Time for some retro crazy-cool gaming action… all on the iPhone. If you grew up in the late 70’s or early 80’s, chances are this will pull at your heart-strings… that is, if you were into gaming back then. Remember the Atari 2600? Well, it turns out that Manomio (the folks that put together the…
RIM Updates BlackBerry App World Developer Agreements
Late last week RIM updated App World with some new features… Most notably the addition of carrier billing and credit card billing… PLUS, terms have been updated to bring RIM’s App World more in-line with other app stores, by offering a 70/30 split with developers. Naturally, RIM is now sending out an updated developer agreement.…
InterCall releases Mobile Assistant iPhone app
InterCall, which is the world’s largest conferencing and collaboration services provider, is “going iPhone.” The free application is called Mobile Assistant and it allows InterCall customers to access the conference calls they host or join. There’s no need to enter a 10-digit dial-in number, conference code or leader PIN – Mobile Assistant stores this information…
Styleloot brings real-time shopping deals to iPhone-ownin’ New Yorkers
A company called CHICTINI is out with an iPhone application called Styleloot, which they say will “set a new standard for shopping-based mobile apps.” The trick is that Styleloot provides shoppers with real-time data on sales, bargains, special retail events and exclusive offers happening in their city. Actually, that “their city” only means New York…
Dale Carnegie Training app now a BlackBerry thing, too
Dale Carnegie Training is bringing its “Secrets to Success” application to the BlackBerry community. The app, which is already available for the iPhone, comes with pretty much same functions as its iCounterpart, “outlining basic human relations principles and easy-to-follow tips and techniques.” As I said it before when I covered “Secrets to Success” for iPhone,…
Mobiles get optimised Met Office website for weather
I think you can file this one under ‘handy to know’, just in case you were ever to need it… the Met Office (Weather Forecasters in UK) have now released a Mobile-optimised version of their website, following the launch of their iPhone App. The central premise here is that the App is quick to load,…
The mobile roundup – the hot hardware edition
We had a very eventful week in the mobile world, as we saw a bunch of new hardware, cool new programs and a few surprises. Microsoft’s introduction of the Kin devices was the biggest story of the week until Verizon Wireless introduced the hot Droid Incredible. Apple, Palm, and Sony Ericsson also made some waves.…
Multitasking for iPad allows you to Browse, Tweet, and Status Update in Parallel!
Well this is an interesting one… Makayama have released an App called ‘multitasking’ for the iPad. That may have had you wondering what it is doing, especially given recent announcements for the iPhone – well, it’s about mashing up Safari, a Facebook client, and a Twitter client together! They run at the same time (hence…
Apple shows it’s silly with rejection of iPhone app from Pulitzer winner
Another day, another dumb App Store rejection. This time, the company rejected an app from Pulitzer-prize winning Marc Fiore because the political cartoon app “contains content that ridicules public figures.” So, this is horse apples for so many reasons: it’s chilling censorship and it’s completely hypocritical because many of those vaunted news apps feature multiple…
Pandora for BlackBerry Updated to 1.1.3.3
A quick note here for users of the Pandora for BlackBerry client. If you’ve been experiencing ANY issues with the app, it’s recommended you make the update. Although the latest release is a very minor incremental update, it does address some issues, including: better handling/closing of network connections due to bad connections, poor signal strength,…