At CES, we saw GM’s Android application for their electric car, the Chevvy Volt; today, it’s been updated to include Google Maps navigation, a feature first released in Android 2.0. From the new Navigation tab, you can either launch into the standard voice-guided directions included in Google Maps, or send the directions to OnStar and…
Virgin Mobile Live App Promises ‘Music Your Way’
The good folks at Virgin Mobile have pushed through a new music app/player for BlackBerry. Called ‘Virgin Mobile Live’, the new app packs a whole lot of features. With this new music player (and more) you can not only play the music you already have, but you can find new stuff, then share it and…
Advanced Merchant Solutions’ Pocket Spectrum Plus allows credit card swiping and receipt printing on-the-go
A company called Advanced Merchant Solutions has launched a payment solution for the Android platform, enabling on-the-go merchants to accept credit cards anywhere. The dedicated application, available for download from the Android Market, can be used with the company’s Pocket Spectrum Plus, which is a Bluetooth 2-track card reader and thermal receipt printer. Coupled together…
Pacha VIP Guide helps iPhone users get around Ibiza, augmented reality style
Summer is approaching and who knows, you may end up on Ibiza partying all night long. Pacha, the 43-year old Ibiza club and music brand, certainly hopes so, hence they’re working on a dedicated iPhone app – Pacha VIP Guide, which will be much more than “yet another guide to Ibiza.” The trick is in…
Citysearch updates its Android, iPhone and BlackBerry apps
After shooting for the iPad, Citysearch is going back to its iPhone, Android and BlackBerry (Storm) users with an updated app. Let’s briefly talk about Citysearch for each of the platforms: Android – Citysearch app now features faster access to local information with built-in GPS pinpoints for every business around you. You can search across…
Ultrabrief: Amazon announced that Kindle for Android coming “this summer”
Amazon has just announced that they’re going to launch a Kindle application for Google’s Android operating system this summer. You’re going to need a device running Android 1.6 or higher, and an SD card inside your device. Like the Kindle application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you’ll have access to Amazon’s library of more…
Brief: Shazam has over 75 million users, and they’ve just tagged their 1 billionth song
Shazam, a service we love at IntoMobile, is a simply application that runs on most major smartphone platforms, including RIM’s BlackBerry and Nokia’s Symbian operating system, feature phones too, that records a brief snippet of a song you’re currently listening to and then sends said recording to a server in a country far far away,…
Tawkon Estimates BlackBerry Brain-Frying
Remember that iPhone app that was attempting to tell you what level of radiation the phone was emitting? Tawkon was rejected by Apple for iTunes, but RIM is totally cool with it being in the BlackBerry App World, where you can now download it for $9.99. Essentially, Tawkon assesses how weak your signal is, distance…
Xobni updates BlakBerry app
Our old friend Xobni has just updated its contact-management app for BlackBerry and the latest version includes more granular control over your contacts. If you’re not familiar with the company, it makes an Outlook plug-in that scans through your e-mails to automatically cull through for contact information. It recently released a BlackBerry app that aims…
Google revamps Android Market website – it still sucks
Google has revamped its Android Market website to look prettier but it’s still fairly useless. To be fair, it’s easier to check out the featured apps, top free and paid ones, and the design of the site is more pleasing than previous versions. My main problems with it is that the site doesn’t even have…