, and then looking at the Droid, and not drool all over the floor. The first Droid, while great for what it could do, was fairly…
Irony: Verizon CTO is now part of the GSMA Board
Verizon Wireless, which arguably has the best network in the United States, doesn’t use GSM technology. Unlike 80% of the 1+ billion people using mobile phones, Verizon went with CDMA. Why? Part of it has to do with legacy. CDMA was invented in America after all, and why bother with making America’s networks compatible with…