As part of its efforts to get a bigger slice of the Middle East and North African (MENA) market, Nimbuzz has updated its Java mobile app with support for the Arabic language, which up until now was supported in Nimbuzz mobile apps for Symbian and BlackBerry platforms as well as in the PC/Mac client. At…
Parachute Panic coming to Java ME-enabled feature phones
With over 4 million downloads as of December last year, Parachute Panic is one of the most popular iPhone games ever. It is also coming pre-loaded on the Samsung Wave (at least I got it), and now it’s heading to the mass market, courtesy of Connect2Media. The gaming publisher plans to launch the game for…
Nokia Listings is made to connect buyers and sellers in emerging markets
Nokia Beta Labs is out with a new application/service for emerging markets – Nokia Listings. Still in beta, the new service is designed to connect buyers and sellers, as well as job seekers and employers. Moreover, it also allows local service providers to promote their offering to mobile phone users. Apparently, the majority (60%+) of…
Oracle sues Google over Android patent infringements
It looks like nothing could stop that Android momentum, right? Well, how about a big fat lawsuit from a tech giant? Oracle is suing Google over patent infringements related to Java in the Android platform. “In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property,” Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman said in a…
McAfee buys tenCube, plans to make your mobile phone secure and easy to find in case it gets lost
McAfee, the brand Windows geeks know and mostly loathe, has acquired Singapore based tenCube with the intent to enter the mobile services spaces. Now unlike McAfee’s desktop antivirus software, the company doesn’t intend to scare the bejesus out of you into buying their bloatware. Instead they’d like to clone Apple’s MobileMe or RIM’s BlackBerry Protect…
Namco Networks brings Firemint’s Flight Control to Windows Mobile, Brew and Java mobile phones
Just as we expected, Namco Networks is bringing Firemint’s highly popular Flight Control game to more mobile phone users. The original iPhone title is one of the best-selling games in the AppStore, so we were not surprised when we’ve heard Namco wants to port it to other mobile platforms. And that’s exactly what they did,…
face2face consolidates Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace on a single platform
A company called Proximate Global launched face2face, a mobile application that consolidates multiple social networks — including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace — on a single platform. The main idea is to add location to the mix and eventually enable face to face meetings (hence the name). Of course, as you don’t want to meet…
Deal: 26 games available for a single EUR/USD/GBP in the Ovi Store!
Good news for our readers with Nokia devices. The Finnish giant is discounting 26 games on the Ovi Store, all of which are now offered for a single EUR, USD or GBP, depending where you live. That’s kinda not fair as those living in the U.S. will get a much better deal than British, for…
Layar, Opera Mini top GetJar app awards
Applications like Opera Mini, Layar and Lookout topped GetJar’s first annual Gettie Awards. Team IntoMobile was there last night and it was quite an interesting experience. I’ll get to the winners first, as GetJar was seeking the best Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and Android apps. The winners received some monetary reward (I don’t…
Edward & Jacob Would Want You To Download These Twilight Saga iPhone Games
If you’re a resident of Planet Earth and have come in contact with a female in some shape or form in the last 3 or so years, then you know today The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was released in theaters. If you weren’t aware, then I bet you’re hoping your wife is a closet Twilight fan…