After years of developing for various mobile platforms, including Palm OS and Windows Mobile, the folks behind the popular Agendus app are looking to iPad users for growth. Touted as the “first full-fledged PIM app,” Agendus brings your calendar, contacts and tasks in one place, allowing you to manage your business (and personal) activities from…
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Android client gets an update
Barnes & Noble has released an updated version of its NOOK for Android app. The most important new features of this release are quite a few UI tweaks and additional options that make reading on your smartphone more enjoyable. Here’s what’s new: First, there are pop-up menus in Library that appear around eBooks in Library…
Survey: Android Users Twice as Likely to Tap Ads in Apps than BlackBerry Owners
Another tidbit from that Nielsen survey last week is that a whooping 33% of Android users had opened an in-application advertisement in the last 30 days. The other platforms trailed at 29% of Windows Mobile users, 26% for iPhone owners, 24% in other (presumably made up mostly of feature phones), 22% of Palm OS users,…
Swype beta for Android gets updated with many bug-fixes
Those of you who are a part of theSwype beta for Android, you’ll be happy to know that you have an update waiting you. You need to be a registered beta tester in order to get access to this updated version of Swype, but if you are, you can expect many bug-fixes across the board.…
App Nation: How big media views the app world
Traditional publishers are facing disruptions from all over the place, as the Internet and mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular and disrupting business models. At the App Nation conference in San Francisco Monday, representatives from ESPN, TIME and Samsung offered some interesting takes on how mainstream publishers can adapt to the new world. “What’s most…
Android applications should run just fine on tablets – if the Market is available
While we know that many upcoming Android tablets may not sport the application marketplace, there were even more worries if applications developed for the platform would even run efficiently on a screen larger than a smartphone. It looks like applications, if available on the tablets, should run rather well. We know that Android 2.2 Froyo,…
Must Watch Video: Newsday iPad application commercial [Less than 60 seconds]
Apple has sold millions of iPads, and some would call that a success, at least a business success, especially since the market is set to be flooded with a whole raft of clones running Android, Chrome OS, or who knows what else, but I’m still on the side of the fence that thinks the space…
Nokia Ovi Suite gets a minor update
A new version of Nokia Ovi Suite has been released. You can either download it from www.ovi.com/suite, or – if you already have Nokia Ovi Suite installed on your computer – update the software by selecting “Tools” > “Software updates” in the menu bar. Actually in the latter scenario (if you have it installed), you’re…
9/11 Memorial app hits the AppStore
Nine years after the tragic events in the New York City, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum released 9/11 Memorial app for the iPhone and iPod Touch as a guide to understanding 9/11 through the eyes of those who witnessed the events. The application is designed as a seven-stop walking tour of the area…
gwiggle is a personalized baby book app for iPhone
gwiggle is a new baby book application for the iPhone allowing parents with babies to “capture and maintain records of those precious moments with their little darlings.” You know how the old school baby books are working, right? Well, this is pretty similar, only that everything is digital, portable and easier to use. There are…