DivX Labs has officially released version 1.0 of its DivX Mobile Player for all S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition smartphones. The official word says this release has “numerous updates and simplifications to the UI” while also packing the touchscreen support for S60 5th Edition users. More from the announcement: Even if your phone isn’t…
Samsung Apps downloads hit 4 million in South Korea
Samsung’s mobile application store, Samsung Apps, is growing steadily. In its own backyard, it has crossed 4 million downloads which is a promising figure considering the store was launched in December of last year. At the moment, Samsung’s catalog contains more than 700 apps, and the top downloaded apps in the last few days include…
Layar goes bada; Now available on the Samsung Wave!
Layar is pushing to the new platform – Samsung’s bada. The popular augmented reality browser is now available to more users with Samsung Wave smartphones. The Korean company’s first bada-powered handset definitely has the horse-power for the task, packing a 1GHz CPU and the beautiful Super AMOLED WVGA (480×800 pixels) touchscreen. As you know, Layar…
HP, Palm offering $1 million for webOS apps
One of the biggest complaints about the Palm webOS platform is the relatively small amount of apps compared to the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms. But Palm is now flush with cash thanks to the Hewlett-Packard purchase and it is now offering $1 million to attract cool apps. The Palm Hot Apps program will…
Android tools are ‘horrendous,’ says Facebook mobile developer
Maybe one of the reasons Facebook has so many Apple iPhone users than Android is because some of the social network’s developers aren’t infatuated with the Android developer environment. In fact, one of them seems to despise it. Joe Hewitt made the original Facebook for Apple iPhone app and some would say that one was…
Bartab lets you use smartphone to send drinks
If you “got get drunk,” have we got an app for you. The Bartab app is launching this Thursday (August 26) and the Apple iPhone and Android program will enable you to send vouchers for real-life drinks for only $1. The concept is simple: use the app to buy a drink for a friend for…
Facebook has a ton of mobile users – iOS, BlackBerry lead
Facebook is showing off some of its mobile usage data and it shows that its Apple iPhone and BlackBerry users handily outnumber Android users. According to the company’s Facebook for iPhone page, there are nearly 105 million active monthly iPhone users. This number seems a bit fishy because Apple recently said that iOS is on…
iPhone Game Angry Birds Might Be Turned Into a Movie
If your commute to and from work has been a fuzz, it’s probably because your head was buried in your iPhone while you were playing Angry Birds. The enormously popular game is available also on webOS, Symbian and soon Android. The idea behind the game is to attack pigs with five different types of birds,…
Card Player launches Poker Odds Calculator for the iPhone
Card Player Media is bringing its popular Poker Odds Calculator to the AppStore. The free to download application is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch running iOS 4 or later and calculates odds for both Texas hold’em and Omaha. You enter between two and nine sets of hands including flop, turn and river cards…
ThinkChange unveils feature-lackin’ Symbian Foursquare for S60 5th Edition smartphones
A company called ThinkChange is out with an unofficial Foursquare client for the Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphone community (phones like the Nokia N97, N97 mini, X6, 5800 XM, Samsung Omnia HD, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, etc) simply called Symbian Foursquare. As you can see from the screenshots above, the S60 client looks pretty much like…