If you’re a regular reader of IntoMobile and my game reviews, you’ll know that I’m a fan of twin-stick shooters. I’ve played my share of twin-stick shooters on both console & on the iPhone. Some of my favorites so far have been Predators, Geometry Wars, and Guerrilla Bob. Halfbrick has been pitching a perfect game…
Gowalla Launches City Pages to Feature What’s Hot in Town
The Gowalla location-based social network has launched a new portion of their site called City Pages, where the biggest and most popular check-ins around town are featured. City pages show off the top three highlights within each category (like best live music, best cup, best people watching, and so on) as designated by the Gowalla…
MySpace redesign coming to phones
Remember MySpace? The hottest thing in social networking five years ago has just introduced a major redesign and this will soon be coming to your mobile phones. In a world where Facebook seems to be ubiquitous, is this move too little, too late? The new MySpace redesign actually looks pretty good, as it emphasizes multimedia…
Plants Vs. Zombies Goes on Sale for Both the iPhone & iPad
Ever since PopCap Games’ Plants vs. Zombies hit the App Store back in February, it’s fair to say it’s been a hit. I personally have played Plants vs. Zombies so many times on every platform imaginable, and yet I still haven’t completed the entire game on any of them. That’s besides the point here as…
Android was the ‘best deal ever,’ says Google exec
Android is huge. There is no doubt that it will cement itself as the most prolific mobile operating system out there, even if for no other reason than its availablity on innumerable handsets and carriers. Not surprisingly, David Lawee, vice president of corporate development says that picking up Android Inc. was the “best deal ever.”…
Video: JoikuSpot Premium for Symbian^3 now available for $10 [Same feature is free on other platforms]
JoikuSpot Premium, funny name, serious application, is now available for Symbian^3 devices such as the Nokia N8 and C7. It takes the internet connection that your operator pumps into your mobile device and then blasts it out over your smartphone’s WiFi chipset to enable other devices to connect to the internet. In geek circles this…
Video: Scientists at The University of Manchester have perfected facial recognition on mobile phones
Last month Apple bought Swedish firm Polar Rose for around $22 million. Their speciality? Facial recognition software. Scientists at The University of Manchester have also been working on figuring out how to bring facial recognition to mobile devices, and the results are both impressive and shocking. Most mobile phones, even the iPhone 4 now, have…
Opera State of the Mobile Web September 2010: 71.2 million users, up 100% year on year
Opera’s published their latest State of the Mobile report, this time for the month of September, and numbers don’t lie. People love Opera Mini, the application that takes the websites you want to read and compresses them on some far away server in the tiny country of Norway before pumping it back down to your…
Fotopedia Heritage 2.0 adds slideshow, shuffle and wallpapers
Fotonauts, makers of Fotopedia.com, announced new version of its Fotopedia Heritage mobile app for the iOS-powered devices. Version 2.0 packs few cool features, including: Slideshow – feature that effectively transforms the iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone into a photo frame. Shuffle – Simple shake the device to access a random photo (destination). Wallpaper – Now…
Telmap announces navigation product for Windows Phone 7
Telmap wants its share of the Windows Phone 7 market, too. The leader in mobile location solutions is gearing toward launching its navigation solution for Microsoft’s brand-new mobile platform and has already booked a first customer – Singapore’s SingTel. As that’s the case with Telmap for other platforms, Windows Phone 7 version will also allow…