Well, colour me confused because I thought I’d seen the Rightmove app for UK property searches – but Hamptons International is laying a claim as being the first UK residential property agent to have an iPhone app. I suppose what they are claiming is to be the first agent, which technically Rightmove isn’t (it’s a…
Yo yo yo! Check out my Flo (Battle Rap)!
Wickedy-wickedy-wildstyle! Yo yo yo check ‘dis out! Flo Battle Rap is a new App for iPod Touch and iPhone, which records your ‘flo’ (rhymes), and then send it in to battle with other users! Talk about da bomb! Flo let’s you freestyle and share your rapping materials with your friends and the world. Add your favorite…
ShopAlerts pushes location-based deals to any mobile phone
Sure, it might be convenient getting coupons and other retail deals delivered to your mobile phone, but 1020 Placecast wants to take that convenience to the next level with their geo-fenced ShopAlerts service that sends retail deal alerts to your mobile phone when you come within eye-shot of a store. ShopAlerts will notify you, via…
Chorus keeps growing, brings iPhone app discovery to 90 new countries
Finding cool new iPhone apps on the iTunes AppStore can be frustrating, what with over 150,000 different apps cluttering its virtual shelves. That’s where the Chorus iPhone app comes in – it’s an iPhone app designed to help you discover new finds in the AppStore by showing you what apps your friends are using –…
Almost all iPhone users would recommend phone, gender split nearly equal
Apple fans are some of the most loyal bunch of customers any tech company could ever hope to have, and when it comes to the iPhone, users are almost guaranteed to recommend the iPhone. A new report from mobile advertising firm AdMob indicates that a whopping 91% of iPhone users are so impressed with their…
Adobe kills Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, smitten with Windows Phone 7 Series
There are a couple certainties when it comes to Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 and the prospects for integrated Flash support on smartphones – Apple won’t ever allow native Flash on the iPhone, and Windows Mobile 6.5 will be left out of the Flash 10.1 party in a few months. Wait, wasn’t Windows Mobile 6.5 expected…
Microsoft allows Windows Mobile apps to be installed on memory cards (take that, iPhone)
Windows Phone 7 Series captured everyone’s attention when Microsoft unveiled the more consumer-friendly smartphone platform destined to succeed the mobile OS dinosaur we know as Windows Mobile 6.5, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is going hands-off on Windows Mobile just yet. Seeing as how Windows Mobile still has several more months to go before getting…
Samsung Jet 2 announced in India; Looks like the original Jet
Samsung Jet 2 has been announced in India. The device looks pretty much the same (identical?) as the original Jet S8000, making me think is this actually a new phone or some scam floating around the Interwebs. In terms of the hardware, there are no any great (if any) enhancements. The CPU stays the same,…
Hi, I’m Marin and I’ll be your editor
I thought it would be prudent to do a proper introduction as I’m the new guy and you’ll be seeing my mug around here a lot. I’m a tech reporter who’s written about mobiles for InformationWeek, CNET, Androinica, Know Your Cell and various other sites. I’ve spent a ton of time thinking about smartphones and…
Status Update: I’m the new editor for IntoMobile!
Hi everyone, my name is Blake Stimac, and I am one of the newest additions to the IntoMobile team. Originally from Texas, I’ve lived in Western Massachusetts for eight years, but for the past two, I’ve called the Mission District in San Francisco home. I have loved mobile phones for many years, but it wasn’t…