As the iPhone becomes part of more and more professionals’ lives, and the soon to be available iPad being considered as an enterprise device, productivity apps are certain to become even more sought out by users of these devices. That’s why it’s good to bear that Roe Mobile Development has just released version 2.0 of its…
PSA: Upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1.3 and kiss your SIM unlock goodbye
If you’re thinking about updating your iPhone to the latest iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware, you might want to note that the update will essentially stop you from unlocking your iPhone for use on GSM networks that aren’t your official iPhone carrier. The iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware comes bundled with a new baseband firmware version (05.12.01)…
Slug Wars Slimes its way on to the App Store!
Republic of Fun just announced the release of Slug Wars – a real-time strategy game that brings to light the epic battles fought by brave slugs in yards across the nation! Slug Wars is all about managing unit queues for maximum impact on the battlefield. Slug units move down one of three lanes to reach…
Slango Urban Dictionary goes live for iPhone
There are a real mixture of Apps for the iPhone – some useful, some more for fun – I can’t decide which category ‘Slango Urban Dictionary’ falls into, but it certainly brings a smile to my face 🙂 Here’s the spiel: Ever wanted to know what your favorite rappers were talking about when they referenced…
Novatel Wireless Do First Successful 4G LTE Data Transmission
Novatel Wireless today announced that it has successfully completed the first data transmission call using Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G technology. Fascinatingly, LTE provides data rates of up to 100Mbps on the uplink and 50 Mbps on the downlink by leveraging new, wider bandwidth spectrum. Many operators are already planning to overlay LTE on their…
iPhone OS 3.1.3 gets jailbroken with PwnageTool 3.1.5
It’s only been a handful of days since Apple released their iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware update through iTunes, and the iPhone Dev Team has already come out with a way to jailbreak the new firmware. The new firmware does little more than fix buggy battery level indicators and Japanese language keyboards, so most of you…
Multi-touch and the Motorola Droid get friendly
The Nexus One has been multi-touching itself with all kinds of pinch zoom functionality for days now, while Motorola Droid users have been left wanting a quick and convenient way to zoom in and out of web pages and Google Maps. Today, thanks to an otherwise unassuming update to the Android Google Maps app, Droids…
Text4baby launched to provide health tips to pregnant women and new moms via SMS
U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra announced the launch of Text4baby, what it says is an “unprecedented mobile health public-private partnership” designed to promote maternal and child health among underserved women. The service provides timely and expert health information through SMS to pregnant women and new moms through their babies’ first year. Here’s how it works (from…
Verizon continues with its Android app recommendations
Verizon has released a new list of Android apps for the week. I assume the idea is to point out that not only iPhone can have apps… whatever. Here’s what they recommend for this week: NFL Super Bowl Showdown Theme – the official NFL theme costs $3.99. Guess that license costs a fortune. Vancouver 2010:…
Nexus One finds 80,000 new homes in January
While not quite up to the kind of sales numbers that the iPhone and Motorola Droid have been enjoying, Google’s Nexus One has managed to find 80,000 new homes in January. Following up on a report that Google sold 20,000 Nexus One Android phones in the first week of sales, it seems Google has been…