Snapfinger is trying to make it easier to stuff your food hole by enabling you to use your Android device to order from places like California Pizza Kitchen, Outback, Subway and other national restaurants. The Android app utilizes the phone’s GPS to determine what nearby restaurants are around you and it’s tied to the restaurant’s…
Bccthis could save you time with BlackBerry messages
Originally started as an Outlook plug-in, Bccthis has released a BlackBerry app that enables you to attach private messages with your e-mails. What’s the use in that? Well, let’s say you’re shooting out e-mails to multiple people about a big deal and you want to make sure John from accounting doesn’t fudge it up. You…
HTC CEO Peter Chou: We’ll have a Windows Phone 7 Series device out by the end of the year
HTC CEO Peter Chou, in an interview with Elizabeth Woyke of Forbes during the ongoing CTIA conference, revealed a few tidbits worth mentioning: Regardless of the consumer success of the Nexus One, the device has managed to bring in new business for HTC. The Nexus One showed the world that HTC is the top Android…
Novatel Wireless’ NovaDrive brings cloud-based storage to MiFi users
Novatel Wireless has officially launched NovaDrive application/service for its MiFi “Intelligent Mobile Hotspot” product. I’m saying officially, as we’ve seen them demoing the service at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, when they also announced apps for MiFi. The new service, powered by Nomadesk technology, allows MiFi users to share, synchronize, encrypt, backup and store…
Mobile Marketing Association establishes Canadian Council
It’s CTIA Wireless time and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is using the event to formally launch the MMA Canada Council, as part of its efforts to establish regional presence with local focus across the globe. The new council is led by Michael O’Farrell, Country Manager for the MMA; along with co-chairs Ross Buchanan, Director,…
Hands-on video of BlueAnt’s text-to-speech Android app
BlueAnt makes some pretty cool Bluetooth headsets but it is taking its game up a knoch by releasing an Android app. The free app – which will only be for Android 2.0 devices and above – will read your text messages out loud, as well assist with pairing, volume control and support information. The program…
Hands-on video with Mophie Juice Pack TV
If you’re a heavy iPhone user, then you already know about Mophie. The company is partnering up with Flo TV to create a juice pack that will let you watch live TV on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The Juice Pack TV will have the Flo TV chip inside of it to give you access…
Take a closer look at the Android-powered Kyocera Zio
We had a chance to play with the Kyocera Zio and I wasn’t expecting much from it, but I walked away pretty impressed. The handset feels pretty good in the hand: it’s light, sleek and has just enough screen real estate to make the whole thing work. It’s not the most feature-packed Android phone (it…
AT&T demonstrates U-verse TV iPhone app – Watch, manage, browse TV shows on iPhone
AT&T took some time at CTIA 2010 Las Vegas to show off their new U-verse TV iPhone app. Big Blue demonstrated the streaming, DVR managing, and TV schedule browsing features of the iPhone app – allowing iPhone users to check TV schedules on the road, schedule DVR recordings, and even download and watch TV directly…
Yahoo’s iPhone app lets you sketch to search
We got a chance to look at Yahoo’s new Sketch-A-Search app for the iPhone and it’s an interesting new approach to searching for a place to eat on your phone. The search company said it can be difficult to seek out content on a mobile phone because of the screen size and buttons, so they’re…