You have a couple choices when it comes to mobile apps. You can download and install a mobile app that’s been specifically created for your smartphone, or you can simply hop online and use a web-app through your smartphone’s web browser. Now that web technology is advancing to the point where web-apps can perform many…
Mplayit launches App Guru mobile app suggestions
There are a lot of mobile apps out there, making it a little difficult to navigate crowded app stores for the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Java platforms. That’s where the Mplayit mobile app store/discovery engine comes in. The Mplayit Facebook app compiles mobile apps from different app stores and invites Facebook users to leave app…
Microsoft brings first app to Android
There’s no love lost between Microsoft and Google, but that’s not going to stop the Windows-maker from creating an app for Android. The Tag Reader is available now for free in the Android Market and it scan Tag barcodes and display information about it on the handset. This can include videos, details, a phone number,…
Video: Ericsson’s 3D Landscape Mapping APIs for Android
Oh hey, Ericsson has labs just like Google and Nokia. Neat. They’ve published their first YouTube video, showing off a map with 3D structures working on the Xperia X10. Of course, the X10 runs Android, the APIs for which have been available since November, but it’s pretty sweet to see them in action. Ovi and…
Calling all mobile app developers! Tell us why your app rocks!
Do you develop mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian or webOS? Well, we want to hear from you! We’ve partnered up with “Under The Radar” to find cool mobile apps that will blow our minds. We’re asking any and all mobile app developers to submit their app for the “FAST PITCH” mobile…
Xsights turns your mobile phone pics into pertinent data
Augmented reality applications have the power to turn the world around you into an information rich environment tagged with data points. The technology is certainly amazing and all, but what do you do if your smartphone lacks the requisite hardware (GPS, digital compass) to support AR features? If you’re Israeli startup Xsights, you take the…
Opera unveils next-generation Opera Mini 5 – We talk with Opera’s CEO about Mini
I recently got a chance to take a sneak-peak at Opera’s Opera Mini 5 beta last week, and it basically blew me out of the water. Opera asked that I keep the launch of Mini 5 on the hush until they were ready to go live. Today, Opera took the wraps off its all-new Opera…
Sony Ericsson to extend its Java platform to lower-end phones
You know how everything goes around apps these days. In that sense, every handset maker and platform builder wants to attract as many developers as possible to its platform to offer end-users a better experience. Sony Ericsson is no exception and in that sense, they said they’ll extend their sorta, kinda powerful mobile Java platform…
Samsung Launches TouchWiz Widget SDK, $20,000 Prize for Best Creation
Samsung’s proprietary user interface, TouchWiz, could be getting a lot more interesting, as today they have announced a software development kit that will allow programmers to create widgets on a range of supporting devices. Previously, you were stuck with the selection of widgets preloaded on the phone, but soon the doors will be open for…
Altek Cranks out 12 Megapixel Cameraphone with 3x Optical Zoom
Hooah, the Samsung Pixon 12 and Sony Ericsson Idou have some unexpected company. Altek, a relatively unknown Taiwanese camera manufacturer, is getting into the phone game with the T8680, which baosts above all a 12 megapixel camera with 3 x optical zoom, dedicated image processor, aperture ranging from F3.0 to F5.6 and up to 3200…