It was back in February of 2008 when we first wrote about StyleTap. At that moment, the Palm OS emulator for iPhone was still an experimental thing. Then, at the end of May of the same year, they said the application will be released soon — who knew that by “soon” they meant two years?…
CrazySoft launches Trigna, match-three puzzle game for all mobile phones
Sarris brothers from Greece (CrazySoft), which I met more than two years ago at the UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest in 2007, have released a new game called Trigna. It’s a match-three puzzle game and your goal is to score points by making triangles. You have few seconds until each round is over, so…
Study: iPhone Outranks Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Still King in North America
ComScore has released some survey stats on North American smartphone users gathered in October, revealing that BlackBerry still has the largest penetration, and that iPhone maintains second place and the strong lead over Windows Mobile it has had since 2007, according to other metrics. Here’s a quick rundown of the October numbers: BlackBerry: 14,963,238 users…
50% off Palm OS Software at Handmark
Sprint will be launching the Pixi soon, hammering home the webOS’s presence and driving the old Palm OS further into antiquity, but there are still some faithful old-schoolers out there who stick to the original smartphone. For them, Handmark is hosting a half-off sale on all Palm OS software; just use the coupon code PALM50…
Yet another app store, this time from Verizon Wireless
It’s not enough that Stefan and your mom both have their own mobile applications store, it looks like Verizon Wireless wants in on the party. Following LG’s just-launched LG Application Store (creative, no?), Verizon Wireless is planning a July 28 event to unveil their own mobile app store. The kicker here is that Verizon has…
Adobe Flash Player 10 beta coming soon to a smartphone near you!
We’ve been waiting for it to happen. Adobe’s Flash technology has been slow to make a big push into the mobile space, Adobe it looks like Adobe will finally go live with their anticipated Flash Player 10 beta this October! The arrival of Flash Player 10 beta release for smarpthones will bring the mobile world…
Access’ Garnet VM hits Beta 4 for Nokia Internet Tablets
Access has recently announced that their Garnet Virtual Machine for Nokia Internet Tablets (N800 and N810, only) has hit Beta 4. Their email was very short, saying that the updated version includes stability improvements as well as bug fixes. And that’s all we know about it. Those not familiar should know that Garnet VM allows…
Handcase brings its Palm OS games to a PC near you
This isn’t exactly the “pure mobile news,” but it’s interesting nevertheless. The reason is that we’re not seeing that many companies switching from mobile to desktop — usually it’s the other way round. Anyway, Handcase — the Brazilian company behind quite a few applications and games for various platforms, most notably Palm OS — has…
Pics and Specs Leak of Next WebOS Handset: Palm Eos
Yeah, that blurry picture wasn’t really doing it for me either, but now we’ve got solid specs, names and a nice picture of the follow-up to the Palm Pre. To be launched as Eos, and codenamed either “Pixie” or “Castle”, this WebOS handset promises to proudly carry on the tradition of the Treo line. Before…
Unlocked GSM Palm Centro available for $199!
If you ever wanted to grab the Palm Centro but just didn’t like signing a contract, now’s your chance. Palm seems to be clearing out the inventory to prepare for the Pre launch. As a result, you can grab the GSM version of the highly-popular Centro for $199. Three color options are available – Ruby…