Well, hell has officially frozen over. The iPhone, which has been at odds with Google’s own Android OS, has been hacked to run its nemesis mobile operating system. What you see here is a video proving that Android can indeed run on the Apple phone, with dual-boot capabilities, no less. There have been other Android-on-iPhone…
Google gives up investigating spotty 3G issues for Nexus One
The Google Nexus One might be one helluva smartphone, but that hasn’t stopped a vocal minority from making noise over the N1’s problems – especially the spotty 3G network reception that some N1 users are seeing on T-Mobile. We previously mentioned the issues that T-Mobile Nexus One users have been experiencing, to which T-Mobile and…
StripeyLines Gives Shoppers Purchasing Power At Their Fingertips
Portaltech, a UK eCommerce systems integrator and consultancy, has announced that it has enhanced its iPhone app with the official release of StripeyLines V1.0. StripeyLines is a shopping companion for bargain and info hungry shoppers who want to ensure they are getting the best deal, and allows shoppers to instantly scan the barcode of goods…
Audi A1 Beat Driver launched on Apple’s App Store
Audi have launched the brand new Audi A1 Beat Driver app for iPhone & iPod touch – which can be downloaded for free (yes, free!) from the App Store. The game is a rhythm based driving game with free new music from some cool up and coming bands including La Roux, The Rakes , Lo-Fi-Fnk…
Android-powered Garminfone officially announced for T-Mobile USA; Coming “later this spring”
T-Mobile USA announced a new Android-powered smartphone – Garminfone. As you can guess for yourself, the focus of this all-touchscreen device is navigation, powered by Garmin’s award-winning software. All of the standard features Garmin devices have are present in the Garminfone as well — including driving, walking and public transportation navigation with voice and on-screen…
ImpulsePay Launches Age Verification Service for SMS Billing
ImpulsePay has announced the launch of its new age verification service for online content – meaning that content owners can now sell over eighteen content safe in the knowledge that the customer is old enough to purchase it. Using their mobile phone to pay for the content, similar to SMS billing, the purchaser has their…
Apple to launch iPad 3G on April 30
Did you go out and buy an iPad on launch day? Maybe you picked up an iPad sometime during the past couple weeks. Well, if you did, you have a WiFi-only iPad in your hands. Here’s a bit of news you probably don’t want to hear – Apple has announced that it will officially launch…
LTU technologies Introduces lookthatup iPhone App
LTU technologies has announced new updates to its image recognition platform including functionality optimized for mobile image matching. The company has also launched a new release of lookthatup, (www.lookthatup.com) an LTU-powered mobile application featuring visual search for the iPhone (see pics above). LTU technologies has made its APIs open and with its newly introduced developer…
Sprint giving away FREE Apple iPad case with Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot pocket
The iPad is a great device for casually surfing the web and potentially getting some work done while hanging out at a cafe or on the couch. But, the thing about the iPad is that it currently is only available in WiFi-only trim. That means you’ll either have to limit yourself to your living room,…
iPhone App gives you ‘second opinion’
Well iPhone Apps come and go don’t they? Some are good, some are bad, and some are seemingly a mix. Take ‘Second Opinion‘ for example – it gives the impression of something with a bit of a cheese factor when you first see it, but actually it could potentially be quite good fun! And better…