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When we talk about app stores, the conversation is normally dominated by Apple and Google but Research In Motion wants to be a part of this discussion and its BlackBerry App World has now surpassed 10,000 mobile programs. “BlackBerry #AppWorld is 10,000 apps strong and growing – what apps do you love?” the company said…
If you’ve got an Android 2.2 (Froyo) smartphone in your pocket, then you have an application update for the included Gmail app awaiting you. A new version of Android’s built-in Gmail application has been found online, and while it’s not a big update, there are a couple of features you may like. First off, this…
The Poynt location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated with a variety of changes, mainly optimizations for OS 6 on the Torch 9800 (i.e. universal search and new contextual menu icons), but there are some solid new features, like routing through Google Maps rather than BlackBerry Maps, and Rotten Tomatoes ratings when looking up…
Apple fans and Mac-heads now have a big reason to travel to Spain every February: MacWorld Mobile will be a part of Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile show. It’s the closest Apple is going to get as far as being part of a huge trade show since it has almost no presence at…
Good news for geeky waistlines! Nike did away with the cumbersome sensor of its Nike+ exercise system and added GPS support to its popular iPhone application. The original Nike+ system used a sensor that you place in a special Nike shoe to track your running. The sensor monitored your movement and sent the data to your iPhone or iPod…
The security company NetQin Mobile released NetQin Mobile Manager 3.0 for Android mobile devices. The application comes with several handy features, all designed to keep users in control of their phone: Call Manager – enables the black list feature, allowing users to block unwanted callers – the numbers in the list will be automatically rejected…
Leader in movie servers Kaleidescape is out with its own iPhone application, simplifying the movie-shopping experience for its customers. The free to download app scans a DVD or Blu-ray Disc UPC barcode, and then displays whether or not that title is on the owner’s Kaleidescape System, and if so, in what format. As a result,…
Developer of user interface Thinix released Touch VDI, a touch friendly solution for Microsoft Windows based virtual computers. Their idea is simple – to bring super touch-friendly user experience a la Apple iPad to the Windows tablet community. Since one of their main markets is the health industry, they point an example of how Touch…
Don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of audiobooks. I listen to them when in a gym, when doing dishes, cleaning around the house and all those other “brainless” activities, if ya know what I mean. So I’m personally glad to report that the Audible application is now available for the Android platform!…
Distimo, which we know (or that’s just me calling them like that) as Google Analytics of mobile apps, is out with its July 2010 report. As usual, they don’t talk about Apple’s AppStore only, but also cover Google Android Market, Blackberry App World (worldwide), Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.…