Mobile browsers need to be small and light enough to run quickly on a mobile device with limited resources. And, for many smartphone platforms, the Webkit rendering engine does the job quite well. The iPhone’s Safari browser is based on Webkit and does a class-leading job of surfing around the various interwebs. It’s just not…
iPhone app iHeartRadio helps grow Clear Channel audience
It seems that embracing the mobile market, especially iPhone users, has helped boost Clear Channel’s audience by 15%. With over 900 radio stations throughout the United States, Clear Channel’s reach is considerable over terrestrial broadcasts, and the company’s “iHeart Radio” iPhone application only broadens that reach. iHeart Radio, available for free from the AppStore, streams…
AT&T boosting network capacity to handle SXSW iPhone users!
There are a lot of iPhones roaming around AT&T’s US network, and it seems AT&T users with iPhones in hand are hitting the 3G network pretty hard in Austin, Texas. The Silicon Valley Insider is reporting that the SXSW conference has drawn so many iPhone users that the AT&T 3G network in downtown Austin is…
Verizon’s LG Versa slated to get game-pad module next month?
The LG Versa’s claim to fame is its modular design. As a slate-based touchscreen handset, the LG Versa is a dandy little mobile phone. But, click in the detachable QWERTY keyboard and you’ve got yourself a text-messaging powerhouse. Then, when you’re in the mood for a bit of entertainment, you can click in the gaming…
Dockers brings motion-sensing ads to iPhone games!
In the world of advertising, you’re either innovating and creating, or you’re dead in the water. At least that’s what we hear. After what we have to presume was a brain-storming bonanza in Dockers’ marketing department, the clothing maker has announced the launch of their new “motion sensitive” Dockers advertisements for the iPhone. The new…
World’s first Vertu flagship store opens in Japan!
Nokia has just made good on their promise to deliver a high-end, super-glitzy Vertu flagship store to Japan’s luxury-shopping haven in Tokyo. Nokia had just opened the doors to their first ever Vertu flagship store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan. Nokia’s Vertu lineup of extra-luxurious (and ridiculously expensive) handsets caters to those with…
Fingerpainting on the iPhone – Not as bad as you might think
Since when did the iPhone become an artist’s finger-painting canvas? Jorge Colombo has apparently been using the Brushes (iTunes link, $4.99) iPhone application to create some truly beautiful finger-paintings depicting life in New York City. The paintings you see here were created using nothing more than a finger and an iPhone app, making the artwork…
Sony Ericsson Idou caught hanging out with stylus!
With the mobile world trending towards finger-optimized touchscreen UIs, it’s not often that we see a stylus bundled with brand new touch-based smartphones. So, imagine our surprise when we spotted this Sony Ericsson Idou hanging out with an official stylus! As you’ll recall, the Sony Ericsson Idou is the Japanese-Swedish phone maker’s upcoming 12-megapixel touchscreen…
Microsoft building Windows Mobile 7 from the ground up
It looks like Microsoft’s next major update to the Windows Mobile platform will be a drastic departure from the Windows Mobile we all know and, um, love. Windows Mobile 6.5 does include some touch-optimized features, but it’s far from being the mobile platform that will capture the attention of consumers being offered slick touch-optimized interfaces…
More details on the HTC Maple
HTC’s making a big push into the smartphone market for 2009 with some interesting new hardware. And, we have it on good authority that HTC’s booth presence at CTIA Las Vegas 2009 should be a fair bit more grandiose than in previous years – a sign of big things to come, perhaps. So, what does…