We’ve covered the details of Vlingo’s SafeReader feature in its latest application update for BlackBerry, but why read when you can watch a live demonstration? The app now reads text messages out loud, as well as let you dictate messages using your voice. As you can see from the video below, their server-side software is…
Hands-on video of Shorthand Mobile
We’ve covered Shorthand Mobile before but we thought it would be better to just show you how the SMS service works. The service utilizes SMS to bring app-like features to feature phones and entry-level devices. You can get sports scores from ESPN, restaurant details from Yelp, news from The Wall Street Journal and more content…
Snapfinger brings food ordering to Android
Snapfinger is trying to make it easier to stuff your food hole by enabling you to use your Android device to order from places like California Pizza Kitchen, Outback, Subway and other national restaurants. The Android app utilizes the phone’s GPS to determine what nearby restaurants are around you and it’s tied to the restaurant’s…
Bccthis could save you time with BlackBerry messages
Originally started as an Outlook plug-in, Bccthis has released a BlackBerry app that enables you to attach private messages with your e-mails. What’s the use in that? Well, let’s say you’re shooting out e-mails to multiple people about a big deal and you want to make sure John from accounting doesn’t fudge it up. You…
BlackBerry Desktop Manager Updated to Version 5.0.1.37
Just a quickie here for BlackBerry users. BlackBerry Desktop Manager has been updated, to version 5.0.1.37. You can grab the update via BlackBerry. If you’ve never used the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (BDM) before, it’s a handy tool that lets you sync and organize all of your media, your apps, manage multiple devices, run backups and…
BlackBerry App World Debuts in the Philippines
Woohoo! BlackBerry App World is spreading fast, gotta love it when new folks are introduced to a whole new world of BlackBerry Apps. Today the congratulations and *high five* has to go to the folks in the Philippines, as App World is now live and rockin’ in the country. Both free and paid apps were…
Coming Soon to webOS: Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
Coming soon from the developers at Gameloft is Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. I’m not huge into flying games (although I did enjoy Pilotwings back in the day), but this one looks awesome. Check out the preview video above and tell me it doesn’t look like the real deal. Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. puts you in the cockpit…
Slacker Radio goes Windows Mobile; Coming pre-loaded on the HTC HD2 from T-Mobile USA
Slacker is out with a Windows Mobile client, which is debuting pre-installed on the HTC HD2 from T-Mobile USA. In addition to the HD2, the application is designed for work with any WVGA touchscreen-equipped WinMo smartphone, and I presume version of the application that works with smaller screen devices is in works as we speak.…
Yowza!! now allows any business to offer mobile coupons
Yowza!! is expanding its mobile couponing service to reach small businesses that haven’t before had the opportunity to take advantage of this growing trend. Interested companies can sign-up from a dedicated page, where they will be prompted to list their location and then present their offers to the world. The new service costs local businesses…
Zumobi, Msnbc.com launch “Meet the Press with David Gregory” iPhone app
Zumobi is out with another iPhone application. They’ve teamed up with msnbc.com (again) and this time they’ve released a mobile app equivalent of the “Meet the Press with David Gregory” show, bringing America’s No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs program to the palm of your hand. Zumobi’s famous (and fancy) zoom-in/zoom-out interface is used once…